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TIIE FLEET PAPERS. XXXII.
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- ***~ " STANZAS . There is a glow steals o ' er tbe breast , A heavenly Trarmtli of joyons lore , And gives the patriot ' s hepe . a zest Hat can all care or gloom remove ; ¦ RTiiie in Ms bold and piercing eye Shines the bright starlight of the « fcy . » Tte brilliaat Star . 'Star of the North J That studs effulgent radiance forth . There ' s a bright flush—a streak of light Steals o ' er the -restore of the eky , Before the son beams on onr sight _ ind >~ iture "iralks in harmony , So Is it with the patriot ' s heart , Wten he hath counsel to impart Of Berrice to a feflov Bl&ve—Momentous to tbe bold and brave .
Te friends of freedom , young and fair , 0 , now , attesd I to yon I calL 0 grant me this , my only prayer ; Then shall the Tile oppressor fall . tWten ye -would join in wedlock ' s band , O tsie a Chartist by the band , A true , fair Chartist , make yonr wife—A p leasant partner all your life , "FTco can converse on Euigtcts great , Asnrjsst deeds , eppressive laws . ) With politics , and smooth debate , Then ihall you forward freedom's cense ; Tenr peaceful home shall seem a heaTea ' Eops ' s ettq Bhall not go down at even , jju ; hope and loTe shall ever Ehine , And peace and joy shall still be thine .
Yout cSspring shall , like blooming flowers , Unfold their beauty , fair and bright . ' And spend aright their leisure hours , As yon lave done—O sweet delight : ilelhinks I see the splendid march Of Britoss "Death high fceaTen " s arch , Krjoicing in their wished-for-state , TVhen none are poor asd none are great By acting thus , { yon ycaths give ear ? , ' You propagate fair freedom ' s firmer , — Tea Minion ' s rankest rocts uptear ,
And -wrench from tyrants unjust po-wer . il&ie freedom ' s name on sta and shore Bs sung from every bosom ' s core , When LI 3 EKTT shall be ths toast In Britain ' s isle on sea and coast . J . I Martinet , ilaj 1 S 41 .
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ANSWER TO J . C .-3 EXIGMA . THE SXOW . lie ruiery snow i the til-very snow ! liis glory it falls on the fields below ; And the trees with tieir diamond branches appear , Iiie the fairy erotrth of some magical sphere ; "Rlile soft as mu ^ ic , ted wild snd white , II tliUcis and finals in tbe pale njoos'j ght . Acd spangles the river and fount as they flow . 0 : who has not lov" d the bright beaTitifnl snow ? !
Tie sHverT £ no ~ and the ensiling frost . ¦ ur . vr nerry ire so trhea tie eixth Ecerr . s ! cft ; Ui * its ipiiits that rise from the dest of time , 1 * lire in a purer and holier clime ! A utw creation , -without a Etsia , lore !? as heaven ' s o-srn pare domain . ' Bst fch ' . lite the eistsv fa . r hopes of enr years , It g litters a-whlle , and then melts into tears : Asd thus the bright snow dissolves into -water , Trem wiich ' : was ereakd—tte mother from daughter
Thomas il . Whzelee . Ksaingtoc [ We baTe also received an answer to this enigma frcii "Antipiagiarirt , " who charges thu correspondent vho sen ; ths enirrca to bs with taTicg stolen it . He cys Be has seen it t-srsaty-four years ago . "We "Will thank pirties who send such communications to say YEctha ihey be original—Eo . ]
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A CHAKTISTS ADDRESS TO HIS IRISH BRETHREX . Oi hail to tie land of my birth , loTely Erin , Proudly I gszed on thy Emerald shore , After twenty years absence ; in bitterness sharing Thy sorrows which IrishmEn all must deplore-Where is the glory fied , that once shone round thy bead ? Thy sons are bnriel in ¦ want and dis' -ress , A = d year tarp is xmstniB ^; then list to a countryman , WHle i > e reads you tfci 3 Caartists * address ? The f&Ws are all closed yehere once in power Ireland' s legislature met , Where brave O ' . Conuor , Moore and Grattan , many & boM example set ; Ym streets are overgro-vra with grass , your workmen no ersp'ovraent get , Tbe fcreini sentry ' s fcesvy tread , proTes yon remain in sbTery yet .
TThat are year prcrpects—and what are you hoping L ^; Is there no Irishman dares to to be free ? Wio are your adrocates—vhat are you -waiting for ; TVill yen sot cultiTate liberty ' s tree ? TosTs cirateaaad sighted , yo ^ r Shamrock is "bligMed , In -which you delighted for centuries past ; Tonr wires , they are starring ; yonr lands they are carrirg . In portions to suit them ; how long must it last ? E ^ azcpiticn was to giTe all that ycui hearts ecsld cz * i ; e ; Io io-yi , dci ± Azg and protection , tell me are you richer ? Eas crerr ore of tread suScient and all thisgs that ; & ^ require . ' Alas ! Eibtrrian feels , they bni emancipated lord and si ^ rs .
Ei-rs rr-a sa irc ^ -lecg ^ t see my toETe cou-ntrjmen , AH ihi wcri . i owes yea posssss ready wit , That yon are crc - ^ - n poorer fince goTerced in Union , AndErir ' s rrevcters in London did sit . Bst sitriss is Dublin would be of no benefit , 0 ; to ycer stock add a hat or a coat , Orsiake yen c-ne haifpensy richer or poorer , rn } tss z ~ . t ' lectlccs you all had a Tote . EsTe job fcrgc .:, mj rnrcrLtg frierds , that xrhen yoc W ^ T £ 6 ni » IlC- Tvlfc 6 \ l That erery fjrty shillizg roter in Ireland was sbrogaud ; All Wire eendtn-jied to ± \ l . ~ &ij th = B , nziless in ten pound Louses seated , Aad S 3 y , what beneSts to you Mas this choic * measure siace created ' : look oTer Erin , and crurit but the multindes FoTced froa thsir fcoldirg , their cottage and lard ; Go to the gaols , too . Era cctrt but the ncmbers
xhafs starricg In tcn ^ . cce . by tyrant's command . Ihiii en tost " tc-js , " LcwtLtlrblcod tieyaresieddiDg All oTa tha globe , for a shiluEg a day ; Ib AEerlcsn woeds , how they're toiling and sweating Oi ir : j ! d * rirg in pain from they ' re homes far away . D : > yets desire equality .- oh if you do , what can jKTer .: joa ?^ c-m mii ; with our ErclUh friends—nothing ltss ihoidj COSteEt yon ; Ynir Tdccs nise , th&n eonse , It free , cr else with tears jog frill Kpect ¦ you , TTien scorned by all the patriot world , if you refuse the blessing sent you .
