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PARODY ON "BEGONE DULL CAJiB BT JOSEPH TUSKER . Begone , Lord M » li , I pray thae begone I c * me , And Jack Final , You a £ d I shall nevsr agree . Long time have you bees ¦ tt « wVrou » lads , Ami would the Ch&rtiBU i . i . ' . Bni in f » tb , J * ci fc » d HeU , Yob never shall have 70 * 1 win . Too much Men , Will nafce a joaog Chartist Kid , Too mneh Final TTfll drive a Bepublie&n mad ; So Mell ih&n whistle and Jack shall imf , The Marquis and Keymart shall play ; Four greater Tfflains ne ' er wheedled a King , To drire all the Chartist * away .
Jones , WuHani * , Frost , Tit teue they hare hanf *}^ awile ; Shall the ? be lost ? No ! heaven avert their guile . Though wives aad children ' * hearts are breta , And friends do { 01 them mown , The throne well constantly invoke , Till & ¦ Patriots do retire .
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LIFE'S BREAM . O feeble nan ! hcrw fieetiag are Thy hours of grief or joy : Tasting so pleasure without pain , Ko street witaoot alloy . Pleased with * eme gaady glittering toy , Ambition prompts thee on ; Aad while ye strain , same other hand Hath , gr&sp'd , aad ii is gone ! Oft geatie hope win strew thy path With flowers of fairest hue ; Yet ah ! be careful where ye tread—Thcmlt find them fragile too . Bat » oozo not o ' er thy blighted hopes , Let eare ne ' er rack thy breast ; Thy m » tber , Earth , hath ne ' er refused Her children peaceful rest . E . La Most ;
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THE L 10 X OF FREEDOM . The lion of freedom comes from his den , Well rally around him again and again , Well crorn him with laurels oar champion to be , O ' Connor , the patriot tf sweet liberty . Th « pride of the nation , he's noble and brave He's the terror of tyrants , the friend of tha alaTe , Ike bright star of freedom , tbe noblest of men , Well rally around him again and again . Though prond daring tyraiits his body confined , They never cenld alter bis generous mind ; Well hail our caged lion , now free from Ma den , Afid well rally around Mm again and again . Who strove far the patriots ? was up night and day J And eared them from failing to tyrants a prey ? It was Fesrgus O'Connor -was diligent then . ' Well ally around him again and a ^ ain .
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ADDRESS TO THE ENSLAVED MILLIONS . Ohi spirits of the martyred brave , Whose blood was shed men's blood to sare ; Ye who at freedom * altar gav « All , all that ye could give . For truth ' s great rights ye bravely f ougkt , And fell , aa freedom ' s soldiers ought , Cheered with the high and thrilling though ! That freedom yet would live—O ' er mankind ' s darken'd spirit streaming The holy light 0 / troth and lore ; To all with speedy triumph beaming—With speedy triumph sanctioned from above . Bat ah ! in vain , ye martyred dead , All , all , in Tain the blood ye shed 1 In rain on tyrants' laws ye trod , And . scorned a brother ' s tyrant nod , Owning no master but your (
rod—Xo -law bat law of heaven ; la Tain " sold Scotia's * Wallace died , Aid England Sidneys blood supplied ; In Tain , to swell the martyr-tide , Young Emmet ' s life was given ! Jfow England * * millions idly wailing , Mild , meek-lip'd minions to the few , And might o ' er right still more prevailing , And dtmgeon'd England ' s brave and true , And wrongs that saea must ne'er avow—These tell of freedom "! triumph «> if .
Though loud for bread their children cry , And want ' s pale thousands hourly die ; Though freedom's iiciaff soldier * lie Within a dungeos ' s gloom ; Yetj dead to every braTe appeal , Still to the few the nary kneel , And , spaniel-like , most numbly feel , Pleased with their living tomb . Where now are England ' s lion-hearted Who won her such a famous past ? And oh ! with Scotia ' s brave departed , H * th Scottish freedom breathed her las Will Erin ' s broken spirit ne ' er Arouse what the has dared to dare ? Oh s ^ fiiTip upon ye , millions I shame Ye craven crowd . ' be yours the blame , That "will not dxre once more to ciaim
The rights that wer « your own . ' By heavens ! the earth is not for you , But for the braver tyrant few Who can earth's masses thus subdue , While they but toil and groan . Oh . ' coward-hearted , base , degraded ! Are ye the things that God hath made 7 Ye worthless slaves I who still have aided Wt . ye' 1 hiY © ripWJ great cause betrayed . Still fiwniBg , kneel , as traitors should ; Wail on . ' wail on I ye spaniel brood . And thus by man is man depraved . ' A ration ¥ 7 itself enslaved ! A people who so long have braved The proudest foreign foe In their own land now crouch in dread ; Craving but leaTe to toil for bread ; The soil they till in fear they tread ;
What others recp they sow : And when some nobler mind appearing To light thes on wbere freedom ! eads , The TC 3 PS arouse , a * danger fearing ; Fired by that braver spirit ' s deeds , — Soon , soon deserted , he but gains An early grave 01 prisoE-chaies . Esjth ' a toilen ! will ye ne'er awake Tiis spell that binds your souls to break Will ye ne ' er rise , and from you shake This spirit-wsstTDg thrall ! Je viil ' . ' ye mus ! . ' that time is nigh When ye nai raise right's battle-cry , And bravel y do or dog-like die !
For despot mljht mini fall Then rouse ye from this coward-slumber : Cast from your souls this dream of fear : The foe are few—ye , millions number . Prepare ye ! now the straggle ' s near . Prepare ! earth longs for freedom ' s light Prepare ! aad " God defeat ! the right . " EDWaBD PoUJC Paisley , August , 1641 .
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STOCKPOST . —Grtat excitement prevails in this town cwiE £ 10 a . reduction offered by it ; - coiton misier ; of ;> e earnings of the spinners and weavers . On Friday the A ? sociation Room was denselj filled by the " ^" e&Ter ? , an <] excellent addrei .-es wore delivered , and arrangements cade for a turnout , and to resist this reduction . While the wearers were holding tbeir meeting , the ? pinuers had & meeting in the room over , which was numerously attended , io thai Hilteat ^ , Bomber ' s Brow . ai : d ; hs
neietboirr-. &od , .-cemed to be one soene of busile . At the spinner ' s meeting Mr . James Mitchell was called to ; he chair , who laid the busine ?? before the Bseetirs which it had been callea to discus , aad after snkable arrangements had been made which the workmen thought calculated to ensure jucc ' -ess in the evtnt of a turnout the following adcress was read aid passed , with an urgent request that , as all other p ' spers have refused to defchc therigrr ~ of labour , acd the Star bving the only fritad ihe working cla _ -5 es lave , it may be inserted therein . The following is jhe address : — ¦
pELLcrw COO'TBTMES , —Another great reduction , another encroachment upon the right * of labour , and tpun the ii-da » aious millions , amounting 17 } per oeat , or 8 d . per tiiousand hanks , and which will , if carried into effect , take from six to twelve shillings per ¦» eik out of the earnings of the spinners , has been offered by Messrs . Jesse Howard , Thomas Feraley , Jsjnee 'Wilkinson , and Jonathan Robinson , with an understanding that after they have sceoKplisbed tfceii object , the other misters are to follow . Englishmen , Irishmen . Scotchmen , ani WeUbmen ,
residing in Stockport and Ticinity , —We , tbe spinners of this great minufactnrmg district , conceive that ii ever there was a time when it was necessary for the men of all tndet to arouse from their slumber , shake off ail apathy and indifferent *—to step o » l of tke rcntine of their former energies , and be allTO to theii owe interest—to unite fimly , resolutely , peaceably . and determinedly in one consolidated union , in orier te show all possible reMstsxce to the ag ? re « ioris which are attempted to be made upon the rights at icdustry , sorely that tiiBfc is tbe p » efe « t .
