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      BETERLBT MI ^ STBELST . jiexarkabie xt * n fnm Arthur ' s seat . vrifcebiM the retting nnH last ray , Ob the haw of tbe grated window play . That secures my living tomb ; Miifing upon my atraw I lay , jjjiiiBg the close of moths day Of misery and gloom . ¦ Hanking bow aft I'd Seen that « un , Bige o ' er prood . Arthur * Mfflnit clear , k , nA gild Ms reverend bead ; Opening to view , rampart and wall , j . oftyipb * and lordly ball , Pal » ee audi * asanf 8 abed ;

      < 5 Oule at H * fe * tiw broad Forth roll'd , A « lver pictnr £# iined in geld , Studded with living gems ; On trfaoEe -white breast the mow-white sail , Seem'd a flock of eagjeta on the gale , As thsy bet waters rtem ; ^ jnk hfll ud dale in thfrtrrigbt nm ' i beam , geeu'dcmtaie * of aome bizy dream , - So beautiful they be . Up Ocails banting into day , B * beanteoM ^ orflj , winding airay Majestic to the aea ;

      YfiSt , eastward , Berwick ' s low appears , Bi » -misty « rown from his brow hs rears , ' Di&pl&jiag craig and bee , rjcMome ircra-mail'd gi&nt knight , jfeSaf ^ tt fee&atolady bright , la gtUast poorteay . Eiag whB opening day , CaM-Hi&rt tareu , old and gray , , ^ mb tb » « gfii appear , jQir ! 1 »» W changed from that array , 'PfceB . fa ^ y halla , the minstrel's lay , ¦ WMmUti by be « ty * s ear-At tontefftt Start , thy fate might teach Wirif ^ ft * ' *** ' wold it bat reach - /^ Hfmwinsu of tbe Bmas . , CwUzat bead the aesffbM graced , ^» «« a « wrrily prelate placed ^ w-yiigii « h crown upon .

      Bee yonder cwfrt entrenched ring , TSTiar * Bmt ^» " f * gtf < i spread their wing , OWeoaqtMfB slavery . ' Hjere bow tte Mountain ' * daisy springs , Aod Seottfafa milkmaid gaily sings , , On fields of cbivairj . OirTsBdar beiiit * , t > 7 Carros ' s flood , ^ Jj ^ hardy Softttaub . warriors stood , - SsrrcyiBg the host below ^ p . Oat heart-inspiring cry they garl ^ jjjJB rush'd , like their own moan tain wave , * BeMttess on the foe .

      In win prond Borne her arts aid try , YsfcTwe , her far-famed efcivalry , / 6 amsVSeotti » h liberty > Ji Taio-ber feazdy warrior * die ; jjjjj , ^ iag grosns assail the sky , ¦ FofScoaaBd dwrrt be free ! m p *> " ° » t& 8 Boaua-itMated HUM ? ll&iuf Ati ? . teQ */ -feet te , . Sat , Seotifcegb -where aw ye ? Ye best yoar bravi tbtefather ' s name;—A » ye is spirit still the same , ¦ Stars sods of war and glee ?

      b&e * ame spirit hi yon nursed , < Ba $ on Uie Boman legion burst , Preferring death to slavery ? fty , ' wer » a tyrant ' s flag usfnri'd , TFotrid freedom ' * spear ' gainst him be burled , With aH yonr forbears ' energy » 8 ^ , are ye freemen ? are ye slaves , jtomniimiln of the great and brave , Win bade the invaders flee ? Of are ye serfs of the tyrant ' s soil . Wfcareap the pr « 4 uce « f your toil , ¦ Then throw the iiaska to ye ?

      Sty , btro j-ocr gloomj' doogeos ' s grown TooD , with suffering patriots' moan , And mast they moan for years ? IBs nature , all exhausted , sinking . Beneath a grant's torture , fainting , -fixoaas , mode for bis ears . b it your public weal and wish Rftjaboorer ' s interest and bis voice , la al ) your laws to see ? Or a ha a po « vassal bom , Soom'd m-reqxrited toil to mmn , A slave by heaTen ' s decree •'

      Ssy , ' what has made yonr country great ? WnJt fear worthies lordling's state , Hi » pr ^ e and pedigree ? Oi wisH those brave baedy men , - ? Tn « eHbottr fertarseeia&pJaiB , A Tirtoous peaBa&try f See jwite field of ripening grain , AboTB wbcae iead s fiowery train Of beiBtr abeds a shower ; Bat job stem fciad a lesson shews , He ptaefes , asd to his dunghill throws Each gsndy worthless tower .

      They vainly to his eyes disclose , Tu&i jplendid tints—their varied hues—Pieading they 'dorn the plain . ' Tarn all your pleading , he replies , roar melera glories I despise , Te only spoil my grain . BbJ stop , my wild rebellious muse , EoTtisze a ilave write truths liie these , Cnspare a lordling to a weed I WMU yon " re at best of wood a hewer , And for their good a water-drawer , Bj God himself decreed ?

      Par leant ; 7 e KMjirng- aliye , from the Slimiasas doe k . tbe powers Uiat be , Th » i tiey are atrajgtrt from God ; For titft yon see , or cant you learn , To corn ay love of freedom , stern , Yoa ' re surely felt the rod ? Set yon industrious , tiny nation , lahrBrmg tbeir winter ' s preparation , Fith ¦ well-contented bom ; Is v £ l-siock'd hiTe , Jord-Iiie raclining , Sppjn § the tweets of others toiling , Ihe ujstoeatk drone .

      6 « Itaia froa them , yon grumbling knave , Tbat workiug b ; es were born to slave , And fructify the soil ; Bat princes arc the lord's anointed , And ether two-legged drones appointed , It ) reap yonr srdsoos toil . Eiy Bade * bright example scan , See Baakl in the Bon ' * den , ,-By righteous king ' s deeree ; "bo dared , forsoeth , presnniptuous m&n 'To wnshi p God on his own plan , Against the powers that be ! ROBEBT PEBDIB . igfc June . 1 S . J-L

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      LLNES TO F . OCOKNOS . jy foUowiag linss were seat to Mr . O'Connor , by a ** jkmg man who had tried to procure a piping bull-¦ ttfoT the purpose of presenting to the " caged lion , " " * &u not succeeded in getting one : — Hoaeured Sir , —I ' re tried in vain To half dissolve the tyrant's chain ; I eamot &cd a tuneful MeEd , * ] a * t eoeld to liag ' ring moments lend A augie power , and make tiem fly The , p » trk > t cell unheeded by ! T » e 1 a finch , I'd wing my way , And orol iUthe livelong day , « fcre the missy bars , that tell O'Connor lingers in his oell ; Vy throat should pour the sweetest strain ; rd sing—je tyrants , strive in vain , To queaeb a flame that burns so bright ,

      And darts thro' grates its radiant fight , SfcSwiEg hope iixo' Britain ' s Isle ; «»»* makis the csre-woni peasant smile , And hai / forget his present woes T » fed than nearly at a close ; When » U shall have , in every hour , j Uair equality of power . «« should my notes in concert join , J *™ that coorageous heart of thine , Wiacb pants for freedom to the slave , * B& dares with freedom's foe » to brave ; founding justice for the poor , e * pite of bolts and prison dooT . *» those may bone and anew bind , ™ tthy brave soul moves uneenfin'd , *?* EQizg in iu eagle flight , «* couise that Iead 8 te truth and right , j Bfl triumph ahaU reward thy toil , am ev- ry face with transport smile !

