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MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . The September adjourned session of the peace for the county of Middlesex commenced on Tuesday ttorning . attheSessiors House , Clerkenwell-green . There were sixty five cases of felony , and four of misdemeanour , for trial . Of the prisoners in custody , fci ty- four were described as competent to read and ¦ mite imperfectly , seven could read only , two could lead and write well , and twenty-seven had no knowledge of either reading or writing . Conviction- tor Robbery . — "William Fowler , a Wdl . dressed yonng man , said to be Tery respectably connected , and to have carried oa business as a corn , dealer at 15 , Stanhope-street . Bayswater , was in-MIDDLESEX SESSIONS .
dieted for having stolen a pair of pistols , the property of Henry Langharathe younger . —Mrs . Langham . of 81 , Seymour-place , Bryanstone-square . stated thai on the 7 th of July last the prisoner called at her house , and engaged an apartment on the first floor tort on the 12 th he went away , without paying anv rent or giving any notice , and did not again return " . It was shortly afterwards discovered that a case of pistols had been stolen from a room adjoining that occupied by the prisoner . They were the property of her son , and were worth l ) 5 tween £ 3 and £ 4 Tb » y were seen safe on the Sunday prior to their being missed . —Mr . Bonhen , assistant to Alr . Younz pawnbroker , 51 Princes-street . Leicester-square pro ! duced the pistols in question , which were pledge at his mas'er ' s early on the morning ofthel 2 vhof July , and within a very short time they received information that they had been stolen . Oa Tuesda * week the prisoner presented himself at the shop , an d asked to be shown the pistols , stating that , having purchased the duplicate of a friend of bis for thirtyfive shillings , U was Ms intention to take them out . * Why' said the witness , ' that seems strange , becanse yon are the person who pawned them . ' In anbwerto this the prisonersaid the witness was quite mis'aken , bnt the shopman was satisfied that he was the same
perssn , and having informed the prisoner that they knew that the instruments had been stolen , at once gave him into custody . —W estmoreland , 27 C , stated that he Teemed charge of the prisoner . Hetcok Km to Mr . Langham ' s , in Holbora , and that gentkman at once identified the pistols on tbeir heing Shawn to him . The witness told him that they had been stolen from Mr ; Langhata ' s . SI Seymour-place when the prisoner said that he knew no such person , and had never been at the house mentioned . ffitnass then took him to Mrs . Langham ' s . That lady at once said that the prisoner was the person who had taken the apartment , hut he very indignantly denied it . Mrs . Langha-n then produced a letter
which had been addressed to the prisoner at her house , and after perusing the contents the prisoner said it was for him . and did not afterward s deny that he had lived in the house . —Mr . Payne appeared for the prisoner , and on his behalf urged that it was evidently the prisoner ' s intention to restore the pistols , or he would not have gone to the pawnbroker ' s to get a re-possession of the pistols . It could not be dpnied that he , had taken them to Mrs . Laugham ' s . Testimony was then given to show that the prisoner tad , up to the present time , borne a very excelleLt el ara : ter . —The jury found the pr isoner "Guilty , " and the learned judge sentenced him to three months ' itiprisinment with hard labour .
Stealing Oats . —William Morris , a boy in a smock frock , was indicted for having stolen a \ sack of oats , the property of Mr . James Peto , fanner , below Brentfotd , to whoii he was servant . —The prosecutor deposed that at an early hour on the morning of the 18 th iust . the prisoner was leaving the farm , in compliance with directions that had been given to him , with a load of potatoes for Coventgarden market . Witness thought he was taking with him a larger quantity of fodder than was necessary for the jonrney , and on its bs 5 ng removed from the cart a sack of oats was found buried beneath the potatoes , and the prisoner was given over to the constable . — The prisoner having pronounced
" Guilty , " the prosecutor earnestly appealed to the court for a lenient sentence upon the prisoner . He had reason to helisve that this was his first offence , and the result of a severe punishment would be that be would be utterly ruined . He was a yearly servant , and if be had an opportunity to get engaged at the approaching Michaelmas , he mi g ht retrive his character , and again get into employment . —The Learned judge said that Mr . Peto had acted in a most creditable manner , hut the court wasconvinced that the prisoner could give information that would lead to the detection of a greater rogue than he was , the person for < shom the sack of oats was intended . If the prisoner would giv ' 3 that information , the sentence wmiid be materiallv different to what it would
if he did not . —The constable and the prisoner had an interview in the cell . He told the officer that he shouldn't say a word , and they might do as they liked with him ; and this baing communicated to the court . —The Learned Judge sentenced him to six months' hard labour , observing that had he given the required information , he would only have had seven days . ' Robbery is a Shop . —John George , 30 , John Pisher , 22 , and John Garretl , 22 w : re indicted fur the following impudent robbery : —Police-constable 350 A was in Upper Montague-slreet , in plain
clothes , when he saw the prisoners loitering about . He kept an eye on their proceedings , and ultimately he saw the prisoner George go into the shop of Mr . Dent an upholsterer , and bring out a large toilet-glass value £ 4 . He at once took him into custody , and the other prisoners were taken as soon as the assistance of another officer was procured . —The jury found the prisoners " Guilty . "—Lockyer , the officer of Westminster Bridewell , proved that the prisoners George and Fisher were old and known offenders . Garrett was not known . —The Learned Judge sentenced Fisher to twelve , George to aine , and Garrett to sis months' hard labour .
