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      THE OLD TEAB . Thy locks are grey , old Pilgrim , Thy mantle thin and bare , Cold is thy cheek , and storm sad clond Around thy forehead are ; And boot a voiee win greet the ear , Proclaiming thoo art fane , - And Benight -winds thy requiem ring In-wild funereal tone . Tfcoa once wert young , old RJgrim , Andlightof * tep , andgay ; T&ybrow beaedc'd -with choicest -wreath , With roses gSeWd thy -way : ' While'floated &r on Zephyr ^ -sing . Sweet scent and holy hymn , Thy hesVnly smile tX mom and eve What hand might hope to limn !

      jluch hast thou seen ,, old Pilgrim , Mnch also hast thon heard—The vow si love , ihe wail of want—The toil witioufe reward—' The re * ™ where foodless thousand * droop , Where plenty fetn wonld land ; Bnfc feD Monopoly guards eaeb ' por t , And frights her from the strand . Brink to the dying Pilgrim , Ye frand-snpported crew , j ^ nd flrain the mighty midnight bowl , And oath and leagne renew ! Rt bora for league of murkiest sort , Toroath of fiereeBttonss ; ' " Who -would not -wade through blood V upnold The tyranny of thrones" ?

      Prink to the poor man a sorrow , The orphan ' s want and wail , The crime , the woe , the beggary , That in these realms prevail ; Gaunt Famine , Agony , and Death , Pledge with eamftant yell , Till Beelzebub grin horribly , And demons lasgh in helL Tes , traders in Corruption ! Oppresden ' s iron hand . ' q ^ aff on—the kouris on the march Will sweep you from the land ; ; Kor would our tears fall fast and long , Nor hopeless would we mourn , Though with the Pilgrim most of yoa Were pass'd the mystic " booms . "

      Then fare-thee-well , old Pilgrim , Thy last sand is in sight ; Thoogh which of us must first take leave , Is hid in deepest night : And I wQl slander not thy name , Tortheu vert good andldnd , And dealt with bounteous hand to all—But tyrant-fiends combined . 27 th December , 1541 .

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      CORN LAWS AND EMIGRATION . Trim not the British farmer equal skill TFith ferslgners the yielding earth to till Fears he fair competition ? ~ Ko ; he knows He could grow corn as cheap as there it grows , And grew enough for all that want at home ; So that no foreign corn need hither come , Why then is British com so scares and dear ? Because bo much waste land lies barren here ; Our lords are locusts-r" men of wealth and pride ' . Take up a space , that many poor supplied "; Space for their lakes , their park ' s extended bounds Space for their horses , equipage and hounds I " Monopoly makes less and Ies 3 our store , While population asks for mere and more .

      Sigh rents Jacs'd farmers pay to swell Hie state Of little landlords whom we ealL the great ; And what is worse , they imitatethem tpa , Do nought themselves , nor ' see that others do . ¦ Hunt , iflioot , and drink—affect the country squire , Live high , and as the markets fail live higher j GrnmWe at times and ssssonswhen they find Their mens fall short , and quarrel with their binds Thus tenants ape their landlords—farmers live , 5 ot as their fathers did , or they might thrive . More on themselves they spend than on their land , Pastime obtains what labour should command : The soil grows poor for "want of management , It scarce produces what will pay the rent ; Wages are low bat tithes and rents are high , Kates , cesses , taxes , buyers must supply . Jfo work 1 no money I—when our trade ib gone , Workmen must follow—buyers will be none . John Watejss . SO , Upper Marsh , Lambeth .

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      BKNTLEY'S MISCELLANY , for January , 1842 . This -very attractive and interesting periodical reached ns last week ; but not in time for notice . We cave read it all through and advise every one else who can get h to " ¦ go and do likewise . ' The pictorial illustrations are numerous , and we need bat ay that they are by the Cruikshanks , elder and jonnger ,. Crowqaill , and Leech , to pronounce a warranty for their being well executed and appropriate . "We must say , however , that the design of one of them—an Illustration of a scene in the ** The R £ zsd House , " a br igand story of intense interest—is not quite s » happy as we could have wished . The expression given by the artist to the connfenaneas of his persons chords ill in out

      estimation with the description of the scene in the book . The tale itself is a graphic and powerful delineation of brigand life . " Save me from my friends" is a most serious comic recital of the woes and miseries irflictf d on a yonng artist , by the determination of a couple of fussy old maiden aunts from the country , to " push him into notice" in tovra —and who bring ihtj play all their village arts of finesse to the destruction of the poor fellow ' s credit end the lc- ; s of his cash and connections * Welsh . Rabbits , " by Doctor Magin , is a capita ] story . * Richard Savage" is continued . In the

      present chapier , Poor Ch'd Lndlow escapes from his tormentors '" through the icy portal . " The events p receding , of , avA immediately following , bis disso-ItiQcn are of great inicresr , aud finely narrated ; while the last scene of Savage with his mother is depicted in mor . masterly style . The characters are drawn and sustained to the life . *• Dick Dafier " is a well-told rustic story of events likely eEou ^ h to have occurred ig actual life , and which bad it been read by Fielding , might have furnished the hint for his " Tom Jones . " Thero 3 re many other p : eces worth reading -. some of them very droll and aamsiEg .

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      NORWICH — Strike cf the Masons of Los-D 05 »—On Wednesday evening week , according to annonncemeEt , a public meeting was bolden at the iwyal Bsnar , to take into consideration the circum fences relative to the masons * strike , and also to consider the j-ropriety of ort-anising a delegate meets' of the trades of Norwich . At eight o'clock the Radons bmlding began to fill , which is bnilt in the Ea . of an amphitheatre , and brilliantly lighted ^ P with g s . Shortly after , Mr . Robert Howes , ¦ Mies' shoemaker , was called to the chair . He epened the proceedings by reading the placard con-Tepmg the meeting ; after which , lie ob .-emd that trr ™* not a strike to raise the price of falifn juxrar : if it were , they themselves " perhaps might "STe equal claims nix > n societv ai lar ^ e : ba t is is

      rae-R- hich claims the svmpaihiea of every son ol asoirr , whatever bs his cast or his creed . Who is were ameagst yen vrith soul so dead that would for a moment submit to be the crouching slavr of such * d iron-hearted taskmaster as George Allen , the loreman of ihe masocs , whose cold , pitiless heart eonld pMish a man for attending the obsequies of bis Rarest aid dearest relative , the wife of His bosom ? if ? r ^ f 1 ^ liie workirg men of Norwich vfould ^ ° - Debfehiad aher cities and town 3 in sycipathiBing fZa f masons of LcndcD , who had so nobly 5 °° ^ - "o rward , and resisted tyranny and iojus-^ p - ( Cheers . ) He trusted trey would give &T man a fair and impartial hearicg-« e would not longer detain them , but would intro «« e Mr . Ironmocgsr , a delegate from ihe masons ijo ndon . ilr . Iromncirv-er tben stcDDed forward . clea