¦ oT- 'Z-zj ' u , then , et coTUitryT ^^ - eleTste ; Le : the s ' . oricus rights of man be tout war-cry in the Seta , Dual depend on agitators , who from truth and honour "wzciertd ; Let the Stsmge be your helmet , and the Ballot be ycnr shi&Id . Deal alicsr the G ; d of Mammon your hardy sons to pancon , Bn : tT £ ry ere act for himself , and set your cotmtry ¦ tr- ffee ; " - "• £ trd icry K ^ d aSoat , that witholcl 3 from you a TCP
In Electing honest memlvers to protect yonr liberty . A&u , be ie : aj for tie field , and dont forget yonr ntcle biding , ^^ su . ltryc-s ' yfc 3 sscred trnsi in charge Joz these br 2 Te boys you ' re rearing ; Ob ; c ^ depends the victory ; then ef argumer . t , pray iozi be spiring , ^ i T-5 aiit tte tret of liberty to omamtnt onr gsr&ev ,
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Tor rcse t : n : c we have refaiaed from noticing it grest length the Tr « kW nlsiives against oppresses aid irjustice that issue from the "Prisoner in Jte Flee :, " ao ; because there -was not in each of tiaa Er / . tr srEiieiitjT -n-ortiy of notice , but be-^ ise tiie demands neon ocr space have been so Tery CTgeDt aid vitssxng as to preclsde the possibility of ° ^ O viug coi e in ihis way than ws have done , " ais wef £ } tovreYer , w » purpose to make amends to ^ readers for any " shortenings" we may have " ^ en guSy of , Lt presenting them with copious esjj teets from tie ' " Little Fleeter" p-ublished this day . ¦ Ltj Euabei coniains , as every reader of the Star ?^ expect , aa account of the jc-arrey Sir . Oastltr aitl y htd to York , ai jir . Tbcn . iii ' " s exrsnce . It ^ opens :-
II I : _ . . ¦ it ttls retdful , fcr tbe restoration o ! my health , ^¦^ stocld crce re ore trc ^ the * . he rtfrribisg creezss ; «¦ - the prlicr = at = 5 -vrere tarred ty you acain « t me . It J ^ r « ciraarv iti-t I sto-uia for a'nli-:- be " releas-: d from P ^ ttOC , and t ^ i- cenmur * ^ ii tLs fr = e ^ en of T ork - S ' a orutr t , u : I n : igL : lars more fully the ciieful r ^ i i-e iror m ' . e if : r £ ccjity . md te churedby Z : ^^ see that my 1 ^ . > ^ d , t n - ; _ - - . it a F-taerg to i . iir rris :-n = r to £ nd th-t £ Tin his
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political foes now regretted his "imprisonment , and cordially greeted him , whom yon bo sternly , and yefc bo Tiinly , bad doomed to disgrace and infamy ! Ah ! Sir , hid you seen -what I raw , and listened to "What I heard in the Castle Yard at YcrJr , you would have felt how weak your malice , bow powcrlfs 3 your arm ! 1 > -U to myself , I could not have gone to York ; but God saw that it was needful and forced m « litre , at your own expence . " True enough , I longed , before 1 died , ence more to behold the face of Yorkshire ; but I was your prisoner in London , and dared not to indulge that hope . Again
t « mingle in Yorkshire , with the society of Yorkshiremen , was the summit of my earthly hopes ; but to appear as a witness against you was too painful—the thought of that would , had I had the power , have kept me here . God has , howerer , granted that for which I I daref not ask—a Tisit to Yorkshire , without one single sting . " I haTe been in Yorkshire ! I haTe breathed her air —I hare feasted my heart on hsr beauties—I haTe felt the warmth of many Yorkshire bands—I hare once more spoken with Yorkshiremen in our own countyonr hearts have been reunited . —I hare marked the
ravages of time—I hare seen many old friends , with new furrows on their faces . The tears of friendship have trickled dotm those channels , from the eyes of many who were wont only to smile on me . They did smile , Sir : 'twas & sunny shower—their smiles mingled with their tears . I have renewed my acquaintance with some of your tenants—1 have heard of those who are not—I have seen those who have been bereaved—I have shed some tears regarding them . " 1 have conversed with many rich and many poorwith the learned and unlearned—with the nobles and the common people—with old political foes , and with brother warriors—I met all as friends—I never was so happy ; " I have shaken hands -trith O'Cosnell ' s victim ia his solitary cell—I hava blushed for my country , and also rrjoiced when I remembered that the persecutor of my friend bad now lost his power to sting .
¦ "I have heard , too , of my little " Fleeters . " I have been tcld , by those who are well able to judge , that they have been very useful ; and have contributed , in no small degree , to the greivt West Biding victory . 1 have € x ; hanged thoughts with many practical and experienced men . I have come back again to prison , instructed , refreshed , reanimated , and resolved to use all the knowledge I have gained , all the strength and vigour which cave been ressored to me , in mj country ' s caute . " A ? to the causes -which procured fcr the " prisoner" a trip into the country , Jlr . Oistler thus explains : —
*• It so happened , that some few weeks ago , a very respectable London solicitor called here . From him I found that the executor of one of your best and most industrious tenants was engaged in an action at law against you . 1 was grieved te the heart when I heard of it ; because I knew that a landlord , with a thousand tenants , can never pain by appealing to a court of law against one or mere of them . 1 was very sorry to hear it , because I know that , till now , no action was on record which yoked your name versus yonr tenant . ' 1 regretted that blight upon your father ' s fame , but I could not interfere . I felt «; iite sure , that on your part
there must be some mistake , caused by misrepresentation or wrnt of information ; and that , whatever facts ^ ei » needed to set you right , 1 could supply . 1 had offered to give your steward every inforniition ; but , nntil the attorney of your adversary called , I was not aware tfcat you were ' in law . * The agent of your tei : ant"s solicitors asked me a string of questions ; I refused to answer them . I said , that ' I kcew nothing abont the matter , save what I bad learned as your steward ; and although you had behaved cruelly and unjustly towards me , that wai no reason why I should act dishonourably to you . "
" On -the 13 th u ! t . I received a letter from your adversary's solicitor ? , containing the following remarks : — "' CRAVES C . IHOaXHILL , ESQ . " 'DEAR SIR , —As it will be to you an unpleasant task to have to give evidence against your late era-DloTer , "we are nnwilling to impose that task upon you unnecessarily , but if ytnr evidence be indispensable , you wi ; i not , we are sure , shrink from a duty , on account cf either its delicacy or difficulty . We -would adiJ , tha : However reasonable it may at first sight appear that a steward shonM bo protected against making communications adverse to his employer , like an attorney seainn his client , [ cga'fy thtre is no * uch protection , r . or on mature consideration will the same reason hold
for one as the other . " ' If you will be good enough to answer the following questions as distinctly as your recollection will serve , we shall be able to decide whether to require your presence or not * * * "' We -would not , either on your own account or on account cf the tspence to the parties , willingly trouble ycu to appear on this occasion , but to arrive at justice , your presence may be indbptnsable . We sh&ll be much obliged by your answering' these questions as explicitly as yon can by return of post , and we can then decide how to act . "
"Having resolved not to answer any questions proposed by your opponent ; being exceedingly wishfnl not to interfere as a witness in any quarrel between you and other persons ; but , at the same time , believing that if I were to be examined before the trial , the difficulty woul d be removed , the public txibition of Thornhill terms a tenant would be prevented , and the incalculable damage spared , which must ineviably await you , both in name and purse , from such an exhibition , whether you gained or lost tbe verdict ; I wrote to the plaintiff s solicitors as un £ er : — "' The Fleet , July 13 , 1 S 41 . " ' Pkae Sif . s . —It is paiEful to refuse a request , if justice demands an answer . 1 have explained to your agent , that , situated as I am , I cannot give the required information with honour . I teM him all about it .
