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jO THE CH ^ KTiSTS SHROPSHIRE . i Vj ^ jng of 1 S 42 , the culliers BDd irou .-woiierB U * * ^ hropsfcire trere snion est the firmest and fored SSB 7 r * al& of onr beloved Charter . Is the spirit * - * rva > ocrMj ___ amongst them bow , or only «? ^ T g * » I tronld in the following liaes call upon ^^ lYste , arise , and again unfurl the banner of 8 & , _ jj' England is moving ; wDl Shropshire gJjJtoBS , rilent , and mate ? jbise the Chartist banner high , Plsn : it in the Wrekin *; I ^; its mottoes pronely &J , To the tyrant speaking . ^_ it _ ts each "wooded Tale , " Agitite esch village ; 5 _ 0 -w rhe -wife and orphan pale , Bow tfie factions pillage .
I ^ ave no spot Shropshire ¦ mde t ;_ : u it owns the Caarter ; «; p . \ re the tt « " who would divide Y ^ cr ranks , or freedom barter . prove thst in each vein now tubs Xt-= British blood of old ; £ s& thai—crushing freedom's foes—Ye dare be £ na , and bold . Cease not in yosr noble cause , Until yon freedom gain ; And lir * riy , and equal laws , Are England ' s own again . Tfcen bear tte C ^* 1 ^ 51 2 * 5 once more , O ' er mcnaiain stream and v » Ie ; A c&nse lie year ' s , so bright and pare , Is rcver dconi'd t j fail .
\; st Stfc , I ** - *• # Ti = kkcest hill in the Midland ; it is situate a « rt Bilks f-em WTliBgton , S ^ lop , and is 1320 feet fln _ i 5 level of the sea .
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-BEN ATIONAL TEA 1 PERANCE ADVOCATE ± SD HEBALD , Tol . 2 ., No . 5 , May loth , 1 * £ . r- ^ excellent periodical still keeps on its vraj nr-j ? agnnsi evil a _ d doing much good . The _ j __; = g _ ble Ihx-ior who conducts it is a watchman £ ^_ : t of his post- He kreps always dropping on v » aae s : 02 £ . From various attitudes and differe ; isfles , hi * fire may be directed , bat it is always fjujrvtrrd some" as one point . The giant evil of ¦ - __ sper _ r-S 2 i = his target , and he suffers nothing to gape hi * quiver out of which an arrow can bs made -wand tee monster , nor does one of them ever » s 5 S ina- £ . The readiness with which he mates £ pss 32 ? sabj ? c ; s b ? nd to his genius and uphold v = jTjtsm , enables Dr . Lee ? to inase this paper r ~ i- ' more interestingly divcrsiikd . in character and E ^ ican might be expected . We give the foliow--r jiaacts from the leader ia the number now before
" CHABITY BEGINS AT HOME . " "Bat , " h suj said , " it shonJd not end ti ? re . " Xetg- >« J £ S 5 > thJ shell of tbiB proverb contains ths kernel cf snMt troth , and supplies a V > nchstone for the detecjjj a ' rf fcise- ^ iotiTed , if aot f _ li _ dous charity . Real 4 aSj T-jl always begin at home . Thg best love , like j ___ rin T 2 d : ; : e frcm the brightest centre . It ^ ill seek j , ' kj ! the sorrows of hcvie first , the faffetinn of t 3 E 2 ty ifrrrwards . He who provides not for his own & 3 « c—whose iabonrsbegin cot at Jerusalem— wtose j-CTf b ? nevoiecce forgets fcis own conntry and kinced— is sa I > fidel , i e-, he has rot the true spirit of Qzsiza fsiih and charity . There is , however , in the Tssa » £ 0 C 3 i 2 2 ^ . pop ular , and efficions semblance oi itrrTcSesae , which passes enrrect for charity—which cv / hts is ecmi-irtses _ a < l subscription lists , and makes sKkBown in lond-txpressed sympathies on paper cr r __ cnn «—that , after ail , is rotten at the core . Its
lisa is telescopic , not ruieroscopic ; it can see the snf-_ r _ si o * the Eicaac widew , and the l : gct of her faasl jyre , far across the waste of waters , and beyond 2 * lot&iess deserts aEd snow-crested mountains of dis-Wtwtinents , but is blind te the EnRlish wife , whose Eesidlove and hope are bei&g daily consumed , an irfsl sacriSce to the idolatry ef British intemperance . I : be prcetrate to the very centre of India or CLina , ixhiacBt , in the poppy-gardens of Assirj , that the i : nil » boB ; d be made to yield poison instead of fu > d tetsamti declinBita Ivfiy gli-. ee to tLe hop-jLids if Sat , the orchards of Davos , and tte b&rley-nV . d 3 of liliflcnd , which are made to contribute % o that CcasE c-Birri . i >' , andsopport ihatiiAScrACTcaE or . jixo-22 . irLJch transcend a linndred-fold in citidfal Efficoercei the horrors of Indian superstirion and the T-fr in cp :-cin . Ko ; thit is merely a blind ei a popsbCiSi— z . skam of chaii » y—wtich has no ckarity for ka . icd therefore not a aincfeie ted Christian charity at
zt ^ t& > nto bamamty larg e . h TcnH be sensing , did not The sutject present so xroeboly an exhibition of hnman itflnr . ity , to -etc is KiadceiS and h . ccns-sttccy cf these Professors cf ( issij . A Ttiasukabie txamr- ' . i of this sort , bapprnia ^ -thin the walls of Parliament , has just attracted easa ! attest- ' on . " Tze C-jxzzitu&s of the " WesleTan , the Baptist , and i&hmcas Missioirsry Societies have presented , thrtu ^ h Isi Ashiey , prtiuocs to the Honse of Commocs , r ayj ^ for the aboJifion of the orirs ikapfic , which V ^ ra scch urtacfol miidii-f both on the Indian aud O ± gee poDalst-on . Lord Ast . ey ably laid bare the
nil of tbe opiinr . trojnc , and , in a harrowing acs lm-Psew sUtsment , drpicted the deafiiy and brutalizing ri&m of the drug oa the minds and bodies of tfce GfewK . toth of which are paraJyz d , making driTelliBg aibehsoffie objects of these who indulged in it . He i&pjwiBowi statical tables to show the iijory done k kdanafe eommerce—tables that chewed taat as tbe " nEpwa&a cf option increased , taat of cotton goods fell , safl ri * T ? Ta . He likewise proved that it prejudiced thsCSsae spains * Christianity that it obstructed tbe vzi of 3 fmVons . i 3 « , who Were met by lire inquiry—TTiy tfcer conntrymen imported this delfeterioui drug ? S ; proatttd medical testimony to prove its evil efiVcts e tie eonstitctior .. and concluded by a most impressive
Hpal to every CLri » tiiD and patriot , to ssiist in wiping Si fool blot froin onr con-: lry . The uuble tffjrfcs of 1- ^ d Aahlsy have bttn nfeutr&Iizsd , inasninck as memhss of tfce £ on * e cf Common ? could refer to our oirn BTKii-df , and testify to more- crime , wretchedness , and E 5 ezig ; procueed \ y intoxioaticg 15 qT 3 ' > rs in our owe e ? = 2 T , thsn was to he foznd : n Gbica tbrocgh the use c ? trcsj . The Jxttji-, d -hi 5 ; b of April reports Sir Si ' t-sr . Pre ! ta have said , curii-g tbe discussiun— " Are Ess- > taEhas opposite so very sensiliiz on tbe subject cfcjsta ? Do we n > t derive % l ^ r % e revenue , to the *^ Kt : t ^ £ 3 , 400 , 060 , from tobacco , which is smoked Ed tbfcw&d , and which is most stimulating in its chaisr « : Bo we rot also niise a revenue from gi ^ . Spii : -i , B 2 a 5 BI , ¦ r ise ?—articles which are oft-n used ' a r * xinass . aid girt rite to vvsny dtsasfrous conse-?** & ! From barley aione a rtvenue of between 8 -- i . ' -w / ji-fj wiis dferiTfed . Wiih these fads be / ore us .