      ^ a m a r and Incid in £ nner explsined their pre-« ot position , and the hardships under which they ^» ured previous to their strike , and in the course « iias address , which lasted upwards of an hour , i « 3 neEtly elicited the indignant execration of hiB « "fceBee against the heartkss and oppressive oonoa « o , Gsorge Allec . Kewas frequenUy cheered ^>^ hoat an address which evidently told well IZS r hearers , and wiU , no doubt , " effect much | y ° a in ibis hitherto divided city ; he concluded by Jfl ^ i m wiilic g readiness to answer * ny qaestions ft ~^ m $ h t be PQt to Mm by any person in the esUrf 5 ' 'E o one taTin « appeared , the chairman « Jiea npoa Uj , Brig ^ s , mason , to propose the 1 st «» Jntion . Sir , Briggs said he did so with pleasure . ~ fia was convinced that the masons of London J ^ red the support of every working man . in the « pttaanty , and as thev would be addressed by who

      »««» vrere more capable than himself ta do J ^ nce to the « age , he woald content himself by ^^ tiefolloTTttg r esolution : — That this meet-* J * 70 ip *« hise 8 with the masons of London for their " •"" J and straight-forward coudnct in resisting ihe *«* ttpts of their foreman , GsoTge Allen , in his E « rf I ? 8 " ? tTranaic conduct towards themselves « w . orethren at the works of the &ew Houses of ¦ SW" ¦ Mr « Q&ncy , on being called on to "wna this resolution , Said—It is a trite saying , toSu ? Bon . > Ujf we d 0130 t "sist ourselves , who * ' * " to assist -03 V The mason's strike oagbj Jo

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      coma home to the fire side of every working man for discussion j if we ' allow the masons to be walked npon "with impuuity ; if we ^ Ilow fibem ^ to be s truck dawn by the uplifted-arm o ^ AUen ' s-heartless tyranny , are we quite sure that another , and perhaps a more fatal stab wiH not'be madeat * he small vestige of liberty that TOf yet ~ rfetain ! ar&-wa qnite , enre that what the Whigs have . commenced , the Tories will not carry out ! past experience teaehes us tbat ¦ what has been done one day , may be done another . We have it from Mr . Wakley that the'Tories will attempt , " jn ihe ensuing Parliament , to introduce * measure to' crush Trades' Unions ; let ub , thea ^ -men of Norvrich , band ourselves together fcr the coming Etrngehllet the women urge theif ' nnsbands , and

      the ohUdren their fathers . for the eondas-aontesi . ( Cheers . ) What would , y ^>« think ; if ' a bill was to be introduced ihte Parliameni to obligeevery working man to procure a discharge from his last-employer , and that yon should wear ar badge of servility as the Bervanteof the aristocracy are new obliged to do ! Yon may tell me that they will not attempt such a thing ; but F tell you'that they may attempt such a thing . Silch * billwas once attempted { to be privately carried through the Irish House of Commonst hut the jaawlesmen . of . Dublin heard of the nefarious ^ scheme'i , and what "' did they do '! ' they instantly called a public meeting-. in' the Ffccenix Park , from whence they marched down Jo the House , aad demanded the bill , or the head of its

      proposer ^ ( Loflg-contiuued cheering . ) Past experience has tanght us that there is a cold-blooded inclination on the part of our rulers to deprive labonr , or in « fcher--wor 6 . s the property of the working man , of the slightest protection from the avaricious graspings of the master manufacturers . Recollect , the sons" of labour-are eight millions seven hundred thousand- ! and that they produce annually the enormous sum of £ 737 , 140 , 883 . Yet with all this vast wealth paising annually through , your hands , are yon not the most impoverished aud degraded serfs oa the face of the globe t Yonr new Houses of Parliament will cost you _ npward 8 of £ 170 , 000 . Allea boasted that he had employed en its first works the flower ef the masons df England , but how did he

      treat them ! with brutal contnmeiy and scorn . He introduced blacks , who are spoiling the works ! . : One pieceof stone worth £ 10 wasspoiledthe otherday , and vbnr pockets by and bye must be picked again , perhaps to rebuild ihis edifice , all to gratify the caprice of this steel-hear ted oppressor , George Allen- ( . Lsa'd cheers . ) 3 klen of Norwich , think on this ,. and rally to strike down the monster . Xet no false prejudice ofnames . prevent you from coming forward in the glorious straggle . He ( Mr . C > would join Witlf any party that would pledge themselves to assist him in crushing oppression . With the Whigs , or with the Tories . ( A voice— " Or with the Chartists . ") Aye , or with ihe Chartists . What was in- a name ? u The rose would small as sweet . if ' called by any oiher name . " The Americana were

      rebels , bnt . they happened to be victorious , and now they ' re the free and independent citizens of the-world ! let bnt the Charter become the law of the land , and in an instant the degraded Chartists were changed to the independent aud noble minded men of * England .- ( Laughter iind clieers ) He would again impress on the trades that the fate of their own existence was in their hands . A Provisional Committee sat every Monday evening , at the Jolly Dj era , Tombland , for , the enrolment of delegates ; let but the trades come out manfully ; and soon would wq be able to tell Allen , Lincoln , aud the rest of the profit mongers , that their day of letributution was at hand ; that they ( the trades ) were determined to assist-in'crashing the

      hydraheaded monster " of tyranny and injustice . He concluded by seconaing the resolution , and eat down amidst much applause . Mr . Walker , shoemaker , proposed the next resolution , which was in accordance . with lha foregoing resolution , " We ; he trades of "Norwich , pledge ourselves to use our best exertions to support the masons of Loudon in their preEent jest aiid legitimate Struggle ' / and that we open subscription sheets for the same laudable pnrpose . " The resolution had iris hearty concurrence , and as the-subject had been so ably discussed by the proceeding speaker * , little remained for Mm to add ; he , however , with others , who spoke before him , would urge the necessity of union to protect their rights ; he hoped too , as Mr . Clancy bad > said ,

      that thi 3 was bnt the . precursor of many . other meetings which they would have to discuss the grievances under which the : various bodies of trades laboured . The resolution was seconded by Mr . Ho ) l , in a neat aad appropriate speech . Mr . Atkins proposed . the next resolution in an . able and efficient manner ;— That the best thanks of this meeting are doe , and are hereby given , to the workmen lately employed at Nelson ' s monument , Woolwich Dockyard , and Dartmoor Quarries , lor their noble coucuct in refusing to proceed with their respective works bo long as their brethren at the Parliament Houses were uDjustly aad oppressively dealt with . " This resolution was seconded by Mr . Hill , and ably supported by Mr . John Hurrell , weaver , In a speech of great length and ability , castigating Allen and his associates in a masterly

      manner , which called forth the repeated plaudits of the meeting . 3 Ir . Laws proposed the next resolution , enlogising the people ' s press that had so nobly taken up the strike of , the masons . The resolution was to the following effect : — "That the foregoing -resolutions be respectfully sent to the Northern Star for insertion , together vrith a brief report of this meeting ; and that the Daily Sun , Scottish Falriot s BritishQueen , and Statesman be requested to give publicity to the same . " Mr . Hawes seconded this resolution , which , together with the foregoing three , were passed by the meeting without a dissentient voice . ^ Thanks we ; e proposed to the chairman , and three rounds of cheers given for the masons , after which the meeting broke up , all highly , gratified with the harmony and good iellowship that reigned thronghont .

