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" ~ A SO >~ G OP FREEDOM . xvx ioT £ r may sing of his lady ' s charms , 5 Abo * fl » Bscchanal boast of Ms wine , CC ^ dier ussy tell of hia deeds in arms , Bat » cob- theme shall fee mine , r ^ U ^ isg of thejays that freed om sites , -ttTjereTei Its blessings are seen ; i nd there is not an hones * heart that lives , jjnS -win join in the song I -ween . 3 ij mono far ever , and ever shall be , Success to the friends of the fair and the free .
* hE traitor may scoff , and the tyrant may scorn , ] && * -be lordiing may sneer at my lay , 53 t its burdsn shall cheer the oppres 3 "d and forlorn , - $ Tith aehopss of a happier day j « j ^ aB sraie ^ the slave to a sense of his "wrongs , . £ 2 d his sosi 5 ^ aU delight in the strain ; Tt jtisfl ** 3 ^ V bondsman what to Wn > belongs , 2 nd teach him t *> burst from his chain . My motto foT ever and evsr shall be ,
Saccess to the fnends of the fair and the free I vtS not debase God's imife on earth , Bj lauding the despot ' s deeds , J * 31 not praise that as an sctioa of ¦ worth , per which common humanity bleeps ; j yiiluot Tfjoice at fonl rapiDB and -war , yor exalt o ' er the blood that is spilt ; I sever ^ Sl bononr the conqueror ' s car , 2 for glorify that which is guilt My mol ' jo for ever and ever shall be ,
Succtss to the fnends of the fair and the free , 31 j so-g i » shall praise the promoter of peace , It sbaJl bless the benevolent heart , It shall prsy feat prosperity soon may increase , _ 4 nd iZisi i&ife from tka world may tiepnrt ; jiiballho 2 i > Jir Ehe man cf the geoeroas mind , ¦ ffhsse bosom ¦ with . sympathy gkrws ; jt shall ever admire the friends of mankind , £ nd despise their contemptible foes , ^ y motto for erer and ever shall be , gnssess to ths friends of the fair and the free . jjjnt&esier . Bbs jam is Stott .
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jffAITCHESTES —Calico asd Stvtt Block ^ 5 UT £ K 5 . —A Public ileesing of ihe aboye trades ^ s tel -l on Friday evening , in lbs Large Room of 2 » Farrfeid lEn , Fan-field-street , for the pnrpose of jsiaoninj : the Legislature on the evil t ff cis of magaaj . The large room was well filled witk ca *> ers and delegates from twenty country districts . Mr . Bsbai M'Farlans was called to the chair . He r&i ietsers from several members of Parliament , isdadiag T . S . Dansombe , Esq ., W . B . J ^ xrand . Esq-j Earl Siaahope , and George Jjats , £ ? q ., ihe wlnle of which promised that if itej ptfiuoaed the Legislature they would itudei iban * U the assistance in their power .
55 a f ( ffloisiag resolutions were ^ proposfHi to the jnognug ind nnanimonslj agrsed to ;—*' Taai it is its ojanifia of liiis -meeting that tho grea ; distress eipakncedij the operative block pr'olers is solelj to beiKribfltedtoibsunrestrieiedaanon of machinery almost eaurelj ccperseding their labour and deprivizg than « F the means of subsistence . " Thai the cslj remedy for ihe removal of the sJaranag distress t 31 be a restriction on printing machines , as a pro-• fjsoa of-employment for those whose laboorhas legDsnpeiscded by the machines . " '" That apetifion be presented to both House ? of Parliament , BDbodjing the foresoiDg resoinnozis prijing the Hoaonrable Members to take into their most serinns
eanadaation oar nnparalleled disn- » ss / 5 vnh a view toraDDVBibe miseries we at present endure" "That T . SDnrcombe , E ? q , be requested to present it to fis House of Commons , and the Honourable Earl Souiope » the House of Lords . " BAItNSLxiY . —A large pnblic meeting of linen Hirers residing in this town took place on Monday E £ 2 * , io adopt miasnres to prevpn ; an attempt ai redaeaoii of the prices jji ^ sn for Tick weaving , by a fas ia ihe lows . Kesolntions to support the men * eo iave tamed out were agreed to .
Mils of Tbabe . —This town has suffered mnch irrbg the pasi week . Hnndreds have b ? en thrown OS of employment who will have to suffer all the istrcTS of destitution . The faney drill trade is now Bally closed for shs season .
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Ho FiTTEB than six nres occurred in Manchester teing thfc past week . Tss . Applicants at the Manchester Wofkhonse SS 745 weesiy more ihan than this time lass year . Sech .-is the distress at Surarbridge , at the pre-EBiahe 5 thai 2 ^ 24 jigrions are deptudui ; on the I » H-rai « s of that place . iHi-CtrcKoo was be 3 ?^ in the the neighbourhood rfiKndderins-id a f CTr " ^ o-ya aj ^ d . The Gore Journal states that so neeaHle , -whieii iadbeEnsei ^ for poor latts , were effrred mine town of TnBa , lar . -week , for sale , bat no one could be induced to bid for ihem ; they wsre thoreiore returned to ihe otmes .
At Badi , a anmbrr of poor men ont of anploj ment are endeavocriag to obtain a living by dragging ibonJ , and oSenujj lor sale , waggon load-of coals . On ae waggons are chaik g . the words ** Coals for sals by poor ma om 02 " employ . " Is 17 S 5 aere ws ? e apwards of 200 , 000 persons emplayed in the operation or wool-combing ; in 1825 they were rednsed to 90 , 000 combers , and now there are not more than 30 , 000 engag&d at ii . Tke Coal PEOPSiEroits in the neighbourhood of Vifanare retneing their establishments , and ihe colliers coniplsin ihat their condition i 3 fast apjffDacbiEg to ibat of the hard-loom weavers . A Fiw Dats ago a Black pony tiled at the pat a , je of forty-thrse years at Haburgh , near Brockksbv .