Pfcllow Working > Jeii , — Bi- < r « m : thr : » wo «! < -f perstcs'Joa <* . raw cesrer ar , i 1 st ^ vrt very tlaj , iyrannizLc ^ ov « us in a thousand diSsient fciiLa ? Ha ^ cot every
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effort been made from time to time by our employers to reduce our wages , antil they ate bo low as to bring m to sUmtion point t And If ther sre allowed to being us lower , must not the consequences be most appalling ? WfH not the seeds of poTerty , hunger , misery , aad dwtreos of etery deecriptioti be more p ** Talent and more deeply rooted amongst the ; mass- of society ? Will it not take that from as which should be devoted to the support of ourselTes , our wives , and families ? Most assuredly . Then , as a natural consequence , will not crime and vice of every description , and immorality , stalk forth with unblushing hardihood in the face of open day , showing its foul aad demoralising character in a country celebrated fox Bibles , churches , aad Christianity f We ask will not the above and many other fearful circumstances take place if the capitalists , continue to prevent us from receiving a proper remuneration for oar labour , and goad na on to hunger and destittrtion ?
Fellow working men , about sixteen months ago the cotton masters of this town effected a general redaction , and after they had triumphed over their poorer and unfortunate hands , and being remonstrated with by a few working men as to the very injudicious step they had taken , their feelinp appeared to be a little touched . Such was the professed sympathy of the same masters who are now attempting another reduction , that they then declared—nay , further , pledged themselves in the presence of their men—that , cenHidering the very laborious work of spinning , and the many hours which
they had to be confined in the dense , noxious , poisonous , and contaminating atmosphere of a cotton factory , they were sorry to witness the pale visages , the twisted limbs , and the miserable appearances of their workpeople as they left the factory , aa the effects produced upon their emaciated constitutions ; and they were eonstrained to pledge themselves , on condition that their bands would remain in at tbe reduction then made , not to reduce them any lower under any circumstances , believing , as they did , that they were as low as they could possibly be brought
Snch were the jost , plausible , and proper sentiments o ! the cotton masters at that time . Bat , alas ! how changeable Ib man ! How different their promises at that time to their conduct at the present ! What a bad example they hare set their workpeople , by making promises one day and breaking them the next ! By so doing , they have forfeited their word and confidence , and betrayed the trust reposed in them by their too confiding and unsuspecting workpeople , and ia direct violation of such promises are now attempting another redaction of 12 b . Fellow working men , it they are allowed to take these advantages with impunity , others masters will follow not connected with the cotton trade , and thus . either directly or indirectly , every working man will be affected , and thus H is that we appeal
to yon for co-operation and support . The property of tha master is protected by law ; but the labour which produces everything Taluable in society is not protected . The cotton master can take the wages of his hands , sad there is no law to make him accountable . But if the hand takes an ounce of w&ste cotton , he is sent to prison for three months . We frequently see boards placed upon premises , stating that those found thereon , would be prosecuted according to law . But the capitalist * have and can trespass upon the labour of the working man , which is the foundation of all wealth , and be recognised and sanctioned by the law . Again , the cotton masters can form themselves into an association for the purpose of reducing -wages—have » lawyer for their secretary , and combine to carry out their
designs against the well being of the working masses . But kow are the working classes treated ? Why , if they form themselves into a union fo ? self-protection , they are taken np for conspiring to raise wages . Instance the Dorchester labourers , the Glasgow Cotton spinners , and the Stockport weavers . Out of 14 , 000 acts of Parliament , passed within the present century , not one was for the benefit of the poor or the protection of labour . While we have been increasing production we have decreased in wages in the same ratioand though one spinner upon a mule can do as much as six thousand could forty-sine yean ago by hand ; yet he does not receive as much as the man who only worked upon one spindle at the aforementioned period . The c * tton masters are great Corn Law repealers , men who wish to give us a large loaf , and if the tax was taken off the corn we should have bread much cheaper . Now , then , we will take the highest calculation of the Repealers , in order to
show the insincerity , the mockery , and villany of these wretches . " Allowing my they ) that a man , if he gets as much as he can eat , can consume two shillings worth of bread per week , eightpence of this is tax . " Thus , according to their own showing they will take , by tUs reductiin , more bread than a spinner can eat in alx weeks , eoaaequently they take loaf , rent , and a portion of wh * t Bhould be devoted to clothing . Shopkeepers , this reduction will take £ 300 per week out of circulation in the spinning branch alone , and thus will you be injured . Pnblicass , the working man , if he feels disposed , cannot get his pint of ale . Then we call upon every man who loves himself , his wife , and family , posterity , his neighbours , and bis country , to Tender us all the asaistsnee in their power , by way of subscription , and thus protect us against the injustice of the capitalists , who are injuring cottage property , injuring sh pkeepers , preventing home consumption , and will UD .-e a material falling off in the revenue . High taxes , high rests , large profits , and low wages will ruin any nation , whatever might be her position previously .
Signed on behalf of the body of spinners in public meeting assembled , Jame « Mitchell , President Chables Daties , Secretary . DUMFRIES*—The Rev . Messrs . Blackwood and M'Crae had been publicly appointed to attend : he Manchester conference of shy and selfish prieais , and equally shy and selfish profligates . They accordingly attended , and on their return hither es . iled-a public meeting to report progresa . At this meeting they made two able , bold , and generous speeches ; they both showed the cruelty which our greedy and unfeeling aristocracy had inflicted on the people ; and ilr . Blaikwood who sheds a redeeming lustre on prie 3 tcraft , declared that the people should
unite as one maD , and obtain redress of their wrongs and restoration of their rights by one great and glorious effort . Provost Armstrong proposed a rote of thank ? 10 the Rev . Gentleman . To this Mr . Thorra ? Johnston said he agreed , but he felt called upen to qualify that vot « of thanks by an expression of regret that the gentleman had not endeavoured to obtain admission to ihe Chartist and Boeial clergymen , who bad been excluded with such notorious and monstrous injustice from the conference , and he moved an amendment accordingly ; but which he withdrew on Mr . Wardrop intimating that he meant to propose 3 vote of general censure against the com ' i renco . In roin ^ this , Mr . Wardrop fully exposed the urib ! nsfeing trickery and injustice of tbe
pr :- ; - . ] y conference in their allowing the rational and huffiaiic clergy of the people to be excluded from ¦ . he meef . ng ; tha _ t their doing so was an insult to the 5 tarvi * g millions ; that if they had done their duty ia visiting tlie poor they need not have gone to Mai Chester to learn the misery of the oppressed people from such humanity-mongers as Thompson , Cob dec , and Co . ; and that the eyes of the people were now so fuiiy open that all the eloquence of lay and pne . s ' . iy trukfrers could no lorjger humbug i ' , iem . He concluded by moving a vote to the effect , that T . ht conduct p i the confeTeDce , in excluding the Chartist and Social preachers wag most unjust , unchri .- ' ian , and injudicious , which , mixed as the meeting was , was earned unanimously . The meetiDg then broke up .
