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THE If ORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 1841.
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gOXG OF THE MECHANICS CHILD TtTfB— "iJoK » ^ doir . " Chtu > , ia thy father dead ? Father is gate ! Jo t * " « t » ui machinery led ! God ' s will bs dose . ' Mother fcu sold her bed ; - Better to die than wed ! fV'bere shall aba lay her head ? Home ire hare none '
pi&er elssimea thnce s week—Godi will be done I I /« U 5 for work did he seek , Work he found none . Tears on his hollow cheek Told what so tongue could speak ¦ pTby did his master break ? God's will be done Doctor said air was best—Food we had none ; Father , with panting breast , Groan'd to be gone ; >' ow he is with the Nest—Mother says death is best . ' We hare no place ef rest—Tee , ye have one !
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SONG OX FEARGTJS OCONKOK . ixi feme ' s trumpet resound to the earth ' s utmost bound jj the ^ ftise of Lord Nonn&n hys aartyr , po , he ' j Tsliact and just—aye , and true to his trust , ^ nd he nobly contends for the Charter . fa O'Connor is Tirtaous , noble , and brave , £ ua our fist-sinking empire is destined to save . Sicg l ° od and strong his prdse in song , The man of truth and honour ; TPTho nobly fights for Britain ' s rights , Tte fcaious , famed O'Connor .
fa hi bnveJy withstands the mean threats and com mauds Of the haughty oppressor and fbeman , And 2 » battles with might for fair Freedom ' s birth right , Axd fcii great mind bends under to no man . Jar pjvsC is l * i * spirit , unshackled his £ » nl , Xzi . his nanse i 5 the pass-word to liberty ' s go&L Sin 2 lon ^ and strong his praise in song , Tie man of truth and honour j Whose noble soul none can controul , The famous , famed O'Connor .
& * dungeon ' s deep cell these dark tyrants of hell For a season bare cruelly bound him ; jei his nime is enskrint-d , round our hearts is en tinned , And brave lEfniras again will surround him . pt-H a giant refreshed by sleep , in his might , It'll return ' -d out camp , and rents w the good fight . Sic ? loud and strong his praise in song , Tie mwJ of truth axd honour ; TVho nobly f ; hts for nature ' s rights , Toe famous , famed O'Connor .
Ezch tree heart of tie earth shall rejoice in his birth , He is fomed to tEiaxcipite man ; Jar onr Charter cf rithty Jike ^ a lion he fights , And tbe Charter ii £ u > d-like in plan . Bj tie Charter fair freedom to each man is given , Wflo is stamped with the impress and image of Heaven . Sing lend and long fci « praise in song , Tbe man cf tratii and honour ; VTho nobly figLu for nature ' s rights , The good , the great O'Connor . DA 5 ZEL CiSSZDT . Leeds . June 12 th . 1 S 41 .
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LATEST NEWS FROM AMERICA . Bj the arriTal of the Roval Mail steamer , Caledonia , at Liverpool , Isew York appers of the 31 st alt , and Boston and Halifax papers of the 1 st and Srd ins ; ., respectively have been received . This fine vessel sailed from Boston on the 1 st and Halifax on the 3 rd instant , and , including a stoppage of ten boors at the litter port for the Canada mails , has Bade the voyage is the remarkably short space of twelve days and fourteen hours , the shortest , with kt one exception , made since the establishment of the Cunard line of steamers . She has brought 104 passengers , who &re delighted with their short and jieasani passage .
The arguments in the case of Mr . M'Leod having been concluded , the Supreme Court took tiros to consider its judgment . It afterward made an enkr , -which -was , " that inasmuch a 3 it is imposjible that any decision will be made this term . M'Leod shall be committed to the custody of the Sheriff of New York , and that the Sheriff of Niagara be difcharped from responsibility . " The Sheriff of £ nr York had , it was stated , refused to undertake tie responsibility of the enstody of the prisoner , who iras very well treated in his peculiar circumstances . Tie Halifax papers are loud in their condemnation of the treatment which Mr . M'Leod had received it the hands of the Americans , and blames the npineness of the British Government on bis behalf . The ! New York papers , friendly to England , seem to fear that the tone assumed respecting the case of fee prisoner may lead to a serioas dispute between the frro countries .
The New York papers contain a letter from Mr . M'Leod . It denies positively the boastings alleged to have been made by him , litat he was present at the deftructioa of the Caroline , and charges heavy persecutions on the " patriots" of Buffalo , Lockport , &c . He ai-crii > e 3 his arrest and indictment wholly to the vengeanc 3 of the Baid " patriots , " and says that they have punished him more than the public ire aware . The Extra Session of Congress was to commence on the 51 s ; nil . The message from the President would be delivered on the 1 st instant . The journals ire filled with speculations as to the leading business which was likely to engage the attention of the Legislature .
Tne National Theatre at New York had been destroyed by fire on the morning of the " 29 ih nit . The event was supposed to have been cansed by ttoendiarie 3 . A jiLri was burn : vo death during the Ire . m The state of xtz ~ p . b ~ 3 rot urdergone any alteration ia the inverrai between the " 20 th and Slsi ult . It was dull .
MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECK—ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SEVEN LIVES LOST . { From the Quebec Mercury , of May 22 . ) It agaia becomes our duty to record a calamity inTo ] Ting destruction of human life to an awful extent . Four of the crew aad four o f the passengers of the brig Minstrel , Captiln Outerfaridge , arrived here yesterday , bringing the disastrous intelligence , of which the following is as accurate SEmmary . The Minstrel left Limerick , Ireland , on the 21 st April last , for Quebec , with one hundred and fortyone passengers , emigrants , inieiicLcg to settle in Canada . The vessel had a tolerable passage up to Tuesdsv last , a ; four o ' elock . in the morning , when she struck on the Red Island Reef . There wa 3 a heavy seanuminjj at the time , but the boats were
branched and made fast to the fore chains . Upwards of one hundred passengers embarked in their boats , bet their doom was quickly sealed ; the vessel "heeled off" into deep water and went down stern foremost , so suddenly that the u painters" of the boats could not be cast off , and the people who had embarked in the boats perished , with their equally unfortunate companions on board the ship , except f « nr of the cre ^ and four passengers , who alone , of op-wards of 150 souls , remained to tell the sad tale . These eight persons had embarked in the gig , which was towing astern , and fortunately for them , the rope which attached it to the vessel broke when she went down . They succeeded in pulling to White Island , where they remained until the foliosving cay , when they were taken off by the ship Wellington , il'Ictyre , and brought to Grose Me .