      CARLISLE . —Great Distressa ? tdDestitution . We stated , last week ' , that a public subscription had "bees entered , kit-a , and a committee chosen for the pnrpose of ascertaining and relieving the present distress , which , we are sorry to find , exists to a most alarming extent . Toe committee to which we have just alluded ,- consisted of thirty gentlemen , who it appears divided the the town into nineteen districts , -and have pnbiished the following as the result of their inqniries . The great piivanon , destitution , and misery which the commiuee met with far exceeds wear had been anticipated . In the nineteen districts which were examined , there appears to be 309 families , consisting of 1 , 146 persons , who have no settled income ; 334 families , consisting of 1 , 465

      persons , receiving le = 3 ttai one shilling per week ; 411 families , consisting of 1 , 623 persons receiving less than one shilling per head per week ; 157 families ,. consEting of 692 persons receiving less than two shillings " a-hcaa per week ; 140 families consisting of 635 persons , receiving less than three shillings per head per week . Tho committee brought forward the foregoing as the result of their inquiries ; but in consequence of several cases of great destitution having been brought before them , which , the committee , with , all their care , had overlooked , it was deemed expedient that a public meeting of the working classes should be held for the purpose of forming a committee amongst themselves , for the purpose of aiding the

      committee already formed . In accordance with the above resolution , a pnblic meeting was held in the Town Hall , which was granted for the purpose , by our present worthy Mayor , G . G . Mounsey , Esq . At the time appointed for the meeting , tie body of the Ball wa 3 crowded to excess ; Mr . Joseph Broom Hanson " was unanimously called to the chair . Ho opened the business of the meeting a . 3 follows : —My friends acd fellow townsmen , within this fortnight back , a great number of the influential classes , who . feifi for the sufferings of the poor , came forward with a view to relieve the great distress which at present exists . A committee was formed , consisting of thirty pereoDS , who divided the town into nineteen dist' icts , to ascertain the amount

      of buffering . They found it to exist to a very great extent , ana their inquiries opened up Euch a scene of misery and distress , which is difgraeefnl to any Government . We have met to night at the request of Mr . Dixon and others , who wished the assistance of working men , whom they thought would assist them by forming" themselves into a committee to aid them in their . endeavours to find out worthy objects of relief . It remains for you , my friends , to form a committee or committees , and do all you can to mitigate the great suffering that exists . Mr . John Armstrong then came forward and said , I was not aware of the present meeting until about six o ' clock this evening . It will be necessary to form a committee toinvestigate the extent of the suffering which at" pr £ sent exists ; You must have men in each

      district , and this will be the best way to form year committee . Mr . H . Bowman rose and said , Mr . Chairman and iriends , I beg leave to make one or two observations on the subject before the meeting . I was of opinion when the existing committee was formed , that it ought to have been mixed up with working men , who were better acquainted with the poverty of-the people , than those who at present formed the jjommittee . I would have suggested the propriety of doing then , what you are now abent to do , bnt as the meeting at which the committee was formed was composed principally of the higher classes , it might then have been considered presumptuous on my part ; however , I am glad they have seen thfl neeensuv of * nch a step being taken , and J hope

      yon will now form a large committee for the pnrpose of taking a complete enumeration of the condition of the working olasses . This had been done in Leeds , one of the largest manufacturing towns in Yorkshire , and one woald have thought , that owing to the woollen trade not having been so depressed as the cotton trade in general , that the distress would not have been so great . [ Mr . Bowman here r 6 » d &Q extract from Hobson ' 3 Poor Man ' s Companion , " which contained a report of the "Enumeration Committe , " which had been formed in Leeds , and which showed to what an awful extent the distress prevailed , ] Mr . Bowm&n proceeded to read from the same Work the plan which had been taken at Leeds , with some remarks of the Editor of the work , but when he got to that portion where it states , " that the wee&jifiwme of the whole of the 19 , 936 u onlj

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      114 < J . per head , being _ lesa . than l | d . per head per day ! I ! and yet the Queen has for her own private use thesumof j 6164 , 7 s . lOd . per . day > Pripce Albert bas , for . !? pocket money , " - £ 104 per day , he was interrupted by Bbrne middle ' class-man , otf aristocrat , . with- a erf bf * $ d&tioii ™ * gbesfioa . ' * Yes ; ( said Mr . Bowman , ) this iarrathetiaway from the subject of the m ^ etkig , ; hat it seemsitjk bear very closely on the question , and until " there is a material alteration in the condition of the peopfe , there willbe " no peace is the land . What availed , the wss&l hand of ehar " ty ? Something sabBtantial , aod lasting must be done , or there wouia be fl eohsiant drain oa the purees of good and KenbYelent : individuals , who had numaoely come' forward * bn the present trying oocasiph . ' IwtU propose : that a committee be , now

      / owned , fbr'the purpose of taking ! a complete enumeration of the present distress ^ with ? a ; view to report thereon , and assist the--other committee . ' 'Aiso , ¦ to'fornisb such informaition to the meriib" er 8 .. forthe Borough , for the purpose of bringing the same before Parliament .,. Some © ne-in thd . jna-. eting , Mr . James ArtBiwr " wa . Believe , eecop"d « d the motion of Mr . Bowman " , "Which , after some discussion as to the diflionlty of gettittg a sufficient' number of working men to peyConn-the . duties incumbent on the Committee , without -, $ ome slight remuneration , the motion was carried , ? nd a committee of thirty-eight persons chosen . 'A vote of thanks was then given to the Mayor , for granting the use of the Hall .- Also , a vote of ibanks to the Chairman ^ when the meeting quietly dispersed . , -

      Anticipated Meeting of the Countt of Cumberland , to Congratuiate heb Ma jbsty , \ Exploded—the Tories and Whigs Frightened from their Loyalty , by thb ; imaginary interferesce of thb Chartists . ^ We have been much amused with a long * string of correspondence , which has been pnbiished in the Carlisle newspapers , by the High . Sheriff for the county , James Robertson Walker , Esq ., and which has transpired between himself , Sir . Hasell , of Dalemane , chairman of the Quarter Sessions , and a Mr . Matthews ; of Wjgton . The burden of the song appears to be , that a respectful requisition had been got up and signed by many of the resident gentry , of the county , to the High Sheriff , to call a cbimfy meeting , to congratulate of

      her Majesty on the auspicious event ^ f the birth a Prince . The . High Sheriff-likfi a loyal and dutiful subject readily agreed to call , a county meeting for the above purpose , which was to have been held at Wigtbifj ' the usual place of holding county meetings . No sooner , however , was this made known than Mr . Matthewa ; takes the alarm , his- mind becomes oppressed with horrible visions of " routs , riots , insurrections , and rebellion against the peace of our Sovereign ; ' Lady : the Qaeen , " and in his great perturbation of mind , he writes two letters to Mr . Hasell , beseeohing that the said county meeting should not on any account be held at Wigton , for in that case "he was sure some of the leading Carlisle-Chartists would attend , and

      move some amendments , which must be resisted ; in that case , he would not be answerable for any breach of the peace which might be " committed . " These letters ( so full of illusory fears > so shook the delicate nerves of Mr . Hasell , that he too becomes dreadfully alarmed , aud immediateiywritea to . the High Sheriff , begging he will not call the meeting at Wigton , but at Cockermouth , where they were not so likely to meet with interruption , and could , in case of necessity , retire into the safe keeping of the Court House ! But the High Sheriff , like a brave a . nd gallant officer , as he is , having withstood the thunders of the British navy ,-and for many years " the

      battle and the breeis , " heeded not the childish fe&rs of these two old women , but insisted on calling the meeting at Wigton , as was the practice : on all similar occasions . In consequence of the High Sheriff's intrepidity , Mr . Hasell and his friends requested him to return the requisition , which he accordingly did . ; and po has ended , or rather never begun , the enacting of another fulsome and disgusting farce to loyalty , Iu consequence of the correspondence above alluded to , the following pertinent letter has been addressed , to the High Sheriff by three of the , leading Chartists of Carlisle , and will tend more fully to illustrate this Iudicrou 3 proceeding : — .