Robbery . —William Grindley Grice was arraigned at the bar upon an indictment charging him with Laving s ' . olen a valuable dressing-case , the property tf Mr . Isaac Jacobson , of Oxford-street . —Mr . Meller appeared forthe prisoner . —On his examination before the magistrate the prisoner's conduct was exceedingly impudent , and he asserted that be was a son o ( Capt . Grindley , brother of the well-known East India agent of that name , and that he was personally acquainted , and upon intimate terms , with Col . Chesterton , Lieut . Tracy , and Lieut . Hill , the governors respectively of the County House of Correction , Coldbath fields , the House of Correction at Westminster , and the House of Detention at
Clerkenwell . —The prisoner at first' pleaded Not guilty , ' but under the advice Mr . Meller he consented to the withdrawal of that plea , and to the substitution of the plea of * Guil'y . '—Mr . Meller ad dressed the court on the prisoner ' s behalf . He said that he had advised the prisoner to plead guiity to the indictment , because there was not in the entire case one single isolated circumstance upon which to found a hope for on acquittal , or to which , a doubt even oonld be attached ; but he considered it due to the prisoner to make a few observations to the court , in reference to the prisoner ' s position , as certain matters in connexion with this affair had appeared in the public prints , which the real circumstances , surrounding the prisoner , did not warrant , and might possibly have a prejudicial operation apon him . There was no doubt -whatever
bat that the prisoner , -who bad been most nnfortunate , was very respectably connected , and a person of some attainment ; but he had been left on bis own resources , and though he was a perfect master of six or seven languages , the vast amount of knowledge , and he might say , talent , the acquisition of those languages necessarily included , had not kept bim from great poverty , want , and it appeared something worse . Now-a-days , he was sorry to say , there were many who possessed even higher qualifications than those , who could not derive a subsistence from the legitimate exercise of these qualifications , and therefore it was a matter of little wonder , that a person like the prisoner should find himself in a state , of privation and distress . Latterly the prisoner had endeavoured to procure a livelihood bv deslin" in second-hand property , hut
in an hour of want he yielded to temptation and c immhted this eff nco . —M « s . Sophia Wilkins , of No . 2 , Earl-street , Edgware-ioad , stated that the prisoner had lodged with her . He had , slie knew , been unfortunate , but she always considered him a honest well meaning and industrious young man . — T * o other wittit-sscs * uukeinsimiar ttinu o . ' ihe prisoner . —Colonel Chesterton and Lieutenant Hil ! hsd a private conversation with Mr . Witham , who had taken the place of the assistant judge , bat it was stated by Mr . Rose , a magistrate , in answer to Mr . Mtller , that Colonel Chesterton" was acquainted with parties with whom the prisoner was connected . —Mr . Witham said this was a case in which t ' r . e
court would pass as merciful a sentence a * , under the circumstances , it could ; but it could not forget ll ; at the prisoner had committed this offence , which was really a serions one , with great canning and impudence . He went t ) the prosecutor ' s , and . under the pretence , that it was for a gentleman who wanted to purchase cue , got a valuable dressing case with silver fitting ; , He invited , $ e shopman
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to go with Mm to the gentleman ' s house at North Bank . He took bim to an empty house , where he said ihe gentleman was ( accounting for the house being empty and announced as to let by sayinethat the gentleman was about to go on the conti nent ) , and he induced the shopman to wait outside the housetilhe came back When the shopman said he should ring ihe bell ) f he was Rone more than five minutes , the prisoner said , 'Don't yon know . here's always so ouch palaver with a gentleman when bargaining . ' He went into the house . The men , however , did nn g tLe bell , when he ascertained LT ^ . ° . / r « wh ° . " in charge of the housethat th to go \ rith Mm to the rmlfmV : huujL id 1 I ... H . n . t _ TT . X 1 . 1 . ! i- - - " * . " WUI
, , e prisoner had got admission by p etending that he had lost the key of the case , and that it was at the rear of the premises . He had escaped over the back walls , and immediately afterwards off , tjd topawn the dressing-case in Seymourstreet . The sentence of the conrt was that the prisoner be kept to hard labour for four calendar months .-Theprisoner , who had been eryingduring ) he short time he was at the bar , conducted himself ¦ n a manner as if he wished to induce the belief that ^ e was insane . He would hurriedly pace up and down the dock , then suddenly throw himself forward as if m a fainting fit , and bury his face in a bandkerchief that ba-1 been white . He would threw his
eye 3 upwards imploringly , and then lavish hitler imprecations oa his unhappy fate . He seemed quite overcome as he was conducted gently , by the officers , to the cells .
Wednesday . —The court sat at the Guildhall , Bread Sanctuary . Westminster , the learned judge bavin ? on Tuesday afternoon declared that the smell arrising from the re-painting of the Sessions-bouse at Glerkenwell . wasnot only offensive , but absolutely dangerous to the health of those who were in attendance . ALLEGED RAILWAY ROBBERY . Margaret James , 32 , aud George Nichols , 42 , emnts out of place , were indicted for having s : o ! en a box , containing wearing apparel and j wellery , the property of the Great Western Railway Company . Mr . CLAKKSON appeared for the prosecution . The prisoners were not defended .
In opening the case to the jury , Mr . Clarkson observed that it involved circumstances of a somewhat unusual character , which would require the very serious consideration of the jury , should , indeed , the case ultimately come before them for determination ' On the liih of August last the female prisoner , who passed , by the name of Mrs . James , though she cohabited with the male prisoner , whose name really » as as described in the indictment , ' Nichols , was a passenger on the Great Western Railway , by the
parhmentary train , from Brenscombe , in Gloucestershire , where she had just left a situation , to Pad . dington , and it would appear that her luggage consisted of two boxes , to one of which only it was necessary that attention should be directed ! That box was of the description generally used by servants . It was bound up in canvas and corded , and attached to the cord , but not sewn to the canvas . was a card considerably larger than the card 3 commonly used for such purposes , upon which was
written'Mrs Jumps , passenger to London , ' and on another p t of the box was the company ' s label , upon which was a capital J to describe the initial of the surname of the passenger , and | Brenscombe to London ' to denote the station of departure and the destination of the party to whom the luggage belonged . It appeared that in the tame train there was a gentleman named James , who held a situation on the Eastern Counties Railway , and who , with his wife , children , and sister wereproceedingfrom Cheltenham to London , and their luggage consisted of four boxes , to one of which the attantion of the jury would he more particularly directed . That box contained a large quantity of wearing apparel ,
belonging to Mr . and Mrs . James , with some trinkets belonging to the children , the value of which was rather more than £ 20 , It was covered with canvas , corded , and was directed , ' Mr . James , passenger to London , ' and it bore the company ' s label , J . Cheltenham to London , ' but it was imp irtant to observe that the card upon which the address was written was a very small one , and was sewn to the canvas , that the box itself was considerably larger and heavier than ttat belonging to the female prisoner , and that thewords , ' Cheltenham to London , ' were quite distinctly and plainly exposed , so that ihey must have met the observation of any person looking for a box marked' Brenscombe to London . '
Upon the arrival of the train at the Paddingtan terminus , the male prisoner was there to receive the female , and after he had secured the box , which belonged to her , but which was now excluded from consideration , he went up to the porter in charge of the luggage , and took possession of the trunk belonging to Mr . James , end he ana the woman , placing them in a cab , made off to a house in Molynenx-street ; Marylebone , as was subsequently ascertained . When Mr . James applied for his luggage , be was shown the box belonging to the woman , which , as before stated , was marked , Mrs . James ! Brenscombe to London . ' He immediately said that such box did not belong to him ; but search for
