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** SOKNBT OS A . WHEEL CHAIR , *^ S * ITH , TAHffB * , OP THIS TOW * . n « te i 9 WraSag « b » fr » vfth geatte motion , vamtoaM * lone Aides of lriaeme leisure , nlftaied me , as tm , in ares of ocean , S ^ S red me witfclfc changeless loti on ; ^ TfTnawto change of aeene , Mdartnw * treasare , JJJJa once more to range , to ten , to mewrn , inft riw the mw delight to due devotion ; £ ? ih' how many an invalid like me , ^ dt ^ STSSnl . to tul » the bitter « up * nd pass imsucwured tm the dregs are up . ft . "WtSj f « l th * nreet . of peace In time , <^»^ foretaste of a Wistful clime .
" Jakes Yekkos g ^ nQi Moltoa , February 2 nd .
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8051 TET TO OASTLER . ft . a ,, the anxious factory children" ! friend , - ° T ~ Tnwwth W * Mcb the labonrershave made known ^^ rfennces-hath pkinly « ho » n a ^ ggf ^ -to wilt dacend ¦ »^ fetoB * ee » w the rtar who * e dawn -ftJE « e both ondimm'd , « U 1 « skies did frown . * KS 2 l tSb irffl soon or late defend iff ^ Zne H . the tyrant vieira-with UBzrdxad joy "iffiS WSS * totbo debtort « U , nSLftCatbat tfce ^ pressor fails to employ ^ ojTiHt / IB i * tried } anght that ean e ' er repel ijk 6 * Bh «* treJfe , or for a time destroy jrfoaB aisgiei which are inriaeaWa . - " James Yesso * . fratli Helton , February 2 nd .
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XHE RIGHTS AKD XKJTIES OP MAN . TU 5 E— " Ben Block . " Ye aMea of natur e , ye scions of fame , Ye feremcst in liberty * nn , BaiatTxmr s tandard alaft , and londly proclaim Ifc « daties iad light * of man , TrbsB nainre first stamped ns with life and with form , It was & { quality ^ shrine ; jraih , jarfiee , and reason , united , conform , To iaUow the sacred design . Be te sever to rich , or neTer so poor , Whatever faia colour or creed ; 2 » di naahas a right to one vole , and no more , H& person ' * hi * title deed , ffce warid is hia conntry , all nature his store , j& rehgHm ibwdd be to do good ; jg jhonldgwe up bis soul to freedom—and more , " He should seal it , if 'ated , with bis bkod .
ijj sea should be brothers , their principles pure , ¦ ~ To freedom and equity true ; - . "Unto others then act , be they neTer so poor , ^ ye TTonld they should do unto you . ^ rth , freedom , and right ate the same at each aone , they are changed no ; by time or by place ; . Aid be who oppresses one country alone , '" - ¦ Is the foe of the haman race . - On motto is equal rights , and laws * fhneani » freodon £ » iiD , v Onr erase , the e * Msf fl * £ ptaon cause ,
f as fa evfl : ntfifW mf ? f ICo oae impenanjlfi ^ tower , ! 5 w govern wi& nSHgd ; : She people are- the soveisjgB ; power , ¦¦ "• Jbeir TQ ** e is the Toice tf &od . AH SoTernmenf s but their instrument , Uieif pi-in ^^/> i to fulfil ; The Iaad s their fana , and HeaTen . their bent , 32 ie law is the people ' s will . laen oatrard , t&e nobls , the true , and the braTe * 5 iaaih 4 aHnf , all perils well 4 ha » , * TJnai crime and poTerty , despot add rixrfc ' i ^» ? - *»** Shall be iwt as things that were .
. As a pauper or slvre , -who 'wvuld tresr roch a brssd , ^_ I » not worttiyia freedom to baak ; *¦ - " ITt ) bw euanty eraw ^ it is right we demand—Kot bounty , but jusQce , * e asS . At ^ h » TB it we -will , be our fate what it may , Though our mQsji behold ns no more : Itoajh oar gaela «>»* " be fed with fresh -victims each day , And the Kaifoid ma ; stream with our g « re , 2 i « ooward , the cau » e h > holy aad good , ,,: atJammra * the nobla and brare ; p r . tPho woald not for freedom yield up bis life ' s blood , Dessres to be erer a slave . Tba » sward , aeaia , at freedom ' s high coll , . Ob Charter to death -well embrace ; Be sere that as fast as one leader shall fall , Another shall rise in his place- D £ HOCBAXICC » .
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A SEW CHARTIST SOXG , ST X . P . MEAD , OF BIKKIXGHAJt Tt > E— " The Bay of Biscay , 0 ' . " Loud roar"d the people ' s thunder , And tyracts heard the storm , they trembled , and knocked under , And gare as mock Refunn . They felt the electric spark , Which bared corruption's ark ; Bent their veil , they turned pale , At ths Toice of freedom , O ? Then our good ship Britannia , Amongst ths breakers lay , Poor bark . ' we gladly maan'd her , With Whigs and Gaffer Grey -,
But lubbers all they proTed , And from the rocks ne'er moTed , There are they , till this day , On thy rocks , corruption , O . ' At length Vhe People ' s Charter Shoots forth Us beacon rays . ' She deepens now ber water , The tide around her plays ; Soon shall her lubber crew , Resign her helm to yon ; Chartists bare , ye must save , The goed ship , Britannia , 0 . ' Taemoraof freedom's breaking , We hail it from afar : And for a compass taking , Oar glorious Sortiern Star ! Well « oon the breakers clear .
The port we aeon , shall near -, Kow -we sail , witii the gale , For the Bay of Freedom , O ! Par pilot , braye O"Coxsob ! We « xm trill get onboard , More sail well crowd upon her , iindgei her richly stored ; -... Maon'd by a gaUanl crew , _ V Of ChanisU ataanch and true , 17 ( H $ a 21 ride , with the Ude , To the port of Freedom , O !
