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THE CHARTIST BOLD A SO > "G . Tune— " Firm as Oak . " Ob , firm an oak and free from fear The Chartist bold should be ; His arm is for bis country dear , To achieve ber liberty . Come " * eal come -woe , Stillon "we go , Our Charter to attain ; Out cause is just , la G od we trust . We soon shall see onr oonntry free . We noon shall see our country free .
Cter Charter ire kncnr w 22 lay tyranny low , And union iron discord flow ; Then unite , tmite , unite , The Charter to attain . Unite , unit * , The Charter to attain . Though tyranny ' s despotic band Hsv « chained * ur patriots brave ; Though persecution ' s iron hand Haib trtHigbt tbem to tile grave ; Come Teal , coine woe , Still on we go , Om Charter to attain ; Onr cause is just , In God -we trust , We soon shall see our country free . We won than see oar country free .
Ooi Charter we know , win lay tyranny low , And union from discord Sew ; Then unite , unite , unite . The darter to attaiii . Unit * , unite , The Charter to attain . Thokas M . VTbseixb ., KenshiEtoii .
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FOR O'CONNOR'S RELEASE . Hurrah , inrrah , behold he comas , Our champion now is free ; Taec gwotd your trumpet * , beat your draas , And shout hurrah for liberty . Be come * to plesd tie labourer's cause , And break the tyrant's chain ; For equal risbts and equal laws , ?» o more hell plead in rain-He crises to tell his foes orce more , Ok right * they shall not barter ; And to proclaim from shore to shore , Oui binhriglit and our Charter . He eomes to dig the depot ' s grave , To ^ 'Ury the tyrants there ; And waft across the ocean ' s wave , The exiled orphans * prayer .
He eomes to take th « Chamsfc reins ; Tot oppressor ' s Uireats bell ipurn ; And aevtr the exiles' ranVIing chaina , And weleenje their return . He comes to sea ' , "with unsparing hand , Thi fate- of cur fell foes ; Who"Te dealt detraction thro * the land , And spurn'd the labourers' woes . He eoms-E , tho' gentle in his guise , ReseWd in strength said bravery ; The son will now soon cease to rise , On tyrants and on slaTery .
Hurrah , hurrah , behold he coma , Agsin ear ciiai&pLon ' s free ; Come , sound the trumpets , beat the drams , And shout Zroxrairlor liberty . J , W . G
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? ENIGMA . FBOH heaven I fall , though from earth I begin , Ko lady alive can show soch a skin ; I ' m bright as an angel , and light as a feather , Bat heavy and dark -when you squeeze me together ; Tboagfe caxtdonr and truth in my aspect I bear , Yet many poor creatures I help to ensnare ; Though so much of heaven appears in my make , The foulest impression I easily take ; My parent and I produce one another , The motber the fla-ng h ? pt tiia fiy-ngYitpr the mother . W . C
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SILK WORMS AX 3 > SILK WEAVERS . While ye reel the silk , begin Isaa-mon , * to grieve , — That—which painper'd silkworms spin , Starring mortal * trea-re ' Chineee maid ! thy liitag gam , Food and warmth receives , Had the weaver been & worm He had fed on IeaTes ! Soon his thread of life was spun , Famine , toQ , tsd eare Were Ms portion "ceath the etui , TtrftattliTng noisome air J While ye reel the silk , &c
Ah ! Phalffiaa-morit blest ! Toll for man , —and then—Jlee from hence and be at rest , — H&ppisr far . than men ' Chinese maid!—silk- ¦ weavers ne ' er—Perishing could be—If tlrey g&in'd Vut half tie care SUlnraniis win from tbee . While ye reel the silk , fcc .
ncer"d fissh , no longer firm ! Chill'd—their fiote ' ring breath !—WeaTrrs perish . '—not a worm— " E'er is starv"d to death , Wiile tr . ese martyrs « f the loom , — ^ e ' er to labour loSh , — famine and disease consume ! CruEQ'd before the moth i A . Book , Chartist , Plymouth . * Mother of the worms ( in the Chlneae tongue ) whose ( Ace it is to keep them warm and well fed , - \ The msJberrY-iBoUi .
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"We hare been favoured with No . 31 , of this day ' s date , from which we give the following extract : — " It was a mistake in the true knowledge of the p eople wiicfc cost the WMa their characters and power , and wffl deprive them " of &eir places . It shall not be my fault if the Conservatives fall into the same scare . " Perhaps I shall staggeT you and many of my leaders with what I am abeHt to say . At all risks , I win speak the truth—truth which , u I before said , I have not learned from books , bat bovo . experience , for which I am now , at yonr bidding , paying Tery
- " I hare studied the working people in tbeir homesin their workshops—in tfce factories—nay , I have followed them in their wanderings , to the hospitals , infinnaria , ale-houses , workhouses , isnd prisons . I have marked their naseriss and their poverty—poverty , nefleet , and want , in a Christian covmtry , which i » the Temrd of excessive industry : —and I have been asto-¦ fiished at their patience and torbe&ian . -x , xenisi oppression whieh would even drive wise men mad ! "I can bear testimony to their afii -ction for theb drives and children ^—theii kind re gard ,- and manly , feariea , sscriSces for their neighbours ^ who are in greater want than themselves—tbeir dev t > ted attachment to those who rank higher than they ilo , and who show them any kindness—tbeir considtrate and
touching benevolence to such , when reduced to povertytheij regard and affection to their ejcployei "S who are just , and kind , and sympathising—and tieir" forbearsnee to those who most cruelly oppress and sha mefnUy defraud them—their love of tieir native spot , ' the place vhere they first drew their first breath , and Where they hope to di » w tbeir last" —their attacfc ment to the eimreh rotind wbidi tlis ashes of their fai -hers slumber—and , Ttbere the clergyman is found at his pest a fsiihful watchman of Israel , their devetion s cd xererezce towards hs ™ . In a word , their love of pea ci and order—their dislike of confusion and change^—their fondness for old local limits , and their enmity to all innovatiens . Their attachment te the soil ard rstral pleanires . are manifest even in their cellars and
garrets ; there yon often find birds and plants—nay , even , in the factories I have seen flower-pota containing Taluabie plants and splendid specimens of cucomi ^ ers ! " Sneh , Sir , are amongst the ruling virtues- of the forking classes of England , who are , in fact , ts a body , a religious , affectionate , honest , indusirioiis , patriotic , sod loyal race ! "' But , ' ay tbeir enemies , ' they aw ignorant . " Indeed J Is Bible knowledge ignorance ? I « the knowledge of the human heart ignorance ? la eommon sense ignorance ?—Sir , the men who charge the work- i ing classes of England with ignorance , never mixed : with them—never knew them . If they had done so , ] they -would not prove their own ignorance by asserting ; SWhfdly .
