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SONS OF FREEDOM . NI >~ E CHEERS FOR THE CHARTER , Bright we the beams of the morning eky , Aid sweet dew the free goddess sips ; Ho-sr bright are the glances of cheer from her eye , And sweet are the truths from her lips ; Her mouth ia the fountain of virtue , The soorce from ¦ whe nce equity flows ; Ah ! who would not dwell lieath its influence , - As the honey bee aips of the rose . lien we pledge , then we pledge , to bright freedom , Lei each sonl himself worthy proTe ; Wow we cheer , now -we cheer , sons of freedom , Nine cheers for the souls that we love . Hip . hip , hurrah , hip , hip , hurrah , hurrah hun&h , Knrrfth , jfine cheers for the Charter , Nine eheers for the cause that we love .
Come raise , raise , the banner to heaTen high , . - The goddess of liberty approves , The offering thus hallowed by ardour ' s true sigh , Is blessed with the smile-cheer of Jove . Then ring ye thfl ¦ welkin with transport , The speil of life ' s great joys impart ; Oar cause , the most sacred to mortals , Yields the noblest of joys to the heart . Then we pledge , then we pledge , to the Charter , iet each heart that loves freedom approve ; And we'll shout , still we'll shout , for the Charter , With nine cheers for the cause that we love . Hip , hiPi hurrah , hip hip , hurrah , hurrah Nine cheers for the Charter , Nine cheers for the cause that we love . 5 . J .. Bristol .
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A SOSG FOR THOSE WHO LIKE TO SING IT . BT IHOHJ-S W 11 S 0 S . The hand of oppression iB stretched forth to slay The young babe of freedom aod lisht ; Bat knowledge haa driven the darkness away , That hid from the people their might j And the people will rise with the might of the just , And pride and oppression shall sink to the dust . The voice of the bigot is npraised to ban , The souls cf ihe noble and free ; Bnt his poisonous breathing can now only fan , ¦ The fire of young liberty ; And the people will rise -with the might of the just , And pride »^ d oppression shall sink to the dust . The pnrse-prond have joined in the effort to quell , The determined and resolute shout . Which the universe echoes as tyranny ' s knell'Tis the voice of the banded and stout ; For the people trill rise trith the might of the just , And pride and oppression shall sink to the dust
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THE CHARTER FOR EVER SHALL Tv EATHER THE STORM . Ara— " England for ever shall vreathei the storm . " 0 freedom ! tby absence has long been lamented , And Ihv sons now have set ail their hopes on the sea , In a bark called the Charter—for liberty bound , The port where the millions are ha » py and free . Though the darkness cf night may at present surround ¦ as , The clouds shall disperse—and appear the bright morn ; And thon , blessed freedos , shall tell the glad Etory—The Charter for ever sbill weather the storm . Our captain , O'Connor , ¦ was ever true to U 3 , And our teik has the stars for her compass and guide , Whilst car crew are a Eet of sterling brave fellows , Who laueh it the storm , and its fury deride .
Then bxzzi for the Charter , the good ship we sail in , Till the waves shall ecgclf tis , no fears shall deform ; Bnt lite a sea-bird , her -whole voyage shall be glorious—The Charter for ever shall weather the storm . Though the quicksands of " Humbug" are laid in our ¦ way , And " Tyrannical rocks ' oppose us in oar course ; Though " Treacherous blasts" our tight bark are mmailin g , " " Triumphant she sails , nor shrink we from their force . Oh ; no ! for each heart is with pure freedom burning , ' No surrender" our cry , while we treat foes with scorn ; And hark ! the high heavens re-echo the cry—The Ctiarter for tvei shall weather the storm !
Edwin Gill . Sheffield .
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A WELCOME . Written extempore en hearing of " The Political Ppdleb ' s ^ visit to Leeds , by his co-member of the People ' s first Parliament , WE Ridee . " The Pedlar" is cominz , oh dear ! oh dear ! " The Pedlar" is coming , Oh dear ! To gull the " Leeds Loiners" with hispalavar . And eclipse if he can ;?) the light of the Star . " The Pedlar . " is coming , oh dear ! oh dearJ - " The Pedlar" is comine . oh dear ! Who from Godwin , and Palet , anaP ^ iss , and Toltaxrb , Has stolen the whole of Ms saleable ware . " The Pedlab . " is comin ? , oh dear ! oh dear ! " The Pedlar" is coming , oh dear ! Who , like the Camelion , oft charges his hue , And is " obedient servant" to orange or blue .
" The Pedlar" is comic ? , oh dear ! oh dear ! !• The Pedlar" is coming , oh dear ! He ' s sent oy Friend Stcbge to the " FOXES and Geese , " Because , " like th' lads pie , they are all of a piece . " " The Pedlar" will go , oh dear ! oh dear ! " The Pedlar '" will go , oh dear ! For pennies snG pioselytes "will not be made By this talker of Justiee , bnt RAi-man in trade .
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THE TORT SQUIRE , I £ m a fonire cf j * enns " bray , * And oft to London I wend my way : I leave my acres , and haws , and hips , To list to wisdom from Tory lips . My long rent-roll is my daily vaunt , Where ' er I go I can see no want ; And why I ' m so rich , the secret I'll tell , Who lives on the poor is sure to live well . What baron or friwr , or knight of the shire , Is half sneh a dolt as a Tory squire . Is half such a dolt , half such a dolt , As a Tory squire ? After session , of pheasants I dream , For shooting , I vow , i 3 a pleasure supreme ! By self-denial I never tiy My dainty palate to mortify . Punishing poachers I detm no sin , Bnt dsv'lish seldom I look within ; A rousing cup and jolly good song , Are ay delight when the nights are long ; What baron or friar , or any tuch liar , Is half such a doit as a Tory squire , Is foif such a dolt , Calf such a dolt , As a Tory squire ?
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OASTLER'S FLEET PAPERS . Extreme pressure of divers matters both upon our space and time has for sometime caused a considerable arre&r in our literary deapartrcent . We have many books and pamphlets lying by ns , waiting turn , wiich we eott purpose to try to get through . Our old friend Oasiier has not been forgotten by us though unnGtie-ed—among the rest—for a season . He sriSl keeps on labouring in behalf of his " subjects / " the poor in general , bnt especially the poor factory slaves . We have several numbers of his " Fleeters" now lying before U 3 , in which we find the genuine plain English u of the Oastler school" most well and eloquently spoken . Our extracts mnst be confined to the two list numbers . The former of them opens thus : —
" What a picture is England now presenting to the wondering nations of the earth!—England , once the favoured of the Mcst High ! She was then the cradle fird castle of well-ptised Liberty ; on her ~ bosom peace and plenty were woot to crown her valleys and her plains—then the world locked to England as an exsniple . Her powerful arm forced the oppressor to tremble , for it was wielded by her happy , braTe , and fclhletie sons . Her shield was the protection of injured innc * eace , for it was sustained by righteousnea * To her the fugitives from foreign tyranny resorted , and ftrc&d b safe and peaceful domicile . The nation's Church
Ws revered by her people—her clergy were then their ^ pfcerds—her nobles as their fathers . Her merchants * ere honoured throughout the world , at well for their integrity as for their wealth—they were once famed for honour and honesty , now for cant and fraud . The husbandman pursued bis healthful career -with whistling cheerfulness , for his reward \ raa plenty ; the sound of the ihuttle , minglirg with the national anthems of the old and young , gave token , in oar northern cotkfes , of healthfulness and peace ; and & plentiful repaid was certain . Ko jealous ranklings then disturbed the peace of the labourer if the fanner prospered . — he sighed not at tbe spletdour of the noble .