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India and China . —The overland mail from India has arr . Yed , with advices from Bombay of the 19 th July , and from Macao of the 29 th May . The news from China is the great matter of interest . Captain LlMot , who = > e great object appears hitherto to have been to secure the annual export of tea , was still temporizias with the Chinese authorities ; and had iuce f-c- - 'd ' v . having Il , OOO . 0 f-Q pounds shipped before the 18 th May ; and there were hopes that an equal or greater quantity would be on ooard before the enu of that month . The emperor continued to issue fulminating edicts . Indignant at the capture of tbe forts of the Bocra Tigris by ' . he British forces , he had ordered Ke ^ hen the late Imperial Commissioner , to be put to death , by being cut in two at the
middle , and had ereo extendtd his vengeance to the relatives * ud followers of the unfortunate negociator . Lin , of whom we have not lately heard much , is said to have b * en the chief instrument in the fill 0 ! Kesben , whom he hoped to Micce # > d in eommasd of the CkiRtse army . The army near Canton continued to increase in numbers ; and even the town itself is said to be full of Chinese soldiers . An attempt to dislodge them was shortly expected , lest the British should be suddenly " cut off in detail . " A rumour , which seems incredible , represents Captain Elliott as bent upon immediately proceeding to the Northward with the greater portion of his ferces , U > reirieve his reputation by some desperate enterprise before the return 0 ! Sir Gordon Bremer . The
Culumbine , which had been sent to Chusan to demand an explanation of the slaughter of Mr . Stead , the master of a transport who landed there , had been repulsed without any satisfaction . In | he mean time , the preparations for carrying on the warfare with the Chinese continue in India , The new Plenipotentiary-, Sir Henry Pottinger , and the Admiral , Sir William Parker , arrived at Bombay on the morning of the 7 th July , and set out for their ultimate destination on the 17 th , in the steam-frigate Sesostris . The admiral examined the arsenal and dockyard of Bombay , in order to knovr their capabilities ; for , as he said , the Chinese dispute may be settled in a few months , or it may lut for years .
It is understood that the policy to be pursued by Sir Henry Pottinger , the new Plenipotentiary , and Admiral Sir W . Parker , the Commandant of the Forces , is as nearly &s possible the metse of that which has been hitherto acfcqd npon , with such signal ill snccesB . A strict blockade of the whole of the Southern and Western coast is immediately io be put in force ; the mouth of the great river is " o be effectually guarded ; and the utmost care is to be tekec to s . vjid unnecessarily irrnatirg the juirvt-. * , who from th- fir .-t hnvu aj-pfsrf-d t" tr ;" av-uv ;•;» dispofvc . Tr > - i .- !? : u ot Ail > v . o ) uv > -c / i ¦ ¦ ¦ ' -rv pr ^ CJi-ii i , ' < : -crij'i-i it :.- * j .: veii . will , u ir -a . u , bi v iv ; : p : > : a - •¦ vi , 2 r ihe dt .-petitions Ivr ihe blockade are cumpkuo .
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Going I—Go to . New Havens-you ean go fora shilling . Go to Hartford—yon can go for a dollar , Go to Albany—you can go there too , for & dollar . Go to Staten Island—you ean go there for sixpence , and &t m eXcursibn down the bay into the bargain , aodw brought home , too , if only yea do not go ashore . . Go on tb 6 Fishing Banks—yon can go and be gone all day for a shilling , aad be jammed half to death in the crowd . Go somewhere—go every where —it ' s fld Tory cheap . Pray dont Stay at home . — American Paper .
Eklmthkmt . —A- yeong man in Ayr having enlisted on the Sabbath , on the following day repented of his engagement , and applied *© caneel tie enlistment , on the ground that it was made on a Stinday . The magistrate , at a Joss how to aot , addwteod the Secretary a * W « r for advice , and from the answer it appears that the Secretary at War has no desire to encourage the enlistment of recruits on a Sunday , but that each / enlistment has been declared to be perfectly valid by the highest legal authorities . . A . Notkl Bill bkfobb Paruahemt . —The Lord Chancellor , on Monday nijzht . iust before the House
of Peers adjourned , preijented a bill to relieve "a noble lord" ( the name was not mentioned at the tim «> from the disabilities and penalties he had incurred , in consequence of having taken hifl seat and voted b e fore ttkiug the oaths and going through the other prescribed and requisite forms . ' It now appears that the noble lord then alluded to was the Earl of Scarborough . The disabilities incurred are very numerous and serious ; and the accidental omission to comply with that statute in the present case has brought the noble earl into a curious position in relation to the severe enactments of that act
Cast-Ibon Chubch . —St . George ' s Church , Everton , Liverpool , is an object of considerable interest for its . taste , and as having bean nearly the first iron church erected in Great Britain . The whole of the frame work of the windows , doors , groins , roofs , pulpit , ornamental enrichments , are of cast-iron . The length is 119 feet , the breadth is forty-seven . It is ornamented by a splendid cast-iron window , of stained glass . It is not , perhaps , generally known that a great proportion of the larger manufactories erected in England within the last ten years are all
iron except walls ; and within two years past , several cottages and country villas have been put up near Londtn , which are exclusively cast-ironwalls , doors , steps , roof , ohimneys , sash , &o . In England , where wood is dear and iron cheap , the first cost of snch buildings is less than those of timber . In durability and l > eauty they ' are , of course , unequalled . When once finished , such buildings require no repairs ; and the most finely-carved ornaments cost little more than plain castings . — Cambridge Chronicle .
A BeidalBlcsdzb . —At Walcot , lastweek , a dashing carriage drove up to the church from Box , and a bride , attended by her bridesmaid , was handed out by her papa . The parson and the whole party were soon in readiness for the important ceremony , with the exception that a chief performer in the drama was unaccountably absent . The bride trembled as the minutes moved away , and ?* He cometh not , she said ; he cometh not , she said . " Her father waxed wroth at the bridegroom ' s unpardonable non-appearance , and , taking horse , gallopped in search of his intended son-in-law . On arriving
at the sinner ' s house , he found him quietly pursuing his wonted avocations , unconscious of the presence of hia Dulcinea at Hymen ' s altar . An explanation ensued . He had left the lady and her bridesmaid to fix the day—the important day—and they had sent him a note—a sort of warrant—announcing to him his loss of bachelor-life on the 10 th of August , 1841 ; but , unfortunately , they committed the blunder of neglecting to ascertain if the intimation was received as well as sent . The fact was , it was not received—and hence the disappointment . The bride thanked her stars it was no worse , and the wedding took place on the following day .
