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TO FEABGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ . F earless , firm , and faithful , too , E Ttr -watchful , ever true , A ccept tiiis meed of praise from me , R icb in ita pure sincerity ; G real , grand , and good , let one and all TJ nite to stand , or by him fall ! g ons of toil , and Tract , and tree , 0 inrard with yeur champion go ; C ease not Mil Truth and Justice roams O '« " oar land and in cue homes ; 2 f cV . j on yonr chieftain smile , N dblj share his glorions toil ; O n "sriih him ycur righis to tdaim , B tjcidag in his honoured name . F . G ., SiorBBBiDGE .
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TO MY IJvFANT DAWHTER . They say that then art lie me—if ' t be bo , Pt-rcfcsBce so much the worse for thee , my child I "Umtss * -by fate be diffe rent ; for defiled Jly mvnd has been by sins that rise from "woe : J 5 at these ihou fcnew ' st not—may'st ihou n-cver knoir ! TViiUul thy loots &re , " artless , bright , jet mild -, And soaietiiEeSj like a little wave , thy glee Maiea thee all noise acd motion—now they ga ! Arcs . Irgs , and eyea all dancing merrily , In tune to tby g ? ad heart—End ! come to me , Ana I ¦ wi ll cradle thee wiihin my arms ; Or would st thou rather ride ? wny , then , my knee Shall be iLy horse . —Behold tby mother , there , Gaz . s Trith v : > y on thee , e ' en mia ' c ; her household care
My classic babe , "wordless as yet art thou , Bat words are wanted not ' iwixt thee and me ; For , in thy every look and act , I &re A meaning more than language e ' er could show . Thou try ' si to-tptai my name , as on thy brow , I print the kiss of my paternity , Xu « in thy grasp I feel my fingers press'd . Ah , littla reai ' st thou , my young Alice . ' how Thy sire is exil'd , outlaWd , and proscribed , Breaase ha loves the trnth and lives unbrii'd ; But , sp ; : e of pain , one comfort still has biess'd , That thy small neeaings are not ctnaimscrib'd ! Thy mother comes to husn fcee to thy sleep , — One kiss!—no w ge— "while I—no , tyrants ! I'll nol , "Wfctp . Batlersea . J . W .
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o ONE AND ^ LL . " One ard all , " is Corn-wall ' s cry—One and all , let us rtply ; Hasd to ha ^ d , and heart to heart , Irii us act a nation ' s part ; L-t us free our Eative isle Prcia lie rule of despots vile ; An- ' - sirnl apostles o ' er the world T . "i-h the Chartist S _; £ nnfmrd . One £ . nd all , let us proclaim Be who bears a bondman ' s came , And seeketh not to cleanse its shame DrSvrves to liye in scorn , and die " \ Vi = ii the vilest things th . 2 . 1 lie G .-oTeiling on their mother earth , 'Mid'st she spawn "which chit them birth . Earth will curse the dast jq grave Oi the mean and cringicg sbve .
Oce asd all ! let tyrants qcail Nv-tv that Ecund is on the esle . VTio care luect a ration ' s fro" * -n ? Who can keep a nation do wn ? Millions claim their rights as m « n ; iliiiicns brave corruption " . s dtn ; liiinons shout , from K . a to sea , " 02 za 2-&ail , " veiei : ! bcfrce . ' F .
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3 IERBY ENGLAND I Octe thou ttert " -Jerry England ; " and , "when Providscce did feless , As a bride decked for her marriage , then hadst on a £ pl = ncid dress ; Tion wfcrt then thy people ' s glory , and the poet ' i highest roast , And the shouts of " Merry Esgland" did resound from coast 10 coast . O ^ ce thou wert " jlerry England , " but thy dioss Wi 3 lal * aside , And the bard who once sang cf thee sought another source of pride ; And the million / who delightrd thy illustrious fame to * pre 3 d , EaTe left their much-loy'd father-land , or repose amid tLe dead .
Once t ' Eon wert " ilerry England , " and thy fruitful soil was birst ; Thy daughters then knew fcappicess , and thy sons had food and rest ; The blighting gusts of poverty and want were then unknown , And the peasant seemed as happy as the monarch on his tLrcne . Once then wert "Merry England , " tut that time is p = as"d a-ray ; A'nd wcr ? it not that history rtTtals a happier day , - "We "S' -uid not lor ones imagine thtu wdt an j thing b-los , Sit an iilj cf jnoital "ffictchedceEs—an emporium of
Ihcu ' rt no longer " Slerry England "— tairest island ef th = earth , Bu . t a Vy-word to the children to whom thou giTtst birth ; The sr-ort of wi-y statesmen , and a prey to inward foes , While thy neighboora look with pleasure on thy heaTirg hisom ' s throes . Thc . u ' it no longer " Merry Esgltnd , " but a spectresmitten form , TTith t ! sy bosem left uECOTc ^ d to endure the piercing EU'nn ; TVhile chills of want and misery are breathed in erery gale—The wiuow'd and the fatherless their hapless lot he-• waiL
Thcu'rt ro longer "Merry England ; " for tby merry osjs are flsd ; That cry is weak and pow ' rlfcss while tby children call for " bread ;" And t-f ugh employed , as God directs , six days out of the seTen , Th ' -y ciEiot get thai G . d ' s retrard—the food allow'd by fceavsn . Tbou ' rt do loEzer " 2 denj England ;™ who would £ are to call thee so , "Would but mock thy painful EcfTrings , add thereto another three ; Yet thy sens , though toiling fruitless , would conceal the gloomy tiuth , Whilst thy daughter in the fact ' ries spsnd for nought the hours of youth .
0 i £ 3 thou wert " ilerry Eogland "—would that thou siri so ro"sy j That the danspmg storms -srere past away , and the clou ? ; s from eff thy brow ; Then wcaid ^ t once more robe thy gay dress—be again the p <* rfs boast , AnI tie ih'juts of "ilerry England" would be heard froiii co-ast to coast .
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CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT , Fridayi June 17 . The trial of John Frauds camo on this day . The court was full , but not over-crowded .- Caief Justice Tindal , Mr . Baron Gurney , and Jnstico Pa-t-son , took their seats at ten o ' clock . The Attcrney-GeneTal , the Solicitor-General , Mr . Adolphus , and Mr . Waddmgton , wtre counsel lor the Crown ; Mr . Ciarkxon lor the prisoner . Colonel Arluthnot , Colouel Wyldf , and some other officers of the- Household , had sea ' -s on the Bench . Fraccis was
respectably dressed in a dark trock coat and troubtrs . He was dejected , and much altered since his examination at the Home Office . The indictment charged him wi'h shooting at the Queen with a pistol loaded with gunpowder aad a bullet ; and other counts put the cr-arae in various ways , —such as , t-iat the pistol was loaded with ' gunpowder and certain oiher destructive materials unknown , and umply that the pistol was tii ^ cnarged hi an attfmpt on the life of the Queen . He pleaded "Not Guilty , " in . a very feeble voice .
Tho Attornny-General opened the case , laying down the Jaw on the subject , and brkfly stating tl » e facts to be provtd in eviaeiice . Ho uinierstood that no plt-a of insanity wouid be set up ; but that the prisoner wouid be admitted to havo bu- ( -n in ihe full pos- ^ -ioH of his facuitu s a * , the time . The purcha-e of the pistol , aud a previous iutentiun of employing if , would be proved : but me A't ^ rncy G ^ ntra : acknowl ' ifij ^ td th ; it he c- > ulii not prove the purchase ol a ballet ; u « r , as it bad been fired U wards an open Ep ^ cc , ci'uid ii be rouLd . But there were
tbou-~ ano \ s oi ' Eub .-tancv-s . hat tvnu'd strve the purpose ot a buliet , —as a pebble a ehila ' s loarblo , or any irregular piece of lead . If H were argued that that gave tnc prison-r the benefit of a doubt , neither the lii ' e of the Sovereign nor that o . ai > y one elea wouid be safc . It was , he understood , to be dllt'geii . in defence , rh ; . t the act was a mere frolic : bur , t ! w prisoner was arfn ?! t :-td to be f-ane ; anil iio ? aua person could be auijty of s ch heanltss wiekediu-.-s fi-r the &ako of a j' -ka ; while to admit the plea would destroy all sat- iy f >> r people's href .