" I onee thought that the working people were , ignorant ; but , Sir , since then , I have sat under their , tantian , and I tm the wiser for their lessons . I would j have their accusers to do the same , and , in the school i <* the labourers and operatives of England , to learn 1 * isdom . ' . " I am net a flatterer , neither am I afraid of the ; ¦»*» of pride , conceit , and ignonaoe . Upon the sub- ^ Qn whi ch I am now writdng , I canmake no mistake , beaase I write only the result of experience . I record ' » 6 U whieh hive come under my notice , with respect to * hich it is impossible that I can eir ; but the truth iB *» very far from the commonly received notion , that I Dl prepeted to jceet tie donbts of many sincere and excellent men . I respect thos « scrtiplea ; but knowing aatthey are erroneous , I am the more resolved , at this ; eremful epoch , to Bpeak right out" i
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BAZUrSLE?!—Skkioi ^ s Accident . —On Satnrday l » 5 t , as £ dward Bates was oiling & portion of tn . 6 machinery at Messrs . Couidsay'a Bleach Crofts , he got entangled therein . a . ; d YAs arm was torn out of thesocket . The poorfellow is suffering in extreme agony , and it is thought by many he will not
recover-CABUKLE .-Late Election "Rows . "—An appeal was made in the Star of the 17 ta instant , in behalf of two men who have been charged with tbe murder of a policeman named Jardine . From all we can leant , the policem&a was very indiscreet in striking in all directions , paying no regard to age nor sex ; . having knocked down two little boys who could not get oat of the way ; and also felted down a poor woman , and struck another with a child in her arms . We qnestion the right of Mr . Grahame , superintendent of the police force , to give his men orders to draw tbeir staves and charge the people ; for though a few stones were thrown , ho particular
damage was done ; and if the crowd had been let alone they would have speedily diFpereed . Compared with former elections , we xau say , without fear of contradiction , that it was a very peaceable one . We regret extremely that the policeman should have have been killed ; bnt we are confirmed in our opinion that the unfortnnate circumstance arose ont of his own forwardness and indiscretion . This nnhappy result has , we have no doubt , been partially the means of causing several others to be arrested for breaking windows and interfering with the police , when in discharge of their <* uty . No less than seven or eight persons have been committed on the above charges . In some cases the
persons thus committed by the Borough Magistrates were prepared to prove an alibi , but the magistrates said they were determined to commit them , so that it was not material for them to do so . We were grieved to see this predetermination on tie part of the magistrates , for we always considered them as minor judges , placed on the bench to administer justice to all parties , according to the evidence . It must be considered a great hardship , when . ah innocent individual is committed to gaol even for a day , when he is prepared to clear hitneelf by evidence of the most indisputable kind . The greatest praise is due to Mr . O'Connor , for his
promptness in giving advice , and otherwise assisting the committee that has been formed , for the purpose of providing a good legal defence for these men charged with the murder of the policeman ; to whom they could have no personal gruc ' ge , that we are aware of ; indeed we believe they scarcely knew him at all . The thanks of the committee are likewise due t-o Mr . George Julian Harney , who has bo g « j « ronsly responded to tbeir apppe&l through ihe columns o ' f the Northern Star , in hi ? addreS 3 to the democrats * of the West Riding of Yorkshire . The &ss ; z ; s will commence on the 4 tn of August , so that subscriptions aught to be sent in to Mr . James Arthur , bookseller , &s speedily as possible .
ASHTOK-TTKl > ES-IiT ? KE . — The inhabitants of this town have so far resisted tie levy of a church rate , as to cause a dead silence to come over ihe tower of the Parish Church . The clock has not moved » quarter of an hour , ueither has there been One single pea-1 rung on the bells for more than two months , which has been the cause tf one of the inhabitants composing the following satire : — A C 0 XVERSATJO 2 T BETWEEN ASHTON CHUBCH CLOCK A >' D 051 0 ? THE BELLS . One dark stormy night , as is pitiful plight , Through the churehyard of Aahton 1 passed ; I Ebclter'd awhile , in a nook of the pile , From ifce run which fell heavy and fast .
And while I stood there , a noise I did tear , tThicb made -me look round me with dread ; But 1 verr soon fatmti , that this itonderfol foocd , Did proceed from the steeple o ' erhead . Now you'll think that I lie , bat I don't , no , not I , For as snre as there ' s water in Weils , A discourse 1 did htar , -which Wok place 1 declare , Twixt the church clock and one oi the bells . Oh good lack a day r the clock it did say , " My heart is twin heavy and sad ; To thitk 1 should be , thus ill DseJ , do ye see , Its ecoogb . ty make any clock mad . " You know that from youth , I ' ve always told truth , And it brings bitter tears in my eyes , Tims idly to stand , without moving my hand , And tell people nothing but lies .
" For to each that comas by , and lifts up his eye , Enquiring the time o ! the day ; Be it morning or noon , late it evening or soon , A quarter past five'I still say . " , " Thia though I ' m not to blame , I have lost my good name , To redeem it I sever can hope ! So now in despair , I will swing , I declare , If you'll only just lend me your rope . " " My rope ! Mrs . Clock , how my feelingB you shock . ' T > ont you know , that the very aame day Th * t yoci t i '' ? r ' 'g -was stopp'd , my bell-rope was eropp'd , And taken completely away . " " Bat , though since that time I've not uttered a chime , Dont imagine I'm down in the maw ; >* o , 1 * 11 let people see , if they put upon me , That I do not care for them a straw . "
" And it grieves me to hear , you talking so queer , Abent hanging yourself ; Oh dear me . ' Don't , yotrraelf make away ; bni lure patience 1 pray ; Why , they'd bring it in felo-de-se !" " And what if you do tell a story or two , And thaa leave folks sadly i' th lurch ; Why should ot the people be gull'd from the steeple , As well as be gulled in the church ?" " O , it ' s all very well for you , Mr . Bell , Who the ways of the world do not see ; And who never once look , from your dork dismal nook , To talk abeat patience to me . " But could yon descry all the folks that pass by , And hear all their jibes and their sneers ; Your fine patience would go very quickly I know , And y « u'd wish you could rinj—all their ears . "
11 Well , well , my dew friend , I don't wish to offend , Said the bell , in a kind , Boothing tone ; " But obliged I shall be , if you'll tell unto me , Why out of employment weTe thrown . " " Why , you Bee , Sir , tis here ; the people I fear , Are getting too wise for the Church ; For plainly they say , no more church-rates they'll pay And thus we are left in the lurch . " " For tfce cbnrcb being poor , as it is to be sure , It cannot afford for to pay—For winding me up , and for pulling your rope , On holidays merry and gay . " Says the bell , " but egad , it looks rather to © bad That the church should neglect its friends thus ; It sneh suns it can spare , its own front to repair , Why not spare a trifle for as ?"
