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-gj PRESENTATION OF THE NATIONAL PETITION , AND THE MOTION OF MR . jyUNCOMBB . Mjt fti boroe to the House on the shoulders of jjjjteen " ' fustian jackets , " * -wno performed their duty 2 n __ p »* eded by a praeettkm of tbe member * of the / weotioiu « " * oUter i **^ 0 ? Chartists , amidst the L * femB £ stoats of congregated tboosaada . " «¦»""* - - Northern Star . Baric to the woae of liberty ! Tbe " dead" are awafcen'd again ! rbeTrfeeof the people fe heard to b * free 0 er aoostain , * ad TrJley , and pkin . PnQ nobly , they stir them to save The aSTi , and prisoners dear ,-Once more , their petition has gone for tbe brave , Aad liberty gjret th « m a cheer ; ppr tie " hutuo * " have nrorn , in tlia pow « oltheii
To vis them their freedom or die in the fight ynl ] boldly they enter the hall , Their escort all gallant and gay , With the slioat of that people ¦ whom Whigs ireuld enthral : Tis the f oi » they are calTd to obey ! Each senator rosh'd to the spot , Iizjpell'd by a magina ] fear , The" " prayer" of the people -whose claims are forgot , To behold in Its grandeur appear . jben Dnneombs obedient directed its way , Ajjd bravely our " fostiats ** the summou obey .
jn the Honse th « " petition" " s nnfnrrd , And there is it treated with scorn ; Th « hopes of the millions—the pride of tie world Again are insulted and torn . Xbe logic of fools is display'd , Tbeir multiplied foliles t 6 screen ; Ihe baseness of fection , of jastice afraid , All" mere ? " ascribe to the Quceu . yTrib maliee and subterfuge bolting seenre jhe dungeons onr patriot-hearts most endure . Oh , ¦ wbe r * is the justice of old ? The spirit of Alfred the gre&tr £ re tbe ihroae - * as debar d by corruption and gold When the people 'were one with the state ? Tu gone with onr freedom to Tote ;
Tis under eaeh despot' s eon . tronl ; And now , e ' en the right to petition is naught ; A force and a moek'ry the whole . 0 shade of the honoor'd and patriot Icing , Hit jaantle o ' er modern royalty fling . ' But joy to the " fustians" "who sign'd ! And joy to the glorious " eighteen !" Anc joy be to him in * hwe heart we ' re enahrin'd , Though a tamer « f bolts is between ; for time on its quick-paced wing , The mifbt of tbe fetors shall tell ; When down to the duit the base factions we'll bring , And destroy the corruptions of hell . Far the law of each country onr Charter mcst be , TUi all uids of Uae earth shall be happy and free . William Hick . LjediJoEe 1 S 11
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. , . ? THE FRIENDS OF TBE CHAKTEB , GOD BLESS ' £ 11 . Tr 5 E—" The King , G * i Ness him . " ifaj the bright sun of h'berty lighten that sty . Now dsrkenfd by sU . * bzj's gloom ; Mar the nation arise as a lion from sleep , And resolve npon tyranny ' s doom ; Cm people now groaa ' oe&th the weight of their wrongs , Bat our ralars -will never redress 'em "EH ire carry the Cb&rter . Then here ' s t « thehealth Of thr friends of the Charter—Bod bless ' em .
Long , long hare we boasted that ours was the land Of the noble , the free , and the brere , While the half-famjsh'd -artisan giTes fsr his bread More labour tban Africa ' s sIvbe Then sway with rain boasting and let as be free . Assert onr own rights , and possess * em ; Osrword be the Charter . The Charter alone , And the friends of the Charter—God bless ' em . Bet , oh , in oar straggle in liberty ^ cause , Let this be remember'd by all : — rsn £ D—no tyrant oa earth can prevail ; Ditided—the people most falL Tien saitate ! agitate ! point « t yonr wrongs , Bat oar Tillers will never redress " em , Till ire carry the Charier- Then here's to the health Of the friends of the Charter—God bless ' em . J . R . K .
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TEMPERANCE . Tha roses of scunner are sweet to the eye , Te : in -winter their beauty and flagrance is flown ; Bni I icov & ib-wer that never can die , Ii has Fprsng from the garden of Eden alone , It will bloom in tie sunshine , and blow " mid the storm , Its blossom time ' s pitiless hand caanot blight , Tia temperance ; gaza on its beautiful form , Aid gather U 113 emblem of peace and delight The pearls of Isuia are fair to the sight , Yet them , bet the rich and the great may possess , Bet there is a pearl transcendiugJy bright , That tml ihiiie in the cottage , and bani * h distress , No perilous diver has brjngbt it on shore , Tm it grew in a region of heaTenly bliss , TU temperance—ssparn the rich treasure no more ; Oh , thera rever vas treasure bo lasting as this .
The miser may gloat on bis ill-gotten hoard , The "rictor be pr ^ ad of his Iswtrttl-wreath fam e , Let but temperance rei ^ n raoad tlie cottager ' s board , Aad fee n »? er need i-hish for las country or name . Oh , temperance , Nature ' s best gift to the poor , y&zj thj sun ncrer darken , thy glory ne ' er fade , Aad t ime's roidng hand bat t-ngrift th * e the more . See the hearts that now riot in joy thoa hast made . JOHS A . La"W 59 > . Seffield , May . 3541 .
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^ THE DRUNKARD'S GRAVE . iKnos Tin . ) 1 knew him in life ' s morning , when his heart 'was light and gay , Ha fntnre hopes were opening then in pleasure ' s brightened ray ; i fitter's pr ide , a mother ' s hope , belored by eTery friend ; &aM fortune ' s widest scope , more bounteous blessings sad 1 toTeJy , nnre , and spotless maid , to crewn his earthly Kiss , " &ame bis briie , and life seem'd made one round of happittss . fie qnifiag of pleasure ' s brimming bewl , nor knew a booa to craTe , 5 ok eTer dreams Ids earthly goal would be a drunksrd ' s rraTe .
I a * Mm late , bnt , ah , how changed , the hrppy smile Trasgor . s ; f ttsa peace , aad lore , and joy estranged , and haggard , pile , and wan ,-5 e wretched crew that madly haunt the bloated tapster ' den , W «« to-w his only friends , and "want and mistry knew liim then ; Ba i ^ rring oifspring wildly taunt his more than widowd wife , tot ihst Ehe had no power tD grant the sustenance cf ° i , bad he shunned the tempter ' s snare , he had not lired h tan , ¦« a tow we -weald not seek him -wheie he fills a drunkard ' s grava 1 JOH ^ A . LATFiO . f .