Th ? first witness ri )] pn was Colonel Charle James Arbu ;!> not , one of the Qiecn'a KqutTries . He tave the most distinct accouuir that has ye > , appeared of ofth' -eveut of May 30 th— "My j-cnt-ral poHHion is about five ysrdw iu did n-ar of her Majesty . Before we left dis Palace on Monday , I hau received an intimation which induced me to riu ' e as close to her > ibj-t . ' y js 1 could ; and Colonel Wylde , Prince AiuerV Equorry , rode in the sime po .-ition on the other Md < -. Heiwcn six and . « ewn o'clock , we Were comint ; down ( on ^ M'u ' . it-u Hill ; when , abont halfway down t . je hiil , I ot > erved i ) te priswner ; and on the cnrrhn- rtachintr him , he took a pistol from his side and find it in iho direennn of th > ' Qieen . As quick : y as I could , I puiled up my hcrse and # ave the pn . -. - > uer into custody . The prisoner had before thi ^ cai ' tiM my auentiuii , as app arin # anxious to
? t-e h > -r Majesty . " The Colonel wvm on to say , ihat the u .-rnost distance from the carrij ^ e when Fra : ; c s fired was seven feet . Tne pistol wa = i fired just as the carna ^ a was pass-in ^ . The cor . e ' . ^ e had beta k'lnrnj at tne rate of eleven m le- au hyur ; but the Co ! on » -1 had jjiven in >( rue ions at this spot to no taster , and the pos-tilions were driving as fast as the horsrs cculd go , and he should -say at . , the rate of twelve or thirteen miles an hour . Tho Qtecn was fitting < , u the back-seat of tho carriage , on the side up . ire .-t to the prisoner . Too pistol suuck the witness us being pointed in the direct line of htr Alaj "> ty ; he he ; ird tho repoTt . and saw tho smoke and tire , emit'ed from tho DWol . A policeman stood wi : h . n three yur-Js of Francis ; the Coli : ;~ l exp laimed , " Secure him ! " wi . ith was done ; and he palKipvd on and resumed his post at the Quen ' s tide .
H . nry Alien , a private in the S-.-ots Fusileer Guar- 's , said tha : he was twelvo or fi'tetn paces behind thn carringp . He had sofa the prison ' r lrar ^ ri , ^ on the pump jus : b fora ; af . "ias the carriage Cjme uphesaiv him tup forward aud present a pistol at t . , e carrir ^ / , ' >>; he h-arJ the report and saiv the flash . He ha'i b ? en ih * -he Array ei ^ hieen nj onth -, and had experience in firing v .- ith bail and blank cartr . dge ; and he shcu-d say that the . pistol was 1 adi-d with ball—it makes a sharper ^ ouud than a blank-cartridno . Cro .-s exatnuied by Mr . Clarki-o : i , Alien said that ho was a tailor b « forc he v / as in the Army .
Here Colonel Arbuthnot was xveaUed and examined by the Boach as : o tho sound of tho report— ' ¦ Tne rf-port wa .--sharp and loud , but I did not hear the wh z of a ball , in con ?> qat-nrij of the noise of xhn caina « e ann ei ^ ht hoTfes . My opinion is that , the pir- 'ol was lojct-ii with something more than the p . 'wd-r- and wadding , from the hharpnes 3 and loudn-ss of the r ^ pvif . That is a , mi : re matter of opinion . I do not think tnat powder oniy would made such a sound ; a blank-cartridge is a . mere evaporation ot powder . This was the report of a pistol well rammed down and cnar ^ ed . " Mr . Patrick Fiiz ^ erald , who had Berved in the Sp * Di ? h and Portuguese armies' s . 'attd that ho siiz-d francis onthelett as the Policeman shz'd him on the right . Ju > t as the carriage came up , he c-aw the pri-oiitr ra . se his ri ^ ht arm , point a pistol--a ' -the open }) an ot ihe can ia ^ e , and fire : ho saw the ilu-h and heard the report .
Colonel Wylde , J- ' qiif-rry to Prin .-e Albert , corroborates Colonel Arbutl'uoiV statement . He stattd that the Q . ieen always « its on the saine , the riqh ? sit : e of lie carriage . lie . sionped his l-. orse wtien Francis fir .. d , and ali ^ hlod ; saw him in ciiF ^ 'dy , aud uriiered him to be taken to the Palace Lnil ^ e . There the p : stol was shown to the witness— "It was taki . ii from the prisoner in my presence , and I am abie to recognise- it . I nm of opinion , from my kniuvkdno of fire-arms , that ic weu'd carry fifty or sixry pace ? . 6 o good an aim could not be taken with ii as with a iar ^ r pistol , but at a short distaiuv it would be tqualiy ( Jessru ' -tive . " " Allowing t ); c d ? -t imc- at . wh ch it was discharged to be teven iee ?
wouid the wadding of that pistol be competent to do any pers . n a mis . lii-.-- ?"— " Certaiuly , It would ceciuoly v ? ound the skiu or face , or the eye , and it wou-d be very likely to ret Sre to ; the clothe 3 of the pfcr ^ on p .: whom it was discharged . From tho report th ? re mu ^ t have been in it some very t-trontj wadding to com rts- > the puwdsr or a ouilet . Th ? it of cours is omy a mat-t-r of opini n . " ** ¦ If it had not been a bul . ' et , but merely an irrevcular pieco of lead or a .-tuue , won . 'd that be Ciiiciilafed to do equal mjsc ^ j > tf ?"— ' Certai . 'jJy ; mor > \ perhaps , than a bu let . " Francis app . a red firm ; there was only a ali ^ h \ 9 g'iation about his nose and lip . When asked hin naoie , he Wjs silent .
William Trounce , a Police constable of the A division , had seen Francis ] o ; r ..-rujj ; about for half . an ho-ir before the occurrence . Ho fch > ervtd that as he locked at him , FiauciS went bdhiua a tree . Trounce was uot mor « than ene ya . r » l ivom the prisoner when he heard the report of a pUtoi ; ho looked rouml and .-aw Fiaiicid in the act of presenting it . He s-e z d hi iu at once . Mi- < Laviiiia Blauchard , of Uiiion Place , Lambeth , saw Fruueis about a quarter # . » f an hour before in earnest < -onversatiun with a yi . iihff man . William Richards , a shoemaker , al .- ^ o saw the prisoner in convtriation ; but was not 6 ur « that he said any thi .-s . James R-iusseli , tho inspector of police , searched the prihoner : on fim Wtrr iound an aid memoiandum-booR , a penny , and a litt . e gunpowder . The pistil was still warm .
Ocaer evidence related to the previous movements of tiie . pns-ouer . Genr ^ e Peatsi-n , a wood-engraver , saw Jum pre « t-z . t a piziol a * the Q , u > en on thsbuiHiiiy , js J-he was r ^ turi .-ii . ^ t r . m ihr , Chapel Hoyai ; P < j escljme i , '" i ' jjvy may tike me if ( hoy Jike—1 ( loir ! cam—1 was a fool 1 ina not hhoot her I" Joseph Robert b r » et , shepman to Mr . Ravener , a pawiibroker in T . > tl : i ) l Street , sold to the prisoner 'he pistoi tna' had be > n produced in court , on the 27 ; li > lav , u < T 3 s . t ' epaid for it with fhr <; e
fourpennyp'e ^ es , a bixpence , and the re ? t in copper . Richard t ' ritcnard ,. an oilnt'm in Lower Eaton S'veet , Fimiio-j , si >) d him a fl in on tiie s » me day . Thomas G-jaid , of York tetner , Westminster , s-ld him a halfpeui . y'WOith of KUiijiowJer oil ihe 27 ^ ; and Aniio Brian * sold him an ounce on tho 30 th , in Bre > v . r S . n-et : he pa'd twopence Fur it withouasking ihe price . Ceci'na Fors . r , said that Francir h-x-i hud half a , btd in h-r hou ^ e , 106 , G . eat Ticiififld S ' r-jer , lor 3-. a wei ! - ; : he it . ft Her lot ' g'ng on the ' 21 h May ; havai ^ boea out of wotk for tomo tiaio b .-f .-re .
¦ Wiinam Gore , one of the Qipen ' p Grooms , who ha-J been summoned but imtexdmuicd by ihecoui ; st-i t ' ov tte Crow / i , wu . scru .- ^ txam . nta by Mr . ( Jlarki-on ; he said that lie was riding six or seven yards behind Colonel ArbuthiiOt . Tne pistol was di ' sclutrged be ' . wten them ; and it seemed to him to be pointed at the hmu-whet-1 of tiie cairiatie . Fjr the fleftnee , Mr . Ciarksun commented on the evici ' . \ ee with a view to prove it iiH-oiiciusive of iIih c ] : ari ; e . He expressed some iud-gnatiou that he fhould have bbcix suppo .-ed iapab : e of-suggesting that ihe p' ^ tol had been fired as a uii-rts feu-de-joie : was not the easH ci .-gusiiiig and abhor . ent'eiiuugii without that ! Francis ' s previous uistress , and his
courting dtuction afit-r the-attempt ,-would-. prove h \* incut , Had the pistol been loaded with any destrucave mi :-sle , ii wa-j lniputi-ible that it could have been discharged without injuring the Qvivcn , Colonel Arbutnnot , or his horre . Two years ago tlic morbid feeling and v&uiiy ot another person hud induced him to C-mmit the desperate act of firing two loaded pistols : he had been taken care of and provided for : and was it impossible that the prisoner , in the di .-trcs ^ ea siaie m which he waa proved to be , unable to j .-av h : s looging , with only a p-uny in his pocket , Ehould have committed the act in the hope of being proviutd for in a similar manner I Ho reikd ou the cifcmcucy aud mercy of the Jury .