" Yes , " the clock did reply , " and I'd like to know why , . Such expense has been squandered away , In carving the shapes , of those curs'd ugly apes , Which the front of the ckurth doth display . '' " There is one I can spy , appears winking hi * eye , ( On a church such things shonid not appear ;) He eeema for to say , to all passing this way , ' There is nothing but gammon in here . " " " Now at these things I'm vex'd , and sorely perplex'd , > " ay , I ' m almost o ' erwbelm'd with my grief ; And between you and me , there ' s but one way I see , la which we can hope for relief . " " "Tis here , should the Whi ^ B , -who have Ion ton their rigg ,
By the Tories be ousted , why tJsen The church-folks wonld be so well pleas'd dc ye see , They would set us a jogging again . Says the bell , " then I'll pray , that Sir Bol art Peel msy Very soon *—here I happen'd to cough—Cries the clock , " I much fear , that a listener is near , " And thus the discourse was broke off Now the wind and the rain , had abated again , And as homewards I tnm'd me away , I determin ' d to tell what the clock and the bell While conversing together did say .
3 Iebical Ikstitctios . —The half-yearly meeting of this society was held in the Large Room of the Dispensary , on Monday evening last , at eight o ' clock , whcTi Mr . G . Smith , the President , was called to rhe chair , who , in hi ? opening address , enumerated the nany difficulties they had had to enoonnter during the eighteen months the Board had been in existeat * . He also stated his desire of resigning hiM office as President . He then called upon the S > . eretary to read the accounts for the half year , fro ta which ii appears the society is indebted to the Tret >« arer w tne aB 501 ^* of £ 4 11 s . The number of pa * rj « ots who feave been attended to for the half ye&rsvVM * thas : — Out Patients 1493 I 'lome do . 387 Lt'tours 68
Total . — 1938 Twelve deaths h ^ ave occurred in the half year . Mr . G&rtside spoke uf the character of Mr . Ross , the House Surgeon , as **«>« » steady , diligent , and well qualified person . ^^ - Ma tthew Charleswonh was appointed President , and Mr . Smith and Mr . Leigh Treasurers , for Sbe next half year . Mr . Ross waB re-elected Surgeon . A vote of thanks was then given to Messrs . G . Smicl ^ w - Leigh , and Dr . Ross , for their pasi Berrioes , an d the meeting broke up . This society has felt the efiv » cte of disunion , that is , there are now three Boards uiftead of one , the inhabitants have yet to learn tL'&t uaie-n is strength .
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GXtASGOW . —Great Procession of TeexeTAiKBs . —A very large procession of persons acting on the principle of total abstinence , took place here on the 17 th inst ., the Saturday of Glasgow 'Fair week . Delegates having pretioasiji arrived from the various societies connected with the Western Union which we beliere takes in the whole of the West of Scotland , for the purpose of making the necessary arrangements . The various bodies began to arrive by ten oclock a . m ., in Glasgow Green , taking up their stations according to the numbers previously drawn by their respective delegates . The Irish Catholics , % very powerful body feH in Jn the rear of the Western Union . After the necessary
arrangements had been completed , the Western Union began to leave ihe Green about half-past twelve o ' clock , passing onthrough Bridgeton , Calton , and down the Gallowgate , Glasgow , where at » given point it took the Western Union , the Recbabiies , and the Catholics thirty-eight minutea to pass ; they were arranged from three to six deep ; they were well Bupplied with bands of music , bagpipes , &c . while their splendid flags and other insignias glittered in the sun . It was generally calculated that there could not be less than six or seven thousand in the line of procession ; upon the whole it was a splendid moral dispiay .- [ This arrived last week after our Scotch papers had been worked off ]
HAWOBTH .-On Saturday morning last , about eleven o ' clock , a man , professing to _ ba a traveller for the firm of Messrs . Thomas PrickeM and Son , Manchester , was driving in a gig from Keighley to Hebden Bridge , and while on his way between the Lees and Ha worth Brow Side Bars , close to the residence of Mr . John Townend , he began ( to evade paying the toll , it is supposed ) to whip his horse very unmercifully , by which he broke the whip-stock and caused the beaten creature to gallop at a most furious rate . The wife of the toll-collector , whose name is Jonathan Speak , seeing the horse gallop at
an unusual speed , ran out of the house to save her child from harm and to take the toll . However , the had scarcely got out of the door before the horse and gig were upon her , by which she was severely wounded . Fortunately , the child escaped without injury . The man was thrown out of the eig a distaoce of six or Beven yards , but did not receive much barm . The gig was broken by being dashed against one of the bar-posts , and the post itself was almost torn up . After some slight repairs the man drovo off without giving anything as a recompense to t ' nu injured party ; we hear , however , that it is likely be will be proceeded against .
SXIASFOED . —The hst few weeks hare been eventful ones in Bradford . The defeat of the Whigs at ihe late election will be of important advantage t v the progress of popular freedom . The very men who urged the magistrates to prosecute the Chartists , and induced little k ' Finality" to establish a barracks in this peaceable district , have placarded the towii , advising the people to resist the law by refusing to pay church rates . It is gratifying to sec the treacherons and despotic actions of the Whig faction recoil on their own heads .
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An Excellent Advertisement . —The Presbytery of . Niagara , 2 \ ew York , have paused a ibrmaJ resolution , declaring that Byron ' s works and Bulwer ' s uovels , "are books of an infidel and licentious character . " There will be an immediate run for both . The Tost Speaker . — A correspondent of the Slaridard states that Sir Eardley Wilmot is to be the Speaker of the Tories . Colonel Sibthorp and Mr . Peter Borthwick are also talked of , and it is hard to say whether the Colonel ' s manners or the Peter ' s character will render the o *» e or the other the more eligible , and worthy to represent the dig-: iitv of the Tory House of Commons .