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No heart-burnings disturbed the watchings aof the srtisan when his employer obtained profitable returnshe envied not the wealth of the merchant . Then labour -was pleasant , because it was the sure precursor ef plenty and of health . In those days—and they are -within my memory—the noble , the farmer , and the peasant—the merchant , the manufacturer , and the artisan , had but one interest—their own , the nation ' s weal The dull monotonous tramp of a policeman ' s foot was then unknown in England—that poisonous " repttlt" is not indigenous . One single constable was sufficient for a town like Leeds . There was then more awe inspired by the clerical hat » f the priest , than by a regiment ef dragoons—it was the debt of reverence foi the office and the wearer . At his approach , vice was abashed , and virtue smiled . There were few factories
in those day *—the artisans then performed their ingenious evolutions at their homes , hence our manufac turing population were not corrupted , their bodies were hale and healthy , their minds were cheerfoL The families were not then supported by the mill-labour of the mothers and children—the matrons remained at home to nurse and train the younger ones , and manage household work . As the children grew older , the father taught the boys his arts and labour—the girls were placed £ ¦ servants with the ' r more opulent neighbours ; there they were prepared for matrimony , to become faithful and thrifty wives . The streets of our manufacturing towns were then neither disgraced by police nor prostitutes . The church was well frequented , but the churchyards were not crowded with the untimely dead—sent , by the factories , long before nature called for them .
" We had no large croweded prisons then , containing hundreds ; one small lock-up was all that Leeds required ; and it was oftener without a tenant than occnpied . Our hospitals and workhouses were not then crowded with factory cripples . * ' There teas then no TV am for ixdustbt— plenty crowned her board . If casual misfortune visitad , the willing hand of Christian benevolence was ready to relieve and remedy ; if its stay was lengthened and cureless , the workhouse received the houseless and the ' datelesi . ' But the inmates of that last home of the destitute -were not exiled ; their friends could visit them ., and administer comfort and relief . Nay , from the house , cow often have I seen them welcome visitors at the abodes of the wealthy , their former friends and neighbours . England voat then ! This vivid description of England as it was , is followed by a . sad but traa portraiture of some of the miserable features of England as it is : —
'' How changed ia England now ! At home jealousy , discontent , luxury , repletion want , and destitution!—abroad , the despised of all—crouching to those who threaten , "warring with them that supplicate ! Marching in triumph against the innocent and peaceful and murdering them ; but humbly suing for a treaty with tie powerful threatener ! She is coaxing the nations by opening her markets to their produce and manufactures , while they , in derision , laugh at her , and refuse to exchaDge except for gold . Tae herald of the gospel , as she was , now ontbarbarizss savages , prorogating Christianity by robbery , and rapes , and murder ! And why ? Because her hastily-gotten wealth has made her proud , and driven hei from God . She has fallen into temptation and a snare—she has embraced Philosophy , and forsaken Truth ! Her clergy have been dumb while the wolf has broken into their folds . They are now surprised when their flocks cease to revere and honour them , and forget the while that their neglect has palsied the people ' s love !
" Our national diseases arise from misdirected science , PAilosophy having bewitched us ; she taught us how a few might speedily get rich by the destruction of thousands . Immediately , the god-like law of order was abandoned ; for coveteousness could not brook to be taught , aod restrained of God . Religious principles having thus been discarded , the church was soob despised ; then was Christianity retained but in name , to keep the oppressed and the poor submissive . And now we reap sad fruit ! " A faithful pastor , who dares to preach practical Christianity , and who exhibits it in his daily walk and conversation , denonncing oppression , wrong , and robbery , and telling the rich their duties as well as the poor , cau now find no resting-place ; but the deceivers receive all honour from the Government Our statesmen rob the Treasury of hundreds of thousands , and shield their names from infamy under a few commissioned tools .
" Our first-rate merchants live by fraud and smuggling ; and , after bribing the officers of the Customs , pay a fine one-tenth or less of their large plunder , then they take their places amongst our senators , and with that power , derived from their increased illgotten wealth , effect more mischief . " These considerations naturally induce a glance at the events now actually passing , and thus Mr . Oastler " moralizes on the times" with a shrewdness of penetration that bespeaks the man of mind , and in a style as little like that of Toryism as could well be wished : — " The risult of all this dishonour is , tLat if loyalty and piety are lef ; among ua , they are with the poor whose oppressors have almost driven them mad .
We have just escaped from a rebellion , and our prisons are filled with the guiltless or mere dnpss , ¦ vrhUe we leave the guilty traitors on the bench ! Sir . facts will bear me out in these declarations . Sir James Graham can avouch the truth , for he is in possession of strong proof , that many who now disgrace the magisterial benches , and who are committing Chartist dupes or desperate hungered artizins , are themselves the authors of all the row—their guilt is well nigh treason ! The Home Secretary is not without the documents which attest their guilt . But the Chartists and the dtstitute are poor , while the Leaguers are rich . Thus the latter are left commissioned by the Queen , while they create another insurrection and are permitted to send their missionaries of treason amongst the agricultural peasantry , breathing out fire and death against the clergy and the aristocracy ,
" The Sovernmrnt know that the Leaguers are the guilty parties , but afttr Bnch a Btir , victims they must have ; they will not touch the rich Leaguers . Well , then , when O'Connor ( he made a terrible miBtske wben he shook hands with Sturge at Nottingham—Sturge is but the pioneer of O'Concell ) -when O'Connor and his friends are silenced , we shall find O'Connell rampant , and then the triple-pointed arrow will bs levelled at the State—Ireland and Inland will demand COMPLETE Suffrage . Repeal , and Free Trade ;—True , tha two former will be mere clap-traps , to catch the masses , but Free Trade the Leaguers want , and they will have it . Where will you find the man to meet O'Conctll then ?