As DsiHA 0 EDEU 2 T Bas op Iaos . —The largest bir of iron « rer made was roiled at the Cjfarthf irca-worte , u » r ileTtnjr Tyd-ril , on Satnrdaj lasi , tad is , we are informed , for a house in Hoiland . It iicsfce bolt , 25 ft in length and 6 in in diameter , Kid wo ^ ts about 2 J 4 ' -0 Ib . The pile from which it * is rolled ivas about 7 ft long by 12 in sqnsre , and ^ ixitd npirards of * 2 60 Uib . The pile was taken tromtheieatiEgfiirnace and pni at once into the Tells , jast hi the same manner as they ro-1 bare of an K ^ nry size . It was roiled under the able snperistedeaceofJtr . Robert Crawshay . _ Good ApprxrrE . —** The tonic propertirs contained a PaBR ' 6 LIFE PILLS , invariably r-srores the Seiasdj to a heahhW loj ^ ging for food , or in other TRff
Ss , jj predeces n good appetite , so much envied , JttSD-seluom enjoyed by ihe . inTalid ; the gentle ^ ss ^ ias powers ii possesses a = ~ i >' -s the stomach «> FP ? K } y digest the food ii receives ; ihe balsamic P f ^ si 5 besiows on the system prod u ces that devpzM feeling of good = pjriis 50 very desiraale , and opposes bo * Ji miad and body to healthy exercise ; Wcrrumig under its influence soon wears a joyous *^ ct , aiiiltiievari&ui duties of fife are performed * a pJear ^ re . It , m addiuon , contains a nne . se-Ja Cre ^ ailiij , and inEiead of long and w ? ary nights , pTESiound and itiresaiug sleep . If the su > mach * £ a bowel * require h , it acis a ? the mildes : and lBD ? t agreeable pargitiTe , and by its cleansiiig Pwas iDialiy tradieatts a Tednndzzej of bile , and ¦ ttanpiilah itiaoTes all obstrncuona of the iatcstiual
_^ ° * Cablos' Ha ^ euge to ths Peinckss oj •^^"" Tais marriaxe was , h is well known , long 9 wa tee tapis ; indeed , fo long , tba * many opposed ¦ a wnudiMK be accomplished , But Low , it m ^ y be ^« i . eonid l > an Carlos , under his pecuhur circum-¦ anees , viki Portagal , —more particularly as he ** s * Tictim to rhenmaiism , in consequence of « P ^ SDr » to Eight air during his roSitary marches 1 J-aep ^ n prrjrcted was , to remove the Prince ' s ^ ranoiisia :-btu hoi * ?— " That -ivss the question !' jjf ^ PP ^ a ^ d that Gr = ceral Philippo Gervalis ? f ^ 5 of that celebrated preparation called
Hoi-^ " / s oinunent , in hi 3 ma / fe , and by applying it « £ ¦* or four times to the Prince ' s jomts , a most £ j = P <« e * Hre w-s tff cted , and the Prince was , of r , * -i- 'ied to travel , and to meet h ? s charJDinij " ^ ff y- the place of rendezvous . Tae General ^^ w ihe Prince ' s portrait st ; in gola as a token C ^ Jr gratsrnde : and the oinnnei-tha ? since that { gT i > tea employed in Kortbera Spain for the cure Cis ? rt « Taritty of disea-es ; such as scro ' nla , ~~^» goa * , < rheumaiism we have namf-d , ) psra-ysij , jrfs ofali kinds , &c . It is grauiyi g to idmH ? vj universal is the zmtfoym m of thi * ^"'" rMls Uannent to all external disorders .
UST M 9 BTEiI EX ^ MUTATIOK OF THE LATE 2 IB . GARLIiE . ^^ e J 2 » pection of the body of the late Mi ¦ fc ® fosmrt ^ ' some paints of no ordinary-Interest ^ * ss formerly the subject of an attack of paralysiB , ttbs Lf * . ^ Mnaatkia proved to have been caused "by ^ flSpr l ' ° 3 into a -very unusual situation , « f ftxjnT ^ "alii , at fte base of the brain . This ' form j ^ gP-txy happaia ^ the proportion of nine in fouf
^^ k is beUer ^ , by all medical anttorities , Out Htnf £% ^ ari ! v fitaL HooiiT - ^^ P » Ted not only thai effusion of ^ T W'wjteBHe qusntmes , may havebeen in this j ~ r ^^ JMrat baig immediately fatal ; but with s , » 2 StahTB ™ Pnnity , withoBt loss of consdons TtgL ™ " * - . _^ - Carffie ' sbrain welshed 3 lb . 6 cz . and Hx-t > ur Tise «^ rebel ] nm amonnted to 5 cz . 5 drs . Jfisr , ^ ** $ *• therefore , cj the latter to the for-« Qse ht ? ° * ° siBe ^^ ^^ " ^ e measnrements fesasr ^ " ^ Saas what exceeded t&e avensge European ^ Jte ^ J'L death " ^ s connected with the state of ^^ - » aia heart The lormtr -were in the candition 10 :: 3 af ^ rk cf BroncieUa for the most part
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£ HIif ^ f "— -- «» -- ea SfSLSS * * yl 118 finest , an item has been adeed to tne treasury of useful knowl-dge . Ttaabiw iHrtientai were Hnajy fnrniBDe ^ to oar SSw . ^ Wm&m 3 ' o * 81 Thomas- s
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of material mutilation- » My visit to the above place was performed on Monday Last , the 28 lh inaU , pursuant to a complimentary privilege iranted to me on the occasion , by Mr . Alfred Carlile . ; and npou this respectful recommendation , 1 was courteously received by Dr . Woi-fidd , whom I met without knowing him . m ; r 5 J he acknowledged himself as the'owner of the name I inquired for , at the door of the counting house , in the first area of the building . Having there told him the purport of my vii . it , he said I wa 3 p ^ rfeitly weleome to the indulgence I so ea-erly sought for ; bot he would remind me that the body of ihe deceased had been
there eight days , and was therefore , by tbai time , bo much mutilated as not to admit of a recognition or any ft hia features , evea by his nearest friends . ' but , nevertheless , if my euriosity was intent upon seeing the identical remains of Mr . Carlile , he voold , on the recommendation of hia son . most cheerfully oblige ma We then procteJed together aerose the next area ; and haTing arrived at a large avenue , on the left of which was the entrance to the dissecting room , the gentleman resumed , ' Here is the place wherein he is lying : but , before I open door , I would advise you , if you have never before witnessed the interior of such a place , to forego your intention . Don't , for a moment , mistake
my mtarnng : 1 shall think it no trouble to oblige you . I am only paying respeet to your feelings as a stranger to such a place . I will admit yon , with the greatest of pleasure , if you think it will not be unpleasant to your si ght I replied that , I felt inwardly persuaded that I should not be unnerved . The door was then opened , and myself polite . y ushered inte the room by my distinguished escort . The first thing that met Hiy eyes was , the body of a child Ivingon i ' s back with its face excoriated , and its feet near to the wall on the right ; and a little farther on , nearly opposite , the body of a fuli grown person lying on its belly with the left leg off while , to the left , as one enters the door , lay the hacked remains of Mr . Cailile .-with his head near to the waiL I confess therght was xiore nnpleasant to my eyes tQan I anticipated ; but I will , nevertheless , sum up the resolution to give a description of what I saw as correctly as my memory ¦ will permit .