Plough Djjkp and Drink Shailow . —The President of the Northamptonshire Fanning and Grazing Society , on pressnting a prize cup to a jv-ung man , thu ? addressed him : Noiv , young man , take this cup , and remember always to plough deep aud drink shallow . " As Old Soldier . —Some time ago , I informed you that an old man-of-wars-man had been brutally u'cd by one of the Rural Police , dragged before the minions of tyranny , for whom , in other days , be had abed his blood , and by them was , without law or reason , thrown into a vile unhealthy gaol , lbr sixty da } s . I have now to tell you of an old soldier named James Wilson , who is a relative of the glorious old patriot , Wilson , of Glasgow , who was hanged like a
dog for having carried a flag at Bonnymuir , bearing the words— " Scotland free or a detert . " James is now three score years of age ; he served eighteen years , received seven wounds in separate wholesale murder engagements , and , as the last of these wounds rendered him a cripple tor life , he was graciously discharged wilfojut a pension , as another of " the worn out tools which tyrants cast away ! " This old man was in Bristol at the time of a recent event in Wales . —that country which neither foreign nor British foes could subdue until it humbugged itself by selling its freedom and its glory for the contemptible mockery of having the King ' s son , God help it , called Prince of Wales . When Wilson heard thai ihe standard of freedom was again to
wave on the Welsfl mountains , he resolved to join it , &nd , setting our , he declared that he had fought too long for tyranny , and would strike for liberty , and , at least , if he could not fight , he would " shoulder his crutch" and teach . Rapid events , however , protracted his purpose , and he returned to Scotland , where he wanders about like a good angel , fanning the sacred spark of liberty in the rural districts , and fub .-isunk on that charily which the industrious poor kindly jfive , but which the idle rich unfeelingly refuse . This old veteran and sterling patriot , while limping along the parish road of Kirkmichael , with his old wife , was rudely seized by a Rural Policeman . Wilson told what he had been and what he had suffered . "I don ' t ca-e * d n , " taid the ruffian , " you must go the Justice of Peace . " Wilson submitted , and on they marched , the old woman , on a
signal , leading the van , the rural in the centre , and the old soldier bringing up the rear ; and on coming to the centre of a foot bridge , "halt . '" " wheel I " cried the veteran to his advanced guard , and , as a soldier ' s wife does , and as every good wife should do , she obeyed , and , on the instant , the old hero gave the pampered , fat rural a lurch , which sent him over , head foremost , into a pool , six feet deep , from which , like a half drowned rat , he got out , and , after bawling for help , those who had privately seen , and others , si length came ; bat as he was iaughed at instead » f receiving aid , ho beat a retreat , leaving the old soldier aud his wife in possession of the field , and he must have felt that the people , while thoy pity , shield , and support an old soldier , do mortally abhor a Rural Policeman . —Correspondent .
Alleged Vkxul or Rblibf to a Stahvinq Mas . — On Friday an inquiry was gone into before Mr . Carter , at the John Bull , Tyers-street , Lambeth , respecting the death of Robert Simpson Reynolds , aged forty-three , whose death , as currently reported , was caused , or at least accelerated , by the conduct of one of the pariah officers . M . W . Green , 29 L , said he had known the deceased , and had often relieved him out of his own pocket , because he knew he wanted food . On Monday morning , about half-past eleven o ' clock he saw the deceased in' Granby-street , Waterloo road , and at the request of Mr . Barrett , the landlord of the Royal Oak , ho went after him , and asked how it was he did not apply for admission to the workhouse . He
Eaid he had been refused by Tether , one of the relieving officers . Witness asked him to go with him to the house , bat he said he had been refused four times , and he would sooner die in the streets than apply again . Witness took him to Mr . Watchhorn in a cab , because he was ill , and that gentleman having supplied him with refreshment , an order was obtained for his admission to the workhouse , where wine and other nourishment was « iven him till Mr . Duke , the Burgeon , arrived . Mr . Duke , the surgeon , said he attended th » deceased immediately , and found him in a dying state . He was very much attenuated . He appeared to be labouring under consumption , and every thing he desired was ordered to be supplied him . The jury here consulted ,
and said there must be a post-mortem examination of the body , but several of them objected to its being performed by Mr . I > ake , as he was the parish surgeon . Mr . Watchhorn said that the parish officers had the greatest confidence in his ability . Mr . Duke said he had given his evidence upon his oath , and he did not see , without some better reason being stated , that he should not make the examination —he had no Wish to screen any one . A iuror said , that proper medical attention had not been paid . Mr . I ) uke rose , and was evidently affected almost to tears . " I have , " said he , " done all I can for the poor , and I think to charge me in this manner iB most ungrateful . " Sarah Reynolds , the wife of the deceased , said , she was in service , and had not lived
with her husband for eight months , as he was unable to support her . He had no regular lodging , but used to sleep at a house in the Mint , in the Borough . She saw him on Saturday , and gave him one shilling , as he said he was hungry . She asked him why he did not go to the house , and he said he bad been six or seven times , and Tether told him to go about his business . She gave him about three shillings a week . He had been ill for some time and spat blood . By the Jury—Thought he wanted food a lone while . He used to pay fourpence a night for his lodging . Other witnesses were then examined , who proved the state of destitution the man had been in , and
that he told them that on Tuesday week he had applied at the workhouse , when Tether bullied him , and he would not go again . He was then very much agitated . Tether said , that so for from having refused relief to the deceased , he met him some time ago , and , understanding that he lived in St . George ' s parish , told him to get a friendly order for Lambeth , and he would at once be admitted . The room was cleared , and ultimately the following verdict was returned : — " That the deceased died of disease of the lnpgs , but at the same time we a : e © f opinion his death arose in a great measure horn destitution , and believe application was made for parochial relief by the deceased himself , although we have no legal ev i ( to prove the fact . "
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Nobth Riding of Yorkshire . — There is a va-COncy in the North Ridiug , occasioned by the death of Lord Feversham , whose eldest eon , the Hon . William Dvmcombe , represented that division of the county in the last Parliament , and was re-elected a few days since ; be is now , consequently , Lord Feversham . The Parliament . —It ib supposed that Parliament will only ait tor about a week after the meeting on the 19 th of August , daring which ihe resignation of the present Ministers will be tendered , and an adjoarBmeat of about thr ^ e weeks will follow to admit of their successors beibg re-elected ; this latter circumstance will cause a stir , as , doubtless , some of the boroughs will be contested .
SiNGULAit Cask ( very !) . — A correspondent at Rualand Bends ub the following remarkable statement , : ^ " A girl , aged fourteen years , living in the village of Rusland , of the name of Margaret Leeoe , lost a small gooseberry in at her ear . For a few dayB she complained ot great pain in that ear ; but afterwards her parents heard no more of it until Monday morning last , when at breakfast she laughed heartily , and the berry came down at her nose . It was turned red , as if ripe . The writer can prove this by several witnesses who were there at the time . "—Kendal Mercury .