Captain Outerbridge , of the unfortunate Minstrel , behaved most gallantly during the awful scene , until he perished with the rest . He declared ihat he frould not Jeave the vessel until bis passengers were s » Ttd , and he was the last person seen by those who were in ibe gig . Following are the names of the survivors : —Crew —Patrick O'Loghlin , steward ; James Grady and Thomas Enwright , seamen ; and John Donoghue , ippreaace . Passengers— Flaherty , shoemaker , and
* ife , Honoria Ringri / se , and Collins . Following is a statement of the number of the Oew and passengers who perished : —Crew—Capt * in Outerbridge , mate , and 9 others . Passengers Male adults , 47 ; female ditto , 41 ; males under fourteen , 10 ; female ditto , 9 ; males nnder seren , 8 '» females ditto , 12 ; infants , 10 . Total perished , The passengers above mentioned as being saved , « ft tie Wellington at Grose Isle , and came to Qne" * c ia the Thetis , from Limerick .
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THX ClTT POUCE AHD THB IlllSH TbKTOTALLKBS . *»* City Solicitor haareeerred instruction * to prefer Krea bills of indictment against as many Irian teewtalleri for aaaaults npon the police and other per-• ° n » , upon . London Bridge , * nd othe * part * of the w tj > oa Whit Monday , during the temperance proee 8 s » HB . The witnesses hare be « n summoned to * tt « od before the Grand Jury at the London Ses-£ ttUf which commence si Guildhall next week . **<> of the Qty Police are still Buffering from the ¦ jrere injuries they reeemd on Whit-Monday from " » teetotallers . The honourable and Earned instil * tor of the outrages is allowed to go scot free * wtti his business in agitating the eight millions .
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Thb joxnuosr from Hereford to London is now performed in ten hoars . Thb accoochkkknx of her Majesty may be expected ibs latter end of September , or beginning of October . TTT versus XXX . —They have tenperance waggons in the west of America , marked TTT , to denote that the owner is a teetotaller , *• % * ^ V" ^ ? * Hanover ( Prince George of Cumberland ) has irrecoverably lost the sight of both eyes . It is UKMSsfooD to be fully arranged that Prince Albert will visit his Royal connexions in Germany this summer . Hia Royal Highness ' s visit will not exceed a month or six weeks . The Juliet arrived from Newfoundland , reports the Atlantic to be Tery fnll of ice . She was a fortnight locked up in it without seeing a drop of water . *
FAiLtraE at Glasgow . —We regret to announce the failure of the extensive commercial house of Grant and Co ., of Glasgow ; their liabilities are said to amount to £ 180 , 000 , and it ig feared the effsct will be felt by many other houses . — Edinburqh Witness . - The gbkat ukion of Burntchurch , Kilkenny , is void by the _ death of Dr . Butler . It consists of fourteen parishes , so oddly strung together as to constitute a benefice about thirty miles long , and scarcely in any part of it exceeding two in width . Mubdeb op Mb . Hall . —The Ttpperary Consiitution , contains the following paragraph : — "We are glad that the murderer of Mr . Hall , and his two accomplices in the horrible deed , have been arrested , and are now in custody . One of the conspirators is an old woman .
A aoblb Absejttbe . — " Why are you not off to canvass your friends , Belfast ! " said Lord Melbourne ,, as he dismounted at DowniDg-street , to the opponent of Emerson Tennent . " I would do so , " replied the" Peer , " bat the Sheriff , when we inset , makes Each demands upon my time that I find it more pleasant to solicit by proxy . " The Cbisis a > d the Teetotallers . —An address to the teetotallers of Ireland will be published before tie dissolution , calling ou them , as the moral regenerators-of Ireland , by declarations of all their different bodies , to oppose themselves to bribery , and , by solemn pledges to their country , to promise to use every effort to discover and expose all attempts at corruption . —Pilot .
Large Failukb in Wigan . —There has been a stoppage here of the Sovereign Mills , carridon , since the failure of Mr . Thomas Darwell , by Messrs . John Heron and Co . A meeting of creditors is called , and proposals will be made to resume work . Their liabilities are reckoned upwards of £ 100 , 000 . Numbers of poor people are thus thrown out of employment , and some banks will , it is feared , be iar ^ e sufferers . Liberated Welsh Chabtist . —On Wednesday , David Lenies , eiie of the men sentenced to seven years' transportation for being connected with the " Newport Rior > , " wa 3 discharged from the Peniuntiary , at , MUbauk . His time would have expired m March , ~ i 847 , bat the state of his heaich was such , thai had ho been longer detained death must have speedily terminated his sufferings .
Xe « - Okder -with BESPEcr to St . James ' s a ? td Kybz Parks . —The metropolitan police have received orders from the Commissioners of Woods and Forests , that on all future occasions when persons may be found with benches , tables , stools , &c , in either of ths Parks for the purpose of letting out for standifigs , they are to be immediately seizrd . The order , it is supposed , has been issued in consequence of some annoyance experienced by her Majesty when she proceeds publicly through the parks , or at ths reviews which occasionally take place .
Destrvciixb Fjre . —About a quarter before three o ' clock on Sunday morning last , aa alarming fire took place on the extensive premises belonging to Messrs . Fairburn and Co ., engineers and boilermakers , situate near the river side at Mill-wall , Poplar , opposite Deptford dock-yard . It appeared to have commenced in the paint workshop , a small wooden building de : ached from the main premises , aud was not extinguished uttil the place was entirely burned down . Beautiful Wbjxims . — We take the following choice specimen of writing from The Times : — "There is a meekness ( a pretty sly one , though ) and a malisnif ? in dissent . The malienitv prevails chieflv
at Leicester . There is a kind of a minister with us here , in who ? e bJack heart all the devils seem to have quitted their native hell to reside . The Chartists , also , are a much more jolly straightforward set of fellows than the Whies . ' Whig Cossistesct . —There are some things almost too obvious to require remark , but which appear to escape observation . Such is the casa of the Whigs with regard to the corn-laws . These sagacious and inconsistent persons , while they deprecate the cornlaws as a bread tax , actually brin ^ forward a fixed duty on corn , by which they propose to raise a revenue of double the amount of that obtained from the laws they condemn . If this is not blowing hot and cold , we know not what is .