A Russian ' s Estimate op Authorship . — A popular Russian fable ( by Kruiloff ) represents an author and a thief in hell . They are in two separate kettles , and toe devil has lighted a huge fire under that belonging to the man of letters , while the lightfingered hero is only eDJoying a gentle degree of warmth . The author reproaches Satan with his partiality , but tbe latter justifies himself thus : — " You are a much greater sinner than the thief : his rins have died with him , but yours will aurme for centuries . *'
Captpkb op Whales . —A letter , dated Stromness , says— Our annual welcome visitors made their appearance off Houghton head on Saturday last about six o ' clock . The cry of " Whales , whales ! " immediately raised , and the news spread with amazing rapidity . All the boats in ths harbour , to the number of from fifty to sixty , were immediately put in requisition , and all the implements of destruction , from a harpoon to a carving-knife , were quickly gathered . The morning was particularly favourable for a chase , and the scene altogether was most exciting . The cries of " Give way , " " Pull together , " ± c , were heard floating along the smooth surface of the waters , while in the distanoe the monsters of the deep were sporting and gamboling . In a short time the boats were np with the whales , and their
heads turned in shore , when , after a sharp run , they were all safely grounded on tbe Caisston shore . Then began the process of slaughtering , and as it is the rule here ( Stromness ) , " every man for himself , " all were soon engaged in the work of death . Tnere were about on * hundred and fifty killed , which were on an average worth about three pounds each , making the aggregate value of the whales £ 450 . Proper " whaling" regulations should be adopted and enforced by the authorities . Club-law in any shape is a dangerous one , especially v . here the excitement is so great , and weapons so ready at command . There was a good deal of bickering and bad blood on the occasion . In Flotta , Scapa , and other places . the people make common cause of the affair , and share alike , which is decidedly the proper system .
Thimblk-Rjcgi . no , and extraordinar y Inpatuatiot ; ov thb Victim . —On Friday , at Southampton , before P . Breton , Esq ., five thimble-riggers were placed at the bar charged with a conspiracy to defraud a gentleman , named Edwards , residing atMillbrook , of certain sum 3 of money and his gold watch —to wit , a severeign , a £ 50 note , seventy sovereigns , and fifiy sovereigns , making £ 171 , and a gold watch which had cost £ 60 . Mr . Saunders stated the case as it was proved in evidence , and said if the case should be proved the prisoners might be dealt with summarily as vagrants , or for tne conspiracy be fined five times the amount of the money staked , which after paying the expence 3 of the prosection , would go to the poor of the parish . The evidence
against two of the prisoners was not so positive as against three , who gave their names as follow : — Benjamin Parrott , of Sheffield , file-grinder ; John Purcell , of Dudley , Worcestershire , glass-cutter ; and Francis Tarrzer , of Barford , Oxfordshire , cook . Thomas Edwards , Esq ., . deposed that he resided at Millbrook . Was of no profession . On Tuesday last he went to the race-course , on the common , about one o'clock . Saw several persons standing in a ring . Was induced to go up there . In that ring was a table and three thimbles , the three prisoners , Benjamin Parrott , John Purcell , and Francib Terrier , standing round the table , a person shifting tbe thimbles and offering to bet for a soverign and upwards . Saw several sovereigns won and lost . Some
one turned to him and said " Try your luck , Sir . Took out his purse and placed the only sovereign he had in it on the table . It was won by his betting the pea not being under it . To the best of his belief , Parrott then said " Try your luck again , Sir . " I said " ~ So , I have nothing but a £ 50 note , and I will not change it . " The parties round the table were playing , but he could not swear the prisoners did , for sometimes £ 10 , £ " 20 , and £ 30 . A man who was standing behind the man playing the thimbles , whenever the thimbles were turned over , took up the thimble that had the pea under , and said , " Now ' s the time , Sir , you are sure to win , " while tho man who had the thimblo t > aid , " I'll bet £ 50—50 Fovereigns are staked , will any one betT '
The prosecutor bet , lost , and walked away , followed by Parrot , who expressed his sorrowat his ill luck , imputing it to nervousness . Wa ? persuaded to go back and lookon . The parties appearedrespectable , audhehad no doubt of their meaning being kindly , and he was induced to accept loans of eovcreigns at two or three times from Terrier , to the amount of seventy sovereigns , as he was told by them , Verrier putting tha money towards him and then on the bonrd . He lost the whole in two or three stakes . Having walked away with Parrot , was followed by Verrier , and , at his earnest request , wrote in a memorandum bock he produced an acknowledgement that he owed him £ 70 . ( The memorandum book was afterwards destroyed ) . They soon ran against the table again ,
and at their persuasion he staked twenty sovereigns , and again thirty sovereigns , lent him by Purcell , and lost all . He handed his gold watch as a security for the £ 20 to Purcell . He then gave a bill for the £ 50 . Purcell forced tho mouey upon him . Parrott described Purcell as a gentleman able to buy half Southampton . He wished to get his watch back , and agreed to meet the parties at the Nelson , that evening , to settle ; but thinking afterwards better of it , he sent a note of excuse , and appointed next Boniinp . Having consulted Messrs . Deacon and Long , they accompanied him there , met the prisoners , who insisted on their claims , and the police , by arrangement , came in and took the prisoners into custody . [ The watch and securities were found
upon the prisoners , but the principal , supposed to have the money , did not appear , having get away . ] The course of examination pursued by the prisoners was to show that the transaction was in the na ' . ure of a debt . Mr . Edwards was not able to id « itify the other two prisoners in the affair . Inspector Enrigbt had searched tbe prisoners'lodgings at flu-Nag ' 6 Head Tap , and found a lar ^ e quantity > t ' wearing apparel ( disguises- )• Verrier had I =. 71 . ufi . ii him ; Parrot £ 13 18 s . 8 ^ d ., a watch , &-., uiic Ca . 'ran £ 1 2 s . lUd . and a watch . P . S . T < -iry ¦ j ; o .-i .. ; o the search and discovery of 0 quantify ot ti ^ h litter . Ca rra n made his escape whila a woman .-uddezJy clasped Terry round the waist . T : a - pricontrc were remanded .
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» i I ? " ^? ooriotts notice recently appeared on Ludford church dwHvHwta , and was previously wad in the church : — This is to give notice , that nojpereon w to bwrted \ a this churcb yard but those living in the pariah ; and those who wish to be buried derk to » PPly to Eporaim Grub , pariah Representation op WESwoBBumx ^ Loatd Lowtne £ g elevation to , the peerage , whioh ; ia ., a * nouneed in Tuesday ' s Gazette , will jiecessarily occasion a vacancy in the reprmeutatiou of this county . Mr . Alderman Thompson ia pat forward by the Tories to supply his place .