The face of the coree was literally flayed ; and a student , acting under the surveillance of Dr . Whitdeld , was chipping a-ra 7 small pieces of flesh neaT the ear ( which was also either jhyed , or entirely of—tor . In the confusion , 1 really forget which ) with a lance , for the purpose , I conjectured , ef arriving at certain veins and muscles ; while on the left was a young gentleman ( also a student ) leaning , quite collectedly , aganst the wall ( in which the door is ) -with both his hands in the pockets of a poiicio coat , which was closely buttoned up to the chin . The room was spacious , and the walls ,
in several places , vr « e " huug , " not " with diamonds , " but with unsightly black skulls , suspended by ropes to pegs erected for that purpose . I was the only person in the place beside the professional gentleman and the two students , who seemed somewhat surprised at my entrance with their superintendent—seeing I was a straijger . " You see , sir , " said Dr . Whitfield , ( pointing to the body of Mr . C- as wB drew close up to it ) " hu was a man pressed of fine muscles , and must have been strong and powtrful , for a man of his size . " [ Mr . Carlile was corpulent , and below the middle statur .. ]
" And pray , sir , inquired I , wtial might have been the wtight of his brain ?' " Taiee lbs . 6 . z and 3 drs , " was the Doctor ' s reply . Tee trunk had evidently been divested of the intestines ; there was a horrid aptrture on its anterior , and a membrane , clogged with fat . was turned outwards , and was iying on the left breast ; and , as a surcharge of fat T » und the heart was said to hive been one among the complication of disorders that accented the death of Mr . C , the greasy membrane to which I allude was , no doubt , ths pericardium . Dr . Whitfisld and myself then left the room , and proceeded together into the street , when we had soma little chut . His conversation was chit fly professional : it did not tuin upon the sc ^ j « ct of the opinions ( either political or theologicd ) of thu deceased , -whom he dirt not , in my pressnetj , either Jaud cr condemn . So whatever might have been his private sentiments—whether Chrislian
or sceptical—orie thing was less equivocal : he waa , decidealy , no bigot . He reflected , disparingly , upon the superstitious prejndice that he said prevailed against dissection ¦ and remarked , that my friend , whose corpsa 1 had just left , had acted rationally in tha bequest he had made of himself for that object . But tLtre wtrre , he said , persons out cf number to be found who were ever ready to stab the reputation of a medical man . upon the slightest error he might havs the mis' ortune to commit during his attendance upon a patient ; and yet , thood very persons , owing to the superstition he reverted to , virtually denied him the opportunity of knowing his profession , or , at least , of improving it We then parted in the usual way—the gentleman having previously given me his hand . The spectacle I
had just witnessed , though it did not unnerve , produced , nevtrlhtltss , a rather si ngular effect npoJi me , and I won d advise any parsons whose curiosity , perchance , might direct them to wend their way to a dissecting room , to dine before th = 7 set out for that object ; for they will not , 1 apprehend , receive the > r dinner wita any great xsst ., afterwards . I speak from a close consultation with n ; y own feelings upon the subject . It was afternoon "when I visited the hospital , an < t I had not ytt dined , but intended doing so on my " » ay ttj ! ttjex , T > nt . 08 It tben ooctum ] to uu > . tbai « , ucti a delay mig ' it cause me to forego the ohj-ct of my enriosity , by makiDi ? me too late for admission , I denied it a < iv !* abie t-j defer the receipt of my dinner —thinking tb'it on my return fiom that place I could have it comfortably , and without that hurrying and ennfusion which must inevitably have , accompanied an earlier partaking of the same—I v ? as , however , Burely
disappointed ; f ^ r after \ ehu \ 1 had ^ itnesied , as above described , inv appetite wss cumplet-ly 3 it a ? ainst fi-.-sh . It was the first time I hsul ever seen any thing bearing a resemblance to meat , in human shape , nnd every bu . tch&r"a shop , thtr <_ iore , after quitting the place of dissection , presentta to my vision a mjst horrific appearance , anl caused an unpleasant association of ideas to occupy my mind ; and therefore with my imagination thus distorted . I betook myself to the nearest c ^ nVe rooms I could fin-1 , and there allayed the appeals of hur . ger . From that instant I have made bread , cheese , pastry , tea ., answer all the purposes of diet , an-i have cot touched animal food since . Henry Scclthor p , 17 . Douglas street . Westminister , Middlesex . 28 th February , 1843 .
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BARBAROUS TREATMENT OF A COLLIER BOY , xNEAR ELL AND . ( From the HaUfaa Guardian . ) It is this week our painful duty to record one of the most revolting casjs of barbarous treatment that , it t ver fell to our Jot to notice . Tim case affords another illustration of the cruelties practised upon children doomed to slave-labour in a coalmine , and we b <* z diatincllj to observe that we have uDdtrstated ra'b . er than ovtr ?) ated the treatment of the wretcn whosu name we shall shortly introduce .
James Whiteley , a poor orphan boy , about seventeen y-ars of agr , was apprenticed 10 Joseph Whiteley , collier , residing at bla ^ klsy , near Erand , about seven years ago , % s a hurrier . He was then only about nine years of age . Frym the first day of his apprenticeship to his cruel master , he haa been the subject of the most severe and harsh treatment . Tne labour to which he was put in his mere infancy was the veriest drudgery , aud when hislimba failed to do their Guiy , a huge yj ap , or not unfrtquontiy a thick piece of wood , waa most inhKmanely' applied to his person . Six o ' clock in the morning was the usual
hour at which this poor boy was sent into the pit , and at the samo hour ia the evening—but uot uufr . qnently eijjht or nine o ' clock—he was again submersed , his oniy subsistence being a muffin , or some oiher such eatable , aid the water in the pit . Tan cruelties practised upon him have been greatly increased since his inhuman master was married ( about two year 3 since ) , the woman it appears having taken a ' disiike to the poor orphan lad . Asa sample of thrf barbarities which this collier boy has bad to ucd < r % o , lei the punishment ' no has experienced duriue the past fortnight suffloe .
It appears that the severe flogging which Whiteley received caused him once or twice to run away from his master . A short time ago he was so beat with a hurrier's strap , and a heavy piece of wood ( piece <; f an old cradle ) , that he a =: am resolved upon running aw ^ y . Ho did so , but on Tuesday wtok he was broi ; gh ; before the Halifax magistrates by his masier , charged with disobedience . Through the threats aud menaces of the cruel tyrant who had treated him so barbarously , he was stating the whole facts of the ca = e to the bench . Tae kd had intended showing the various wounds iunicced upon his person enough , however , was said to iuduco the magistrates to reprimand the master , and the boy was ordered to go back again , and the masttr warned cot to ill-treat him in future . This warning , however , was neglected . The same day he administered a most brutal castigation to his victim , which he repeated every day while the lad remained with him . Our readers may imagine
that the harrowing details which are to ioliow are tinged with an air of fiction . Thty are facts . The poor lad went down in the pit , was beat with a slick , and between each stroke the instrument was dipped in water . The lad ' s back became ore mass of 6 ores , and it waa impossible for him to lie in bed , While subjected to this inhuman treatment , he was allowed three meals per day of thin water porridge only , and in consequenoeof his brutal treatment boila broke out in all parts of his body . Frequently was he sen * into the pit without breakfast , and obliged to nerform the whole of his drudgery . What
made this the more painful was the fact of his labouring nndtr the effects of a severe wormd infl-. cted upon his right knee some time sincei On that occasion while beating him with a hnrrier ' s strap , the master took hold of the end opposite the buckle ( which is generally a tolerably large one ) , thus caus-ing a more severe punishment ; in one of the strokes the buckle caughi the poor lad on the right kuee aud tore awa }( a large piece of ie&a I Tha lad , howwr , 'was fctiL forced to work .
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On Thursday night week , this monger master ducked the Jad a head three or four times in a bowl of watei . wetting hissbirt all over , and forced him into the o \ Uar . where he was locked up all night , without b ad , chair , table , or even a morsel of etraw ! Tl e same treatment was about to be praotisfd on Fn day night , but he begged so pitifully for mercy tha t he was allowed to go to bed . Ou Saturday nigh t , however , he was again forced into the cellar , wht re he remained all night . On Sunday morning I e was brought out ; no breakfast was given him ; but , as a further punishment , his master suspended a heavy bag of iron round his nock and forced 1 tim to walk up and down the room under the te . rror of another flogging . Some cold
porridge ( which had been left the previous day ) was warmed up and offered hi m , but he could not eat . Hia master then left tho hou ? e , Baying he would look out for a good thick stick . The woman shortly after left the house for the purpose of fetching sonx ^ water from a neighbouring well , and the lad being ihusfor a few moments left almie resolved upon trying ones more to escape from a worse than African slavery . With great exertion he managed to loose the bag of iron from his neck , and made his escape into Grimscar Wood . From thence he stealthily proceeddd to the old Copperas Works , where be remained till night-fall . During his concealment in the Copperas Works he heard his master seeking him . The lad , ^ rhen referring to this cironmstance , shudders involuntarily , saying , " I did tiemble then . " Fortunately , however , he was not discovered . At night he proceeded to Elland where a charitable woman took him into her house ,
gave him some coffee , and provided him with a bed . On the Monday he went to one of the constable ' s who took him to Mr . Joshua Dodgson , one of the oversecrp , who was so struck at the shocking spectacle which the lad presented , that he resolved upon resuing him from his inhuman master . He was brought before the Magistrates on Tuesday , by the constable , accompanied alBo by Mr . Dodgson . tiis back was exhibited and presented from the naps of the neck downwards one continaed series of bruises , evidently effeoted by some solid but thin weapon . His ri ^ ht hand was also dreadfully swollen in attempting to parry off the blows . One part of hi 9 body presented rathor tho appears »» - * j of raw , diseased meat than of human flesh vr «; - ! It was at first intonded to take out a warrai . iur assault , but on conferring with the Magistrate it was thought btttcr to take a summons for ill-treatment , with a view to cancel the indentures and release the lad from the liability to such cruel treatment .