Queeb Stobt of a New Candidate . —Alderman Pine met with rather a serious accident the night before last , at his house in Cambern-ell . He felt a little feverish before retiring to rest , and , in consequence , slept in & strange room . During the night se rose , / or the purpose of taking a draught of water , and , forgetting that he was Hot iu his own chamber , opened the door , supposing it was that of his dressing-room , when he feJl down the Starrs , and was bruised and hurt in various parts of his body . The injuries sustained by the Alderman are not of such a nature as to give his friends any alarm , although it may be some time before he will be able
to resume bis active habits of business in the city . — Friday * paper . Rioting at Liverpool . —We regret to state that fearful disturbances have arises at Liverpool , in consequence of the interference of a number of Iri ^ h labourers in the neighbourhood of the docks wiih the ship-carpenters , the latter being a very powerful body of artisans , and for the most part tutored under the Tory Bchool . Several encounters have taken plaeo . The police are all out and armed with cu lapses . The opposition by the Irish has been caused by an absnrd display olan Orange flag , which , wi-. h other Tory emblems , have been daily paraded about the town since the 29 rh of May . In one part of the town ibe windows of several houses haTc
been completely -demolished . Fracas between two Militart Knights . —Mr . Charles Hunt Lorimer , one of the Military Knights of Windsor , was summoned before the Mayor by Major Lawrence , a brother Knight , for having , on the 5 th inst , threatened to cut complainant into little pieces , aud making use of other threatening expressions . Major Lawrence deposed that on Saturday last he was walking from the Castle yard , and had not proceeded more than ten yards from Henry the Eighth ' s gateway before he met Mr . Lorimer , who said , "You are a pretty fellow . " Complainant , not having had any communication with defendant for more than twelve months , was much astonished , and replied , Yes , I consider myself a preuierfellow than you are . " Defendant theD said ,
V You are a blackguardly rascal , and no gentleman . Complainant turned round and walked with defendant into the Castle yard , and desired him to repeat what he bad just said in tbe presence of a soldier wbo was then on sentry . Defendant immediately replied , " No , you old blackgnard , I will do no sneh thing , " continuing to walk bj his side . Defendant said , " By the living God , wherever and whenever I get you oat of this place , I will make a sad example of you and cut you into piece 3 . Complainant declared fee never gave defendant the least provocation to justify such conduct . Tbe sentinel alluded to , being examined , corroborated that part of the Major's statement whieh took plsce in hia presence , and the magistrates' bound buth parries over to keep the peace .
Admiral Elliot . —It is rumoured that Admiral Elliot , the brother of Lsrd Minto , and the " renowned ' hero of Chusan celebrity , is about to be appointed to the lucrative command of Plymouth dockyard . The palpitation of this warrior ' s heart , we bear , has wonderfully improved since his hasty and spirited departure from bis friends , the Chinese ; and , although unfb to do kis dnty and work abroad , he returns home from the scene of battle and difficulty to brother Minto , where he fiodB himself well enough to partake of the family board ' s influence , by obtaining an appointment deservedly the birthright of many a brave officer . So much , alas , for the Minto interest and impartiality in thus rewarding the gallant Elliot for his important services in India .
DisTiiESSiSG SnciDE or a Fbhale Seeyakt . — Mr . Baker , the Coroner , held an inquest on Saturday , at ; he Old-Turnpike House , Stamford Gate , Hackney , on the body of Caroline Goodwin , aged 21 , housemaid to ' Mrs . Csffray , of Stamford Hill . Sarah Cook said that the deceased had been in tbe service of Mrs . Cafiray for the last eighteen months , and described herself aa a single woman . About a month ago , in- consequence of her increased size and oth ? r appearances , witness accused her of being enceinte , but the accused denied it . On Wednesday last she became very ill , shewing all the symptom * of an approaching accouchement ; and notwithstanding her entreaties , witness insisted upon having a
Burgeon cklled to her asgiBt an ce . Mr . Toalmin . & Burgeon , was then in the house , on a visit to her mistreat , and at witness '! request he accompanied her to see the deceased . Upon reaching her bedroom , they discovered her upon tbe floor , surrounded Sa pool of blood , still flowing from a wound in e throat , and a razor belonging to the footman lving by her side . Although witness bad not been absent from her more than half a minute , the deceased had inflicted such a deep wound that she most have died instantly . Witness thought deceased had been attached to one of the male servants , and by whom she hid recently been forsaken . Verdict" Temporary insanity . "
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Steam versus Gas . —The Commissioners of the Metropolitan Roads , in consequence of the great reduction in the amount of tolls , owing to the improvement ia travelling by railways , have given notice to the authorities of Kensington and other parishes that they have come to tne determination to cease lighting the turnpike roads , so as to restrict their expenditure , and not deteriorate the ef&oienoy of the roads under their charge . Conjugal Tenderness . — The following is the c « py of a letter written and actually sent by an affectionate wife to her "dear husband , " who , having been capitally convicted , was latterly sent on board the Ganymede hulk at Woolwich , county Kent . The woman is at present resident at a town
in the eastern part of the same county . For obvious reasons we omit names , but give the remainder verbatim as it was written : — "Dear husband , —I take this opportunity of addressing these few lines to you , hoping to find you in good health , as it leaves me at present , thank God for it . Dear hnsband , I am going to change my line of life , and I hope it will be ior the better . I must tell you , I am going to be married , and I hope you have no objection , for you know you have not behaved to me as a husband ought to have done , both you and your family have used me rery ill , but everybody knows I never gave yoa any reason to ill-treat me . I have been to the overseers to ask their advice what I am to do , and they told me I had better get another husband , as I did not expect you would ever come home again . You need not fret about it , nor make yourself in the least alarmed at what I eay , for I can asswe you it
is true . The overseers of the parish are goiDg to give the man ten pounds to take me out of the parish . 1 have invited your brother Robert t » the wedding , and I wish yon was at home k > make one amongst us . I shall tell you the man ' s name is William , You need not forget me , for all that ; and if you should ever come where I am , I hope yon will call and see me , so I conclude , and still remain your affectionate wife , —Catherine . To William , Ganymede bulk , Woolwicby Kent . " If the husband finds fault vrith this communication , he must be a very unreasonable man ! What could be more affectionate on the part of his Jafca wife than the wish that he could De at her second wedding ? Why should friends fall out about trifles—the more so when it was with the advice and premium of the moral , virtuous , and high-minded guardians of the poor of the town of Ch d ?