The Solicitor-General replied ; contending that though there was no direct proof of the pistol's being loaded , and the Jury could como to no other conclusion ; whatever Francis ' s motive , he musthave had a cnm ; njl desigD . Chief Justice Tindal summed up . He told fcbe Jury thatj i £ thev were gatisfied that the pistol was
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loaded with a bullet , that would be proof of the criminal design ; or even if it was loaded only with wadding , but fired so close to the Q-ieen as to do her Sfvero bodily harm , an overt act ot high treason would-be rrade out ; .. Tho Jury retired at twenty minutes to foar o ' clock . They returned into court at five minutes past fivo ; and the foreinan stated that they fcuod the prisoner * V Guilty" on the second and third counts ; not that tha pistol was loaded with a bullet , but that it was loadfd with 60 me destructive substance besides tho wadamg and powder . When he heard that statement , Francis turned very pale . Being asked what he had to eay why sentence should , not be pronounced upon him , ho made no reply .
Chief Justice Tindal , after a brief address to the prisoner , pronounced the followiag sentence —• " That you , John Francis , be taken from hence to the place jrom whence you came i that you be dristv ^ d from thence on a hurdle to the plaoe of exeoution , and that you be hanged by the neck until you be dead ; that your head be afterwards Bevered from your bodjr , and that your body be divided into four quarters , to be disposed of in such manner as to her Majesty shall seem fit . And the Lord have mevcy oh your soul ! " . At tho conclusion of the sentence the prisoner fell fainting into the arms of the gaolers ; aiid he was led away Bobbing pitcousiy .
Saturday , June 18 . TRIAL OF THOMAS COOPER , FOR THE MURDEU OF DALEY , TIIE POLICEMAN . This being the day-appointed for the trial of Thomas Cooper , wno stands charged with the wilful murder ef Timothy D-. Iey , a policeman of the N Division , the Court was crowded long before tho usual hour of commencing proceedings . Precisely at ten o ' clock the Learned Judge 3 , Mr . Justice Putteson and Mr . Baron Gurney took their seats on the bench , and the prisoner was immediately placed at the bar . } . He appeared to be still very weak from the effects of the poisoa which he hail takeu . Hie countenance was very p ; tle , and on hie first entering the Dock , he looked rather anxiously round tfie Court . He sat
The first indictment on which the prisoner was arraigned -was the one which " cbaTged . him -vvhh having , on the Ch of May last , in the parish of Sc . Majy ^ Islington , feloniously discharged : a loaded pistol at Charles Moss , a policeman , with intent to kill ard muvder him . Tbere was ' a second count , which chareed the prisoner ' s intent to ha to prevent his lawful apprv ; - i . en ^ ioa . To this indictment the prisoner pleaded not guilty . " He was nexVarraigned on a similar indiclment , wh ! ch charged him with having feloniously discharged a loaded pistol at Charles Mott ( thebaker ) , to whJch he
alss ) pleaded Not Guilty . He was then arraigned on an indictment , wnich charged him with the wilful murder of Timothy Diley , a policeman , by firing a pistol at him loaded with ball , anil ' / . thereby inflicting a mortal ¦ w < , und , of which he afterwards died . The prisoner again pleaded Not Guilt ' y j and lastly , he was arraigned « n the Coroner ' s h qulsitkin , whic ? i charged him with the-wilful murder ot Daley . To this he also pleaded Not Guilty . The Jury were therefore charged , and trie first indictment proceeded with was that which charged the prisone .- with the wilful murder of Timothy Daley , the poiieeman .
The prisoner , after having been given in cbargo to the Jury , was allowed to resume his seat . Mr . Bodkin then rpaa , and stated the case on the part of the prosecution . He commenced by 'i ' tnplorin ^ tue Jury to dismiss from thtiir minds any etatttments ¦ whicli they might have previously heard or read respecting the case on which it / would that dny be their duty to decide , and to be guided only by tke evid ^ iice whicii it wouW be hU duty to lay btfore them . TiiQ Learutd Counatl then stated the facts of tho case at fi fcat length , and said he had reason to believe that there was no intention on the part of : the priftoner ' s Counsel to dispute any one of tboso facts , but tbat the tlefiMice , ¦ which was intei : ilad to bo Bet up fur him was .
that be was not in a sound statd of mind at tha time wl en hecommittad the several offences iinputeil tohiiii . Should such be his defence , it must not Wat on'mere assertion , but must , in order to have any weight with th- ! Jury , bo clearly and satisfactorily proved"by witn ^ s 8 t ¦ 9 . In conc ' uiion , tho Learned Gintlemnn said he had heard thiit the part of the defence intended to be » et up on tho part of the pri .-oner was , that the deceased cjtist'tble was not authorised to tak « thu prisoner into custody at the time he attc .-mpt . ed to do eo , on a m « ra rumour Uiat the prisoner had fired at a pclicinian . He ( Mr . Bo
Charles Moms , 162 of the N ( liviaign of police , atnted ¦ that on the 5 th of May , in the iiftyrnoen . he ¦ was on duty near Hornsey Wood , whan he -saw a gi . nt ! iijuan ¦ wa . king in a lnuo there , who wore a massive bunch of puld Bfsls , chain &c . Ha was followed by the prisoner , of whom witm bs took particular notice , suspecting that it was his i tention to rob the pfcutieinaD , aud ho was the mere induced to do this in cause he had received information that some gc-ntlcmen had very recently been * stopped in tbat . neighbourhood , and robbed by a pt-r . son ansffLTint ; the dtscriDtion of the prisoner . Tho j ^ ribioner made no attempt to rob the gentkm . in , but went into an adjoining field , and witness followed him , and seeing that he bad a pistol ; asked what lie was doing ' . here ? to whicli he -replied , nothina ; ¦ DaTticular .
Witiitsa told him that un . k-ss he could givo a more satitfactory account of biins >! if he should , ftel it to be his duty to toRe hiin int ) custody . Upon which the prisont-r prest-nted a pistol at him and which , on wituess < joing towonis hhu for the jurpose of apprehending him , h "« .
the prisoner until hts . 'cxcvssiye-wc ' akuesa prevented him from going tiny furthur . S > me peisoiis . however , heard liis cries , and wenc inpursuit - of tiie : t > r ; soner , Several witnta-ws were , then called , who proved that , onhtafiiig the ; ilarin giv .. n by Mobs ,, and tteipg the prisoijtr ruui . ing a ^ fiiy without a hat , they wt > ct in pursc . it of him across the fluids , a distance of htarly two miks . anil that whi <; bo fillowing him , they saw the prisoner stop and re-lnad one ot hiB pistp : a , after which he c >> utiuuid h : s fl ^ ht , and ih « y nt lenuth isiunc viu with bun at a place called Highbury Park South . \ Tu \ s portiou ( . f the evidence it is unnecesrnry to « tve atleugt'i . ) The next-important t « 8 tiiuon . y was that relative to vvhat occurred at Highbury Park South ; on arrival at ¦ which place , and wh » -n nearly opposite the house of agenUi :-man n ~ . med Warren , the pti . soncr placed hinij-elf with his back-against . s > nie pailings , anil pulling out u brace of pistols . ' anil holdihg one in each , baud , dared any ol his pursui rs to approach him .