tne right one was fruitless , and it being considered that Mr James ' s box was taken by a'Mrs . James in mistake , and that she would return and restore that which did not belong to her , the porters took it to the cloak room , and there left it . About a week afterwards the male prisoner called at the cloak roam and asked for a box , marked' Mrs . James , ' which had been left behind by mistake ; when the cleik told him that a box marked Mr . James had been taken away instead of that ; and the prisoner then said , Ob , if that ' s the case , I'll see about it , and be back again directly . ' He went away , but did not return , and nothing more was heard of them until the 15 th of the present month . It would be hownthat the woman had broken up the box and
burnt it , that she had dealt with the property it contained as if it were her own ; and if these circumstances , taken in conjunction with that of the prisoners' having endeavoured to get possession of their own box , sati sfied the jury that the prisoners knew they were dealing with another person ' s property at the time they got it into their possession t . e prisoners must be found guilty . If the jury ) however , were not satisfied , and thought that tlsey got the box into their possession through mistake , the company did not wish to press the case against them ; but they had thought that their duty to the public demanded that the case should be investigated by a jury . After some evidence coafirmatory of the above statement had been given ,
Mr . Collard was examined—He stated , that having received certain information concerning the prisoners , he endeavoured to trace them out , and , on the 15 th inst ., he went to Albion-street , Hyde Park-square , where he found the male prisoner standing at a shop door . He asked him if his name was not Nicbolls , when he immediately said it wa ? , ? nd added , that he knew that witness " was superir - tendent of the Railway police , and he supposed that 1 e tiad come about that box . " Witness said he had , and he should take him into custody . The p-isoner theaeaid that the things were all safe , excepting the box itself , which the foolish woman had broken up and burned , and an old carved image He then said that when the woman told him on the
night of her arrival that the box was not hers , he had urged her to return it , and several times since he had solicited her to do so , but she would not , alleging as a reason that she was ashamed . The wi ness having asked him where he could find the woman , hs said he would take him to where she was , and they then took a cab and went to the Servants ' Bazaar in the Regent- circus , whither she had gone in search of a situation . She was not there , however , and at the prisoner ' s desire the cab was driven towards Molyne . ux-street , but before they got there iVicho'ls descried her a short distance in advance of the cab ! Witness got out of the cab , keeping hold of Nicbolls , and went to the woman and took her into custody also . They then proceeded to
Molyneuxstreet , and in the apartment occupied by the prisoners witness found the property . The greater portion of it was in a box , which the female claimed as hers . She denied that she had stolen the box from the station . All » he property contained in Mr . James ' s box was recovered except a song book , a pair of gloves , and a carved image . —By the Court —The mode in which luegage was generally delivered up to paiseugers was this : If a pe . son wem to the porter , and said he wanted a box or parcel of a certain description , and bearing a particular name such box or parcel , if found , would be given to the party askiig for it without further inquiry . If a box without any name upon it was asked for , it would he given up to a person who produced the key beloigingtoit .
Mr . and Mrs . James identified the property , the whole of which was produced . The box belonging lo the female prisoner was also produced and ideatifitd . Mr . Bailt , clerk of the cloak-roam at the Paddington station , was examined at some length . He stated that the contents of the box left behind by the piiscnen ^ eie worth ' about £ 3 .
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Mrs . James , on being recalled , stated that some lace collars , which were packed in the box at Cheltenham , had since she saw them been converted into chemisettes , and apparently worn by the female prisoner . When called upon to state what they had to urge in answer to the charge , the female prisoner replied , 1 Nothing ; ' but the man entered into a long history of the affair . He protested with some energy that neither he nor his fellow prisoner knew that the box was not theirs Until they got to their lod gings that night , and the reason they had not returned it was that they were ashamed and afraid to do so . u . MrS . . lAXfPC ntl htunn * nnnlln < l . t . l . J * ko < - Minis
The learned judge , in leaving the case to the jury , observed that , after all , the princ i pal point to' be decided was one more of law than of fact , and he almost doubted whether be was right in leaving them to decide the case , instead of taking it into his own bands . However , the case involved matters which were peculiarly for the determination of a jury , and they would therefore hear what he had to say as to the law , and then apply bis observations to the facts , and decide accordingly . After going through the evidence , his lordship ' said tbat before the prisoners could he found guilty the jury must be thoroughly satisfied that at the very moment they $ ot possession of the box in question they knew it
was not theirs , and intended to rob the legal owner of it , and that they were not misled by the circumstance of the surname " James" being upon it . The prisorers did not know what the conteuts of the box consisted of , or whether they were worth £ 20 or 20 pence . Both Mr . James' box and that belonging to the prisoners were covered with canvas . ^ The property , though it had been in their possession a month , had not been sold or made away with , and under these circumstances , however improper and reprehensible their conduct might have been in detaining the property after they knew it . was not theirs , could thev be convicted of stealing it ?
The jury , after a short deliberation , " Acquitted " both prisoners . —The Court , upon the application of Mr . Clarkson , directed the costs for the prosecution to be allowad , intimating that the Court considered the company had taken a very proper course in prosecuting the case . —All the property in the box was given uo to Mr . James , and ihe prisoners too possession of their box ,
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^ . CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT , Ciiarge of Embezzlement . ' —Edward R . Sintrenick was indicted for embezzling the two sums of £ 20 and £ 80 . —Mr . Ballantine prosecuted , and Mr Clarkson defended the prisoner . —The facts of the case , which have very recently been before the public under the head police court where the examinations took place , were proved to bo these : — The prisoner , who is a young man of respectable connexion and appearance , had entered into a sort of agency with the prosecutors , who are the wellknown estate agents and upholsterers in Eatonsquare , Pimlico , and had brought a great deal of the business to the firm , which' at a subsequent period to the previous engagement fell into difficulties . In the course of his duties he bad received the two sums named in the indictment , one for l'ont and the other for the taxes of a house 7
oChester-, , squrvre , which had been lot by the prosecutors , ¦ teither of which sums he had accounted for . —His Lordship summed up , pointing out to the jury the law as it stood relative to the law of embezalement and the position of master and servant . —The jury , aftev some consideration , acquitted the prisoner . Felonious Assault . —J . B . Weeks , who was convicted of feloniously attempting to discbarge a loaded pistol at one of the City police-constables , when he was about to apprehend him on a charge of sending threatening letters , -was brought up for judgment and sentenced to be transported for ten years . Judgment . —A . Clavk , who had likewise boon convicted of assaulting one of the warders of the Pentonville prison , was brought up on Saturday for judgment , and sentenced to be kept to hard labour for two years . This concluded the business of the session , and the court adjourned to Monday , October 22 .