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      ( ? £ GE FOR THE PEOPLE , by Wilua * Jj ^^ a , London : Strange , Paternoster-U ^ * * To ? k wtich means should be devised for i ^^» s ^ eedQ j as possible , in the hands of the ** & £ *; ' and in those places where news-roomB fcftjt ^ «» s ' it certainly on ^ ht to be si once ' heJ ^? the tables of those establishments . The ^^ ftr the People" k a good , closely prmted 1 ^^^ volume , of more than 800 pages , and conth ^ ffla ^ ofLformation as to the emoluments , ^ fet ai ? * -. 2111 ^ ' perrona ? character of - ^ " ^ 7 Ltr-Uiiors so : to bs mei Triih auy-

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      where else within bo email a compass , and at so moderate a Cost . The work should be found in every noble drawing-room ; aad if jnot found so flatteriue to the pride of the aristocrat !* " caste" as some other histories of the peerage , it . would be of infinitely more use , as it would dare silently , but sternly , to tell the troth—a thing not always considered of much importance by their servile writers , who seek to gain the favour of the great by flattering their foibles , and gilding or concealing their vices . The introduction presents us with an abstract of the doings of the Peers in actuality and the Peers in expectancy , from which most important conclusions cannot fail to be deduced by all who -will give themselves the trouble to think . The public will ,

      also , by consulting Mr . Carpenter ' s pages , learn something of the costliness of the noble idol which bo many among them are but too prone to worship , and of the influence , direct and indirect , which they continue to exercise in what certain facetious gentlemen , in their merry moods , please to designate ** the Reformed House of Commons . " We are pleased with that spirit of impartiality and candour which pervades the volumes ; while lie ipcense of flattery is not offered at the shrine of nobility , neither has the author dipped his pen in gall , or Bought by detraction to injure that estimation in which those of whom he writes may be fairly held by those amongst whom they live and move . Where virtue exists

      te has not been slow to acknowledge it , and be has , while fearlessly exposing acts of pnblio delinquency , carefully abstained from mixing ap with , v ? hen it could be . avoided , the matters and things connected with private character . Some of the noble supporters of the inhuman Poor Law might consult these pagea with advantage ; we faney this , while the Dale of Bedford holds estates plundered from the Church ( one fonrth of which , at least , ought to belong to the poor ) of the value , in our present monejr , of £ 48 , 889 13 s . 2 d ., no great surprise can be felt at the anxiety evinced by that noble house to increase the teorkhouse comforts of the " independent labourers . " As a fair specimen of Mr . Carpenter ' s manner , and of the kind of information to be found in the work , we extract the following : —

      DCNDAS , BARON . Same . —Latvue . tce Dr > DAS . itotiB . — £ s * a > ez : — Try . Relations . —Hon . T . Dundas , M . P . ( son )—Hon . J . C . Dundas , M . P . ( soni—Earl Fitzwilliam ( eousin )—Lady C Dundas ( sister , and aunt of the Duke of St Albans )—A- Spiers , Esq . ( brother-in-law )—J . a Ramsden , M . P . ( brothflr-in-law . V—[ Sse further below . ] Placet akd Emdumenis . —Lord-Lieutenant of Orkney and Shetland .- —Amongst his relations are , —H . Line ( son-in-law ) Lieutenant-Colonel . —W . Wharton ( brother-in-law , ) in the Church—Hon . G . H . L . Itandas ( brother , ; Bear-Admiral of the Blue , and lately a Lord of the . Admiralty—Sir R . L . Dundas ( brother , ) Major-General in the Army—Hon . T . L . Dundas ( brother , ) in the Church—Lady E . Dundas ( mother ? , ) pension £ 276 . Church Patronage—One living .

      " This is said to be a branch of the Melville family , bat we do not know its exact affinity . The founder of the Peerage was a Laurence Dundoa , of Merse , who was a Commissary-General and contractor to the Army , from 1748 to 1759 , and was created a Baronet in 1762 . His only son , Sir Thomas , who succeeded ton in IT 81 , was elevated t » the Peerage in 1794 , as Baron Dundas , of Aske , in the county of York . In 1764 , he married the Becond daughter of the third Earl Fitzwilliam , by whom he had ten children . He died in June , 1820 , and was succeeded by his eldest son , the present Baron .

      *• Lord Dundas w » s born in April , 1766 , and in 1794 , married Harriet , daughter of General John Hall , by whom he has five children living , three daughters and two sons , both the latter of whom are in Parliament . He finished his education at Trinity College , Cambridge , and entered the House of Commons at an early age . He is a Whig in politics , asd has generally maintained a consistent chsracttr . In 1706 , he voted with Mr . Fox for a censure on Ministers , who had advanced money to the Emperor , without the consent of Parliament In 1797 , he was one of a minority of ninety-three , who voted with Mr . Grey , for a Reform of Parliament ; and subsequently , he supported Mr . Whitbread ' s motion for the inipeaciment of his relative , Lord MelYiUe . In the Upper HouAe , he has followed in the same eoom , although he is not so constant in his attendance upon Parliamentary duties as the activity of the adverse faction renders it desirable that he should be . "

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      DANIEL O'CONNELL , THE FRIEND OF THE POOR . DANIEL ^ 'CQNNELL , THE REVILER OF THE WIVES AND DAUGHTERS OF THE

      ENGLISH PEOPLE . [ Many have been the calls npon us to reprint that speech of Mr . Daniel O'Connell ' s , in which he uttered bis monstrous calumny against the wive 3 and daughters of the Engluh people , which has so justly called down npon him that virtuous indignation his miliDKa merited . In responding to that call , we are glad to be able to present it in a form which will make it doubly valuable to the reader . We find that the speech iu question excited the surprise and indignation of that firm and unwavering friend of the labouring poor , Cobbett ; and that be , at the instant , gave Mr . Calumniating O'Connell such a whacking as would have annihilated any one but this man , whose bide is of brass , whose feelings are of stone , and whose purpose was to preserve intact the poverty and prostration of the Irish people , bo that he might bring their miseries

      to the best market , and make merchandise of their wrongs and sufferings . We give the entire letter from the inimitable and glorious Cobbett to Mr . O'Connell , embodying , as it does , the atrocious speech of the arch-traitor , knowing that it will be read with deep interest by every working man . In it he will see but too evidently how anxious O'Connell was that his " trade should not be spoiled , " by tho enactment of »« honest and truthful system of Poor Laws foe Ireland ; in it he will find that the lying cheatery was instantly exposed , and the utterer of the calumnies against the English literally impaled ; and in it also find many reasons to be anxious for the restoration of " Old Betsy ' s law , " which was shortly afterwards abrogated by the enactment of the Malthusian "Amendment ; tor the paving of the way for the introduction of which the infamous speech here referred to was made and uttered . ]