" ' ^ Cow , it appears to me , that it -would be the-interest of both parties to join in asking me the questions —then , I should be mott happy to answer them to the best of my ability . " ' I remain , dear Sirs , ' ' With much respect , " ' Yours , most truly , " ' BlCIUED OASILEE . " " I should also have written to your solicitor , had I not feartd that I should be treated with contempt , and that my motives would be misunderstood . I therefore satisfied myself , that as I hsd before told your agtnt , ' 1 should at ail times be glad to give him oi you any information , " I f = lt that I had done my duty . 1 hoped t o be spared the pain of appearing against you in court , and expected ihr . l the tiro parties would join in questioning me ; and lint thus you would be saved the pain of contending with your tenant , and enrolling your name in opposition to him before a specia ! jurv of Yurkshiremen ,
I was , ho-xever , disappointed . On the 20 th nit . a habeas corpus was lodged in the hands of the Warden of the Piett , commanding him to txhibit my body at York Caitle . by nine o ' clock en the morning of the 22 d of Ju ' -y , 1 S-S 1 . " You may be sure that I did not much relish that sort of proceeding . Many thoughts jumbled themselves toreihtr in rr . y mind . Such were my cogitations -. —1 thought it a herd matter , that , after having been ruined in yrxr fervke , and cast intcpriscn by yon , 1 sbenld , after all , be dragged about the country , to give information about yc-ur affairs . —It seemed siraoge to me , that society
' outside' should have the power to case my bo ;; y in this cell , to suit its owe convenience , and then to demand my services in the settlement of its quarrels ! I determined to argue the rxzht , the unreasonable right , tJ : ua claimed by society , t-cf-jre the Lord Chief Justice , had I been ca'Jed into the witness-box . I should have also taken his Lordship ' s opinion as to the right of the plaintiff to obtain any information from a cast-eff steward against Lis f . 'imer iiiaUT . 1 diiiiked bticg dragged as a prisoner into a : y native county . Such thoughts ss * hese occupied my mind , and I by no means wjoiced at such a fitrrninoEs into Yorkshire .
" I -wished to avoid going to York under such circumstinces ; ' and , as I was onJy just recovering from a very severe illness , I asked my physician to give me a certificate to stay me at home . He smiled , and gaid , ' Nothing can do yen so much good as a trip into the country —it is just whit is required to restore and establish your Ltaiih . ' It -was of eo use grumbling or complainiuz , so I prepared for my jourrey ; and at half-post tight o ' clock on the morning of 21 st nit . I found myself seated in a carriage outside the walls , with two officers ¦ who were in charge of n . y body . ' "
" On the mcrning of Thursday , Ju 7 y 22 , 1541 , at nine o ' clock , by order of her Majesty the Queen , my body was in York Castle , safely guarded by two officers . I had been a free roan , doing free men ' s frofk , on that spot , ' in days ling syne . " There I had assisted in many county meetings . Once I had entered in triumph , at the head of thousands of isy countrymen , lauded bv the clerey , the aristocracy , £ cd rcy own faithful " bjjs . " The High Sheriff was in the chair that day Michael Thomas Sadler was there , and bo was the H-n . William Duncombe . Many of Yorkshire ' s best sons crowded those hustings . It was the last county
mtetl jTc Yorkshire ever held . A vote of thanks from tte County tf York was moved to me by the Rev . Jcfcn Grihaai . to whom J owe more tha : ) to any other man—the knowledge of the Truth . That vote was passed by the assembled thousands with acclamation . I received it , and replied , until tears muffled my words . Your estate , large ss it is , is poverty , compared —Ha that vote . That meeting was held on tte 27 tll of April , isr . 2 . Since then I cave always striven to deserve the thanks of Yorkshire , by pursuing a steady course atiinst , oppression ' s power;—but now , in the tame yard , I stood a prisoner ! 1 envied not the msmrho made rce sneh .
" 1 TDfct your ojpDslnp solicitor : I refused to answer ; him EXJ question oat of Court . I urged him to see j tout ajtst , and j .-jn with him in qaestioEing me , and ; thus " preves . t ths trial coming on . At all events , I j resolved not to hes-T one ^ rotd of the trial until I was calk-d into ccur :. I never was called , and , of course , I ! heard nothing . j " From -what 1 have r-inc = b-:-en told , I thick it -wes \ a pity that yon trere dragged to Y . irk on such an un- luck } " buiin-. ss . TLfcSe are cot tLni ^ - , S . r , fur landlords j to break the bonds of nrrcn between thonselves aad j ttt : r tenant ? . It is very bid policy , vrith such tenant * j as jc-nrs are , ' TLv berinairg of strife is like thelutiine £
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out of many waters . ' ThU , fiir , 1 b » U I shall say about 1 Craven versus ThornhiU . ' " Although I Was saved the pain of appearing in Court againjt yon , my pleasures were not curtailed . That day wu one of the happiest of my life . I ptOTed , that although I had lost your smiles , Yorkshiremen still smiled upon me . I tkere met many of my countrymen , of old grades—clergy , nobles , barristers , solicitors , bankers , merchants , manufacturers , farmers , and working men . They all greeted , me with smiles . I shall not , soon forget the pleasures of that day . I was much
affected at the aged appearance of your old and faithful , but discarded serrant , James Thompson ! Time and domestic affliction have bent him grave-ward . Well , he will rest in peace , when his tradncers will smart , if consciences are left them . When I shook hands with him , I felt as though vre should meet no more on earth I said , ' James ,-we shall meet In Heaven . " The good man smiled , and withdrew , dropping a tear or two . The effects of time and care on many of your tenants struck me most forcibly . Their affection towards me moved the best feelings of my heart I found , that they loTed the old steward best
In the report wirieh we gave of the trial to which Mr . Oastler was thus brought , we mentioned that lie had had the pleasure of shaking hands with a fellow prisoner , O'Connor . Mr . Oastler , in the paper from which we have extracted the foregoing , thus describes their interviews : — " I could not be in York , and fail to visit the prisoner . One of my attendants obtainad an order that I might see O'Connor . I was requested to send my name . I wrote , ' Richard Oastler , and two Queen ' s officers . ' Whilst that was conveying to my friend , six prisoners retnrned from Court , and passed me . They had just received their sentences—some were weeping—they were bound—chained together . Snch sights move me . I was sick when I saw sixhuman beings in such tronble , when I could not help them . What were their crimes , I know not ; bat I do know , that much crime in England is now caused by oppression 1
" Whilst I was musing about these six unhappy poor brother mortals , the messenger from O'Connor arrived , with the words , ' Walk forward ;'—and a weary walk we had , through long passages and staircases , amidst the clank of iron doors . At length we reached the condemned cell , in which O'Connor is confined . ' The officer , who accompanied us , knocked at the iron door . ( These officers are much more civil than onr persecutors- ) O'Connor said , Come in . ' We entered . The prisoner -svas dressing . We shook hands , and immediately entered into an animated conversation . But I was disgusted . ' Tyranny has done its worst , Sir ; it shall have r . o quarter ! That cell if a low , dark , gloomy ppot ; but a spark is lighted there , which , if I mistake not , will , not lone hence , make a blaze in England . '
" There dwells O'Connor , for publishing some foolish speeches made by other men ; whilst the traitors who Msolved ' to pay no more taxes , ' and ' to behead the King , if he refused their demands , ' are advanced to Ministerial offices , and bask in tho sunshine of Royalty ! O'Connor was intended to be sacrificed , to please the giant traitor O'Connell ; but God has . " pared whom traitor Whigs condemned ! I paid O'Connor two ¦ visits . -We conversed about the poor , and glorified in the defeat of their enemies , the Whigs . He does not look well ; confinement has given him a sallow ,
pastelike appearance . Solitary confinement has made his aspect unlike that of other men . Tbe effect of that most inhuman and intolerable system on the human features is indescribable ! That accursed torture must no longer b allowed in England ! The Whi 8 will rue the day on which , to please their tyrant master , they subjected O'Connor to it . On the 14 th of November , I expect the pleasure of a visit from O'Connor in this cell . The Whics will hear of him when he comes out . Nonnanby mny then expect what he will not relish , or I mistake . The Lord and the prisoner will , that day , be on equal terms .