The lad was subsequently removed to the workhouse , where he was put under proper medical treatment , and the most assiduous attention has since been paUi to him both by Mr . and Mrs . Dyer . We understand that Joseph Whiteley , the lad ' s master , will be brought up before the Magistrates this day . It may be interesting to know that thin unfortunate orphan boy is brother to the girl who figured in a wood-cut which appeared in the Guardian some tim 3 ago , illustrative of the cruelties and indecencies practised in the coal mines near Elland .
DISTRESSING SHIPWRECKS . LOSS OF FOURTEEN LIVES . HAiiTLErooL—Thursday , Feii 23 . —It is our painful duty to relate one of the most melancholy occurreLces that have taken place nrar this Dort ( Hartlepool ) . for many ycar 3 past . The brig X . L ., Captain Hindes , belonging to London , from Antwerp for Hartlepool , with a general cargo of merchandise , came on shore near this place at five o ' clock this morning ( Thursday ) , during a strong breeze from about S . E ., with a very heavy sea running at the time . It is believed that Captain Hindus was a
stranger to the navigation at tho spot where the lamen ; able catastrophe happened , and having made too freo with the land , let go his anchor , but unfortunately to late , and consequently the unfortunate brig X L , was driven upon the rocks . Every assistance was rendered by the officers and men of the ceast-gua ^ d service , aided by the inhabitants , but unhappily without effect , tho vossel having , in about two hours , gone to pieces , and all 011 board , with the exception of a young man named Kyffin , aged aevouteen years , perished . The number who thus met with a warery grave ( including the captain's wife , who unfortunately was on board , passenger ) was ten .
Dhogheda , Feb . 21 . —Yesterday ( Monday ) , the brig Margaret , Captain Paton , belonging to Irvine , N . B ., bound from Ardrossan for Dublin , foundered about twenty miles east of Droghoda . Five of her crew were saved by getting into the long boat , and cutting her adrift . There was a tremendous sea running at the time , and the Margaret in a few minutes disappeared , and with her Captain Paton and two apprentices . About five hours after the vessel foundered , the boat , containing tho five survivors , was picked ap by the men belonging to the coa » t-guard servico stationed at Ciogher , and towed in there . Plymouth , Thursday , Feb . 21 . —Yesterday , the Rosa , Captain Finn , from Liverpool for Yarmouth , put in here ( Plymouth ) . On Saturday , she waa struck by a hea ^ y sea off tim Smalls , which washed one or " th » crow , named Rivers Gosling , a native of Yarmouth , overboard , and he was unfortunately drowned .
Grjm ?« y , FiB . 22 —Captain Woolaey , of the regular London trading sch-jouer Providence , arrived here yesterday , and reports that , on Mouday last , he passed a vessel punk in about eight fathoms of waUT , Haisboruugh Light beaviug about S . S . W ., about six miles distint , snd the north end of Haw borough Sand Light bearing about E and by N . The masthead was painted green , and was about eight feot out of the water , with the boom and gaff floating alongside . Captain Woolsey supposes the wreck seen by him to have been that of a billy buoy . On Monday ni ^ ht , about eightVclock , Spurn lights bearing W .,
from t % venty to twenty five miles distant , the sloop Naucy , Cap a in Lott , belonging to Gravesend , was lusi down by a schooner ( namo unknown ) , supposed to be bound far the north . Tho schooner hove to , and showed a light , but owiug to the very heavy sea , aud the darkness of the night at tho time of the accident , tney weie unable to render the Nancy any assistance . The smack British Hero , also belouging to Gravesend , fortunately came up shortly after , and pueceeded in rescuing captain Lott and his crew . Tne Nancy sunk about haAf-an-houT afterwards . The strange schooner proceeded northwards .
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A VOICE FROM THE DUNGEON . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —I hope you will not think that by addressing you I -im seeking for notoriety ; my motive for so doing is m ' . Toly to open the tyea of the bard toilins millions , th it they raa" know the misery we are suffering for daring ? o assert our right to a voice in too making of an agreement between the employer and the employed . I know full well that a leUer from persons suffering under . the cruel hand df oppression never failed to t-niist tha sympathy of the working classes in their favour , and more especially if they wero men wlio tvere suffering for advocating the right of thu working chsses .
1 have for several years past se : n , by great exertions in the cause of Chartism , that you have the good of yout fellow-creatures at heart , and that you have been among the foremost in opposing and exposing the trickery and fraud of the would-be friends of the people , always taking the cause of the working classes as y » ui own by supporting right against might ; being aware of this , I fully rely on your randour for publishing to the country an account of some of the many miseries endured by us for daring to tell the haughty tyrants that
their evil was not good . I have often . read with surprise aud indignation the cruelty that political prisoners endured . The letter , of 0 'Connoi during his incarceration in York Castle , particularly utruck me , and I must confess I thought they were rather exaggerated , but painful experience haa learn ° d me that oil and mucfa more was true ; no ono can form an adequate idea of our sufferings , unless they have bean placed in a similar situations You may judge from the following to what a state we are reduced : —
We . have a room about eight yards in length , and five in breadth , aad om each side is a door , two castiron pillars , about , eighteen inches in diameter , -which reaeh 83 to the ceiling ; a stone on one side with three slabs olaced thxeo feet from the wall , which , serves for tables " , togethtr with the same number ef forma , con-8 titut « the w ^ olo of the furniture , and this is what is called the day-liouse ; and in this place is huddled together af ; y-eight men of all ages , good , bad , and in-
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different Should tht : wind be in the west , the place is immediately fillet with smoke , and in wet weather , wo mudt either remain in the day-house to be almost stifled , or bu drenched with rain in the yard ; and we must also go in this state to a large room to pick wool , and if the quantity is not picked , in all probability our dinner will be stopped ; and I am positive , that it is almost impossible to prick the quantity that is given to each man , for it is of snch a filthy nature that the room is completely ailed with dust and jdirt , ; ind the thorny burs that are in it often lame the fingers for two or three days , and we might as well complain to the stone walls as apply to those who conata tiy watch ovur us vrhile at work . If any one is poorly we tvre altuosj afraid to apply to the doctor . •¦
About the middle of November ; laat , s man of the name of Clarke was sent here for the neglect of family . Shortly after his arrival he was taken poorly and was admitted into the Hospital . He bid been there two or three days when the old Doctor cani 6 i ihis was on Friday ) and in his usual blustering manner , thus accosted one , —Who sent you ?—The Governor . To another . Who sent you ?—The young doctor . Uuiph ! He then came to Clarke . Put opt your tovgue Hem , hem . —Thsre is nothing the matter with you that J # antnr ? e . It is nothing bnt Jaaa&ss . IVsrae , give the man a dose of salts , aud send him to his yard . His orders were obeyed ; on Saturday he was sent to his yard . Ou the Sunday he was so poorly that he was carried to the hospital a second tinin , and on Monday mcrning he teas a corpse . Need Ii say moro ; the man came in strong < md hearty and teas earned out dr . ad . It is my Jinn anvietion that had Ciarke had proper attendarice he would now hare been alive . Thero are hundreds who can speak as to the accuracy of this statement
Sir , this being our situation , you may form some opinion as to the wretchBdutea of oar condition—surrounded by men who are callous to tae misery ol their fallow creatures , who think no more of tho death of a human t > einK than they would of the dr-atb of a dog . 1 could furnish you with facts of a simil < u nature to the above that have happened within thoser walls , but will reserve them for another time , thinking that tha above will be sufficent to prove to you that our condition in far from enviable . . I think I should not be justified in concluding this letter without giving yo « some account of , * the food which is allowed to eaeh prisoner , for some may think we have a sufficient quantity allowed , and that our confinement is thtt only thing we have , to complain of , but those who think thus : re greatly tf ' ecaived > the following are the rations per day r— ;
At ha fpast tight we get breakfast , which consists of about 7 ( 2 of brown bread , ani one pint of skilly , and that nearly cold , a rare breakfast f . tr a man to tread the mill w . th ; at twelve we get dinner , which is either 2 oz . of v ;; ry bad bacon and somothing more than one pound of potatoes , or one piut ivnd a half of what is called scouse . or , if neither of these , wo receive the bread ah ,, ve meiitio . ' : wi , and a qitatt of what is called soup , if possible more nauseous that ) the scou e ; at four we get supper , and we receive the same for supper as we get for breakfast ; at five we are locked up , fur the nifht .