      TO MB . O'COKXELL , OS HIS SPEECH AQA 1 N 8 T THE PnOPOSITION F » R ESTABLISHING POOR LAWS IN IKBLANO . At Mr . Jehnson ' s , Lime Place , Manchester , 14 th January , 1832 . Sir , —With very great surprise ( to give the mildest term to vay feeling on tbe occasion ) I have read , in the Momi » a Chronicle of the 7 th instant , a publication purporting to be the report of a speech made by you at a meeting of tbe National Political Union , held in Dublin , on the 4 th of this same month . The speech is stated to have been made in consequence of a motion by Mr . John Reynolds , for the appointment of a Committee to deliberate on the subject of Poor Laws for Ireland . Having long been convinced that the

      withholding from Ireland of these laws , at the time when they , were given to England , was the Tiginal sin in the misrule of Ireland , and that it has been tbe greatest of all the causes of the immeasurable distance between the manners , the habits , aud the condition of the working classes of tht > two countries ; having seen that Catholic Emancipation , which was , according to your expectations , so frequently , bo eloquently , and bo confidently expressed , to restore harmony and happiness to Ireland , has been far indeed from producing any such effects ; being more fully than ever convinced that there never can be peace in Ireland , and that there never can be any security , or chance of security , against those periodical returns of starvation in Ireland , the bare thought of which ought to make an English , and more especially an Irish legislator ashamed to shew his

      face amongst mortals of common humanity ; remembering that Mr . Grattau , that Dr . Doyle , and that YOU yourself , have been the advocates of this remedy for the sufferings of your unhappy country , you , I am sure , will not wonder that , in reading the report of the speech to which I have alluded , my feeling was such as to be yerj inadequately described by the word surprise ; but you would wonder , I trust , and I am snre that my readers would wonder , if I went not to give an answer to that speech . This I shall now do , with all that respect towards \ ou which is due to you on account of year laudable and able exertions during the two last sessions of Parliament ; and , in order that the public mar have the arguments and facts of both side * of the question fairly before them , I win first insert the above-mentioned repoit of your speech : —

      " Mr . O'Connell rose amid loud cheers . I rise , he said , to second tbe motion for a Committee . With many of the principles laid down by Mr . Reynolds I entirely concur . I believe be has exaggerated the wealth of the Established Church ; but then it is enormously great , and almost defies exaggeration . Tbe claim which the poor bare apon that wealth is . obvious . One-third of it originally belonged to tbe poor , and they have been filching from tbe poor by having kept from them that one-third . ( Hear . ) I concur also with Mr . Reynolds in what he has said of the generosity of the English people . ( Hear . ) Their generosity towards this country in money gifts has been most laudable , and I only wish that they had equally distinguished themselves for their political charity . ( Hear . )

      We have got from them throe or font hundred thousand pounds for our beggars , and they have been three or four centuries m » kiDg ttBggsra Of u £ ~ J&ck ' -ttie « Gisnt-KiUe ? was diatlnpnUced for making giants first aad then shying them ; it is thus the English have acted towards the Irish—they have made beggars of them first , and then relieved them . ( Hear , hear . ) Though 1 concur in the expression of my gratitude to those who have subscribed to the relief of the Irish poor , so must I also give expression to my abhorrence of those who have made a rich country poor , and have placed a starving population in the midst of abundance . ( Hear , and cheers » Though I am moat ready to second the motion for a Committee up » n this subject , I cannot but start back with horror at the proposal of Poor Laws

      being introduced into Ireland . I know that a great case is made for them in the misery of the people , aud I was myself even ready to plunge into the Curtian gulf , where eventually we might b » swallowed up , in the hope that we could for the time be able to relieve the distresses of tbe poor . I have thought upon this subject by day—I have mused npon it by night—it has been the last thought that visited my pillow before I closed my eyes to sleep—and it has had the benefit of my morning meditations ; and the result to which I have come is this , that It would be impossible to introduce the Poor Laws here without enslaving aud degrading the poor . The poor themselves , I think , would suffer moat from a Poor Law . When people talk of an amelioration of the English system , I ask of them to

      point it oat , for I never yet met & man frho ma able to discover it . { Hear , hear , and cheers . ) I abhor any interference with the rate of wages , especially in au agricultural country , and this is one of those things which frighten me about the introduction ef the Poor Laws here . What kind of Poor Law is it that is wanting ? If it be one for tbe support of the sick and the maimed , I go to the full extent with those who support such a Poor Law . I say that the state is bound to make provision for those who are afflicted with sickness or disease ; but there it is our duty te stop . There is no danger of encouraging sickness to enable a man to get into an infirmary , nor will any man break his leg in order that he may have a claim upon the charity uf his neighbour . Let me * be understood—all

      claims arising from disease , sickness , or casualty , should be provided for by the state , and to that extent I go with those who are advocatesfor Poor Iavts . One-third of that which is now in the hands of tbe clergy , being given to its legal destination , would be fully sufficient to defray all such demands upon charity . iHear . ) Even at present there is scarcely a village iu Ireland that has not a dispensary , nor any county town without its hospital , and if these be not sufficient , the Legislature w bound to make provision for them . iHear . ) Go beyond that , and what do you do ? Are you to take care of the aged ? Dd you not , by doing so , remove from the individual tbe necessity of providing for old age ?—do you not encourage him to go to the dram-shop , and lay out his sixpence upon his

      animal gratification , rather than of hoarding tot the day of want ? Do you not take from industry it » incentive , and from providence its best guard ? ( Hear . ) If I were , as ruy enemies represent me to be , one who was locking solely to popularity , and not to serve my country , what more fitting theme could I select than that of the Poor Laws ? What more popular topic could I possibly adopt ? ( Hear . ) I feel , however , that it is the duty of a humane and a conscientious man to express candidly his opinion upon a topic so deeply interesting and important to his fellow-countrymeru ( Hear . ) I say , that it you maia a provision for old age , you take away the great stimulant to industry and economy in youth . You do another thing : what is to become of the aged father and mother ? they lose