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tHE PLEET PAPERS . London , P * Tey . 47 , HoJj-n-eli-street . Sustnd . Xos . 19 , 20 , 21 , 23 . For . seme weeks past we hare ma < Je no allusion to thf Fleet Papers . It does cot follow from hency thu ibtj have escaped our notice , for we hare pe-« Kd tbtm with pleasure , Wtetber attacking Poor Ls . tr atrc-ckies , exposing the hideous abominatioEE of tb = Factory Sjsteia , or lajirg bare the . flimsy J yiistries .. ad cold-blooded Fpeculaiions of Anti-^^ Law L < aguE re , lir . Oastier is equally at home *} J ? ^ wrwcrful and eloqnentpen . lixs sympatiuts with tee la iring elassea generally and the factory enuoTen , treu broad aud deep as sre Mb antipawSoct ? ' ' lbe ^^ P ^ g miilocMt * nd the selfish Iso . ] 9 , althoDgh an old one , vtb cAnnot pass over , ior m wnaiaB a most piinetic and tonchia ^ narrv me respeetiug poor Lieutenant Edwards , who died
wbeh will w best explained by a peru £ d ofit :-** -j £ ^ ° ' m > ^^^ Kuonwbytheaccarwd Kew Poor Law -km ewttrf , ira « said t « be became * wh £ T"f ^^ ^ jat" ! "fectiou .- Nerer m abrtader he inTcnted ; bnt it serred the purpose of skkjsss ?" * » - * T 2 r « ' The poor hare no natwal affcetion . " Thus arer tter neh accusers . But how of younelTes , Sir 1 l ie utenant Edwards web of an old and wealthy family ti * father Is said to hare poaessed a-. ery lane estate ~ -n » 7 , he ( I hare it from one connected by mar-iaee SH if iBBticehad been done him , would * n ? w «^« laa a rent-roll of £ 15 , 000 a . year . HUmother i . •^ iaan r . ied , but enjoji , as I am told , a jointure from
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Edwards * father , « f £ 1 . 200 a-year ; kis brother is in commission In the army ; his sister ' s husband is & Colonel in Jamaica . Edwards was » rwl-son to King William , and , -when a child , was a royal faTourite ; bat fee died of neglect and "want in this prison , a , cast-off , forsaken by his kindred , too proud to tell his tale , when the charity of his prison friends might hare sared him . " About three weeks before bis death he was at church ; afterwards I walked with him in the raquetground . He . told me of the Sunday habits of bis ' GoTefnor , " and spoke of former days ; they had been days of joy , and gaiety , and splendour . He told me of hk trials , too , bat not of his extreme penury and want
" I urged him to interconne with his friends . " He shook hla bead : he did not sigh , bat h « ins . de the sign of Borrow , when be smotbtared it He pulkd op his person sad stretched himself , as proud men do when they will not moan . He aaid to me , that ' be thought it hard that all the suffering should thus fall upon himself . They should remember , ' he added , * Ina only is my teens ¦ when they placed me in a rery gay regiment I had plenty of money , g » y companions , and a young head . ' It is hardly fair to punish me in this way . But I am expecting the Be ? . , who left the prison a few day * ago , will see my ' GtoYernor , » nd make all right " " I did not know that be was in want Afterwards I did ; but , then , it was too late ! Talk not of want of natural affection in the poor . ' There , Sir , there you haTts it in your , own order , " e ^ en onto death !
" Edwards was a remirkably mild-tempered man ; bat It seems that his spirit was too proud to bend to charity—bis friends too cruel to relieve him ; and w he died 1 - He died of want in prison I " Tr ' . fling circumstances of ten become important after death . Edwards' cell looked on to the entrance to the prison . He oDee saM to me , ' What a Lumber of friends you haTe , ilr . Qattler , and how courteous you are to them . I hare eeen you go niile times this morning trith thein to the gate . " ' You are a pretty fellow thus to watch me ; I shall be taking you for a GoYernment spj , if yon watch me so , ' was my jokiDg reply . He added , « I geaeratty wt looking aV the gate out of my ¦ window . " I knew . not , then , the pang that expression gare him ! Ah J poor Edwards ; and there he has sat , day after day , -week after week , month after month , looking for the face of a friend , till hope expired , despair overwhelmed , and bnnger murdered him / Bat Ed-¦ wards will no more sit looking out of that cell-window at the gate , hoping in Tain to see a friend .
" ^ hank ! last ( lays w ere tranquil , Bathed by the kindness of two brother prison friends , and a kind prisoner clergyman . He rests in p «\ ce ! " N = ver shall I ferget my feelings , ¦ when one come to xie , tbe day before he died , to borrow my Prayer-book and my Bible ; his own ware pawned ! Shame on your order : The god-son of a King , a British warriurlfor he told me he fead fought in India in the Burmese wari , an English aristocrat , forced to borrow your prisoner ' s Bible and Prayer-book , on his death-bed , because his owmrerepawntd ! Shame , Sir , I say—eternal shame on your order ! We will hear no more about' the want of natural affection in our pa' -. pers . ' '" The statements put forth by the " Plague , " respecting the money pocketed by the landlords in consequence of the Corn . Laws , are thus summarily refuted : —
" I hare not thought it worth ^ hile dwell on the ridiculous nonsense of Mr . Sydney Smith—the subject is Uiuch too serious to be deilt with in a light mood ; else it would have been easy to have laughed at the folly of tbe anti-Corn Law Leaguers , wbea they caught themselYes in their own crafUaets . and miscalculated the intellect of Englishmen , by hiring and payiagsurh ' honest lecturers' to persuade Englishmen that thos ? who have all the iuoc * y '' are forced to mortgage their estates !"—that ' tbe aristocracy hava robbed the countrr cf £ 75 , 000 , 090 a year by the v ' omlaws , ' wbsn , ' in 1 S 35 , the wbt ? Js cost of wheat was only £ 31 , 409 , 069 , and , 6 Ten in 1839 , £ 56 . 553 . 000 ! "—tha ' t ' if the Cora
laws were repealed , -wagts would rise '— 'that Imn labourers , who only earn 5 . or Gd . a day for nine months , and who are the three remaining Tu&nths beggars , are not worse off than the I > eYoasuire labourers , who can earn 9 s . a week '—remembering , at the same time , that' Ireland is the dearesc country in the world ! —thai 'millions upon miiJions of woollen pieces are rotting in the warehouses !'—Ibat 'if the Corn Laws ware repelled , there wonld be no need for the women antf children to go iato the factories •'—that' the acricultaral population is only one-f- - > urth , compared with the manufacturing population !'—that ' Lancashire does Dot grow 1 , 000 quarters of griin r &c ice . "
The assertion about England not being an agricul tural country is dealt with after the following fashion : — ¦ " Sir , I believe not in the dogma of the Free-Trade Anti-Corn-Law-Leaguers , that God never designed that England should be an agricultural nation . ' I utterly reject the iasane notion « f the same school , tfcat ' England would not be poorer if she did not graw one grain of com . " I belitsve that England was designed for agriculture ; and I am sure that she could not maintain'her independence one day if she were to cease growing corn . Seeing , then , that my faith differs » o widely from theirs , you cannot be surprised that niy works should differ also . 1 know of «¦> greater fallacy than to suppose that wi ^ iom would dictate the neglect cf agriculture . Jianafeeture and commerce are both very well in their places ; but the well-being of England depends upon the prosperity of ber agriculture first , and then , as & consequence , her manufactures will , prosper .