A Fair Convert .- " Well , " said her Majesty to the handsome Viscountess Jocelyn , " I wonder , my dear , you could ever venture to marry a Tory , as your uncle Melbourne used to tell me they were a horrible set of creatures ¥ ' "I vow , " said the ci-devant bed-chamber lady , " that I had a horror of Tories until I married Jocolyn , and now I am so Well satisfied with him that I would not part with him fox a soore of Whiga . " "D ' ye hear that ?" said the sweet little lady , turning to Lady Elliot , the intended bride of Lord John Russell ; " I do begin to think , myself , that a young Tory must be preferable any day to an old WbJg . " Lord Palmerston turned on his heel , quite petrified .
The Ship William Browi * . —Some of the circumstances connected with the wreck of the ship William Brown have already been laid before the English public . The additional details row supplied are from the New York Evening Post of the 29 th ult . One John Messer , a seaman ou board of the William Brown at the time ot' her wreck * gives this account of the incidents in the small boat : — " Before leaving us the captain addressed the boat ' s crew accoraingly , desiring us to keep our hearts up , not to quarrel or fight among ourselves , but to be advised by the mate , and do what he should deaire us . He then bid us good bye , and in fifteen minutes or so he was out of sight . Daring the whole day tho weather was extremely cold , and the sea very rough . We
rigged a drag with our oara , in order to keep the boat ' s hend to sea , and to break the force of the waves . Towards nightfall the mate consulted , in a low voice , with Beveral of the crew about lightening the boat . I was aft at the time , with my back against the stern . At last he said to me aud another man who was near me , * Well , I suppose you have no objection to lend us a hand to lighten the boat ? ' I enquired how . he intended to do so , and , while I was speaking , I heard a splash alongside , and the whole boat was in an uproar—the work of death hod commenced . The other man and raysolf both remonstrated against such cold-blooded proceedings , and said , ' If we are to die , let us die fair —let us cast lots . ' ' Very well , ' said the mate .
' they will throw you overboard next . I then drew my sheath-knife , and swore that whoever should lay a hand on uie should share my fate . The mate then called a tall negro , one of the crew , aft , to toss me overboard , but when he saw my knffe he went forward again , and lent the others a hand . My companion stuck closo to me during this heart-rending scene , determined to tiefeud himself to the last . One old mtn , a native of Ireland , when about to be seined , f ell upon hie knees and entreated them to spare his life , and he would give then all he had . He then drew from his purse a numbcrof sovereigns and offered them to the crew , but they wore thrown aside , aud himself parsed overboard . A lad , about eighteen years of ago , requested time to say his
prayers , which was granted , and when he concluded , he said , * I uia now prepared . I do not wigQ you GO throw me overboard—I will go myself ; ' and he stepped off tho gunwale into tho sea Of all who were thrown overboard , not one , to my knowledge , succeeded in getting on board again . There wore no hands cut off , nor any blood spilt ; neither did any one , except the young man already mentioned , jump overboard voluntarily . The unfortunate passengers offered no resistance j prayers and entreaties were all they used . ' Oh , spare me ! spare me !' several of them cried , even while they were half overboard . I will not attempt a description of this awful scene—it would melt a heart of stone . I
believe there were sixteen thrown overboard . The boat was baled out after shehad been lightened ; she then rode very weH , and made but little water . The following morning I discovered a nail , and communicated the fact to the mate , who said , ' By God , Jack , you ' re a lucky fellow ; you have saved your life . ' The ship that picked us up , as is already known , was the Crescent . So strong was my indignation against the negro , that , upon reaching the Crescent ' s deck , I seized a heaver and threw it at his head . All of the crew in the boat , excepting the mate and another man , were foreigners , or , as sailors say , Dutchmen , that is , belonging to the continent of Europe . "
Mjjrder near Wtmondham , Nobfolk . —The town of Wymoudham has been thrown into the greatest excitement by the discovury of a murder , committed undar circumstances of revolting barbarity , on Saturday last , by a young man named John Self , aged twenty , or a young girl only fifteen years of age . The girl , named Jemima Sampson , had been for some time previously persecuted by Self , and on Saturday last had been weeding corn in a field near Wymondham . Not returning home as usual for the night , her parentB and the whole neighbourhood became alarmed . A search was immediately made , and in the next , field to that in which the girl had been at work , a place where a scuffle had appareatly occurred was discovered , and
a trace across the com to a pit m which the body of the deceased was found immersed . When taken out , and removed to the Windmill public-house , her face was found dreadfully cut . There was an unsightly gash across her chin aud eyes . Her throat was out , and her nose nearly severed from her face , besides various braises on the head , inflicted by some blunt weapon . John Self , who had previously borne a good character , was immediately apprehended on suspicion , and underwent an examination before Isaac Jeremy , and W . R . Cann , Esqrs ., at the House of Correction , who committed him for trial . A Coroner ' s Inquest on view of the body of the deceased , was held on Monday last , before Edward Press , Esq ., of Hingham , at the Windmill pnblic-house , Wymondham , and an examination of a number of persons took place , from whoso evidence
it appeared that deceased had sent a lad to ascertain the hoar on Saturday afternoon , who returned with the information that it was four o ' clock , the last time deceased was seen alive . Prisoner was seen goiB £ towards the field at that time . After he had been apprehended , a penknife stained with blood was found on his person , and which was the property of the deceased . A spade was also found belonging to prisoner , stained with blood ; his clothes were also stamed , besides other circumstances , which left little doubt of his guilt . The inquest was adjourned until Tuesday , but in consequence of the prisoner having been removed to the Caatle at Norwich , the Jury did not come to & verdict , not haviug had the prisoner before them . The magistrates have refused to Bend the prisoner back to Wymondham , and the inquest is therefore adjourned to the Castle of Norwich .