- ¦ o Connor ' s cell is no joke . Our strong room' ia a much better place . The horrid silent system must be instantly abolished ; humanity revolts at it , nature rebels against it ; and , although the Whigs delight to enforce it , and are just now building a ' model prison , " in order to exbihit it to perfection , England must be rid of it r Twere much more humane to kill the pr- ' sonsrs at once , than thus to kill the ' . r minds , and tarn them lunatics . ' " We before announced that Mr . Oastler arrived in York on Wednesday evening , and departed again for his " cell in the Fleet , " on Friday morning , the 23 rd nit . In the concluding paragraph of this day ' s 11 Fleeter , " he says ( speaking of himself and his two official atendant'O : —
" We arrived at the Fleet abont half- ^ ast eight . We were welcomed right heartily by the officers and my brother prisoners ; and the lovely children flocked round me , to teli me how glad they were to see me back again . After many friendly shakes , I founsl myself seated , aa happy as a king , in ray own snog cell , No . 5 . Coffee Gallery , thankful to Almighty God that I had renewed my strength , obtained bo much information , enjoyed so much pleasure , and , withal , had been spared the pain of appearing in a Yorkshire court against my persecutor . It is worth seven months ' confinement to erpy snch a trip . I think I felt myself as happy as man could feel , albeit " 1 am , your prisoner , "Richard Oastlek . " As a matter of cwir-e , Mr . OastJer has a P . S . to this letter to Mr . Thornhill , and in it ask 3 : —
" Do you ask why 1 have said nothing about politics in this letter ? -why I have filled it -with a long rigmarole about my journey to York and back ? I will tell you . 1 write for my factory children and their mothers , aa well as for politicians and statesmen ;—and I know , if you do not , that thousands of my poor little ' subjects ' round about Fixby and Calverley , will rejoice to know that their ' King * has tad a trip to York and b&ck again at jour expence . I know with what glee tbe little circles will listen to this paper . Their little hearts will'jorap for joy , ' when they know that you have been forced to p . iy for the jonrney -which has re-Etored your prisoner ' s health , and given him so much pleasure . "
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Singular and Fatal Accident to an Infant . — Late on Saturday night an inquest was taken before Mr . Payne , at the Bell , Great Tower-street , City , on the body of Sarah Adti Batterley , aged ten months . The deceased ' s father was a private in the 1 st Regiment ° f Grenadier Guards , quartered in the Tower . About nine o ' clock on Friday morning the mother left the rocra in which the deceased was for the purpose of fetching a Ditcher of water , the child at the time bsiDg on the floor playing with a small
toy . In another part of the room a washing-tub was on the floor half filled Tvi'h water , and during the mother ' s absence the child crawled rewards it , and , having thrown the toy into the water , raised herself on to her feet and tried to # et it out ; in doing so she overbalanced herself , and her head being immerfed in the water she was suffocated . Five minutes after her mother came into 1 ho room , and raised an alarm . A surgeon tried the usual remedies , but without effecf . Verdict , " Accidental death . "
Emigration to America . —The tide of emigration still flows rapidly to the western world . On Friday week , the American line-of-packet ship , Wellington , left the St . Katharine ' s dock for New York with upwards of two hundred passengers , principally agricultural labourers and their families , who expect to better their condition ic various parts of America . Among the emigrants there vfere several fanners of small capital , and net a few good mechanics . In the first and second cabins there were forty passenger ? , aad in the steeraae 160 . A considerable
number of their friends and acquaintances assembled on the dock-Lead , to witness their departure for the "far west , " and in taking farewell many afiYcting scenes took place . The Wellington is a fine ship of 703 tons register , and on leaving St . Katharine ' s Dock was taken in tow by a steam-packet , and instantly proceeded , against a strong flood tide , down the river . At Gravesend , the wind being fresh and favourable , she would set Fail for Portsmon'h , from which place she would proceed to New York on Sunday . The Wellington has a full aud valuable
careo . Tiie Dustman ' s Wedding . —Miss Jemima Jenkins summoned to the Borough Court of Requests one Robert Ton ; kins ( better known amongst his profession as " « prijiht Robert ") a dustman , for 6 s . 6 d . Commisioner— " Ko « % Miss Jenkins , stafe the nature of your claim ? " Miss Jenkins— " It is for making the wedding-dress of Mrs . Tomkinp , and though I say it , if it had been for the Queen Dowager , more pains could not have been taken with it . " ( Laughter . ) Commissioner— " Well , Mr . Tomkins , on what ground do you refuso to pay the amount V Tomkins— " Why , Sir , on sich grounds as J am sure you mil decide in my favour . I shan ' t make a long Etory on it ; the fact is , that . for the last
two years and a half I have been keeping company with the eldest darter of Joe Smithers , wot works along with me , and last Sunday morning it was agreed that we _ should be married ; wery good . ( Laughter . ) 1 bought a dress for my intended in St . Paul ' s Church-yard , for three bob , and gave it to Miss Jenkins to make , with strict orders to put four flounces to it , to be plaited over the bussum ; to have buttons down in front , and to have it done by nine o'clock on Sunday morning at ihe latest momeut ; wery good . ( Laughter . ) 1 got two ribs of bsef and a plum pudding for dinner , besides half a bushel of Vinser beans , seven pounds of murphies , and a large cabbage ; and my old roan said as he would stand some stout and a drop of gin arter the cerf mony was over . ( Laughter . ) Nine o'clock arrives , but no