" So lung as , we have a single acre of land unculti ' vated , and a single pair of hands unemployed , if we import the corn which those hands and tfcat land might have created , whatever price we give for that c-jth , as a nation , we kse the whole amount . It is because our governors have for many years imbibod the doctr icea of free tm ' e , tLat our laboureisare reduced to such an abject state of Kiisery . Were three times more labour employed in agricultural pursuits , instead of taJking aboni importing corn , we should be an exporting nation—instead of mourning over a losing trade , we ^ h < Juld co mmand a profitable one . It is The faliaev of frte trade which has separated the labourers
from the aristocracy , and which has imbued the latter with the ncchristian notion that the labourers have no right to live npon and «< ut of the eoil ! Hence yonr accursed New Poor Law ! The system of free trade has already made large strides ; it has robbed labour to its rags ; it has starved it to the bones -, it has , by law , disinherited it : —it can do no more harm to the labourers—death w ^ uld be preferable to their life '—to them it has indeed done its very wcrrt : —and you , the landlords , have aided tbe ernel monster . ' So * , it is your tars—it demands yocr rents , it envies ycu , aDd covets your estates ! and , if you will not relent , and or . ee more take the labourers by the hand , it must overcome—it will destroy you . "
Protection to the soil and labour forms the text of the 22 , id number . This description of the sort of commercial erudition to which the free tradere tempt the country will be read with painful interest and carry some lamentable truths home to the bosoms of many of ocr readers : — " There was a time—I am old enough to remember it —when an EogJish merchant was a honest , honourable man , incapable c * frani- He was then too high-mintled to take advantage of the poverty and jgixrrance of those wiih whom he dealt Now , the case is qnite reverse *! , and nothing is su common aa to bear pt-rsots engaged in trade declare— ' 1 : is impossible to gain a liYelihood , if wa do as we . wouul be done bv . '
" -Aud who are the persou * who bare thus changed the character of our jnerchiuits ? Look over the list of your frea-traders , and at tbe very top you will red their name I Jcdge then of their motives by tbeir actions . It is they who , not content with one branch of trade , usurp U : s whole . They are like birds of prey hovering over the carcasses of our ruined manufacturers in every market . They think it no dishonour to bay of sinking men as cheap ks they can , kcoTring full well that they are thus robbing tbe ! r creditors , and are ' greedily gaining ef tbeir neighbours by extortion , having forgotten God and his commandment , to do unto others as we would they should do unto us ; ' entirely forgetting that He wiil smite ? iis hand at their diihonestgain . ' These men ejnploy tieir harpies to sttk up tLose who are in
difficulties , and , taking adTjvDlase of their necessities , they buy tb ' . -ir ' stocks' at half ihelr valne . They then sell tbese stolen goods to tbe shoj-keeper at a Tery low price , compared with their re ^ l va ' ue ; and thus they reduce the price of every article , and compel the respectable shopkeepers and manufacturers to lower their ¦ wages , until it ie iiupCESible to allow tLe artisans such remur . cra'ions for ihtir excessive labour as wiil enable them to hte . , _ The manufacturer is then driven to make ctcepuve goods ;—her . ee the reason why now it is next to iiBpoartua to buy any arUcle , even dawn to a skein Of s ! U or thread , ^ icb i , Eot worth mic Xext fol . " [ ?• f ^ 'f bopkeeper * Many wi lj read as let er , , ho from k <\ txperieiee kno > 7 that all this is true , but who did not before know that the freetrade principle was tbe caat . e of it
• ' I rtratniher once hearing , from the lips cf one of thenjott Kspertable HiaDufacturer » in Yoiiabire the foilowiDg anecdote , showing hew these thieves ' commenctd their operations ioine five and twenty years ago . He told me that he was then in London , -when as acquaintance of hiasaui , ' Mr . , you understand the quantity of woollen goods , and can spare £ h , COQ cat of your concern ; 1 will pet £ 5 , 00 « to yours ,- and I will show you how to make money by wholesale . " My informant asked his plan , and he was answ # ied—• You shall go with me into the city tonight , and 1 will show you how it is to be done , ' They wect in tbe . dark to one of the streets , running from Cheap « de—( in those days tLe harpies were
ubasied of their trade : now , they sin in tbe face of day , and boast of their prosperity in Parliament !)—they entered a warehouse—thers wastbe poor manuiMtitxset * rith bis bale of goods—my friend examined them ,-and declared that they were che » p at- tbe inToice price . The poor manufacturer was in liistreas—the frtU of good * was worth £ 145;— £ 70 must be had next morning , pi a prison would have been his home . The '' wholesale money-malt r , ' satisfied himself of tbe jast charge . . H » took his . pen , and wrote at the foot of the mioieej Bj fifty per cent discount for eash , £ 72 19 s . ' Tben handing the document to the tretsbling manufacturer , he said , 'I dent want tfie £ i o ^< —you want the money—you can hvre the amount in t-e moreing—I shall give ' . ^ mor- ; - . ' Xhe reeuJt
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was , that the offer of one-half the Tatae was taken ; and these goods were afterwards sold to the shops , and were shown to other " manufacturers , in order to reduce the prices of $ heir goods ; My friend said , as he went away , 'Is this tbe way you weald teach me to make money by wholesale ? I would rather . take a pistol and turzr highwayman ; his bcsUiess is honcorableand genUemaiiy , if comparison with such cowardice , meannets , and ] cold-blooded cheating as I hare teen to-night' I need not say . that my informant resisted the luring bait . The other followed the unholy gain , got rich , and now calls himself sa English merchant ! My friend , who foltf me this fast , , was than worth at least £ *» , 0 » 0 i . Honesty , industry , and capital were unable to stand against this free trade monsterhe lost all—took refuge in the Gazette— and sbce tben , * bMfcoq-. heart has lodged Win in an nnttnieljr graTe ? But tb « wholesale robber baa been in Parliament 1 " ^^^^^* m ^^^* i ^^*^^^ *^
Who ean read snch recitals without deeply and sincerely trusting that the day when England shall be made a manufacturing nation , subjeot to tbe tyranny and influence of the capitalists in the manner aboTe described , may never , neTer « ome ? If it do coma , farewell to the hearty old English character , farewell to old England ' s green fields , farewell to all old English eastomB and feelings—and welcome to the duplicity of the commercialists , welcome to smoky distriota and dingy town ? , and welcome to all the vices , all the deteriorating influences of " trades' unfeeling train . "
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"BRITISH OPERATIVES . —Mason ' s Journal . " This ia another of the almost innumerable Iribe of cheap periodicals to which the intellectual spirit of the age has given birth—published alternately at Birmingham and Glasgow—under the management and auspices of working men entirely , and very creditably got up .