" Do not let the Aristocracy be longer lulled and deceive themselves . Sir Robert Peel knows all aboat it He is prepared to yield to the Leaguers , or rather to unite with them . As nsnal he must have a reason —a loud knocking from without When the Chartists are put down , the Leaguers , with O'Connell at their head , will lead the English and the Irish masses . The Premier knows thai knock , and he will open to it as before . Time will prove if I am mistaken . " The landed interest and the aristocracy have chosen the Cotton Lord for thfir leader . Will it be the first time that Sir Robert has betrayed his confidants ? " A nation so confused , bswildpred , and degraded , ¦ was never seen before , We impiously talk of famine , and we feehoid many of our people starving for want of bread , while we are hypocritically tnatring thanksgivings for a eood harvest !"
The " famine" subject " sticks in the throat" of a good man like Oastltr . It is a lie too palpable—a blasphemy too awful , to be lightly passed over , and we are not surprised therefore to find him in his next and last number , return to it in these terms : — "lam not aware that I have been more disgusted than at the introduction of the word famine into the writings of those who are demanding Free Trade . It is really infamous that those whose principles avowedly require that wages should be reduced to the very lowest amount , and that the food of the labourers sbonld be as stinted and coarse as possible , should now , in the midst of plenty , be Btriving to exasperate their ill-requited
artizinB , by telling them that there is a famine , caused by the Corn La ^ s . To epeak of famine with such a harvest as God Las joEt blessed us ^ tith , when , also , we have 3 , 000 , 000 quarters of foreign grain already imported , is impious ! Talk cf faiiine , indeed ; why , sir , I was this day visited by a half-pay officer , who had bten to Windsor—be had seen the Royal lap-dogs ia tbeii kennels—he Baw their troughs filled with milk and bread , and the little pets were so satisfied , that they would not even look at their superabundant food ! Were FaMISE in England , thai would not , could not bo ! Were vre really over-populated , we could not provide sccb . surplus dainties , even for the dogs of Royalty .
" If , however , ws hive not famix £ , we have wantwant in th-3 midst of plenty ! The bountiful Creator of tt . bti has richly provided for all our -wants , and He has given . us laws by which tbe distribution may be justly regulated , sye , and for the want of dogs aa well ; but jzaD—proud , arrogant , sordid , self-opinionated man , despises the laws cf God , and distributes wrongfully . And who is it that resist ths restraining and reguL-itLTg principles laid down by God Himself , without which the rich must always oppress the poor f—Who is it ? Wty it is none other than those very men who eeti for more freedom , th ? -fc they may the more
easily still further rednce the return of labour "—as if they bad not already produced suffic > JOt misery by the restraints upon their cupidity , which *• & «* clamours have already induced the Government VS withdraw Wherever want ia to be found , it may surely "f *?* 06 ^ to those loose principles which have been int roduced into modern legislation , to accommodate and & t&tify these impious damourers . Before we proceed fnrcw * to relax our protective laws , or to expand our com- ^ merce , it would be well to contemplate tbe melancholy results which are consequent on the steps which we have abeady takes in tbe path to universal competition
" Read , Sir , an extract from a letter which I have received this morning from one of our basi&st hives of industry : — " Benjamin Hill , a very respectable farmer in Bury , Lancashire , had a cow died last week , [ tho letter is dated October 4 , 1842 , ] which he ordered to be taken te the dog-kenrel , situate about a mile from his house-The de&& beast -was no sooner put into a cart , than the
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foul carcase came in contract with the eyes of the poor . The cart was pursned from all directions . One person pulled otrf his knife , and actually cut off piece , after piece of the dead carcase for the eager throng . It vasfolhived up to the kennel , and what remained teas almost entirely taken by the poor and needy creatures . ' ' New , I beg of you to put these two f jets together —the surfeited dogs and tbe starved artisans— and say , Who is to blame J Not the Almighty—for he has pro-Tided enough and to spare for alL Not the Queenshe has no power to regulate our commerce against the two Houses of Parliament . Not the industrious artizans—they have no share in making the laws . Who then is to be blamed ? Who but those who have the power of distribution in their hands , the Government , and those who urge on the GroTernment in tbe destruc tive principle of " availing themselves of all circumstances to reduce the return ef labour V "to force the poor of England to live upon a coarser food ?' Those , and those only , are the parties who are to blame . Theirs is the power to remedy .
" If there were famine in the land , the dogs could not be surfeited with milk and bread—if plenty , the industrious producers of wealth should not be feeding en carrion . " I put these two facts ( which reached me on the same day ) together , not to excite the famished , or displease the Queen , but to set Her Majesty ' s Ministers a-thinking . Tis theirs to regulate the distribution of God's rich gifts to alL If they fail to do so , they are usurpers . " Tell me not , that it is dangerous to publish such £ icts —ihe danger lies ia permitting them , " Now , sir , nothing is more certain , than that there is enough for all—not for the Royal dogs only , but even for those of aitizins . It is , then , impious to talk of famike—there is no such thiDg—there is plenty , and to spare .
" Then whence , I ask again , whence this want ?—this so-called famine ? I will tell you—would that the legislature were listening- It is all false distribution , founded on the unchristian principle principle , ' that to give capital a fair remuneration , the price of labour mast be kept down , * ( William HvskissonJ ; or , as the Morning Chronicle will have it , ' tha employer of labour is entitled to avail himself of all circumstances by which he can reduce the return of labour . ' Seek elewbere for the cause , and yon will seek in vain , So long as these vile and insane axioms are received as wisdom , it matters not how plentiful out harvests , how expanded our trade , how busy our bees may be , want must and will , under their influence , be tbe reward of industry . The foundation of theBe abUorrent principles is Covetousness ; and we have the highest authority for declaring that' Covetousness is Idolatry . ' j
Tis perhaps well for the " Old King" that he is in gaol already ; or he might probably stand a chance tosoonbe there , if he should dare to tell truth and advocate justice at this rate , in these time 3 of League plotting and Cotton Lord Government .
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BARNSLEY .-The Odd Fellows Stjhdatt-SCHOOL XEACHER 8 MoTUAL INSTRUCTION CLASS . — The first anniversary of the above valuable institution was celebrated on Wednesday week , in the School-room under the Odd Fellows' Hall , when a plain aad substantial supper was served up . Mr Joseph Wilkinson was called to the chair , who opened the proceedings of the evening by addressing a few remarks to his brother teachers relative to the claims of the Sunday school with which they were connected , had upon their most serious attention , and concluded by calling upon them to make increased exert : ons for the attainment of the objecc tbey had in view , namely , the giving to the children ef the working classes a sound , moral , and secular education . The Chairman then gave . " The prosperity of ihe Odd Fellows' Sunday School Mutual Instruction Class . "
Mr . Samuel Wilkinson , president of the classs , responded to the toast , and delivered a speech which did credit to that geir . leman , occupying , as he does , tho important situaticn of president of the class . After which , several members rose and expressed the pleasure thty had felt * vhile listening to the instruction which fell from his lips ; also tendering to him their thanks for his past services . Mr . Geo . Hou ^ hton addressed the members , suggesting the propriety of having monthly lectures by tbe members of the class . The suggestion was well received . Mr . G . Haughton proposed giving the first . The chairman then gave , " May ihe spirit of inquiry become more general than i ; has hitherto been . " Mr . James Jacques responded to the toast . The chairman then gave , " Tho benefits of education , and may they be universally experienced . " Mr . John Grimshaw responded to the toast . Several other toasts were responded to , and a pleasurable evening was spent .
