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PARODY ON "BEGONE DULL CAJtE . BT JOSEPH TCKSEBBegone , Lord Mell , I pray f&ee begone for me , And Jack Final , You atd I shall never agree . Long time hare yon been treaeh ' rotti lads , And would the Chartist * kill , But in Ma , Jack and Mell , Yon neve ? shall haTe your wOL Too Trmrh Mrfi , Will make a young Chartist sad , Too much . Final Will drive a Republican mad ; So Mell shall -whistle and Jack « h »> l ling , The Marquis and Reynard Bhall play ; Four greater TillaiM ne ' er -wheedled a King , To drive all the Chartirta away .
Jones , Williams , Frost , Tis true they hare bankhed awile ; Shall they be lost ? Ko ! beaTen avert their guile . Though -wires and children ^ hearts are broke , And frianda do for them mourn , lie throne veil constantly invoke , * Iili th' Patriot * do retwn .
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LIFE'S DRBAM , 0 ftsble man 1 hero fleeting are Thy hours of grief or joy : Tasting no pleasure -without pain , No sweet -without alloy . Pleased with seme gaudy guttering toy , Ambition prompta thee on ; And -while ye strain , some other hand Hath graip'd , and . it is gone ! Oft gentle hope will strew thy path With flowers ol fairest hue ; Yet ah ! be careful where ye tread—ThouPt find them fragile too . But kobo not o ' er thy blighted hopes , Let eare ne ' er rack thy braaat ; Thy mother , Earth , c&th ne ' er refused Her children peaceful rest . E . La Mom Edina " .
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THE LION OF FREEDOM . The lion of freedom comes from his den , Well rally around him again and again , Well cro « m fcim with laurels our champion to be , O'Connor , the patriot of sweet liberty . The pride of the nation , he ' s noble and bra-re He's the terror of tyrants , the friend of the slave , Tie bright star of freedom , the noblest of men , Well rally around him again and again . Though proud ri ** ing tyraLt * his body confined , They never ceuld alter his generous mind ; TTVil bail our caged lion , sow free from his den , And we'll rally around him again and again . Who strove for the patriots ? was up night and day . ' And saved them from falling to tyrants a prey ? It was Feargus O'Connor was diligent then ! We'll rally around him again and again .
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ADDRESS TO THE ENSLAVED MILLIONS . Oh : spirits of the martyred brave , Whose blood was shed men ' s blood to save ; Ye who at freedom ' s altar gars All , all that ye eonld give . For truth's great rights ye bravely fought , And fell , as freed em " a soldiers ought , Cheered with the high and thrilling thought That freedom yet would live—O'er mankind's darken'd spirit streaming The holy lifht of truth and love ; To all with speedy triumph beaming—With speedy triumph sanctioned from above . But ah . ' in vain , ye martyred dead , All , all , in raia the blood ye shed ! In vain on tyrants' laws ye trod , And scouted a brother ' s tyrant nod , Owning no master but your Go 4—
No law but law of heaven ! In vain " auid Scotia ' s" Wallace died , Amd England Sidney ' s blood supplied ; In vain , to swell the martyr-tide , Yoong Emmet ' s life was given . ' Now England ' s millions idly wjuling , Jiild , meek-lip"d minions to the few , And mljhi o ' er right still more prevailing , And dungBon'd England's brave and true , And wrongs that men must ne ' er avow—These tell of freedom ' s triumph now . Though loud for bread their children cry , And want's pale thousands hourly die ; Though freedom ' s itriiv soldiers lie Within a dungeon ' s gloom ; Yet , dead to every brave appeal , Still to the /^ zr the ma kneei , And , spaniel-like , most humbly feel ,
Pleased with their living tomb . Where now are England ' s lion-hearted Who won her such a famous past ? And oh i with Scotia ' s brave departed , Hath Scottish freedom breathed her last ? Will Erin ' s broken spirit ne ' er Arouse what she has dared to dare ? Oh shame upon ye , millions ! shame Ye craven crowd . ' be yours the blame , That will not dare once more to claim The rights that weroyour own ! By heavens ! the earth is not for you , But for the braver tyrant few Who can earth's masses thus subdue . While they but toil and groan . Oh . ' coward-hearted , base , degraded : Are ye the things that God hath made ? Ye ¦ worthless slaves : who still have aided
Whoe ' r have ngki ' $ great cause betrayed . Still fs-srniBg , kneel , as traitors should ; Wail on ! wall on . ' ye spaniel brood . And thus by man is man depraved . ' A n&tion sy itself enslaved I A people who so long have braved The proudest foreign foe In their own land now crouch in oread ; Craving but leave to toil for bread ; The soil they till in fear they tread ; What others rtap they sow ! And when some nobler mind appearing To light them on where freedom leads , The mass arouse , n * danger fearing ; Fired by that braver spirit ' s dseos , — Soon , soon deserted , he but gains An eaily grave or prison-chains .