The Census . —At the Thames Police Court , on Friday , C-. uherine Harvey , an Irishwoman , living in Match-walk , Shadwell , was charged by Mr . Currew , churchwarden , with refusing to give an account of the number of persons in her house . When applied to . she said Bne would see the Government and the churchwarden d d before she'd split . The consequence of this refusal was , that the churchwarden could not make out his return . Mr . Ballantine said he would reduce the penalty from £ 5 to 40 s . and in default of Mra . Harvey paying the latter sum ,
he sentenced her to be imprisoned for a week . At the Marlborocgh-street police-office on the same day , Mr . Clavering , hosier , Regent quadrant , was summoned for refusing to auswer the questions of the enumerator appointed to tako tbe census for that district . When the paper was produced , the defendant would not give an explicit answer ; and when told that he was required uutder a penalty to give a proper reply , ke i-. d the government for having legalised such an inquisitorial proceeding . The highest penalty ( £ 5 ) was then inflicted .
Death Sentences on Aborigines . —A petition was ou Wednesday week presented to the House of Commons of a curious and rather interesting character—namely , a petition of members and friends of the Society for the Protection of Aborigines , compl . ining of the sentence of death on certain natives of the Big Murray tribe , for au alleged attack on the brigantine Maria , from Adelaide to New Zealand , wrecked near the southernmost point of South Australia . It prayed for inquiry into the circumstan ces of the case . The petition was merely ordered to lie on the table .
Appropriation . —A man was charged at Bowstreet with robbery at Buckingham Palace , a few days ago . He was ' a journeyman npholsterer employed at the P&laco , and had u borrowed" a few pieces of the silk used in furnishing the apartments . Tbe man said that he viewed them only as " perquisites , " and really in a place where pvquisites are so plentiful as in the palace , and where so much plunder in the small way ia continually going forward , some excuse must b . allowed . lew continue very honest after being employed at Court , and , in verity , when robbery is charged on a poor fellow casually employed there , that i ' act ought not to be forgotten . It is probable that when h » got into the Palace , he thought ho had a right to do as others did . The only wonder is that he confined himself to matters bo insignificant as silk-snippings . A courtier would not have been half so easily contented .
Attack on a Gahi . ng House at Windsor . —On Wednesday week then- was » large party , consisting of the officers of the 6 th Rifles and Beyeral of the 1 st Life Guards , at the mess at the infantry barracks , in Sheet-street , in consrquence of several promotions which have recently taken place in the Rifles , oocSsioned by vacancies caused by the decease of the Hon . CoIodl-1 Molyneux . The festivities of the evening were kept up till past twelve o ' clock , when a large party proposed going to a wel } known gambling houb « ( which has Been tolerated in this town for upwards of twelve months ) and where several of tbe officers have been cheated of
large sums of money , in Angusta-placi ., wnere they were immediately admhted . What took place there before the row commenced , or what was the occasion of the havoc and destruction which almost immediately afterwards ensued , we have not been able to ascertain . However , they had not been there more than half an hour , before there was a scene of the greatest confusion throughout the whole house , causing alarm and terror from the noise which was created , around the entire neighbourhood . The police were sent for soon after one o ' clock , previously to which a portion of the Gth Rifles , who were on guard at , the Castle " , had been despatched to the scene of action , and . whom the police met on their return to the guard-room . Upon Mr . Superintendent Gillman and Serjeant Dobson , with several men , entering the house ( which they found empty , with the exception of one of tne
gamblers , who , it appears , had secreted himself , ) they found scarcely one piece of furniture left whole . The green baize was torn off from the billiard and other tables ; the doors of the different rooms broken down ; the -window ? , with tbe sashes and frames , broken to pieces ; all tho lamps smashed ; chairs and tables dislocated ; the fan-light over the trout door gone ; and the balustrades upon the s airs torn away . At this time the whole of the party had gone off , and as for the proprietors of the gaming-house , they were glad to eff . ot their esoape , during the disturbance , from the back of the premises , across the garden , into a large piece of waste land called the Lammas . It was expected that some complaint would have been lodged before the borough magistrates at the Town Hall ; but no application has been made to the bench ou the subject .
Desperate attempt at Murder . —An excitement little infeiioT to that experienced at the assassination of the late Sergeant-Majnr Shepherd was felt a few days ago , in Woolwich , in consequence of a very prevalent rumour that a gunner in the Royjl Artillery had shot a bombardier belonging to the same regiment . Considerable doubts vrere at first felt as to the correctness of the report , but upon subsequent inquiries it was ascertained that it was but too true . A company belonging to the 4 th battalion of the Royal Artillery , commanded by Colonel Chesney , has recently arrived at the garrison , after an absence of nearly ten years' service at Malta and in the Mediterranean . A gunner belonging to the company who had been on guard
during the day in the Royal Arsenal , having charge of the convicts in that establishment , named M'Garrettey , retired , after being dismissed guard , to the Royal Artillery canteen , where he drank so freely as to become intoxicated , and subsequently entered into another quarrt 1 with another gunner , by whom he was severely maltreated , his eye being cut in a dreadful manner . Several persons in the room , including another gunner of superior strength , interfered between the combatants , and prevented any further mischief being done . This was about halfpast Beven . Shortly after this , M ' Garrettey left the canteen , and proceeded in a state of intoxication to the barrack-room , in tho eastern wing of the great arch . The
unfortunate bombardier , whose name is John Grace , was standing at the time leaning over a desk , when M'Garrettey proeeedea very deliberately to the place where his musket was , and taking it down , fired it at his victim . The shot entered the back back on the right side of the spinal column , and passed into the abdomen . Grace immediately fell , and au artilleryman who was passing the room , alarmed by the report of the musket , entered the room and discovered tbe prisoner , who at once declared that "he had shot the man . " Toe wounded man was conveyed to the Ordnance hospital , whero Sir J . Webb , the principal officer of the department , was in attendance , aBd every assistance was rendered to the sufferer . Sir Jobs questioned him as to whether there had been any previous altercation , or whether he was aware that there was any causefor the
offence . The woundedman replied , ' None whatever . ' The ball is supposed to have entered the liver , but as any attempt to probe the abdomen would be fatal , the exact seat of the wound is not known . M'Garretty , who has been fifteen yean ia the regiment , ww immediately placed under wrest . He is a man somewhat advanced in life , and bears a notoriously bad character in the regiment . Grace is a married man , and highly respected in the company to which be belongs , and to which he acted as orderly . No cause can be assigned why the prisoner should commit the atrocious act , but the fury of his passion , there being some resemblanoe in height and make to the gunner who bad abused M'Garrettey . Grid has since died , and a Coroner ' s Jury have returned a verdict of wilful murder against M'Garrettey .