      TO JAKES ROBERTSON WALKER , ESQ , HIGH SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND . Bia , —You have our unfeigned and hearty thanks for publishing the very curious and important correspon-. dence , which has taken place . between yourself , Mr Haeell , of J > alemaiiie , Chairman ef the Quarter Sessions , acd Mr . Matthews of Wigton . The publication of this correspondence was a duty -which you owed to yourself , as Hish Sheriff of the county , and as a loyal and dutiful subject of her Majesty . You have thus placed the blame on the right shoulders—those of Mr . Hasell and Mr . Matthews who , from their i : lnsive fears , have been the sole cause of preventing a county meeting beintf held , for the inhabitants of Cumberland , te testify their loyalty to her Majesty , on the auspicious event of the birth of a Prince .

      Mr . Hasell and Mr . Matthews speak of the temper of the lower orders" and " lower classes , " term * , by the bye , which their good sense ought to have suppressed ; for the expression of them will only tend to still further convince the peopJe , of the great want of sympathy which prevails , on the part of the wealthy portion of society , towards the poor .

      «' The rack in but the guinea ' s stamp , Tbo nxan ' o the goad fora' that . " Mr . Matthews deems it probable , if the eonnty meetin ; should be held at Wigton , that the leaning Carlisle Chartists , would attend and move some amendment , which must be resisted . It appears , then , that a numerous body of her Majesty ' s subjects are to be placed without the pale of the constitution , and not be allowed to express their wants and wishes to her Majesty ; but that a few magistrates and others of the wealthier classes of the country are to meet unmolested to pasB fulsome and adulatory addresses to her Majesty and Prince Albert , and not allow the working Cla-ses , who are the real wealth and support of the state , to express their feelings and state their real condition .

      Are Mr . Hasell and Mr . Matthews ignorant of the fact , that -whilst the cottage is desolate tbere is no security for the throne ? that whilst the great body of artisans , mechanics , and agricultural labourers are suffering abject want , there will be no safety for property 2 Then why disguise matters ? Let her Majesty be put in full possession of the real condition of her people . Surely it cannot . be disrespectful nor diEloyal to remind fcer Majesty , that whilst her Majesty and Prince Albert receive daily , for pocket money , the enonuons jsnm of £ 268 7 a . lOd . J there are tens of ihousands of her Majesty's industrious subjects compelled to live on one penny three farthings her head per day ! Ought this state of things to be continued ? should these borrible dUparitieB be allowed longer to

      exist ¦ Should there be , or can there be , either peace or contett in the . land until the condition of the people be improved ? Mr . Matthews anticipates a breach of the public peace , providing the Chartists should be resisted , as they must ee , he says , if they should move any amendment at the county meeting . What sort of resistance does MfcMatthews contemplate ? If he means physical resistance , then his forebodings might prove bnt too correct If Ik- simply means menial resistance , by himself and his friemls , endeavouring te carry their address , in spite of the anticipated Chartists' amendment , then he may rut assured that his fears , aa to a breach of the peace , are quite illusory ; and that the Chartists thfeiQEelves will take upon them the preservation of the public peace , either at Carlisle or Wigton . How is it that Mr . Russell and Mr . Matthews consider the Chartists so disloyal ? Tbey ought to be aware that the

      Chartists of Carlisle were the first and foremost in the field to move a congratulatory address to her Majesty , on the auspicious event of ihe birth of a prince ; and that address was as respectful , though perhaps not so fulsome and adulatory as theirs could possibly be . The address alluded to was passed at a public meeting of the inhabitants , convened in the Town Hall several weeks ago , and that meetiug -was conducted in a peaceable and orderly manner . Ltt the magistrates and others first do their duty as conservators of the public peace , by calling public meetings in order to asceitain the amount of distress and suffering which now prevails among the working classes , with a view to remedy the same , aud then they may hold their pnblic meeting to pass flattering addresses to her Majesty , in quiet and without the slightest molestation . H . Bowman , J . Arthur .

      J . B . BOWMAN . IiEEDS . —Anniversary Dinnek . —It being customary with Messrs . JDunn and Son , cornfactors , of thi 3 town , to give their workmen an annual treat , they , of course , provided an excellent dinner on the 30 tn nit ., at the house of Mr . Witton , Parrot Inn , Call-lane , when thirty of the workmen sat down . The dinner reflected great credit upon Mr . and Mrs . Witton , who are becoming celebrated for ; "their " good providing . ' The evening was spent in the greatest harmony and good fellow » hip , andmany excellent songs , toasts , and recitations enlivened the party . The example of the Messrs . Pudd , ought to be more generally adopted , as nothing can have a greater tendency to generate a good feeling between the employed and the employer . The workmen , who highly respect their " good masters , " concluded the proceedings by giving three times three for their employers .

      2 XSHOP AUCKLAND . —Lotal Order of Akcient Shepherds . —The officers , and delegates of the Lodges of the Loyal Order of Ancient Shepherds round Bishop Auckland met on Friday , the 31 st of December , at the house of brother William Hall , the Shepherds' Inn ; they were met by the officere of Ossett district . They proceeded to business at ten o ' clock in the morning ; and at three they sat down to an excellent dinner provided for the occasion , which gave great credit to the worthy host and hostess . The day was spent in harmony and good wilL Ok Satcbdat , the 1 st of January , the members of the Jacob ' s Ladder Lodge , held at the house of brother Ralph Lawson ' s , Hermitage , met to celebrate their first anniversary . At three o ' clock , upwards of forty members sat down to an ample * repast , which gave eatiflfretion to ail present .

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      The Countt of Cornwall is so extensively undermined , that churches and churchyards , mansionhouses and hostelries , are maayrof thekn suspended over a yawning gulfj andin danger of ; crushing ¦ ¦ ¦ the lives out of some Bcores of adventurous miners . " The ( brnmUGfaetie , of liatm&kigir ^ fa " narrow escape' ? -- ^ A ' Gn TuesdayV'afr lijoganlaa the wffirof <'« . labourer calledDqnetorieinksorbSsing her kitchen * the ground suddenly gave ? Way , aha Bfce was left suspended b y her arntoter aiBhftft v but fortunately was re&aed fram her perilous situation without'any injury . " —Falmoulh Packet * < ' '

      Old Chichester Bank . —The failure has caused a complete stagnation to business in Chiohester , and numerous oases hare occurred Vrhere persons , in comparative affluence are reduced to the most abject distress . 'Amongst . them may' be named two aged maiden ladies ( sisters ) named Elizabeth and Nanny Fowler , one of whom is a cripple . They proved for £ 1969 19 . 4 d . They are left- without a shillings have been compelled to apply to the parish for relief and are now in the receipt of a inissrable weekly pittance . Another case was a farmer with a large family named Smith ; he had £ 295 16 ?; fid . of his own money , and borrowed £ 1000 for the purpose of taking a large farm , the whole of whioh he deposited in the bank for safety a fewdays before the stoppage .