Earth ' s toilers : - - " . ' . I y = ne ' er awrke This spell that binds yonr souls to breai ? Will ye ne ' er rise , and from you shake This spirit-wasting thrall ! 7 e viil . ' ye mutt . ' that time is nigh When ye mast raise right ' s battle-cry , And bravely do or dog-like die ! For despot might must falL Then rouse ye from this coward-slumber ! Cast from your souls ti ' s dream of fear ! The foe are few—ye , millions number . Prepare ye ! now the struggle ' s near . Prepare . ' earth longs f ^ r freedom ' s light Prepare ! and " Goj defead the right . " Ed-ward Poli * Paisley , Anmsi , It il .
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STOCKPOST . —Great excitement prevails m this lown owing w a reduction offered by the cotton masters of tt-e earning ; of ihe spinners and weavers . On Friday the Association Room was densely filled by the -weaver ; , ai ; d excellent addresses were delivered , and arrangements made for a turrout , and to resist this reduction . While the wearers were holding their meeting , the spinners had a meeting in ihe room orer , which was numtrously attended , so that Hil- 'gaie , Bomber ' s Brew , and tha
neighbourhood , .-eemed to be one sfcse of tusue . A ; the spir . aer ' s meeting Mr . J 3 mes Mitchell was caLed to ih * chair , who laid the bu ^ inc ^ s before the meeting vri , ; ;• j ^ d bee n called to discuss , ahd after suits I " e arrangements had betii made which the workffiezi ih-ught calculated to ensure iuccc ~ s in the event 01 a turnout , the following ^ Idress was read ace pasicd , with an urgent request that , as all other papers have refused to defend tbe ^ rights of labour , an- ; ihe Star being the only friend the working c . z ses rare , it may " be inserted therein . The foi 2 c ^ : z } ,- is the address : —
tiOj ^ f CofNTRTHEN , —Another great ; e < iu&tion , aether encroachment upon the richts uf labour , and cjx . ii tLs industrious siillions , amount ' . Eg 17 j per cent , i . r Ed . per thousand harts , and wlich will , il Carried into effect , tate from six to twelve shilliEgs pei week out of the earnings of tie spinners , has been offered by Messrs . Jesse Howard . Thomas Fernley , Jsiaas Wilkinson , and Jonathan Kui / . ason , with an -understanding that after they have accoKpiubed theii object , the other masters aie to follow . Englishmen , Irishmen . Scc-tchmec . an » l Welshmen ,
reading in Stockport and vicinity , —We , the spinners of thi « great manufacturing district , conceive that ii ever there "was & tinie -when it '""m iitccea&ry for the den of all trades u , srouse from their slumber , shake off all apathy and indifferencw—to step o * t of the routine of their former energies , and be alive to their own interest—to unite firmly , resolutely , peaceably , and determinedly in one consolidated union , in orAei te show all possible resistance to the aggrea » ions which are attempted to be made upon the rights of industry , screly that time is the preseat .