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Desituctite Fire ijj Exkiskillejt . — On the morning of Saturday last , at half-past one o ' clock , f he sound of the alarm-bell aroused the inhabitants tl'Om their slumber to behold a scene which we may safely aver had never before been equalled in Enniskillen by any event of a similar kind . U pon repairing to the spot , the scene , as we approached , seemed truly awful , three or four houses on the north side of the Hi gh-street being enveloped in flames . The showers of sparks which were continually emitted from the falling thatch and tottering walls of the consuming buildings , wafted by a south-west wind , and falling upon the houses on the opposite or south side of the street , soon ignited the thatch of these , and , despite the utmost exertions and ingenuity of the authorities and civilians the houses of Dr . Ball , and Mr . Maguire , pawnbroker , were consumed . Fears were entertained relative to the house adjoining the two extremes of the consuming mass ' on the north side , occupied by Messrs . "Whitlcy ( baker ) , and Arthur
, and nothing but the greatest exertion on the part of the authorities , in demolishing the buildings on which the raging clement had so furiously preyed , could have saved them ; while the premises in the rear , some of which had been filled with a winter ' s supply of fuel and other ignitable matter , and which extended down to Cross-streot , communicated with the houses in the latter-street , and four or five of them were consumed . Until twelve o ' clock the engine was playing upon the smouldering delris , by which time the fire was got under so far as to admit the withdrawal of the military ; and the police , increased by reinforcements from two or three neighbouring stations , under the command of Sub-Inspector Watkins , superintended instead . The amount of property destroyed on this calamitous occasion , we have heard estimated and we think pretty fairly , at £ 5 , 000 ; and bad ifc not been for the extraordinary and unremitting exertions of the military and police , both officers and men , it would bo impossible to conjecture the result . —Fermanagh Mail .
Manchester Borough Gaol , —The new prison at Manchester , is now nearly completed . It is stated that the cost of it will be about £ 120 , 000 , and it is calculated to accommodate 500 prisoners ! The cost per individual will therefore be £ 2 iO . About two years have been occupied in raising it ' The boundary wall of the gaol encloses almost ten acres of ground , of which 5 , ( 5-11 square yards aro occupied by the prison building , the remainder being exercising grounds , yards , &o . —The Builder . Cuaulotte Harris , the woman lying under sentence of death for the murder of her husband at Bath , has been delivered of a still-born child . As soon as she is suffieiontlyreeovered she will be given over to the hangman .
The rnE-EMLNExcE op Hoixoway ' s Pitts for the Gdre ob a Bat > Digestion , Lives asd Stomach Complaints . — The superiority of Hollowaj ' s Pills as a safe and effectual remedy in all cases where the stomach is deranged , the digestion impaired , or the liver diseased , is universally acknowledged by all classes of society . Forthe cure o ' f those complaints they surpass , every other medicine hitherto discovered ; they act so directly upon the disease that sufferers need only to give them a trial to he convinced of their efficacy , particularly those persons who have had their maladies aggravated by a long residence in India , or , by sedentary or studious habits . Abehnetot ' s Pile Ointment . —One of the greatest legacies bequeathed to human kind , by the immortal Aher . nethy , was , no doubt , his wonderful discovery for the
infallible cure of that most loathsome-and painful disease—The proprietor of this valuable remedy , though under the treatment of several doctors , suffered intensely formally years with the piles and occasional bearings-down , " yet was nothing better , hut rather grew worse , " until he applied to that eminent surgeon , Mr . Abernethy , whose prescription completely cured him , and has since proved its powers to heal in thousands of cases of piles , fistulas , &c . In fact the medical profession , always slow and udwilling to acknowledge the virtues of any medicine not prepared by themselves , arc now unanimous in reconunending " the Pile Ointment" as prepared from the ' original prescription ofthat departed wonder of the agev llr . ¦ Abwnethy . Sold in covered pots at 4 s . ( id ., by all Ycsneutuulu chemists awl dealers in patent medicines in every market town throughout the United Kingdom .
The Blood . —It is commonly supposed that the Wooil is made to circulate through every artery and vein by tlie power of the heart alone , but this is a mistake , for Di \ Wilson Phili p has proved very clearly that if it were so , the power necessary for effecting such an object would be sure to hurst the veins , He has also shown that tlie power resides iirincii >» lly in O . ic Wood vossc-ls tlienisdw . 1 , tkit in short the blood vessels possess a muscular power . His words are : "From the various facts stated or referred to in the foregoing paper the following inferences appear to he unavoidable—That the circulation is maintained by the combined power of the heart and blood vessels ; and that the power of both is a muscular power . " If tlie blood be
impure _ thc muscular power of the heart and . blood vessels is impaired- and a , languid circulation with constant ev-np-< i ° i £ i OU tho sWn is tlic consequence . In such cases Malse s Scorbuth Drops" are recommended strongly to the public as being the most powerful purifier of the blood of any medicine in existence . i « 3 « f ! 5 l ^ 'J ? 0 "it ^ in one ofl » is orations to the mem-• ££ j £ £ etennary College , observes- " That by the immmemcntsm modem chemistry , the medical profession are enabled successfully to treat diseases which were pi-etiTSW *? V uot w *« U «« ta ; wacli of medicine . " ' l £ , » £ nr ^ panrfwrtea for many years , but in uo SS ^^ 'S ^ A * 0 rtinic ' anWnd than by the discovery of Blair ' s Qgut and BlieumatiC fills .