zn sited to interdict the importation of opium and c- esvaafj-, ^ rovih , in order to P £ ES £ KT £ the ao-^' -5 0 ? tH t fioPLE . " We , too . blame tbe pokey fce i'iK-DiUii : iar-Lfi" Chinese , acd yet tustains a * yB-• as * hichiidoiDE muchmortmischitf to our neighbours , ~ £ -di . md rtiatiTcs at horm . y ow , though the alleea' ^ cf i double evil cannot by union contribute to the J ' -etcicn tf one good—and therefore the casuistry oi •^ Prai-ti supplies tut a miserable apolrgy for the '¦ J-53 pow ers sid yendors—he nevertheless adiniiiis-« s to lit pctrd&aers a severe casti Btion , founded on ^ potiii , OEe-eyta , apd ol-lique-Tisioaed chsiucter of *^ wtfcrity , which -B-tep * over tbe wretched victims w ^^» IS . ^;"» -. i i * . rerc « .. / -C » ?* i wi '^ r */*^* fmm t ^ £ im . --. ^• -2 , « jii . eit in eilesce from
theimreaps prcS : = 3 ii ~ of ti . « Ticrims of alcohol . We trust the ar ^ raf * -ia ac hjh , ii £ Vi applied by tht Premier will israe f R-ihe ! ic j .-ci ; tioEers of tfctir fals' and incc-n ? 5 « ?" ~ -J « sni ; : _ cucc them to come out , with equal ^^ -i , ol - _ L = t-. £ . pcr 3 see qnfc = tion , and denounce the !^ : a a - ^ --X ^ catiDg poisons , both a : home zad " ^^ ' tTe do ret wish them to diminish , tut to ' ^' ¦ ^ ' ty the poifcr cf oDnsiBtcEcy , their efforts ^ f ie tr £ c m tie Indian poieon , opinm . ' Phy-^ t . ^ ba : u > - sr : f ~—ja a declaration on which they ^ f' * - * act , by ceaiicg to sanction the traffic in tha ^^ - J ' -ison . SLcoboL We say , then , DO this , bvj ~ ii ' t i SOT TU £ OTHES V > "D 05 E .
jjT ^ tie Itad" ? frcm which weha ^ e taken the ~" J = cre Ere ^ -reral solid and valuable article ? , faT ^ ° ?! ' me dt ' ' n or 50 of bo ? ' ^^ ^ ' * &M - ™* EeW 5 of ^^ ^ - & rmZ * perfeet ' <|^ ( of ' -he Ef-T-meDi . The X-Hior . rJ Temperance Jst 3 ! t ecght is be read bi every maoi and vromiB ^^ ME sdoai .
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iHE FLEET PAPERS . jf . ^ C ^ a-Ea a . M ) the Factoby Bill agakt . — ji" ¦ ' ^ itr has returned to the attack upon the jj ^ Jtt * cSacses of the ministerial Factory Bill , fcr »^ iiaTe a force about them which we look "y ??? , * the writings of acy other Bian . The iis ^ ft ' indeed , of additional interest ife J ^ te of " the King" are words of wisdom to irjL ^ Ts" sabjec- s—hi 3 poor factory hands , who KtoZ * * jjl be delighted w learn that he still « aig their right , and advocates their canse , <* mJ ""? Mdresang the educated" portion of the U&L . ^ forthcoming number ( dated M » y 27 ) , •¦^ Mareeees Sir James Graham : —
iitw ^? * ® 1 BdmatioB ! ii the word whie * ^• 4 n ^* ^ "" ^ the length and breadth of the fc ** »« tteti sot where or by -wboHJ—Education H ^^ T OBtJ theme discussed , trbather in the tb ^ Tr / " the Dissenters * meeting honseg ^ ^ ettaaier Institutfts oi the House * of Par-JSiajjfel } f draymea in the streets , or Cabinet 8 *(*> r v ** C 0 ™^ Chaaber—Education is now ^ "^ npon which aO can learnedly prattle . > bo t JrT' ^ 'hat is Education ? I know a man j ;^^ nether read nor write—he i » a good servant , *» »*¦*» , neighbour , and subject—lie u a vise
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m ? n arid r , r hor-st Chri ^ ia ^ ; he is educated e ? e- in the A B C . Tbe national / oo £ of this ace 'there ia no neeA to name him ) is perhaps tfce most learned and consequently the best educated man of hre day . He ia immoral , for none will eay that he is honest That man , however , is cuaninp , - ^ nd consequently he is not destitute ol riches , honours , or rank . Kay , you have recently furnished proof that it is possible that an educated man may be a fool—that a Minister of the Crown maj , whilst mourning over the ignorance , and legislating for the Education of tbe People , talk nonsense even ir . Parliament—noasense which , in a Sunday-school , would have entitled bim to the fool ' s-cap . Read your own words , spoken in the House of Commons , M » y 1 st , 1843 , when yon were describing the duties of your scho «! m& £ ters—re&d , and educated as yru . are , blush at your own ignorance . You said , ao The Times assert * , —
"It was the duty of the master to see that the pupil not only learned word * , but acqnired ideas , the rule , therefore , must be , fcbat the master was not to be a commentator , but an expositor . "—• ' Tbe master , in explaining the passage of Scripture , was not to be at liberty to give to it a doctrinal explanation , his duty being merely that of an expositor , laying before his pupils the true and obvious meaning of Ihe passage , taking care ?> 0 T to accompany it irith aity commentsfavour able or adxxrse to ihe doctrines of am particular church or sect : that waa the line of bis duty , and if he departed from it he was liable to be dismissed *
Snch an absurdity was propounded by an educated Secretary of State to an educated House of Commons , tack d by " the British and Foreign School Socitly , " iall of them educated men . ' ) Tes , Sir , and at such an ignorant conglomeration of words without meaning , no surprise was manifested . The educated speaktr and the educated hearers were satisfied that the ignorant masses would take Ench folly for wisdom ! And this education plan , forsooth , ia tbe eff * pring of the " collective wisdom ' ' ef the nation assembled in Parliament ! Surely there is some mistake here ! It cannot be their offspring . Old " Absolute Wisdom " himsc' f must have presided at that Cabinet Council ! Tals about edac-xtion ., indeed—education from such a sonrce . ' Why , Sir , the only sensible answer to Euch rigmarole would be a sound flogging— " a rod for the fool ' s back , " says Solomon .
If you have traly defined " the duty of the masters , " you have placed the office aboTe the powers of any human being . Thus your whole scheme is & delusionan impossibility . ? * * ? When you talk abont Education anS bring Bills into Parliament to force people to be educated , and that too at their own expence , is it your wish U > convert them into learntd fools and cunning knaves ? or do you aim at m&kins ycur pupils tciser ana belter I Do . not Enter at thrse qaesti » ns , Sir ; there is more meaning in them , more need for them , than you may at first imagine . It seems to me that there is a great mistake—a Parliamentary , a National mistake , on this Education question . I may encounter difficulty if 1 dare to grapple with it . That is c-ne reason why I make the attempt .
The larce " B ' . ne-booka , " which your Commissioners of Icqairy cave iately furr . ished you with , tell us that the working people are iinmeral and destitute because they are uneducated ; and suddenly a new light shinta upon the minds of our philanthropists and statesmen ; next a law , conjured up by yourself , is proposed to cure immorality and destitution among the working cliises , by what is termtd a compulsory Education . Now , if tbe premises be true , i . e . if the immorality and destitution of Use working ciosses do arise from their want of education , then the proposed remedy is wise . If , however , the immorality and de 3 ' . iVu " . ioa ol the working classes happen to have its origin in the education < . f their employers , then the txttnsion of that sort of education cin but increase the evils which are engendered by itself .
Mayhap I shall be laugned at ; but never mind—I am £ . ccaslomed to the jeers of the educated . I have teen made to feel the weight of their lash ; regardless of increasing their displeasure , I will u-li my thoughts , unpleasant though thty rua } be , to educated ears . rf the working people nre immoral and destitute , I believe it ia because their employers are educated . ' for the result of tkat education exhibits itself in an example which is ccnsiat&y before the eyes of the children [ whom they employ ] , and in which they [ the children ] grow np , famiiiar ' zrd with the grossest frauds , the subtlest tricks , and the most dishonest evasions , habitually practised by the masters . " * Have the children ¦ other or better example to snide them ? I did not reqaire a " Blue-book" t « inform me on tha ; subject . I am , however , rejoiced that , amid so much delusion , the truth has forced itself on the conviction of one of your own officers .