John W . Youug , a waiur at Hornr . oy Wood House , Mated that on hpuring'the aluriu givt-n , he and others fj .-lowed thtt priaontr , and ut lepci ' n cume up with hnu at Highburj-park Smth . Among / the pursuers Vfaie Howard , a hakc-r fllott , anotlitr bakerj Turnbull aud Smith , two gurdt-re a , employed in the neighbouvhood ; and ail of whom wem substqueutiy exauiined as witiHsses , ana thtir bvidtiice , which did not vary in the elsghtcat degree , -was to this itlttt that after the pri-Sdiier hnd put hie back to the paiings : a , ud piiHed out the p ! 6 ti > i 8 , D-lt-v , the dtc < ahedi calltid u ^ ion him ti > ^ uritndtjr , but which , however , lie refused to no . I ' -bat Daley the . « xiil tluit he did m > % thtn think the pi . stc . ls the prisoner h ; ul in h ! s hahda were loaned , on . which t < : e prisone said th ; . t ihey were , and tbat if any i orRon
t'luc&ed > . im they should Imvo the contents . Tbat Molt ,-the baker , stoiipad down , a : d rusheu upon the prisoner . 5 ii > jp ; irtntiy with the inttntion of k ^ Zir . R biin by the legs an < l throwing him do ' wii ; but ht-fore Mott si : ocatdea in I » ying hold of him the . prisoner fiie < i on » of the pist , la at him and . wounded , him stvoreiy' in the arm . Th&t li < reupon the di c 3 ; t . < iid rushtd on ihc prisoner , fAr Ibe purposo pi fcttur , ' « i > him , wlu-n tho p . 'isu / u .-r de-Jsbfcrat- ly ; iinitd another pistul-.-st him , ana ahct hi iuthrough thy bony . Tliat the pojicei ) -i ; n fell and died ami . > t iNiintdritely , and -that : ' . a sy ' on : is tho prisoner h ^ U tlrtrd tr . e st coud p'stol tro . h ^ . " . t ; tiv . i « rs cipsed ia upon him and sc-. turtrd him .- ¦ Having ' ' iloue so
they took tmm hnu y larvo cwving knit ' o . which he had iu hin troustrs . On being disai'tiiBU , tht " prifli . mur Biv . d " now you have taken all my weapons from nisi , I will intkeKo fuither resistance . I burrcnriir liijSfclf , but don ' t use me ill . " ' ¦ 'After l ; utig s-ecured and tied in a manuer that prevented all possibility of escape , the prisoner Wjs conveytit to the > ttition-hous ^ . om Islington green , and on the wftyt ^ eie , being askfcd by Tuiubuil how be came to cio-such ni thing , he SiM . I wuitl have strvtfd you tho same . " The evidence cf Mr . I > rury , a surgeon , w ho ¦'¦ fxainlhed . tlio- ' - ' dtsceiised , and who also attended the wounded pe > sons , Mott and Moss , concluded the case on the ' . part Of the . prosecution .
Mr . Horry then rose , and addressed the Jury on the part of the prisoner , arid after ' siinc preliminary rt ; - marba , Eaia that the defence fce had to urge on his behalf was that le vyas insnne at the time he committed the offtuce / with 'which he stood charged , indeed , he should contend that the very tot itself was a proof ' of-insanity , viewing ail the circmuntances uisdyr which it , was . commit tod . I ' n many cases a suicide where the orject was to protect the jroorfl of the self , murderer fnjui being foritited to the Crown , very slight evidence indeed had beea admitted as proof of insanity , and surely in a case where the life , and not inercly the property of a feilow-ortature vas at stake , tho Jury onght to bo satibfled 'with that evid&nce which hud been ceemed tufficient in the cases to which he had alluded . The Learned Counsel then almdert to the
evidence in the cases of Lord Caatlereagh , E ; t , tl Munster , and other persons who committed * U ! Cide , and a ? k « d wbeUier aoy distinctioa as to proofs of insanity ought
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to be dra-Au in t ! i « case of a , man -who murdered himsulf , and ha who raui-Jored any other person , and said if the Jury were allo Ted to coma to a cUaritiible conclusion iu the oue ea » s ,-. they onp ; ht to bs-allowed t > do so in the other Hs-tSen airudi'd to tSe slieist pronfg of insanity tbat : had been admitted and act ; d upon in several cases wnere Commissions ' of Lunacy had been issued , and said that he was prepared in the present case with mnl-h stronger evid"nee as "to the insanity of the prisoner . Tite Learned C -unsol then went through the evidence adduced on the part of the prosecu ' . ion , nnd said that the conduct attributed t ;>' the ' prisoner-by the several witnesses showed more claarly that he was not in a sound state of mind . After , sonia further general remarks upon the wnole case , the Learned Ooncsel rjiiW'il .
Mis . Cooper , the prisoner ' s mother , who deposed to Various acU on the part of the prisoner , ¦ which indicated tbat the prisoner was insane , but a 3 b « r relation to the prisoner might be supposed to itifluenee her evidence , we prefer giving that of other witnesses , by whom it was confirrokd . Hannah Southttll stated that she had lodged wifb . the prisontr ' s mother about eighteen month ? . He was of a strange behaviour at times , and did not act at all lifefi a eens \ W « joungnsaii . He had many childish ways with him . She ha ' t frequently heard him csmplnin that Vie was weary if his life . She kntsw of his hnvijig taken I ; mJanum {<> t the purpose of destroying-himself . -mid saw his mother give him some castor oil and wa'k him about the room , for the purpoue o : ' recovering him . H * was ill for a fortnight after . When the prises or h : id any money hs spent it foolishly in pastry and carcs / acd siii ^ h th ings , aud not us a sensible person * would do . He once bought a silver watcb , and after takiog it to pieces , 6 old it to a Jew for Is , ¦ ¦
Eiiza Llfyd sa'd she hid known the prisoner ' s mothe * for about eight years . Had lodged in the same house wit ' i her two years ; that was aWut four years » : ?<> . Knew on one occasion Uie prisouor tried to huiis hviu ' s . ulf . Witness ufCer wards SiWjiim lying on his motUcr ' s bed , and quit ?) biack in the fa « e . He was insensible for a long tiin-3 . When hy l'cx'ofurcd , er . d was a * kal h-. jw he came t- > do it , he said that he was- ' weary of his lif-j . aid wished . ' to .-destroy hiiiis'ilt ' . . he prisoner was much affected on the death of Lis fathar . Ou heating of tkut evunthe fainted , and Wti 3 inscn 3 ib ! e for sevtral micute . s .
He after wards eaM that ho had setnhia father come out oi his srave . VVitaess recoliected Keying the prisoner burn two Dutch clocks . Be iuid th ; it th » y wer « cxstles which had been entruste . to him to deft ml . and that he would ni . t allow niiy one to jippro ? . ch thtm . Witness-said that if sho Were , his mother she w uld not permit him to be at large . Ha-1 ¦ heard him say that Lo had been converted , and th : t ho M-as a child of God . Cros ; -examine < 1—Did . not know of his goincf to any chapel . He was an industrious young man , and would work when ho could got it ti do . '•¦ ¦¦ '"
Mrs . Sarah Bowdlur stated that sho had lodged at the house of tbe prisoner ' s mother , and that , on orb occasV . m tfi 9 prieorjer tokt her that ho wouid hang hunhelf . She replied , ? ' Wby , you mu . vt ba out of -y < uv mind t j think uf . sutih a thiD ^ . " He said , " Never you mind if 1 am . " He on luio'htr occasion asked h&r to ierd him sixpence to purchase smne arsenic , in order tbat ho n ; i ht make-away with himself . Witctsd refused to lit him have tho money , up-. > n -which he Baid that h ; s would get it fr . );> i somebody e se . She h ;\ d fiequpntly heard him say that ho wus weuty of his life . .- Ooce , when he was ill , ho jsuid thaS tha Davil was coming to fetch him .
Robert Bawdier , a eon of the last witness , seated that tho prisoner had rtquested him t > purchase arsenic lor him , but he r&fuswd . to do so . Oa odo occasion he produced a pistol , and . asked-witness toltth . m shooc at him . He was frightened , and run away , on which the prisoner said , " I thought you was not game euou b to let me do it . " ' Cross-examined—I never saw the play of William Tell perforiMtd , where a father shoots at an- . appls on his soil ' s ' head . Had frequently soen the prisoner put out u candle with a pistol loaded with powder only . Eilward Cooper , a brother of the prisoner , s # ed eleven jeara , proved that the prisoner had attempted to destroy Liuitel by tukirig arsenic about four mon ; hs befovo he vras apyruheaded on the present charge .
James Cooper , anoth&r . brother , eiatal that the wi-S'j ;; er Bad onc t . 'ittemptad to aiiuinip suicMa by hanging hiiJi . 3 t .-3 f ; ' thit wa 3 abvi ; S- fl ? e years ago . About *; 5 x montbs sinca witness saw thu prisoner suddenly drinli s&m . thing out of a bottle , and say on having doDe sa that he had taken enough to destroy his life . His brother gave him some cjaio ? oil , which prevented this poison from taking tfi ' act . Had frequently seen him . with pistols in hla possession . He has dten threatened to shoot witnt-83 without any pvovocatiun . Mr . Bodkin replied upon this evidence , and contended at great lfcugth , that there waa nothing in it
that wcfald warrant the Jury in coming to th-j conc ' usioh that the prisoner w » s insane ? hut in . addition to this , he said ho had witnesses to prove , not only tbi . t the prisoner was perftctiy s > ine at the time of the corriniis ^ ion of the oSenc « chaigfed a » a ! nst-hini , but tent he had been so for . some time previously , and had bo continucil since he had bten ia custody . The Lciti&eA Counsel then called two ladies , who bad been stoppud by the prisoner near Hornsty , shortly before his app « ehension on the present charge , and who swore , that he prt ' . x'iited a piitj . at them , and demanded their money The / did not consider that he exhibited any ' . symptom ' s of insanity .