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THE WEST . SURREY ELECTION . Saturday being appointed for the . nomination of candidates for the representation of the West divis on of Surrey , . in the room of the late Mr . Denison , SjPttP wore fixed to commence in the mra-hall of Guilford at ten o'clock . Preparations ot a suitable kind had been made for the occasion , Banners being hung out from tho hotels , bands of musio parading tho streets , and the inhabitants being more upon , the gui vive th . ia is us . il in a country ir \ l Yllen the dooi ' s of the Town-hallwere opened , the wholospaco was immediately filled to suffocation , ana it soon became evident that an adjournment must take place . The Iligh Sheriff attempted to piocecu , but the uproar was so great that he soon saw it was useless to persevere , and in consequence tne meeting was adjourned to an open spaco in ftortlMtvoot , well fitted for the purpose . Here a circle of waggons had been formed , tho officials of tile county takin < r thnir nl . inn in nno . ji . nd t . Im == S = ^— ¦ ——IPTT-n ¦ ... » , ~_
opposing candidates occupying tho others . The usual forms having been compiled with , t ,, he High SnEniFF stood forward , and explained tue object of the meeting . inlfi ?? SwiMEI ? Prosed Mr . Evelyn as a fit tK # T . ' SOn t 0 ^^ ent West Surry . Win . Pitt on n yr i f , ? th had bccn objected to , but Wm . of if , W « ^ SWature when he was barely bfeotit H , o ! . P ™^ necessary ability for uecommg their member . ( Hear Hoar . ) Secon £ thf > , M ' - " . at WHKulerablo length seconded the nomination of Mr Evelyn andex-SSt 1 osh 1 l-OI ii ni 0 - 1 thi lV Co « ive pa " y S to ro 1 T ' , diffi «« ffl <«» «« d unite as one man to icturn that gentleman to Parliament . isafit-lfn F ° P 03 ed Mr < RfcliardWyatt Edgell in pSlhmJft * V ?' ° A t 0 rc P « sentW Sumy man ; years -iml ? had krJown , that Sentl ™ fo "
not exist . lie expressed his rcgrell ^ ZZ g Z state of parties was so equall y divided in thai pS of the county , a contest had been provoked by the lories , who , not satisfied to have one member of their way of thinking , wished to have both . " J ^ f * some length seconded the nomination of Mr . Edgell . Mr . DituMMOND said the electors of West Surrey had just been asked to return a person as his colleague whi would vote directly in the teeth of what he supported . He corjnred them to do no such tiling . He had on the table of the House of Commons notices of
motions , and if the course which he had pursued in parliament was distasteful to theelectors . and opposed to their sentiments , he begged they would give him notice , and take back the trust they had reposed in him ^ He begged that they would not allow him to remain their representative if he was not the honest exponent of their opinions . They had assembled to perform a great public duty , not to pay compliments to one another . They had houses for their private friends , but it was -necessary that they should distinct y nnderstsind the terms used bv the onnoaimr
candidates , tor be entirely agreed with Mr . Long that , under certain words , many opposite things might be included , and gentlemen oftesi cried out this for ever , and that for ever , without knowing what they shouted for . Now , tlxe evil to which they were subject , not at this election only , but throughout the country , was ,. that the people were made the dupes of politcil lactions . _ He told them two years ago , and he told them again now , that he would rot join either of those factions . Ue was of their party , and no other . ( Cheers . ) lhey had been made the dunes of tW
taetions , and what was the whole history of the repeal of the corn laws but that ? He was in Scotland at the time Sir 11 . Peel was then in office . The Whigs sawalamino nearat hand . They knew how the Refo' . m Bill could bo worked , with a famine to back them , and , in consequence , Lord Joha Russell wrote his celebrated letter to bid for the favour of the Auti-Corn Law League . Sir Robert Peel outjockied Lord John , and that was the whole history of the matter . ( Cheers and laughter . ) His quarrel with Sir R . Peel begnn when he commenced to reduce tln » tariffnml
, the repeal of the corn laws was only the climax thereof . In those days protection meant a 5 s . duty , and nothing else . Did it mean that now ? Did any one come forward and ask it ? ( A . Voice .- " We can't e j Mi were a great many tilings that people wished if they couid get them . No one had ever said that Free Trade did not help to increase trade , tree trade was good thing if that was all , but the increase oi wealth which it brought was only nominal . Inerewasto be deducted from it the trades which had been destroyed . ( Hear . ) There must be deducted
the value ot the timber in Great Britain . There was to be deducted the farmers' capital , which had been destroyed . There was to be deducted the loss , by opening the ports to Spanish barilla , of the kelp trade , former y carried on upon the noith-west coast of Scotland , and on tlie west coast of Ireland , where the famine bad been most seriously felt . There were to be deducted the losses of the Irish farmer and landlord , and the £ 12 , 000 , 000 voted for the relief of Irish distress . All thcsi ! things must be taken into account before anything was said of the profits of Free Irade . He would not go into the question of su < mr nor the colonies , nor the £ 2 , 000 , 000 worth of wine which waa formerly supplied from the Capo . The Manchester school said that tho landlords were a pack
of selfish fellows . ( Uproav . ) He was going to avow it . He himself was a landlord , and [ nothing but a landlord . His tastes were all with the land ; hia in terests were with the land ; his prejudices were with the land , and if he was not ; a landed bigot , who he would ask was ? Ho did not wish to be unjust to any one . He wanted to enlighten himself , and he had gone back to past history , lie had read every law on commerce aud trade , and the history of the country when they were p . asscd , and he now declared that no law had ever been passed by the landlords , and them alone , which was not with the intention of benefiting commerce and at the suggestion of the manufacturing interest . ( Cries of ' No , no ! " ) Will any gentleman quote me the act in which it was
otherwise ? ( Cries of "No ! " ) Then let them go home and read their books before thty denied what he stated . Whether they acted wisel y or not , the landlords intended to benefit commerce . Now , however , the tables were turned . Tlie intention of the manufacturing interest was to ruin the land . They had distinctly stated that that was tho object which they wished to effect . Mr . Cobden stated tbat he wished to see every Custom-house duty repealed and the revenue raised by direct taxation , it was boasted that the present was an age of progress , but he said that agriculture ought to be protected . Agriculture was cmplyed in increasing the necessaries of life , while manufactures were not ; There was no wealth except that which arose from labour , and it was from
the honest conviction which he entertained on that subject thathc advocated theextensionofthe suffrage . They sent £ 100 , 000 worth of cotton goods to Cufiia for tea , and thereby protected Chinese labour . He would not object to that , as they did not grow tea themselves . But if they sent 100 , 000 yards of cal ico to America for grain what labour was employed in producing the latter?—not British , but American ; therefore he said that this was a question for the labourer , and the quacks who talked about Adam Smith had , he was sure , never read a line of him-Adam Smith la'd it down as a most important point that the domestic market should be encouraged . ( Cheers . ) The manufacturer had everything at hi * commadd , but the farmer was exposed to tlie
uncertainties of climate and a thousand other casualties . But ftv . m thes- ? subjects he turned to the notices of motion which lie had piven in parliament , and which he would bring forward next session . The first was a motion for the reduction of salaries of all persons under government . "When Mr . Henley brought that subject forward hundreds of Liberal members voted against him , for , however much they blustered , iliwr main point was to keep the Whigs in office . The next question he had to bring before parliament was the unjust distribution of the taxes , ibr it was not fair that the some percentage should be paid by a man of £ 100 and by a man of £ 10 , 000 per annum . Nor was it right that the land-tax should be assessed in the same manner as it was 200 years ago , or that on their sandhills they should pay as much as the whole town of Manchester . lie thought that the taxation , it properly adjusted , would yield an amount of revftmip
which might be formed into a sinking fund to diminish , the national debt , which , if not reduced would sooner or later involve the country in ruin Upon another point he would beg the constituent of West Surrey to take example by the conduct of the Manchester school , who had defrayed all the expenses connected with tho return of Mr . Fox to parliament , and even paid his coach-hire home when the election was over . They ought not to take the vulgar view that only rich men should be their representatives . lie asked them to vote for the man who would support him in his motions for retrenchment and economical reform , but he would ten tnem plainly that he felt gnat suspicion at an expression which he hud seen in onu of the . placards ot Mr . Ldgill , which alluded to tlie Parliamentary and Financial IMorm Association . ( Cries ami uproar . )