      He has by the occurrence been reduced to beggary . The largest creditor was Sir . Kent , training groom to the Duke of Richmond ; he proved for £ 4595 16 s Id . the savings of many years' servitude , intended for a large family . Such was the confidence ^ placed 7 in . the bank that numbers ; particularly females , depdsited every pound they possessed in the concern . ^ T By the way a correspondent calls our attention to the fact , that no one banker will take another ' s notes ! For example , a bill becomes due—the banking clerk presents it for paymentr-youienderhiui notes , and unless they be the . Bank of England he refuses to take them ; arid unless they can be converted info gold , your bill may be noted ; It would seem that those men are wiser than the public .

      Death fbom STARVATioN .- ^ 0 n Saturday night , an aged female , about ; 60 , was found Bitting on the lower stair , No . 31 , White Hart-slreet , DruryLane . When spoken to , with the utmost difficulty she said she wanted the common necessaries of life ( her awful countenance showed tho faot ); and she added * " If I could only get '& the house of Iklr . Short , a tavern-keeper in the Strand ,, opposite Somerset House , he Would give me some ¦ victuals . " The deceased was lifted up from the stairs , and a surgeon was in instant attendance , but in a few seoonds the poor creature dropped dead . A Mrs . Johnson , who resides in the neighbourhood of White Hart Yard , had often afforded the deceased shelter and food , but on the present occasion advised the deceased to proceed to the Union , which it is supposed she declined ^ . :

      The GfiEAT Western Railway . —A most diabolical attempt was made on Wednesday night to cause a further accident oh the Great Western line ; The mail train was on its y ? ay from London , and when within about three miles of Bath , the signal was given by the engine-driver of something wrong , and the train was stopped with all possible dispatch . Oh investigation it appears that some villain had placed two large stones ( one on each rail ) with the view of Bending the engine off tho line , but which did not take place . One of the ' stones was crushed into a thousand atoms , and flew over the driver and stoker without doing them any seriousi injury ; the other stone was forced oh one side by the sword *; or guard , which is placed , before the Wheels , but both the guards were put out of their : pla , oe , and much bont and twisted . ¦¦ ' ..

      The Recent Frightful Accident on the Great Western Railway . —Reading , Thursday , Dec . 30 . —It is with extreme pain we have to announce that the catalogue of those whose lives have been lost in consequence of the lamentable catastrophe ; in the Sonninp-hill cutting on Friday week , is increased by the death in the Royal Berkshire Hospital , of Riohd . Woolley . It will be remembered , that the unfortunate sufferer was admitted an in-patient , and the injuries were described in the hospital books "compound fracture of the skuil . 'f The unhappy patient underwent the operation of trepanning , and was proceeding most favourably until Monday night , when erysipelas presented themselves , and though they were coaibatted with some success by the me < h > cal attendants of the hospital , Woolley died on Wednesday afternoon about half-past three o ' clock . Pa inqui ry at the hospital to-day , we learnt that all the accident patients remaining Cnit e in number ) are

      progressing favourably , with trie exception of Thos . Hankins , Elizx Barnes , and Thomas Hughes , with regard to whom a change for the worse had taken place , and these three uuhaippy sufferers how lie in a most precarious state . Ou Friday , aa inquest was held on tho body at the Royal ; Berkshire Hospital , before Mr . J . J . Blandy , coronen Tho ver ^ diet of the Jury was that Richard Wooiley came by his death from a fracture "he received on the skull , caused by the engine , called the ^ Heola , coming into coUision wita a mass of earth , having fallen from the slope of a eutthig pa . the Great Western Rail svay , at Sonning , in this county ; a nd they are of opinion that the accident might have bseu avoided , had thero been a sight police , or watch in the cutting . They , therefore , placed a deudand oa the engine and train of carriages , of the ^ um a hundred pound ? . And further , they recommend tbat the passenger trucks be iu future-placed fursher from the engine . : \

      Boys led to the Commission of Crime bt being Refused Woukhousb Kelikf . ^— -On 7 Thursday , Thomas Jones and Rfchard ^ Jiaves , two ragged boys , were charged with stealing a piece of bacon from a shop in the neighbourhood ofjUnion Hall . Sergeant Logan , of the N division , stated that on the preceding afternoon the prisoners called at the Station-house in the Southwark-bridge-road , and 1 begged to be admitted , saying that they were without food or shel ter , and had npwnere to go to . He directod them to proceed to the workhouse , wherei he told them , they v / ould be temporarily relieved , and they went , but r : Hurned in a short time afterwards , saying that they had been refused any assistance , and threatened with the cane if they did not go away . The eergeaat

      then told the boys that they would not b $ admitted into the Station-house , which was only for the reception of offenders , and they both walked away . In less , however , than a quarter of an hour afterwards the same two boys were Been in the act of stealing a piece of bacou from a shop window , aud beiug pursued , both of them were taken into custody , and the one upon whom the bacon was found was in the act of gnawing it when the policeman went up to secure them . The owner of the bacon , on heaxiug the circumstances under which it was stolen , said that he had no wish to press tho ' charge against the two unfortunate boys . Mr . CottiKgham questioned Jones as to the cause of his present apparently destitute condition ; and his account was that his father and

      mother were dead , and that for the last seven years he had been travelling about the country , in company with a man gelling bootlaces and other small articles ; thai , on Wednesday morning he arrived in town from St . Alban ' s , jind that tire inaii with whom he went about left him suddenly , a \ id he did know whero he was gone ; and that , being without looc ! or money , ho went with the other boy to the Station-houso to a ^ k for sh elter ; that thence they both went to the workhouse , and having described their Bitnation , and that they were starving , the man at the door told them that he could do nothing for them , but desired thorn to stay till the master came ; that they ; wared for some time , until at length a _ man made his appearance , and oneeeing them heexclaimed

      — " Theseare theyoungscamps who werehore before ; fetch me the cane and I'll soon send them about their business ; "' that on hearing this threat they ( the boys ) ran away , and on passinga shpp they took a piece of bacon ; out of tho window ^ as they were starving . Mr . Cottingham having sent for the master of the woxkhouse where ^ he boy 3 mad e the application for relief , in the parish of Ghristchurchi described to that person the circumstances under which they were brought before him , and said that his refusal to give them temporary assistance , aud threatening them besides ! led to the commission of the offence for which they were brought before him . The Magistrate then asked the master of the workhouse for his explanation of the transaction , but he

      referred to the pofier , who , it appeared , 7 was the person of whom the boys made application . The potter admitted > that he refused to give them relief because he had , on three different occasions , relieved them before , ar . d that on seeing them on the evening in question ho said , " You are the young rascals who have been here before . " On hearing these words they both went away , but he made no threat of using the cane . Mr . Cottingham said that the boy JoneB declared he had only arrived in London the same morning , and therefore he could not have beon at the workhouse previously , according to hiB account . The potter , however . ' positively denied the truth of Joaes ' s statement . Mr . Cottingham said that he was bound to reiy upon the testimony of the persons belonging to the different workhouses that Jones had been previously relieved by them , and therefore the probability was that the account he gave of himself was utterly without foundation . The Magistrate

      added that Mr . Pearson , a ship-owiier , who had heard the previous part of the case , and cpmmisserated the apparent state of deslimtion of the prisoners , had humanely undertaken to place the boy Jones on board one of his vessels as an apprentice . Tho facts , however , which had subsequently come out in the course of the inquiry would have the effect of doing away with that act of kindness , and instead of being sent on . board ship , Jo&ea should stand committed for three months to gaol The other boy was ordered to be passed to his parish . In the course ef the magistrate ' s observations he said , that he was determined on enforcing the provisions of the New Poor Law Act as far as related to the cases of destitute persons who were either sent from that court or token by the police to the workhouse of the district for temporary relief . In the event of such persons being refused such assistance he ( the magistrate ) had made up his mind to inflict the full penalty of £ 5 on tUe patty so refusing , ; . ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ '¦ ¦ ' ¦ - ¦ ¦ ' . - . - - ¦ ;;¦ - ¦ ¦ " ¦'" . " .:- ¦