Mr . Macmurno , the surceon of KTewcate . stated tbat he ba-. l attended the prisoner cJaily since his commit * meni to that prison foe trial . He had watched his conduct narrowly , and had never observed any syuiptoms of insanity about him . He had no reason whatever for supposing that the prisoner wai a person of unsound mind . Cross-examined—Had watched the prisoner more particularly Binea be knew that his tit-fence was to be ihat he was ii sane . Mr . Cope , tht Governor cf Newgate , stated that by Lii-1 \ i 8 iied th . e t > vLici ^« : i : . daiiy su . ca . lia had been its iris cliar ^ e ; . lia < J never observed the slightest sycipton ! . * of insanity r . heut him .
G . - ' ^ o ' - Waddini . ton , t ! : o jailor of the Clerkenwell Police-eouit , fl ' i .-i-tt ' : i that tLte prisoner hid been in his custody cevfral tinws on vftrioua ' cliftrgos . He had ii «» vtr pbservtii any tlii- ' ng iri-Atiooal about him . Pris <> r . i ! r wrts placed uniitr his care when apprehendt'fl on tLo present cbargr . H « wna very talkative to ¦ witness . an'd ' w ' r . en witn « r 88 vemarked that t ^ w present "was a ba > i j > b , and the worst th « prisoner had ever been en-{ 4 ni , td in , the prisoiier . r ^ plii-d ' it was , but that if he ( witness ) bud'attempted ' to take him into curtjdy , he would-have shot him at once . He afterwards said that i : a wished that it had been the Inspector Fenny he £ ia « shot instead cf Daley , tha policeman , because he ( Petiny ) ' had once clono his ( prisoner ' s ) mother an it-jury . Witness on a subsequent occasion told . binr tbat
iiulx , had suffered much fiom a qu 3 n ; ity of grass remainiDsj on his wound , ou which tue prisoner said tliiit he was obli ^ fcd to luad the piatol with grass instead of wadding , 'because ho had got no paper about him . The prisoner ' s mother was pre ? 6 . ;; t at this time , and Biie ' aO . vistd him to pray to God for forgive ess of his sins , upon which he said to her " Don't bothur . ni ' . ' , 1 have had preaching enough already . " - ' - ' - . Cross-txitniued — When the prisoner was in the lock-up he euiieavuurcd to take do- ?; n a awor . 1 , but witness prevented him , and asked him afterwaruB wbat he intended doing with it , when he replied , that he intended to rtestvoy himself , adding , " Z would have killud you , George , if you had tried to pr « rent mo . " Mr . Horry repliua upon this evideiico , afu r wliiulj , Mr . Justice Pjtteaon proct" / dt > d to sum vp the whole of the case , ami in-doii ^ to his Lordship sasd , tbat the facts of the case " wtre very sh—l-t . The tnain question for the consideration cf the Jury ¦ was , the . &t > ue ( f the crisoner ' s mind &t tb ' e
time when he cowinittfcd the offence imputed to him , an ' d on that point they had btfore them Iha evidence of ' . he prisoner s mother land several othtr persous-who haul known him for eon ; e considerable-tinie .- . HiiiLort' - ship read ovtr the w ! io ! a tf this evidence , and conihitiit-iri upon the various portions of it as he proceeded . And , with regnal to a , remarfe that the prisoner ' a Counsel ba-i made , that the very act which the prisoner had committed was a proof pi" iDssnity , his Lord . ' -hJp raid that it would be a most dangerous * thing to sociciy to infer insanity from the atrocity of msn ' s . . actione . His Lorvfifcip then adverted to the mauner in which tha prisoner had conducted hinisc ' . f throughout , the entiro transaction , apii asked if there was any thing in that conduct indicative cf insatiity . His Lo'dsbipcon- ; eluded by telling the Jury , that , if th ^ y ' entertained' any veasonaWe doubt upon the vastier , it was their duty to give the . pvito ' iitr the-benefit if it ; but if thoy didnot , it was their boucdeu cuty to ficd the prisoner guilty .
irlr . HarJrer , the usher of the Court ; , Living in the usual ' jnainitri . aid , "Coi . y . Uh . v your vt-niict , gcntJenifJi , " the jury rose , grouped together for an instant , and then rt-s-umed rhtir seats . The cltrk » f f t » 3 nr ? ai . — . 9 s . ikl , " Gentlemen , are you agreed ?'' The foreman sn' 3 ' wtred •• Ytjs / ' and delivered averoijct-ofGnilty . " ' The prisoner was then ordered to rise and stand at the bar . . ' .,.,. He diS so with a lounging swing , "nd Icclxed towards the bench v / ith a savwge eoowi . When nsted by the . clerk of the arraigns , in the usual form , wliat he bad to say why sentence cf death should not be passed up ' on . iiim according to lap ? he niatio no reply . . , " . . ' . . ' ' ,, : '"' : ' ; ¦ . ..- ¦ . The judges tben put on the black -sap ' s , and Mr , Harker civ ' . o ihe proclamation ti joining silence upon all perapiis in the court -while sentei . ee i > i death Wiis pasain- ; upon tho prisoner .
• Mr . Justice P . ittispn then , address i ng the prisoner , aaid : — . Tboisjas Cooper , the jury , after a long and patient invest-cation ci youir coae , have found that you wvre in a sound state of mind when you deprived the ¦ policeman , Xipjo . t ' aj ? Daiy , o ? -. life ; and no person who has heard th ? . evidence given this day , and has attended to it with ttyx samei'car « or attention that tha jury have given to Vq cun for a moment doubt of their having o me toj . rigut conclusion . With respect to the facts of the cv ' ie ita « lf , it appears that jou went cut on the 5 th of y iay I ^ st , armed with loaded y-istols , whether for thij 'purposes of robbery or not I pannot say ; but you 3 pp < ar to have before committed two highway robbf » ies , present ing pistols at the piirtieo , robbiu i ? and threitiiing those persons * lives . Whether you wore out on as miiav errand on the 5 th of May , I cannot ¦ ¦
sa' j ; but it appears that on that occasion you met with tfie ' policeman ftlose . On seeing him you ran away , ,. * arid' upon his following you and expressing bis deter-
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mination to : Uk « you into ; custody , y-. u ibicutviTci ! to shoot him . A & * . ru » 'gle took plied bstwcin yuu im'd when ha attemp ^ d to tike you into custody , juu Hr . ' . A a pistol at him . and wounded him seriously . You tht-a fit ' empt' -dto cecap ;? . but bdna ; overtaken and si : rr ui > iei by the pir ' . ios who fallowed yc-u aTiongst vr ? : o : n - ^ . is the nufof tunata ricceiised , you fired two pistols . wi * a one of-which you severely wocuded an jadividua-, aw ( i with the-, ether you deii-jeraSdy shot D : ' : y Ciad . The culprit , wlio h ; id btwr leani . 'is on tlio bar . and scowling at the-jutiee ,-fera'l ' . 'oke-u / round -tLa court , mid seeing -inspsttor Pency s ' andiiji , * near tbo witntss-b Vs .. just under tha uock , he su-Mfeiily Varied over tva far . Penny .-howove ? , vmsoutof his rri - . cn . aad thotu-ukey , who hal beta btaiifiin ^' Vehind l : i ; n , insmeniiUly cl ^ i ' i ' d up , and laid th « ir hands upon him at earn siitv . Jla give tha inspector a moit ferocious loos , ami shock his fist violently ;; t . liim .