This is , if possible , worse than any thing elsefourteen hours locked up in a dark cell—then the wretchedness of our Bituauon forces itself upon our minds ; friends , relatives , liberty and happiness , pass before us in quick succession . To give you an adequate idea of our mind is impossible , and therefore it is useless attempting ; but , sir , I uopa the day will arrive when I shall be rewarded for all the misery I shall suffer during the two years I have to abide in this miserable dungeon . Hoping that the people will neV'ir relax their exertions until the Charter become the liw of the land , is the ardent prayer of An injured Chartist , James Williams , of Preston . Kirkdale Jail , Feb . 23 , 1843 .
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From the London Gazette of Friday , Feb . 24 . BANKRUPTS . William Russell , of Kineston-upon-Thames , Sureey , innkeeper , March-3 , at half-past two , and April 7 , afc half-past twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . ytt . Pennell , official assignee ; Mr . Chester , solicitor . Parsonage Bow , Nonringtoa Bans , Surrey ; and Messrs . Walter and Deuiainbray , solicitors , Kingstonupon-Thames , Surrey . Jvhn Harrison Curtis , ef 2 , Soho-square , bookseller , March 4 , and April 7 ,, at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . Pennell , official assignee ; and . lir . Kobson , solicitor , Cliff , r < i ' s-inn . Mr . Joseph Pickering , of Bedford , upholsterer , March 3 , at two , and March 31 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . Belcker , official assignee ; Mr . Dangerfield , solicitor , fi ( j . Chancery-Line , London ; and Mr . Brinton , solicitor , Kidderminster .
James Imray , of Old Fiah-street-hill . Upper Thamesstreet , and of the Minories , City , stationer , March 4 , afe ten , and April 7 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . W . Whitmore , 2 , Bosinghall-street , official assignee ; and Mr . Ii . Wollen , solicitor , 30 , Bucklersbury , London . John Hague , of Rotherhithi ' , Surrey , engineer , March 6 , and April . 7 , at-twelvo . at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . T . M . Als ; iger , official assignee , 12 , Birchin-lane ; and Mr . Ashley , solicitor , Old Jewry , London . John Thomas Linford a :: d John Weeks , of Canterbury , chemists , March 1-t , at one , and April 17 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . Edwarfl E'lwards , official assignee , 7 . Prederick ' aplace , Old Jewry ; and Mr . Bafesr Peter Smith , solicitor , 17 , Basinehall-8 treet , London .
Edward Morns , of Brighton , Sussex , Tunbridge-¦ ware manufacturer , March 7 , at half-past one , and March 3 . 1 , at two , at the Court of Bankruptcy London . Mr . George Green , official assignee , 18 , Aldertuanbury ; Messrs . Freeman and Co ., solic'tors , Coleman-street , London ; and Mr . Benson , solicitor , Brighton . Mr . Thomas Wrigley . of Halifax , Yorkshire , silk ¦ waste spinner , March 14 , and April 5 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Manchester . Mr . Johtt Fraser , official assignee , Manchester ; Messrs . Makinson and Sanders , 3 , Elm Court , Middle Temple , London ; and Messrs . Atkinson aud . ^ aunders , solicitors , Manches er . -. "' .. ¦
George Cobb , of Nottingham , licensed victualler , March 3 , at one , and March 31 , at two , at the Courfc of Bankruptcy , Birmingham . Mr . Richard Valpy , official assignee , Birmingham ; Messrs . Johnson and Co ., solicitors . Temple , London ; and Mr . John Bowley , solicitor , Birmingham . Jtase Tarns , of Shelton , Staffordshire , earthenware manufacturer , March 3 , at balf-puat eleven , aud April 7 , nt twelve , at the Court of Baukruptoy , Birmingham . Mr . Richard Ta ! py ,. ffioial assignoe ^ Hrnxingham ; Mr Warren , solicitor . Market Drayton ; Jura Hr . Hodgson . aolloitor , Birmingham . - ( *« -5 t . ... ' o- » George Seaborn , of Berkeley , Gloucestershire , baker , March 6 , arid April 13 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Bristol . Mr . Gjorga Morgan , official assignee , Bristol ; Messrs . Aston and Wallis solicitors , New Broad-street , London ; and Messrs . Bishop and Wells , solicitors , Darsky , Gloucestershire .-
George NeWTmrsh , of Nottingham , dealer , March 10 and April 3 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Lteds . Mr ; George Young , official assignee , Leeds ; Mr . J « hn Bowie ; , solicitor , Nottingham ; and Messrs Johnson and Co ., Temple , London . David Duncan , of Darby , dealer , March 6 , at eleven , and April 1 ,. at half-past eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Birmingham . Mr . Thomas Bittleston , official assignee ; and Messrs . Huish and Co ., solicitors , Derby . James Wright , of Woodside , Yorkshire , dealer , March 7 , and April 4 , at one , at the Court of Bankrutcy , Leeda Mr . Charles Ftarne , official assignee , Lseds ; Messrs . Robinson and Barlow , solicitors , Essexstreet , London ; and Messrs . Ward ana Son , solicitors , Leeds .
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . Rvchatd Yates and Jobu Haggan , of Preston , Lanca shire , linen drapers . Edward Baynes and Richard BayDcs , of Lancaster , and Austwick , Yorkshire , corndealers . John Jones , Henry Cartwright , and Ellis Jonrs . of Rochdale . Lancashire , linendrapers ( so far as regards John Jones ) . John Holt and Thomas Holt , of Manchester , plumbers . Joseph Newton , John Taylor , u . U' 1 John Smith , of Leeds , flix-makers ( as far as regards John Smith ) . David Beynor , Edward Hughes , and Robert Jones , of Liverpool , joiners . John George Sehott , John Casper Lavater , and Edward Buckler , of Manchester , merchants ( so far as regards Edward Buckler ) . John Moore and Co ., of Pudsey , Yorkshire , clothiers . . slUUUL ^ lt ? .