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OltASOFOW . —State of Tkade . —The March or Misery amo . ng the Working Classes , their DKVOTION TO FEaRGUS O'CONNOR , AND THE T&l . - umpham fiPifiii op Chartism . —The stade of trade in Glasgow , at present , is in a most deplorable condition , with very little prospect of its speedy revival . Hundreds of all trades , but more particularly the hand-loom weavers , are out of employment , while thousands are only partially employed . The condition of thehaad-ieom weavers when out of work , may be more easily guessed than described , for even when in full employment , it may be said , literally speaking , that they are subjected to a system of slow murder and lingering starvation . Friday last , the 28 : h of May , being 1 term day , or what is generally termed flitting day , the wholo city and suburbs
appeared to be in one general move ; . neTer were so many removals witneBstd at any former period Tha awful amount of domestic misery , exhibited in outstrect 8 at noonday , was truly appalling and heart- re rid i » g . The aged , the bedridden , the eick , aiid the dying were carried along from one place to another , by their" neighbours aud" relatives , while virtuous and industrious females , strmmndtd with their ragged and starving offijpring , were seen with hanging heads , anvl in many instances the silent tears of misery rolling over their cheeks , dtagging along the miserable remains of their former wellplenished homes ; their drawers and well-furnished beds , which the Scotch lassei delight to display wheu they get married ; their tables ; their good man ' s arm chairs ; and evpn their big family bibles , wherein were inserted the births and deaths of their
relations ; all , alt had vanished to &av . isf y the demands of their landlords , or their own immediate wants , and left only ami-erabSe wreck behind . Manyroups , or sales were announced , by greedy / and / ords , but nobody purchased the poor lean ' s furniture . One individual , a haudloom weaver in Bridgeton , and one of the first itioividuals who joined the Chartist Associstioii shere , having hitherto struggled against adverse circumstances , at last felt a sacrifice , like thousands before him ; he got in arrears with his landlord ; the shenfiV officers paid him a visit , and cowmencca to ? eqnester his household j > oods , irhile he and his wife viewed with mental agony their progress , until the officers arrived at the portrait of Ftjargug O'Connor . He could stand it no longer ; and , iu the language oi" reiauusirance and despair , he exctaimed , * ' For God ' s sake , m-. n , take my alt , and
peace be with you , bat leave me the portrait of that persecuted patriot . " The hearts of sheriffs' officers , eveiy one knows , are not made of the softest staff ; however , in this instance , they relented , and granted the request of their victim . This is no solitary instance of the devotion of the working classes of Glasgow to O'Connor . No ; by them he is almost universally esteemed ; they know he is devoted to them , and that he is honest ; they despise bis calumniators , and detest his enemies ; and they have shrewdness enongh to perceive that he , like the Roman General , has crossed the Rubicon , and dared not return and desert them . The spirit of Chartism is triumphant , the public steam is rising up to the highest pressure at the approaching dissolution of Whiggery ; and , by the sim « of the election , the Whigs may expect to meet a fifiy thousand Chartist power to drive their election machinery .
CABZtZSZJu- -Sr . ^ TB or Ttuiut .. —Never , W 6 bslieve , in the recollection of the oldest inhabitant , has trade in general been in such a state of depression—all classes aro feeling more or less the severe preesHre of tho times , and the middle classes are now beginning to leel an inter < -st in the deplorable acd wretched condition of thousands of their fellow-creatures , whom they havo hitherto looked npon as dissatisfied and disconsolate without a reason . The empty tills of ( he shopocrats are fast convincing them of tho absolute necessity of a sweeping change . The cotton trade , in wbich some thousands are here engaged , is unprecedentedly dull , and the masters say they have little or no demand lor th « ir gooils , and would alrcost as soon stop their
works altogether until things undergo a change for the better . The hand-loom weavers , whose extreme privation has now become proverbial , are in a state of utter destitution , having little work , and an extreme low rate of wages . Tho cotton spinners have got notice of a most sweeping reduction , which will amount to from twenty to twenty-five per cent ., which , if they tubmit to , will make a difference iu their weekly earnings of from seven to ten shillings per week . . Nearly the whole of the masters have given notice of tbe above reduction , which is to take place a week hence . The workmen held a public meeting of their body , ftt the Turf Hotel , on Saturday evemng Ia 3 » , when it was jresolved that the masters should be waited upon , with a view to prevail upon them to make the reduction less
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HlNDIiEY " . — Church Despotism . —It has Jong been a cu »\ om in Hindl-jy t-o hold vestry meetings every Easter Monday , to choose a churchwarden , lay a church-rate , ifec . Latterly the rate has become very obnoxious . Iu 1840 the Church party were defeated by a show of hands ; they demanded a poll , and were defeated in that also , ou which occasion Mr . Alfred Peningtoii strenuously opposed the rate . On the 12 th of April last a vestry meeting was hold , on which occasion the Ckurch party avowed their intention to forego tbo rate for the present year , and try the voluntary principle , and collected various gums of money from individuals , principally dissenters . This not answering their purpose , they posted a notice on the Chapel door , dated May 14 th , for ft meeting to take place on the 17 th , to lay a
churchrate , at which meeting they were defeated . They called another meeting on the ' 24 h , and they were defeated again ; they demanded a poll , which took place on the 26 lh and ' 27 ih , but the strenuous opposer of the last year ' s rateenddenly turned rouad and supported the rate , and being a large millocrat , combined with the other two , to carry their point by all and every means in their power . They accordingly Btopped their mills during the two days' poll , to force every hand who could vt * te by intimidation and otherwise . The most nn blushing tyranny ever witnessed was practised toward tho hands to force their vote for the rate . By there means they obtained a majority ; after which , they iormed a procession , wuh a band of music and flags , headed by tbe three despotF , in which order tley marcheu through the village , thus glorying in their own shame .
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Pvkishmest op Death . —The bill for taking away the punishment of death in certain oases , as amended in committee , has been ordered by the House of Commons to bo printed . It exempts from capital punisbmesi the following offences : —Embtzzlemeat by servant of Bank of England of note , bill , bond , &c , belonging to the Company , or relating to Irish or other annuities transferred to the Bank ; einbeutement by servant of South Sea Company of similar notes' or bonds ; secretly using
stamps or dies for deeds , or gold aud-silver plate , to defraud her majesty ; and ihe riotous demolition of churches . By tbe bill the first class of offences is to be punishable by transportation for life , or for a term not leps than seven years , or imprisonment for a period not exceeding threo years . For tho last , riotous demolition of churches , the punishment i » to be transportation for seven years , or imprison ' rnent for three years . Rape , and another capital offence , are also exempted , and are to b » punished by transportation for life . The act to commence « id fake effect on the 1 st of October . 1841 . 1
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. _ Tarns mobb Deaths hare taken place among the Woolwich convicts . , 11 . ^ 5 ^* YlD WiLKjE ia engaged , aj > the request of the Pacha , m minting his portrait . f ,, ; : i M . RiBODtex arrived at Portsmoath lately , with five giraffes , which he caught himself young in Abyssinia . J * Tag Hdnoter Gaxetie announces the opening of a great part of the railroad from Bwlia to Dresden , by which the distance may be traversed in twelve hours . , . The Empkeor ok Russia distin ^ uisbea ' the day of fits Bon'smiarriage by discharging the debts of fortjfive prisoners , which amounted''to 80 , 000 Biher roubles . - - . . . • ¦ - > x .-. ¦' , - ¦¦•¦¦¦¦ . ¦ The Convbbtkd Jew Dsdtz , who betrayed to the police the hiding place of the Duchess de Berr , at Nantes , has oommftwd ' Buicide by throwing hiniiolf into the Seine . , ,
A Lbttbb fkom Italy says— " Jo $ eph Bonaparte , who has obtained permission to reside in Genoa , has aired a splendid palace , which many porsons apprehend will become tho rendezvous of all the adherents of the Bonaparte party . " ' * . N * , w York . -- The ship St . James , Sebor master , from Incw York , for London , left on the 3 rd instant , passed up the channel on Saturday , all wtll , having landed her mail and three passengers . ; ' Business was gradually improving iu America . . The best understanding exists between tha
numerous English and French workmen employed at the Rouen and Paris railroad . They have organised a kind of language which is neither English nor French , but by . means of which they are enabled to converse with each other . His Belgian Majesty grants the 6 um of 4 , 000 francs a year to Mr . J . Linden , ' a Belgian botanist , for the time which he will employ in the scientific expedition which he intends to take in : the equinoxial regions of the new world , and especially in Columbia .