Mr . Juttii-e P . itiison rnz ^ rl the prisontr . for a moment in silerce , ruu -then said . You liad tt ' ttcr . listen to ma . You , lia > l bttter listen t . v me , prisoner , inst . cat of slialcing your tiit « : uiy one thuv , As . I b »> c ? bi >' i / i- 3 . s . ji' . l , y « u woiituied oiaj . wf-tiie ' prrsor . s v ,: bo atttinjittd to ap ^ eht-iiil viui , and jv .-u suit the polisenun , Duly , tut <; f tho -srur . U oii ' a i'u . ::: ; t-ja . unpeapartid to intvt his Maker . The aotjou / iav ^ c- » rc . r na ; tte : i . wad one of j » i-.- at ntrocily , oiie to the dim . iiiusion of VToich you have been ltd by a ions ; c ( . u .-se cf liii ; - Siiliite h : i !^; t 3 , auil you rtih it with the initiation of resisung the effic ^ -. 's of jn . ^ iao v . heu they vi-i r t ; -iibuut-to take you into cu-tociy . Y « u- &A < 1 to y > .. u ? ui « 'li' ; r , when sue told-you' to pray t > G . d to paulon your S ' . ul , ' " ' . . that . you cJi ' i iiot wane to be botheredAvith ai-. y nwra of
preacjiing ; y < m Jiai toad enoa ^ a that , " Whltaer you have couie t-j aiiy . bct > r . st'jid ofiiiiu .-l sir . c-j thay . ' . I ( io i : i . tkno ^; fuz 1 recommend' you ,- dating the short time jou have i ; 0-. ? to live , to do no— to nd . iifcBS yourself ¦ ¦¦ ¦ t o- fervvnt prayer , and ' . to try t o ¦ -ob ' biia mercy aud ¦ . piirUon . from Gort , thv-nrb . the niei'ts of our : L : r . i o-k \ Savi ' . vir . ¦ Your life La ' s . bien forf « » . ed to jotirountry , acd I' would n <; t be d . rinij my duty were I . ii-. >« to ttll jon thit thdre . isii . ) hopv for uu of r ceivin ^ pird-jn , I t ' . iiivk r ? tight to tcil you ti-at . you havo not ' tDe ¦ slL-hbst . hope if pwdon . I fe ;; r you are not i ' n a proper . " -tate of miiid . at-present : !; tn Itiust tsiat you . w- 'i ! try to obtain , by fervent prayer ' -, the p .-. rd « D of your Creator in anoiiiar world I tarni stiy-entre : it yru to aj ply thb short tiiri ' 3 ' which j' » u har-a n « ' . v te * live in sappiication t » the throng « f tbs Aiminbty , who sees-ami knows all things . It o&ly now Knuiius for me to pnss upon you tfv . j avrful senvoncauf the . iii'w which mast uK'touble-lly will ba carried ir . ta iffsct . It
13 that y ' ou be takrii back to the place from' whence yen canifl , and'that ' you' ba ' taken ' . thtnea to the place of public execution , thcra t <> be hanged by tits' Ev-ck until you sure riotid ; tbat your b' » iy b-j ' -buried -within ttio prsc : nct 3 ' ( -f the gaoi ; ana may the L'jrti have mercy on your soul . " The livher rt'plicf ., " Amea " At ( ho sout :-i of ths " . naen , " the prisop ^ r , with a look ia -vhich tbe most dt ; iH > nf 3 B : i 3 rai ^ e and fiTocUy FeeHied to bfc . cwicpntratfd .. £ ra . « vori thu lar ^ e mefa l iplcbottle . . which js > cre" . ved upo- 'v tha bar of the rii ; ck < nr , d mM'ti an tffirt to wrench it ofr . What his orj * -ct co ' .-M have been , we are / fcrtmi'itely , una le to t- ^ 11 ; ior , luckily for ' th'i ' pt ; r-: onal safety of t ' le Lfa ; : ned . Ju 'li ; e . g , or whoever elsH nv . iy havrt biM . -ri destir . e'i'f ' jrth . u sali . ite , the inkbo ' -tle ¦ was securely fastened , . awl-the lv . rr : keya who liad kept close to the prisoner irom t . hu moui' ¦ t < y £ hie tbrea enin ^ action towards 'Inspector Penny , immediately removed him from the bar .
The trial lasttd a few miuutes more than thirteen hour ? . Mr . Justin Patt / . Kon , after "the prisoner-. had ' ' ecu remove ! , iJit'niatsd to the coUDst 1 ! " tr ? he jirc-pr ^ ntioH , that . hy a rect-nt Act rf P . u-haniest , the Jart . ' -ex wrro enabled to awiird a &urn vf rinjrifcy' to tbfc' wiiVow tv . orphans of persons v .-ho had lost " , their-lives in tne }> erformanco ot their public duties . They would therefore order the . sum ' of ; £ 50 to be civen to the widow cf Daly . He recre'fed that- the . liW . ( l id not rccocnisa the
n ' pht of Moss , tiia o ' . bsr policeman , as he Ivrid no direct nutho : ity for tho arrest of Cooper in tie fiVst instance . However , ' the great courage asMi praiseworthy c «! : riuct which ' . fc « j " and--t :. o hat .-jr Mott had both exhibited wfre such that h < 3 ( tha iiim&l Ju / ige ) l ; ad no doubt but tL-at an ¦ ai-p . Hcatlp ¦ to tho proper quarter wou'd have the eP . ' ect of procuri-i ; them c-asb . a liaivi . mme rtward , which w : is * - ' . u i to thria both for tln-ir aiiniirabla conduct ,- and f jr the ' sevora . aad tedious KUiTjrlngs they had ehduved . ' The Court theu broko up .
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JUSTICE TO THE PF . ODUCER THE ONLY . ME-vNS OF RE&T 0111 NG THE PKOS-1 ER 1 IY OF THE COUNTRY . A 3 k ; ie tract of eight pagcc , printed by Wrigley , RiicJe , in which all the volumes of elaborated £ & ; i- > : ry s-poutsd uud voxnhed forth by the ' free trace ' aca are tfeciuJuly answered in a few Lnes .
DESCRIPTION OF THE NAVAL AUTOMATON , in rented bv J . A . Eizti-B , and lately Pi . t-j . ted in Endand , France , Ho . 'laud , B ^ -iE , sad ihe United States of Nurih America . This Javcr .::-ia is 3 srstera hy -srhich—1- O \ . e man is enabled to xr . znago tte sails in an easy , qu : J ; , and ceitain nude , on aay vessel , by ti . e v ^ jiftr of the wind itself . 2 . Tie w ^ ves propel tha Tcwtl , puwp ont the -W 2 ter , i-:. d do tfcs other htivy y ? ois . s ( a new motive j , o » cr , much superior ts any cf steam ) , requiring iir . a cheap and siiLp ' , j macuiscry , and no fuel , ? -r further attantiuace of man beyond that cf
ibe man at the helm , —r . pplicabie to the smalieit as stU as the grfcitcst vesi > el . 3 . TLe siine po"w « r mij be j-iined to thosa of wind 2 bd of steam , aa-J vesi = l 3 may be propelled at the lowest average rate or twenty miles per fconr . 4 . Tee same po ^ er is au infallible msans to prevent - > L : p- * Tccks , by drivin ; : tas vessel from dangerous places under any circumstancv-s . 5 . Is nff > rded a new motive power ( which eosta Eathing but a Eimpie coauivance ) , of any amount dwarfed , even of thousands of horses , -within the COHJP& 53 Gf fifty feet , to drive all Borts of stitionsjy macMncs ( aiiils , factonti , &C- ) near the coast .
I ^ cdon : Wilsen and O » ilvy , 57 , Skinner-street , SBowhLtL Tee ii'le cf this pamphlet is bo full that we need a ^ a Lotting to it as &n indication of its purpose and conten' 3 . Not being practically versed in scientific ttatttra we uazird no opiuioa ca tte weighty mattm upoa which it treats ; but the subject is oue of so Euch iffiportance to the public generally that vre tfctf ^ ; i t be iasperstire du : y of all who are capable of foriL-sg an opinion of its merits to exa-mine and iasptc : Mr . Etzlcr ' s rian .
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LETTER TO MINISTERS OF THE GOSPEL , On Matters which deeply interest the WorkiD =,-Millions of Great Britain and Irdand . ay James Whittet . Perth : G . Baxttr . This is a faithful , earnest , and respectful admonition to parties by whom we fear it will be but little heeded .
THE STATE OF THE COUNTRY , AS THE EFl-E . T OF CLASS LEGISLATION , AND THE CHARTER AS THE REMEDY . A Lectnre delivered in the Chartisc R . > om , Matiohester , April lOsh , 1842 , by Mr . David R ^ ss , Lec-urer ou Elocution , etc . Repored by Win . Griffin , Repomr to the Star . Manchester A . Heywood , 58 and 60 , Oldham-street . An energetic and eloquent defence of the Charter , worthy of universal reading .
TOBACCO AND SNUFF : Medical TesUmonies and Essays , shewing their Injurious kff-cts and Demoralising Tendencies on rhe Health and Jlorals of the Public . London : J . H . Starie , 166 , High Holborn . A work which we very cordially recommend to tho reading and serious attention of eve-y membjr of society . We are tjuite &ure that if its various and weiti ' my reas . ns a ^ ain ^ t the iiijurious , extravagant , ano filthy habits of BawkiBg , che-wiug tebicco , and snuSug were duly weighed and appreciated , an intelligent people would at once discouuieuance these habits .
FINANCIAL REFORM . A Digest of the Reasons ior ana a * amss a Tax upon Permanent Pro-- per : y , 'n litu of some of the present Tax ^ c .- -p .-c ; ally tbuso on comuiodiues . By TL . TV . Rlsslll . A modtra ' c-ly wtll-rea ? onpd argument in favour of an ^ elusive property tax . Dis 3 t : ntm ^ fro m sojj o of ¦ the auvhor ' s vcsiiions very decdeaiy . wo yev iind much to praise ; and recjmmtud the book as a whole .