      the solace and the affectionate care of the son , and tbe tender attentions of the daughter , the moment you say to them that a legal provision for their support is procured . You turn the father and the mother ont to the parish , or you thrust them into the solitary , the cold , and the wretched poor-bouse—there , in the naked cell , sufficient to chill the human breast , you leave tho expiring victims of your mistaken humanity . ( Hear , hear . ) Bnt think not that you have a compulsory provision for the aged alone ; if you go thus far , you are bound also to provide for the hardy workman / who cannot procure labour , and who must not be left to starve . The man with a good appetite and willing hands , but who has no work , you must include him also . ( Hear , be ^ . It was not at first intended , I believe , to include this class amongst those to be provided for by the Poor Laws ; but it was found that they could not be

      included , and tbe moment that principle is adopted , the rich parish would be obliged to provide for aH theupoor who might claim relief from it , and in a 'abort time that parish would be swamped with the number of claim : ants upon it You cannot say to the City of Dublin that it should have a mendicity one-fourth the size of the metropolis—that every man wh « sought relief there should obtain it , and the citizens be obliged to pay the expence of supporting them . And yet , how are yon to discrim ' jiate , unless you make a law of settlement , one great instrument of oppression against the English poor . One of the means of settlement in England is by birth ; there is aono less likely to be subject to imposition , and yei none is made a greater Instrument of oppression . The moment that it appears a poor woman iB in a state of pregnancy , she is immediately made au object for persecution , and a notice to quit is served by vLe landlord on the wr&tched hovel that the prolific

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      mother inhabits . The landlord , In fact , la compelled by the restry to be guilty of this persecution ^ Another means of settlement in a parish if by living there for one year ; and the consequence is , that engagementa are made with labourers for only eleven months , and they are obliged to be one month idle before they can expect a renewal of work in the same pariah . Another bad consequence of that law to , that it prevent * the circulation rf free labour , and obliges every man to stick to hisparieb , Th * Poor Laws , too , take from a man a direct interest in being industrious . The motives to labour are present subsistence and future support . Take these two away , and you deprive a man of two great Btimtttoata to labour . ( Hear , hear . ) Besides , the Poor Law * compel those dependent upon them for

      support to work—but in what manner ? The labonrers are let out by th « pariah at half wages , an * then these half-workmen come in competition with the regular labourers . The farmer will tell the regular labourer , who demands three shillings a day , that he will give him but two shillings ; for if he does not choose to take that , he will get those who he U ready to admit are inferior workmen for one shilling , and thus the good labourer Is necessarily made poor . ( Hear , hear . ) Have I not seen in Shrewsbury , for instance , placards on which , were inscribed , 'Vagrants and Irish labourers whipped out of the town ? Mr . 8 turgea Bourne made an improvement in the law in this respect , for he provided that after tb > Irish labourer was whipped , he should be sent home . ( Hear . ) These taws are

      necessarily ( ailed cruel laws , for they make charity ifceif the subject ef taxation . They create in a man ' s mind something of the sensation that is felt upon paying the wide-street or grand-jury eeu . ( Laughter . ) They make , too , ono man abundantly charitable , by . putting his hands into the pockets of another—and to do what ? to keep the poor at th& lowest rate of maintenance . It is well known that in many parishes in England the poor are farmed out to be provided for at the loweBt possible expence . The man who takes the care of them underfeeds them , in order that he may make a profit on them . Not only is the providing of food for them hired put , but apothecaries to supply them with medicine are hired also—men whose interest it is that tbe sick poor should die as soon as possible , in order that

      they may be st the less expence for medicines foe them . ( Hear . ) For an obvious reason I do not enter into tbe horrors of this demoralising system respecting females ; it is sufficient for me to say , that the more vicious a female is , the more objects has she to make her selection from , either to pay forty pounds , or to many her . ( Hear , hear . ) It is sufficient to say of the system , that clergymen of the Established Church of England have sworn , that , amongst the poorer classes , out of every twenty women they married , nineteen were in a state of pregnancy . ( Hear , hear . ) What do we see as the consequence of the Poor Laws In England ? The country is in a blaze from north to south ; the agricultural labourers there' are destroying the property of their employers . ( Hear . ) I have now sat In

      three Parliaments , and I have heard in each of these Members state that these laws have created a great deal of misery and distress . But then it may be said that these laws can be ameliorated . How will you ameliorate them ? What part of the English Poor Laws will you shut out ? How will Mr . Reynolds improve these laws ? AU tbe ingenuity of Committee after Committee that has sat respecting these laws has been exercised in vain , and has been unable to discover any effective amelioration . ( Hear , hear . ) One feature of the Poox Laws is , that it makes slaves of the poorer classes ; It makes them the slaves of tiie overseers , and destroys completely their character for independence . I prefer the wild merriment of the Irishman to the half-sulky , half-miserable tones of the English slave to Poor Laws .

      The Irishman certainly has his distresses , but then he has his hopes ; he endures much misery , but then he entertains expectations of redress . ( Hear , hear , an £ cheers . ) Let tbe question of Poor Laws stand ever , till we see if justice will be done to us by England upon the question of Reform . 1 have often said that if a just Reform BUI were given to Ireland , I wtuld try tbe experiment with it ; but if they do not give a just Reform Bill , then I shall want to introduce a Poor Law for Ireland by repealing the Union . ( Hear , and loud cheers . ) Mr . OCoDnell concluded by requesting that their exertions should not be interfered with by the Poor Law question , in lookiug for a substantial plan of Reform , aud if that were refused , in seeking for a resource , and a remedy fora bad Reform Bill . The Hon . Gentleman sat down amid loud cheers . "

      Sir , I do not overlook tbe great cheering which this speech appears to have called forth from your Dublin audienca ; but when I rec « Uect the still more noisy cheering drawn forth in another place by the Dawsons and others , when they so unjustly , and in a manner so senseless , assailed yon , I am by no means disheartened by this vast quantity of cheering ; which I am disposed to ascribe , not to any folly , and still less to any perveneness , but rather to that " wild merriment" -which , towards the close of your speech , you are pleased to describe as characteristic of your countrymen , and on which you appear to set so high a value .

      Upon a careful parnsal of this speech , I hare no hesitation in saying , that the far greater part of your facts , as they stand here , are founded in error ; and that tbe whole of your arguments are fallacious ; and these assertions I think myself bsund to prove ; not by ony gen $ r « I-statement pr reasoning ; but , in the first place , poinf i > y pohft , as yottr faotraud arguments lie before me . 2 might , if I chose to pursue that course , insist , that with regard to your opinions , they ought to be viewed in conjunction with , and estimated according to , the tried value of many of your former opinions . I might , if 1 chose that course , meet the imposing assurance , that you " have thought of this subject by day , have mused upon it by night , and have given it the benefit of your morning meditations ; " I might , if I chose , and with perfect fairness , meet this formidable preamble by asking you , whether you had not thought by duj , mused by night , » nd medidated in the

      morning , on the measure for disfranchising the fortyshilling freeholders , before you became die very firs man to suggest that measure to the two Houses of Parliament , as being a measure necessary to the fair representation of Ireland ; and whether , in less than twentyfour months from the date of the suggestion , you did not , before the face of these forty-shilling freeholders , beg their pardon , and the pardon of Almighty God , for having entertained a thought of theirdisfranchssement ? Passing over tbe " golden chain , " by which you proposed to bind the Catholic priests to the Protestant Government and h ' erarcby ; passing over this and many other such errors , and confining myself within the forty-shilling freeholders' error , might I not , if I chose , express a confident hope ; nay , presume and almost conclude , that you are not less in erior now , when you so boldiy call Englishmen , in direct terms , and , by inference , the Americans , the slaves of the Poor Laws ?