Well , then , the case being so , nnd it being a truism that " example is stronger than precept , " the first step towards a Befe and certain remedy will not be to eitrnd the impure system of education from the masters to tbe children , but to find ont wfcat is wrong in the system of education already given to the masters , which it is proved ba 3 issued in their setting Jtcb , bad examples to the unfortunate children who are in their employment . This , Sir , is the " common sense" view of the question , -it is certain that the " ns' - 'tual pmctice of the grossest f . 3 ud 8 , the subtle * : tricks , and the most
dishonest ev- ^ iocs , " must be lessens highly caxuiited to breed a generation of immoral Yt . ives . If the masters" are allowed to set such txampies to the children , it matters cot what other schools jou may force tboge children to attend ; unless you can alter the education of thei- m-stt-TS , " the habitual prt . cMcts" wr . ; ch ltv con * taT-t : y presented to the children , will , as sure as example is stronger than precept , train the juvenile operatives in vicious habits , and the forced school education that you intend to give will cniy serve to make them more expertly fraudulent , more subtle tricksters , and more dishonest knaves . '
. Rsad the following anecdote—it is true . A boy was engaged in the service of a Manchester merchant One evenv .-g he returned home , and said to his mothtr , " > iy master is a very bad man . " The mother replied ) "D ^ n't say so , my child ; he is one of the btst men living . He is very religious . " — " D : d yen not always tell me , mother , that if I told lies I should be a bad boy ? " inquired the lad . — " Tes , child , to he sure I did , " rejoined the mother . —" Well , then , I am sure my master tells lies , and so he is & bad man . Yesterday a person BL > ld him some goods , and before he bought them my master said they were very bad and full of fauks ; and to-day , whei . be was trying to sell them , he said they were as good as could be" The same boy was , sood after , told by his master to say to a persoa who knocked at the " door , th » t " his master was not at home . " The bey ssid to the visitor , " Please , Sir , master says te is not at home . '' When that came to the master ' s ears , the bey was discharged , " because he
was a fool . " How say jn . Sir Jimes , was the educated master or tie uned-ucatfed fool tbe wisest of the two '' . See also , whh reference to educated masters in Scotland—the coal-mi .. e proprietors . On the 15 th of May , Ibl 3 , in the Eocstr of Commons , Lvrd Ashley proved them guilty , by the evidence of their own handwriting , of imposing lies on that House , by intimidating— " dragooning , " that is the word—women to sign petitions earnestly entreating the legislature to remove the protection of the law frcm them—nay , even " dragooning- ' ' the clergy to pttition Parliament to repeal the law wkich excludes w ^ men from the horrible and detestable shivery in mines ; aud thtn pretending that those petitions were the sjk .-u tar ecus efforts of these pooT fVmai ^ s and the clergy . So that , individually and collectively , it is proved—yes , sir , positively proved—that tbe education of tre masters is vicious .
I wonrtr , after tbe p = riioal of Mr . Home ' s report , that you did not at once tbiiik of providing » cure to dry tbe source of national fvil , by bringing in a Bill / or the ttlter education of the masters . The remarks are forced from rce , because I knew , l-. ire btfire Mr . Home informed y < m of the fact , that although there is great iinjiiorality a > . ; ong many members oi the working class , s . as a Lodj . there is more honesty , more patriotism , more i-scnSce of seif , and more true religion , than amon < th ^ re who criupose tbe middle -and upper classes of aocicty . I fenew , also , before Mr . Horoe published the fact , that it waa the example cf "the masters '' that ftsttred immorality air . tng the working people , and that it was their knavery which created the destitution of the industrious . On that subject I have already written volumes ; I am , therefore , gratified that in thit fict , as in many othTs . tbe " BJDe-feooks" have eatabliihed all that I
have iold so long ago . Brein , then , at tbe beginning , and restrain , hy Christian laws , the vicious propensities of the e ^ uc-j ' cd naitiM , and see to ii that , in future , ti . ei- education thall be CHK ! STIA > ' ! Do this . , an ' , you wi ; i &ovii find tht blrjicd effects of your labours in u virtuous and prefp .-rvus population- You will then need to foiced national education for the poor . Then , the mother , tbe schoolmaster , snd tht clergyman will soon regain their position ts preceptors to the minds of the people ^—a position from which ( fo- the vilest purposes of selfaggrandisements they have been driven , by the cunninjf , cruelty , and irjustice of the educated masters ! Never forget that , if education is worth having , its seeds must ee M-aTER . nal . Hence tbe monster evil of the Factory system , and the unnatural employment < f infants in tbe production of wealth , which prevent those seeds from being sown in the minds of their unhappy infant victims .
Until yon can contrive a plan to keep mothers at home and mak * them ihe nurses of iheir otcn children , it is vain that you attempt ts Christianits and moralise the people . If yon torn % deaf mi to ( Ms suggestion—if you think OiU point . bdworthy of the mort ierioM ani solemn attention of ft Statesman , you still have to lean the rudiments of a Statesman ' s education . The consideration i * awful , but the troth must be told . England should weep over its accumulated millions of treasure!—we should view them as they are , the graves of onr prosperity 2 If we com'A but know what the nation has lost , in the physical and mental
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distrscMo !) , 'l ! st .- > rt m , and deatrncti n c inFfqucrt on th'j cccuniuUted millions of our Arkwr ' uhts » uv I -. v ! s , anft out V . irshslls , instead of pr ' nlui ^ ; nrsrlvca 0 " rv-.-h acciitntitetioas , we should put on sr . ekcioth nrxl as-- * - * fa :- the national crimes which arc cunf . equent on surli wealth . Oa this most important topfc , I will n ^ t rest on mv opinion a ' one . The able Editor of the Standard has thus eloquently discanted on the game subject : — 1 We have a rich nation and a poor people—1 h is is the
first and greatest ofevils ''— "As tbe world hns hitherto been governed , and according to the prevailing doctrines of political economy , national wealth must be the cause of national misery . The consequence ia not , however , necessary in the constitution of nature . " — *? The rich cannot become excessively rich without the poor becoming excessively poor . "— " Thus , confusion is brought in , and the fabric of subordination is destroyed . Poverty first becomes infamous , and next it becomes formidable . ' Shamed as a beggar' now , it is soon ' dreaded as a foe . ' "
" What is the remedy ? When we see one man , or a number of men grow in a short time enormously rkh , we know that some inuBt have been ma < 1 e peor . Respect the rif h man ' s riches , but rclieceihe poverty of those from whom lie has extorted them . Again , when wo see a number of people reduced to extreme wretchedness , look out for some enormously rich man or class that has suddenly started up—again , respect their riches , but be cartful not to enable them to extend tbe sphere cf misery . Above all , protect ihe poor , and the other classes will protect themselves . If the poor are not in a condition to benefit by your protection , educate them to that condition , but protection must go first . "—The Sla ?< dard , April 21 , 1843 .
To return . In the next place , Sir , you must combine health of body with the developement of the mental faculties . It matters not if you are educating c Judge , an embryo Statesman , or a Hand-loorn Weaver . If , in the process of your education , you are ntjjiigent of physical health , you are burdening , destroying , and weakening the State . Then , as you have resolved to undertake the education ef the people , you must t 3 ke care that tbe bphI is adapted to the Boil , and applied in just proportions too , and be careful to prepare land in which the plant can afterwards flourish and the fruit ripen ; elsa your farm , the nation , will be unprofitable and worthless . It is worse than useless to teach what cannot afterwards be profitably used . As well might you spend your money aod time in building a house knowing thttt it would never be occupied .
Thfse remarks are needful—these facts must be well considered , befej-e any plan of education can be successfully digested . Bifore it is matured , other weighty BuVjects xnnst be discussed and understood ; for if your sole object be to teach a population to read , write , and cypher , without reference to the future utility of those acquirements , no real good can be iffscted . The object of education should be , first to impress upon the mind the dread of that responsibility to G > d under which every rational beii . g ought to live ; for it is certain , that ** The fear of the Lord is the b ; gin : i ! DK of knowledge" —then to lead men to improve their natural faculties , to cultivate them so as to enable those faculties to assist in the improvement of their physical condition , an < l tbus to seenre themselves from poverty and destitution .