-Stbah Tbayblumo oh Common Roads . —On « of the General Steam Coach Company ' s coaches started from the Regent ' s Park afctwentyrftw aiautes past feur on Thursday afternoon , an * Bdrformed the journey to the Manor house atToltenham , and back again , m twenty-five or twanty ; siz minutes , a distance of from seven to nine miles , as estimated by two several parties . This would give , on a rough calculation , about fifteen miles in the boar ; but , from the obstructions which were encountered , twenty miles an hour would be the more correct computation . The noise of the engine is scarcely perceptible ; there is neither smoke nor a visible
escape of steam , and the boiler is relieved , and all danger avoided . A cow suddenly rushed across the * ° * d when the coach was at fall speed , and had the vehiole been drawn by horses , a collision must have taken place , whereas the engineer steered the coach olear . The wheelB are very broad , and in the portion allotted to passengers it resembles the open carriages on the railroads . The stokers sit behind , and the whole compliment of passengers was sixteen , several members of parliament were passengers , and one lady . The coach is shortly to make a trip to Windsor for tho inspection of her Majesty and Prince Albert . .
Present to Her Majesty . —A few days previous to the departure of the Court from Windsor for Claremont a very chaste and elaborately wrought table , composed of a portion of the wreck of the Royal George , was received at Windsor Castle , as a present to her Majesty , from a Mr . Emanuel , of Portsmouth . As soon as the packing-esses contain ing this valuable present arrived at the Castle , they were immediately ordered to be opened in the presence of her Majesty and the Prince , who expressed their admiration of the extraordinary workmanship displayed on it ; and , to mark the nigh opinion which these illustrious personages entertained of Mr . Emanuel ' a present , it was commanded to be placed in the Corridor , where it has since remained .
The table iB of circular form , and attached to a thick and richly carved pedestal , which is supported by four lions , each about the siao of a large bull dog . The surface of the table is composed of alternate pieoes of white and black oak , which radiate from a small point in the centre , the black coloured wood being that which had been acted on by the water , and the other the heart or centre of large logs to which the discolouration had not penetrated . On the edge is a profile view of the Royal George , neatly engraved on silver , and underneath a short inscription , stating that the table is presented to her Majesty as a loyal and dutiful gift , and that the material of which it is composed was originally a portion of the wreck of the abovemeutioned magnicent vessel .
Newly Recovered Land . — -Since the opening of the new cut from Eau Brink to Lynn , which took place about twenty years ago , the old channel , which was very wide and spacious , by which tho water of the Ouse and its tributary streams were formerly conveyed to Lynn , has been gradually silting up , and much of it has now become firm land , producing rich and flourishing herbage . A few days since a port ion of this newly-recovered island , ( containing about SOU acres , ) which is now embanked and fenced with lire quick-set fences , and divided into convenient pieces for occupation , was let by auction , at the Globe Inn , Lynn , and the annual rental obtained forits averages
nearly £ 3 per acre . Calculating upon this ratio , were an embankment of the Wash to take place , the annual value of the land which would be obtained by that undertaking we might reasonably estimate at not less than £ 500 , 000 . At the last quarterly meeting of the Lynn town-oounoil , Mr . F . Lane laid upon the table a copy of a memorial presented to the Commissioners of Woods and Forests , which memorial referred to the inolosure of the Great Level of the Wash , and was accompanied with a letter , stating that tne application to Parliament upon that subject was intended to be renewed in the next session . —Norfolk Times .
More TrRANNT . —A correspondent of the Morning Chronicle , whose name is mentioned , relates the following instance of offensive law-tyranny , displayed by two Magistrates of Lancashire towards eleven labourers who did not attend their parish-church on some day in June . According to a law which has been considered aa practically almost obsolete , the men were fined oue shilling , and ordered to pay the costs , which amounted to various sums between 10 s . ( 3 d . and £ 1 4 s . Being unable to pay the demands , they were thrown into prison ; where two remained more than sixty days , two others two and three days , aad the remaining seven for periods varying from twelve to twenty-seven days . The writer quotes the following passage from the Prison
Inspector s report : — ' Among other complaints made to me by the prisoner ? , J . C . came forward and stated that he was placed in the Ecclesiastical Court and sentenced to pay a fine of Is . and 14 s . costs ; that be had been in prison ten weeks , and had no means of paying ; and hoped that a representation might be made of his case , or he must remain a prisoner for ever . Upon referring to this man ' s commitment , I find thatihe was summarily convicted before two magistrates ; that on the — of June , being the Lord ' s-day , called Sunday , in the township of 1 did neglect to attend a church , or at some other place of religions worship on thet&idday he not having any reasonabio excuse to be absent :
and adjudgea to forfeit and pay Is . together with 14 g . costs , and , in default , to oe kept in prison until the same sums be paid . It appeared that the following number of persons had been committed for a similar offence , and been discharged upon payment of the fines and costs . Tho povorty of the prisoner J . C . appearing to be such as to leave no hope of his being able to pay the fine aad costs , I decided on making a representation of his case to the Secretary of State ; who was pleased to recommend him forthwith as a fitting object for her Mijesty ' s pardon , and he was discharged in conseq lence . " The correspondent asks if the Magistrates were " discharged . "
Dublin Police . —Henry-street Office . A Sailor Girl . —Interesting Case . —On Friday , as a constable of the C division was proceeding on his beat , in the neighbourhood of the Custom House Docks , he saw a sailor boy , who saemed to be wandering about without any fixed purpose , and whose woe-fraught visage evidently betokened a mind but ill at ease . The policeman questioned him as to the place he was bound to , St . * ., and finding his answers anything but satisfactory , and seeing , moreover , something very suspicious in " the cut of his jib , " he considered it his duty to take him into custody , and accordingly he was brought before the magistrates of this office , when , after some vain endeavours to support the character
assumed" The bashful look , the rising breast , Alternate spread alarms ; The lovely stranger stands confesi A maid in all Lor charms !" Oa being interrogated by the magistrates , she gave the following account of herself : —Her father , she said , was a boatman , named Lanigan , who resides at Tarbert , near Giln , on the banks of the Shannon . Owing to some family difference , and the severity of an unamiable step-mother , who treated her very cruelly , and continually reproaohed her for not going forth to earn her br . ad , tiiepoor young girl rashly fled from the paternal roof , and determined to wend her way towards Dublin , in the hope of procuring a , situation . She walked tho whole of the weary
way , and , on Sunday last , arrived in the metropolis , where , how « ver , she did not find that things wore as promising &u aspect as , when in the country , she was led to expect they would . In a few t ' ays her little stock ot money was expended , and there appearing no prospect of her obtaining a situation suitable to her sex and habits , she for a long time revolved in her mind as to what expedient she should adopt , to mend her fortunes , and save her from that dishonour and degradation to which poverty and d < speration have too oft . m reduced the friendless . She resolved at length on assuming the garb and character oi ' a ixulor boy , and in that capacity earn an honourable subsistence . To this resolution her romantic mind wa 9 prompted the rathet
from having read in the columns of the newspapers recently a glowing account of an adventurous damsel who assumed the character of a pnariner , and succeeded in preserving it for many years . With this view she was proceeding down the quays , With the intention of making application to the Captains of tho vessels , when , as we have already stated , she was apprehended by the constable . The magistrates appeared to take great interest in the prisoner ' s case , and , after giving her many admonitory cautions , told her they could not detain her in custody . She thauked their worships , and expressed her determination to give up her roving thoughts and to return to her father ' s roof , if she eoald only procure means sufficient to enable her to do bo . She knew that the
step the had proposed to herself was one indelicate and ill-advieed ; " but , " said the poor girl , what eoald I do t It was better than to stay in Dublin . where I have no means of honest livelihood , aad tetnptttio * besets me on all sides . "—She it an exceedingly pretty girl , about seventeen years of age , with a divine pair of harel eyes . Several gentlemen present , synp&ihfclng with lie poor girL contributed variously , for the purpose of raising a fund to convey her in safety back to Limerick ; and Mr . Inspector O'Cosnor , with a feeling of-humanhy highly to be c «« uended , offered her an asylum in Iris nouse for thai night , having previously ascertained that sh » was worthy of such countenance . He volunteered , moreover , to make a collection among hia friends on her behalf .