dress ; ten o ' clock , and no dress , and my old mother was obliged to borrow the best gown of Mrs . Small , who lived in the third pair back . Nance put it on , and basted out a crying , as it fitfed her like a sack . ( Roars of laughter . ) Never mind the dress , old gal , cays my old mother , & 3 long as Bob don ' t . I don ' t minds , S 3 j 31 , old creture , as long as we get splised , and my father got a hackney coach , and we got the business settled ; but the dress wora ' t brought home till Monday morning . '' Miss Jenkins said she was very sorry , but the female who had it to finish it , vras suddenly brcu-lit to bid with a daughter . ( Laughter . ) Defendant— "Oh ! if that was the case , then Fil willlnujy pay the sixbob and a tanner ; for I would not have my wife disturbed when . ^ he is in that interesting situation for a'l the wedding dresses ia ths country . "
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- Iron . —The Staffordshireiron masters have reduced tbe price of iron 10 s . per ton . A Bit op a "Shisdv" ik High Likb .-Two spngs of fashion , who gave their names Robert Fynn and Laonard Bostyn Gwynn , tho formsr of whom said that he resided in Eaton-equare , were ch ^ eiJ > ef <> re Mr' Rawlinson , at Marylebone Police Office , on Saturday , under the following circumstances : — From tho evidence which was gone into , at considerable length , it appeared that on the previous night defendants were driven about for several hours in a cab , and that amongst the places they had stopped at was a pastrycook ' s in Regentstreef . A dispute arose between the cabman aadthe defendants , in consequence of the latter having gone down a mews , with the intention of bolting without paying for their ride . Mr . Daya
eentle-, man living at 38 , Upper Berkeley-street , hearing a disturbance , went out and asked the ¦ ' gentlemen " ( who had found out that the mews in question waa no thoroughfare ) , why they didn ' t pay , when both of them abused him , and Fynn struck him a blow on the forehead ; it was further proved that Gwynn was drunk , and that in addition to an assault which he committed upon the cabman with his cane , he struck the horse with it with much violence upon the head : they were then taken to the Station-house , and soon after they were locked up Gwynn . forced eff a small door , which is opened , as occasion may require , for the purpose of introducing cofiW or other refreshment for prisoners . The defendants expressed their regret for what they had-done , Fynn saying that he should not have struck Mr . Day if he had not improperly interfered in the matter . Mr .
Rawlinson ordered Fynn to pay £ 3 for the . assault on Mr . Day , and Gwynn £ 2 for tho assault on tho cabman ; he ( . Gwynn ) was also convicted in the penalty of 20 a . for cruelty to the horse , together with 2 s . for the injury done to the cell . Although not given in evidence , tefdre the magistrate , it is a fact that on the way to tho Statioa-house the selfstyled Mr . Fynn took from his pocket a card , which he tore up and throw away , at the same time saying , " It's all right ; they won't know who I am noiv . " The fragments were collected , and the name and address was " Colonel Ljster , 38 , Chambers , Regent Circus , Piccadilly . " The gentleman who called himself Mr . Gwynn , paid the amount in which he was mulcted by' a check on the Union Bank , Argyll Place , signed ' Count do Witt . " The pair of " swells" having satisfied the demands of justico , then quitted the court .
The " CHARrry" op the Middle Classes . —A Fact . —Being on a visit to my friends at Stirling , during the fair , I went to St . Ninian ' s church-yard to see the graves of my father and other relatives . On my return from the siene of sorrow , I was met by an old acquaintance , who asked me " if I had seen the poor creature who was lying in the watchhouse of the church-yard , " I said , no , I had not seen him . Curiosity led mo back , next day , to ascertain tho cause of ray friend ' s inquiry . It was about eight o ' clock in tha morning , and the doors of this cheerless abode were not yet opened . I returned home , and made another visit to the same spot about mid-day—the doors were open , and I entered ; but the scene I there saw shall never be effaced from my
remembrance . The house , intended for the abode of a fellow creature , was without a pane of glass in the apertures once intended for windows ; tho floor was stone , and instead of being damp was literally soaking . In a corner of the wretched apartment was a little , a very little straw , on which , hear it ye mouthers of " charity ! " a poor mortal was laid ; be was evidently d >; ing , and from his appearance , and the wreck of misery around him , I felt a thrill of mingled pky and horror on looking at the wretched being before me , and surveying his loathsome dungoon . —The poor fellow lay crouched in a corner of his prison . I stooped dowu to put a few questions to him regarding his situation ; ho appeared to be intelligent , and answered my enquiries readily . He
said he had now been upwards of eight weeks in this hole—he was allowed three shillings per week , and that a poor woman was allowed 1 « . Gd . more to perform some necessary duties towards him—he applied , by this poor woman , to the parish treasurer , for a little fire to dry his apartment , but was told to buy it off his aliment ! as it was already too heavy ! Ho told me that the minister had called to see him once / Tho poor man seemed keenly alive to his condition , he told me thai his residence at present was within two or three yards of the spot where the mouldering ashes of his parents were laid ! The only tokens of sympathy he was favoured with was the occasional
visit of the poor people in his neighbourhood , principally of tho much-abused , but really virtuous class denominated Chartists , who sometimes , though in abject poverty themselves , administered to hia misery and his physical wants . This is the situation of a fellow creature , a human being , in a country filled with Bibles , teeming with " Christian" clergymen , covered wiih abundance and bursting with plenty , abounding in wealth , and decked with palaces—this , this , is the birth-place of a Wallace and a Burns , a Stewart and a Watt ! Good God ! is this Scotland —is this our country 1—Correspondent of the Scottish Patriot .