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- ^> From the Gazette of Tuesday , February 28 . BANKRUPTS . Frederick , Jokn Manning , money scrivener , Dyer ' sbuildings , City , to surrender March 7 , and April 7 , afc two , at the Couit of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street . Mr Batcher , official assignee ; Messrs . Tippttts , solicitors , Panctaa-lane , London . Lionel Evtret Parkins , chemist , Blcester market-end , March 7 , at twelve , and April 7 , at half-past one , at the Cuurt of Bankruptcy , Baeinghall-Btreet . Mr . Belcher , official assignee ; Mr . Maugham and Kennedy , Bolicitors , Chancery-lane , London ; and Messrs . King and San , solicitors , Buckingham . William Harrup 8 wain , draper , Farnham , Surrey , March 9 . at half-past one , and April 11 , at twelve , at th ¦ Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street Mr . Wbitmore , official assignee ; Basinghall-street ; and Messrs . Heed and Shaw , solicitors , Friday-street , London .
Mary Evans , John Evans , and Thomas Howard Evans , paper-stainers , Old-stieet-road , Middlesex , March 10 , at two , and April 11 , at one , afc the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghal ^ -street . Mr . Alsager , official assignee ; aud Mr . Woollen , solicitor , Bucklersbury , London . James Earp , victualler , St . George ' s-place , Camberwell , Surrey , March & , and Apr il 25 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , B : &iDghall-street Mr . Green , official assignee ; and Mr . Turner , solicitor , Southamp ton-buildings , London . John Wellington Jones , tailor , Calne , Wiltshire , March 9 , at one , and April 10 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Baair . ghall-stieet . Mr . Turquand , official assignee , Coptb . all-court , London ; aud Mr . Cox , solicitor , Piuner's-hall , Old Broad-street . London .
William Elen , printer , Queen-street , Cheapslde , London , March 10 , at two , and April 12 , at twelve , at the Court of Bmkruptcy , Basinghall-atrect . Mr . Johnson , official assignee , Basinghall-street ; and Mr . Crafter , solicitor , Blackfriars-road , London . James Stufebs , coach-maker , Worthing , Snss 6 x , Marcb 7 , and April 5 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , BasinghaU- street . Mr . Lackington , official assignee , CoJernau-street-buileUngs , London j and Mr . Williams , solicitor , Alfred-place , Bedford-square , London . John Todd , ship-builder , Hylton Ferry , Durham , March 8 , at eleven , and April 11 , at one , at the Court tf Bankruptcy , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . Mr . Thomas Baker , omaial assignee , Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Messrs Kidson and Sons , solicitors . Sunderland ; and Messrs Meggison and Co ., solicitors , King ' s Road , Bedford-row , London .
Joseph Borghall , coal-dealer , Rowton Bridge , Cheshire , March 6 , at eleven , and April 10 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Liverpool Mr . Bird , official assignee , Liverpool ; and Messrs . Harper asd Jones , solicitors , Whitchurch . John Stephenson and William Hastd , machine * makers , Bradford , Yorkshire , March 14 , and April 1 , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Leeds . Mr . Hope , official assignee , Leeds ; and Mr . Blackburn , solicitor , Leeds . William Yates Norto ; , retail-brewer , Birch Hills , Staffordshire , March 9 , at twelve , and April 3 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptty , Leads . Mr . Bittleson , official assignee , Biimipgharo ; and Mr . Br& \ m solicitor , Bilstoxu
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FUNERAL OP RICHARD CARLILE . ( Written expressly for the Star ) »? ?* ^ X 6 cer emoIi y teo * Pla <* on Sunday afternoon X ™ S 5 ri <*«*> Cemetery , where , in acco : dance with the request of Mr . Cariile when living , the burial Ber-Ji ce , or " priestly ceremony . " was to have been whoUy dispensed with ; bnt . in this expectation , the friends ahe ^ e Were ^ sa-PPe ^ ted , as the sequel will The Procession having been armennced to start from the house of the departed at two o ' clock , a number of respectable gentlemen had , agreeable to the announcement , conyrejjated together , in Botrveriestreet , and also in Fleet-street , near the entrance of that thoronghfare , at the appointed hour , among whom MrWatsonthe
. , pnblisher , tlate of City-road ) and other Liberals of long standing , were distinguished . . The hearse and mourning coaches tflve in number ) did not , however , arrive at the house until about three o ' clock . In fivB minutes after , the corpsa was brought out and put into the hearse ; and in about ten or twelve mmntts afcer the arrival of the vehicles , the procession started for the place of sepulchre . The route it took was . through Fidet-street . Temple-bar , Strand , Charinecr oss , Gockspur-street , PaU-mall , Waterloo-place , the Quadrant Rtg-.-nt-itrtt . and Oxford-street ; then along tne Edaeware-road , ma Tjburn-jjate-rife ) . Harrow-road aad thtnea to Willesden , -where the Cemetery is situate . The mourning coaches ¦ which accompanied the hearse ¦ KBre fil * ed with the male friends ot Mr- Carii ' e . In the one attached to the hearse -were his three sons ; on the right sat Bichard Cariile ( the eldest ) .- on the '
left , Alfred ( the middle son ); and , in the rear , Eat the youngest son , Thomas Paine Carlile , beside of whom , nnd in -whose care , waa a respectable-looking male child , apparently about eight or ine years old . Among the mourners were , Mr . B . D . Coasins , the Radical printer and publisher , of Dake-street , Lincoln ' s Innfields , snd Mr . Allen Davenport , the veteran writer and bard , "who has been so many years known in the ranks of RspublicaniBm ; and it is a p ' . easing fact to record , that notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather , abont two hnndred persons ( males ) , admirers o ! the deceased ., accompanied the procession on foot the whole distance from Bonverie-street to Kensal Green , a distance of litUe , if any thing , short of six miles . Every ons of the followers was dectntly attired , and some were strikingly remarkable for their gentle ' manlike exterior .