      I might , with perfect fairness , do this , and perhaps to the entire satisfaction of tbe greater part of my readers ; but I will evade nothing ; will consider nothing coming from you as unworthy of serious notice ; aud will , therefore , agreeably to my promise , answer your speech point by point Deferring , till by-and-by , my notice of your charge against the Prottstaut hierarchy , of having " filched " from tbe poor of Ireland the amount of the third of their tithes , I begin with your charge against the "English people" of having " made the Irish people poor . " We will cast aside your gratitude towards the former , as a fit companion for the mutual good-will between the two countries , which this charge of yours is so manifestly intended to inspire and keep aliVe j we will

      cast these aside ; but , since you so positively assert that we , tne many-headed Jack-the-Qiant-Killer , have made your countrymen poor , we may surely be allowed the liberty to ask you to name the time when the ; were rich When A is accused of having stolen the propei fey o ! B , it is Incumbent en B to prove that be ever had the property . Yours being , as to this matter , bare allegation without proof of previous possession , we need not remind you , how you , being in such a case counsel for the accused , would scoff the accuser out of court . We will not scoff you out of court ; we will give you further time for " thought , musing , and meditation ; " and will even aid these cool and candid operations of your mind by suggestions of our own . Ton say that tbe " English people" have been three or four centuries engaged in tbe

      work of snaking the Irish people beggars . You doubtless use the words English people instead of English Government , not only from a love ef justice , but from au amiable desire to promote the good-will aud harmony between tbe English and the Irish . But , granted that it is the English people , what have they done to make the Iri » h people poor ? Three or four centuries 1 " An inch it a trifle in a man ' s noee ; " and with you orators a century , more or less , is not worth stopping about ; it is a mers splitting of straws . These " centuries" could , however , hardly have fairly begun above thirty-two years ago ; for then you had a " domestic Legislature , " and a right good one it was wihout doubt , for you want It back again . ' . What , however , even going back to the Conquest , have the English people

      done to mske the Irish poor ? Conquered the country , and parcelled oat its lands amongst Englishmen . There ! Take it in it * fullest extent ; and what have they done to the Irish , to a tenth part of the amount of what the Normans did to them ? Yet they have survived it ; they have overcome conquest by their industry and love of country : they soob made the conquerors proud to be considered part of themselves ; and they never Bat brooding in sloth and filth over the fabulous dignities , and splendour , and possessions , of their forefathers . It is , therefore , not perverseneas , but sheer nonsense , to talk of wrongs which the Irish experienced from that cause . The English imposed the Protestant hierarchy upon the Irish . Very unjust , bnt having no tendency to make them poor , any more than the Bame imposition npen themselves , and it has

      been heavier upon themselves ; for they have always had to yield greater tithes than the Irish . They forbade the open profession of their religion , on pain of -exclusion from civil and political poirtr . Unjust as well as foolish ; but the same is done to tbe Quakers everywhere , and that does not make them poor and ragged ; and now , when the' Irish have civil and political power , they are poorer than ever I Have the English people ever taxed th& Irish ? We will see about that by-and-by , when you come to talk of the reform that you are seeking . How then have the " English people" made the Irish people poor ? They have , indeed , Buffered them to be- made poor , by " not compelling the owners of tbe land in Ireland to pay poor rates . " This ir . their gresi Bin towards tbe Irish people ; and now , ¦ when . -the ? seem resolved to O . o right in this respect , j « , a to uwisa jepaiatioa . for tho

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      wrong , as far as they can , yon step in with erroneous facts and fallacious arguments to induce the Irish to believe that that loDg-withheld good is an evil ( Tfte fact is , however , that the English people have never bad any hand in causing the wrongs aad misery endured by the Irish people . The wrongs and this misery , as far as they have been caused by misrule , have been inflicted by that " baad of oligarchs , " to whom you have so often , so recently , and so justly ascribed them , and amongst whom your native oligarchs have been the very , very worst The English people have always

      commisserated the sufferings of the Irish ; and this feeling has always been most conspicuous , too , amongst tbe Church ot England people . The people of England have been wronged by the injustice of the oligarchs oa much as , or moie than , the Irish have ; for they have had to pay for keeping the Irish people in submission to those who refused to give them Poor Laws , and who thereby reduced them to starvation . If this be not the true state of the matter , you have the means of proving the contrary ; and if this be the true state of the matter , let the reader characterise your charge against tbe English people of having made the Irish people poor . ( To be continued in our next . )

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      THE DISCIPLINE OF BEVERLEY . " My head fcgrey , but not with years , Nor grew it-white In a single nighi . As men ' s have grown from sudden fears ; My limbs are bow'd , unth barbarous toil , And rusted with a vile repose , For they have been a dungeon ' s spoil , And mine has been the fate of those To whom the goodly earth and air Are bann'd , and barr'd , forbidden fare . " Prisoner of Cailion .

      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHEBN STAB . Edinburgh , 3 rd July , 1841 . StR , —From the ready and expeditious manner in which your admirable paper conveys public news from the Thames to the foot of the Grampians , and as the only vehicle whioh now appears open to me for the subject , I will feel obliged by your laying the following extracts , from a letterjustreceived by Mrs . Peddie from her husband before your readers , amongst whom I am bsppy to think he has many sympathising friends , who will take an interest in the intelligence . And as the pages of Holy-Writ ate most to be prized , when they corns to us without not « or comment , I shall avoid occupying your time with any indignant reflections , leaving tbe writer's own utterance , " in thoughts that breathe , and words that burn , '' to speak for themselves .