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VI APOLOGY FOR A THIEF , OR THE - '¦ ¦ BSmF " DIVINE RIGHT" A MASK 1 TCTCOYER THE INIQUITIES OF THE ¦ ffiSEAT . By a Bbiush Jskaelitb . Oxford : Haarj Alden , Corn MarkeL We have here a some what no ceremonious attempt JW » . that Hi the world are thieves , and that as *• peat people who are , bj their own account , at «» iead of the tixiavish communitf , by " the Grace « God , " -and " ii ^ bt Krine , " are robbers bj Jfetice , so the rest of mankind are compelled to «» me robberB by necessity . The book is certainly »* Wb satire npoatiie present slate of things , * ad gfWi P J a reference to facts , that those wbo % xe jgnMaied by history to be great and noble , foun-•¦ » w empires , and th « benefactors of our race , * w , f « toe most cart , robbers and cut-throata :
• M that had Aejr doae the same acts as those who •* represented as great and glorious , on a more Kwraeted scale , they would hare come down to as , ff we bad heard « f them at aU , with a , T&rj different *» J *» et « to that they now assume . We recom-*«* we foUomng derer hit to the espeoial consi-! P « a of all who advocate the hanging of lifcfle * KeTBB i » od the honouring of great ones : — £ I my begin with king Adam , as Boaasewi « iji » ™ l 'n 4 Bi » PKt » er Bve . They could not resist the ***!*¦ £ *« , and stole the apple . As long aa they Jwned ' we may consider one a hero and the ottoer a Ertl bttt ^ hea the y wen WBsk enough to rtatl ^« they had no right to , though renwinded by * **** " * * eT « 7 flung , they were counted criminals 5 ° * ' » is alleged tm an eicuse , that they were todtod Bfcytbe running of thedetfl : —this is gnated , and * 2 » we may misty inf ^ q ^ tbe connhq- of the TP »» * UherB 7 < a # irt » steata . aadof « ane be
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most bwtow more « £ fcte esmdaf cm great thtere than on petty oaetf this accordingly constitute * great thleretto bare more oif tt » deril In them than little ones , which therefore reodeta them more denliah , and more to be dreaded . " The following exqoisite specimen of regal honesty cannot be too generally known . Who would not embalm , in the deepest recesses of the heart , tho njsmory of snch excellent princes !—" Every one has read of the great embarraasmenU of the Prince of "Wales , Duke « f York , and Duke of Clarence , { the latter , however , must be exempted from all charge of having enjoyed any of the profit * arising from this transaction ) . These embarrassments were the consequence of their frequent debaucheries , aad every souree in this country was tried from which it
was thought a supply could be raised , sufficient to avert the impending storm which bung over their heads ; but all endeavours failed . As a last resource , a loan was attempted in Holland ; and Messrs . Boniiey and Sunderland , then of George-yard , Lombard-street , were appointed notarial agents for the -mlne&tion of the bonds ; and the late Mr . T . Hammersley , of Pall Mall , banker , was to receive the subscriptions , and to pay the dividends thereon , to the holders , on the joint bonds of the Prince of "Wales , Duke of York , and Duke of Clarence I the latter merely lent bis name as a further security to the bonds , and to please hia elder brothers ) . The sum Intended to be raised was about one million sterling . After some slight interruptions the negotiation for this loan was confirmed : it was to bear six per cent , interest , and the revenues of their roya ] highnesses were to he invested in the hands of the late Dukes of Northumberland and Portland , in
order to ensure the doe payment of interest and principal . A large portion of the money , to the amount of nearly half a million , bad been received by the Princes , when the revolution In France , in 1792 , presented aa opportunity to resist the payment of those bonds whlcb had been circulated , and even the interest due upon them was refused . During the reretetioo , some of tbe holders of these bonds escaped , and arrived in ^^ g tWMl ; and , as their last resource , -they made numerous applications to tbe Princes for the interest due to them , if it were not quite convenient to discharge the bonds in full , but their applications were fruitless . The holders of these bonds , finding themselves unjustly treated , Mr . Martigaao , one of the original subscriber to them , made an application to the Court of Chancery , and the affair came on by way of motion . However , th& matter was shirked , and the distressed refugees were neTer benefited by it
Sow follows the despicable part , and the suspicious conduct , ( relative to these bonds , ) of the then Secretary of State for the Home Department . Under the specious pretext of enforcing the Alien Act , this gentleman caused the whole of these iDjured claimants to be taken and put on board a vessel in the Thames , which was stated to be ready to sail for H 9 lland . This tessel , however , cast anchor * t the Wore , for the professed purpose of -waiting to receive the necessary papers from the office of the Secretary ol St&te ! " The heart rending destiny ot these unfortunate victims now only remains to be told . Although no
charge was preferred against them , they were thus unceremoniously sent out of the kingdom by the decree of arbitrary power . From the list of twenty-six unfortunate creditors of the Princes , fourteen were traced to tbe guillotine . The other twelve perished by another concocted plan of the hirelings of power . Tbe two principal money lenders , Mr . Abraham and Mr . Simeon Boas , of the Hague , were endeavouring to maintain their shattered credit , and actually paid the interest due upon these bonda for two years themaelTe »; -but they were finally ruined , and one of the brothers put an end to his existenoe by a pistol , —the other by poison . "
At page 12 , we hare some excellent remarks on the way in which history is taught . We quote them for the benefit of all who are interested in the instruction of yoir . h : — " Tbe history of England ought to be taught very differently to children than it has hitherta been . It is the duty of those who teach it at once to unmask tbe real character of kings and their courtiers , and continually to remind the children of the fabl « of the frogs who were punished by Jupiter for wUhing for a king , that Pcuvideace in like manner puniehe * the -weakerminded nations of this globe who cannot rest contented until they have kings and courtiers to strip them of all good things . Then a new and more enlightened generation would rise up , who would bhxsh to read how their forefathers could have so tamely submitted to s few despicable tyrants and blasphemers , for daring to assume the words "grace of God" and "right divine . " as a cloak to their infamy . This is the true light they
ought to bp viewed in , and yet parents are weak enough wb ~ eR \ fc £ vjgki the history of England into a child ' s haixd'td'JMpi out to him , with a corrupted notion » f glory ; tie " portrait of this monster ; for instance , telling Ji »« fciltfcV that is the great and glorious William , attatafga&ihe Conqueror , " while his servile heart secretly tMsSsHrali plsastixa , as b& » p *» fc » tbe blgh sootiding 4 f 3 riP ^ sqmenrT II the 'dgKTwere to say , l £ | t 1 »* crnel he was , tb » answer woaltrbe , * ' oh . ' w # inust not say tfroMtiungs , my dear , it is all for tbe best ; God giTJegihose men power to govern us by his divine grace . " or any such nonsense ; instead of telling the child pbdnly tbe truth , that be was a bastard , a usurper , aad like most of those men in power , a robber and an inhuman monster . I repeat again , until history is t&ngbt fairly to children , and tbe infamy ot the great unveiled to them , tSey trill ova * continue to imbibe a religious fear for their oppressors , and consider liberty and freedom * reproach , ''
At paste 21 , the hireKn ^ g who disgrace the Christian priesthood , come in for a pretty hard blow from the Ismaelite ' s clenched fist , and with it we must close our notice , begging our readers to bear in mind , that the author does not apologise for thieving in the abstract , but only contends that if great men become robbers because they like it , much may be said for those who only rob because the arrangements of society forbid them to lire without doing violence to some of tbe acknowledged principles of common honesty .