Functions of Royalty . —King Ernest Augustus , ( the "Cumberland" of thia country ) , whom Heaven in its inscrutable wisdom permits to wield the sceptre of Hanover , doubtless in punishment of the sins of a past generation , has issued the following royal decree , regulating the manner in which the Prinoe Royal { his blind son and the prospective king ) is to sign public documents when bis thrioerenowned Sire is " gathered to his f * thera . " — "We , Ernest Augustus , by the grace of God , Kin ? of Hanover , &c , moved by our high royal wisdom , and with the assent of onr well-beloved Bon , his Royal Highness , the Prince Royal , George Frederick Alexander Charles , in case the latter shall be called to the Throne by right of
primogeniture , before it shall have pleased Providence to restore him bis sight , we have ordained as follows : — 1 . The reigniiig prince alone decides upon the acts he ought to sanction with his august signature ; except the act of his accession to the throne , which holds its force from the constitution of the country . 2 . The royal signature shall be affixed to the minute and the original of each act , in the presence and with the countersign of one of the several Ministers . 3 . As long as the unfortunate circumstances by which his Royal Highness the Prince Royal , our well-beloved son , is afflicted shall continue , there shall be present at the moment of signature , besides the Ministers , two persons taken from among twelve , who shall be chosen for this express purpose . 4 . The royal signature shall not be affixed until after tbe act which it is to be invested shall have been read
with a loud and distinct voice , by one of the abovementioned two persona . 5 . The royal signature shall be immediately followed , and , at the same sitting , by the ministeral countersign . 6 . A special act , signed by the two persons attending , and de claring that all had passed in their presence , and in conformity with these our provisions , shall be drawn up and deposited in the archives . 7 . None but acts signed by the King , according to the formalities above described , shall have any binding power . Gives at Hanover , this 3 rd July , 1841 , the fifth year of our reign . Ernest Augustus . ( Countersigned ) De Schele . To this is annexad the following declaration : —We , Prince Royal , George Frederick Alexander Charles Ernest Augustus , having taken cognisance of the provisions taken in our regard by the King , our well-beloved father , do declare that we entirely accede to them . In faith of which , we affix our seal and signature , George . "
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„ Supposed Wreck of the President . —The latest accounts froin America bring intelligence of a steamboat , wreck . < m ths coast . Tne brig Augusta , on her passage , when about ninety miles south of Cape Hatteras , at five a . m ., on the 24 th inst ., saw what proved to be the wreck of a steam-boar ,, tho middle part of the hull only was visible as it rose with the swell of the sea . j could clearly discover some part , of the heavy machinery , such as orank , shaft , &o . ; part of the frame of one wheel and the timber of her guards , . were out of water , and appeared as if a
boiler had been thrown off ; could see no white streaks , and sha had very much the appearance of having been onfiro ; saw ao person , and therefore did not think it necessary to board the wreck . The citizens of Philadelphia and New York seem to think that this must be tbe wreck of the President , which must have been burnt avsea . The Dusseldorf Gazette , under the date of Wesel , the 16 th instaut , announces that the wreck of a large vessel , bolievcd to be the President , had been driven ashore ou the coast of Norway .
United States . —The Philadelphia packet-ship , which sailed from New York on the 2 nd July , han arrived . Tho intelligence brought by her adds bat little to that by the previous vessel . Mr . Clay ' s Bank Bill was being keenly debated in Senate , and so many amendments made , and so mauy more promised , that its original shape was almost wholly lost , and great doubt , existed if it would ultimately pass . Another , scheme , ior a national bank had been brought into the House of Representatives , and ordered to be printed . The price of wheat had risen to such a height , that were it not for the doty considerable importations would take place . The crop was reported ^ 0 be short , and in the western counties particularly the prospects were very unpromisiBg . The Stock Market was in a dull aud depressed state .
The Poors' Rate . —Sample of Assistant Overseers' Peactice . —A person named Ready ha 9 been endeavouring to do as much mischief as his official character will allow among the humbler portion of the inhabitants of the parish of Heston . Desirous of accomplishing some deed that should procure him a reputation for zeal and activity , this worthy employed himself in getting no less than sixty summonses tor poor-rates served upon , and amongst , the most necessitous of tho inhabitant ? . Some oc the parties he had never before applied to for the rate ; others had tendered him halt' the amount demanded , being all their poverty could afford , and he refused it ! Several were paupers , actually receiving alms to the extent of Is . 6 'd . a week from the parish , and
a loaf of bread . Many of these persons were nearly eighty years of ago , and oae poor old man , turned of seventy , upon his appearance before the Bench , produced to the Magistrates a medal he had received from an Agricultural Society in the neighbourhood , for having worked on one farm forty years , and having brought up a large family without any parochial assistance : the wife of this poor fellow " had offered Mr . Assistast-overseer 3 s ,, onehalf of the rate , in part , which he refused to take . To the credit of humanity and common sense , tho presiding magistrates , Dr . Walmesley and Mr .
Armstrong , exoosed more than two-thirds of the parties summoned , and in every instance forgave the coats ! By thi 3 oppressive manoeuvre of Mr . Assistant-Overseer , the parish has been saddled with a charge of > £ 7 for the costs of the summonses and service ; which , if the parishioners do their duty , will be deducted from the £ 40 a year allowed Mr . Ready for his readiness to « rind tho faces of tho poor . Never was one so acting more completely beaten , aud in addition to the mortification of defeat , he carri 6 d away with him the heartfelt curaes of the poor he would have oppressed—no enviable acquisition , one would imagine , even tor an overseer .
A BitprB . —Thomas Kitt , of L ? mon-s < reet , Guildford-Btreet , a man who is in tho habit of preaching in the open air , was charged , at Union Hali Police Office , on Saturday last , with assaulting his own daughter , a girl of fourteen years oi' age , under tho following circumstances : —A policeman of the M division stated that between njneand ten o ' clock on tho previous night ; his attention was attracted on seeing the prisoner and a young girl sitting ; in one of the alcoves of the Southwark Bridge , the man apparently with bis hands under her clothes . On perceiving that he wae watched , the prisoner went off tht bridge , followed by the girl , and tbey wentdown the . steps leading to Bankside , and up a court through which there was no thoroughfare , and here
the same policeman distinctly observed tho prisoner in a most indecent situation with the girl , whereupon he took them both into custody , and when taken to the Station-house , the male prisoner said that the girl was his own daughter , which turned out to be the fact , on subsequent inquiries at his house . The girl , when at the Station-house , appeared to be evidently under the influence of liquor , and when questioned she got into such violent hysterics , that , it was found necessary to send for a medical gentleman to attend her . When brought before the magistrate , the girl was perfectly collected , and having stated that the prisoner was her father , she said that she had been for some time past in a situation , and that she returned ' home a few days ago . On the
preceding evening , her father told her that he would take her to a missionary meeting , and accordingly they left home together , * but instead of taking her there , he took her into a public-house , and made her drink ale until she became giddy , and he then took her to the Southwark Bridge . The girl here exhibited a strong disinclination to tell what happened to her there ; but , upon being urged to tell the truth , she then described the gross and infamous behaviour of the prisoner ( her father ) towards her , which fully bore out the accuracy of the policeman'a account of the transaction . The prisoner , a decentlooking man , declared that he only took her on the bridge for the take of the air , as she complained of being unwell . Mr . Cottingham— " What have you to eay to taking her to the publio-house , and making her drink , instead of to the missionary meeting 1 "
The prisoner hesitated , and gave a vague reply , saying that he admitted that he acted with great folly , and that he drank some ale which disagreed with him . He added , that be had no remembrance whatever , of having conducted himself towards bis daughter in the way attributed to him , and that there must have been some mistake . Mr . Cottingham said that the policeman and his daughter had sworn to the facts , and a more infamous case could scarcely come under the cognizance of a magistrate . The magistrate Baid , that owing to the prejudicial effoot on society at large the trial of such charges were calculated to have , he should , on that account , not commit the prisoner , but should hold him to bail to be of good behaviour , and to give twenty-four hours' notice of its sufficiency . The prisoner was looked up .