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_ Harvest Bsix . —It has been the custom , from time immemorial , for the Darish clerk of Driffield to ring what is calledthe Harvest Bell . " This custom i » observed by giving the principal bell of the church a merry swing for several minutes , at five oclocjt each morning and at seven each evening , to warn the labourers in the harvest fields when to commence and quit their tolls . Before the general use of docks and watches * thia custom would doubt * , less be of much service . The clerk is rewarded for bia trouble with a small portion of corn from each crop , which * like tithes , was formerly paid in kind , but is now received by an equivalent in money .
London and Provincial Newspapers . —The following is a summary statement of the number of newspapers published ia the United Kingdom at the present time , namely—In London , daily , 12 ; weekly , 69 ; monthly , 12 ; at various other periods , 18 ; total , 111 " . In the provinces—Bedford , 1 ; Berkshire , 3 ; Buckinghamshire , 3 ; Cambridgeshire , i ; Cheshire , 6 ; Cornwall , 5 ; Cumberland , 3 ; Derbyshire , 4 ; Devonshire , 12 ; Dorsetshire , 4 ; Essex , 3 ; Glooest . Arahiro 13 Hrnnnohira A . W *> M > fX > ., 4 oV . ; .. « o .
Hertfordshire , 2 ; Kent , 12 ; Lancashire , 26 ; Leicestershire , 4 ; Lincolnshire , 5 ; Middlesex , 2 ; Monmouthshire , 2 : Norfolk , 3 ; Northamptonshire , 2 j Northumberland , 8 ; Nottinghamshire , 4 ; Oxfordshire , 3 ; Somersetshire , 6 ; Shropshire , 3 ; Staffordshire , 5 ; Suffolk , 5 ; Sussex , 5 ; Warwickshire , 10 ; Westmorland ^; Wiltshire , 5 ; Worcest « rsitire , ' 5 ; . 'Yorkshire , 27 ; total , 214 . , Jn Ireland , 70 i in Scotland , 66 ; and in Wales , 8 ; making- a grand total of 469 newspapers .
A Noble-minded Peasant .-: —An agricultural labourer named . George Lett , of North CrawJey , who , by honest industry , sober habits , and economy , saved a sufficient sum of money to purchase a freehold house in the parish , stated that ihe first rent he received should be given away in . bread . Accordingly , on Saturday l ast , half a year ' s rent , amounting to £ 2 , having been paid , he gave the money to 'the baker to furnish bread to be distributed at the church tho following day . A loaf was given to every child belonging to the Sunday school , and the remainder to the most distressed poor of the parish who attended church . —Northampton Herald . >
Extraordinary Investigation ax Newcastleonder-Lyne—Adulteration of Flour by , Millbbs . —Great exoitement has prevailed in Newcastleuader-Lyne for the past week , in consequence of the seizure of a number of sacks containing a mixture resembling flour , which popular report represented to be plaster of Paris , on tne premises of the Union Mill Company in that town . An investigation of the affair took place on Tuesday , at the Town Hall , before two county magistrates , and excited an extraordinary interest among the populace , who crowded into the hall in a most iv ^ quivocal state of indignation and excitement . A circumstance that added great gusto to the affair in the opinion of the people , was that the chief magistrate of the borough ,
the Mayor of Newcastle , wasoneof the mill-owners implicated in the charge . It appeared that Mr . Cottril , the vigilant head police-officer of : Newcastle , had been for some time upon the watch on the proceedings of a person named CopeJaad ,, residing near Newcastle , from information that great quantities of an article resembling flour were taken to his house , and then carried in various directions . On the morning of Saturday week the officer found a cart belonging to the Union Mill standing at Copeland ' s door . Ten sacks , apparently of flour , were put into the cart , and conveyed to the Union Mill , but upon its arrival there the suspected cargo was seined by the police . The bags weighed twenty-three hundred weight . A suspicious
circumstance in the affair was , that one of the men employed in the mill , in answer to questiona , of the police , said the bags contained pigs ' meat , while another man said they contained best seconds . The title of bent seconds created a loud laugh in ., the court . A portion of the contents of the sacks was then taken out , and analysed by Mr . C . Jones , chemist , of Hanley , who declared to the magistrates his , opinion that the substance in the bags was sulphate of lime . Upon being burnt and mixed with water , it became solid , exactly like plaster of Paris . There was but a very slight mixture of vegetable matter in it . Mr . Bull , one of the Union Mill Company , in answer to the charge , said he would take all the blame , if there were any , on his own shbuldere . He then proceeded
with a statement that he had been in want of pig meat , that Copeland had been recommended to him by a respectable miller at Madel y , as having a large quantity of an article v 4 Hp he manufactured from potatoes , and which heTMr . BulL ) gave him an order for , believing it to be similar to an article called farina , such as he knew was sold in Liverpool ; but he wished it to be understood that not one ounce of it had been used at . their mill . Mr . Win . Hill , the respectable miller referred to , stated that Copeland had offered some" of the article to him , but he would have nothing to da with it . He had , however , mentioned it to Mr . Bull . It appeared from the magistrates' questions that Mr . Hill , in the course of his business , had never met with its like
before , that manufactured by the millers being fine bran , the refuse of flour . The charge of having a mixture on the premises , seemingly for the purpose of mixing with flour , was considered by the magistrates to be made out , and the defendants , Messrs . R . Bull , T . Turner , and F . Mayer , were fined £ 10 , with costs . Cottril , the police officer , said he had another information to lay against tbo same parties , for having adulterated flour on the premises . The announcement was received with a cheer by the populace . The investigation of it was postponed . There was also a charge against another flourdealer , named Beardsmore , whose cart had been
often seen by the officer at Copeland's door by four o ' clock in the morning . This person acknowledged having made pretty extensive use of Copeland ' s precious composition , bn . 4 stated that on finding its deleterious effects he had . buried what he had not sold in the soil , and endeavoured to get back from hi 9 customers what was not consumed . The magistrates , taking into consideration this acknowledgment of the defendant , fined him in the mitigated penalty of £ 3 6 s . 8 d . When the defendants left the Court , they were assailed by the populace with loud threats , and even by Bhowera of stoues , and had to be escorted out of the town by the police .