      W . R . A . " My health ( observes Mr . Peddie ) is certainly improved since I last wrote to you , notwithstanding my food , and all the other circumstances with which I am surrounded , are so very different from my former habits ; a plain proof , were any required , of the murderous effect of that English Juggernaut , at whose shrine there are more ( and I will shortly furnish the world with reasons strong aud good for thinking so ) victims sacrificed every year , than beneath tne wheels of Its brother in Hindostan , bloody as he Is said to be . But I cannot help stating , that the effects that the mill has left upon , my constitution , we Will pataM and alarming . It has to a certainty cut off ten years at least from my period of existence . I am constantly tormented with a pain in my head—especially the front—my eyes

      are much weakened ; so much so , that I really entertain fears of losing them . My hair is now grey , not like Ephraim ' s , a grey hair here and there ; but of truth ef a most respectable pepper and salt colour . My beard , which I see once a week , when shaved on Saturday , has become actually white . In addition to which I have lost two more front teetb , so that get me when y » u may , you will have a respectable old man of 65 at least , in place of 4 i ; but in spirit and heart as young and fond as ever . Indeed my spirit seems to be of that kind and cast which no circumstances can control or curb ; which seems to'have been formed by its Maker for resisting nninjared ' every species Of persecution , even the most cruel , hellish , and inhuman one to which it has been subjected ; and yet retains all its formerelasticity—all its former love of freedom—and neverdying hatred of oppression .

      " It is astonishing what an enormous weight of suffering the human spirit can support , when it humbles itself before the mighty hand of its Maker , and is strengthened by a firm reliance upon tbe protection of its God . Indeed could tyrants but perceive tbe fact ; could they but see the mind of the patriot strong in the integrity of his purpose , and still made stronger in his well-grounded hopes of a glorious Immortality—despising them even when his body is sinking under their hetHah , theii batbarouB torture ; pitying them in the gloom of the dungeon ; pitying them as men , madly laying up for themselves eternal destruction , fierce wrath , and fiery indignation , to devour against that day wh ? n even they -will cease from troubling , and their victims will find a rest to which they will be eternally strangers . For tbe present state of mf mind in its religious feelings , yon will find a description in the lost chapter of the first epistle of Peter , from the sixth verse .

      " I was trcly pleased with the news of your last , both with the evidence it contained , that liberty was not dead , in the 1 , 500 , 000 persons who had petitioned Parliament for our release ; but with the reception of that Petition in the House of Commons , evincing the fact that we are not entirely forgot by the people . It has also roused my expectation , that if the people continue to bestir themselves , they will ultimately be the means of restoring me and my fellow-sufferers to our afflicted families . But not without bestirring themselves . For the Whigs ( heaven indue time reward them ) are like curds in a cheese-press , they will not

      give out tbe whey without savere pressure . Meantime I trust that my friends in England and Scotland will not cease to exert themselves to obtain my freedom from this galling and truly worse than Egyptian bondage ; should they drop their exertions , you may rest assured , that I will , if spared , remain here every hour of the three years . As for either mercy or humanity to be expected from these men , who have refused me justice , is a thing not to be looked for . The public will obtain nothing either for me , or for themselves , but through the medium of constant agitation and petition , and the adoption ot every other energetic means justified by the laws of the country .

      Yon will see by Mr . Hume's note , that Lord Normanby has removed me from the English Juggernauttbe BritiBh Moloch—the life destroying favourite machine of English squirearchy—the English priesthood ' s instrument of punishment * * Now , as the Whigs will most likely take much credit to themselves , and , if possible , persuade the people that they are entitled to it , let me put you in possession of the fact—that this remission will moke little or no alteration otherwise for the better in my situation . The fact is , that nine weeks ago , it v / aa found , tbat a very few days more continuance of the torture , must have ended in my murder , had not the surgeon done his duty in throwing the shield of his official protection between me and death . This remission still leaves me in the condition of a degraded and miserable slave , subject to very severe labour , for the truth of which statement take one instance : —

      " For six weeks , In January and February . I was employed in working with my hauds all day wet with quick lime , till almost every finger was burnt to a cinder—till the very flesh came out of them as large as sixpences—leaving holes , in many of which a sixpence could have been buried—the marks of tbe wounds of which I will carry to the grave with me ; and it fs weil that it is so ; for should I ever be disposed to forget my sufferings , and to forgive their authors / I have only to look at my bands , to be awakened to a painful recollection of what I have endured , and raised to those duties that these sufferings have inflicted upon me . There is another circumstance to which I wish you particularly

      to call the attention of the public , that is , tnaV it has been the never-failing practice of the British Government towards persons convicted of crime , should any thing occur after conviction to throw discredit upon the evidence by which a conviction was obtained , to give the prisoner the full advantage of such a cirenmstance . Has this been so in my case ? It has not . For to have done me this justice would be to admit my noble persecutor and his friends , ( the blood-thirsty scoundrels of Bradford ) guilty of a conspiracy—a most wicked conspiracy against my life and freedom . " Robert Peddie . " Beverley House of Correction , 18 th June , 18 * 1 . "

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      MEETING OF THE SOUTH LANCASHIRE LECTURERS . In accordance with the resolution noticed in our last , the above meeting took place on Sunday last , in the Brown-street Chartist Room , East Manchester . Though many had come a distafice of twelve or fourteen miles , they were present to commence business by half-past nine o ' clock . Lecturers assembled : —Doyle , Smithhurst , Lewis , Bailey , Houghton , Rankia , Littler , Leech , Campbell , Bell , Linney , Clarke , Booth , ^ Storer , Sheerer , Robertsand Butterworth . _ _; "

      , . . Mr . Whitaker , a member of Brovra-street , was chosen Chairman . ' - ¦ . « ,.,.. , , Mr . Doyle inquired the object for which they had been called together . iL Mr Cartledge stated that they had been called together for the express purpose of coming to an understanding with eaoh other on various important questions ; for those who possessed the greatest amount of infowaation to impart it to their fellowlecturers who required it , and to prevent one man giving oae answer to a question at one town one day ,

      and another lecturer , at the same place , giving a different answer another day to the fame question . It -was'thought that , by bringing the lecturers together , and through the means of discussion , their opinions might be brought to harmonise with each other . Such a step would tend to improve the lecturer ? , prevent contradictory statements , being made , and promote the cause they had at heart , all fighting together in the same cause , having the s ' -ime object in view ,. ' until their esrrtious would bs crowned with success ,

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      Several lecturers expressed their opinions , and all agreed in the propriety of the step which had beea taken not only in the meeting : being held , but also in having a regular series of meetings ; one or two , however , were anxious , before proceeding further , that a code of rules for their government should be drawn up . This , after some discussion , was not pressed to a division , and Mr . Leech , at the request of the meeting , delivered a short address on the lasfc of the following questions , with a copy ofWIUCfl each lecturer had been farnlehed . 1 st . Are you aware -of the amount of wealth produced annually in Great Britain and Ireland ? of the number of producers , and how the present system of legislation affects its distribution ! 2 nd . If the distribution ot wealth is urjustly

      interfered with , what remedy would you apply to insure a just distribution of the produce of labour 1 : " 3 rd .-Do . yon " consider , permanent liberty , and its accompaniment , prosperity , can be secured to the whole people under a system of competition 1 4 th . What definition do you give concerning real liberty ? 5 th . What are the effects produced in society by the law of primogeniture I 6 th . What effect has the monetary system of this country on its social and political arrangements 1 7 th . When the Charter becomes the law of the laud , do you think that the present arrangementa regarding private property can be maintained consistently with the liberty andhappinep of the whole people ? *