Mr . Evkly . v then came forward and was received with cheers by his own supporters , and cries of f > vo home , school-hoy , " "You ' re no use , " &e ., ii'o : m tho Liberals . From the confusion and uproav which prevailed during the greater part of the time that he spoke , his observations were often quite inaudible . He commenced by entreating the meeting not to take his character from the description o f ms opponents . Tlie view which ho took of the subject of Free Trade might bo right or wrong , but
at least it was clear and consistent ; and he defied any one to point out words which he had spoken or written on the subject which could be considered c ontradictory . ( Cheers and uproar . ) He would 5 n vT ? wliy Le was iu flw 0 Ul > of Protection . No uouDt that term had had a great many meanings , out , as regarded commercial matters , ho understood ** iQ . Blgnify fair play in competition . He was in 3 " llb ertyof conscious , but he contended that ? n $ M v so there mi 2 ht b 0 vmm wMcb- would justify hun m ^ staining from voting . ( "Hear "
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and laughter . ) He would suppose the case of one who thought a measure right , but felt that by voting for it he would be bringing into power a bad ™ try . That he conceived would be a reason which would make it his duty not to vote . He felt uiat on the Jew question reasons for withholditi " ins support did exist , and he censured tho conduct ?» 2 ? l ° Jf T V fc on thc sub J ccfc ' and the manner Hi which , they had brought it forward . Ho had been accused of throwing over tho princi ple of protection on 11 nTl ^ , ? raisin S w a revenue duty nniwf ' a 1 Ic believed tftat extreme protection and SS ^ ^^ on woro both evifs , and would plunge the population into distress . Then is to the cxtens on of the suffrage , ho stood there is i Conservative , and would at once avow tint he placed no faith in those pvincinles r . f H « m « . ™ , * £ ?
agitation of which had of late Watcd so much con fusion on the continent . ( Cheers and upS £ would not say that he was not prepared at an ? future time to advocate an tension of the suffrage , but he . did not think that tho country required it at present . As to the subject of the rew !? h ?! ltas / \ as lfc couldbe P » ° P «* ly carried . Wtli respect to the army and navy , bethought that the country could not do without them , out whether any reduction could be effected in the present force of those services , without imparing their efficiency , was a matter for thc government to consider when a proposition of the kind was brought forward in earnest . One of the greatest sources " of expenditure wero Whi g measures for sanitary and other purposes , which turned out to be simnlv an
attempt to deluge toe country with a hornet ' s nest of well-salaried commissioners , and he only -wondered that they had not , ere now , proposed brining m a bill for the abolition of misery in her Majesty ' s dominions . ( Cheers and uproar ) There would , of course , bo a good deal of patronage , and tho measure would probably have been as successful as many they had introduced . Ho came forward as the friend of the farmer and also of the labourer and those people were quite wrong who told them there was any contradiction of interest between those two classes , for they were both equally intorrosted in obtaining measures of a Kriculturalrelief
. He had already told them what thoseTrea sures ought to bo . In his opinion the real property of the country was too much taxed , while personal property was nearly exempt . The local taxation , such as church-rates , highway-rates , and poor-rates should bo equally distributed . He asked thorn not to support the mortal foes of agriculture , who standing there on manufacturing principles , would oppose them right and left . He asked them to giye him their support , devoted a s he was , heart and soul , to their interests , and prepared to so into parliament unattached to party , and determined to do what was best for their welfare . ( Cheers and uproar . )
Mr . Edgeli , who was received with loud cheers by his supporters and groans from his opponents said that ho stood before them as a candidate for their suflrages , fully sensible of thc arduous duties which he proposed to xindertake , and determined to carry them out to the fullest extent . He begged therefore , to state to them what his opinions were ' He had been brought up in the same school as tho late Mr . Denison . He had followed his opinions in life , and , he trusted he should adhere to them till his death . His hon . opponent had called upon him to state on what side ho would vote . He would vote for the reduction of taxation , for civil and religious liberty , for the ballot , and for tho extension of the suffrage , which was at present most uniustlv distri .
buted . A good measure he would always support and that support would bo freel y and cordially given ! He would not attach himself to tho Manchester school , nor would ho be fettered by any partv , but he would go into parliament with a fixed determination to seivc his country . It was somewhat singular , that although they had heard the exposition of many opinions , none of the speakers had ur ^ ed the necessity of reduction in the expenditure That was the source of all the present difficulties of the country , and the electors of West Surrey were therefore bound to return a representative who would anxiousl y watch over thc public expenditure Every one knew the large sums which at present ™ y wi r < le s ostrayaganco
^ V : ^ . , ^ . Whether Mr . Cobden was right in proposing a reduction of £ 10 , 000 , 000 , he was not proparodto say but they had been adding—and were still addin »—to tho National Debt , anil every one knew that tTiat must end in a common ruin . ( Hear , hear . ) He believed there was a strong feeling in the country in favour of the reduction of expenditure . These were the principles on which he sought the honour of their suffrages , and these were the principles which he would honestly and concicntiously endeavour to carry through . They were told that protection was at an end , and , if it were so why should they talk about it ? Tho agricultural interest bad a strong feeling in favour of the reduction of some of the burdens that pressed * unon them
iind which were laid upon them in consequence of " the protection which they enjoyed . Ho had always found that when protection was given some heavy weight was imposed as a counterpoise . He thought that there were many burdens at present pressing upon land which ought to bo reduced , and which it ought not to be called upon to boar . He should press upon every government tho necessity of reducing the taxation on the aarieultur . il interest . His hon . opponent told them " that he would not act with a party , but that he would support Mr . Disraeli . Mr . Evelyn would , in fact , attach himself to a party which was ashamed of its name , which was once called Tory , and which was now Protectionist . He asked them to recollect the
history of that party in tho country . During the war it troubled the country with rumours of insurrection , and its cry was " Love God and fear thc King . " It throw an opprobrium of irreli gion and Jacobinism on all who wero opposed to it . When King William IV . went to dine iu tho City he was told that his ministers were so unpopular that it would be unsafe for them to accompany him . Sir R . Peel had collected around him tho strongest government that could be formed in defence of protection , but before the common sense of the people it fell to pieces , deserted by its leader , never to rise again . ( Cheers . ) Ha asked him to contrast the state of the country under Tory administration with what had occurred under a Whi g government during the threatened Chartist insurrection . Thc party he would support would be that which advocated the growing improvement of the country , and was prepared to concede to thc people those rihts
g which they showed themselves capable of exercising . It was , he contended , absurd that a man who understood practical mechanism should not bo allowed the elective franchise , which was enjoyed bv the most miserable cottager who held hind by it particular tenure . It was incumbent on public men to be wise in time , and not to put o ( f concession until thc country was in a state of insurrection , ( Cheers . ) He had detained them too long , but there was one subject on which he wished to say a \ yord or two before he concluded—namely , that of liberty of conscience . Whatever a man ' s religious sentiments might bo he was equally to be received as a good and honest man . He asked them , whether they were Whig or Tory , to be all unanimous for their country ' s good . If ho were elected their representative ho would give them his whole services , and endeavour to do his duty faithfullv ( Cheers . )
Tho Sheriff then took a show of hands , which he declared to be in favour of Mr . Evelyn . A poll was demanded on behalf of Mr . Edgell , and after the usual vote of thanks to the Hi gh Sheriff the proceedings terminated . Guildpoub , Sept . 23 . —The polling commenced this day . At four o ' clock the following return was made : — Evelyn ... 1 , 142 Edgell 990 Majority for Evelyn ... 152 After the close of the first day ' s poll Mr . Edgoll announced his retirement from the contest . Mr . Evelyn , therefore , is now one of the representatives of West Surrey .