THE FLEET PAPERS . Vol . 2 , No . 25 . Oastler goes J ? aHy on with hi 3 £ Ood work of scouTg : iij £ s- ' -ounQTfis > His prestnt an-J some prececiisji uunibtrs be'ni devottd to a cons : dirjtioii ol Sir Rulen Peel ' s tariff ; he has been led uuo a ~ :, sstrtaticn on tne Unueucy ana tffect of tree iraatprinciplt-5 . He fhews mosi chariy that th » -ir mevit-sile it no . ncy is to maku honest n . en nuo thieves . We sia o the cute ro . iher more b . muiy irna ,-. e does bui such is the fact . Mr . O-isilcr atiUuccs s ^ mo pretty aceccotes of xniiivile ciaas " nunesty" hnd ' ¦ tcli fe ibii" * as iiiuiiraiious of his argumems . We give one or two of them : —
" Tbus for ban I -written , when I was jnterrapt ^ j by s . vaiucd and Cnristian friend . I re ^ tl the loregoing to hini . TTheu he Fai 4 , 'How contrary are tha-e p : i ! :-c pies to the Truths ot &od . TVuat huv > . > c do such tu ^ oriv-s protiucd in evtry Civristia . i cburth !' " Hr ? tt ;*; n . txenipHflsii l . is liicauin ^ by iwo acscdotts , which arc so Ttty much to the p-npo ^ e , tha ; 1 must detain you -whilu 1 rdi-. e them . " 3 Jy friend , who is a highly respectable , inUliipi-nt , and verj - irSa-ntial Weslcjan iJcthodi ^ t . siid , ' Tue pr .. cteaings of soice of our weaJtby tTaatiiin n a .-e wickcii in the extreme , I was ence tr-nsat-fn ' , business wita a perstn who bad foimtrJy been out cf cur
m « -i ^" t--f . \ Yhen we had settl-. d our bu ^ at-w , te pt-intyd to a piie of riDl-on-b' Xf-s , a ^<• t ; t a jard hig £ i . ai-d toUi Hie , ' Ti- - > ie bests cunt . iih rib . ' f ^ i ivliuh we sell from oca shilling and three-pence to two sh-iiinrs a yard . \ Ve gtneraiiy give from , one RbilliiJg to out » BiViii < g and eigbtpence a yard for them—I b-. u ^ ht tfeuse » ' » - ! 'ay for threepence a yard ! T : at b ? . g : in is worth £ ' 0 oo to me . ' ' Kaw , he mu > t huve known ' coctinuco my fritnd , That no man conid ^ ff . 'ru tL « = ui at tha' - " price , : aid feat ho was . ia tff ^ ct , t ^ jnii fculcii gccd « . ' If loo m-Aiiy ribbons , unier the circjra .- ^ ii . es , had not been produced , such a r- tberj couid n ^ t h- ^ ve been commuted ui . dtr the pita of trade .
" . My in ^ nd a ^ so said , 1 rememt-er , that or . e of our members , - » £ ¦ _ > wjis sfcopmaa to a auiu ' icr of vut sochty . c-cce told ma , ihat ' he shoa < u ce obliged to 1 v . ehia sitnatiun , he ctuld &ianu it do longer ;* and then he relattij tne following facts ;— ' Our master h ; is a ruif , ttat a certain turn ought to be taicn in the shop every day ; if itrss . thin that suhi is taken , Wo a e en . pU > yeil , cftvr the sbt-p is c' . osed , to los ^ k over tha iiiV .-ic . a of goods -winch a : e not psid ior , aud Wtj de - . i-et , from tr .. em , for jhurt ltv ^ tiis . until Wd have warfe up wh ' i : our m . s '* -. r charting ai a liir sum for ihe pr . 3 : un t * it amount ve ara short in th = ilay ' a sal-js . Wntn ttis i ' av is vtry r * iny , and we have no customers , we m . t oniy deduct ; or ator : Jecijtha , but we mato abaitm-rnu for faulta which EcVtr txisted in the goods , until the amouEt of profit fixxa for the day is made up . '
" 1 remarfet-d , X > j not the seliers of the goo s resist such impositions ? ' My friend an&Wcrt < i , ' Tiie ^ ooda are bt-ruht from agents , -who cannot &ff > r < l to offend punctual paytw . Tney prefer to make tx-.-usea to their pr nc : piis m tne couuuy , who are gtnciajjy pcKuadea to be-tiiirfito . * " I ha . \ d eijjce seen a very rtspcctablo London ehopketper . Mho assnres me , that the system of mak'c ? np profits by tu ; h deductions is very common inne ^ d . ' Trie rttital of tiiis fact will explain to maisv a poor
weavei lie icason why hia master u so often tnniged and ttuTnang about the inipoasioiiUy of ohLiiuicg a profit , ' a ; ia urging his taktrs-in 'to ictre ^ sr abaunitnta . and fcitA' This kciiV ^ ry in the roguish shopbtiptja nul t > njy prevents tneir Lwiieii neighbours t .-om thriving , bus it Uestreys all proper feeliju Itt ^ teu the manufac ' . ure . s anil their work-pt . ^ ple , anii rt-Lf : er 3 thb whole system one of unblu ? hiijj ; vuiany and of crud © pprtasfi' . on , for sse , Sir , how the mi ; nuiacturtrs contrive to throw the frail of this taieviih system of the London bLupkeepfcrs upenthe pour optrativc : WiavtrB .
' it is a singular fact , but it is true , thut a f < rw days before the conversation I ha ? e just related to-ik place , 1 was called upon by a very rtspectaDie operative , who ia tn- first cousin of an Km , and waose uucle and grandfatc ^ r Were als o EirLs . ( Whtn my pojr friciid toid me his pedigree , I thought of E . ri Fitzsviiliaia , hia granri-cbiidren , and ths coal-pits ) Tins aristocra ' . ic "Ubtiurtr was inteuuing to emigrate , being sick of Vbe oppressions and vilianifes of the manufdCvurera .
He infewiit-. i me , ' that he had hit bib last p-ac ^ , whert he was a tdkir-iu , [ whose occupation is to ixamine thi coit-jQ ca . icoes as vtwy come in fruin the weavers 3 He was wad required to make up , in abatements , a car . tain suui per week . HLs conseienca would n . > t allow him t- > tie so . His master expostulated with niai , nnd urged upon him the necessity of comphance , sayiag , ' Tiiat before he cume , tha bate-books , of which he hau niany , were always , on aa average , nine shiiHu e'S a wetik mure titan Be iray Lnforaianq had made hi 3 . " "
Such are the evidences of sympathy with poverty—Euch the proofs of high-mindedness and principigiven by the partie 3 to whom tne " intelk-c : uai ' brawSerd ior union are so anxious to hauci over the people a ; id their movement that , for very tpl en , because not ai ; owed to do it—they move heaven and earth io > pht up the union already subsisting umon ^ the people !
ARGUMENTS IN FAVOUR OF THE IMMORTALITY UF THE BODY ; pro-nnj- ihat Man ia jiyvsreed by his ovra 2 Va . iurat LaiV ~ o' Ac :: o : j auu Reaction , depjnoln ^ upon ti . eir c uidj iou and tne subiiances in esi .-t-joee that will accord vriin those Laws etornahy , i ; they arc not o-j . i ;> i ^ eii by other substances that have rv . cHv < : d a diiiertni constiiuuon . Bradford : B . Walker ,
The genius of this author has chosen a field of exerc : se caicnla ^ ed to excite much interes " , if his alleged di ? c-jTerses bore an air of plausibility ana ?> raeucab : ] Uy . This they do not , in our e tiiaation . llistrai , secret—his principle of material injnr-rtalny , serms to be tne negative on-: of not eating any thiuK calculated to precipr . ate phosphato of lime , or in oihrr woras to eat nothing winch wiJ create bone ; he
says" " It is a well-known f .. ct that if fowls are fed on substance : * tLa : cjntim no impurities , and in a place where tbere is no calcareous e 3 n . ru that , tb ^ y will lay tbtir cg ^ a withorft shells . In the sam e msnner , if a feaiale lifter conception was to subsist upon substances xhat cDcViiiricd bo earthy mait-ir , such sa phosphate of lisit ; , &S-, the child would be ; eatirtljf wiib-jut bone ; its bocy woula cocsist solely of a Dumber of Vessels fiilc-i with a flaid substance , called bloucl ; and so long .-is iLe cbild continued to sul-sist upf . u those subsracc ^ s , & ¦> loce would tbe bloou counuua to circuiate of
ihruu ^ ii t . ; e vaiious rauaincaiioiia ike sjstc-m , supplylus tKa waste toi ' Dg on in every part of ti . e bi > ciy ; eve :-y £ fcL's ; t : ve fet-iing w-u ! J rtiain its capubilities ; its percept . vi' powds -woula convey ev « . rs object tbat &t ; eJ upcii t ^ em , with such faciiity and accuracy to the rtfisctive p-j - -crs , so as to give ihtm every upportunit > oi ate-Jitaimiig tteir nattire and qualities , in order to place tlifc ' . n in hiimony with them ; and , bo long as i ; continued to supply the system with materials that wouid eltmei ; ate fmnj every part of tbe body ia tbe forms of fiulii , vapour , and gaa , . taring no imcuntka behind , then li ' s itight truly be calied aa unresistsd ^
heiiomecon . He forgets , however , to tell as how the labours and uses of Me are to be performed withouS bones , or whence thin pure elemenaiing food is to b 9 had . The pamphlet alu / gether « ives evidence of a raind contenuiiig -H-ith a tubjeot altogether too vast for iis capacity , and of which us knowledge scarcely deserves the oanie of imperfect .