As Mb . Wombwell ' s menagerie was about to proceed to Uttoxeter , tho keepers discovered that one of the lionesses had produced four fine cubs , which ia remarkable , as she had previously littered this year , five on the 1 st of January , at ' Canterbury . Railways in Great Britain and Ireland .-t-From a paper very recently read before the Statistical Society , or the number and length of railways in Great Britain and Ireland , it appears there are
seventy-one lines , forming a total length of 20 , 191 miles . Of these fifty-three are open , eighteen partially , and teu are not yet opened . Summer Circuits of the Judges . —Northern Lord D ^ nman and J . Wightman . —Home : L . C . J . Tindal and J . Bosanquet . —North Wales : Lord Abingcr . —Souch Wales : J . Erskiiie .- —Midland : B . Parke and B . Gurney . —Norfolk : B .. Ajderson and J . Williams . —Oxford : J . Coleridge aad J . J . Coltman . —Western : —J . Maule and B . Rolfe . — Home Judge at Chambers : Air . Justice Patteson .
Dduation op Parliaments . —The average duration of each of the six Parliaments which havo been elected , from 1826 to 1837 inclusive , was not more'than about tvyo years and four months ( under two years and a half . ) The present Parliament , if dissolved , as is expected , in a week or two , will not havo lasted four years ; it has sat during four sessions , including tho present ono . The Thunder-stokm which visited the Metropolis , on Thursday evening' week , extended over a large space in the surrounding country , and was even more violent at a tlUuuco . lft the forest of Berkshire , huge hailstones fell amidst terrific thunder and iightuinv , and injured several mansions . AccoiirUs of tho ntuTin h-dv <; been received also from Plymouth and Brighton . In the metropolis , Wil-HanVTiylor , a hair-dresser , was struck speechless by a flish of lightning , while sitting at his shopdoor .
Birmingham has beln alarmed by a disastrous fire . It broke outoti Thursday , the 27 th . -u . it .,-at a coachbuilder's , whero soma men were " ringing" a carriage wheel with a red-hot iron tire . The stock of timber aud the premises wero destroyed j and several of the . adjacent bnildiugB were injured . So a'ariniug a fire , it is saiil , hai nov ^ r occurred in Birmingham except at the riots in 1791 aud 1839 . Death fhom Drowning . —An inquest waa hold on Friday , on the body of a young man who was drowned whilst bathing in the Serpentine river during the terrible storm of Thursday week . There were between 12 , 000 and 3 , 000 bathers then in the water and on the banks of tho river , although a storm of thunder and lightning was raging with the most appalling fury , and the rain was descending in torrents . It transpired , in tho course of the inquiry , that the number of bathers iu the Serpentine at present averages , in tho evoning , 2 , 000 every quarter of an hour .
We have the painful intelligence to communicate of tho total destruction by fire of Tetcott House , the property of Sir W . Molesworth , Baronet , on Friday afternoon last . The house , which was built about seven years since , coat upwards of £ 9 , 000 in its erection . A report was spread , ascribing the firo to v > o > ko wurk of an lnoend-ary ; but it has been ascertained to have been purely accidental , resulting from an accumulation of soot in u-crack of the fluo taking lire . The furniture and papers were Baved . — West of England Conservative .
Sandhurst . —The thunder-storm of Thursday wa 3 accompanied , in the vicinity of the Royal Military College at Sandhurst , by a violent-fall of hail , which in a few minutes completely destroyod almost every pane of glass in the extensive front of " the " publio " buildings of the college , along the whole fine facade of above 900 feet , as well as tnfFfroat ot' the professors' houses , twenty-six in number , ' and tho south faco of the governor ' s house . We are sorry to learn that the damage thus sustained by the buildings of this national institution is estimated at above £ 800 . — London Paper .
'I hasies Office . ( Saturday . ) - —Murderous Assault bv a Brothel Keeper . —Mary Johnson , a big Irishwoman , the keeper of an infamous house , at No . 25 , Vinegar-lane , Sun Tavern-fields , St . Geqrgo ' s , was charged with attempting to murder an unfortunate girl , named Sarah Maria Green , and breaking her head with a poker . It appeared in evidence that Green was a ) 6 daer in the prisoner's house , and , in consequence of her having given notice to quit five weeiis ago , the prisoner had frequently abased her , and had made a threat that ' she woald do for her , and take herb y life . " On Thursday morning , the prisoner began drinking , and got herself into a state of furious excitement ; she abused the , prosecutrix for some time , and said
s = ho was determined to finish her before the sun went down . The girl said she wanted to have no words with her , and the prisoner , after beating her , left home , aud got more drink . She returned in a violent passion , and went into the room where Green was , and took up a black-handled knife , and made a thrust at the girl' . s breast with it . Another female , named Thodey . who was present , took the knife from her , aud Green escaped from the prisoner ' s reach . In the oveuing , Green and Thodey were taking their tea in the Bame rooni , when the prisoner sent out i'hodey on an errand , and , during her absence , she called to Green at the bottom of the stairs , and said she wanted her to come down and take a pinch of sutiiF with her . Gvoen went down stairs , and had no sooner reached the prisoner ' s room door than she received a dreadful blow on the h ' . 'ad from a poker , which Johnson had concealed under her apron . The girl fell 'down , aiid she
received another blow on the head , which fendered her insensible , and she did not recover for some time . When she camo to-her recollection she found herself bleeding profusely , aud the blood , to use her own words , '' was gushing from her head like a fountain . " Thodey made her appearance at . the window just » s Green received the blftw , and colled ' upon the prisoner to open the street door , which she refused to do . Thodey broke the " windows , and attempted to force an entry , when the prisoner flung , a kmfo at her , which stuck ia her hand and cut it . \\ heu the prisoner was taksn into custody , sho told trie placeman that she had smashed the girl ' s head with a poker , aud vvoufd do so again if she c ' Ould get k p r ' Ba'Jantiue said he should send tha case before 1 a jury , and make the prisoner answer for the dreadful assault , she had committed on the girl , whom sho had attempted to deprive of life . He W ; nil ( J hear the evidence of the surgeon on Monday , and then seud the prisoner for trial .
Gu ! ldh \ ll . London , Saturday . —Robbehy and rijE AMf ' t-. —Johu Connor aud Patrick Murphy , two of a gai / g of notorious thieves , who infest the neighbouri : o-. id of Smithfijld , were charged with assaulting and stabbing George Coleman > --The prosecutor stated that he was a compositor by trade , and resided in the Borough . "' He was passing through Smithfield wuh a friend , between 11 and 12 o ' clock On tho previous evening , when they observed the two prisoners * in company with several others , deliberately rob a man , aud divide tho spoil amongst them . He gave information to the police of the robbery , but in the interim the person who had boon ' ' robbed went away . The two prisoners followed witness ;»' and asked him what ho mean ; by giving the information , and almost instantaneously he was surrounded by ihe whdle gang , and knocked down . A womin , who was of
the party , struck him on the bead , andSJorphy drew a knife , and stabbed him in the thi gh * o .-fflw police came up at the moment , and the prisoners were taken into custody . Complainant * * friend . ' who gave the name Whit © , corroborated Uhie evidence , and slated that the whole gang had behaved towards him in the most brutal manner . Pblice-copstable Morris , 327 D , stated that' the prisoners wtre' the mo ^ C desperate of tbe gang , and it was ^ hh jpreat difficulty he secured and took them to the statioS-house . He produced the knife , and the tiousen ? , of tho prosecutor , which were saturated with blood , They were both well known , and had frequently beeii in custody upon charges of felony . The pri 6 oner 8 , wbo , dur , ing the whole investigation , behaved with tho , greatest levity , and denied the charge , were fully ccmEnited to Newgate for trial .