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feisGUMR Atmospheric Phenomena . — Tho atmosphere on Saturday afternoon was singularly clear , although the sky was covered with clouds , so as to exclude the rays of the sun , except here and there a small patch . The writer of this paragraph was taking a walk on the outer part of the racecourse , and on looking back towards the town was surprised to find the Isle of Wight appearing with as much distinctness as the ordinary aspect of Worthingfrom the Brighton Cliffs . The high ground of the New Forest , beyond Southampton Water , was also as plainly discernablo as is usually Hi ^ h Down-hill , beyond Worthing , when viewed from Brighton . A shepherd , who had spent on these hills nearly the whole of fifty years , which constituted the duration of his life , declared that he had never seen the island so & \ stinct \ y . —BrightonGazette .
, It is said that out of 16 , 218 subscribers to , and frequenters of the public baths at Paris , 13 ordesuix , and Marseilles , only two have fallen victims to cholera . English Gratit-tde . —A few days ago a medical man was passing through the Quartier St . Germain , ur Paris , when he was nttracted by a crowd , in the midst o / whiuli he found a pom Englisliii . au smitten by an attack of apoplexy . He hastened to render him the assistance that medical aid could afford . The next day the medical man called upon his patient to inquire how he felt . The Englishman asked him
what he was to pay . The doctor replied , lOf . for two visits , at 5 f . each . " Oh , " cried the Englishman , " my life is worth more than that ; " whereupon he handed the physician a check for 500 f . Mit . and Mns . Charles Keak . —These popular artists have been performing at Portsmouth with extraordinary success . The houses have been so crowded that the manager converted the . pit into stalls , all of which were instantly let at box prices . Mr . and Mrs . Kean will shortly appear at tne Haymarket Theatre , but have previous engagements a Southampton and Brighton .
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DUMFRIE S AND MAXWELLTOWN COOPERATIVE SOOIETY . AN NIVERSARY SOIREE . The anniversary of this highly useful and flourish-Kr ^ MT ^ ° A ebv : lt ° ^ lir 6 e tea party , m the Court House of Maxwelltown , on tho evening w ™ t ? ' - I "? lst m - - Thc hal 1 w » s tastefully decorated , ior tho occasion , its walls being festooned abundantly with many graceful devices in flowers and foliage—arabesques formed " Of the green ivy and tho red wallflower " intermingled with contributions from rarer and exotic vegetable forms , and interspersed with scriptural ornaments , destined that night " thc doubledebt to pay , " of setting off the hall , and enforcing certain moral and prudential axioms on young and old . The attendance was excellent—rather too great , in fact , for comfort ; but we know not whom
wo could have spared , tfot , certainly , the thoughtful , stedfast , elderly workman , in his suit of superfine and honestly sweated for West of England ; nor his sonsy , matronly spouse , looking in her own way to . the full as respectable to put a much abusou word to a proper use , ) as her gudoman ; nor their young scions , who mustered in " numbers ? numberless ; still less , "the men of twenty-five , " the hope and stay of the proletariat ; and , last of all , the bonnie sonsy lasses , who , to such an extent , patronised ; ' the Store , " on Friday last , by sipping tea and dancing in its honour . They were of tho right sort , too . None of your simpering , dawdling , fashionable misses—pale and genteel ; on the
contrary" Compared with them old Sharon ' s -vale , o ' ergrowa With flaunting roses , had resigned its praise ; For why ? Their faces as heaven ' s own roses shone , Mocking the morn and witching men to gaze ; And he that gaz'd with cold unsmittcn soul , That blockhead ' s heart was ice , thrice-baked boneaththePo !« . " The company , in short , numbered between three and foar hundred . In the jury box was seated a small but excellent instrumental band , who accompanied tho various sentiments with approiriata airs ; and Messrs . Baxter , Turner , and M ' Ewan
added further to the amenities of the evening by performing divera capital tunes on the most expres * sive of all musical instruments—the human larynx and its appendages . Tho songs sung by those gentlemen were indeed excellent , and excellently sung the last , in particular , drew copiousl y from a wallet stored to the strings with the quaint , homely , oldfashioned lyrics that , owing to the manner in which they embody , beyond tho songs of any other country , tho national peculiarities of the " Scottish character , arc therefore so appropriate in an assembly of proletarians , who of all classes retain such characteristics longest and purest .