To effect this , they should be taught to acquire a knowledge of the will of God , and ef those facultiesthe talents of the mind , and of the arts and sciences , which may hereafter co :: r ? uce to their usefulness and profitable employment—thus affording an escape ( which Hiust be placed within the reach of all ) from poverty and destitution . Unless you effect thiB by your education , you produce barm instead of good . Airain , men should be taught the right use of such knowledge , so as to be able to give that direction to its exercise as shall make it generally useful and beneficial . Tht-y should learn that tho sole object of ibeir instruction is not that tht-y may accumulate wealth , thereby hopiDg to procure happiness for themselves , but that they , being tach one of a great family , ( that family is the whole nation , ) each would best secure hia own prosperity by promoting the happines of all .
To fix their attention to this principle of order , it will be necessary that each member of society should be well instructed in his rights and privileges , as well aa in his duties . He will then be able to detect tbe first breach of the uciverial law of order , and will be anxious to correct that error , not mure far his own interest , than for the benefit of all . The true principle of action , the principle of universal order and of Xhe due proportion , should be taught , studied , aad preserved—that principle which is at eternal variance with selfishness and competition , and is opposed to the wild theory of irresponsibility and freedom of action , ( esgei ; der * d by wuat are called liberal and enlight-. ned principles , ) which teaches that each man may choose for himself , without reference lv the coiiimriTi weal .
The true principle , which is the Christian principle , and the only principle \ khich can be productive of real prosperity , teaches that no man caii beurjit himself to the injury of another . When this trutu ia thoroughly understood , the acquirement of knowlerfso is usefulotherwise , educated men , W . ng regnTdksa of their responsibility to G : d and their neighbours , produce the evils ¦ whicn v » o are now deploiicg , and become cultivated savages , civil ! z-d brutes , and educa ' knavesmaking a profit of other people ' s necessities , by reversing the Chri&tjan comruami , " Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you , do ye even so to them- " Yes . Sir , it is from the wa > t of this truly Christian education among the " masters , " that poverty and destitution inundate the land . of of
It is also from a disr ^ ard ; principle love and order , that so much confusion <> f opinion and of action prevails in the world . Ko wonder that such fcod seed should produce the fruits of iumuraluy , poverty , and destitution . It Is , then , clear that a mere sccu- ' ar education , or that which only tea-hea man to write , cypher , work , aDd invent , must be inoperative fur good—nay , it will be injurious , because it increases the power , and the disposition also , of creatmj ; more mischief , if it be unaccompanied by the proper direction of thoss acquirements in their future operations on society . Its sure effect will be , a refinement of villainy—morj screwing parsimony . The dupes and victims beiii ^ made more cunning , their defrauders will become more expert in all the acts of chicanery . ' Tbus th » niasa v ! wickedness will be increased .
Let me be perfectly understood . This sound and true Christian education is as necessary for the rich as for the poor—for the learned as for tbe unlearned . Unhappily , hitherto it has been neglected . Hence , whether we watch the operations of the gover ment , the monied , the agricultural , or the manufacturing interests , we find that , as Mr . Home says , " the grossest frauds , the subtlest treks , and the most dishonest eTanions , have been habitually practised . " How can it be otherwise when universal , uncontrolled competition , under the system of" buying at tbe chi-upest market , and gelling at the dearest , '" ( a system stamped with fraud snd knavery , ) ia taught as a Christian priueiple by our legislators , and inculcated on the minds of the people , by the highest authorities , as " ttie principle of common sense" ?
I am perfectly aware that this view of the case will not be approved by the parties who are enriching themselves by their cunning and knavery on the product * of the indusiry of their victims . Bat , sir , the only qatstirjn with me is—Is it true ? Knowing it tj be so . and now having been supported and confirmed )> y tbe Reports of jour own Commissioners , I deem it e ' ue to yourself aad to the public to assure you that any scheme of Education that is wanting in the inculcatioi ; of just principles i . f action , whether it be given to governors or governed , to employers or employed , will be unproductive of good . Believe me , sir , it is much more necessary that onr Statesmen and . S nators should " go to school , "than that our arfzMs and labourers thou . 'd irnbido tlieir notions of " common sense . "
The " Bine-books" demonstrate that " the masters "the upper and inidrjl ' - classes—having obtained the greatest d-. gree of thi . > mere secular education , without the true sound principle of onjer and union to dir « ct them , being thus It : loose on society , have applici themselves to the work of individual aggrandisement instead of Bccial good ; and , as Mr . Horne says , by means of " tbe habitue . ! practice of the grossest frauds , the sublest tricks , aiu the most dishonest evasions , " ( in other words , by their c evcrness , divested of social and moral restrn ' nt ) that tht-y bare made themselves the prolific instruments of social evil . By a disregard of tht- rights of others , and a reckless pursuit of self-interest by uncontrolled competition , they have made their education tbe cause of the greatest nati-nal evil—the bir ; ere * , t national curse !
Nay , so deeply has this educational diseaso festered in th _ - public mind , that ths very sources ot evil are called tfce fountains of goud—right social principles have vanished , in oru « . r thut the evil cut-throat principle of unrestrained competition , of tho uncontrolled ac . ion of the educated hnman faculties , may have full £ c > pe on the ignorant and the defenceless . Still worse—so cunningly and cleverly have argument and statistics been managed by the votaries of the free and unfettered , but wrong principle , that even those whose feeliDgs are shocked and outraged by the enrsed fruits of this bad system , are bewilddred by the cunning sophistry of tbe advocates of Competition ; and while their hearts revolt at the consequences , they are induced to pause , Bay , sometimes even to surrender the caasc ! of truth , by saying , " We grant that your theory is true , bnt , in consequence of different vested interests , it ia impracticable in our present circumstances . "
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Cholera oPa seriou 3 character has broken out in tho pariah of Eye , n ^ ar Peterborough . The Qcesn ]; a , v .-surned her daily barouche rides with Friuco Aiberc . There are six hundred Church livings in the gift of the Lord Chancellor of England . There has not been so large a military force in Ireland for tlie last sixteen years , as at the present time . The Number of members b longin # to tho Independent Order of Oddfellows , Manchester Uuity on the 1 st Jan . last , was 214 , 000 . The Library op the Duke of Sussex , comprising 45 , 000 volumes , is to bo forthwith disposed of . The Papers state on authority , that the Queen Dowager does pot intend to visit Germany this year .
A Society has been formed at Berliu , chiefly consisting of ladies , to impiovo the condition of females in India ! The Mystery Solved . — " A down east Yankee says the light suppx > Ked to beacomat ' s tail , is nothing more than a stroak of lightning / mr up . " Mr . O'Connell will not leave Ireland to attend his Parliamentary duties before the lOta of June . — Limerick Chronicle . Mr . Green , tho aeronaut , has arrived in Dublin , nnd will ascend in his baloon from diffurent parts of Ireland . during the summer . Father Mathew ia expected to arrive in England in the course of a short timo , aud h expected to visit Cambridge , Wisbeach , Norwich , Ipswich , and many other places .
Notick has issued from the Lord Chamberlain's offish , that thp Queen ' s birthday will not be celebrated on the ' 24 : h instant , but on a later day , to be lixed hereafter . A Mefting of the members of thi British Iron Company was held on Friday , and a committee to wind up the affairs of tho concern wna appointed . The statement of the afFairswas exceeding ! y unsatisac . ory , tho losses for the last year having buca very yreat . Provisions in the Principality . —Fresh eggs aru now selling at seven for 2 J <»• 42 for 1 * ; salmon trout , uine for Gi ; bjst fresh butter retail , 10 d per ib ; potatoes 61 b for a Id ; a qunrter of veal costs only 2 j 6 d . Rent is at the same low rate as living , and clohtes of tho native manufacture cost next to uothin ^ . — Welvhman .
The WtsT India mail , with intelligence from Sr . ThcinaVs to the 17 th April , report * sicklin ' ss and continued shocks of earthquake in the West Indies . It is computed that one-third of the crop in Guadaloupe is destroyed . Notick to Everybody . — Tho projectors of the Aerial Ship are now prepared to take contracts for regulating clockp and watches by the day , week , month , or year . Their facilities of constant access to tho sun wiU enable them to set chivnomoters nearer to it than has been attempted before . Ships id eca supplied twice a day with tho mean time at Greenwich . —Punch .