Insolence of the Rich . —Something more than Woman . —At tho Kensington Police-court , on Friday , a young lady , aboutsixteen years of age , named Elizabeth . Margaret Rose , residing at No . 6 , Parkstreet , Notting-hill , appeared before Mr . G . dive , the sitting Magistrate , on summons , charging that she did , on the 26 th ult ., unlawfully ride a certain ass upon a public footpath , in tho parish of Kensington , contrary to tho statute , & <* . The defendant , who was accompanied by her mother and a gentleman , pleaded " Not Guilty" to the charge . Mrs . Sarah Wood , a female of decent appearance , deposed that she resided at No . 3 , Addington-road-north , Notting-hill . On the afternoon of the day in question , she was proceeding up Notting-hiD , conveying
a currant and raspberry pio to the baker ' s , when sho was overtaken by the defendant and two or three other young ladies , two of whom were riding donkies , who , coming on the footpath , ran against her iwice , and would have ridden over her had she not fallen against the wall , by which means the pie-dish was broken , and the contents all destroyed . The ladies then galloped off , and she had to run for upwards of a mile after them before she overtook them , and upon askiDg them for their names the defendant taid it was Rose , and accompanied her to tho house of her mother , who asked her what the pie had contained ; and , on being told " currants and raspberries , " exclaimed , " What , poor persons oat currant aud raspberry pies 1 " adding ( as our reporter
understood the complainant to say ) that if sho wantea remuneration she must npply to the donkeyman for it . The defendant made no answer to the charge , but her mother declared , that although one of the party , the defendant was not riding the identical donkey which had run against the complainant . She was not a person to be dictated to , and " the woman , " ( meaning the complainant ) , when she came to the house , demanded 3 a . as the value of the pie , declaring that she would not take less , and would only wait until the following day , when , if not paid , she would apply to a Magistrate , and put her to much moro expense . It was not the money that she cared for , as she was ready to put the amount in any poor box , but sho would not submit to be impertinently
dictated to . From that time she had heard nothing further ot " the woman" until she received the summons . " The woman" had acknowledged she had no demand upou her , but had requested her not to pay the donkejman until she saw them both together . If any person was liable it was the donkey man , to whom she referred " the woman . " Mr . Chve observed , that if the defendant was not the actual person wh .- > rode against the complainant , as she was one of the party by whom the damage was done , there could be no difficulty with respectable persons in giving the nacno of the person who did . Mr ? . Rose said she should decline doing so . "The woman ' swore to the defendant being the person , which she had evidence to rebut . The complainant declared that she had everv reason to believe that
the young lady then present was the same who had run aguins-t her . Mrs . Roso again repeated that it was not tho value of the money that she cared for , but sho would not submit to the demand made by " the woman , " whoonght to apply to the donkey man for it . Mr . Ciive told her she was mistaken as to the law of the case . She being tho hirer of the dookies was answerable for any damago they might occasion . Mrs . Roso said , if the case was postponed , she could bring proof that the defendant was not the person riding the donkey at the time . Mr . Ciive offered to postpone the case until one o ' clock for the attendance of the witnesses , but he really thought , under all the circumstances , the complainant having sustained damage in tho destruction of her pie , it would be more honourable to make her
some compensation . Mrs . Rose declared her determination not to do 80 . The oomplainant had sworn to her daughter being the person who rode the donkey , which she had evidenco to disprove . The complainant must therefore take the consequences . She would not be abletoproauceherwitnessesthat day , as they wore tbe daughters of a surgeon near the Minories . She was not to be dictated to , but would pay the money into any poor-box . Mr . Ciive said , he should then pospone his decision in . the case until Monday next , when the defendant could produce any witnesses she pleased . Mr . Ciive appealed to the gentleman who accompanied the ladies as to the propriety of an arrangement being come to in
the case , but the gentleman thought that if the rich were to be dictated to in that way by the poor , there was no wonder what things came to . The complainant said she should not be in town on Monday , and would , therefore , be unable lo attend . Mr . Ciive then agreed to adjourn his decision until Thursday next , on which day he should be sitting . Mr ? . Rose said she considered her convenience ought to be consulted , and not " the woman ' s . " She was not awaro of the necessity of bringing witnesses , thinking that her declaration that the defendant was not the person should be sufficient . Mr . Ciive paid , that not understanding such matters , it would have been better had she not argued upon them . The case was then postponed until Thursday .
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Dreadful Accidents on the Eastern Counties Railway . —On Saturday morning a man naraod John Hopkin 8 on , an excavator on the line of the Eastern Counties Railway , was carried to the London Hospital apparently in a dying state , ia consequence of receiving injuries whilo at work near Brent wood . Early in the morniDg , as they were engaged in forming a cutting on the line , a part of the earth on one side gave way and fell in . All the men , except Hopkinson , fortunately escaped in time ; he was buried completely under the embankment , and a long time elapsed before he could bo extricated , and then he was found almost crushed . All his ribs were broken , as also his thigh , with serious internal injury . On the previous Thursday morning William Cox was admitted to thg hospital , having received nearly as violent injuries , owing to a similar accident . Both these poor fellows are in such a pitiable state that it is not expected they can possibly
. Night-work in an Eating-Hopse . —George Frazer , of the Waterloo Dining-rooms , in Charlesstreet , Strand , was charged before the Commissioners of Excise , last week , with selling spirits aud beer , he not being duly licensed . Mr . William fiullen , the officer , 6 aid that between one and two o ' clock on Sunday morning , the 13 th of Juno , he met with Messrs . Draw , Weddsll , and Savage , called at defendant ' s house , and after partaking of supper , ordered brandy and water , which was furnished to them by | Mr 8 . Fraz ° r . On two other occasions they had supperand spirits and beer . Defendant , in his defence , said that a person of the name of Morley , who keeps dancing-room 3 iu the New-road , is a
particular friend of his , and there being generally a large party there every evening , he thought it would be a good move if he were to distribute some of his cards amongst tho-company , and he sent his wife to do so , when unfortunately for him she met with Mr . Brewer , an officer , who told her that he was frequently at tho Theatres and other places of amusement near the Strand , and he certainly would , more as a friend than a customer , visit her place , and introduce all the business he could , and no asked if he or any acquaintance wanted at any time spirits and watur with a dinner or 6 upper , whether they would 6 e supplied f She said Yes , she would man age to bo provided with such articles , for fear they should come after public-houses had closed , "
and on the following Saturday Brewer brought Mr . Bullen and the officer to his house . On the second visit , Brewer endeavoured to seduce the affections of hia wife from him , and she afterwards refused to see him when he called . Sir John Mortlock asked if Brewer was in Court . Defendant ' s wife ( scornfully)— " No , the wretch ; he dares not show his face . " Brewer , however , was present , and instantly stepped in front of the Bench . Mr . Mayow ( to defendant)— " Now you may ask him any question you think proper . " Defendant ( to his wif )— " You speak to him , dear . " Wife— " If I do , ho will not answer me . " Brewer— " Oh yes , I will .. You shall have an answer to any question you like to put ; I am anxious to explain . " Wife— " Where did you
first see mo ? " Witness— " At M * rley ' s dancingrooms . I went there for the purpose of detection , aud caused Morley to be fined for illegally dealing in wines and Bpirits . When I received a card from you , I asked you if I could bo accommodated in the same way as I was at Morley ' s , and you said , conic and see me and you shall have whatever you like , and I replied , Oh then I will call . " Defendant" Did we not receive you as a friend ? " Witness" Not at all . 1 am satisfied any one would have been supplied with spirits if they hail ordered them . " Defendant— " Did you not take liberties wiih my wife , and did sho not keep out of your way -in consequence V Witness— " Not in iho least but if you will have the fact of all that transpired I wilt tell
the Court . Your wife said she had caught you in bed with the servant girl , aud ehe said she did not know why she should not have a fresh bedfellow . At another time sho said she had a nice young woman for me , and we could have a bed in her house . " Tho wife here burst out a laughing , but her husband stood mute , and hung down his head . Sir John Mortlock— " Come , I think wo have had enough of this scene ; it is bad enough . " Wife—( laughing)— " He wanted to see that female , but she would not go into his company . " The defendant , when asked about his affairs , said he was very much involved , and his landlord had been in possession for rent some time . The Court , under these circumstances mitigated the penalties to £ 10 .