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AmsTuCRscr . — It is related of General Foy , a dL-tiu ^ uished French orator , that on one occasion as he was entering with much fervour into a political discussion in tha chamber ^ and had just pronounced the word " aristocracy , " a voice from the ministerial side asked him ior a definition of it . " Aristocracy , " answered he , at onca aud calmly , " aristocracy in the nineteenth century is the league , the coalition , of those who wish to consume without producing , live without working , occupy all public places wiihont being cempstent to fia them , stiz-j upon all honours without meriting them—that is aristocracy . "
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THE VIS ! OX OF MYCKENOK . ( Ad ' . tplcd from ihe French . ' ) * * * * Oppressed with the laboivrs and faiisues of U ; e day , I ttir ' tw ihyst-lf rTown to rtst , and bchaid ! whiia yes slteping , tuo failoviug vision appeared unto me : — ; Methcuj ; ht I stood oy a vrido extended pla ' . n , thronged by an i (!; mcns 9 iuuitiiuda of human beings ; old men , &rey with ase , fitfipiin ^ , and cfuldren of a jesr , wera there ; and ' 'f cu-m out of tbe wiiol « of this vast tbnUicade arose orie gro . in of suffjriujf , on « vi . ice of weeping and lanientaii ^ a , - . and my eyes were filled with tears at ; * oei » g tneir gaunt and . bony forma , and the cry of their complainti-entered into my soul , and I turned to
an aged mart who leaned mournfully upon a staff ; wherefore , tether , >^ id I , . o these people niouin ? Is th ir king . de ; i > l ? Do thoy weep for a chieftaia .- or conqueror ? But the old mau Bhook his hoary loeko , ana raising his band , pointed towards the south . And behold ! a mist , as ifc were , fell from my eyes ; aiut af a * off , -I beheld a inichty Po : m Btanairg bftfoie 3 mountain ; and tau Form ' s height was even front tho foot to tbe summit : tbunx-f . Aiid pawing through tb . 3 crowd , Jrirew near uuto it , that I might look up ^ n the Ciiufio of the people ' s aorrowing . And I saw tho Form wai huuiaa , ami had feiituies like unto man ; aad be woruau ixon crown ; and on his forehead was ' -written , " G JVeiuBieiit ; " and his eyes shot fire ; and ; in his
haaiis he held ft whip of scorpi . jna , on which v / ao vaitten . * ' * lj-iws ; " and his aspttt wua terrible to look upon . . And behold , as I drew nearer , I - 'discovered that the Form ba . 1 two fdiie ' s ; anil looking - towar . (! B it , I beheld-the second f ice , amt its features wera pit asing to vcbokh aiul it smiled sffsttiy ; and the tones <; f its vo ; co wero Wac-i and musical , and the gt-zs of the second face was directed to tha mountain top . ¦ And bfholj , in the mountain top were gathered together a few .- " men and a few womtn , and a sumptuous repast % , va 3 spread / before them and plenty : ^ e ' enicd to abound with th * m ; each was dressed in purple ar . d fins linen * neither seemed there any end of their diamonds and juvptls , aud 1 heavd uo groans or lamentations from them .
Ami ninthoueht . seeing these things , I was pczz ! e >\ and astonishment kirpt me silent . ¦¦ And teboid , . «? : ' ' z .. ng . ii ^ aiu upon the muititude upon the plain . I eaw all « vero not prostrate ami keeping , s :. nie here and tht-ro were & ! iitlierin >; together into gr . ) u ^ 3 , and oignuizlv . s ; thtnt-3 elv *> s . r . d thryKshyut the w-holo extauo ff ibis pla- ! n wera signa -of u iiii « bty raovf > r ;; e : it . . Acd looking , i aitv ? a grtat ; river runsjing by . "tho-Bide of the nion ; : tain , ami uiany ia-len ships vrere , on it , and the people looked anxiously towards thttii , but- tha river was chaiued . aurit&s . and the Form took h ; i . f rf all t ' aat tasaed . A ! idxsz ng more attentively .-I perceived that tha nonets of the Form were iron , and its ft-et day . ar . ci I saw written on its breast in blooil . "Class LecialA . t > . on !" Aiid behold , iu a short time , tho features of the " -Form
were con'sulsed With agony ; and foita from ; ts Lu-aiit arose an infant child , ami it Ptood on the iron crown , and its appearance -was h ;; ileit vritli joy from tho rapuntaia , but from thfi plain no sound of joy arose . apii the Form teeing this wused furiom , and brandishing his whip , ho spoko , " Slaves , behold your future kiu . jj , fejl down and worship him . " . . A-riiJ , ; behold suddenly I heard from one tx ^ remity of the plain even unto tbe other one ' loud Isugb . of e ' erisien , £ snd turning , I beheld the -whole people gathered together and eczing .- "with Iot . k 3 of ha ' -red and contempt upon tbe Form , and tbo people were calling for iea ^ era to show them how to overthrow' ife And the Form seeing this , rrenibled , and taht within iteclf ; " If tiie p 8 'p ! a c « uti ' nue thus / amuodece , I muaS divert tboir cues
from my own depravity . " Saying this , the Form sent cunning insn ' amongst the people to shew them tbe cause of thtir miiery ; and they lectured them , and strove to inako them believe that totf many people liyod in the laud ; v . nA they . published booki , uv . i taiked pf ^ as , and emigration . Bat the people bootod . them out from the miost of ¦ "them ,, and . ' would not evim so Jnuch 83 listen unto them . Then tlie Form sent mi ld . iud meek-faced men to teach the . psopJe obedience ; end these men-west forth , and spoke of poverty and misery as beKffrs fr .-m heaven , sent from above to prepare tbefti for another and a better wotiil . They said it was sinful , a : id wicked , to complain ; and t '; : ut " lbs powers tliat ba , are c-rrfaiued of God . " Sat the
peoplescoiTrid&i ii ; is-i thioRa , and made reply , ' Jf 79 think pevfity such a beueart < : oine thare it frith \ u , why tiress ye in purple ami tine linen , and fare suinptuou 3 ] y tvery tiay , whiisl wo are starving 1 . ' : Ya ara hvpocitcs and ialse teacht-rd all . Dopiut out . frcra aiiior . gst us . " Sajin ? this the pesple united more clost ly . Then dul the Form , tremble . . with jdismay , land gave himself up for lost , and in hia peril he took coun-Kftl of those in the piountaiu top , and beholtl in a bhcrfe time I heard a voice frnm the top , saying , ' ¦ DNitia the people :. sprwid disunion , aud yea wiU ' carquer . " And presently I behrld nidiij weli-fed men goinii smoBKsfc
the people aud striving to direct their atteEtion to tea chain acro £ 8 the river , and tbey said , " Tuke that ehion off our trade and all wiiV ho well . " But tho people returned , "What willbe the use of taking off iho . chain Haa not the Form power to put it oh again ? We wiil deatrox the Forni . " Then did the roultiVadea advance with palm branch . 69 in 'their- hands , aud singing songs ard hymns of jubilation , and at theirhead -wera five men , and the / ' . tramping of tlieir fett shook the earth , arid their cheers re £ 0 UD ed . to the very fceavins- ; and as they approached tho Fazni / they became invisible to niej and a pealhig shcut , as cf victory , woka es from my vision . ¦ ¦ ¦ •' ¦¦ ¦ . ; ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' : : ., ' . - '' . " . : :: ' - ¦ -:-. . . ' . - . " ; .. ' :: F . . ¦ ¦ ¦ Rochdale , June ' 11 , 1842 . ;
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GovBRNMENT have issued a Special Commission for the trial of person ? accused of outrages in Tipperary ; and the Commission has been addressed to Cfliet ' Justice Penaefather and Chief Justico Dahertv . LiFB is inexplicably dear , oven after there is least left to opjoy in i :. iLore especially when tfaa / . qMtstioDable boan of existeuce ia soagat to b 8 forcibly wrested froia cur grasp .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 25, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1167/page/3/
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