Tellow Working Men , —Does not the rword of per eecution draw nearer and nearer every day , tyrannizing over iu in a tfrnnwHd differed fonns ? F ** not er&r ,
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effort been made from time to time by our employers to reduce our wages , until they are bo low as to bring us to starvation point ? And if they are allowed to bring us' lower , must not the consequences be most appalling ? Will not the seeds of poverty , hunger , misery , and distress of every description be more prevalent and more deeply reoted antefifrt the mass of society 1 Will U -not take that from , us -which should be devoted to the support of ourselves , our wives , and families ? Most assuredly . Then , as a natural conse quence , . Trill cot crime and vice of every description , and immorality , stalk forth with unblushing hardihood in the face of open day , stowing its foul and demoralising character in a country celebrated for Bibles , earaches , -and Christianity 1 We ask will not the above and many other fearful circumstances take plaoe if the capitalists continue to prevent us from receiving " a proper remuneration for our labour , and goad us on to hunger and destitution ?
Fellow working men , about sixteen months ago the cotton masters of this town effected a general reduction , and after they had triumphed over their poorer and unfortunate hands , and being remonstrated -with by a few -working men as to the very injudicious step they had taken , their feelings appeared to be a little touched . Such -was the professed sympathy of the same masters who are now attempting another redaction , that they then declared—nay , further , pledged themselves in ths presence of their men—that , considering the very laborious -work of spinning , and the many hours which
they had to Be confined in the dense , noxious , poisonous , aad contaminating ataiosphere of a cotton factory , they were sorry to witness the pale visages , the twistedlimbs , and the miserable appearances of their workpeople as they left the factory , as the effects produced upon their emaciated constitutions ; and they were constrained to pledge themselves , on condition that their hands would remain in at the reduction then made , not to reduce them any lower under any eircamst&nc&s , ben ' eving ,. as they did " , that they -were as low as they could possibly be brought .
Such were the just , plausible , and proper sentiments of the cotton masters at that time . But , alas ! how changeable is man . ' How different their promises at that time to their conduct at the present ! What a bad example they have set their workpeople , by making promises one day and breaking them the next ! By so doing , they have forfeited their word and confidence , and betrayed the trust reposed in them by their too confiding and unsuspecting workpeople , and in direct violation of such promises are now attempting another reduction of 12 a . Fellow working men , if they are allowed to t * kt > these advantages with impunity , others inasters will follow not connected with the cotton trade , and thus , dther directly or Indirectly , every working man will be affacted , and thus it is that we appeal
to you for co operation and support . The property of the master , i > protected by law ; but the labour which produces everything valuable in society is not protected . The cotton master can take the wages of hi * . hands , and there is no law to make him accountable . But if the hand takes &n ounce of waste cotton , he is sent to prison for three months . We frequently see boards placed upon premises , stating that those found Ibareon ., ¦ would be prosecuted according to law . But the capitalists have and can trespass upon the labour of the working man , which is the foundation of all wealth , and be recognised and sanctioned by the law . ' Again , the cotton masters can form themselves into , aa association for the purpose of reducing wages—have a . lawyer for their secretary , and combine to carry out their
designs against the well being of the working ciasses But kow are the "working classes treated ? Why , if they form themselves into a union for self-prytection , they are taken up for conspiring to raise wages . Instance the Dorchester labourers , the Glasgow Cotton spinners , and the Stockport weavers . Out et 1-4 , 000 acts of Parliament , passed within the present . century , not one was for the benefit of the poor or the protection cf labour . While we have been increasing production we have decreased In wages in the sante ratioand though one spinner upon a mule can do as much as six . thousand could forty-nine years ago by hand ; yet be does not receive as much as the man who only worked upon one spindle at the aforementioned period . The c » tton master * are great Corn Law
repea ! prs , men who wish to give us a large loaf , and if the t ^ x was taken off" the corn we . should have brea . ; much cheaper . Now , then , we will take the highest calculation of the Repealers , In order to &how the insincerity , the mockery , and villany of these wretches . " Allowing \ B&y they ) that a , xo £ n , if he gets as much as he can eat , can consume two shillings worth of bread per veek , eightpence of this is tax . " Thus , according to their own showing they will take , by tkia reduction , more bread than a spinner . can eat in six weeks , consequently they take loaf , rent ,, and a portion of what should be devoted to dothiDC . Shopkeepers ,