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The Panoramic view of Vesuvius , at the Manchester Zoological Gardens , is about to be sold by auotion . and the gardens will , in all probability , be finally closed . An Infant five months old , at the village of Trawden , was suffocated a few days since by a girl unwittiDgly closing up tho press-bed in which the child was laid asleep . The horror-ttruck mother on opening the bed , found her child quite dead . " The bot Jones , " apprenticed on board the Warspite , absconded while that vessel was Btaying at Portsmouth , and came to town . On Wednesday morning , the police found him at his lather ' s house in Bell Yard , York-street , Westminster ; and ho was sent back to Portsmouth .
For stopping a maa's month , when he is in tho habit of uttering disagreeable truths , there is no gag like gold . Complaint having been made to a certain bishop , that a vicar in his diocese was always preaching against pluralities , " T will silence him in less than a week , " said the prelate ; and so he did , giving the vicar an additional benefice . A government contract hasjust been announced , which must prove acceptable to the Yorkshire manufacturers and artisans at this very dull season oi the year . It is for 120 000 yards of " baise and serge for the use of her Majesty ' s navy . The contract is also to comprise a ver " y large quantity of worsted and other clothing .
A correspondent states , that the best way to cook the recently imported beef and pork is to soak it in cold water for from twelve to twenty-four hours , changing tha water three or four times , and then to simmer it gectly till done , taking care that the water does Dot boil . By these means it will eat very tender and juicy . — Western Times-A Royal Breeder . —The following intelligence will no doubi be highly gratifying to good-natured John Bull . " Her Most Gracious Majesty is in that delicate and interesting situation , that cansot fail to be received with the most heartfelt interest by every loyal subject . "
Another Specul Assize . —We have beard it said that one of the Learned Judges vrho presided during the late Special Commission , intimated , before he left the towc , that it was 1-kely , from the crowded state of the prisons throughout the country , that there would be another Special Commission for the delivery of the gaol ? , sometime about ChriBtmas . — Liverpool Mercury . A wretched looking beggar , on being searched the other day at Bath , W 3 s found to have concealed abont him in a girdle , £ 77 in sovereigns and silver . He was committed for fourteen days' hard labour to the Hoofe of Correction , and the expences of his maintenance in prison were ordered to ba defrayed out of his " private purse . ' "' It was mentioned that this man has money in the Shaft ? sbury Bank to the amount of £ 1200 , besides an income of 83 per week . If this fellow be a fair specimen of cadgering , it must be a profitable profession . "
The Mjlnufacturb of watches in 1796 , amounted in number to 191 , 678 , but last year ' s returns show it to have fallen to 100 , 000 . Switzerland has cbieflj gained in this respect what England has lost ; so that now , every year , the quantity of foreign watches ^ old in London , and ia the principal towns of the ttu"ee kingdoms , is more than ten-fold the amount of those manufactured in England . By tl'e death of Sir William Use , Government have the t /* Bee of Lord Advocate of Scotland to dispose of , and * he electors of Buteshire a seat in Parliament . It i £ supposed that Mr . Duncan M'Neill will succeed Sir William in both posts ; and it is surmised that Mr . . Adam Anderson , the late sheriff of Perthshire , will Eucceed Mr . M'Neiil in tho Scotch Solicitor-Generakhip .
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Scandal at Cheltenham . —The Cheltenham Examiner contains a humorous s ? ory of a frail BenedicE , a tradesman of London , who , having come to Cheltenham on a visit tor health or pleasure , made the acquaintance of a female there , between whom and himself a correspondence was kept up after his return to London . One of the lady's letters in which ati assignation was made , fell into the hands of the wife , who after reading it re-sealed it , and permitted it to pass without observation into the bands of the husband . The latter , a day or two afterwardsmade aa
, exouse that he was absolutely compelled to loave town on business . His wife made no objection , but as soon as he set off she followed him to Cheltenham , and on Sunday morning last she made a sudden irruption into the house where her husband was , and surprised him in bed with his inamorata . The creat-fallen husband made a very indifferent attempt to escape tho odium of his situation by representing his wife as an escaped lunatic , but the trick failed him , and he speedily made good his retreat to London .
Extraordinary Case of Desertion . —A soldier of the 90 th Depot ( lately stationed here ) was drinking in a public-tiouse in this town , in company with a mason named M'Carty , when the lattor said he should like to see how he would look in soidier ' a clothes . The complaisant soldier immediately gratified the mason ' s curiosity , and an exchange of dress was made accordingly . The soldier , after praiBing the martial figure of the mason , stated , that ho should like to see would any of his comrade soldiers recognize him in the mason's clothes , and for this purpose he proceeded into the street , and has not since been hoard of , having deserted ia his-disguise , taking with
him 4 s . 6 d ., which was in the mason ' s coat ! The cudivant soldier , excited by the fumes of the " native " and his martial clothing , perambulated-the stree t s , uutil the night picquot most unceremoniously dragged him off to the guardhouse , where he remained until the morning , when the whole circumstance wus immediately revealed , the corporal of the guard being surprised to see one of his comrade soldiers minus an eye ( the mason being blind of one eye ) . The duped man was accordingly handed over to tho civil power , and he now remains in durance vile , to make amends to tho offended laws of his country , for being made the dupe ot another !—and that , too , of an entire stranger . —Drogheda Conservative .
The Great Chimney at Little Bolton . —The great ootagonal chimney at Mr . Blinkhorn ' a chemical works , Little Bolton , was , owing to tho unusual succession of fine weather this season , raised in sixteen weeks to its enormous height of 367 £ feet . Upwards of 4000 inhabitants of tho town and neighbourhood were hoisted to tho summit on its completion , in a vehicle purehased for the occasion by the spirited proprietor . The stretch of view of the surrounding country was very gratifying . The dimensions of tho chimney are as follow : Elevation , 367 £ feet ; diameter of the base , 424 feet ;
diameter of the chimney where batter commences , 35 feet ; ditto of the top , 9 ' . feet 10 inches ; thicknos 3 of the wall at the base , 4 feet 1 inch ; ditto at the top ten inches . The bricks are laid with Clitheroo lime , and sand ground to a fine powder by millstones . The whole weight of the chimney is about 4000 tons , of which 120 tons are stone , the lowest string course au ) npi | weighing 9 tons ; the whole of the bricks above r . ro patent . It ha 3 consumed 900 , 000 brick 3 , tho wholo of which have been raised in buckets by a four-horse power steamengine , buile for the purpose by Messrs . Musgrave and Sons , engineers , Lit'le Bolton .