" As for the priests of our own country , I can only tell them that I never beard of St Peter or any of the apostles going out a fexbunting , * sr to steeple chases : or that their belief was fashioned according to the greatness or smaDnesa ot their livings ; or that they ever refused any deceased person a Christian burial , because he had not left sufficient money behind him to purchase a small piece # f consecrated ground in a ehnrch-yard . TTntil it is proved that the apostles did til tkese things , we cannot at least consider our priests as tb » ir successors ; and if it is proved that they also did those things , people ought to be ashamed to acknowledge themselves their successors . "
" * Only imagine for one moment St . Peter out a fox hunting , on a spirited horse , hollowing behind a pack of hounds , and after clearing a hedge , tumbling into a ditch on the other side , and all the rest of the apostles leaping over him . '"
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A Pipe . —A p ipe ! it is a great soother ! a pleasant comforter ! blue derils fly before its honest breath ' . it ripens the brain—it open 3 the heart ; and the man who smokes-thinks like a Sage and acts like a Samaritan . —Sir Lylton Bulicer ' i Night and Morning . Plbasckes op Statesmes . —Precious to the statesman are the moments he can snatch for the common pleasures which are strewed over the earth—meant , apparently , for the perpetual enjoyment of all its inhabitants . The child gathers flowera in the meadow , or rnns up and down a green bank , or looks for birds' nests every spring-day . The boy and girl hear the lark in the field and the Unset in the wood , as a matter of course : they walk beside the growing corn , and pass beneath the
rookery , and feel nothing of its being a privilege . The sailor . beholds the stare erery bright night of the year , and is familiar with the thousand hues of the changing sea . The soldier on his march sees the sun rise and set on mountain and valley , plain and forest . The citizen , pent up in the centre of a wide-built town , has Iii 3 hoar for play with his little ones , his evenings for his wife and hia friends . But for the statesman , none of these are the pleasures of every jdik , , Week after week , month after month , he cajfw ** no . ejes for thev / reshness of nature , no 3 ei > nre for Email afiairs , « r ? 3 r talk about things which cannot be called affairs at alL He may gaze at pictures on his walls , and heavjmsio from the drawing-room , in the brief intervals of hie
labours ; and ne may now and then be taken by surprise by a glimpse of tbe eool bright stars , or by the waving of tbe boughs of some neighbouring tree : he may be beguiled by the grace or the freak of some little child , or struck by some waadering flower-scent in the streets , or some effect of sunlight on the evening elond : bnt , with these few and rare exceptions , he loses sight of the natural earth , and of its free intercourses , for weeks and months together ; and precious in proprotion—precious beyond his utmost anticipation—are bis hours of holiday when at length they come . He gates at the eresoent moon hanging above the woods , and at the long morning shadows on the dewy grass , as if they would vanish before his eyes . He is intoxicated with tha eurgle of the brook upon the stones , when he seeks the trout-stream with his lias tad basket : the whirring of the wild-bird ' s wing upon the moor ,
the bursting of the chase from cover , the creaking of the harvest-wain—the song of the vine-dressersthe laogh of the olive-gatherers—in every land where these sounds are heard , they make a child once more of the statesman who may forfonce have come forth to hear them . Sweeter still is the leisnre-hour with children in the garden or the meadow , and the quiet stroll with wife or sister in the evening , or the gay excursion daring a whole day of liberty . If Sunday evenings are sweet to the labourer , who » - toils involve but little action of mind , how precious are his rarer holidays to the Btate-J&boorer , after the wear and tear of toil like his—after his daily experience of intense thought , of anxiety , and fear ! In the path of such should spring the freshest grass , and on their heads should fall the softest of the moonlight and the balmiest of the airs of heaven , if natural rewards are in any proportion to their purchase-money of toil .
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THE CHINA-QUESTION . - ' ; CFwKti * r % taeu ) 3 * Six weeks or two moaths ago' we were s ^ tred , . with much exoftation onthe , part of the . WJii /? ww » r papers , and reiterated sneers , that oar dispute fejlh China , which onght Bever to bare taken place tf all , was happily , nay gloriously , settlad ; thathfs Jiiiperial and Celestial Majesty had mnk wider the fears inspiad by the British arms ; that he but , fhn&fch his Commissioner , submitted to all the demands of Admiral Elliot ; that three - milliOnssterlin ' ghadfoea lodged in the hands of some -British authorit / or other , God knows wfcat , as compensatum * o < the opium merchants for their property ,-and- to , tke of
^ ieen England for her insulted hoiwar j . th * fc " seoorhyfor tbe future" had been "tacjted to ~ iaH density for Aa part" by the graat of sueh ooncetsioBB on behalf of the commeroe of Great Britain as should be dictated by AdinJriJ . lHiioti who was described as reigning paramount over the councils of China . u Such , " solemnly remarked the Down-, tag-street newspapers , in oontempinooa mocbery of the Duke of Wellington— " such . * re tjve great : reBuUs accomplished by means of 'little ; wara / r " Well , then , we are to be thantfd for great ' raralts it seeniB—that is to ray , after we ar * » uie of having achieved them ; but , with all d « Carence , not fill then . ' " ..
Now , where are , tfie proofs of rach ta « t to ' ctones" ! And whoa were they effected , and wh « re ? Vh Saturday last we published the contents of our own express from Marseilles , which anticipated , aAU&e Government and other overland dispatches , bringing down the Chinese intelligence from Chusan to the 24 th of October , and from Cantal ^ io Macao to the 3 rd of November . It thenoe-4 p » ears ( hat no now sucogssea bad been obtained , nor caange of any sort experfafteed , since the dale of the former gos * aippis ff « B 4 * ittsi « ing -c ^ nKpmdeoo ^ iwt SJb * -theold mce&scs tthey were uTT iiliil iiiiji ^ jlTroiii "fudge ; " that as for the treaties signed . !** ¦¦ 'MQr . cessions granted , not an atom of negotimbm Hid so
ranch as eommended , so our * wteimiy tqt-ibe future" was in the nature of BodDshJBiB ^ thirt $ ttr "indemnity for the past" vfra * rtft * auohtlnJhe same predicament ; that the three mmjons , sterling were precisely where they had' ever dcto— -namely , at the bottom of the Celestial exchequer ; that low from Admiral Eliot reigning paramount af * f * ekin , he had -been forced to leave Chusan with hii tail between his legs , eithtr driven by force of circumstances , or by stress of humbug , and" hadirepaired to Canton , the furthest extremity oftl « empire : to what good end , or with what resfclt of-the value of a single box of opium , still lies over for the speculations of the curionB .
At Chusan , where exists the most tangible and enduring , aud that a fatal , evidence of the fortune by which this expedition of Lord Paimerdton has throughout been visited , there were landed from . the BritiBh men-of-war npwards of 3 , 600 soldiers , Englishmen and ^ ndiaos . But ot these , little more than 2 , 000 ( 2 , 036 ) remained fit for duty , when the accounts came away . Sixteen huadred of our fallow-subjects had perished or were disabled , without having seen the face of an enemy worth speaking of . , i * But why did Admiral Elliot quit the n < n $ h 91 B coast of China , where he might enjoy , or enJnci , if it so pleased him , an easy access to thesfeat of Government , and the most fit centre of negotiation I
The prevailing belief upon this matter is , that the Admiral yielded , with credulous weakness , to the persuasions of the Chinese Ministers , who did not much relish his near neighbourhood to tb « capital , and that under their sinister suggestions he crowded sail for Canton at a season of the year when his return northwards would be difficult or impossible , and where he might be kept sitting " like Impttience on a monument , " until it suited the chicanery of the Court to play off some new set of malpractices upou the noodkdom . of Lord Minto ' s brother .