Disgusting Conduct . —On Tuesday , a person whose name was said to bo William John Bankes , was brought up , at Bow-street , by Constable Bennett , 88 A division , charged with indecently exposing himself with a soldier of the Foot Guards in the Green-park . The prisoner , on being brought to the station-house , gave the name of John Harris , and described himself as a servant out of place , as appeared by the police-sheet . The constable stated , that about haifT past twelve o ' clock on the morning of Tuesday , he saw the prisoner and a soldier on Constitution-hill , near the Green-park , and they both went over the palings into the Green-park , while witness was proceeding down the walk . They then crossed the centre of the park , and stepped at the
further side , near a dump of trees . The remainder of the evidence is unfit for publication . Sergeant Tierney , 8 A diviaiou , who took the charge , stated that the prisoner gave the name of John Harris , a servant out of place , or upper servant , which witness had reason to believe was not correct , as he had , since he was , apprehended , admitted that he was a gentleman of fortune . The prisoner also told witness , before h « was placed it the bar , that if his name was suppressed , he would would retire to one of his country seats , and he could be bailed by the name of Harris . Mr . Jardine said , he had no observations to make about the charge , or the evidence in support of it , but to require bail , which would be in proportion to the prisoner '! station in life * and
that wa-3 , himself in £ 200 , and hia suroties £ 100 each , to answer the charge at the next sessions ef the Central Criminal Court . In the course of the day , William Dorsett , wax-chandler , 52 , King-street , Whitehall , and Thomas Sneezum , a builder , 13 , Great Smith-street , Westminster , were accepted aa sureties ; and the prisoner was set at liberty . [ Thisfellow Bankes , weunderstand . is connected with tbe first families in the country , and we now notice the case uierely with reference to the point of bail . The object of bail is to prevent the escape of the accused party , by which the ends of justice may be defeated . The case for which Bankes was held to bail , is one which men of fortune , conscious of the truth of the charge , seldom meet . We do not wish to prejudge
Bankes . Notwithstanding the very suspicious circumstances detailed in the report , he may have been a coward , and not a criminal , liut wha * . we ask , and what the publio are every where asking , is , how oame Mr . Jardine to demand no higher bail for the appearance of Bankes than he would have demanded in the case of a mechanic or labourer for any trumpery assault ! Is Mr . Jardine so raw , so little acquainted with the world , as not to know that in a case in which a rich man has a strong motive to escape from justice , he can always obtain two sureties for the paltry sum of £ 100 each ? A rich man can have little difficulty in indemnifying his sureties , when the sum is only £ 100 ; and , from the Bishop of Clogher downwards , it is a matter of notoriety that bail is no obstacle to the © scape of thinks that
rich parties . Mr . Jardine-very probably public morality is not benefitted by giving notoriety to these oases ; we could wish never to see them m the columns of a newspaper . But when a caee of this sort is brought before a magistrate—when the magistrate actually knows that the accused party is amaa of great wealth ( and Mr . Jardine knew rixht well who Mr . William Bankeswas ) , we ask . if it w proper that such trifling bail should be demanded 1 What is this but strengthening the general impression that in England rich men may always coual upon impunity ; and that men suffer , not for their offences but their poverty ? Of all inequalities tho most offensive is that which wears the mask of « qualitjs To hold a drunken cooler , for a fcrwapery oesault , to bail for an amountequal to thaidemaaded for a man of rank and wealth , for an offeoo * which
carries with it txclusion from respectable society , ia a species of equality which cannot be too much reprobated . }— ftWe&fy Chronicle .
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LONDON TRADES .-THE SHOEMAKERS . TO THB EDITOR 09 THE NORTHERN STAR . SIR , —In consequence of a robbery that has been , 0 onunitted upon the London Eutero Divition of Boot an 3 Shoemakers' Trades Union by John Murray , late delegate clerk to ttast Sftdety , who has absconded with upwards of £ 147 , a report baa got into circulation that the Boot and Shoemaker * ' Charter Association ha * been robbed and mined by ft Chartist leader . " Sir , tbe truth is , the above Society is purely a Trades * Union , and does not recognise Chartium , or any othes political subject ; . and John Murray , the robber , was never a Chartist in his life .
We have a Charter Association , recently formed , which U composed entirely of members of the above * named Union ; but the two Societies ore held quite dfstinct and independent of each other . Our young Charter Association has certainly been impeded in its progress by the time and attention of its members being occupied in righting the trade from tbe serious effects of such a robbery ; but for all , though , we consider Chartism of paramount importance , ultimately , to Trades * Unions ; yet , aa an immediate check to the encroachments of the " tiger capital , " we see theim . perative necessity of preserving and improving our old bulwark , and things have token a favourable turn ; a Council has been appointed to take the affairs of the trade in hand , who have presented the following ad * drew to seven divisions of the city : — August 29 th , 1841 .
Esteemed Shophates , —We , the Council of fourteen , appointed by a general meeting , Beeing the necessity of an entire remodelling of our institution ; for the ibetter securing our property , and also for tbe more effectually defending and advancing our mutual interests , Wjei'SM resolved to enter upon the task at full length and depth , with a determination to establish a system whereby every penny collected shall be appropriated to its just and devoted purposes , and every member shall have an opportunity of giving his opinion and vote on every subject , without interruption , molestation , or insult ; and so by infusing a portion of new health into our constitution , to enable it to bear its infirmities .
We could point oat numerous evils in our manner of conducting business , and anomalies in our . laws , or the working of them ; but as we know the trade to be already convinced of the necessity of an entire change , we will not occupy your time in doing so , but will employ ourselves in working out the much-needed reform . : Men are fast changing their habits from the paths of dissipation to the pursuits of civilisation , and the acquirements ot knowledge—from drinking and
gambling to a love of unity tor mutual instruction and social improvement , and we must change our institution to suit the changed habits and Improved minds of out members , and the times in which we live , or as a Society we shall soon expire , leaving » n our name the reproach of mm , and on our trade and posterity tbe stamp of wretchedness . We are aware of difficulties , and are determined to encounter them like a handful of mariners , as it were , in a life-boat , to stem tbe torrent , and save out tottering bark from impending wreck .