Poor Law Inhumanity . —There is a poor fellow attired in the coarse grey garb of the workhouse , to be seen daily taking his weary way from the West London Prison Poorhouse , carrying a great lump of granite , weighing twenty-pounds , suspended from his shoulder by a leathorn strap . Three days since , the man in a very exhausted state rested himself at the door of the Blockmakers' Arms , Ashley-terraca , City-road , and in answer to somo questions put to him , he stated that the Board allowed him Is . per day , for which he had to carry the lump of granite , upwards of twenty-two miles every day of his life . Thus , if his statements be true , in six days this
poor fellow thus loaded traverses more than one hundred and thirty-two miles , and were it not for the natural sympathy that such a disgraceful exhibition naturally prompts , he would absolutely sink under the exertion , lie produced a book , regularly signed , in evidenco of haying performed his allotted journey , and without which signature he could not obtain tho shilling for this uselessly inflicted labouT . Painful , however , ae was the task , the poor Whigcreated slave declared that he would drag double the weight if his strength would permit him , rather than bo immured within the dreary walls of a prison workhouse . —Morning Herald .
An unluckv Wife Hunter . —A few weeks ago an advertisement for a wife , appeared in The Birmingham Herald , headed " Matrimonial Proposal , " and Betting forth that the advertiser was a gentleman who wished to marry a lady from twenty-one to thirty ; that she must have a genteel appearance , liberal education , and respectable connections , and to be possessed of property to the yalue of £ 500 at least ; that tho advertiser was in his twenty-niuth year , of gentlemanly appearance and address ; of respectable connections ; possessed of £ 3 , 000 in a respectable and well-established business ; and that he had a house furnished with every worldly comfort . A young gentleman of this town , noticing the advertisement , wrote him under the style of a female .
stating her qualifications , and that she was possessed of £ 1 , 000 entirely at her own disposal ; inconsequence of which a general correspondence ensued , and an interview between them was decided on as being the most proper mode of arranging matters , and ascertaining how each party would suit the other . Accordingly , Wednesday evening , at halfpast seven , was fixed for the time , and the Cemetery the place of meeting . Long before the time appointed , the gentleman in search of love was seen with an engraving of the Cemetery , sent him by the should-be lady , wherein she had pointed out the spot at which he was to meet her , comr . anng it with the place , and affecting an air of dignified importance , from which he was doomed to be lowered . A
number of young gentlemen were there at the appointed time , and all anxiously made their way to the unknown gentleman for . the purpose of viewing his features ; but he did all in his power to prevent his faco from being seen . At length a \ icvr of it was obtained , which caused no small degree of merriment amongst those who were in the secret , especially when they discovered that ho had lost ono eye , and could with great difficulty see with the other ; having also several other defects not at all calculated to give one the idea of a man of genteel appearance . After allowing him to wait twenty miautes past tho appointed tiaio , he was accosted by the party , and told that the lady , owing to the weiness of the evening , was unable to Hicethiin . and that
they were deputed to meet him in her stead . Ho immediately perceived the hoax , and his fury was beyond all description . He left the Cemetery with all speed , hia hoaxers keeping at his heels , jeering and laughing at hu mortification . This was kept up until they arrived at the top of Sheffield Moor , when they lost sight of him . The party then separated , but two of them afterwards saw him making the best of his way along Union-street , for tha town , and again beset him with jokes , throwing in his teeth the loving words contained in his letters to the lady . This caused him to taue to his heels with all tho speed ho could make , and away he went througB any bye-roads ho could nud , until at length he reached the Market-place . There he was again
doomed to inoreasad misfortune ; for , iu addition to the two who had followed him from Union-street , he had again to encounter the whole party who had so kindly met him at the Cemetery . Onward he sped , as fast as hia legs could carry him , until he got opposite ' the Tontine , where a coach was standing , into which he wished to get , but , unfortunately for him , and the amusement of his followers , who were now very numerous , a lady had just engaged the coach , and he wa 3 compelled again to take to his heels . In about three minutes he reached the railway station , where he took refuge to his great satisfaction , and to the delight of his pursuers , who reached that place as soon as he . There was the " luckless wight , " heated , breathless , bespattered , and in a perfect rage . His appearance may be better imagined than described . The train was gono , and nothing remained for him but to get back well he couldThis ho
into the town as as . was allowed to do quietly , his tormentors having left him to take his chance . In the morning , however , by seven o ' clock , he was .. again' met in the Wicker by one of . hia attendants of the previous evening , whoso appearance threw him inlo indescribable consternation , so that he seemed doubtful whether to run back or venture forward . He did go on , however , and was followed to the railway station , whence he took his departure by the half-past seven o ' clock train , in a third clasB carriage , for West Bromwieh , about five miles south of Birmingham , the place from whence lie had been trailed in search of a wife . He spoke , in his advertisement , of having had a small disappointment before ; but the result of this adventure will probably deter him from another attempt to repair his disasters , by advertising his charms to eneuare the ladies . —Slujfield paper .
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Sift Wm . Follett's new canvass is pushed -svith great vigour . The learned knight does not exprct to grasp the Chancellorship this time . — Western Times . Remarkable Ghost—The Dublin papere are busy with a marvellous ghost-story . One John Fortune , a porter on the Kingstown . Railway , has appeared to his sister , a servant , after his own de ; : h , and duly instructed htr to pay some small debts , iho memory of which prevents his repose . One of th' -sa
was 3 d ., for some cherries which he bought of a stallwoman near tho station ; and the largest of them was 85 . for drink on sundry occasions . It is taid that these debts are all found to have been correctly stated by tho late Mr . Fortune , though in some instances the creditor had forgotten the matter . In one case the ghost , by divers knocks , manifested a decided objection to one Mrs . Marshall ' s being paid a claim for more than was justly due lo her—93 . instead of 2 s . ; the creditor ultimately found tiiat she was mistaken , and not " old Truepenny . "
Another " Ladt Thief . "—An extraordinary sensation has been created in Lincoln by the detection of a "real lady" thief , who , it seems , fc- a considerable period has 6 een plundering the shop of the drapers and dealers in fancy articles . List week , a circumstance transpired whioh led to the detection of " tbe lady , " and the exposure of her practices . She went to a shop up-hill to purchase fancy articles ; and took occasion to ¦ ' purloin eoind flo 3 a wool , which she secreted in her bag—not , however , with sufficient alacrity to eludethe observation of two females . Having paid for the articles she had purchased ^ she was about to depart , when tho spirited mistress of the . Bhop , despite the respeorability of the thief , followed her to the doer , and wid , " Madam , you havo taken articles yon have not purchased . " " I ! I'm a lady . " " You ought to ba a lady , I know , madam ; but I insist on searching
your bag ; you have taken some floss wool from the counter . " " Oh , you will find in the bag more liosswool than I have purchased from you , for I have been down-hill this morning , and bought that at the shop of- " ( naming the owner of the shop ) . The bag was searched , and in it was the stolen i !\> sa wool , which the mistress of theshop knew to be hers . However , to make assurance doubly sure , inquiries were made at the shop referred to , when it turned out that Mies had not been there at all that day , and that a short time previously she was there detected in the act of attempting to purloin a par , of fancy shoes . The lady moves in the aristocratioal oircles of Lincoln , and is possessed of a respectable fortune . —Lincoln Mercury . — [ Why is not the thief ' s name given 1 Would the Lincoln Mercury have been thus delicstg had the thief been a poor womaa I We suspect not . —Ed . N . S . l
Loud Edwabd Fitzgerald . — " What a noble fellow was Lord Fitzgerald !—and what a romantio and singular history was his ! If it were not near our times , it would make the finest subject i : > the world for an historical novel . " " What was there SO singular in his life and adventures I" J a ? ked , " Lord Edward Fitzgerald , " said he , " was a soldier from a boy . He served in America , and was left for dead in one of the pitched battles , ( I forget w ' :: ' 'h , ) and returned in the list of killed . Having been found in the field after the removal of the wounded , ho was recovered by the kindness and compassion of a native , and restored to his Family as one from the # rc ; re . On coming back to England , he employed himself entirely in the duties of his corps and the study of military tactics , and got a regiment . The French Revolution now broke out , and with it a flamo of liberty burnt in the breast of the young Irishaian .