Then what has been the fruit of this famous expedition , * ent forth aad maintained at an expence of near £ 000 , 000 sterling , to make an example of the so-calkd swindlers of Canton , and teach them to swallow poisou with a better grace hereafter ! What has Admiral Elliot done ! How much of our Chinese quarrel has he settled ! How much money has he sacked in the way of compensation to oar merchants f What regulations in favour of British trade has he wrtsted from the Chinese Government 1 How , and to what extent , has be repaid tbe cost to which his twenty or thirty ineffective pennants have put this much galled nation ] Not to the amount of a single sow . At
tbe rate he has gone on , under , it is to be presumed , the instructions of Lord Palmerston , Admiral Elliot may be two or three years longer among thq Chinese . seas , giving opportunities to ttiJitary aad n * v * T goss' . pa for sending , . jMcafl ^ l Kwk ^ n ^ -b ^ ftl * ic » feoBs- * bont the doings or noa ^ dorogs of thtfgallant Admiral , until cerla-n unwelcome visitors from the Western side of tbe Atlantic , with a large assortment , of stripes and stars apon their flag , fulfilling the predictions of Commissioner Lin to hia master , shall disturb the gallant Admiral in his dreams of settlement with China , and salute his squadron after a different fashion from that practised by the miserable junks . Upon the whole this melancholy war has been pro *' dtioed by the culpablftjje ^ nfwujs-tff tb * "F «* e ? gir Secretary of England , in * to » three rttrs during
which be totally failed to send proper orders to Capt . Elliott for his guidance throughout a difficult and embarrassing state of our relations with the Government of Canton . The war measures , again , so use-Ies 3 in their origin , bare in their execution proved feeble and discreditable , not a single step in advance towards a pacific settlement having been accomplished since the arrival of the British fleet upon the shores of China . We hope a balance-sheet will be called for by one or more of our financiers in the House of Commons ; that on the production of a debtor and creditor account the couutry may be made distinctly sensible of what she has gained in return for what she has Sacrificed by this immoral , unsuccessful , and disgraceful contest .
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BERMO-VDSEY . —A meeting of the working classes took place on Sunday last , at Dock Head Chapel , Bermondsey , when a large party eat down to a comfortable tea , and in the evening were addressed by two of their company , who shewed in a very clever and feeling manner , that the objection and indifference to Christianity was owing to the system of Priestianity taking its place ; and so long as the people dealt in proxies in matters of religion , and paid the man for speaking , thinking , and praying for them , so long would they remain ignorant of true Christianity , and slaves to ignorant aud designing men . As the promoters of these Sunday meetings will be held up to scorn and ridicule for desecrating the Sabbath , and depriving the priests of their authority in matters of religion , we hope that the liberal part of tbe community will give them their countenance and support .
OBHBKOCK Mechanics' Institution . — DEFEAT OF BlGOTBY , AND TfilUMPH OP LIBERALITY . —Ever since the erection of the building for the Mechanics' Institution in this town , there has been a continual straggle , between the narrow-minded and bigoted minions of the clergy and the raoneyocracy on the one Bide , and tbe liberal , intelligent , and independent portion of the working classes , on the other , as to how its affairs should be managed , and in whose hands their administration should be vested . This contest , which has been characterised throughout by alternate victory aud defeat to both parties , was terminated on Tuesday evening last , by the complete and unqualified triumph of the working men . The several interim committees , who have
hitherto managed the affairs of the institution , were successively engaged in drawiDg up a constitution for its future government , which constitution having been completed , a meeting of the subscribers was called for the above named evening , in order that the result of the committees' labours might be submitted to them . The committee , who havs held office for some months back , ( by whom the'Con ' stiunion was finally completed , ) having fcfeen elected in an illegal manner , at a packed meeting of the subscribers , and consisting exclusively of the nominees of the illiberal and priest-ridden portion of the middle and upper chsse ? , had contrived to frame the articles regarding the purposes for which ike building was to be used , and the
qualification for membership , so as to deprive the working classes of a full participation in its benefits , to exclude them from all share in its management , and to place it entirely in tho hands of a despotic and Jesuitical faction . In their efforts to accomplish their nefarious intentions , ao means , however despicable , were left uatried . AH who dared to dissent from them , or question the authority of their ipti di * il , were denounced as Infidels , Chartists , and Socialists ; » 3 men devoid of principle , who wished to apply the property of the subscribers to their own advantage , and to the furtherance of their own views . For some time previous to- the night of meeting , a number of individuals , ( the Committee of the Mechanics' Library . ) who
determined to rescue the institution from the grasp of the worthies to whom we have alluded , had drawn up and published a code of laws , -which they meant to propose for the adoption of the subscribers , in opposition to that prepared by the illegally elected committee of the institution , who were held up to public obloquy and scorn in every possible manner . At the meeting , on the evening above-named , a working man was put into the chair , in place of a magistrate . The code of laws drawn up by the working men was carried by a large majority , with the proviso added , that it should be liable to amendment in detail . It was also agreed that the Hall should not be let for any purpose on the Sabbath ; and a proposition that the Hall Bhouldnot be used for the dissemiaadea of any principles oon-
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ilttf to those tf C&fiftiamtr was negatived by a larw Bugority , ; the argnment in opposition to wank { Oopo « tioB '; ijpt that there was so much difference of opinion , m w what was and what was not ia aoowdanee with the spirit of Christianity . A new committee was then elected , composed of working , men . and-. aJl of Liberal principles : and , tftwjjtffoi thtw mat * for the Charter , three for Feorgoa O ^ noori i&c , the meeting separated . OIAlfPHBSTBB .. ~ TEHPKBANCE . —The temperance cause in Manchester is progressing raoidlv
among the Chartists . The following persons wish to ha » e their names attached to th « address of Mr . Hennr Vincent , the Rev . W . Hill , &c .: —Mr , James Leech , President of the Provisional Executive , and Chalfist Missionary for South Lancashire ; Mr . TboiiSas Davies , President to the South Lancashire Delegate Meetiag , and Treasurer to the'Local Victim isElkmd ; Mr . Heury NuMall ; Mr . I Jamee White ; , Mr . Joseph Lenney ; » u 4 Mr . Matthew Greem The latter are members of various committeet , « id zealous and active individuals .