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Loed John Rdssell , finding such never-ending « toil and trouble" connected with State businoss , is about to lighten the burthen , it is said , by the admixture of domestic bliss . His lordship intends to get married . When the important event occurs , it is thought that he will resign the direction of colonial attwrs for the Home department . It is to be hoped , at least , that he will take care to get the honeymoon well over , before a fresh Parliament assemble * . Everything in England proceeds at rail-road pace , and there is , therefore , nothing surprising in the fact that the Queen of such a country should produce a Royal family Hpon the same rapid princip le that pervades every other department of national industry . Two confinements within twelve months are , indeed , something to be proud of , and if her Majesty should only gratify the nation , by twins , the result would , of course , be doubly satisfactory .
Madkid , June 3 . —A new commission has been again named for taking into consideration the establishment of banks in the provinces for the purpose of furnishing funds to tho agricuhurists at a fair rate of interest . Tbe minister of finance has not yet succeeded in obtaining any advances from the drfferenc capitalists , the latter trying to drive too hard a bargain . Tho resignation of this minister is talked of , and , although only a rumour , the funds decliued yesterday to 26 £ for cash , at which price they remain to-day . Tho ministry has just received
a check m the chambers . Iu spite of their opposition to it , the cortes have adopted , by 82 against 52 , the project of the commission , to the effect that geaators holding situations undor government shall not receive any salary during the session . The member Loped has resigned . M . Calatrava has been named senator . The health of the young queen does not improve . Tho council of regency , and the guardians appointed by Ferdinand ' s wiiJ , in case of any unforeseen event to fie queen-mother , have put in their claim to tbe guardianship .
Ireland . —Two more murderous outrages have beca committed in Ireland . One day lately , at two iu the morning , the house of Patrick Nevil , at Clonmines , in the South of Kerry , was broken into by three men with blackened faces . Nevil was made to get up and giva the robbsra some £ 40 , which he had paved ; and in spite of his submission , when they left , one of them shot him in the breast with a pi 6 tol . Nevil hold only two or three acres , and waa but little above a mere labourer . His recovery is
thought hopeless . Again , in Wexford , at Killeton House , near Ballylongford , a aboi was fired into the bedroom of Mr . Wm . Hicke , a Justice of the Peace . Six balls passed through the window-glass and bed curtains , and lodged in the wall just above where Mr . Hicke lay . On the same night , a notice threatening to visit him with the fate of Mr . Brew was posted on his hall-door . Mr . Hicke is a Catholic and a Liberal . The expulsion of some refractory tenants is thought to have been the cause of the attempt .
Presentation of Plate to the late Sheripfs Evans and Wheelton — On Saturday last the subscribers to the Sheriffs' Plato Fund gave a banquet to those distinguished public officers , at the West India Dock Tavern , Blackwall , London . Hughes Hughes , Esq . was in the chair , supported by a large party of iuflueimal gentlemen of various and opposite political opinions , but who cordially united on this occasion to testify their admiration of the manly and constitutional resistance which these worthy High Sheriffs of London and Middlesex had made against the arbitrary power assumed by the ( latel ) House of Commons . About severity ladies and gentlemen sat down to dinner . Amongst the latter
wero the late High Sheriffs , also Messrs . Charles Pearson ( City solicitoi ) , James ( secondary ) , tho Rev . John Jennings , A . M ., James Anderson , Esq ., Richard Carpenter , f ^ q ., Thomas Saunders , Esq ., Messrs . France and Palmer , Me ^ sra . Ea ' gletoK , Kinf , ' , Illidge , < fec . After dinner , the Chairman addressed Messrs . Evans and WheeHon inappropriate terms , and at the conclusion of his address , the splendid silver waiter and two ice-pails , the whole weigh ' wg above 400 ounces , w ^ s presented to the late Sheriff Evans , and tho superb candelabrum and epergne , weighing 294 ounces , to the late Sheriff Wheelton , amidst the unanimous cheers and plaudits of the company . Both gentlemen acknowledged the cotuplimeut in suitable terms .
The Qveen of Hanover . —We find , from the German papers , that the health of tho Queen of Hauoyer is in a very unsatisfactory state . One of these journals has the following letter from Hanover , dated June 2 ;— " The inhabitants of this city are very uneasy respecting the health of her Majesty the Queen . It appears , from certain circumstances , that her disorder has not abated ; since yesterday evening the aocess to Loinatrasse ( the street which parses by the royal palace ) is stopped , so that only pedestrians can go through it , and tho evening patrol of the military band is suspended in orJer not to disturb her Majesty . However , though her Majesty ,
as we hear has had a restless night , tho physicians , it is said , have expressed some hope to-day . It is generally reported that Professor Schinlein , at Berlin , has been requested to come here and give his advice . May all turn out well . The celebration of his Majesty's birthday was very restricted , on account of the melancholy situation of the Q wen . The King appeared on the parade , whero he made a speech 10 theofficers from the provinces who are now here , and was received with acclamations by the troop 3 . It ia expected that orders wil ! be conferred on a great number of persons , and that there will be a considerable promotion in the army . " So much for Royalty .