A Reverkkd Defaulter . —The Rev . Chas . Tiyler , of Southwell , in Nottinghamshire , who g < H no les j than £ ltOO a year by his preacliiog , and i ; 300 a year !> y s-ch"ol-teaching , has made an assiciiuH-nt to M .- ; creditors , and absented himself , leaving his claiiuints to condole themselves with this spiritual advice , " Do a ^ I tay , not aa 1 do . "—Sun . The CEREMONY of churching the Q / ieen took place at won ou Friday , in the Chapel . Royal at Buckingham Pulaco . The Archbishop of Canterbury ( ifiiciateo , assisted by the Bishop of London , Doan oi' the Chapel . Tho Bishop of Norwich attended as Clerk of the Closet .
O . v Friday t-even mechanics sailed from Sunder-! and tor tho continent , in search of employment . Several English artisans , maaons , sawyer . s , & . c , have of lat " , from timo to time , emigrated from tho Wear for Fruncr , with a view to better their condition . — Carlisle Journal . Iui ^ h Presents to the Prince ov Wales ami PiU . sc . ! -. a Royal . — Cornelius Donovan , a woodturner i ; i Mailuw " , has received £ 9 from the Queen and Prince Albtrt for a present of toys and a diminutive spinning whc'l , his owns manufacture , sent to Buckingham Palace . One of the toys was a top fur the Princo of Wales .
The Iron Trade . —The total number of blastfurnaces in Great Britain , for the year ending January , 1843 , wa . « in b ) a . st 339 , and out of blast 190 , whilst tho annual pio ! ure taken at . 50 weeks amounted to 1 , 210 , 000 t j : ; s of or .. do iron . There were made 8000 Ions m the Forest of Dfsn ; in South Wales , 457 , 350 ; in North WaW , 19 , 750 ; in Northumberland . " 25 750 : in York-hire , 42 , 000 ; in Derbyshire , ¦ 25 , 750 ; i ; i Nci- 'h Staff jrdsbwv , 21 750 ; in South Stafforcishire . ; v >< r 250 ; in Shropshire , 76 , 200 ; and in Scotland , 2 ^!\ '" > i . — Wrfthman .
In the will of tho recently-deceased Mr . Arkwright , thero is one lino which perhaps contains more than any one line that was ever beforo , or may ever be written . It is— " I bequeath to my sju iulaw , Sir 11 . Wigram , one mill ou sterling . " Sir R . Wigrum married one v ? Mr . Arkwright ' s daughters ; and had the iatlvr in-lnw k't ' t hisproptriy to Lady Wiiiram , there w < ,-iid hav-j been ouly £ \ per cunt . ( £ 10 , 000 ) pavable as legacy duty ; but having be quached £ 1 , 0 j 0 , ( Hj () ?\" . . iuu to his foa-in law , there is £ 10 per cent , legacy duty to be paid , which amounts to £ 100 , 000 Thux a small portion of this k vtathan fortune < jf £ 7 , 000 , 000 returns to the public . —Brighton Gazette .
Elopement . —On Monday some sensation wa 9 created in Tciiby , by the » iicpeniout of s young lady of family aud fortune with a Herman musician , ono of the itinerant band performing hero last season , who remained during the winiur , £ iv ; ng let-sons on tho guitar . The attempt was undo a week previously , but frustrated \> y tho lady's friends , who discovered the plan , and 'intere . piod her tiniht . She contrived , however , to oscapo through a window in cl ^ finnre of heavy showers of raiu , copiously descouding the wholo of Sunday night . The r . uto of th fugitives has not been traced , but tho first part of their journey was performed on foot . Tne lady has a handsomo fortune at her own disposal . —
Welshman . Enolish Literary Characters . —Lady Wessingf i >!> is tho widow of a » Earl , v . uh an uMownace of , £ 4 , "DO a-year , and , though pho receives no ladie ? , sliu is visited by a circle of men of rank nnd political eminence , who would , probably , know hule of her as simply tho authoress of tho works t-ar bear her name . Lady Stepneyand Lady CharhH . ; Bury are p . ' ro women of rank , and the former gives v < ry fine i parties , that certainly would not bo dvv-wn ' . oj ^ thiT ' by h ( . r mero literary fame over a cup of tea : it tho ia-t end . Mr . Bulwor comes of a veiy aii . vucratic family , is a Member of Parliament , and has £ 1 , 200 a-y
elel / ante of the iirst water . D'leraeh na > - married a vt .-rv rich and very fashionable widow , and , in his beautiful mansion in Park-lane , cares very little for ; uiv consequence given to him as the nu hor of "Vivian Grey . " Lady Chstterton ' n posi ; ion is ratlur damaged than bettered by her weak-tc : i scribblii . go ; and tho Hon . John Wilson Croker iV a political whipper-in , and inherits some of tV lair . t-il jzolri of his frend , the dissolute Marqnis of Hertford . LudyEmeline Stuart Wortley ' s productions aro tho pungi ni mortification of her titled husbai ; ' ! , ami the l ) a vi i authors find in literature as a social influence noiiiieran advantage nor adotriment . Christopher North is a proftfs-sor mural philosophy , and Lockhart mar-(
ried 'ho daughter oWaller Scott , and these are circumstances to which they owe some of tho adv . linages o' their position . Thesn are tho most of those amons ; the literary notabilities whose standing in Mjcii . iy is mai' . ly based on other than literary foundations , bat th > ,-re isa large cla ^ s merely ( iistwijiui-hed as lit ' , rary men , whose social consequence js , in all i's bearings , litdo understood ia this country . Thomas Moore , Mr . Wordsworth , Mr . Proctor ( Fkriy Cornwall ) , Thomas Hood , Mr . Aiusworth , and some others , are frequently guests at the tables of tuo nobility and aristocratic gentry
of Euglaml . Hut , at . these aaine tables , Mrs Moore , Mrs . Wordsworth , Mrs . Proctor , Mrs . Hood , and Mrs . Ainsworth aro nevor seen , and seldom asked for or thought of . Tho author and his wife are not ono in the code of fashion ; but this humiliating dist'inotion , which , at the first blast seems , ss Dogberry say ? , " very tolerable and not to be endured , " is , upon nftccu-: n , soicnch a convenience to authors , thut it is doubtful whether the habit of inviting them tiugly did not grow from their own suggestion and practice . — Brother Jonathan , edited by N 1 . Willis .
Last Friday night's Gazette announces the following appointments : — The Earl of Ripon to be President of the Board of Control . Prince Albert to be Governor and Constable of Windsor Castle . George Edward Anson , Esq ., to be Treasurer of the Household of the Prince of Wales ; Thomas Ptmberton Leigh , to bo Chancellor and Keeper of thu Great Seal to his Royal Highness ; James Robert Gardiner , Esq . to be Secretary and Clerk of the Council to his Royal Highness , and Keeper of the Records of the Duchy of Cornwall ; Edward White , Esq ., to be Auditor of the Duchy of Cornwall ; the Honourable John Chetwynd Talbot , to be Attorney-General to the Prince of Wales . Jame * Robert Gardiner , Esq ., to be Secretary , Receiver-General , and Keeper of the Signet , for the Stewartry and Principality of Scotland . Lientonant-General the Honourable Patrick Stuart to be Governor of Malta . FranciB Burgfes , Esq ., to be Chief Police Magistrate ; and the Reverend George Giles to be Chaplain of the Female Penitentiary in Van Dieman's Lund . William Walter Raleigh Keir , Esq ., to be Assistant Auditor-General to the Government of the island oi Mauritius .
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' 1 ' iiK . Spkrmall Murder . — It is gcncra'ly reported , and upon goad authority , that Jin * - ) Civwley , who shot poor Tilr-lcy , at Speruall , on Christmas-day last , has at length be .. n apprehended . The principals of a respectable manufacturing establishment ia the neighbourhood of Redditch have received letters from their Agent in America , stating that an English police officer had pursued the assa-siu to that country , and had apprehended him , and would forthwith return with him to England . — Worcester Herald .