Extraordinary Birth !—On the 4 th instant , Margaret , wife of James Otty , residing at No . 4 , Caledonia-pJaoe , Naph-grove , Liverpool , was delivered of two still-born male children , which had arrived at the full poriod , living within an hour of tho birth , and were of the usual Eiz «« , but , which were anited laterally to each other ; the union oommoncing from the lower parr of the necks , and proceeding downwards nearly as far as the hipbones . The heads , necks , arms , and legs were well and proportionately formed , 'and tho ribs and backbones of each were natural , bat the breast-bone , as well as the navel , was common to both . The mother , who is only eighteen years of age , is doing tolerably well . Many of the faculty havo b < : en to sen the bodies of the children , and some of them have offered to purchase them from the parents for various sums . The bodies are , however , preserved for public exhibition .
Miss Martineau . —The following are among the reasons alleged by this distinguished lady for declining the offer of a pension of £ 150 per annum made to her by Lord Melbourne , through Mr . C . Buller , previous to the tetiremement of the late Government . Speaking of the working classes ^ she says , " Such services as I may have rendered them are unconsciously received by thorn j but I cannot accept reward at any expence to them . If this provision be not designed as recompence , but as aid , as a pure gift , I cannot take it ; for they who provi . / e the means have no voice in the appropriation of it to me personally . Whenever we obtain a justsytem of taxat'on , the time may , perhaps , follow , when , among other considerations , sonio plan may be discovered
by which the people ' s representatives may exercise the power of encouraging and rewardin « merit and services , working through the press ; and even then tho most scrupulous , with no bettor view of their own claims than 1 have , may be happy to receive , in their time of need , aid from the public purse . Meanwhile , I seriously and truly feel that I had rather , if need were ( to put an extreme case , ) , receive aid from the parish , and in the workbouse , where I could cleai Jy read my claim , t / ian in the very agreeable manner proposed , where I can see no excuse for my own indulgence . If it be truo that in the case of gifts , we do not nicely measure tho grounds of claim , suroly there in an exception in tho one case of gifts from the mblic purse . "
An Atrocious Criminal . —At the Middlesex session , on Tuesday , before Mr . Serjoant Adams , John Shannon , * younj < urchin , the crown of whoBe head was just perceptible above the bar , was indicted for stealing a twopenny pie . A boy between ten and eleven years old , about his own age , was hoisted up in the witness box , as the evidence against him . —Please Bir , ( said tho child , addressing the chairman , ) I saw him take the pie . Chairman—And what then ? Child—He ate it . ( Loud laughter ) From farther questions it appeared that the bay ( witness ) told tho old woman what " Johnny" bad done , and about half an hour afterwards the said " Johnny" was caught , the result of which was , two formidable criminal indictments against him , for taking that pie , and also , asit was alleged , for making too free with another . After the prosecutrix had
given her evidence , with sundry annotations on the mischievous propensities ot " . brats like the prisoner , " witnesses w . ^ ro called to character ; upun which two or three Irish labourers successively entered the box who all deposed that he could " run an errand" for his father as " -well as any byy in the three kingdoms . The chairman said he did noc know what to do with the case , and it the gentleinc n of the Jury sent a child from a criminal bar for stealing a pie , the chances wfcro that they would multiply their criminals very rapidly , a good whipping was the proper punishment . Tho jury i ' ouud the prisoner not guil ? y . The chairman refused to allow the expences of two indictments ; one was quite enough for such trumpery offences . During this trial the court was convulsed with laughter . The toeue was too ridiculous for even tha gravity of the benoh to withstand .
Extensine Smuggling . —A few days since , on the arrival ' of the Caledonia steam-ship from Hamburgh off Horslydown , two Custom-House officers named James Jordan and Henry Bayiey , who had received informatiiin that au attempt would be made to run a great quantity of contraband goods ashore , boarded the vessel , and made a very ailment search in the ' * state cabin , " and found concealed under the stairs a number of small parcels of five lbs . each , containing 129 papers of foreign manufactured tobacco . On removing a fake partition behind the stairs , and alongside a water-ciosc ;* , four large bales , containing fifteen smaller ones of tobacco , and one bale , with twelve large boxes of cigars , were discovered . Thsre was another bale , containing five boxes of cigars , under the bed and bed-clothes in one of the
berths . The officers also discovered under other beds three tubs of Gcn&va , ' containing thirteen gallons . More cigars were also found secreted between the lining ovtr the ' bed-places , which the officers had to pull away before tl ; ey could reach the cigars . Stvefal other articles liabie to duty , and which had not been duiy entered , were seized by the officers at the same time . Jordan and iiayley removed the whole of the goods to the Queea ' s warehouse ia the Custom House , and they were condemned , and have become forfeited , to the Crown . Tha net . weight of the tobacco , which is of a very superior description , is 5001 bs . and the cigars 1761 bs ., the whole of which being of foreign manufacture , is liable to a duty of 9 s . 6 d . per pound . When Jordan and Bayley began to search , the first aud second stewards looked on with dismay , and soon afterwards , when they found tho officers were close upon the right spot , the stewards called a sculler , went ashore in a wherry , and have not since made their
appearance , but proceedings will be instituted against them for penalties . The Caledonia , which has become liablo to forfeiture under the law of customs , was put under seizure by the revenue officers , but has been since restored to her owners ( the General Steam Navigation Company ) on their giving bond to pay any fine that may be imposed . A sharp look out is now kept upon all the steamers as they arrive from the Continent , and on Tuesday last nearly half a ton of tobacco was thrown overboard from a foreign steamer , as she was coming up the river from France . Mr . Dines , the steward of the Batavier Dutch steam-ship , discharged four of his servants on Wednesday , in consequence of their attempting to smuggle tobacco and spirits ashore . That vessel has often been put in jeopardy by the contraband trade carried on by the seamen and cabia servants ; aud the captain and &tewavds are resolved to dismiss every person detected in an act of smuggling , and deliver them to the Customhouse people .
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Capture of a Shark . —Jonas Studdeat , Esq , of Atlantic Lodge , Kilkee , captured aa enormous shark on the western coast of Clare , on Saturday . It was with great peril and amid terrible difficulties that he and his men succeeded in bringing the animal safe to shore . Ho at once procured a car , forwarded it to Kilrush , for Limerick , to be prepared and deposited iu the museum of the Philosophical and Literary Society . —Limerick Chronicle . During the past summor many parts of Italy have been ravaged by terrible storms . About the end of last month the neighbourhood of Bologna was completely laid waste . Several villages had been actually converted into lakes , and the inhabitants had miraculously escaped , thanks to the wise measures adopted by the authorities . The country every where presented % frightful picture of desolation .