this reduction will take * 300 per week oat of circulation in the spinning branch alone , and thx * will you be injured . Publicans , the working man , if he feels disposed , cannot get hi » piut of ale . Then we cill upon every man who loves himself , his wife , and family , posterity , his neighbours , and hi » country ; to render us all ihe assistance in their power , by way of subscription , and thus protect us against the injustice of the capitalists , who are Injuring cottage property , injuring sh > pkeepers , preventing home consumption , and will cause a material falling off in the revenue . High Uxes , high rents , large profits , and low wages will ruin any nation , whatever might be her position previously . Signed on behalf of the body of spinners in public meeting assembled , hi ± 3 miichklliTeaiaeac
ja . , Charles Daties , Secretary . DUMFRIES *— The Rev . Messrs Blackwood ani M'Crae had b « en publicly appointed to attend the Manchester conference of-shy and selfish priesta , and equally shy and selfish profligates . They accordingly attended , and on their return hither called a public meeting to report progress . At this meeting they made two able , bold , and generous speeches ; they both showed the cruelty which our greedy and unfeeling aristocracy had inflicted on the people ; and Mr . Biactwood who sheds a redeeming lustre on priestcraft , declared that che people should unite as one man , and obtain redress of their wrong 9 and restoration of their rights by one great and glorious effort . Provost Armstrong proposed a vote of thanks to the Rev . Gentleman . To this Mr . Thomas Johnston said he agreed , but he frit called u pon to qualify that vote of thanks by an expression of regret that the gentleman had not endeavoured to obtain admission to the Chartist and social clergymen , -who had been exclnded with such notorious and monstrous injustice from the conference , and he moved au amendment accordingly ; but which he withdrew on Mr . Wardrop intimating that he meant to propose a vote of general censure against the conference . In doin ^ this , Mr . Wardrop fully exposed the unblushing- trickery and injustice of the priestly conference m their allowing the rational and humane ciergjof the people to be excluded from the meeting ; that their doing so was an insult to the starvma ; millions ; that if they had done their duty in visiting the poor they need not have gone to Manchester to karn the misery of the oppressed ptople from such hamauitj-mongers as Thompson , Cobden , and Co . ; -and that the eyts of the people were eow so fully open that all the eloquence of lay and priestly tricksters could no loDger humbug ; hem . He concluded by moving a vote to the effect , thai the conduct of the conference , in excluding the Chartist and Social preachers was most uDJust , unchristian , and injudicious , which , mixed as the meeting was , was carried unanimously . The meeting then broke up .
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I . vDiA axd Chi > 'a . —The overland mail from India ha ; arrived , with advices from Bombay of the I 9 th July , and from Macao of the 29 : h May . The news from Cbica is the great matter oi interest . Captain Lhiot , whose great object appears hitherto to have been to secure the annual export cf tea , wa 3 still temporizing with the Chinese authorities ; and had succeeded in having 11 , 000 , 600 pounds shipped before the 18 th May ; and there were hopes that an equal ot greater quantity wouJd be on board before the end of that month . The emperor continued to i == ue fulminating edicts . Indignant at the capture of the forts of ihe Bocca Tigris by the British force ? , he had ordered Keshen , the late Imperial Commissioner , to be put to death , by being cut in two at the
middle , and had even extended his vengeance to the relatives and followers of the unfortunate negotiator . Lin , of whom we have not lately heard much , is said to have been the chief instrument in the fall of Keshen , whom he hoped to succeed in commasd of the Ck : at ? e army . The army near Canton continued to increase in Dumbers ; and even the town itself is said to be full of Chinese soldiers . An attempt to dislodge them was shortly expected , lest the British should be suddenly " cut off in detail . ' ' A rumour , which seems incredible , represents Captain Elliott as bent upon immediately proceeding to the Northward with the greater portion of his forces , to retrieve his reputation by tui ^ e desperate enterprise before the return of Sir Gordon Bremer . The
Columbine , which had been sent to Chusan to demand an explanation of the slaughter of Mr . Stead , the master of a transport who landed there , had been repulsed without any satisfaction . In the mean time , the preparations for carrying on the warfare with the Chinese continue in Indi 3 . The new Plenipotentiary , Sir Henry Pottinger , and the Admiral , Sir William Parker , arrived at Bombay on the morning of the 7 th July , and set out for their ultimate destination on the 17 th , in the steam-frigate Sesostris . The admiral examined the arsenal and dockyard of Bombay , in order to know their capabilities ; for , as he said , " the Chinese dispute aay be settled in a few months , or it may last for years .