Punishment op Death . —An act came into operation on the 11 th ult ., amending the act 4 th and 5 th Victoria , c . 56 , relating to punishments substituted for capital offences . By the last mentioned sratute persons convicted of maliciously destroying property were to ba transported for seven years , or imprisoned for any period not more than three years . It seems that doubts have arisen whether they could bo transported for life , and the present act declares that offenders shall , at the discretion of the Court , be liable to transportation for life , or to imprisonment not exceeding three years .
Orakge Wine . —A Spanish journal states that in consequence of the abundance of the growth of oranges in the South of Spain , and the difficulty of ' disposing of them , several of tho growers convert them into wine , which ia said to bj of a delicious quality , and resembling much in flavor the wmo of Madeira . The juice is pressed , and left to ferment in the same wa-y as that of the grapa , after whicn it is put into casks , without the admixture of either alcohol or water . —Athenaum . Impudent Robbkry . —While tbo cc * p ?<> of Lord Fitzgerald , laie President of the Hoard of Controul , was lying in the house , two rascals deliberately went in , during the confusion of measuring for mourning , and fetched up tho plate chest from the butler ' s pantry ; they carried it through all the servants , plased it in a cart , and drove off . The i-obbery vea 3 rut suspected for some time , as the men did not , betray any concern , but walked a- ^ if on business hut
the butler being asked , it was discovered permission had not been given , and that all tho plate was stolen . A cabman has be « n arrested and sworn to as one of the men , by a female servant ; he had a cart and horse answering the description with him , when apDrehcnded . Caution to Importers op Saus \ ges . —Bologna eausaaas , of Brussels manufacture , seem lik-ily to be at a discount for same time , in onseqeence of a discovery made by the police at Mo ' rnbi ek . The proprietor of a ham and beef shop in that faubourg had for some timo been purchasing a considerable , quantity of horse flesh , and cattlo dea'l of disease , under pretence of manufacturing black ( lamp black ) . It was observed , at tho same time , that he waa making a very considerable provision of Bologna sausages . The attention of the police having been directed to the * o circunastanees , a larg . * quantity of these suspicious sansages were poized upon > ha premises , and handed over for chemical analy-is to competent persons . — British Gazette ( Brussels ) .
Railroad Ixtohtion . —We spo it stated in the Derby Reporter , that on the Midland Railway , paa-Hengers who have paid for tickets for a greater distance , and stop short of tho greater distance , are required to pay for the less . Some gentlemen who had paid for tickets from Derby to Coventry ( sixty miles ) , stopping at Leicester , halt' the distnace , wtro told their Coventry tickets would not clear th ' - 'm , and were called upon to pay in :. < loif . ion the Leicester fare . This is too grossly absurd an injustice If a passenger bo taken ill on the roa < l , or receive intelligence causing him to alter hi * plan ? , is he to pay more for only relieving the train of his weight , aud vacating a place v , \ i ' \* h another may fill , paying a new fare for tho saino place !
'The Stone pieu at Greenwich has become a ruin . One of the piles that fronted the pier and supported tho masonry gavn way , between nhi" . aud ten o ' clock on Tuesday morning , and pan of the structure fell with a loud crash . The daroag" spread to other part' } of the pier ; which was shattered in every direction , large stones cracking and breaking ; u piaces . Several people were on the pier at tu ¦ . time ; but no one was hurt . It is supposed that tho wholo foundation has given way ; and it i * sukI that the loss will laU on the contractors , Me-i-r ? . Grisell and i ' oto , as a more solid foundation ouuht to have beea formed . The " permanent" pier cost £ 3 « , 000 . Loss of Lipe , and Rfmarkablk Preskrvatiox . —Ou Friday morning throe men , uaoiciy , Robert
Trice , Hugh Williamo , and John Owcn ( accompanied by the Rov . W . Williams , curate of Ltanbedr Goch , according to previous arrangement ) quitted Redwharf-bay in a good siz ; d fishing-b-- » it , for the purpoyo of collecting eea- * a * d at I \ : ffin Island , lor potatoes . The three nieirVere thus occupied for several hours , which period was passed by the clergyman in the telegraph station , or in sauntering about tho island . At four o ' clock in the afternoon the whoio party started on tho homeward vuyag ^ ; and it being a dead ca ) m , the oars Wi-re mace to do tho work o' ' sails for about halt' the div . unie , by which tiuiu the > -o sprung up a stiffen bro . z ¦ , which induced
tho eapta ; n Ci ' riee ) to hoist ertry - ' . uch o : cinvass the boat carried . The impr-ud . ucj of im-r- was evident to the others , who remonstrated with Piioe , but hu hooded them not , until awakuned lo ; t . sense of danger by the water rushitig in over tho bows . In the e > iii ' -. i-iion occasioned by hhortuiing sail , and liKhlKiiirg tbo boar ,, she «» psiz ; J , and roiicig over and over , finally bellied keel upwards , k-jberi Price and Hugh VViiiiamK , who coul , and laid ) , old m tho bottom of tho boat not only in such a w ? -y as to sustain hirt own weight , but materially to atisi ^ t John Owen in c = tab ! itlr . r . g himself on tho k .-ol , upon which Mr . Williams also KOt astridu . Escaped from the very jaws of death , their position was yet ono of extreme peril from the rolling oi the boat , and it requirni their iKmost exertions to maintain an equipoise . In this state oV agoni / . ng pti panse , at a ( iisiauce of more than a mile from low- » v ; iter mark , thuy wero kept for hoursdrenched , exhausted , their limbo paraljzsd from cold and inactivity , and with scarce ¦;* . hope of human aiJ to sustain their s ' nking spirits —what wonder that despair should t > ntt'r iiuo the very somI ' It was thus with poor Price , uuul re-as ^ ur-ed by the encouraging words of the minister , " GoJ , who has preserved u « thua far , will assuredly dchvnr us out of this peril . " Presently a vessei hove in si ^ ht—deliverance wa 3 at hand—ihoir cries were heard—a boat waa sent to thoir assistance , and after muh difficulty and delay they were , about tnidnigW , gr . * o : \ fvard the sma-k Susan , of Bangor , txora wV >> p ctii ' a in they received that care and attention their iirci ' . 'iious and helpl' So condition required . 'iVcy w . ve ia ' . r . i ,- « i at Bar . gor ,, i » i Saturday nioriiii'i , ' . vwicu " ^ v . Williams received , the hearty congratuiitvn : - ' oi'i . i-- f > i-i \< l > . T ercve- rend gentleman speaks in ibs iusil'tst terms of tho ' , nob'o conduct of Captain ( j > An ' , - YViiiidras , wlu : risked tho safety of his vps- 1 \ u-. i it o . Mng their deli-: verauco . The two unlonum : * i . ' w ; o perished ; woro t-inglo msn , biit- John ln \ ; . ( ., vo « i wkh Mr . Williams ) is married , ami ha . u / . ar-i . iy to maintain . A more providentiale cap « . ' , p- r :: * ar ; , i - rot < y . x rtcjrd , for tho captain had v . i-.-. t njyrmrg conUmwiitod casting anchor at P . rthd > i : l' . ci ; h \" i h :- oono so , the survivors must have been !•• - « , ;• : vi'a ' t . ly , Lr it is t their belitf that they coulu r . oi 'os jb . y have hp \ d out a quarter of an hour j . ! ,:, cr . — Vantaivm Herald . \
Dhkapfix Steam-boat Exr . o . ej o . v . — -Louisville , ' April' 2 ;' ) , 1843 . —Oa the liK ' u ia .- "A ! i , iho s-t-asacrj Harry of the West , on her way I -rnii N .--. v Orl . ms to St . Louis , having shipped ! i' on ' - cf vo . id ; ; a pc . nit 4 ' i miles below Memplii-. ' : i . iio Mof ' .- ^ inpi river , was ah ;) Ut leaving the V i . rih , wb .-n two lint-. s o ! tho larboard boi ! t . r collapseii . ' . ;• .- i , \ .. in- in . » who s : ood diivctly in front of i ' : j ' .. i \ v , a- b y . vn ovorboorrl , and , doubtless in ° '<< nciy l . uicl . Anoth r was found dead on the force > : ]<¦' ¦ I' . rck . S » i raJ of the hand ? , inciuding the two co' -k .-, ; iro n ^ s-i'ig ,, besides some of the dock pas ^ t'v . ¦¦;• ; an .- . 'cr had hiti jaw broken in two p ! a « " ; ; - •¦¦ ' r wm ' i' ! y bruised aiiii injured internally l >\ ^ ¦ am . A ' . <¦' ¦ : < : passenger , wi ' . h 1 , 200 dollars ii : go . " : m j be- ! ' ; ca ; i his person , jumood overboa- ! , - u-i . ' was iiir . v ! . ed
alongside the boat , leaving Lib v < t ' aid ri . il i on board . I sp . w four other mm' ' 1 ¦ i .. itiPL down tho river , holding on tho driftwood . / - vkiif from a 11 it boat put off after them ; and v-heth . r they wore Bavvd or not , 1 cannot bay . Nor was it k' . own , iut do 1 think it ever will be knowi , haw inrny , v . ' . l to \ d , aio lost . T : ; e mate had hi . ? V < r brr hen m t \ yo places ; another ir ¦ : > i ' - '^ o had r .-s !¦ -g brok' -M . l \ v < 3 or six o ; v . io hands reached to the ouat v ,. r : ? ad ' y scalded , seine ol ; h < in vcTy pcvu : < . '}'•_ I v . ?~ standing at the curenv' forward r . ; r : ' ¦ '" : he hurrfin " deck , v > hen I hcarU ibc pilo ' . ' r . be 11 livg for tho engineer to go ahoad . I started to : go aft , and \ f \< rn abroast of tho vvhetl-hoaso 1 htarJ iiie explosion . The boiler d-. ckwaa torn up , and the stanchion .