Algiers . —A letter from Algiers , of the 26 th ult ., gives the following details of the recent fraud committed by means of forged Treasury Bills : — On the 22 nd , a Spanish schooner , named La Viergede Regla , Captain Jose Maria de Otero , came into port from Almeria , with a cargo of 2 , 000 quintals of lead , consigned to the storekeeper-general of the army . As no such officer exists , the ship was immediately put under surveillance , and a report got abroad that her freight was the produce of fraud , through the means of forged bills . We have learnt , from good information , that the author of the fraud presented himself , several weeks ago , to the French consuls of Spain , assuming the name of Hely de Beaumont , and pretending to be a brother of M . Gustave de
Beaumont , tbe deputy , now at Algiers , with M . do Tocqueville and M . de Cor cell es , on their recurn from Mostaganem , having apparently given up their intention of accompanyiug the expedition against Mascara and Tekedempta . Hely de Beaumont gave himself out to our consular agent in Spain as an officer of the military administration in Algeria , and produced a pretended letter from the Governor-General , charging him to make large purchases of lead for the army . All the consuls of Fraiico at Valencia , Malaga , Gibraltar , and Cadiz , appear to have entertainea no doubt of the authenticity of the letter , or the reality of his mission , for they gave him successively letters of recommendation . Cadiz and Gibraltar were the principal theatres of his
frauds , and it is said he issued his false bills at Gibraltar to the amount of 200 , 000 f . » At Cadiz , the vice-consul introduced him to several of the first merchants , and through their mediation he obtained one-third of the lead now on board the detained Bhip . In one transaction to the amount of 40 , 000 f ., he gave a bill for 50 , 000 f ., receiving the difference in money . Ivot the least striking part of the affair is , that there is every reason to believe-that the lead thus acquired was desiiued for Abd-el-Kader ; and thus tbe French consuls , unknown to themselves , it is true , have been made accomplices in a fraud , and an attempt to supply an enemy of their country with ammunition . It is confidently believed that the ship was on her way to Morocco , but was driven by stress of weather into Algiers . "
The Forthcoming General Election . —We could almost find it in our hearts to regret that Lord John Russell has bo signally defeated himself . We are not disposed to admire a *• tyrant majority " of any party in the House of Commons , but Lord John RusselJ has unconsciously done his best to create one . A Government to be » f any use , ought to have a clear working majority ; bat they may have too large a majority ; fur an effective opposition is after all the spur to good , and the check upon bad , legislation ; and we cannot seo the materials for ono out of the forthcoming elections . We have counted no less than seventy-one so-called liberal members of the present House of Commons , who have already declined serving their constituents again ; a "
defection " from the public service , which says much for their personal predenco , but 1 promises very badly for the organisation of an opposition in the next Parliament . The WhigR , in fact , seem to have turned quite sulky with the public—something in the same spirit ; that Fox evinced when he left the House of Commons in despair , and took to translating Horace at St . Anne ' s-hill . When' the last Russell leaves Bedfordshire , and Mr . Joseph Hume affects a desire to retire into private life , the game must be nearly up . As journalists , we almost feel melancholy when we reflect upon how many of our old choppingblocks we shall miss when the new Parliament assembles . Three or four , we understand , are to be " pitchforked" in the event of losing their seats : Sir John Cam Hobhouse for one ; and it would be a very appropriate termination to his consistent
career for him to walk into the House of Lords in » white hat at last . We do not profess to know any thing of cabinet secret * , bat the on d ' tt amongit the clubs is , that the pitchfork buainew had m great deal to do with the Whi g * sticking to office , until they knew who would want providing for after the result of * general election . The provincial constituencies should bear this in mind . At any rate there can be no harm in their asking euch a man as Sir John whether he has not got a peerage in hit pocket if the country should refuBe him a seat in the House of Commons ; and , if he eannet answer in the negative , perhaps he may be asked on the hustings , at Nottingham , whether he is of the same opinions now as he was some years ago , when he called the House of Lords " a , refuge for the destituU V—Tory paper .
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Snow at Midsummer . —The mountains in Scotland hare , during the past week , been capped With snow . The once joyous and saltry 4 th of Juno was truly Siberian , but a beneficial change seems at hand . —Newcastle Journal . A Tup of the Cheviot breed , the property of Messrs . Young and Craig , Bighouse , Sutherland , was clipped a few days ago , when its fleece was actually found to weigh no less than 19 $ imperial pounds . Changes in Government Functionaries . — Several changes will take place at the close of the session among the subordinate government functionaries . It is understood that the Hon . K . J .
Stanley will vacate the post of one of the secretaries to the treasury , in which he will he succeeded by De Le Marchant , Epq ,, of the board » f trade . Mr . J . Parker , M . P . for Sheffield , now one of ths lords of the treasury , will take the place of R More O'Ferrall , Esq ., as secretary to the admiralty who succeeds if r . R . Gordon , M . P . for Windsor , in the office of financial secretary to the treasury . A vacancy in the number * f lords of the treasury is thus occasioned . Some other changes are . we bear , contemplated , which includo the Hon . E . J . Stanley ' s introduction to a higher post ia the Government .
Masonic Festival . —The third aud greatest of the charities which the masonic body support , that for founding an asylum for the aged and decayed members of their body , celebrated its sixth annual festival on Tuesday last , in their hall . Mr . Benjamin Wood , M . P . for Southwark , took the chair , and was supported by a considerable array of stewards and the friends and admirers of this crowning charity of the anciest order of freemasons . Since the establishment of this institution , the male and female schools have gone on increasing in the amount of their . utility ; and although at ita outset the Aged Masons' Asylum met with some obstacles , arising more from ignorance than prejudice , st ill , having twice received the unanimous sanction of the grand lodgo , it may now be considered as the best , as it is the youngest , offspring of masonic charity *
Horkid Murder and Suicide in Derbyshire . —The village of Milltown , parish of A » hover , was on Thursday Week the scene of a most horrid tragedy ; and it seldom falls to our lot to publish details of a more revolting character . The perpetrator of the bloody deed was one Johu Towndrow , once a farmer of considerable respectabiiity , but of iate years rather reduced in circumstaueej . It appears that his wife aud he have for some time past lived unhappily , owing to circumstances and dispositions of mind into which it is not now our province to inquire , but there seems no reason to doubt that the main cause which led to the awful transaction originated in a dispute about some money , which had lately been left to Towndrow ' s wife . The throat of
Mary Towndrow , the wife of the deceased John Towiidrow , was out from ear to ear , and her forohead severely fractured by a blow from a heavy instrument . The throat of the deceased , John , was also severely cut , and both bodies were disfigured by blood . At the inquest , the first wuuaa-i called was John Coates , who deposed that about one o ' clock at noon on Thursday , he was passing- deceased ' a house , when he saw their daughter look through the kjtohen window ; alien then screamed , and begged him to force the door opea , which he did . On entering the kitchen , the body of John Towndrow was lying on its left side , his head hanging over the edge of a tub ; tho deceased , Mary , was Jying with her head against the wall ; both their throats were cut .
and teey were quite cold and dead . A razor was lying on tho ground near to the ipot where John lay , and a setting stick , broken in two pieces , lay near to the bod y of his wife . In the house-placo adjoining the kitchen the breakfast things wore on the table , and the cups contained tea ; the two chairs in which the deceased appeared to have been sitting at breakfast were thrown over . and a apair ofspectac ! es , U 6 uaUy worn by the deceased ( Mary Towndrow ) lying on the hearth . To this witness appearances warranted the conjecture that a quarrel arose during breakfast , and that the ill-fated husband dragged his wife into the kitchen , and there committed tho deed . A hammer stained with blood was found by Mr . Georgo Bonnington . This witness stated that
he had known the deceased husband about twelve years ; that he had occasionally worked for him as a , labourer ; and that during that time he never saw him act irrationally . He also stated that on the day previous to the murder deceased conversed with witness respecting his wife , statijg that he did not know whether he was to have any harbour there any longer , as he supposed she was gone to fetch somebody to turn him out . There was nothing singular about him during this conver ^ ation , nor didjhe appear in the least excited . He was quite rational and calm . There was a great deal of blood upon the hands of the deceased . Mr . Geo . Bonnington was the second person in the house after the discovery was made . On the
forehead of the deceased ' s wife was a large fracture , which induced witness to search for the instrument by which it had been inflicted . Oa tho shelf behind the staircase he found a hammer , the head of which was covered with blood , and which appeared to have been wiped . The razor sheath was on the house table . Witness knew the deceased kept his razors iu the house cupboard , and the conclusion he had arrived at was , that deceased struck his wife with thehamBur which he afterwards replaced on tbe shelf , and then fetched his razor and completed the horrid deed by nearly severing his wife ' s head from tbe body , and afterwards cutting his own throat . After a brief consultation , the Jury returned a verdict of temporary insanity .