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The Minisiht ^— - "Cbdshkd Lumps . "—Since their last disastrous defeaton the question as to the reduction of thoduUes on eugar , Ministers have received" the significant cognomen of" crushed lumps . " The above facetious idea being communicated the other day to :. "» waggish young gentleman , he very smartly rejoined , " Yee , and I understand the duties are very soon to be taken off them . " Alleged . Murdbb and Suicide . —On Saturday morning a good deal of excitement was created iu ta « nejghbo « rnood of Seal-street , Bethnal Green , by the commission of self-murder by a man named Freeman , daring the preceding night , lr appears that for Bome . tiine past Freeman hid behaved-with great brutality towards his wifejaud some recent
illusage ^ brought on premature labour , and ultimately , as it is ' alleged , caused her death . His brutal conducttowaras-, h 5 a- "wife .-wa 8 well known to many persons in ihe neighbourhood , and the circumstance of the death of the latter being generally talked abous they te-Aohed the ears of the parish beadle , who felt it to be bis duty to forward them to the Coroner , and an inquest was oxpeotcd to be holden . The husband , fearing , as it is supposed , the consequences of the inquiry , terminated his own existence by hanging himself on Friday night , and was found quite dead . Tub Packed Anti-Corn Law Meeting at Manchester , —The Manchester Chronicle of Saturday has the following short and pithy article relative to
the recent " publu , " meeting in Manchester to assist Ministers in their fraudulent free-trade agitation : — " ThePacfeed Meeting . —In the proceediugt at the Police Commissioners' meeting , our readers will find ample confirmation of the statements made as to the packed meeting of last week . With regard to the attendance of police in such formidable strength , we learn that the Mayor certified Sir Charles Shaw that he apprehended & riot ! What ground , we ask , bad the Mayor for this outrageous insult to the inhabitants ? Is he a . fit person to entrust with the command of the hall , if he c : * u trump up such calumnies as these to procure an excuse for shutting the public out 1 '
A Haunted House .- ^ Oii Wednesday afternoon , the ancient house of Bargarran , famous in the history of Scotch witchcraft , was struck with lightning . After striking the top of one of the vents , displacing the cope stones , and tearing np a portion of the roof , the eloettio fluid desoeuiicd the chimney , and broke to pieces a Carron grate in one of the rooms . Mr . William Houston , a farmer , the occupant , was sitting in this same apartment , at the time , aud was epmuch stunned with the shoxk , that considerabie time elapsed before be recollected himself . After this damage , the subtle fluid ran along a passage ,
aud appeared to have got communicated with the same staircase along which the famous maid of Bargarran was represented as b ' eing carried by the invisible Maggy Lang , without touching : he steps . In this passage of ' the electricity oue of the steps was broken . As was to be expected , Mr . Houston ' s family and the neighbourhood have bean greatly alarmed , and as the superstition of their furetaihers is not yet altogether eradicated from tho minds of the people of this district , a glimmering foar thai the event is connected \ vith older deeds has parsed over more minds than either one or two iu Ectkuie parish . —Glasgow Chronicle .
Alarming and Destructive Fire in Birmingham . —Birmingham , Friday , May 23 . —A most alarming and disastrous conflagration took place ia this town Jast night . About five o ' clock p m . the inhabitants of Broad-sireet , one of the busiest thoroughfares and most manufacturing districts of the town were suddenly disturbed in their avocationa by a report that a fire had brokeuout upon the premises of Mr . W . Iliife , anexterisive coach-oulder , carrying on business in that locality . H appoar . s , that abou * the hour ' above mentioned the workmen iu Mr . lliftVa employ were engaged in a yard between the front show-room ami back wwkt-hop 111 ringing , " as it is U-rmt / d , or lixiiig the tire 01 a carriage-wheel , aud the faVo at which th « tire was
heated being unusually high , communicated with a quantity of timber in a yard immediately ai . 'jy i uiag , belonging to Mr . Bolton , a highly reypactaole &nd very extensive timber merrliaut . Seeing thai ; tho confined situation of Mr . Bolton ' s yard prevented the efficient working oi ' the engines , it waa . determined to dostroy a long outer wall fifteen feat high , and ov ' ery description of " batt < rir / i-ram"' was used tor this purpose . Unfortunately , after a protracted assault , the wall , contrary to expectation , fell outwardly , and several of the police were severely injured . The damage done to dwelling-houses , factories , the timber-yard , a ; id other property , is estimated at from £ 12 , 00 $ to j £ 14 , G 00 , the greater part of which is insured , but many parties will be very heavy suffererB .
Learned Dog ? . —A meeting of the Zoological Society was lately held in Loicest # r-square aud a Franch Keirtlcmao , named Lcoxard , was introduced by Mr . Yarrellj with two dogs of the pointer breed , which ho had trained so successfully that he could make them do . almost , anything they were bidden . M . Leonard proceeUed to give some specimens of tho education of his canine pupils . He holds that they have . intelligence , reflection , memory , and comparison . Ono ia called Phitas , aud the other Braque , and they performed such feats as would make all tho ** learned pigs" of the universe " hide their diminished heads . " A variety of things were placed
upou the floor , such as a glove , a handkerchief , &c . ; and the dog » , on being shown a ctrresponding object , would bring it to their master , or take it to auy part of the room : they might be desired . The numeral ! from , oue to nice , were also placed on the floor , and having been bhifted ia any direction , the dogs would bring in their mouth auy number mentioned . They would lie down in a passive and chagrined state , or bound about the room with every demonstration of joy , according to the-bidding of their master ; and they would obey the commands of persons they had never seen beforo , provided they wero addressed ia the French language , and received their master ' s permission .