under which I had been Blinding , wss knocked down . One of the pilots told me lhiu , had I remained forward . 1 should inevitably have btcu thrown ov , rboard . Than . ; God ! 1 received no personal injury whatever . Tho steamor Gray E : > , > wts woouing at the time of the acrid . , nt ab nt : t ! -ree roilos and a half above the Harry ui tlie W . st . bi-. o iiijinetliately came down to her aiti-stanee , inck tl llirry of the West in tow , and dwv hrr to Mtiri . jbis—an act of Rreat kindness anil humanity tf > thf v ^ u , ied on the part of her captain . To crown our oonfiuion and distress , rery soon aftrr rh *> explosion , t ^ apt ain Horben announced in tlse cabin thai iho IJarry of the West was on fire . Fortunately , it was soon
extinguished . There were about thir . y cabin passengers , of whom perhaps ten were women . Had the boat drifted into the middle of the river , where the current was running at the rate of five miles an hour , the tragedy weild have been still more terrific—The Harry of the West is a new boat , built at . Cincinnati , for the St . Louis and Nev 7 - ' Orleans trade , and is owned at St . Louis . Sho is beiit red to be the largest boat ever bnilt at Circinnati . th ? \ a 232 i fi"'t in extreme length ; h < r 'Jiradth across the guards , abreast of the wheels ,. ' -0 k fvei ; aad she has an eighteen feet hold . H <* : oui ... ; u is 750 tons . Her cabin is 168 feet long . Sh . las ex-M » en much admiration for her size , beau'y of : ^ or ! , ! , ami splendour of decoration , wherever she has appeared .
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T . ; -. Cuciu op Exc ! iKiii ; :-. u W !> ; o .- ,. J on Saturday in trjsn . ' ? an i : > i < jrB :. ' . Mou iilc-i hj ! ' - ¦ Uiornoy-General , to recover from Mr . Hur .. . p .-: ;; :. ie 3 to theamcunt of £ 5 , 000 , for illegally deframin ^ tho Board of Custiais of denies payable on . 921 , . : rs of gloves . Mr . Hurel is a glove-importer in Old J swry and ho has a partner , H . Videl , at Grenoble ... Tho fraud was effected by a col ' usion between >' r Tye , who a . ted as Custom-house-agent for the importers , and two as Custom-house-officers , Mv . Woim ¦ rsaam ane Mr . Burnby Burnby turned Queen ' s c ^ denco ; Horaersham is dead ; Tye is said to be at Bniogne Some gloves wero landed fromthe La ^ y do S . uunarez in February 1841 ; and Burnby , the landiM . c-waiter , took a ' sight entry" of tho a-oods in a bluo ^ ook . and
This book ia one of which the leaves arcstaLn ;> od the strings are secured with a Governm ^ m seal . Af ; erwards , at the Instance of Tye , and with f ho aid of Homersham , the leaves were torn on' of JiC book , a fresh seal being forced ! nnd other ieav < ¦ from a blank book were .-ubstitutcd , with a fai .- ? entry , siatiu ^ : thc soods under tho truo quaatit ' - n : imoly , 5 $ o pairs , instead of 1 , 439 pairs : the duty M 2 'd wa 3 £ 127 , instead of an amount proportions j !\ ' ir ^ er . Another charge related to somo goods lar , ¦•< . ¦ about the same . time . The defendant's counsel to •• : : some technical objections on points of law , : > n 1 extended that there really was no evidenno to hrin ; , ' > me to him proof of participation in the fraud . ' ¦ ;!¦ ¦; Jury returned a verdict for the Crown , carnages £ 4 . 500 .
Rf . peal . —The Repeal movement in Iroh : 1 stows hotter ; all the Catholic Bishops h ^ ve j line i i ; ; l . haa advanced to the dignity of a . mo 7 em >' :: ' .- . uuced hy Government ; and Mr . O'Connoll i : i ks t ¦ multifade ? V ) i ; ig in numbers v / itb the wholj Ikl . army in tbo words of premise common 10 r ; vo ! -onary leaders on the eve of action—though ( > ' (\> i : ii verbally disclaims all violeace . 'frojp .- ^ <¦ ' - ¦ > z . .. itdia Ireland ; nnd the agitators generally ii ; :: k -it tha Repeal makes progress under persevcr .-. ncc id z ? al , just as Catholic Eraancipition made nro ; rt under the sameaffsneies , to actual fulfilu ^ - n ; . x st tha English politician ha- no difficulty in pcr ;> . v >; g that the Irjsh are as far off Repeal as ever . Ti ^ -d who calculate their progress omit one e ! o ; nent in : ho
calculation— England . In thecasiof Catholic L . uancipation , the ajjitatorr . had on theirsido— justif , expediency , and the conviction of England : in f . ' . j case cf Repeal , neither of those advantages is v > - . Ii them 1 —for . the Repealers themselves have put xw : v pre-: pent claim as an alternative to " ju ^ ticj tor 1 t ! r ; id" ; therefore justice miyht be rendered te Ire ! .... i with ' , nut Repeal . In favour of Repeal , Mr . OVomiell i has his own will and tho consent of tho tu-y Irish pf-ople minus the Protestant population . But the Union is an Imperial question , and Ireland ' s r > ir . sont 1 even if unanimous , would not suffice . Whi-i ! - isortb . Ci ^ olina ; a sovereign state , which Irelau I . ¦> not , t » 'kod of seceding from the American I ^ u , it i w : ; ^ . eoTcpniled to drop its stout lan ^ vMi ; . * , ml it
sti'l belongs to the Union . The agitation . ; idcGd , dc-f ' tit ; the objects of the real , friends of f land ; for England and Scotland have no f , r . spathy Tvith it—it estrangM them ; whereasa wcJl-c : cerc'jJ agitation , for the ju ? t ends to which Rep ™ . ? proposed as tin . means , would enlkst in its favoi ; . ill the growing practical liberality of Great Brit : . .. One t ' -int , ' not credUab'e to Ireland is cxhib ! : hy the ' disturbance—the utter neglect and iopo ::: ;) ' oi tan 1 Irish gentry , in England , in case ofcuruti' oh , all look tithe Government to guido and direc ; ' iut all ! aro n > ady to do avast deal . Jn ihe rural tricta especially , tha gentry are among ibeir pft ,: ? , not 1 only qneiHng force but using counteracting ir . ? etices . This i < slill more apparent beioi'O tho critic ' vma when one ^ citation is sure to beget its coun : > agitation ; and every question is debated in eve v town and hainlet—runs the gauntlet of every di- : rb ? ng influence , Puasive and coemvj , public and do-iostic .