A Political Shaver . —William Nicholson , a barber , living in Globe-lane , Mile-end , was charged at the Court of Excise , on Saturday , with selling gin and beer without a license . Mr . Bolton , the officer , stated that on Sunday morning , during the hours of divine service , he was passing defendant ' s shop by mere chance , when he entered to get shaved , and to his utter astonishment , hefoundit crammed with coal-heavers , dustmen , and others , all of whom were drinking and smoking . The defendant was seated on a table , reading aloud from a newspaper , but upon oatohing a glimpse at witness , he Btopped , and addressing him , said— Welcome , brother politician , what is your business V Witness having told him , the defendant immediately operated on his chin , and afterwards informed him
that his charge for it was threepence , and he was at liberty , if he chose , to have a pipe of tobacco and a glass of gin , or a pint of porter , free of expence , at the same time inviting him to be Beated . Witness availed himself of the offer , and while there he drank and Brooked , and paid a public-house price . He saw , at the lowest calculation , a gallon of gin consumed , and at least a barrel of beer . Defendant —** You say you were charged a public-house price 1 " Witness— " I was . " Defendant— " How can you say that—I only charged you for shaving !" Witness— " You first brought me a pint of beer and a pipe of tobacco , and took 3 d ., saying , * Mind , this money has nothing to do with the * cloud' and the 'heavy / I give you these , ' and when you brought
me a glass of gin , and received of me 2 d ., you said , 1 Why , I am like a father to you . This tape ( gin ) I give you , and your shaving now amounts to 5 d . '" ( Roars of laughter ) Defendant ( delighted aud profoundly)— " That , Gentlemen of this Honourable Court , was as it occurred , and now the vvillan wants to make it out that I sold him the things . This , Gentlemen of the Jury , will make me more cautious of my good nature in future , I assure you . " ( Much laughter . ) Mr . Mayow— " There can be no doubt of your guilt . " Defendant— " I am not guilty , upon my honour ! " ( Laying his hand on his left side . ) ( Loud laughter . ) Mr . Mayow— " Upon my honour , you will have mnoh difficulty in persuading the Court of your innocence . If you think you are to
get a mob into your bouse , and supply them with exciseable liquors , and charge for them under the head ' shaving , ' you are very much mistaken . " Defendant ( angrily)— " A mob , do you say !< A mob , indeed ! How dare you , Sa I My company is respectable . We went to consider the best means of relieving onr brother sufferers from taxation . Where , Sir , I would ask , does tbe £ 150 , 000 come from that Sir Robert Peel has given as a dowager to bis daughter ? " ( The bursts of laughter here were deaiening . ) Mr . Mayow— " We want none of your politics here . Have yon ffOt anv witnesses to
disprove what the witness has stated V * Defendant"Witnesses ! no . He has only proved that I charged him 5 d . for Bhavine , and that ne got every good accommodation . Do you wish to fine me for that 1 " Mr . Mayow—•* Your cunning won't do . The Cour t will fine you , and in the penalty of £ 100 , ityou don ' t urge something in mitigation . '' Defendant— " Then all I can say is , that there is neither law nor justice here . " The defendant ' s landlord here stepped forward , and having satisfied the Bench that the defendant was not able to pay a heavy sum , the Court adjudged him to pay £ 30 . Defendant ( walking out of Court ,- " If I pay a mag I ' m d-d . "
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COKPARATIVB TAXATION OF ENGLAND AND OTHER Countries . Taxes upon land ia England , £ 1 , 631 , 615 , Taxes upon , land in Prussia £ 3 , 999 , 580 . Taxes upon land in Austria , £ 8 , 700 , 000 . Taxes upon land in * ranee , £ 53 , 186760 . Taxes on the people in England , ' £ 5 BJB 95 fii 4 1 Taxes on tiie people in Prussia , £ 3 , 761 , 500 . Taxes on the people iu Austria , £ 7 . 100 . ( K ) 0 . Taxes on the people m France , £ 17 , 533 , 240 . —Liverpool Times . Umvebsal Sutfbage . —An elector of Salford , named Stork , residing in No . 5 District , adopted a rather novel expedient in order to ascertain < he sense of the non-electors residing in his neighbourhood ,
for whom he considered that ho held" his vote in trust , at the late election * He placed aboard in his window , on which was the following inscription : — "All persons reRiding in this street and the noighbonring courts , who have no votes are requested to call » hd tell me whether I must vote for Garaett or Brother ton at the coming election . " This noticebrought a number of persons to his shop , all of whom , if bona Jide non-electors of the streets and courts adjacent , were requested to siga their names , and to write opposite to them the name of the candidate of their choice . This ** poll" was kept open until lea o ' clock on Thursday night , when tho worthy uleotcr put forth the following " state of the poll : "—
In favour of my Voting for Brosherton ... 57 In favour of my voting for Garnett ...... 23 Majority in favour of Brotherton .,... M Consequently 1 shall poll for Brothertou to morrow morning . Encounter with a Boa-Constrictor . —In ihe Surrey Zoological Gardens are several serpents , amongst which is an enormous boa , measuring upwards of twenty feet in length , aud weighing more than two hundred weight . Their food in put into tho cage by a sliding panel , which one of tbe keepers *
named Blackburn , was in the act of doing , when the enormuus boa sprung at him and seized him by the arm . Theman leapt backwards , and crew the serpent partly out of the cage , which immediately spun him round like a windlass , and made one coil . Had he effected another , Blackburn would have b « en inevitably killed . By pressing the throat of the powerful creature , aud by more than usual strength , he was preserved . On beiug taken home he wub found to bo very much discoloured from th « powerful pressure of hia terrific antagonist .