THE lsiEHJiEXT did not take place till about a quarter to five o ' clock , a few muintes afcer the arrival of the cortege at its destination . The coffin having been lowered into the grave prepared for its reception , the bye-standers commenced looking SDXionsiy around them , expecting the arrival of some gentlemen who , they conjectured , might have been engage- ! on Uie occasion to speak Sir . Carlile's funeral oration , as was done a few years ago , at the funerals of Thomas Hardy and John' Gale Jont-a , at Bunhiil Fields , especially as they were inwardly persuaded , and bad even heard , that the deceased had constantly reiterated it as his desire , that at his iorial , ' priestly ceremony" shonid be observed , if it could be possibly superseded . In this
expectation they -were , however , disappointed ; and were morever informed , that the corpse would not be allowed to bs covered over until the rite to which tfeey objected had been gone through . ' -whereat great dissatisfaction was evinced by all present . The multitude assembled were kept waiting round the grave for about a quarter of an hour , without anything being done , in consequence of the clergyman , { the Rsv . Josiah Twister ) being professionally engaged with several other fnnerais vrfcicb had preceded Mr . Carlile ' s in arrival Shortly after , the gurpliced pastor arrived at the foot of Mr . C * s grave , with an opsn book ( the Psalter ) from which be was abtmt to proceed to read the burial service , ¦ when a scene not very customary at a funeral , ensued .-
Mr . Alfred Carlile , on tne part of his father and his surviving family , stepped forward towards the minister , and firmly objected to the performance of the rite in question—lhtar , hear ) . The Rtv . GcaWeman replied , *• I must perform my ditty . " ilr . Carlile . jun . observed , " S : r , we protest against the performin&j of this ceremony . Ovu late father lived and died in opposition to priestcrafl of every description ; and we , thertf ire . protes : in his name against the service being read "—thtar , hear , aud good , good . ) The minister here observed that , he ceuld not help the aversion on the part of the deceased snd his family ; and intimated the ground wherenpon they stood being consecrated , the performance of his acenstomed duty was imperative—adding
tha . if they had given previous notice of this their objection , they might have had their father interred in ' the other ground" allndiug to some J = pot contiguous , not consecrated , and , consfrqa « it . ! y , lws bolj ! Another sea of the deceased- hers remarked , This , Sir , is our ground : we have purchased it for onr family ; and we do not require the service to be read— it is a mockery /¦' The i * 3 £ tor xnen rtpiica , n wm a mockery th * n . sir , to bring him here" Tne third son now st * pped forward and said , " Then , Sir , Muce the service is to ba performed , we will have oar -way thns far—vre will retire , and not listtn to it . " (" Hear , hear " and a loud
burst of applause from all sides of the grave . ' ) The Rev . Gectleman her-j remarked , with great s&uvity of manner , " That , of conns , § eDtlcmen , is as yon please — = 1 havB no wish to interfere with your determination -upon that point ; bat you must bear in mrad , Gentlemen , the consequences of any determined opposition to my sacred duty . " Tne Messrs Carlile and the mourners , one and all , ihen left the grave with contempt ! Thi clergyman then commenced : *• A man that is burn of a woman hath but a short time to live . He comtth up , and" At this moment , a voice at the bead of the erava exclaimed . " 1 move that all Mr . Carlile ' s friends
immediately leave court" ( Hear , hear . } Some others rejoined , " Yes , let us fallow the example just now ae * tob , and not stay here to pay complaisance to this mummery . " < Hear , hear , with loud applaure . ) This suggestion was simultaneously acted upon ; and , in less than one minute , the minister was left to read the funeral serrise fwiiich be recommenced / to only the BoXtan and one or two isolated individuals who were standing on the clayey monnd that had been raised by the spade of the grave-digger ! The ceremony over , one of the deceased ' s Bons addressed the spectators to the tffect that the rite that bad just then oetn performed over his late father w * s without their
concurrencethat he , in conjunction with his brothers , had done all in his po-wer , to prevent it ; bat their efforts had been fruitless . For their own part , they disclaimed it , in act and deed . Ho then thanked him , as friends , for their prompt attendance on the occasion ; and , thus conclutUng , bade them a social farewell The Bsv . Gentleman displayed no bicotry en the occasion ; and 1 consider that he -was officially consistent with order when -we look at it in a business-peint of viewleaying religion out of the case . The coffin of the departed , wui topped by a large brass plate , I should say , abont fourteen inches sqnare , bearing the following inscription , engraved in boid Raman characters : —
" RICHARD CARLILE , Bob * 8 th December , 1790 , Died 10 th Ftbiuary , 1843 I have learned this morning , from respectable authority i Mi . Cousins ) that iir . Wats-. o had asserted to some friends at the burial ground , that if he had bee-i appraled to land that sufficiently early > he woulrl have been prepared hiins&lf to deliver an oration over Mr . Carlilt ' a remains ; and that Mr . Alle < i Divenport , as it iras , -would fain have obliged th * company present in that way , bat for the apprehension he wa 3 under of having to walk to town , as the peri-ormanee might cause him to lose his conveyance—for the coaches were
in a hurry to proceed , after the mournerfl had left the S Tave to the clergyman and sexton . Tne Times cf this morning—witb itsacenatomed predilection for hyperbole —asserts that , during the burial ssrvice , the pastor was interrupted by " rib . ^ ltl jes & . " Now , I can vouch fothe utter fallacy of this statement . There were no persons preMst of a character at all likely to induce in ribaldry . The Times must look for that in its otra circle—the aristocracy—who patronize the gambling table , the turf , a . nd the priza ring ; and not the soeiety cf the intelligent and moral admirers of liberty and frets discussion , who by-tfce- ^ ye , have neither time nor money—like their patrician eneinits—to sacrifice at the shrine of voluptuousness and " ribaldry . *'
T « ere were , to be sure , two gmtlemen standing at a little distance from tha craTs " 3 head , who , by their smiles , indicated thtir utter disregard for the ceremony un- -er rer / ormance ; hat no " interruption" of the same was attempted . One of them , when the clergyman came to that part of the service relating to 3 " sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life , " certainly remarked , to his friend , ( but in a tons to be heard by no other person than myself , wko happened to be near to theru ) , thatAe did not consider there was or could be any surety or certainty upon the subject . If , Mr . Editor , your readers , to whose reason and judgment I appeal in the matter at issue , should decide that the above noiseless nU&rance of Bentiment on the part of one person to another , waB tantamount to " nnald jetties ; the of ending parties must certainly plead gnilry to the charge ; and I myself will not go out of my -way to palliate their crime , by endeavouring to thns caat them
screen them from the imputation upon by the " Times , ** whose reporter , by the bye , or any other person there present , ceuld know no more than merely that , by the motion of their lips , they uttered something . Having thus minutely detailed the particulars of Mr . Carlile * funeral , by a more careful , and consequently more accurate account than will , 1 apprehend , be rfven in any other janrnal than ft is , I will now , with the reader ' s permission , rewt to a scene in The Dissectin g Boom at St . Thomas ' s Hospital , in th » borouirh of Southwark , whers the body of the deceased Tras retained , for the benefit of anatomical science , exactly a fortnig ht The day &ft « ite receipt thereinto , there were , it appears , a few select parties admitted by tickets © Blv , to view the corse ; but this was either prior to . or at the commencement of the dissection . 1 believe myself to be the only person ( except the professionals ) -abo saw Mr . Carlile u » a state
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Sin , —I have had two interviews with Mr . Duncombe : and although he thinks nothing can be done for poor Ellis at , present , yet he pledges himself to use every exertion in the poor exile ' s favour ns soon as the trials are over , and the political ferment arising out of the trials has subsided . Mr . Duncoiube evinced the deepwst sympathy with the undeserved sufferings of Ellis , and listened to my narrative of out conversation in ihe dungeon with manifest interest . 1 regret to say that some one . ' ¦ ¦ id made an unfavourable impression respecting poor Eilis upon Mr . Duncombfi ' s mind , prior to my seeing him . That I hnva removed it , gives me inexpressible satisfaction . My vow , or , at least , the more important part of it , is now fulfil led .
I ad < lress my Sbakspereans , by way of farewell , twice in the Le ' cester amphitheatre , next Sunday . The following Sunday , 1 have engageil to deliver two addresses at Weilneabury , where I hope to have the melancholy satisfaction of seeing -Vra . Ellis j and the next morning I shall be at Stafford , ready to present myself , once moro , at the bar . ! I am , dear Sir , Yours trnly , Thomas Cooper . London , Feb . 28 th , 1843 .
PS . I am sorry ; to say that I must disappoint the friends at Gainsborough , Newark , Arnold , &c . I cunnot now make them the visit I prom . sed .