- 83 SPUBVw—A . ' fR 6 ci 0 v » CaoEwr on the paiit of the PdQB Law- 'Ojtficebs . —A poor man named , WiiBw / arriy ** at § elby by a steam-packet on Tuea-. day , ^ ttpoBt ., » nd feeling himself unwelkflajlod at a publio-n ^ uae near to the landing place , and informed the la&dterti that he was entirely destitute of a » ney . \ n a ehfljMime he became so bad as not ^ o b $ fl ^ le Jo leave . tbwhouse ; fiuding which , the laudkjrd l ^ iUed fin las Gihalf to the assistant overseer , and also to flw felifviag officer of the Selby Union , iieitherojf whom , did anything for . him . The poor fBllow ' scase $ as algtf been made known to the iuatdians of the ^ oor , »^ d they also have declined rendering the tn * n any assistance t the answer returned by the Gowdiani was ^ bat the landlord of the inn must tAlp s } if t | a responsibiUtVMUpon himself , and one of the OTirjeera ( a very humajifl man ) Mr-XJeoim ¦
L ' aWthf lfi m mnftinrfia * »«« iiWir faiflttiVi < vt''fflHi' 1 nn * N H ^» WW ^^ md the landlord $ t a ** qg 4 jiHqBown expenoe ) cauaedevery ' -. attention . s ^ jfcAhmeiitfo bo adminisWr ^ d to him , that his 8 fllR ) t « ftrr « q ^ fefed 7 he would be chargeable by a fiorotodnrlnqoesc . . ;¦ SJ much for humanity aad the PoprJfciiii , it wwKthey be . .
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• * i ?^ C Tr P * unt P ( icc « s a&afce V »» n ' * very 4 fa ^ ty $ * ± Msittail things mike a grtat result . ] te . . l % FBiENoi . T Man is like a lemon—if you -s ^ ujP ^ ^ 9 * J ou ^ ol y i *?* acidity- out of him . ¦ ¦ < WJr ra ^ ow , we ^ bu&vs , definitively settled , that MSCWrgh ^ Qau in to replace Mr . Justice LiUledale . RaE . — . A ^ flre todk place lately at Messrs . StruU ' a works , Belper , whic Q was 6 doa put oat by the females , with the aid of the engine men . Thb -i * BOPEBTr » f £ 20 , 000 , left by . Mr . Evans to . tho ciaritaes of KUkeuay , is about to be placed under tbe boattl of iebuitahle oequests . A Reward of ilOO pas been offered " for the apprehension of Houston Wallace , charged with tbe destniction of the Luoy .
j' Earl ManterV residence , Thoresby Hall , was broken into on tho 3 rd instant , and a considerable quantity of property stolen therefrom . . TflaB . TE 5 r 0 TAU . fSS appear to be progressing at rtf ^^ ld ; they have mas issued , an addresa to the pubaoga the subject o ? tempeiauce . Th « wonTHLEss STitEsitAN may turn his coat over ami over agaip , bit he will : not be able to hide the hole . : No-fewsb than EiGnT riKES took place on the 4 th inst ., ia the metropolis , and property to a serious extent was consumed . Sis Astlky Cooper , who has been dangerously ill , is so much better as to warrant the hope of his speedy recovery .
The youngest Daughter of Prince Canino ( Luoien Bonaparte ) , is about to enter a French convent at Rome . The British Association have determined that tho uteetiug , which is to take place at Plymouth , shall commence on the 12 ch of July , and terminate on the 17 th . Geobob Edwahds , iate of No . 19 , Shaftesburyterrace , Pimlicio , a retired m& » iur butcher , has , by his will , bequeathed to the Butchers' Charitable Institution , a legacy of £ l # 0 . BB 8 T Mode op Suicide for Ladies . —Wear thin shoes , lace with a bed-tdn « h and rope , and' you may kill yourself without being suap 9 Cted . ~ New Fork Herald . ~ . ¦ : f D / ST&ess in LoNPON .-rSo g" >» t Is tlie distross in
the City of London at tho present time , that it is Hxmtempi&ted to rsigo * public subscription to relieve it . ¦ In Febeuart , J 555 , Johx 'HoorEB , bishop of . Gloucester ^ was bo . rnt be ) br « tho door of his cathedraJ / iajthat city , during thef feign , of Q , uee& t "Foboebt>—At the Central Criminal Coarfc , on Friday i l ^ chard Moors , agyd 30 , was sentenced ^ fiftfeeb j ? e ^ t& VrarMrportatioD , for uttering » forged note for £ 5 , of the Salop bank ' . ' ' ' Tub name of Mr . Blakjs , a land agent of Galway , the son of Sir Valentine Blake , of Menlo-oastle ,
appears in the Dublin Gazette as a bankrupt . His delalea ^ s aresta ^ At d ^^ d ^^^ , ;; ' " Scxvife Death .- —On theMth inetaDt ^ aTi faqoeBt * as hold on the body of Mr . Thomas WJb «* v of Shepperton , who died suddenly whilst in Church . " A verdict of ' * Natural death , by the visitation of God , " * w * a returned . The lOTat import of Wheat during the month ending the 5 th January , consisted of only 38 , 070 quarters , of wh i ch 3 384 quarters were from our colonies , and 34 , 6 * 02 quarters front foreign countries .
Another Case . —At the same Court , on the same day as above , William Latham , formerly a dresser of Halifax , was sentenced to . . transportation for fifveen years , for forging a , bill of exchange for £ 137 13 s . > rM ' Firs—On Sunday nUgM last , about twelve o ' clock , Camberwell old church was completely destroyed by lire—nothiog but the bare walls being left standing . The Shipping Gazette says— " We are informed that a considerable sum has been awarded to the proprietors of the James Watt , as compensation for tha loss sustained by them in consequence of the detention of the vessel . " The Morning Herald , speaking of Lord Morpeth's Irish Registration Bill , says , " the principlo involved in its postscript is the principle of Universal Suffrage , thinly concealed and covored over with a nominal five-pound qualification . "
The Goaroians of the Boston Union , at a Board held on Saturday last , ordered The Penny Magnuine ^ The Saturday Magazine , and Chambers' Edinburgh Journal , to be ta"k en in regularly for the use of tbe inmates of the Union House , — -Lincoln Gam . Melancholy Shipwbeck . —We regret to learn that , on Wednesday night , a small sloop , which was in the habit of conveying stores from Fife to Granton Pier , sunk near Burntisland , and a man and boy , who were on board of her , poriBhed . — -Edinburgh Courant . The honks in Switaerland ( Canton of Argau ) are being dislodged by the military authorities , having received in many instances notice to quit in tweutyfour hjurs ; the convents are to be sold ; it was said that the nuns had taken an active ^ n ^ ugh secret part in fomenting ( he late disturbances .
Man Frozen to Death . —On Sunday morning , the dead body of a young man , name unknown , was discovered in a lane leading from Kingston bottom to Richmond . It was supposed the deceased had sat down to rest himself , and that he had fallen asleep , and became a victim to the extreme severity of the weather . Nottingham . —Notwithstanding the immense number of cut-ups made , and the outcry respecting foreign cotton hosiery , there' is no branoh of the Nottingham trade that ha 9 remained so free from fluctuation as the old full fashioned cotton hose trade . Wages are certainly very low , but employment , like the demand , is constant and uniform .