But let no one suppose that this Council win countenance anything of the nature of a whitewash , or think onr books ought to be disgraced with the names * oi our assemblies with tne presence , of men who are bo far unprincipled as either to refuse or neglect to pay their full quota for the protection of their own interests . But , as it will be necessary to have-your opinion and your will whereon to lay the foundation of the superstructure we are about te erect , we shall call you together , at the earliest opportunity ,, and lay before you a plan and prospectus of our future system . While we acknowledge how hard and vexatious it Is
for you to be robbed of the money y « u have paid , with devotion to so good a cause , we hope you will trust to the . energies of this Council for the prevention of such atrocities in future . We only ask time and authority , and we pledge ourselves to do all within our capacities , and that without taking from you one farthing by way of remuneration ; and , while we offerto watch over you and the machinery of our improved order , remember that you also watch xa—remeaibei that human nature is liable to corrupt—therefore , watch all , and watch us , lest we cease to be honest watching men .
Bir , I have-to report , in behalf of the Operative Cordwainers' Charter Association , that in the midst ot the difficulties above alluded to , we are increasing in number ; we have appointed a new delegate to the County Council , and furnished him with our quota of the sinews of war . We are classifying ourselves into small districts , and appointing collectors , and I have no donbt , in a short time , you' will find us up and doing for the Charter in a way that will need ae apology ; we meet on Sunday evenings , for the present , at Mr . Alexander's , Northern Star Inn , Goulden-lane . N . B . Not the Star Coffee House . I have the honour to be , Sir , Tour humble Servant , JOHN WALK . EEDINE , Secretary . And also Secretary to the Council of 14 , mentioned above , and Shareholder of Chartist Hall , 55 , Old Bailey .
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A Narrow Escapb . —The Archbishop of Paris , says the Temps , in travelling on the 20 th nit . from St . Fleur into the Arejron , narrowly escaped aa awful fate . - At a short distanoe from Lacahn his carriage was airoek by lightning , which carried away the eap the bishop wore , and slightly wounded on the head one of his chaplains who sat by him . It is also Baid thai one of the horses was knocked down aad stunned . The ooosequencefl of tbe accident were' not sufficiently serious to prevent the prelate from ooatittuing his journey . —Oalignani . ExPLMiew at a Lrciyim Match Factobv . — On Tueiday morning , about . half-past ten o ' clock , one oi those frpqiiCiit x ;> k * ion 3 which take place
at th « B * mt * xifv . : < jTLo » . e < k ivn a- -hj ineiter match manufaftory of Mr . }!•• ¦>¦• ¦ - \ 1- •• - -..: Vtqiiate ; Lambeth . At itK ) « b ,- . ¦ i ' - < * f HW men and boys were eap k : y ( d ... ¦< > . ' ¦ * -ntfdenl y a loud explosion ¦ • •< ' » - . ¦¦ ' ¦ ' . u ^ diately the whole p la « 8 »»« : •> tt < ¦ > ^ r ' . v . i-j hamediaiel y givwi . ¦ - >'' ¦ •'• ¦ ¦ ¦> - ... . » .. ;<« v . i ^ iaaj o ( the We 6 tof Erit-ki .-: w ' . !;; - -jo ' -v .-rc on th * spot , and from in-it ¦ ¦ < ¦* -ir - v » tU- » . vr- jtt fortunaiftly subdued , aai piw- ^ -. j tr-. » ot <; steiiili : i << beyond the-imi » Jdiattj ' v r ^ i : iiM » .-i U i-. t \« : uii ^ te that no farther damage ui- ; u < -d , a * fr « ai .. ; pe uu ' -ure of tl » surrounding buildings tfee co i-eq-iri- 'cosiauat have been serious .
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TO THE EDITOR OP THE TUA . M HERALD . Loughrea , 25 th August , 1841 . Sir , —In the last number of the Star newspaper appears a lather lengthy epistle from the celebrated Bernard MaeJonnell , tbe Chartist agent in this town . The writer of that letter insinuates , in language not to be misunderstood , that the principles of Chartism are gaining ground here ; and In truth ( f » r the truth ought not , in this case , to be concealed ) the assertions of Brien are closely approximating to the fact . The three grand political parties which now , by their writings , their exertions , and their dashings with each other , keep in commotion the waters of the great political ocean , are , Conservatism , or tbe doctrines of the Tory school ; Motism , or the doctrines of the Reform school : and Chartism , or the doctrines of that
school which , indifferent alike to the principles of Whigism ox Toryism , ia , or at least seems to be , impelled by the desire of rescuing the popular party from the talons of those political barpies who , for years , have been trading , trampling , aad triumphing over the rights , liberties , and . privileges of the people / . When I called Toryism a party , Sir , I was wrong ; it ia not a party , it ia a faction . The Leaders of the two political parties , then , are Daniel O'Connell and Feargus O'Connor ; and the parties which they represent are related to each other , as the whole to ita part , or as the GEN us to its species . —Let me explain myself : every O'Connorite ia , and must of necessity be , an O'Connelllte , but every O'Connellite ia not , nor can he be , an O'Connorite ; and why ? Because O'Connell is for a moral force
reform—an assertion which the Tory faction denies ; and O'Connor is an advocate for physical force reform—an assertion which the Chartist party denies . Now , Sir , the grand let and obstacle to the amalgamation of the O'Connellites and the O'Connorites is the often-repeated , but as often denied , charge of the torch and dagger . Let iMs one article be erased from ihe political creed of the Chartists , and both parties can then join hands , and proceed unitedly in the great ¦ work of political regeneration ; but while they stand , as at present , aloof from eaeh ether , they are but weakening each other ' s pewers , and , in the mean time , the Tories , the arch enemies of every thing useful , enlightened , and liberal in politics , are suffered to acquire new vigour , fresh strength , and to regard , or to neutralise every
effort made , by no matter what party , for the advancement of the popular cause . When 1 say , Sir , that the principles of Chartism are gaining ground here , I would be understood to mean that they are gaining ground among those who profess some political principles , and who , should an opportunity be afforded them , are willing to evince their adherenoe to the great Liberator in his agitation and struggle for the Repeal ;—but the people , the honest patriots of Lougbrea , who were ever foremost , or among theforemost , to stand forward when their country called upon them , have no leader , no one in whom they may confide , and who is willing to step forth , and commence the agitation of the great question of Repeal—and give an impetus to the
collection of the repeal rect—or even that of the O'Connell tribute fund . It may be yet in the recollection of your readers that the great Liberator , some time ago ,, commenting upon a letter of Bernard O'Dannell , the Chartist agent here , asserted , in the Corn Exchange , that he could not find , upon tbe map of Ireland , the town of Loughrea—be then gave Loughrea a palpable hit ; for it would seem that Loughrea , politically speaking , has had no existence for some years back , if we except the late effort ; it made against the Tories on the , Corn Law question . Tea , Sir , those who once were ardent , eager , vehement in tho cause of Repeal , are now , if I may use the phrase , either dead or sleeping . Your obedient Servant , A Rephaleb .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 11, 1841, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct396/page/3/
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