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      THE-LATE EXPLOSIOWQN THE BRISTOL AND GLOUCESTER RAiLWAt . —• , George Collins , another of the sufferers by the explosion of gunppwder . near Wickw ^ Gi ouce 8 t ^ shire ,, died . in ; the Bristol iHfirniary . on Thursday ^^ njght last . This make 3 the Bfth death ; lNpAMOtJs False Alarm , 4- At Ttwelve oWoek on Christmas night a fellow on board tha Monarch steamer , then op the passage from London to Hull , caused a fearful alarm among the other passengers , of whoin there wer « several of both sexes , by stamping on the deck over the fore cabin , and bawling out 11 A 1 V h ^ dipn'dect , ^ ship ' s on foe . " Theconsequeneei was a general . consternation among the fore-cabin passengers , during which a man , jumping from an upper berth , fell on a bench beneath , where the wife of a soldier in the S 8 ili reeiment was asleep

      and being far advanced ia pregnancy a sorioua result might , be anticipitcd . All ra ~ hed to the ladder ; but few gained the deck before th ^ ydiscoyered the infamous hoax , and that there was no cause for alarm . The fellow , on being told he should be given into custody on arrival in Hulli threatened ha wi > uld give any one two inches of steel who dared to lay hands on him ; " and this , probably , deterred the summary punishment which many of the passengers were disposed to inflict . - We fear the law does not enable the owners of the vessel to punish so heartless a wretch ; but ¦ -our informant receiyedTa satisfactory assurance from them that care should ba taken to prevent a recurrence of such disgraceful conduct in ¦

      any passenger . : , : > v ; ., ¦ . : >¦¦ : . •;; - ; " ; . ' . , .:. ;; . ¦ ¦¦ : Eortukettjellingin L ANCASHiRB .-- Our Middleton correspondent gives us a long account of a visit which he and two other persons paid , on Friday last ^ to a conjuror : or tbrtune-telier . residing . in' 7 Bumley-iane , North Moorj Chad dertori , ostensibly to inquire into the fafcoof an old man who has been missingiince the 13 ih Deo , and is supposed to have been drowned on his way home from a funeral , but really to ascertain by what means ho and his brethron have succeeded iu impressing a large portion of the population of Oldham , Middleton , Chadderton , Tonge , and other places in the vicinity , with a firm"iaith in their knowledge of things past , present , arid to come . The " wise man" went through a good deal of mummery , and fished very adroitly for information , whereon to found his oracular responses . He

      was purposely misled , and made the most ridiculous blunders * and of course the visitors only learnt for certainty what they shrewdly suspected before—^ that the sonjuror was an arrant cheat . - Our correspondent says that there are seven persons of this description in Oldham arid the neighbourhood , one at CoUyhurst-bridge , and 6 everal others near Manchester ; that there are thousands within ten miles of Manchester , and those uot confined to the lower classes , who believe in fortune-telling ; and that one old jade has made an independent fortune of her own in the business . Can this be true of any part of enlightened , civilized , and Christian England ? If it'be , hdw fearful is the responsibility of those who luve sperit hundreds of millions in war , arid nothing for the education of the people I—rLiverpool Mercury .

      Fatal Arbitrament ;—My ancient enemy and I now confronted each other ; a loaded piece , which he usually carried , rested across his arm . We gazed at each other in amaaemeut for some time , until at length he stepped back a pace or two , cocked his gnn , arid told mO v if I did not quickly Walk before him as his prisoner / he would shoot me ^ I felt hot blood riot in my veins , arid told him to turn the muzzle of his piece from me , or I might settle ; in deadly sort , the long account betwixt us . He advanced upon me as I spoke , and thrust the end of his weapon against my breast . I staggered from the force of the blow ; but seeing me about to spring upon him , he raised the piece to his shoulder and fired . The charge shattered orie side of my head ,

      and arrested my impetuous course for the mbmsnt . I then seemed to look at him through crimson flame , but 1 still saw him—through blinding streams of blood , he was still palpably before me , —but he took advantage of the severe check he had given ; and Beizing hie piece by the barrel / he aiiried a tremendous blow at my he'id with the butt-end , which I received with my left hand \ and rushed in upon him with a wjld shriek ot maddened infuriafcion . He was in an instant upon the ground , my hands gra ? p ^ ing his throat , and his ; effort to force me off was terrible ; but I tightened my . fatal hold until his chebt ceased to . ' "heave- beneath iue—his arm dropped —the limbs slowly contracted , and then—I saw that ho was dead I—Parley's Penny Library .

      An iNGENJotrs Device . —Thomas Hogel was on Wednesday last charged at the Liverpool police ' ofiipe by a recruiting sergeant with having prActised a singular imposition . It appeared thatthe prisoner was extremely anxious to enter the service of the East India Company , but being one-eighth of an inch under the standard height he fixed to the crown of his head a ^'¦ ball bl ; wax covered with hair . Having by this . means elongated himsolf to the required dimensions , he was passed on Friday week , but being ordered to attend a ^; iin on Sunday , the ingenious device ^ was ; detected . Mr . rRii > hton eaid he knew of no law which condemned a mau to punishment for such an -act' as that committed by tho prisoner . He was cautioned not to repeat the offence , arid was discharged . ¦

      An Affair of If onour . —An affair has just ocourred in a certaiii nortliern city , which has occasioned some amusement to the lieges . A young gentleman belonging to ^ the beau mont / e , was ambitious to become possessed of a pair of whiskers , and made application to a friend to whom nature had been particularly bountiful in regard to that article , to be instructed asto the method of furnishing himself with the desired ornament . The friend promised to comply , and preseuiod him with a pot of ointment With which he was to anoint the parts on which he wished to raise a crdi ); The ointment was used accordingly ,-and produced—not whiskers , but blisters . An offence of this heinous description nothing

      but blood could atoue . A challenge was given and acccptod- ^ -the pftttieB met—aud ; somewhat abated of their first ardour , faced each other with mortal intent , and weapons loaded with cork ; though it is due to their valour to mention that they believed them to be : charged with a heavier ; material . On the word bein ^ j « iven , shots wsre duly exchanged , and one of the parties , the challenged , fell overpowered by deadly terror . The secondsj to continue what they intended for a joke , but which was certaiuly carried a little too far , applied a handkerchief stained with red ink to his side . At this oanguinary spectacle , the challenger , believing he had done murder , took to flight , aad was with difficulty so much ro-assured as to appear again in public—Edinburgh Witness .