The chair was taken by Mr . Andrew Wardrop , Proses of the Co-operative Society ; and he was supported on the right by Mr . W . Burges , tho Secretary ; and on the left by Mr . M'DonaW , the Vice-president of tho Society . The tea-kcttlc 3 wore then introduced by the Stewards , followed by galore of buns , and other comestibles ; and that part of the entertainment over : — The Chairman rose to propose the introductory toast of tho programme— " The People . " Although , never happier in his life—as how could ho be otherwise , among so many blythe and blooming facesstill , notwithstanding his experience on the platform , he felt at a loss , having nobody to fight with . ( Cheers and laughter . ) They were met that nisht
to ceieorate tue institution of the Co-operative Society , and the committee had , very properly , placed the toast ho was about to propose first oa their list ; that was " The people , and who were the people ? Thc hewers of wood and the drawers of water—the supporters of all thc institutions of the country , who laboured hard from ni ght till morning , and from morning till night , not only foe themselves , but for the idlers , who wore too cunning to work . ( Cheers . ) Ah— " A man ' s a man tor a that . " I now come to thc toast of thc even * ing— " The Store . " What was the origin of tho stsre , and what thc necessity for it ? Before wo opened it , provisions wero sold at ' every door ; why , then , the necessity for another shop . Simply .
because a set of grasping individuals took advantage of the working classes to gratify their avarice . At that time the inhabitants of Dumfries paid wore for their provisions than those of any other town in the south of Scotland . At this crisis , it occurred to several individuals that somethinsr might bo done to obviate this state of matters ; and now for th < 3 last six weeks , meal has been selling cheaper in Dumfries than in any ofthe other towns of Dumfriesshire and Galloway . After afew calculations to show the effect of thc reduction on thc expenditure of a working man ' s family , Mr . W . continued : —There has been lately among the grain-dealers something like an inclination to " raise Die meal - " Meeting one of them tlie other day , I asked him ; " Aro you not going to raise it ? " " It ' s no up in the store , aud we daurna , " was the lugubrious response of the man of meal . ( Much laughter . ' ) We have ,
indeed often sold our meal at the price at which ifc was laid in , for the sole purpose of benefiting th . Q public by lowering prices ; and to the staples of a working man ' s table we have added other things in the way of " kitchen , " such as cheese and iTam Having said so much of what we have done , I now tell you , theitociety is prepared to sell without a profit , so that they can only keep down the market . ( Loud cheers . ) That , the store will do for you ; and now lot 7 . ne tell you what you must do for the store . You must support it earnestly , —( cheers )—and then I am positive that many other articles will be cheapened besides meal—tlie better customers you are , tho less you will have to pay for thc articles you consume . ( Renewed cheering . ) " Tho Store , and much success to it . " Air—" "" Wed may thc boatie row . "
The CflAMMAX next gave " Tlie orignators of the Store ; " adding to tho toast "the health of Mr . Williamson , " a stranger in Dumfries , who had suggested tho tiling at the close of an address of hts ( the Chairman ' s ) on the advantages of co-operation , and shown a farther and praiseworthy interest in the scheme , by writing to his native place Kirkald y , for thc rules of the society there . The two Griersons , added Mr . W . sent the thing through the foundries and Maxwelltown ; and yonder in Bankstreet of Dumfries , and in this street hero arc your stores . ( Great cheering . ) Air from thc band , and
song by Mr . M'Ewen . Mr . Fahher in a lively speech , proposed " The Ladies . '' Air— " Green grow the rashes . " The Ciiaikman gave " The provost and magistrates of Maxwelltown , and thanks for the use of the room , " which is always kindly placed at tho disposal of the society for business and convivial purposes . Provost Welsh acknowledged the compliment briefly . Mr . A . Galloway then favoured tlie meeting with an instructive disquisition on tho Sanitary Question . Mr . M'Donald gave " The strangera present . "
Mr . NicnoLSON , after a discourse on the Evils of Intemperance , gave " The Dumfries and Maxwelltown Teetotal Society . " After a neafc address from Mr . MAncnnASK , directed chiefly to the young , to guide their choice of companions , Tho Chairman gave "the Stewards ; " responded to by Mr . AY . M'Kinnell . " The Band" having been also proposed by the Chairman . Air . Hugh M'Divett , iu highly complimentary terms , gave " The healths of Ilessrs . Holmes and Nicholson , the society ' s salesmen , " to which Mr .
IIolmes replied . Mr . W . M'Kesseil » avo " Tho Committee , and other office-bearers of the Society . " Mr . Wardrop returned thanks ; anyone ortwa others , including of course "the Chairman , " having also been proposed and duly responded ta by thc company , the benches were heaped to one side—partners were selected for a good heartstirring Scotch reel , the queen of dances—Mr , Sanders " waked theunsober spirit of the fiddle " — his fellows chimed in with their
instruments" And a more potent tune did never greet , The drum of human ear with lively strain ; So merry that from dancing on his feet , No man undeaf could stockishly refrain . " We thought ( for thc " infectious hopping mania " had seized us also ) , as we reeled through the whirling and the dm , upon the far-famed danca within thc haunted walla of Kirk Alloway , of tho aspirations of the bard" Ah , Tarn ! ah , Tam ! had they been queens , And plump and strapping in their teens , " and of his enthusiastic offer of his nether garment" For ae peep at the bonnie bm-dies . "
Ah , Robin ! gallant , true-hearted Robin ; wa thought hadst thou been here this ni ght , thy precious " brooks o' good plush hair" would have been a wad in the hands of our worthy Chairman , at the first crash of the well-rosined bow that has raised all this pother . And reel succeeded reel without intermission , till far into the morning cogitating , hands in pockets , as we daikered home about fouv p . m ., after imbibing medicinally to ward eft ' catarrh , divers caulkers in sundry places—that well-conducted and convenient hostel , the King ' s Arras among others—we thought that we never attended such a hearty meeting , never heard so many tried to recall
capital songs— Wilson ' s " Packman " so w . ell recited by the Chairman . A : d finely on . ascending our own stairs , by the help of the balustrade-it being pitch dark , we were all the bcttec pleased to think that the fun had been natural and not artificial , further than what might be attributed to the music , which the poet tells us is " thc food Oflovo' and the contents of "the cup whicb cheers , but ' not inebriates . " We got upon our truckle , and fell into the arms of that considerate old gent , Morpheus , while racking our brain ta disco ver whether by any rule of arithmetic , or mors potent Act of Parliament , it wag within the bounds of possibility to increase in number tha anniversaries of the Dumfries and . HaxweUtQwu Co-operativo Society ,
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Robbery . —Henry Livermore was indicted for stealing a hydrometer of the value of £ i , ~ The prosecutor was Mr . Lawford , landlord of the Castle Tavern , Kentish-town . The fact of the theft was clearly proved against the prisoner , and he was found " Guilty . " It appeared , however , that he had been an instrument , in the hands of a more guilty pprson , and the Court , with a caution . as to bis future conduct , passed the lenient sentence of one month's imprisonment , with hard labour .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 29, 1849, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1541/page/7/
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