The Metropolitan District in 1840 . —No loss than 70 , 717 individuals were taken into custody last year , and according to the returns in the police sheet , there were—labourers generally , 18 , 105 partisans , 12 S ; bakers , 141 ; bookbinders , 218 ; bricklayers , 908 ; brassfounders , 287 ; brokers , 91 ; brushmakers , 146 ; butchoTt , 754 : buttonmakers , 10 ; carpenters , 1 , 523 ; clerk * , 405 ; coach and cabmen , 1 . 319 ; coachmakers , ' 273 ; corkcutter ? , S 2 ; ourri rs , 151 ; curlers , 159 ; drapers , 138 ; djers , 220 ; engi neers , 101 ; fiphmonKers , 202 ; French-polishers , 709 ; gardonere , 52 S ; glass-makers , 155 ; goldbeaters , lib ; green-grocers , 85 ; grocers , 247 ; hairdressers , 142 ; hatters , 196 ; jewellers , VJ& ; lawyev * , 29 ; laundreases , 1 , 040 ; medical men , 7 ' 2 ; milliners ,
1 , 091 ; musicians , 69 ; painters , 1 , 111 ; paper suiners , 431 ; pawnbrokers , 71 ; primere , 509 ; sailors , 1 , 0 "tfI ; sawyers , 246 ; saddlers , &o ., 181 ; servants , 2 5 G 3 ; shopkeepers , 107 ; shoemakers , 1 . 9 C 7 ; smiths , 1 , 143 ; soMiera , 464 ; swaep ^ , 300 ; tailors , 2 , 043 ; tinkers and tinmen , 418 ; toolmakers , 56 ; watchmakers , 203 ; water men , 280 ; wcaveri ) , 740 ; and persons professing no distinct trade or occupation , male and tV ' tnale as above , amo'imod to 25 , 220 . The above table also shows the degree of instruction of each person so taken into custody . Those who could neither read nor write amounted to 23 . 938 ; those who could read only , or read and write imperfectly , were 37 : 551 ; those who could read and write welt , 8 121 ; aud those of superior
instruction , were 1 , 107 : thus showing , that in proportion to education , crime diminished . Ireland " . —AnotherAWPcx Assassination . —This country is disgraced , by another horrible murderanother inoft ' usive gentleman-has been sacrificed ; the bl"od of Mr . Hall sno ; dry iu Tippcrarv ,, when more innocent biood is shed in Wexlord . I regret to announce that Mr . Robert Butler Bryan , of Wexfbrd . has been murdered . At five o ' clock , on Thursday evening , he was riding in th » woods which J 6 rm part of his demesne , formerly the see lands Of the suppressed'bishopric of Ferns , which he held in perpetuity under tho Ecclesiastical Commissioners , when he was waylaid and brutally assassinated . Ho had but a few miuutes previously parted from his steward , when thai individual hea ii and his horse
a shot fired , saw ( Mr . Bryan's ) running without his master . Suspecting that some accident had happened to Mr . Bryan , he went in search of him , and soon found his lifelces body , two balls having passed through it . Besirfes him lay the envelope of a letter addressed to him , but not containing any writing in the interior , which givea rise to the suspicion that tho person who perpetrated the revolting tteed waa a stranger ; and-resorted to the stratagem of delivering , as it w * re , a letter to Mr . Bryaii , to b « sure 'of his identity . Who was Mr . Bryan 1 i « a question naturally suggestod by the melancholy event . Was he what agitators call a Tory and an . Orangeman ! No , ho was what th ^ y also call a Liberal in politics , connected with Mr . Evans , member of Parliament for the county of
Dublin , Lord" Talbot , and the Putland family . He was also one of the honorary secretaries of the Royal Dublin Society . What was his offence ? - He found it occeawy to dispossess two or-three tenants who held leases under the late Bishop of Ferns , and refused ^ o renew witt tb [ eiu or' surrender the iand'they held . Ho was coinpellcd in hfe own defence to bring , ejectments against them and dispoBsess them . He was ono of the best landlords in Ireland , the" prop of hundreds of lajbourers , the benefactor of numerous families , expending , as he did , between £ 50 and 460 a week ia labour alone ; he was amiable and inoffensive . His sole oriaio w ^ to diepossesa refractory .. tenants , and thus protect his property ;——CoVrespon ' denl in the Mornthp Heraid . ' - -- . .. .-. ¦ - <¦ . ¦ ¦ - - ' ¦ ' ¦ ;; .
MubdbS hear DuBLijf . —On Wednesday , tie 16 * th ult ., at noon , Mr . Hall , a merchant of Dublin , ytaa murdered in the vicinity of his own residence ^ near BorfisV-Kane . Mr . Hall is declared to have been of excellent private character , and ( very popular with the people ou account of his Liberal , political principles . An excited stato of the popular feeling , arising from are cent adoption of fhe depopulating natem by certain landlorda in the district , has been tao only cause augRe&Ud fox . tho crime , iir . Hal \ , however , is hot alleged to havo been in any way conoerned with these proceeding * .
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Nlw rNTBRPKRTATioNS . - — -Treadmill—A . rttiiwl place for the accommodation of those addicted to appropriation . Misery—Tho life of an ill-requited editor . Independence—A strong determtnatioa' to place y ourseu where you are not wanted . Tempest —Something which comes to married people after the honeymoon . Merit— -That which receives no praise . Grave—An " ugly hole in the ground , whica lovers and poets wish they were in , bnt take uncommon pains to keep pat " o £ V Modesty—A beaatifal flower that flourishes only in secret places . Send bilily—A quality by which its possessor , in attempting to promote the happiness of other people , Iriies hiaowiu A Young Man of Talent .- ~ kn impeiti nent scoundrel wno thrusts' himself forward : ' a writer of execrable poetry : a person without n © - desty : a noisy fellow : » speech-maker . Lawyer-A learned gentleman who rescues yoar estate final your enemy , aad beeps it himself . My Dear—An expression used by man * and wife at the commence * mentof a quarrel . . >
Increasing Powbb op the Chabtjsts . —We Bew » deniod that the Chartists had a perfect right to arm themselves , or that , under certain circumstances , they would not be justified—according tu the theory of tho Constitution—in having recourse to physical force ; but we always considered , and late experience has proved that we were correct , that so nume rous and powerful a body could exercise a moral force eufiiciont to obtain all their just dittnrui'ds . W « suggested that the . Chartists should employ ' * their money and numerical power in setting a Parliamentary influence . The pr ^ ss had effectually served them , and two or three members sent iato St . Stephen ' s we were aware would have been worth ono hundred useless demonstrations . They have lately acted upon our advice—have not baea i . ile at the hustings , and their-exertions havo already told in
Parliament . Upon tho division the other night for the liberation of the incarcerated Chartists , the Ministers had to borrow the vote of the Speaker to carry their point , the numbers being even , notwithstanding that Mr . 'Attorney-General Pi&oU and Tom Wyse voted that political offenders should be treated as felons . Tho Whigs have siuce liberated number of their victims ; but after such a division , and with professions of liberality upun their lips , will they keep a single Chartist in his dungeon ! No , no ; wo cannot tbiuk bo meanly of them as to imaging them capable of such conduct . They have surpassed the Tories , who never put a political offender upon the tread-mill , or obliged him to herd with felons ; and let them now not be ashamed to make some reparation for practices so much at variance with their avowed principles . — World *
Novel Combat—Most of those in the habit of visiting PittviJle , are , aware that the staseJy pair of Swansinhabiting the lake , have recently been blessed with a brood of cygnets . The care of the parent bird over the young ones was strikingly exemplified on Sunday la « t—a gentleman visitiug the gardens with a large Newfoundland dog , the animal either in sport or with some evil-designs against tliu pnace of tho infant brood , jumped into the water and began making bis way towards them . Thooid birds , seeing thu approach of such a ; dangerous enemy , proceeded to convey their family , away from the sceuo of action , tho male bird , however , with becoming gallantry .
bringing up th * rear . Encouraged by thiy apparent flight , tho dog mended his pace , till the old &wan . seriously alarmed for the safety of his Kate and infant progeny , fased . aboUt , and : by onn tiexteroas manoeuvre , sprang from " the water and p < rrc-hcd himself on his asBailajot ' B back , completely suiking him , till the d « g seeiag noti < ing else for it bu ; tlight , dived to a cousideruble distauce , and on l-vuatiung the surface made the . best of his way to tlio jbaak , and across the hedge home , regardless of the whistle of Ins master . Satisfied with tho succusb of his proweHS—the beautiful bird arched his ucok , and sailed majestically to r / hyre his convoy had retreated . Cheltenham Examiner .