The Late Mr . Samuel Crompion , Investor op the Mule . —Sir Robert Peel has reoommended that a grant from the " Royal Bounty Fund , " of the amount of £ 200 , should be immediately paid to the Rev . Gilmour Robinson , to beequally divided between Mr . George Crompton , of Feariihurst . in Lower Darwen , and his brother and sister , of Solton , children of the above-mentioned Mr . Samuel Crompton . — Blackburn Standard . Accident . —Birmingham Railway . —On Sunday morning , the down train , which leaves London for
Birmingham at six o'clock , met with an accident within a short distance of the Leighton Station , in consequence of its coming in contact with a bull that had jumped a hedge , and was crossing the line . Three carriages were thrown off the rails by the concussion ; but , fortunately , the passengers escaped without injury . The legs of the beast were out completely off , and the animal diod almost instantaneously . The up-train was delayed for more than an hour and a quarter , as well as the trains that left London .
Attempted Prison-breaking—On Saturday morning , an attempt was detected to smuggle a parcel , containing gaol-breakinj ; instruments , into Paisley-prison . The parcel was neatly made up , and consisted of saw-blades for « uwing iron , and some other things , with a letter accompanying them , containing directions for their use , and for guiding the conduct of the prisoner when he mad * hia escape . The package was addressed to a prisoner of the namo of Young , belonging to Barrhead , who is under sentence of transportation . The convict Young had some property , and is commonly denominated the " Laird ; " he is a young stout man of most determined character , and , before his conviction at the late circuit , was frequently in prison for breaches of the law , of various descriptions . The letter is evidently written by a companion in crime , and subscribed with a slang signature . —Reformers ' Gazette .
The "League" again . —A ifleeiiDg of the anti-Corn Law League was held in New . all's Buildings , Manchester , on Thursday evening , to receive the proposals of the Cowjoil as to the raising of a fund to oarry on the agitation next session ; which soem to have been approved of by the meeting . Mr . George Wilson , the chairman , further explained the project— " We propose to call on the country to spend a , certain sum of money , £ 50 , 000 , to bo paid into tho treasurer's hands by January , 1843 , to be a fund for augmenting our resources , and enabling us the more extensively to diffuse information on this question through every part of the country . We shall be enabled by this means to eencZ oat our missionary agents to every elector in the country , with not merely a pamphlet or tract , but a little library of
information on this question , which shall show him the proper bearings of it in every respect , and which Bhali teach him how to act on every occasion so as best to promote this great cause . Our agents will be supplied with maps of their districts ; and we hope that no town , no village , or hamlet—we hope that no dwelling in the kingdom shall be found so remote or obscure that our agents shall not visit it and leave a copy of our traots behind them . In addition to this we propose to hold conferences and meetings , and to send deputations to the different tow . 'is in the kingdom . We propose further to havo a conference , to meet in London the day before the assembling of Parliament : to be there during the
entire of-the session , if necessary ; and never again to separate , if possible , till the measure is finally settled by the total and immediate repeal of the Corn Laws . "—He called attention , O'Connellfashion , to the saiallneiis of the contribution— "It is but 1 , 000 , 000 fhillii'gs—it is but 400 , 009 halfcroivns—it is but 200 , 000 crorras—it is less thau a halfpenny per head from the whole population . The cwo millions that petition Parliament for the repeal can easily raise this sum ; and since they had signed a petition , hundreds of thousands have become repealers . The £ 50 , 000 , then , will be obtained : but his desirable that all parts of tho kingdom should contribute . "
The New Poor . Law . —A youn « woman , 17 years of a # e , whose mother , was suddenly lefc a widow with hei- ar . d threo small children , being then about fourteen years old , went to service , aud the then guardians of the parish assisted her mother with 2 a . 6 d . an'i three loaves ot' bread a week . This reiiot ' was continued till the present board of guardians came into power , and wiih it and the loan of a mangle , lent her by her friends , Ae continued to support horuelf and her three children comfortably . Tho prosent beard , bowevo-r , fHseontinued the relief , and forced the m : fcher and her young chiifireu into f , he house , at a cost of more thyu three times the amount to the parish allowed by foristr beards . The eldest daughter , why ha , d t . epr her situation from tho time of her father ' s de : tt ( i , was shortly
aUer taken ill , and being unable to do her work , was directed by her mistress to £ 0 horivi for a ' lveek or so , to t . ee if she cwild recover . S ' us obeyed , at the risk of finding a home , befng unwilling to let her mistress know that her mother was in tho work-! : ouse . She had no money , her wages went for her clothes , and her clothes were left with her mistress The first night of absence she slept at a former neighbour ' s of her father , in Papper-strccr ,, St . Saviour '? , within a few feet of the parish of St . George . The next morning she applied to the relieving officer of St . George ' s , but he refused to take her in , or relieve her , because she had slept in St . Saviour ' s , and sent her back to the relieving officer o £ St . Saviour ' s . He sent her away again , because she belonged to St . George ' s . In this way she was bniiviod four times backwards and forwards be ' . ween
the relieving officers and once to the rolievirij ; officer of Konsiington , where she had been living a servant . She wns then advised to see one of the gusroisns of her piuHi . She saw one of them , bnt he said he on / y attended parish duties on Wednesdays , and coo id not help her . She then went to another , and ho having more knowledge of overseers law , advised her to no and get a lodging for the -night at St . George ' s , that that parish might be obliged to take her . in . . Fortunately , however , while trying to obtain lodging at one of the lodging-houses in the Mint , as her last refuge , being worn oat with fatigue , i he circumstance was brought to the notice of an active parishioner ; and thus , at- ' eleven o ' clock on Thursday -night , this poor , honest , and industrious girl was rescued from tho perils of a night ' s waiidering in the ftrrets or a nook in a tramp ' s lodeing-houso in the Mint . —Evening Stan
Extraordinary Mkchanic—In the town of Alyth there lived a-mar . of much provincial celebvky , of ( ho namo of James Ssndy . The genius and eccentricity oi character which distinguished tin ' s remarkable person havo rarely been surpassed . Deprived at an early a ^ e of his limbs , he continued , by dint of ingenuity not only to pa = 3 his time agreeably , but to render h-mself a useful member of society . He soon displayed a tasie for mechanical pursuits , and contrived , as a workshop for liis opeiatior . s , & ¦ sort of cimilar bed , the-sidea-of which being raised about eii ^ ht itiohes above the clothes , were ' employed as a platform for turning lathe . ' , tab ' es , v ces , and / or tools of all kinds . Hi ? geujus for practical mechanics was universal .. He was . skilled ina . il sorts ot turning , and constructed several very curious lathes , as well
as clocks aud musical instruments of every cescrtption , no less admired for the sweetness of their tone than the excellence and oleganca of their execution . He excalled , too , in the construction of optical instruments , and inadts fcome rtfloctinp ; telescope ? , tho specula of which were not inferior to those finished by the moss eminent London artists . He sug ^ ei-. tod some important improvements in the machinery for spinning' flax , and we believe ho was the firsi who made tho wooden-jointed snuff boxes , generally called Lawrence-kirk boxes , some of which , fabricated by this self-taught artist , were purchased and sent as prescata to the royal family ; one , m particular , had to be returned from Brighton for the purposo of bui ; s < opened . To his other endowments he added an accurate knowledge of drawing and engraving , and iu
both of these aits produced specimens of tho highest excellence . In upwards of fifty years he quitted bis bed only three times , and on these occasions his house waa either inundated with water , or threatened with danger from fire . His curiosity , which was unbounded , prompted him to hach different kinds of bird's eggs , by the natural warmth of h ? 8 body , and he afterwards raised the- motley brood with all the tenderness of aparont ; so that , on visiting him , ic was no uncommon thing to eee various singing birds perched upon his head , and warbling the artificial notes ho had taught them . Naturally possessed of a good constitution , and an active mind , his house was tho general coffee room of the village , where the affairs of both church and state were discussed with the
utmost freedom . In consequence of long confinement hie countenance had rather a sickly cast , but it was remarkably expressive , and would have afforded a fine subjeot for the pen of Lavater or the pencil of Wilkie , particularly when he was surroanded by his country friends . This singular man had acquired , by his ingenuity and industry , an honorable independence , and died possessed of considerable property . He married about three weeks before his death . From the brief history of James Sandy we may l ^ arn this instructive lesson . —that no difficulties are too great to be overcome by industry aud perseverance , and that genius , though it should gemcimes miss the distinction it deserves , will seldom fail , unless by > ts own fault , to secure competence and respectability . — Perth Advertiser .