Court of Exchevjbb .-J ( Satuiiday . )—Dcnh v . Angela Bukdett Courrs . —Jbe court was occupied a great part of the day witafm case in which the well-known Mr . Dunn was plsratiff in an action for false imprisonment . Miss Buroett Coutts appeared as a witness , and was examined at considerable length by Mr . Dunn . —Verdict £ pr defendant . In the Central Cbiminai Covbt . on the 4 th inst ., two women were separately \ ried for tho wilful murder of their infant illegitimate children . In both cases the jury returnjd verdicts of "Not Guilty . " Oae-qfflm prisoners is * widow ; and the body of the ohiliFwaa taken from a sexton , » a he was about to inter it , by a"policeman . Several marks of violence were i »» eiv « d on its neck and face .
Public Executions . —Mr . Rieh has given notice that on Tuesday , the If th of Febmwty , he will move for leave to bring in a BUI to prohibit the public eKtcutionof criminals , and to provide for their execution within the gaols in which they may be confined , before duly appointed authorities , and a limited number of witnesses . " Thames Police . —Thursday , the 5 th , being the day appointed for the re-examiaatioh of Captain Robert Williman Cook , the masti-jand part owner of the schooner AHgator , and Oeorge Wakeham , the chief mate of the same vessel , charged with the wilful murder of William Sago , an apprentice , the prisoners were put to the bar before Mr . Ballantine . The prisoners were committed for trial .
Unequal TAXATioN . ~ The railway proprietors pay one-eighth of a penny per mile , the stage-coach proprietors one-fourth , and tha postmasters threefourths of a penny for every passenger they carryin other words , the individual ooaohmarter i ' b taxed twice as heavily , and'the . individual postmaster six times as heavily , as the jfreat joint-stock companies . —London paper .
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St . Albax ' s Election . —At the final dose of the poll , on Tuesday , the numbers were : — Lord Lutowel ( Whig ) ..... / .... 236 Mr . Cabbell ( Tory ) % ........ 194 Majority ................ -42 MoNMoDTHgaina EtEcnow . — -Mr . Tracy , the Liberal candidate , has resigned , and the representative of the Cariton Club and the Duke of Beaufort , Mr . OctaviuB Morgan , will , without opposition , be returned for the county . No Bor CHiicfET-swEEPS Allowed . —By an Act of Parliament , passed in July , 1840 , on and after the 1 st of January , 1842 , a penalty of not more than £ 1 Q > nor less than £ 5 is imposed upon all persons who shall compel or knowingly allow any young person , under the age of tweuty-ofto years , to ascend a chimney for the purpose of sweeping it , or for extinguishing the fire therein .
Fire . —On Saturday night an extensive fire broke out in the warehouse of Mr . Johnson , a cabinet and bedstead maker , Long-alloy , MoorGeids . Through the exertions of the neighbours and a strong party of the city ppliw , tho stock of the shop was saved . On an inquiry it wae ascertained that the fire had origuaated thrOogh a defective gas-pipe in the wareh ' wKnJfr * Johnson is insured in the Sun and ' Dr ^ C | mWinq , in his lecture on war , proposes to alUf # « Uogether the military equipments of officers and men , to strip them of all their finery , ao attractive to tho vanity of the youiig—to remove all gaudy colours , all laces , feathers , epaulettes , &c . &c , and to adopt the most sombre colours for uniforms , as best suited to the dreadful trade of human carnage . This , he thinks , would check , considerably , the love for military caroer .
In a village neax to jBarnsloy , there is living what may be juBtly styled an induatiious man ; at the village church there , he undertakes the following duties , vis ; clerk , sexton , ^ Ves out the psalms and hvq ) ns ,, leji 4 er of the singing in the orchestra , plays Ja »^ -violonc 6 llo , and tolls the bell for service . There is a still more industrious ¦ man living in a village neat Lincoln * who , to all the above professions , adds tJiosa of grocer , baker , parish constable , and blacksmith . Thb " Gazett * » a Tbibunacx" reports the trial at Tours of a young Englishman , named Alcock ,
who had robbed his employer , a banker at Nottingham , of eight hundred sovereigns , and fled to Boulogne , and thence to Tours . The offence for which he was tried was travelling with a false passport ; but the most interesting feature in the affair was the refusal j ) f the French authorities toHurrender him to an English polioa-officer , " as the English Government could never be prevailed upon to deliver up a refugee from France under similar circumstances . " The prisoner was only fined fifteen francs , anddis-Cflftrged " .
Lord Cardigan ' s Trial . —It is stated that the fitting up of the House of Lords for the trial of Lord Cardigan will cost £ 2 , 000 . The public have thus to pay £ 2 , 00 t becauso Lord Cardigan was pleased to call out and shoot Mr . Tuckett . Tbi 3 is a piece of feudalism rather too irrational and costly for our times . Cardigans should be relegated to the Old Bailey . A dozen duels by Peers in tho course of the year would be attended with an expence and interruption of tho business of Parliament that would compel the public to call for an abrogation # f the absurd privilege of the Peers . —Examiner .
Sudden Illness of the Duke of Wellington . — The Duke of Wellington was , on Friday eveuing , seized with sudden indisposition in the House of Lords . The Noble Duke , as is his custom , occupied his usual seat before five o ' clock , and appeared to be in good health and spirits , conversing cheerfully and familiarly with the Earl of Aberdeen and Lord Ellonborough . About a quarter after five o ' clock , the head of the Noble Duke was seen suddenly to droop forward , as though he were fainting . His arm was immediately laid hold of by the Earl of Aberdeen , who , assisted by Lord Eilenborough , removed him instantly from the House . The following bulletin was issued on Saturday : —* ' Apsley House , 6 th Feb ., 1841 , —The Duke of Wellington has passed a quiet night , and is better this morning . —J . R . Hume . "
Cost of the Rural Police , —The overseers and select vestries of the townships of Buttemorth , Castleton , Spotland , Waordale and . Wardle , aud Wardleworth , We memorialised the magistrates of Lancashire to take steps for the abolition of the new constabulary for « o in that county . They state that since the very heavy increase of the county rate , mainly occasioned by the introduction of the now force , the overseers and collectors have found the
greatest difficulty in collecting the poor-rate , so as to meet the various demands upon it ; that the ratepayers are serious-sufferers from this additional tax , which , if persevered in , will involve in ruin many industrions families ; that the memorialists are of opinion that the condition " of the people in" these townships requiw that , some means of . alleviating their distress should be adopted , and that nothing appears more likely to forward that <* % cC tkau the relieving them from the expenses of thefSfcnstabuIary foTCQl—Motlindharn Review .