      Old Yeau ' s Night at the Hanwell Lunatic Asyluu : —On Friday evening , the last in the old year , the above institution , for the reception of lunatic paupers belonging to tha diffireat parishes within the eonnty of Middlesex , exhibited an extraordinary and pleasing instance of the graiifying effect of the humane system at present ; pursued iu that establishment , wher . ' . by coercion lias been done away with , and corporeal restraint no longer forms a part in the treatment of the insaue . It has b 96 n the practice of the last year or two to give the female patients an evening ' s entertainment ^ as tho close of the year , and to prepare for that joyous occasion , 'the patients haci been for the week previoualy busily engaged 7 in decerating their wards with laurei , holiy ,

      and other evefgreons , which were most tastefully and faucifully displayed on the walla of their rooms , in various devises , amongst which were the initial letters of the . Q'ieeti , " V . R ., " of Prince Ambers , " P . A ., " aud of the ¦ ¦ illustrious infant , the future Sovereign of the uait ^ d empire , " F . W ., " with Crowii 3 ahd PHnce of Wales ' s feathers , &c , the whole forming an alepvo of upwards of seventy feet , in which the utmost tranquiility prevailed . Soon after five o ' clock , the patients had assembled , to the aumbor of nearly four hundred , who had ranged themselves on each side ob forms ; which had beca provided for the occasion . At that time scarcely , a word was to be heavd , and tho

      effect the scene produced was most striking and pleasing . Tea r . nd cake | were then served out to the patients , by the matrori ^ Miss Cbnolly ( the sriperinterident ' s daughter )^ and the EurSes , by whom afterwards were played oh a pianoforte many cheerful and enlivening tunes , to whioh the patients commenced dancing , which they kept up with much spirit and glee for Hpwards of an hour . Oh their again resuming their seats , they Were each presented with half an orcnge , after which dancing again commenced , and was ccnjirined with mrisid at intervals until ei ^ ht o ' clock , wh-rn supper was served , aud ; at the conclusion the patients retired to their several apartments , apparehtfy much delighted with their evening ' s entertainment .

      TnuE Wisposi . —A wise general , oh the eve of battle , makes a propet dispositioiu of his fbtces beforehand , and does not wait till the enemy has made an attack , and thus , by forethought and due preparation , reasonably expects a victory ;— -thus , he who has a desiro to attain a healthy , and , consequently , happy old age , doeB not indolently Wait for the attack of the enemy j which is sicknesi ? , but is constantly On his guard ! agaiasi his insiduous approaches , by payingproper attention ta the state of . . ' 'his . heaHb . Many would fain occasionally use medicine to assist nature in her operatipns ; bus like a mariner at sea without his compass , knowing not where to steer , they first try this , and then that , and meet with nothing but disappointment ; to these , how welcome must be : the important fact , that Parr ' s Life Pills are now proved to be all that is required to conquer disease and prolong life . " 7 : 77

      The Armstronq Liver PiLts are recommended as ai ^ Anti bilious med icine , to erery euffurer from bilious complainta and indigestion , or from an inactive liver , and are procurable at all Druggists , aad at the Nor themStar oflice . It is only necessary to see that thb stamp has : " Dr . John Armstrong's Liver Pills" engraved on it in "white leiterB , and to let no one put yoa off with any other pills . N . B . ~ The Pills in the boxes eholosed in marbled paper , and marked B ., are » very mild aperient , and are particularly and universally praised . The ; are admirably adapted for sportsmen , agriculturists , men of business , naval and military men ; aa they contain no mercury or calomel , and require neither oonfiaement to the house , nor reatraint in diet .

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      ' - Thb JExchequjeb Bill Fohgbbt- —Oa Mrmday moruinjir &a order wa « sent ' to TNewgate , ffuia the Homeroffioe , for the removal of Edward' Beaumont Sinith to the hulks , in pursuance of his sentence He was accordingly placed ia a carriage ami \ conveyed to Wooltvieh * whsre he was placed on boatd the usual receiving hulk ; 7 ; " 7 AnoTHEa CALAMitocs Fire in MANCHraiisR . - — On Friday evening lastyabeat nine o'clock , an alarm of fire was given , and whioh was found to be at the Weaving mill aud calender house m Bolenian'sbuildings , Manchester . The fire commenced on the part cconpied by th ® Jate Mr . E . Dickiason ,

      calsnderer , &o ., and which raged with such futy that in about an hour- that part of the-premises , six stories 5 high , ; was a complete ruin ; ' riefc iinyshing Worth no-ice Was saved . The loss will probably bo about £ 5 , 000 . There were two iwaw over thff calender room filled mth looms which were all burnt . The principal part of the weaving 'establishment , being separated from : the premises burnt down , by a wail , did not receive much : injury ; : but , as the steam engine was much damaged , all the hand ? einployed wiilj necessarily , be thrown out of work for some time to come . No lives were lost , not is any one injured . ; " : ''¦? . ¦ . ' ¦ ¦ - ' ¦' ¦ ¦ : ¦

      Effi ^ t ; GoJiP 2 tra 6 N .-- ^ The competition iu tha slop business is almost ruinous to a numerous and industrious class of- women at the east end of tho metropolis , Who managed 7 to support thcmsoltes deceatly by their needle . A few , years ago , when , shirt-making was reduced to three shillings-a dozens it was considered so low a price that it was impossible to make a 7 bara existence at it . ; Yet from that price it became gradually reduced , and many of the large Jew slop-sellers at present pay but ninepence a dozen , or three-farthings , each 7 sbiriyfor them . If three ; shillings was a price at which these poor women could make a mere existence , what must be the effect of the pressat allowance I ; And yet thoasands are to be found oven glad to get suoh work I

      Death prom Starvation , —On > Ibnday-nif ; lit ait inquest was taken before Mr , Higgs at the Edinburgh . Castle , Strand , on 7 the body : of CharlotW Ciosson , aged 63 . , 'TDeberah Jqhason , of 31 ^ White Hart-street , deposed that she knew the deceased About three weeks since she saw deceased in the strgeLwnBwas raining at the time , and the decc ^ ed «* yirigriahl she wag very hungry . She ( witness ) took her home and gare her something to ett , and she app 2 ared . 'grateful , for jt ,. She called Hveral times since , and on Wednesday last called and ap » peared very ill » She gave her some"tea and allowed her to sit by the fire . ¦ . She called again on Saturday last , and had the appoararice of bding in a dying state . She was very bad , and said " she had had

      nothing to eat the whole of the previous day . " Sha begged of her to ; give ; her some tea or she would die She borrowed 6 d . and gave her some tea . She offered her some bread and herring , but she could not eat . She asked her the reason sho did not apply to the Workhouse , Wijen she replied " that she would sooner die in ; the street than enter the workhcuse . " Deceased having asister in tho Dover-road , she sent ; hernephewto herresideace forsomerelief . Thf > der ceased said she knew Mr , 'Short , of the Stra ^ utl , aiid could she get there he would give her relief . Sha ( witness ) andher niece assisted her dowa sfcairs , and on getling into the passage 7 she died . The deceased was iu the habitof sleeping in public-houseH nii / 4 : / krt Air » A n /\ liA Wainv t »? frn ¥ . cries ** ¥ » TTitt onn ' imv > iAWAJf ouu vt uuu

      CkU \* vu vnv vum acattsj **» i ^ t * w « u . » v 4 Uipi . uX 0 W ( of her to givs her . 6 d , to pay for her night ' s lodging Her clothes were thiuarid 7 wretched . She was very thiii and emaoiated . ; Three doctors attended . By tli ' e Gpronir- ^ - —The ^ deceased ' s sister sent back : some bread and meat and a note , on which was written , * 'Peniterit sinner , to-day on earth , to morrow in hell ; seek pardon and ^ delay not . " The deceased was much hurt on reading it . I called on the sister on Sunday , who said that the deceased wag a very bad per ; Soa ; arid had left her husband thirt yfive years since , vrb . 9 is still living at IJaiwicn . From ; otli 5 ir evidence , it appeared that deceased might ; have been well « ff , buti-for her . conduct , having had a graafc deal of mohoy left her by hev father . "Verdict- ^? Died froia want , brought oh by her own stubborn teiap 3 r , " 7 - . " -. . . ¦ ¦; . v ' " 77 . ; 7 .