A " Haunted" House . —Extraordinahy and Mtstebiods Ciecumstance . —For some few days past Windsor and its immediate neighbourhood have been in a state of considerable excitement , in consequence of a house , which stands alone , surrounded by its urounds , at Clower , about a mile from the town , having been reported , from tho extraordinary noises which have been heard there , to be "haunted . The house is occupied by an elderly couple , their two daughters , arid a female domestic . The noises whidh have been heard ( and which are continued at intervals throughout the day and night ) , resemble those which would be caused b y a person rapidly , for two or three seconds , striking his knuckles violently against the panel of a door .
The knocking is so loud that it ia heard by the inmates of houses four or five hundred yards © if . Such is the alarm these strange , and , at present , unaccountable noises have caused throughout the neighbourhood , that a lady who resides at some distance has given notico to her landlord that she quit 3 instantly ; and the haunted family are represented to ba iu such a state of mind that they are making preparations to leave the house immediately . At one time the door was taken off its hinges , and placed at the back of the closet , but the knocking was precisely the same as before . It should be observed , that at three or four times , wheu the knocking took plane , there were five persons , and sometimes more , present from Windsor and elsewhere , who were determined , if possible , to detect the cause , and who were totally unconnected with the family residing in the house ; but they were still left in ignorance of its origin , and without the means of accounting for it .
On Saturday last , a gentleman volunteered to sit up with the occupant of the house , during the whole oi that night . This offer , at the suggestion of the magistrates , was accepted . The rest of the family retired to rest at tho usual hour , and up to six o'clock the next morning , no noises were heard ; but in the course of Sunday they were more violent than ever . Many iguoraiit persons , of course , ascribe the noises to some supernatural agency , and a tale is now current , that some person left that neighbourhood , some time back , in a "verymysterious manner , " and that " no doubt a murder was committed near the spot . " However this may be , gentlemen of high standing in the county ( magistrates , clergymen , and others ) , have visited the house during the past woek ; and certainly , to say the kast , they are all exceedingly puzzled at the extraordinary noises they have heard within three or four yards of the spot where they had stationed themselves .
Dissolution of Fabliament . —It is generally supposed that the large arrear of public business , necessarily created by the sudden dissolution of Parliament , will suggest the necessity for the assembling tho new House of Commons as speedily as possible . The first Parliament was dissolved on the 18 : h July , 1837 , and the writs were made returnable on the 15 th of November following—thus allowing an interval of nearly four months for the elections , which , considering the mode of canvass , and the short rime allowed for taking the poll under the Reform Act , was a much longer period than could , hy possibility , be required . It is , however , conceived that , in the present instance , the utmost despatch , compatible with the convenience of the several candidates and constituencies ,
will be empl oyed , so as to ensure the opening of the new Parliament at as early period . The choice of a Speaker will , doubless , aa in two recent instances , become the first great party question of the session . Mr . MannefBButton ( Viscount Canterbury ) held tho ohair for eighteen years , and presided over seven new Houses of Commons ; Mr . Abercrombie ( Lord D . mferraline ) for four yean ; and Mr . C . Shaw Lefevre for two years . The last election for Speaker was on the 29 th of Ha ? , 1839 . The aext will be the fourteenth Parliament of the Unit « d Kiiigdom . It appears by a return prepared from the roll * and journals of both houBea , that since 1809 , when it is supposed the duration of Parliament * wm
extended beyond oao yew , only four Parliaaenta aare exiited beyond levea years , and only nine have had » sexennial duration . Of the rest , only nine Parliamente hare lasted above fire yean , three above four years , and three above three yean . Only ten existed above two years , and no less than -thirty-six fora shorter period . The average duration , from 1 M 0 to the present time ( including the l « ng Parliament in the reign of Charles I ., and that in the reign of Charles II ., which lasted nearly seventeen yean , ) does not exceed the space of three yean each ; so that , although nominally septennial j Par * liament may be said to have not more than * really triennial existence .
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THE WELSH " PLOTTERS" AGAIN ! A pabagbaph from the Hereford Times is a present " going the round" of the "Establishment , " aud which we here insert for the purpose of calling forth a true version of the caBe upon Chartist authority ; for we don ' t believe the facts aa set forth in the Whig print . If there is any foundation for the report at all , the odds are a hundred to one , that "Sir" Tom Phillips and his bloody coadjutors have been at ic&rk again in search of a title for another miscreant . Here is the Whig statement : —
" Information from Fontypool has b « en received at this office , from unquestionable authority , that a package has arrived at Newport , per packet from Bristol , to be forwarded to Mr . G . Moore , at Mz Goodwin ' s , shoemaker , Pontypoel . The package was . said to be of a very auspicious nature , and Snperintoudent Roberts accordingly-attended at the Swau Inn , and placed two officers to watch the movements of any party wLo ini ^ ht call for . it No individual making his appearance for that purpose , it was finally taken to the atation-hoaae . Upon examination it waa found to contain two mnskete , two bayonets , one fowlingpiece , two pistols , five bullet moulds , of variona sizaa .
a force pump for an air gna , a great quantity of inflammatory Ciiartist publications , one of Colonel Macerone's books , called "Instructions to the People how to make combustible Materials , " a quantity of Cubbett'a Works , &c ., with several parcels of worsted and cotton stockings , linen , drapery , and worsted yarn ,.. so well packed round the fire-arms that no one would suspect tbe package of containing such goods . On the following day ( Tuesday ) , a person called at tha coachoffioe for tbe package , upon which he was taken into custody ; he proved to be George B ! ack , a Ciiartirt agitator aud orator from Nottingham , who has been very industrious in South Wales this last twelvemonths .
particularly at Mertbyr ; be assumed to travel with stockings for sale . On Wednesday last , the prisoner was taken before C . H . Leigh , W . H . Little , and E H . Phillips , Esqs ., at the police office ; when , after a lengthened investigation , he was committed for one month to hard labour in the House of Correction at Ufk . He attended a Chartist meeting at Newport on Monday last , aud made a most violent speech . He stated , that he is sometimes called Moore , but more generally Black . He was committed under the Yagraat Act for trading and hawking withomt a license . Goodwin , to whose house the package was directed , is a Chartist leader at Pontypool . "—Hereford Times .