Every question is thus ripenfid and settle . ' hy the nation at . ' argp , before tho Government i .- - called upon to give effect to the balance of opinlc . i . In Ireland , on the contrary , nothing , in times of embarrassment , stands between tho Government and thepopuhfo . True , rhereare divers loya i i rsons who will fight when called upon ; bat tru ¦ ¦> . •» ¦ is no mediating class mixing with the people , mock mating them , neutralizing extreraes , and leaving nothing bat final and well-ascertained results forGov ¦; nment to deal withal . JTerc i .= an immense gap in the machinery of Irish polity ; one cause why Ireland does not feel tho influence of central government in a comparatively steady and easy pressure , bit . only in hours of extremity , harshly and rasontfuliy ; one causo of habitual nnrnliness—of popular ; nsistance of every unpopular tax—of reckless sac ; rice of life and property , because Government ii wholiy forgotten . Thus does absenteeism become its own punishment . —Spectator .
ANOTHEaConflagration at Liverpool . — Another most destructive fire broke oiu in this ' . own about two o ' clock on Friday morning , which in very short time . reduced three largo warehouses *•> little more than a heap of smoking ruins . This fi : eonawencod in a back cellar of a warehouse in Jae on'shne , a narrow passage bc ' ween Union-= » r ¦ >• : and Queen-street , a abort di ^ 'anco from tho Kx- '"inge . Tho warehouse contained a ? arge quanti'y « 1 \ 'ton , saltpetre , and other i ^ nimmab ' o articles , ' . hout half-past two Mr . Hewitt , Mr . L-iveratt , a- ¦• > 'hor hnperintondents of our police force , , \ rr > v i on thft spot ; but , as usual , half an hour elap- " -fore snfficont water could bn ^ ot fro . ii tho rjsius ,. " nl in tho m-Jin tin }? thv tire gai . ici ground rapidly . During this del-ay , the flames had reached the .. < j ond story , containing saltpetre , whi ? h soon ? ' ' t- > -virds exploded with a tremendous noise , blowing tt ; part of the wall , and lioing other carnags . This explosion was f' -llowed by another , almost an terrific . None of the fireiaen or bystander wera injiued , although , some of them had very narrow escapes . Tho fire spread rapidly , and about four o ' clock the bhz : was fearful . At iive o ' clock all hope of raving th " . warehouses where the fire first commenced , or VVr ,. < 4 ht ' 8 warehouse , to wHeh it had spread , v . 'a ? at a : ; end . The firemen thcr . fore turned their aUer . t for vj the adjoining valuable warehouses , one of which was already on fire . Between eight end nino the rhird warehouse had caught fire , and ia fhc « yui > : e o ;' the morning that also was destroyed . Next to the £ hed , adjoining tke warehonse on the cast siue , whie ; . had first ier . ited , and from which the exp ' o .-ion * had proceeded , was another shed , also filled with a Jarge
quantity of saltpetre in bags , and Fuch men a ^ -ould be L-oi o : i the emergency were employed to caixy it out i ;; io a yard in Queen-street . Police-firemen 255 , Armstrong , and 355 , Dixon , were the first whjgot on tho top of the warehouse next to thfst consumed . One police . fnser was peveroly , but not Jangtr . usly wouii'it'd by a . brick t ' rom tho warehou . t in U ionsirret . falling ? . nd cutting hiic in the forehraJ . We have heard of no o . her accident . The whole o < ' the poli .. \\ ofllccrs aud men , did their duty wMl . \ t a qua ; irT-past tixht , the front of the large wart ; .-use came down with a groat crasli into Union-s :: eet , struck a hou . e opposite , and carried part o ! the eor ^ pr of tho hon ? o alouy ; with it . SornL- o' the burning matoriald thus thrown into tho dwellu ^; set it on firo ; bin the -Migines being brought to b « . ar npon this fresh conflagration , it was soon got und ^ r . i'hc wiad durng the morning-blew from the £ . E ,, but was not very high , else the immense boiiy of fiime ma t have set firo to other buildings , ano the damage would Lave been much more ext ?; . s ve . During the aficrneon tbo fire , which was continod to trie tbree warehouses , was got under . Tho total loss is estimated ar , from £ 60 , 000 to £ 80 . 000 . Tho origin of the fire is not known . —Liverpool Times . Imposition . —A Iciy in Nottingham , having tommuriicated a wish to s * wral persons , that she couid liko io s"d sumo one Memorised , was waiftd npen 1 'v a youri £ gir ] , who p-jic ! phe should be jnppy to iurati ' y her . The lady thanked her f .. « r her kindnn-s , and sent , for a you- g ^ jn ; leman she knew could Mesrneriso , and ho agretd to como . A tirao wa 3 appointed , and the young gin was sen ! for , and he cjnminiced operating upon her . In fhreo minutes * ' . c was thrown into a state of ecn : a . She ivenfc •' ovv : i on ' "her kncea and repratfd a prayrr ; she ' ¦ riiinied her pockets , sang , rucited ono of Watvs ' a iyin : i . =, aud perlormed various oiheT extraordinary iii' . ts , to tjie great astonishment of the lady aud the
friends she had assembled roun'i her , to sno the wonders of Phreno-Magnetisru . Tncy were iiighly gra ' . iC >; ii tor about a quarter of an hour . When the young £ irl was restored , she said ? hc fe'fc quii ^> ? veJI , a ; id recited several pi ^ tea of poetry as ; i proof ot' it . A tow . fays after , tha lady was waited i . po'i by some oi' thegirj ' s fritnds , who informed her that the ^ srl ¦ iid iK ' -irly lost her senses , and her s-ijjr ' . was so tap ; . ' . < : nc that she could not see to work m consequence of having boon improperly Mesmerised , and that unless t . itnrthitiij was done for h-r , enab ' o hor to coa . 'o workisg fora time , she was ; i niinul g rl . Tiie lacy was lurrified , and they h . w it ; they t ! ion ta d , -if she would allow her three or lout
fhuimgs a week , till she was able to work , they would f-ay nn more shout is . Tho lady agreed to do kd . Sumo wiH-ks pa ^ ed on ; sho was no better ; v . hen a rd * tion , a , medical man , coming ou u , — . sit to her , &ho rel ite < j tho circumstance , and he said he bciieved she ha-1 been imposed upon , and wasdetermiaf-d to . see the j ^ iri ; he went to her h <« me , and a . sk d if tiK-re was a young man lived there who coaid Me-rneme people ; ho was invited in , and thtrs pat tho blind givi , backstitching a pair of shirt wristbands for a young man . He entered into conversation with her ; she told him she had been thrown into the mesmeric sleep abovo twenty times , and it never injured her , and offered herself a 3 &
subject if ho could find the yoang man be was ia search of ; lie thanked her and said he did not know how to requite her for her kindness , aad offered to give ner sixpence for one of tbe wristband 3 she was stitching so neatly ; she said he might baie it ; he took it and departed . In the course of an hour th © gentleman again entered the house , accompanied by the lady and a policeman . She was then given to understand it was at her option to return the money she . had exac ; ed , or be taken into custody , on . a charge of obtaining ncnuey under fake pretences ; she gladly ptelevre . ! ire (' rraev , and after having severely talked ; c , > f , o coiifcrf « d she had never beea under mesmeric iiihV . ; : co at ali ,, \ b « ttii * i | ii . waa , « all " shim" fron beiiii . jiicg to kJ ^ JmmdMmff' ^ ¦ is HVAS w » "tttMflv
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At th * annual meetiof of the governors of the Kensington Diepeneary on Thursday , Sir Henry Willock , K . L . S . in the chair , the treasurer , Mr . Saintsbury , announced that he had that dsyreoeired from His Royal Highness Prince Albert his gracious consent to be named patron of the institution , in the room of his late lioyal Highness the Duke of Sussex ; and that Prince Albert had accompanied his acceptance of the office with the liberal and perfectly spontaneous donation of £ 20 , in aid of the funds of the charity . Tne announcement was received with the most lively feelingsof gratification by tbe meeting , and the : he treasurer was requested to return » suitable acknowledgement in its name .
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^ THE NORTHERN STAR . _ , ___
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 27, 1843, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct483/page/3/
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