      PLVMOtiTHi Sunday , Jaw . 2 . —This afternoon the Gtonway , 26 , Captain Bethune , from China , having on board two millions of dollars , anchored iu the Sound about six ¦ : o ' clock . Her destination waa Portsriibuth , but a change of wind 7 having takes place , she was compelled to coiba in here . Sha entered at the eastern end of the Breakwater , and it being after sunset ¦ : she did not salute the Adniiral ' s flag * She brings home many ^ invalids fronr the squadron in the China , seaa . ; Showas at the Cape of Gr < pd Hope on the 1 st of October . It ia reported that she . will be paid off at Porteraoath . Of course eh © brings no intelligence ^ that has nbfc previovisly teaoHed England ;

      The PiiiLipsTOWN Murder . — -The horrible murder of a poor idiot , by a party of gentlemen who were sojourning at a country seat in the immediate vicinity of Philipsfcown , and " to which we adverted on Tuesday last , has been considered as wholly incredible . So horfibloiare the facts , that scarcely any person is willing to balieve that such barbarous cruelty could be practised by a party of gentlemen ia a Christian coufltry . - - ' ; . It is our duty , howevcr , to reiterate our siatement . The horrible ; murder did take place ; butTwe have received additional , information , which states that- ' the idiot murdered- was not - ; a boy but . a Warty He- was besmearedover with oilarid turpentine , and literally roa&ted to jdeathi - Aa . inauest was held-r *^^ ? aock one ^ we are led to bellove * . from ithe fact ^* --w ^ pf _^ toe ' iDMties engaged ia ' the murder £ & % on the . mquest ^ r ^ Mojiai . has beea squandered in . profusian to hush , tha m&ftBr—aj- ^ ., ; almost all the parties have decamped to England or elsewhere . The majority : of them ; were officers ! and , we sanposc , ara now with their respective regimentSi What will the Government do mthia matter ! We call upon Lord Eliot to send afitipendiary magistrate fo tha spot to inquire in the matter—we ask Colonel M'Gregor Whether the police in the district m ade any report to him on the subject I —we call upon the Government to make the prbeeeding 3 of the Coroner ' s inquest public . A most foul and barbarous murder has been committed , under circum ,-stancea of aggravated barbarity , unequalled by the ; horrible atrocities of Indian cruelty , aud uo steps have been taken to brin ^ t the savage perpetrators to justioo . —Dublin Monitor .

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      DISTRESS AT STOCKPORT . The following statement has been published by the authority of the Mayor of Stockpori ; :- — It is well known that the Cotton manufacture of this kingdom has been long and greatly dopressed , and that numbers / of persons engaged in it have been throwa but of employ ment , and great d istress occasionad in the various tow&s and districts of which it is tho staple manufacture . ; The borough of Stockport , the working population of which is engaged almost exclusively in this manufacture , has suffered

      in common with other towns , from its general aad long-oontinued tiepression . The distress so occasioued haa besn increased ' . to an extent , it is believed , beyond that of any other town by epeoial and peculiar cifcuuistances ol . a looal influence , We alldde to tbe eniire stoppage of some of the largest establishmerita in ths town and neighbourhood , by which several thousand persons have been thrown out of omployment , who still remain without any prospect of being able to return to it . 7 ; : ' . , 7 . ; > 7 >

      Of the establishmentsat work , a great part are so only partially ; and the working of short time ( that is of four days per week ) has oeea continued to a greater or less extent sinee May last Upwards of ¦ brie-thir'A-of the horse-power in the town irid neighbourhood ie Tmemployed , which , if at work , would give employment iai $ ore than 74 , 000 persons . It is believed that there are , altogether , about 5 , 000 operativeB of various trades unabl * to obtain : employment . The consequence of ' . thia suspension of labour are extensive lbss and suffering among all classes dependent npon trade , arid unexampled distress and privation among the working population . Thi ? distross , heightonsi as it now is by the eeverity

      of the weather , has arrived at a pitch of which it is impossible to convey any adequate idea by mere statistical informalion . ' The Poortrates have regu larlyincreased , and are ; now become ft serious draia upon : the dirainished resources of the comparatively few who are able to pay them . Families , two or three togeiher , 7 are crowding into one house , or leaving their cottages for cellars : some are quitting their native land : numbers havinjg exchanged ail but . the last articles of their wearing apparel for the means 7 © f sustaining life , are on the' verge of destitution . Honest men , willing to work , are compelled , with : theic entire families , to become street mendicants , or to

      liyei day by day , on the precarious charity of their neighbours ; and , besides , an increase of disease , ' arising , in a great mcasare / froin a deficiency « food ; many , it ia to be feared , are literally starT- ' : ing to death . Of , 15 , 823 iiwRvidoals ; 7 ! nhabitihj : 2 , 965 houses , lately visited under the direction of a Committee appointed for the purpose . 1 , 204 only J were found to be fully employed ; 2 855 partially employed , and 4 , 148 , able to work ^ were wholly without employment . ' The remainder 7 j 605 persons wereunabletow'ork . 7 7 '•• - ¦¦ v \ > . ¦¦ - ¦; :- - ¦ ' - . The average weekly income of the above 15 ^ 23 persona was ls . 45 d . each . ^ 7 7 : The average weekly wagea of those fully employed / were' 7 s / 64 d . eaeh . - . v- " . ' ; . ; .: ; V 7 ¦¦ : ¦ ' 7 ¦ ¦'' . '' " '¦ "' ' . - •" . ;' - 7 ¦ The average weekly earnings of those partially ' employed were 43 ; 7 id .

      The Committee appointed for the purposes of the relief now to be afforded , being fully convinced that all the efforts that can possibly be made ' ' tJiftltlifttBi and neighbourhood will be utterly inadTOBWSWBEfK meet the pressing necessities of the w ^^ a ^ BKPBIlt- | solved , under the direction ot the meefcJdfa § W JfR ^^ they were appointed , . to make an » BJWKWHBWW ^^ gK ^ dividual and dassee of eooietTwhoj £ flKw |> ft | t / tgj ^ , pressure of the tiineai or who are raMf | jiHK | H | i ^ & fear of penonal suffcring sfid BriTWtww ^^ j ^ j ^^ v ^ FQ ^ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' : y \ - [ : :: ' - f-H - ^^^ fiiS 3 i . ' . ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ " ¦ ' ¦¦ ¦ ¦• .: ¦ ... ; - 7--v : : ; -7-.. -: ; - \ : --7 ; . . - ; ; , 7 -7 i

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 8, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct412/page/3/