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ThbSouthwaek Quarter Sessions were commenced and . concluded at the Town-hali , Southward , at nine o ' clock , on Friday , there being no casa before the court . - ' . ¦ . At » he Cheshire Quarter-Sessions , in Knuteford , Elizi Bailey was convicted of stealing a £ 100 note from Mr . John Marquis ; from whom bank-notes were stolen to the amount of nearly £ 2 , 000 in tho street 3 of Preston , in September , by Bailey and a man who accompanied her . She was sentenced to seven years ' transportation .
Shockis * Accident . —A very serious accident occurred a few evenings since to pne of the performers in Cooke's equestrian company now playing a ? Barastaple . The name of the sufferer is Mr . Lavator Lee , and he was weil known as one of Batty ' s best riders a few seasons since . He was riding round the ring with three purnona on his shoulders , when the horsa slipped aud tell , throwing Loe across the woodwork which encloses the circle , aud iiiflicting such severe injuries that his life is despaired of , mortification of the- parts being feared by his medioal
attendant . Stohm on the . Sussex Coast . —Brighton , Suk « day— Diiring the . whole of yesterday wo were visited with a tremcuduua storm ot wind and rain . It commenord about eight o ' clock in the morning , at which time the wind uuddenly shifted to the fcouth eaat , and thoraiu fell ia torronts . From twelve to three o'clook blew a dreadful hurricane , and the greatest anxiety existed amongst- the fishermen , as four boats were out a ; sra , and-it . was thought impossible that they could weather the storm . Two boulder boats , with two men each in" them , endeavoured to eater
Newhaven Harowir , but in their attempt went down wkhin a short distance of the shore , and the tone men perish&d in . si ^ ht of a . number of persons who had assembled oa the pier , but were uuublo to render tho i-lighieat assistance . 1 n the course of' the day the whole of tlu Brighton fishermen have returned home ; they fortunately succeeded in running ashorf ; on various parrs of ihe coast between Brighton and Worthing ; the poor fellows' boats are aJmost knocked to pieces , and two of fnam are lying on tha beach near Lancing , and are expected to become perfect wrecks . ¦ '
An Elopement in . rustic life took place on Monday last . Tne gay Lothario was a carter , n » . medl Young , a married man , about thirty years of age , having on& child ; and " the false and fair one" his master's wife , . named Ash , keeping a small farm at Freshwater , Isle of Wight . She is about fifty , has nine children and five grandchildren ! Her youngest ohild ( which she took with her ) is four months , and the next child fourteen yean It appeared that the old farmerand his Tviibhadhadafewwordsabont the laet chiid ,, andshe soon after seized afavourabla opportunity , took what she coaId , and started with the aforesaid servant . Ay soon as it was known , the beraaved husband went into Newport poBt-hMta and almost broken-hearted . Ii formation was £ iven to the police , and they wore despatched to all parts
of the island , but they could not discover the fugitives till Tuesday ' . afternoon , when they were ju 9 t about getting on board a Jo-vsvy packet . The man waa taken into custody , and his bundles searched . Huhrd a uew suit 'of clothes , two great coats ( one nejv ) , a new pair of loots , two now hat- p , and other articles , besides an inferior m ; tv svu ' r , which he wore , but no property of-the farmer , was' found oa' him , and ha he was consequently discharged . The part-ie 3 afterwards met together at a public-house in Newportthe old inrtn and his mn ' ii : iwuy servant , and * heit wiveB , whore they got marry . A nrgotiation took place : the old gentl < roan forgave his wife , and the young matron her husband , and a mntnal agreement ) was concluded between all present that they would never reprotioh each other for their former naughty tricks . —Hampshire Aduerti . zer .
Fatal Collision and Sinking cf a VE = sri ,, — Two Lives . Lost . —A dreadful collision happened on the night of Monday last off the eastern coast , between Whitby aud Stockton , which unhappily terminated in the total destruction of a vessel a ^ d the loss of two lives . From the accounts received by the underwriturs at Lloyd's , it appears the vessels which came in contact were the Dispatch , a sohooner , belending to London , master ' s niiroe Thomas Gnthriej and the sloop Margaret and Ellen , William Taj lor , master , of Leith . Th" accident took place between sevon and eight ; cV . lock , within a fow miles of the village of Runswick , situate , seven miles to the north of Whitby , during a heavy sea and a gale of wind from the westward . Both vessels -were in full trim , and scudding through tho water at a rapid rate , the schooner bearing down to tho uorth , and the
Margaret and Ellen progrfssjng on her passage in a > 6 outhernly direction to London . Tha sloop v » eni down , carrying with her two of the crew ; the rest saved themselves by springing to a rope that was hanging over the bowa of the Dispatch at the moment of their vessel sinking . Shortly after the oollision , the Mary , aud Louisa , of Newcastle , canu- up , and the ship bo-. it was lowered by her crew in he hope of picking up the other seamen who had Bur . lc with the va--s e ) , but thoy vfert not scon after . Their names are Gaorye Broyee ( the son of the ownor of the sloop , who resides at Leif ' i ) , and David Woodcock . From the depth of water in which the wreck lins it wi'i bo impossible to raise her . Early the following morviiriK ins Dispatch pnt into Shields , where the CapiM !!) coinrniuiioated tho fitcts of the occurrence to the authorities of tho harbour . The Bloop is nupposed to be injured i ' or £ ' 200 .