SefitrcTrow AKiBfGAMv , —Joseph Norris , a man of mature years , qf solemn countenance , and most grave deportment , was charged with , tho two-fold offence of seduction and bigamy , at Lambeth police-OmSO ^ J ^ apenred that a young woman named Jane Green applied to Mr . Norton on Thursday , for a warrant to apprehend the prisoner . Mr . Norton requested her to explain the circumstances , when she stated that the prisoner was a shoemaker , and devoted his time on the Sabbath to preaching in the highways and byways . Jane not being on good ; erms with her brother ' s wife , consented to live with tho prisoner and his secood wife . He became at once her preceptor and spiritual adviser ; he taught her to read the Bible , and explained to her passages
of Scripture ; and , at length , believing that bo good a man intended no harm , she yielded to his wishes , and her ruin was the consequence . Prisoner then forsook his home aad his wife , and took hia poor deluded victim to live with him . He afterwards cast her off , and she found herself despised and discarded by her friends . The magistrate toll the girl , that through her own weakness , She had involved hereelf in ruin . Had she made the charge when her betrayer first indecently assaulted her , he might have been punished according to his demerits ; but for the seduction , wioked as it had been , there was no remedy but by an action for damages . Th © prisoner was then charged with bigamy , and remanded until further evidence could be obtained .
The Failuee of Messrs . Keaslev , Tanners , op Bermondsey . —Since the bankruptcy of Messrs . Wright , the bankers of Henrietta-street , Coventgarden , no failure has excited so much astonishment , or has been attended with suoh melancholy results , as the failure of Messrs . Keaeley , the tanners , in Long-lane , Bermondsey . The firm was considered the richest in that part of London , and the horses and harness were exceeded by no house in town , or , perhaps , the world . The Messrs . Keasley had for a long Beries of years carried on one of the most extensive trades in Bermondsey , or within- five miles of it . The liabilities of the firm are variously stated , as amounting from £ 19 O , « 00 to £ 250 , 000 . The chief
creditors are reported to be Messrs . Streatfield and Lawrenoe , leather-sellers , of Lime-street , to the amount of £ 17 , 000 ; Mr . Sharp , currier , of Russellstreet , Bermondsey , £ 7 , 080 ; the . firm of Warren and Co ., blacking-makers , £ 20 , 000 ; Messrs . Boucher and Mortimer , leather-factors , of the new leather-market , Bermondsey , £ 7 , 000 ; Mr . Vousley , who keeps a public-house in Long-lane , £ 200 , for a cheque which he cashed , besides a large amount owing by the men , who "used ' his house . The consternation Which this bankruptcy has caused is great , and has placed out of employ all , or nearly all , the men . Messrs . Keasley are also said to be the contractors to Government for the patent leather belts .
Whig Government . —I was passing by a farmhouse the other day when , in a dry gutter at the sunny side of a hedge , I saw a cat , which I immediately perceived was weak with s . omekindof sufforing . She made a feeble and ineffectual attempt to catch a large fly that was buzzing about her , and , when she saw me , she staggered a few paces up the road , but soon turned aud looked very wistfully at me . She was nothing but skin and bone , and could scarcely keep on her legs . I could not resist her mute appeal . I went to the house and toldfthe farmer ' s dame that h « r cat was very weak with want and must soon die ualessBhe served her . The woman said — " Who worth her ! sho may catch mioe . " Now
the poor creature might have cleared the pl ace of mice—at any rate she was too feeble to catch them now—and whether this woman , surrounded by plenty , would listen to my appeal , I know not , but I felt at the time , that I could have put tho poor cat out of her misery , which would have been more humane than to let her linger in the panga of starvation , lam in the habit of reflecting much on the cruelty of our Whig Government , and I could not help but turn this incident to account . The unemployed poor of this country are hungering to deathneglect is sometimes murder . Our factions have plenty to riot in and think not of the wants of the people—who , were they to take of the plenty they have produced , would be punished for theft by , the
plunderers of It . Work has failed , and they are reduced by want ao aa to be unable to work . Remonstate with government and we shall be told the poor are idle , and-wish to live on the labours of the industrious—they musk depend on Providence and their own resources . Do the rich depend on Providence , or on the resources of the poor which they have deprived them of 1 Cats should not be kept to starve ; let alone men , women , and children . Our faotions not only hunger the people , but they are guilty of cruelty to animals—this very cat was a vidtimof the Whig Government . The reader may laugh , rf he be bo barbarous ; but I can prove it . The heartless depravity of the Whigs hardens all ranks and degrees beneath them , except the people who suffer . —Correspondent '
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Lawsuit for a Skoll . —The con of the celebrated French physician , M . Pinel , has instituted a Jawsuit for the recovery of his father ' s stall , which had been preserved by M . Esquirol , a distinguished pupil of M . PineVa , as a memorial of bis master . M . Esquirol is recently dead , and the son of the great physician now puts forward a claim which he had hitherto waived . Svddsn Death . — On Saturday evening , Mr . Edward Monks ; of Mersey-street , Liverpool , who had been ailing for some time previous , fell down in a neighbour ' s house , and instantly expired . He was in the 62 d year of bis age , and from a quantity of blood found in his house after his decease , it is supposed that he ruptured a blood vessel and had gone out for assistance . The inquest held on Tuesday , on view of the body , found a verdict of •** Died by tho visitation of God . "
Stereotyping by Galvanism , —From the German papers it appears that the electro-galvanio process has been applied by Herr von Pultkammer , the editor of a Berlin periodical called the Volhfreunde ^ to the making of stereotype plates fox letter-press printing . Tha saving is said to be considerable , as the value of the eulphate of copper prooipitated is trifling compared with the expenco of casting plates in . type-metal , especially as tlfe copper plate may be taken out of the sulphate trough when very thin , and can be made of any desired thickness by laying a coat of melted lead on the back . . ¦ •
Murder at Ho » prEt » . —Since the boy Rudge has been conveyed to Gloucester , his coat , has been examined , and it is now discovered thai" it contains a great many distinct ; spots of blood which are not to be mistaken : the sleeves are particularly marked , and the lining of one of them has been torn out ; tho lining of the pocket of his trousew Vf as also bloody . -BristolTimes . - C w List of Sheriffs jo ^ Q 8 il . rr ( Fromth % Gazette . )—Cumberland , J . Robertson Walker , Of GilJgarron , Esq . ; Derbyshire , J , B . Bowden , of Southgate Honse , Esq . ; Durham , William Russell ; of Brancepeth Castle , Esq ;; Lincolnshire , - Sir J . O . Thorold , of Syston Park , Bart . ; Norlhamptonshirei Sir R . H . Gunning , of Hor « m , Bart . ; Nottingbsmshire , Henry Smith , of Wilford , Esq . ; Staffordshire ^ Thomas Cartwright , of Hill Hall , E \ q . ; Yorkshire , Fxederiok William Thomas Vornon Wentworth , of Wentworth Castle , Esq . '
Gboss Brutalities ondeb thb Poor Law . - —A report having been made to the Board of Guardians , by Mr . Wiar , the Governor , of undue severity ex * ercised by the schoolmaster , Fuller , towards , the children , notice was given from the Guardians to tha Poor Law Commissioners ; and on the folio wing Monday , Mr . Main , ono of the Assistant Commissioners , attended to investigate the charges . Front this in * vefitigation it appeared that he ( Fuller ) hid used very harsh means in the correction of a boy , named Lilley . aad two others , varying from seven to elevffiflf years of age , by a stick , of some substance , the blow * from whi « h had left several severe marks of punish ^ ment . One of the children had been made to take off his jacket , and he was laid across the form . Theof