He paid this year a visit to Paris , where he formed an intimate acquaintance with Thomas Paine , and came over with him to England . There matters rested , till one day at his regimental mess he ordered the band to play ' Ca ira' the great revolutionary air . A few days afterwards he received a letter from head-quarters , to say , that the king <* ' ?" pensed with his services . He now paid a second visit to America , where he lived for two years among the native Indians ; aud , once again crossing the Atlantic , settled upon his family estate in Ireland , where he fulfilled all the duties of a country gentleman and magistrate . Here it was that he became acquainted with the O'Connors , ( r ather and uncle to FeargusJ aud in conjunction with them zealously exerted themselves for the emancipation of their country . On their imprisonment he was proscribed , and secreted for six weeks in what is called the liberties of
Dublia , but was at length betrayed by a woman . Major Sirr , and a party of military , entered his bed-room , which he always kept unlocked . At the voices he started up in his bed , and seized his pistols , when Msjor Sirr fired and wounded him . Taken to prison he soon afterwards died yf feis wound , before he could be brought to trial . Such was the fate of one who had all the qualifications of a hero and a patriot Had be Jived , perhaps Ireland had not bow been a land of helots . "— Captain Medium ' s Coyiver&atioiis ef Lord Bpron .
Caution . —As a Scotch compositor , named Wm . Edwards , was crossing a few days ago into Wales , from Bristol , with the view of seeking for a job in some of the printing oflices in the ^ principality , ha met with a man , who gave his name James Home , and said that he also was a compositor , having served his tima in Canterbury , and was going into Wales with the same intention as the Scotchman . They to .-sed who was to be . purse-bearer , and the lot feu on tbe Canterbury man . They arrived together in Mcrthyr , on Thursday , and were assisted with money
by the trade , and / he Scotchman sot a job of work fora fortnight . Next morning the "bursar" waa non est inventus , and had doubtless in his hurry , taken off , not only the whole contents of the exchequer , but a "trade card" belonging to his companion , with which , having none of . his OWE , h © means to gull " the profession" wherever he may come . He is a dark complexioned man , slightly pock-marked , aged about thirty , and standing about five feet nine incheE , and he wore what is called a " shabby" olive coat and dirty drab trouserp . The card is an Aberdeen card , No . 29 , and dated April
30 , 1841 . Burial op the Poor . —Revolting Conduct of the Officials of the Edmonpto . v Union . —Tho disgraceful indifference shown towards the feelings of tho labouring classes , in this ago of Unions and centralisation , has been shown somewhat promiscuously in tho courso of the past week . If the object of those who act under the supreme command of the three Kings of Somerset-house be to engender feelings of deadly hate . and ill-repressed vengeance in the hearts of the poor of this country , the course they are pursuing is eminently calculated to effect their purpose . Not content with brutal insult , and barbarous neglect of the claims of the poor during life , the sytem of Hoartlessness and inhumanity is
carried on , even after tho wretched struggle of mortal existence has terminated in the sleep of death . The following affair will speak volumes as to the operation of those an-humanising laws by which the poor of England are crushed to the earth , and then , thrown' into it with as little ceremony , or even decency , as so many maiigy cura would be . A poor labouring laan , working on the manor farm at Highgate , was suddenly taken ill on Wednesday , 1 he 2 lst instant . Every assistance was rendered him by his employer and a medical man sent for , but he died the same night . The body remained in the barn where he died , until noon , on Thursday , when it was removed on a shutter by the police , to the Wellington Inn . at Hiehgate , and placed by them in a back
kitchen—tho landlady being pacified by an assurance that an inquest would be immediately held and the corpse removed . Oa Friday an inquest was held by Mr . Wakley , and a verdict , ¦ ** Died by the visitation of God" returned . From noon , on Friday , until one , on Saturday , no futher notice was taken , and then a shell was brought into tho house ; but , being a foot too short , the bearer returned for another . By this time decomposition had begun to show its effects , and the effluvium was so offensive that the servants of the house at length refused to go into the kitchen at all , The landlady then employed some men to Temove the corpse into the play-ground , where it remained until another coffin was brought , at nine o ' clock on Saturday night : and now for the
decency observed in the disposal of the unfortunate man ' s remains ! Into this coffin , which luckily fitted , the body was lifted , having on the velveteen jacket , and other clothing he had worked in . Not the slightest attention was paid to the cleanliness of the corpse—no shaving—no cap—nono of those external appearances of decency that are looked for among the vilest of our species , were attended to . A shroud was indeed spread over the clothes , and a few nails driven into th 9 lid of the box—and so finished the affair of preparation . The undertaker then quitted the premises , leaving the body , which remained , to the great annoyance and inconvenience of the landlady , until a quarter past four on Monday afternoon , when a person named Walden applied for
it , as the Removal-officer of the Edmonton Union , " producing , at the eame time , a note from the Re-Iieving-ofBcer , to the following effect : — " July 24 . Walden , —There is a in an lies dead at tho Wellington , Highgate , and the Vicar of Hornsey will take the funeral at five o ' clock on Monday evening , so therefore don't fail as to time ; there has been a Coroner ' s Inquest on the body , I am , Sir , your most obedient , Charles Adams , Relieving-officer . " At half-past four o ' clock the body was removed from the Wellington Inn , and might accomplish the distanco between that and Hornsey church within the time appointed for the interment ^ at least there was nolack of exertion to get rid of it by the parish
functionaries , when once they got possession of it . The funeral rites over a pauper ' s grave need no description here ; and , although there be exceptions to tho rule , and it does sometimes happen that a parson is not so over sublimated by his profession as to forget he is of the same species as the pauper corpse before him , it-does not appear thai ; any distinction was made in tho case of this poor fellow , and tho hundreds of tliccsands of similar unfortunates who have served to till up the pauper holes in the Christian grave-yards of the nineteenth century . Perhaps tho Vicar of Hornsey will condescend to finish the history of this affair , which commenced with most offensive tardiness , and seems to have finished with most indecent haste .
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Tiie Fleet Papers. Xxxii.
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 7, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct561/page/3/
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