Sixgbxab < 7 ase . —At the Leicestershire quariorsess-oiis , on Tuesday last , Louisa , Wvkes , a rather « ood-lof . ki - : a .. girl ,. about 19 years of age , respectfully afctii : ¦; in biarA-, w& * P- ' aced at the bar , charged with i-tcaling fit teen soveieigns , tho properly of John T&ylor , at Bcl ^ raye ; a second indictment charged the prison or with stealing a pair of breeches , loggings , and other male attire , the property of Henry Smith . Prisoner pleaded guilty to both indictments , but the Court , hiing unacquainted with the circumstances , requested Air . Taylor to give a relation of them , when it appeared that the prisoner entered tha service of the prosecutor about ten months since during the whole of which time she conducted herself with propriety . A few weeks since Mr . Taylor had occasion to remain at another of hi 3 houses in
Leicester , leaving the prisoner &&d three men in charge of his house in Belgrave . During the night the prisoner proceeded to a bureau in which she had seen her master placo some gold , from whence she took sixteen sovereigns out oi a sum of fifty ; she then cut her hair off so closo so as to resemble that of a man . after which she proceeded to the men's room , and dressed herself ia Smith's clothes , and in suce attire immediately left thj house . Being over * taken by the carriage of He . Hunter , of Brooksby Hall , his lady ordered tho coachman to stop , as aha perceived that the prisoner haa a singular appearance , and was cryiug very much . Upon some questions being put . to her , sho acknowledged that she had committed the robbury , and disguised herself
in men ' s clothes to avoid detection . The mother of the prisoner havicg been put into the witness-box , said she could account iu no other way for her daughter commitung the robbery than that she was pregnant , and stole the money with an intention of providing herself during her confinement , and thua avoid the exposure to which Bho would nave been Bubjcted . The Chairman , Mr . W . Meyriok , eaid it was one of the most unheard of cases that had come within his experience ; and had not the prosecutor recommended her to mercy , aad some alleviating circumstances appeared in her favour , he should inevitably have passed sentence of transportation upon her ' . The priboner was afterwards sentenced to tWiivft mouths' hard labour , three weeks solitary .
Suicidv . —A stranger , on Monday evening la . st t abou : liui' past nine o'clock , knocked at the door of tiie ' -T < -n * p ! -rance Hotel , on Elvet-bridge , in thiai city , and inqisu . d if he could be accommodated with lodgings for the night , and was answered in tha affinnativ " . Ho was shown into a room , and aboufe ten o ' clock he r ^ ng the boll and ordered a cup of coffee and bread ^ and butter . About an hoar afterwards he was thown to his bedroom . His manner was str . inL'c , and his spirits much depressed . The next morn'nj / he was found dead , with his throat cut . An ino / . sMt was held oa Tuesday before Mr . T . C . Mayuaid , noroner , when fvidenco to the above e flirt t Yva'igsveu by ihe two daughters of the landlord oi the hotel . The " uliowinj ? evidence wasalso given : — Mr . Bradford , landlord of the Temperance Hotel ,
d ( posed , that in c-. 'uwq'ience ot information which h ? received .- he went to tho door of the room into which the deceased had been shovrn . He found ifc fast . Ht ; knocked very loudiy , but got no answer He waked nearly two hours , and then sent for a joiner , and the door was broken open . On looking into the room the deceased was found lying on his side with his throat cut , rind a basin full of blood H ' . andicg near to him . Ha appeared to be dead . Witness - 'cut for a snrgeon , w ' io pronopneed him dead . Tlis door had been fastened inside by the night-bolt . Doccased appeared to be abont forty or fifty ye&rs of age , and about five feet three orfoa inches hi ^ n . Wituess did not observe any razor , George Snsjlhe , a gentleman lodging at the hotel , Brati-d , that ac ' about haif' -pa 3 t six o ' clock in the moruiiig he hoard a noise as of a person moving about , an'l distinctly that of the moving of a waBhhand-ba ^ n or jug . About a quarter of to hour afterwards hj hiard a cry oi "Oh , God I Oh
Christ ! " Witness called for the waiter . In a few inmate- ; the landlord cam up , and witness told him what he had lieard ; they tried to open the door , but could not , and hearing no noise did not take anv further notice . The words were used as though the pers-. 'a was in excessive pain . Joseph laddie . police-t fficer " , stated that he was sent for and found deceased with a very deep oat in his throat . H « examined his . pockets and did not find any money ; he found a watchmaker's eye-glass , brush , and plyers , two keys aad a tobacco-box , a razor strop , a tin box , ar ; d some bills and other papers . George Monkhouse , butrher , ataiod that he saw deceased on tha preceding night , aud showed him to Bradford ' s . Witness inquired of him how far he had come , and deceased replied from Hull , aud that he had not tasted aBytiiir . g for two days . Ho appeared to l > e very depressed iu his mind . Verdict—^ Temporary derangement , frum want of the common neoeseariefl of life . "— Durham Advertiser .
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SONGS FOR THE PEOPLE ; or , the Poetry of Chartism : comprising a Selection of Songs in favour of popular knowledge and public liberty , for use in the convivial meetings of the people , and on occasions of popular rejoicing . Edited by a member of the National Charter Association . Nob . 1 and 2 . London : Dyson and Mortimer , Kingsland-road .
Upon the habits , spirits , and opinions of a people eo markedly convivial in their character as the English , it is impossible that popular music should not have an immense influence ; and the music always most popular is that of the ballad or simple melody . The masses of every people are song siugers , but of the English people more especially We are glad , therefore , to see in thia publication a selection of such words as while they suit the melodies best known among the masses , cannot fail to imbue both singers and listeners with high
thoughts and patriotic sentiments . So far the selections seem to be made with considerable regard to poetic as well as political merit in the pieces chosen . The Editor , in his address , claims free range over the pages of Shelley , Bvron , Campbell , Moore , Burns , Elliott ; the Poor Man . s Guardian , the Charter Newspaper , the Scottish Chactist Circular , Cribis , Pioneer , Democrat , Vindicator , Northern Star , Moral World , Odd Fellow , Cleave ' s Gjzette , Caartist Circular , Evening Star , and many others , in which the people are wont to clothe their aspirations after liberty in the language of poetry .
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THE NORTHERN STAR . 3
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 29, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct454/page/3/
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