A word or two upon this , as it appears . " Information from Pontypool waa received from unquestionable authority , that a packet had arrived at Newport . " Ah I How did the " unquestionable authority at Pontypool know the packet was cither coming , or had arrived , at Newport ! How came tho Pontypool authorities to know that ? An answer , Mr . Hereford Times , if you please ! " The package was said to be of a very suspicion nature . " " Several parcels of worsted and cotton stockings , linen drapery , and worsted yarn , were so
well packed round the fire arms , that wo ohm would suspect the package of containing such goods . " See how the story confounds and contradicts itself I It waa " said ta be of a very suspicious nature "—and yet its nature was such w that no one would suspect it ! " What bunglers ! How very like a plot ! a trap I > If Black , had any thing to do with the " very suspicious" package , we say , judging from the statement given above , he has been entrapped by the " unquestionable autho&itt " of Pontypool f . '
Black " has been committed to the House of Correction for one month , under the Vagrant Aot for trading and hawking without a license . " This is the most inexplicable part of the whole affair I "Trading and hawking wjtboat a license : " where is the proof of that i Is going to a coach office to see after a package of goods " trading and hawking ! " We cannot understand Welsh Authority t Will our friends see that we have a full statement of all the facts of this most " suspicious" case , as far as they can make them , out ? Let us know all the actors in this strange business ; and let them detail the evidence on which Black has been
committed to the tread-mill for a month , on a charge of " trading and hawking without a license . " This case must bo ferretted . out . ' The "AUTHOhmr " succeeded once ! He must not do it again !! No more plots I Let our friends be on their guard !! Tho Whigs , reduced to the last extremity , will try every means to keep themselves afloat—and a good "plot , " , which would appeal to the fears of the hien of property , Would . be a perfect "God-6 end . " The above story gives ovidence that the " plottebs " are again at work . Let every Chartist look out . Defeat the hellish move ! No more PLOTS ! !
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THE " DUNDEE CHRONICLE . " With most sincere regret we extract from the columns of our esteemed contemporary the following article , for the purpose of laying it before the Chartists of Scotland , and of demanding for it their instant and effective attention , that tbe cause of Chartism may not lose a valuable advocate : ^ " Our readers will observe that an important meeting of the shareholders of this journal was held on Wednesday last The financial affairs of the Company are certainly in no enviable position ; and , as poverty is not considered a crime by those whose cause we have espoused , we have , without hesitation , laid the whole matter shortly before the public . The cbcnmstancai attending tbe purchase of the paper cannot be already
forgot , but must be fresh in the recollection of the whole country , —aa the purchase of such extensive property was at the time the wonder and admiration of those whose principles were reciprocal with our own . That the shareholders are generally composed of those who live by the labour of their hands , we do not affect to deny but , instead of this being a disgrace , we deem it no inconsiderable recommendation , because we can boast of that which few journalists can boast of , vis ., the honest and straightforward advocacy of the unprescriptable rights of man .., But , while we deem this aa honour to ourselves , "we cannot shut our eyes to the fact , that the existence of thia poverty has precluded those very individuals from not only paying up the share already subscribed for , but has prevented them from
subscribing for tae necessary number of shares , so as to enable tbe Directors to cany on the business with that requisite , economy aad spirit , necessary for the conducting of aucu a journal as the Dundee Chronicle . It will be Jjeea from the report , that the working men who have subscribed for shares are extremely inconsiderable , when we take Into account the vast mass of men who have exposed the cause we advocate , and When we calculate upon the enthusiasm existing amongst that mass . No doubt , we are somewhat to blame ourselves for aremlflsnesa in not laying our peculiar circumstances before the public There is a certain delicacy attending the admission of actual distress , that , the public is as well aware of ss
ourselves ; but the point carf be overstretched ; and we think , despite tbe reviling * of our foea , that we are only doing our duty by throwing aside that false delicacy , -which , under onr- circumstances , would be gross folly any longer to affect . That weateembamaed , financially speaking , we at once frankly admit ; and we make this admission with unfeigned sorrow and regret . Nothing , we are satisfied , could afford matter of congratulation to our enemies equal to the extinction of the people's paper , for the . simple reason that they bate democracy , and want not the amelioration of the miserable condition of the millions . To restore to the people their natural and Inherent rights , and to lessen their burdens , has been the aim and object of the promoters of thia journal .
" We kave to return . our sincere thanks to our readers generally throughout the country for the liberal support which they have given the paper since its commencement , as our circulation is greater than we could by possibility have anticipated . ; and we trut that the appeal now made for additional shareholders will not be in vain . Let the few Chartist papers now in existence cease to live , and the boldest and moat destructive blow will be given to the cause of liberty , which by an / means whatever could be struck . ' Shall the enemies oC the people have to congratulate themselves on the extinction of the greatest palladium which liberty esa possess , viz ., a free and unfettered press t We think we are not wrong when we emphatically s » y—No ! ft thousand times , Nol
" Men of Forfarahire and Fifeshiref we have done our dnty , and we now appeal to you for aid . Pew , Indeed , In the county'districts , have besom * share holders of the paper ; but it is mot too late , and we hope that you will yet manfully do yow duty . " Tae manager will shortly write the reqpeetrrft ftfeate directly on this most important subject " By order of ttw Dixettem " W « are ^ utte «*» thsA , after reading thta , tkf t people know their daty , and will perform it , mttH oat farther prompting . We mutt , however , reHfek * moit emphatieally the foilowiag eentenoe . * Let the few Chartiat papen now in exiitenoe man ii live , and tbe boldest and nwtt dertrnetive blow will be given to the cause of Jiberty , which by Mf means whatever conid be struck . Shall the enemies of the people have to congratulate tbemsehat on the extinction of the greatest palladium whiek liberty can possess , vii ., a free and unfettered pteeit We think we are not wrong when we enpaatittllj say—No I a thousand times , No I "
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The If Orthern Star. Saturday, June 19, 1841.
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