      A discussion ensued , and afterwards the remaining questions were alluded to seriatim ; and on the first question the resolution come to was— " That when any of the lecturers are questioned upon that point , they shall quote the statements of Porter , M'Queen , M'Culloch , and Bray , leaving the public to judge for themselves . " The following are the calculations given by Porter , M'Queen , and Bray ; those of M'Culloch are not furnished te us : —• ' ^ Porter says—There is every year ~ £ f , OO # , o 6 o of wealth produced by 6 , MG , 600 of working . people ; that every man who works , earns £ ilG 13 a . 4 tl . a year , which is £ 2 2 s . 6 | d . per" week . According to Porter , it took twelve millions a year to support the clergy of the Established Church , j * Lotal taxation 4 Jit © , eod , ooo . " ; . " According to M'Queen ,: — Total capital of agri- ¦ Produce , culture , ... ... £ 3 , 258 , 916 , 819 539 , 036 , 201 Do . do . Manufactures , 217 , 773 , 872 271 , 412 , 799 £ 3 , 476 , 684 , 682 -810 , 4 * 8 , Families . - Total number of persona employed in ¦ ¦ agriculture , ... ' „ . ; ... ... 1 , 845 . 463 ' Do . do . trade and manufactures , 1 , 634 . Do . all other families , ... — 1 , 269 , 536 4 , 798 , 231 Bray states , in his work , that tbe annual produce is ... ¦ ... £ 560 , 000 , 004 And that it was calculated , in 1815 , to be ..- ... 43 » , ooo , 00 « Of which the working class received .. ... 99 , 742 , 547 And the rent , pension ., aad profit class ... ... 330 , 778 , 825 The total capital , at that time , was calculated at ... ... ... 3 , 000 , 000 , 000 The meeting , after a very long and interesting sitting , was adjourned till that day month .

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sm , —Since ministers took up tbe Corn Bill , I have frequently observed in tho Whig Radical journals , aa anxiety for a repeal of the Cora Laws , and cheap bread for the poor . But although they pretend to be so solicitous for the poor man , I never hear them "break breath" about giving him the only power which can enable him to stand boldly iu Ms own defence—the franchise . . I say since the Corn Bill became a ministerial measure , I have often seen a paragraph headed "dear bread means low Wages . " There is one in the Leeds Times of last week , headed " another convincing proof that dear bread means low wages . " It goes on to state that master manufacturers about Huddersfield have reduced the price of labour between 20 : and 30 per cent ., and asks if it is not a ccnvincer ?

      Sir , I should never have noticed these , with any intention of commenting on tneoi , had I not known for what purpose they were got up , and being well - " acquainted with most of the writers of them , :,., { £ ¦ I can assure you , that what I am going to say I * . '' ¦ - "» fact . The articles above alluded to are the-, oti « inal - < correspondence of the millocrata themaahset They . - first meet and reduce wages , then go to their- office and write tke articles about " dear bread and low wages . " Thus they blow the trumpet that wagea ^ Lower . wbea - bread is dear , and say that they CQUld "d » . no mow if bread were cheap ! TUeyteU their workmen H is ; in -., inconsequence of . -want of markets ,. and jjffacfr np Whig ^ gffi ^ humbug until their men are lost in mlatifleatfon , . aa » JiPv * > thus push forward their own ruin . ¦« ,. - ^ i l ^ r ^ They have practised this " lowering system "so long aud so often , that they dare not in a direct way any longer , for fear of exposure ; but they have recourse to an indirect way of lowering wages . They call the '' foreman " of every branch ( who by-the-bye are all of

      course high Whigs ) into the counting house , having previously made them electors . They say to them , we are desirous ef keeping up the respectability of our men , therefore we will let you your work , and then you wili have a good opportunity of making more wages ; we wish you to do so , only push on the work ; the more you do the more you receive . The foremen agree to this , and set to , well knowing that the masters are giving less for the work than they did before the letting . I say they set-to , and pinch the poor men who are under them to excess ; they turn a-way a portion of them , and make the remainder do twice as much , or nearly so , as they did before . Work goes rapidly on . They do in four days what ought to be a week ' s work -, and the consequence is , they are short ol employment two days per week , find have to go and skulk in the streets for that time , whilst they have done more work and received less wages for it !

      And thus we are permitting these ^ mercenary specula tive individuals , who wish for mordjtmarkets to have more scopeof competitioa . to ruin , : th } £ . * f (> n . ntry . They are like the frog in the fable , they want to swell themselves to tbe station of old experienced and honest tradesmen who have been an honour to this country for centuries . . The bell is ringing , therefore , I muat be off , or I would say something more on the subject But perhaps I may resort to it again . In the mean time , I susbcribe myself one who would wish to be represented , Yours truly , A Woekiug Man . Huddersfleld , July 14 , 1841 .

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      Tyranny of the Factory , Lords . —The millocracy and profitocracy , when courting popularity to subserve their own purposes , hot unfrequently tell the workies that the interests of the employer and those of the employed , are identified , and that both must rise or fall together ! yet vre invariably find that the profitmonger ' s conduct runs counter to such doctrine , an instance of which is famished by a correspondent , who writes as follo ' ws : — " The masters of a certain mill , not twenty miles From Heywood , have of lato acted in the following manner towards their workpeople . A few days after the 12 th of August ' , 1839 , they called on every = one who had been in the

      habit of attending Chartist meetings , to sign their names to a paper , pledging themselves not to attend any more , and if they refused , they would be discharged from their employment . They also made a rule that no more collections should be made amongst the weavers towards supporting the sick , or butying the dead . They were requested to grant the weavers leave to make a snbscription towards the Stockport turn-out , on every alternate Friday afcernoon , that day being the weavers pay day ; this was not granted . A few weeks ago , men were appointed to go round to overy spinner , weaver , &c , in order to see what each would give towards an organ for St . James ' s Church , Hey wood ; and though the poor white slaves had nothing to spare , yet ,

      through fear , same gave as high as 10 s ., 7 s ., 53 ., 2 a . 6 d ., and some aa low as Is ., and others 6 d , When the anti-Corn Law petition was laying for signatures at various shops is JHeywood , petition sheets were brought to the factory , and the men called upon to sign . At the recent election at Rochdale , the mill stopped on the day of nomination , and the men were told to go in procession , with banners , bands of music , &c , to Rochdale ^ in order to hold up their handa in favour of James Fenton , Esq ., the Tory candidate . On Wednesday , the 14 th instant , the spinners were sent for , and informed that their wages would be reduced to an amount which they , the spinners , calculate at 6 s . per week . Somo objected to the robbery , while others crmgingly submitted to the avarice of their employers . —S ©