offences which they had ^ committed were the most trivial nature—one had neglected to learn bis lesson f a second had carried seme snow on his shoes into the ) school-room ; and the third had made a mistakein ? an errand . Mr . Burgess , surgeon to the Union , and . two other medical gentlemen , were examined , who , gave testimony to the severe manner in which the . punishment had besn inflicted . The case was then , laid before the Chief Commissioner , and an or"der has been received , that Fuller is to be immediately discharged . " ' .. : ' a ' ; . ' . Assault . —A pretty looking yortiag widow , named , Mary Caialia , residing ats $ } o . 9 , Clareodon-place , Somers' Town , preferred a charge of asaault , at Marylebone police-office , on Saturday , against Don ,
Narcissa Aviles , a teacher of the guitar , 51 , Upper Seymour-Btreet , Eustbn-Bquare . From the evidence of complainant it appeared that defendant was in So ssession of some papers and other ariicles which ad belonged to her late husband , and that on her applying to him ( defendant ) for the said . property , » few days since , he not only refused to deliver it up , but thrust her with much violence into the road . She was considerably bruised upon . the knees and several other parts of her person , of which faot she " offered to conviace the magistrate , by allowing him ta" Inspect" her should he think fit to do so . Mr . Chadwiek emilcd , ' and said there wag no ;« # casion : for that , her statement upon oath being : quite sufllcient . The defendant denied having violentlv as-
saulted the corop 4 ainapt , who , as alleged by Hm , called him a rogue ,-ai ^ l . other vile names , before he laid hands upon her s > t all . Several witnesses , pro and eon , were examined } and defendant wascoovic * eiin the penalty of 20 s . and costs . . . The Frankfort German Paper of the 11 th of January , 1811 , contains the following marvellous prophesy : — ?* In the French Pyrennees , Haut Com- ; mingo , there lives in great poverty and seclusion from the world , an old man named BojfciteJjil haai . ' , who for more than half a century ha ^ BpB poked \ upon by his countrymen as a prpph ^ el ^^ p KBe has not eften promulgated bis predioiionSj ^ B tfie ye ar 1780 , lie foretold the revolution orrTSiF ; the rise of Napoleon i » J 753 , andAi ^ . f aU in . 1812 ; and in 1828 »^ he predicted , |}»^ vi 9 ^! on of J uly , 1830 . SfnbaT then he has remained mute until now , when he send * '
forth thef following astounding prophecy , that in 1842 , a war will again break oat , in which Great Britain will be annihilated ; Paris reduced to a mere spot , and priests and lawyers disappear . However crazy in its separate predictions this last prophecy may appear , it is creating a great sensation in a large part of France , amongst the superstitious classes . Bethlem Hospital . —A correspondence has taken place between the Marquis of Nwmanby and Sir Peter Laurio , the President of Bethlem Hospital . The Marquis , at the request of Sir Peter , appointed two physicians to examine into the treatment of criminal lunatics in BethlemV that , as the minister ofBoiaJly'responsible , he might be able to form an
opinion on the subject . The physicians madetne inquiry v and gave ia their report ; and Lord Normanby , in communicating the report to the President , thought it necessary to accompany it with some additional observations , " not only on tho origin of the complaint , on which some stronger language had been used by the Governors in their letter to the Noble Marquis than he thought was borne out by the course of the examination , but also on the conduct of some of the servants , and the condition of the patients ; the effect of which observations Was to qualify the approbation he should otherwise have been supposed completely to share . ' * The report , without the accompanying letter , w&b published in the morning papers ; and when Sir Peter is asked why this partial publication took
place , he very cavalierly answers , " The Committee being of opinion thai the report of the physicians , founded , as it is , upon a careful and unprejudiced personal inquiry mto the whole circumstances , should be sent to the-Governors for their opinion , without comment or observation , is the only reasoa . that your Lordships ' s letter was not also circulated . " Sir Peter , wrapt up in the idea of his own consequence , deals with the . Home Secretary as if his opinion were of no more importance than that of a blind fiddler ; and it became necessary for the Noble Marquis to remind him of the position in which he stood , and that Sir Peter was not justified in treating his communication " as that of an indifferent person , instead' of the opinion of ono whose
imperative duty is to watch over and correct any abuses in the treatment of criminal lunatics . " — Morning Chronicle . . On Monday morning , at a quarter before six o ' clock , an explosion tooi place at the extensive distillery belonging to . Messrs . Seager and Evana , situate at Milbank , Westminster . It appears that the large still became overcharged and exploded , foroing off the extensive roof of the still-house ; a quantity of spirits became ignited , and the utmost alarm prevailed for the safety of the extensive building and stock . The fire-engines , with a large body of the brigade-men , were promptly ia attendance , and by great exertions succeeded in arresting tho pro * resa of the flames . Considerable damage has been sustained to the building , but fortunately nob any pereon received injury . " ; . * - .
Charge of Famishing a Child . —On Saturday , at the Police-office , there weie placed before Mr . Rushton an elderly man and woman , who were charged with having systematically starved a child . The male prisoner was the father of the boy , and the woman was his housekeeper . There came forward , as accuser ? , several female neighbours of the prisoners , and one of them bore in her arms a child apparently about twelve months old , but in reality of the age of six years . Its face was of a death-like aspeot , it was shockingly thin and shrunken , and when its limbs were exhibited , there ran a thrill of horror through most of the spectators , who averted their faees from the sight . The witnesses all concurred in stating as their belief that the child was
Btarved , and they added that wbe » it went into any of the nouses ofthe neighbours , it would point to the bread in a ravenous manner , and refuse to « o away unless food was given tf > it . It invariably aotedina similar way wh « n H saw another eb / ld with any victuals . Ofl « of the witnesses , who had known the boy for three years , stated that it wassj fine healthy child when she first knew it , and could then walk ; but now ft could scarcely _ go * boat , and was generally confined to the «* " «* - ** *•* jrreedily whatever food was given it , _ Tboy could not say whether it had had a disease that would broduce emaciation . A surgeon who kad examined
the child stated , however , t hat it laboured nndex , disease of the mesentrio glands . He judged bo fro «» the swelling of the abdomen and the voracity of tho appetite , both of which were symptoms of the disease . When the mesentrio gtands are affected , nourishment is prevented from entering the system . The female prisoner said ' , " I have fed him till I thought he would have died . When he has been . " filled near to burstin g ^ he would fly at a child with meat as though he was Btarved . '' The prisonent were discharged , but reprimanded by . Mr . Ruehton t for some slighter negligence and cruelty toward * the child , which bad beeajbroughi out in . the avl « deuce . —lAvertml Time * .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 13, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct536/page/3/
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