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They found their expectations ¦¦ bsing ccabl d to do this upon certain fundamental facts or !; iws respecting the nature and organ zation of man which have been hitherto overlooked in the constitution of society ; and from these facts vt laws they i'leduce two distinct but most important sciences , namely , the science of human nature and the sciecee ot spci ty . By the former they know that exp ^ riance w ; l ! enaWe thorn t » instruut thuir f-illow nien . jio aucli a knowledge of their org ^ iiizitions , as sh . tU completely change the pn ? se > t current of thtir idraa , aiiJcmvinC ' . them th . it the actintis of all men . ir « necessitated ; that the fe ^ linga and convictions of all are produced independently of any will they may have on the suVgect by the circumatances in which they are place' !; anil that either these feelings or convietions . or bi > ih of the u united , will
HARMONY HALL . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHEK . M STA . R . SiR—In the last letter I wrote , I stated my readiness to forward a serio . s of letters , " explanatory of what is contemplated by the S > ciali 9 ts in this « xperiment , and the degree of progress thty have hitherto made . " The public mind in now becoming aroused to the importunes of the litoil question , and it will require all the t-nen ? y , zeal , and talent of every indiviilu il capable of treating it broadly and justly to supply the demand for information respecting it that is being row rapidly created . With these preliminary remarks I proceed to point ont to such of your readers ua are not well acquainted with the xuhject , that the S > cial body are associated for the object ef removing , at the earliest ; possible period , all the causes which produce vice , crime , and misery in the world ; and of substituting in their place the causes which produce the greatest amount of permanent happiness to every individual of the human race .
prompt them to action and form the will . By the latter they expect to be enabled to cobstmc 1 ; a system of society capable of producing , not only a due supply for the physical wants of evtry individual , bat also every reqdisite for his happiness , by the ; full development of ev .-ry faculty and quality he may possess , physical , mental , and moral . . f It is on these two sc i ences , as laid down by the Rational System , that all the j proceedings of the 8-cialists are based ; and although there ex ' sts , even among the body who have associated themselves together to carry out the principles , a considerable difference of opinion as to what those [ principlya really are , and a still greater as to the manner in which they are to be reduced to practice—yet , in propjrtion as the truths of the system become manifest to the minds of the disciples the progresi of tboir introduction will be made .
It has appeared to many who have looked superficially at the subject , that failures have heretofore taken place in the development of the plans for introducing the Kational System of Society into practice ; but if we reflect , that in the year 1817 , Robert Osven first announced to the public , that he , without any other assistance than tho truth from which he had compiled bis system , intended to destroy every inatitution of society , and maka it give placa to a new and superior mode of human existenca , which should gradually be made to be desire I by all ranks and classes , and see the progress wfnea has been already made towards the attainment , of , this obj ^ ct , we must come to the conclusion tlwt Ihe ( assertion was no id Ib b'ast ; but that what has been done is must astoniaaiu « , and the whole will most ussurtd ' y and speedily be realised .
What are the relative positiona-of tbe various p irtiea concerned in this declaration at tho time it was made nnd the preseut period ? In 1817 , believing that Mr . O wen was about to introduce soinuihing which would minister to tha preconceived notions and prejudices of the various rsvnka , classes , sects , and parties , and that by hia assistance the existim ; onler of things was £ . bi > ut to be prolonged , untler sosna slight modifications ; he was , for a time , the idol of those who were satisBea and contented , and wus dreaded : for his conservative principles by those who felt that some great change was
necess . iry , which change th « y thougat could ye < ff- ^ ttd by violent opposition to the exist ' ng powers . No sooner , however , had Mr . O . vth made ths memorabl . declaration which he did , at the City of Lo . idon Tavern , in that year , that there existed ; much , very much , of error in every religion in the world , and that nothing short of an entire revwlution in every institution and custom of society , and a reconstruction of the elements of which it was cosiposed on jan entirely different basis , would enab ' . H him to proceed with his designs , than he found himaslf more or ' less opposod by evory
in-livwiual in the -world . From that period to the preaont , Mr . Owen has undeviatingly pursued his course , and it nmst be left to future general ns , who shall have taken a clear conception of the whol « of Us vaat and comprehensive plans , to do anything like ad . q iate justice to the consistency with which his course had bton pursued ; it is sufficient f . » r me at present to remark , that from the opinions of a single individual , opposed to , ami opposeJ . by , every power , ! aw , and custom , by which the affairs of man have btt-n hitherto governed , we flad the principles are now not only the regulating standard
for a body of men , who have come forward openly U > declare themselves disciples of ; the syatein , aud are prepared to devote themselvesi entirely to its introduction in practice , and who have formed a society for that purpose more strongly orgarifzid than any that has hitherto existed ; but theyj have also made the deepest impression on every rank , class , sect , aud party , not only in tL ; 3 country , but throughout the civilized world ; and the fundamental doctrine which they contain , on which every superstructure must be based , namely , that the character of man is formed for him and tiot by him , is now j almost universally admitted , and nuibt soon become the moving impulse of all
human aetion . 1 arp . aware , with some of your readers , I shall be considered as travelling beyond the object I proposed , naively , that of explaining what ia contemplated by thfj Socialists in this experiment , but it is necessary to s ' aew that in all our transactions we have the universal and permanent happiness of the whole of the human race in view , to account for [ what woald otherwise appear tbe delay which take * ' place , in immediately putting together , as may otherwise be easily tlone , a small economical association of men , c mtinad solely to the supply of their physical wants , aad held together by strong coercive regulations . ¦ Tha grand " leading object of the Socialists being to put in operation a system of society such aa 1 have given an outline of in the above remarks , tiwy have bad , and they will have , to progress in proportion us the 1
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minds of their fellow men can become enlarged to tbe objects they contemplate ; and this experiment , in common with everything else they undertake , has been , as far as circumstances would permit , ia accordance with the knowledge of the system that the society who have commenced it could be induced to adopt In tracing Mr . Owen ' s progress from 1817 to tBe present period , it is curious to observe the manner ta which various parties have from tima to time considered themselves qualified to co-operate with him , and carry out his plans ; aid also the modes by which they have supposed tnemselves capable of accomplishing the same object by a muck shorter and more direct route .
It is this belief , in my opinion , which ,, preventing a unity of purpose , has hitherto retarded a more rapid progress being made ; and I trnat . in the couraa of this series of letters , without kfleeting unduly on the past , to point out that it is to the immediate and paramount interest , not only of every class , seet , and party in th © State ; but also of every individual of the human race , to lay aside all selfish , personal , and sectional considerations , and to join in oue universal cry for the introdoction of this system , the whole of the materials for vfbich abound in superfluity around ns ; and thus forthwith to place man in a atato ut parmanently progressive happiness , increasing as rapioly 03 his faculties aad powers can be enlarged and expanded .
Th . st such a course will be taken by all as soon as the subject is clearly understood I am well convinced ; and if through the medium of your columns I can succeed iD laying before so numerous and powerful a body of men 33 the Chaitists of Great Britain , the benefits to be derived , and tne ease with which they may be obtained , I shall bava employed my time to a most useful purpose . SuffiVe it to say for the presfnt , that there is now ready for every individual everything required for the happiness and well-being of himself and ail around him , and the nixie in wbieb this is to be obtained ia easy and practical . I am . Sir , Your obedient servant .
William CUlptn Harmony Hall , near Stockbridge , Hants , February 13 , 1843 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 4, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1202/page/3/
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