The Census . —Manchester Township . —Tne following returns of the . .-census for the town of Mancheater include the townships of Chorhvn-oa-Mtdlock , Hulme , Ardwick , &c . ; and when it i . « considered that in some districts whole rows of houses have beqn pullea down , aud their sites occupied by railways , &c , the increase , it will be seen , has , been very great . The following account , however , must be takeu only as an approximation , the nearest at present to be obtained , to the census or this township - . —Males , 78 , 983 ; females , 84 , 464 ; total , 163 , 447 . The classification of the above returns is obtained from the five registrars' districts , whioh
comprise the older , and better known fourteen police districts of the township . By referring to the official returns of the census of 1821 , and that of . 1831 , taking thence the populations at those periods of the several police districts , included in the a , bove return , in one registrar ' s district , we ob ' . ain the following result : —1821 , 108 , 016 ; 1831 , 142 , 026 ; 1841 , 163 . 447 . Thus it will be seen that the total increase ot * the population of tho township , during the ten years ending in 1831 , was 34 , 010 , or about 31 £ per < ient . The increase during the last ten year .-, ending last mouth , was 21 , 421 , or little more than 15 per cent .
Childbirth on Board a Gravesend Steamer . — On Wednesday , at- two o'clock , a curious scene occurred on board the Star . A young man was seen leading his young wife to the ladies' cabin , and in a few minutes afterwards she was delivered of a daughter . This unexpected event created much sympathy for the- poor woman , especially as there was no medical man on board . Mr . Stephens . Civil Engineer , Mr . Northause , and several other gentlemen , who were engaged in a successful experiment
to test the great superiority of Dr . Albert's steam fuel over the best coal , quitted the engine-room , to commence a subscription to obtain aid for the mother and her child , when several sovereigns were , in a few minutes , contributed , and they had thu satisfaction of hearing that both were " as well as could be expected . " Tne father , whose name is Potts , is a ropemaker , of Chatham , and was for some time inconsolable , fearing the I 033 of hi * wife and child , from the premature and unprepared accouchement .
Ireland . —A reward of £ 100 has been offered by the Lord Lieutenant- for the apprehension of the persons who assaulted Mr . Vandeleur on the 10 th instant , when he was on his way to the Court House of Emus , in the capacity of a candidate for the county Clare . A reward of £ 80 has also been offered for the apprehension and conviction of the persons concerned iu the attack on the Rev . Mr . H allam , Curate of Mulrankin , in Wexford , on tbe night of tho same day . Mr . Hallam was in company with two ladies at the time , the wife and daughter oi tho Rev . Mr . Hickey , who wore also injured by their cowardly assailants . Mr . Vandeieur has . been in the habit of acting munificently towards his Roman Catholic neighbours , and Mr . Hickey has laboured hard with his pen to ameliorate the condition of the Romish peasantry .
Death or a Girl who was Fired upon at the Liverpool Election . —On Friday , an inquest was held nei ' ore P . F . Curry , Esq ., coroner , on view of the body of Ellen Boyd , agirl of seventeen years of age , one of the individuals who was wounded oh the evening of Wednesday fortnight , by the firing of a pistol from the house of Mr . Casement , a publican , balthouse Dock , Liverpool . Mr . M * Clellanrf , the surgeon who had attended the deceased / gave the following testimony : —The deceased had received a small punctured wound on the right side , and the other ou the inside of the lett aukle . I did not probe them . I heard they were gunshot'Wounds . I attended the deceased until her death . Everything
was done for her ; but she died of tetanus on Thursday . I made a post mortem examination . In the substance ot the inner left ankle I found a small leaden body , whioh I take to be a shot ( now produced ) . Ou examining tbe wound on the right side , I discovered that some hard substance had passed between the ninth and tenth ribs , through the liver , causing an extravasation into the omentum . The case was adjourned . ; on Monday , the inquiry was resumed , when , after the examination of several witnesses , the jury reiurnud a verdict of M Justifiable Homicide . " The coroner said he fully concurred ia the propriety of the verdict , as well : as in the view whioh the jury had taken of the caee ^ IAvdrpooi Meveurg .
Algibhs . —The following precious piece of military exultation for wholesale legalised murder is contained iua letter from the General Comma&ding the division of Algiers , and is published jp the Moniteur Algeiin , of the 18 th inst .: — " From the Camp of Bilda . Soldiers , —I owe to your zeal , courage , and devotion , that 1 have fulfilled the Governor ' s mission . You have worthily answered the expectations of France . Yon have destroyed the military establishments of the enemy . You have crrried off his wives , bis children , and his Cattle . You have burned his dwellings and his crops . You have carried the sword everywhere ; afld nowhere has he dared seriously to combat . Accept my thaukB for the confidence you have plaoed fc me . The autumn campaign will enable you to give similar Eroofs of your worth , &c . ( Signed ) Babaguet J'HiLWEas . "
Toulouse . —Some riots have taken place at Toulouse , but the City is again tranquil . The following is given as an official account ot' the proceedings . — M On Monday the 12 th , in the afternoon , a great number of workmen quitted work and forced their comrades to imitate them . They went ma body to the Porte St . Etienne , and there seiaed in private houses pieces of wood and other materials for a barricade . Whilst the barricades Were forming , some went to the Veterinary School , to get the students to join thenv The latter refused ; afl d on © of the rioters being sent to warn the authorities , was obliged to turn back , under penalty of being thrown into the canal . Ten barricades were mude ,
and towards half-past four the rioters marched to the * Prefecture . They were repulsed ; and seeing the numbers of troops , fell back behind the barricade . The rioters then got upon the roofs pf the square , in which 1 he Prefecture is , and flung the tiles on the soldiers below . The General ( Saint Michel ) was struck by a stone ontbe tbigb . Another General had his horse wounded . Stones and tiles rained on tbe soldiers . One of the mob , called Charvades , was bayoneted and died . While the riot on the 12 th was going on , the Provisional Municipality , accompanied by officers of the National Guard , went to the Prefect and requested him to call out the National Guard . The Prefect ( M . Mahul ) thought himself bound to give his consent . At nightfall the National Guard assembled on the Place do Capitole , occupied that post , anil joined the troops of the Line in protecting the Prefecture . The rioters then demanded the release of the
prisoners who had been arrested on the preceding days . The detachment of the National GHard « $ ati Med at the prison was forced , the door was attempted to be broken open , and one of the panels had given way , when the Provisional Mayor promised to release the prisoners on the following day under bail . On th » 13 th , assemblages more threatening than before invaded the streets at an early hour , Freeh barricades were raised , and the telegraphs of Toulouw 5 ? dS 5 Pnf 5 ^^ V 1111 * 1 , down * '"*¦»•!» ** w » Ik * the Preiect decided upon leaving thetown , and took his departure in a carriage prepared for him bv the Provisional Municipality . On the same day . a band of rioters twice forced their way into the We of the Prpcurcur du Roi , whom they sought with the intontion of murdering him ; but Who 7 bo& limes , happened to be from home . The post of the National Guards , stationed at-the house . mado no endcavoura to prevent this . The persons who had boon arrested
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