The Bulletkd Skull of an Old Soldier .--We have jnst inspected t * skull , having no less than eight or nmo swan shot , or their remains , tE : *> edded in tho forepart of tho head . But the . di » . « : smgular feature which this curiosity presents is , ih-M in the internal pan , forming the conoave of the apex , and far from beiug opposite to tho external buikt ? , sre ponions of projocang . metal , apparently Icii'i . favouring the presuioptiou that they are shot of some ( iimens ' ious , wiiich have been received cxiernaijy . at the same time . The ekull was dug up by the sozton in Tarporiey churchyard , during the progress > of excavavion , about six * weeks . ago . The probability ig , that the person to whom thiareiicof anuqu ; ty be longed was a volunteer , from . Tarporley , and was engaged during the siego of Beeston Castle , in the rcitm of
Charles I ., about the middle of the 17 ch century That bo many large shot should have been tonud in a skull is not matter of so great surprise ; bu ihat tha individual who received them should huve lived so many years afterwards , . ( as is domoiistvated by all tho sutures of the head being nearly obliterated , ) is singularly wonderful to the anatomist , a . s well as to tho ordinary observer . Accurate dr » wing « have Wa made by Mr ^ "Musgrav * , ft-tmtirc artist , beautifully -representing < a side , as well as a fiont view , of tho subject of this paragraph . . We hope the above rarity will bo deposited in some musuum , for the purpose of preservation . May we naiar the Ci . eater Water Tower , as the nearest in thij loeaiiiy ?—Chester Chronicle .
Sudden Death op an Officer in thr Ouaeds . —On Monday afternoon an inqnest was he 1 & % the Burlington Arms , Old B ; irlington-street , on view of the body of John Bolfcon , Esq ., aged 3 ' 2 . a major in the 7 tb dragoon guirds . It appeared srorr : the evidence , that aboutsix o'clock on Friday eveTii . g ? ast deceased , engaged a room at the ' Burlington Hotel , where he ' and several of his friends wore well known Deceased went out to the club ( the United . Service , ) to dinner , and returned to tho Burlington Hotel about eleven at night , " when he' immediately retired to rest , desiring not to be called in the morning , aa he would ring the bell when he wanted t ay attendance . Tho chambermaid not knowing 1 £ : * . « , ' baft
conceiving by the door being unlocked that the deceased had quitted his room , went in abo . ' . t eleven in tho morning to make his bed , but immediately left the room again , Beeing that deceased was still iu bed , and , as she believed ^ fast asleep . She went up again about three in the afternoon , and finding deceased in ! tho same state , she called the waiter , who instantly ascertained that deceased was dead . Medical aid was procured , and the surgeon . « aid that death had taken place many hours previously . It had been caused by pressure of blood ou tho brain . The jury , being fully satisfied upon this vomt , returned a verdict that deceased "Died bv the
visitation of God . " Theii-quest-room wae crowded with the brother officers ot deceased , by whom he wajl highly esteemed and respected . Double Suicide Foa Love—Wo some i ' mo emce gave an account of the murder and B' ! i «;; Je of » voung man and a Spanish girl , of whom he had become enamoured . It- was said that ho had entered her room and killed her with a pistol , and afterwards snot himself , but this proves not to have been correct . The father of the young nian , whose name waa Henry Coeural d'Arcy , has writ : <; i to the journals to state that no ruurder had beeu c . > mtsitted by his son . That the deaths , of - both panics was the work of their own hands , agreeable to aij arrangement , in order that , aa they could not Le united in this world , they . would not bo soparauu . The
following iB the lotier written by the joiu . k min . to his lather , just before committing the faiai dted :- — " Paris , April 9 , 1841 .. —Forgive me , my ^ ootl father , tiio grief which the receipt of this letter wul give } ou . Thp love , or rarhtr fhe sentiment or trvoxf , . which ' , I feel lor a young Spaniard ls&nittS S !> led » Qaetada ; the jealousy , t ! ie fear of seeing her in the arms of another , are the causes which prompt us to cooiuiit the act which We are about to do . J : \ dge of my feelings tor heri when I tell you , that I , only yesterday escaped fighting a duel for her with % rival . Tho reading of this letter will be k , . > painful to you , that I wish to abridge it as much as poa » ible I have a fo _ w debts , of which I give you a l ^ t bolow . I set out with Soleda . for probably a botwx- world , and whore we shall live for each other . What &
happiness . We die by each other s Ji .-tnd . A < iieu , my good falhtsypacdon me once more . " —Tiiis-iette was put inUj the post about an hour before the act was -committed ^ and was written with a steady hand . Napier amd the JSlectors of Maeyli bcinb . — An attempt is now being made by the lui . iieterial party to return Poor Law Napier for the . Scrougfe of Marylebone , an ' dj . furthi ^ purpose , tbej areengaging all the pot hou ^ e saloons , both in acu around the said borough , in order that be may "acdrws the electors , Sec ., " and solicit their ' support . ' On Thararfay , the 20-h inst . y he commenced his catDpaigu by '' addressing " (?) tfeo ' electors , < fcc , of lMiii'yicbune •» the Yorkshire Stingo , Nevy-road ; tfce " . saUant admiral" was received with the most ter ; \ nn yells
of dlsapprobatipii , beiKg .. defeated by fht middle class electors theme ' elves . ' Napier and his party betook themselves to the forlorn hope of fc >!; citing the " sufirages" of those v (? ry "ignprunt . ' *" unwasjied , " and unenfranchised -labc ' nrci ' s , &o ., Uiey had hitherto efidet , rcurcd to avoid cvminti m ctritzA with , and for this purpose they ' annoniiCtri a ; . u |> li » meetmic to take place in tLe ' saloon of the King and Qticen Tavern , Paddicgtoc Grceh , on the iollowjng Monday , at 7 ,, P h ; in the meantime tho , friends 01 tho Tory party ( Mf . ¦ Yonng , " *§ « :, ' WiQ > ronv . * j « s to aid in repealing the atrocioas Poor Laws , liberating the Cfaai list victims . » Dd eifendiDg the SuSncew
&c , Sec ) " billed tlje town" " wift Btperior pmted p'lktfifds , ' telHiig ttie elctttoisbf Mari-ieboi'c / ijte ^ that they wfeltcd for i coritlnnatfon of the ' 0 uimitUI » b ^ 8 tila : system , to give'Admiral Nap ) t > their &re % ta « t sapport . - W * dne 8 « lfty , < rhi > 26 th , abbthui < m * 3 *» £% »¦ l ; eld in Paddington-, « R « yal ( Hki Pickering Terrace , Westbdurtie Readmit thesaffno thne as fhc fon « er , Vic , 7 oVslocki The Admiral raid he wtwld support theprttent Poor Laws to Iheotocoi . t ; vtwit of'Us pow » , i-Wiiai > 'pi'Q . 'bation ) -iJaB '' they were ji ; . 4 iuul equal—( rer / ewed ^ disapprobation );— 'ami &Uh ( Mtgi h& had-been absent'four yearfr , and vraa not perioo ally acqu * iint € d (?)* ith os « r man in that- boroagh , he knew cfclie people « f , Morylebone wf re . dcl % bted with them ! This assertiop , of course , met < filh a perfect yell of "No's , " hearing which , thi ^ inainl aid , « WdL I only heard of it . "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 5, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct382/page/3/
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