      much for identity of interests . : The Census . —Amongst the many Curious entries " made on the enumeration schedules ; which have been returned in the town district of the Kensington , division , are the following : — "W . Whitehoro , 57 , tailor , no ; Martha Whitehorn , 37 , wife , nor John Fred . Whitehorn , 8 , yes ; William Henry Wnftehoro , 4 , yes ; Arthur O'Connor Frost Whitehorn , sine months , yes . All earnestly pray for the speedy return of Frost , Williams , and Jones , the release of all political prisoners , and that the Charter "MS i ^—~* ^ come the lato of the land . " &i ^ ± ^ Afc& . A Rival to the " New Inpkrsai . MAO ^» fe * i ^ §^^ ypj » The " gals" in our printing-office ( Ohio Stfablfcrj jv' ^ VNr \ offer to back M : sa Jemima Bloom , theii * : ^« iflt . ;|§; ' . ^ V : ; 1 .. ' - ^ * , do more " blowin' up'' in one day thaiiJHWfuit / ^^ ^ v . j < powder in the " States . " They will b ^ & ^ ylb -fc » P 0-- -i £ * o $ * £ 5 C Colonel Pasley have her for a moderate « Vsijj etatiwi ^ ' ' J ^ ' -J- ' ^ i'PPand if she don't give Hoyal George iraJgl ^^ the ^ f ^ p ~^ ** jt Colonel may depend oii ' t he ' s proof aeinTEftoi&twI . ' Jjii ' // - ^ £ f powert ^^^ M ^

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      Deplorable Case of DESTnrrios . —On Saturday afternoon an inquest was held before Mr . Baker , at the Throwsters' Arms , EsBex-street , Whitechapel , on the body of Sar&n Sailer , aged 46 , whose death -sva 3 alleged to have been caused by the want of the common necessaries of life . Sarah Salter , the deceased ' s daughter , said that she lived with her mother , in Greek-court , Essex-street . She had been in a veiy bad stats of health lately , and in want of the common necessaries of life . On Wednesday , the only food they had all that day was a halfpennyworth of bread and half a pint of beer between them . They obtained their living by shirt-making , for Mr . Silver , of Cornhill and the Commercial-road , and the price they received for making a shirt was 4 d , To

      finish two of these shirts , her mother and herself sat up till one o ' clock on Thursday morning . Soon after that hour they retired to bed , her mother complaining of a pain in the head . She awoke about seven o ' clock , and found her mother lying by her side lifeless . By the Coroner— " We have been m the habit for the last two years of receiving relief in bread from Whitechapel parish , until about four montfes back , when tbe parochial authorities stopped that relief , and refused to pass us to our parish ( Islington ; . " The Coroner here reqnested Hughe " , the Relieving-ofiker of the parish , who was present , to give him an explanation , as the inquiry had assumed & different aspect to what he expected .

      Jlr . Hughes said he recollected the c * se very well . For tbe last two winters they had received between three and four loaTes a week , until four months back , when an inquiry was ordered to be instituted by the authorities ' , the result ot which was , that they came to the decision that the deceased was not ifl waat of relief , and no application had been made since . The foreman of the Jury said , that thi 3 was a case of inanition produced by the want of the common nourishments of life , and he , for one , Would not be satisfied to give his verdict until the whole circamstances of tie case had been fully entered into . After some remarks from the Coroner and the Jury , ihe inquiry was adjourned for further evidence .

      FeIGHTFCL ACCID ^ M AT Alt ICE-HODSE . —A MAN Bcbied Alive . — On Saturday morning , between eight and nine o ' clock , an accident of a frightful nature , and by irliieh a man , named Giles , lost his life , OCCHJTdd in the ice-well of Messrs . Rhodes , the extensive ice-merchants , of Hackney-road . At the time above stated , the deceased , with ether men in the same employ ,-were down the well at work digging out the ice for the purpose of loading some carts which were waiting . The well is entered by a door at the "bottom , the ice being above it , and the men , when any ice is wanted , are obliged to ent it from the bottom , working their way farther in as the stock decreases ; by this a great excavation is made into the middle of the ice , and in several parts they are able to proceed a great distance . The deceased aud

      three men were at work under one of these places when the whole of it fell in . The deceased ' s companions escaped in the most miraculous manner , but he , being further in the place than they were , was buried under the fallen mass , which weighed several tone . The fall was » o sudden that another of the men nearly shared tbe same fate . As soon as their fright was over they set to work in digging the deceased out , but twenty minxrtes elapsed before they came to him . On taking him out he was alive , but in a most dreadful state of suffering , his arms and legs appearing to be crushed . He was removed on a stretcher Xo the London Hospital ( where he was attended to by Messrs . Page and Butler , the surgeons ) , and died in an hcur after hi 3 admissioc The deceased was a married man , aad realced at ISo . o , Coiis . sc-vlj . ee , Gpiweil-street-road .

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      THE ENGLISH CHARTIST CIRCULAR AND TEMPERANCE RECORD FOR ENGLAND AND . WALES . Part I . and II . London Cleave , 1 , Shoe-lane , l&Jl . We have looked through these two parts of the English Chartist Circular with much pleasure , and are glad to find thai the commendations we have once or twice bestowed upon single numbers may be with the strictest justice extended to the whole . The work is real and genuine Chartism , and every Chartist ought to possess it ; we are sure he cannot is any other pablJcatioafiad so much sound political knowledge at so eheap a rate . And her * is food for eTerv kind Of toStB . We have Original essays for the studious , tales for the pathetic , biography for the

      patriot , measures of Government for the statesman , statistics for the calculator , and important facts called from the history of the past to serve as examples , or as warnings for the conduct of the future . To the friends of Temperance also this interesting publication especially commendB itself . Here they may learn the important bearing of the cause they adrocate upon the well-being and the political regeneration of this country ; and we trust that soon this important view of the matter will become so prevalent that it will force itself upon what is now , through the bigotted and factious arrangements of Temperance Society Committees , forbidden ground ,

      the teetotal platform of every town and village in the empire . We are glad to perceive that some of the firmest friends of democracy are contributing to the pages of the Circular , and we hope that others will aid in the same work . Nor must the circulation be forgotten . ^ Nothing but a large s&Ie can keep ibis publication ou its legs ; and we would , therefore , urge it upon the serions attention of all who now take it , to nse their utmost endeavours each to get a new subscriber . It is high time that all began to work ; we cannot long remain as we are ; the snake of corruption is scotched , but it is not dead . Forward , then , and let us complete the work we have so gloriously began .

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      • ' " . THE NORTHERN STAR , ' . '¦' .. ; .. K ^ Uy . - ^ " ' 3

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 24, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct559/page/3/