It is understood that the policy to be pursued by Sir Henry Potnnger , the new Plenipotentiary , and Admiral Sir W . Parker , the Commandant of the Forces , is as nearly as possible the reverse of that which has beeu hitherto acted upon , with such aignal ill succefs . A strict blockade of the whole of the Southern and Western coast is immediately to be put in force ; the mouth of the great river is to be effectually guarded ; and the utmost care i 3 to be taken to avoid unnecessarily irritating the natives , who from the first have appeared to De far » urablj disposed . The island of Araoy , of which a very promising description is given , will , it is said , be occupied as soon as the dispositions : for the blockade are completed .
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Going !—Go to New Haven—you ean go for a shilling . Go to Hartford—you can go for a dollar . Go to Albany—you can go there too , for a dollar . Go to Staten Island—you can go there for sixpence , and get an excursioa down . the bay into the bargain ^ and be brought home , too , ' if ' only jou ' dQ ' not go ' ashore . -GtK » -iae / Fishing Banks—you _ can go and be gone all day for a shilling , and be jammed half to death in the crowd . Go somewhere—go everywhere —it ' s bo very cheap . Pray don't stay at home . — American Paper .
Ekuszxexx . —A young man in Ayr having enlisted on the Sabbath , on the following day repented of hi 3 engagement , and applied to caned the enlistment , on the ground that it was made on a Sunday . The magistrate , at a loss how to act , addressed the Secretary at War for advice , and from the answer ic appears that the Secretary at War has no desire to encourage the enlistment of recruits- on a Sunday , but that such , enlistment baa been declared to be perfectly raiid by the highest legal authorities . A Novsl Bill before Pablijlment . — The Lord
Chancellor , on Monday night , just before the House of Peers adiourned , presented a bill to relieve " a noble lord ' ( the name was not mentioned at the time ) from the disabilitias and penalties he had incurred in consequence of having taken his seat and voted before faking the oaths and going through the other prescribed and requisite forms . It now appears that the noble lord then alluded to was the Earl of Scarborough . The disabilities incurred are very numerous and serious ; and the accidental omission to comply with that statute in the present case has brought the noble earl iuio a curious position in relation to the severe enactments of that act .
Cast-Iron Chukch . —St . George ' s Church , Everton , Liverpool , is an object of considerable interest for its taste , and as having be « n nearly the first iron church erected in Great Britain . The whole of the frame work of the windows , doors , groins , roofs , pulpit , ornamental enrichments , arc of cast-iron . The length is 119 feet , the breadth is forty-seven . It is ornamented by a splendid cast-iron window , of stained glass . It is not , perhaps , generally known that a great proportion of the laTger mai » ufactor ies erected in England within the last ten years are all
iron except walls ; aud within two years past , several cottages and country villas have been put up near LoncUn , which are exclusively cast-ironwalls , doors , steps , roof , chimneys , sash , &c . In England , where wood is dear and iron cheap , the first cost of such buildings is less than those of tim ber . In durability and beauty they are , of course , unequalled . When once finished , such buildings require no repairs ; and the most finely-carved ornaments cost little more than plain castings . — Cambridge Chronicle .
A Bkidal Blunder . —At Walcot , Iast week , a dashing carriage drove up to the church from Box , and a bride , attended by her bridesmaid , was handed out by her papa . The parson and the whole party were soon in readiness for the important ceremony , with the exception that a chief performer in the drama was unaccountably absent . The bride trembled as the minutes moved away , and " He eometh not , she said : he cometh not , she said . " Her father waxed wroth at the bridegroom ' s unpardonable non-appearanoe , and , taking horse , gallopped in search of his intended son-in-law . On arriving
at the sinner ' s house , he found him quietly pursuing his wonted avocations , unconscious of the presence of his Dolcinea at Hymen ' s altar . An explanation ensued . He had left the lady and her bridesmaid to fix the day—the important day—and they had sent him a note ^—a sort of warrant—announcing to him his loss of bachelor-life on the 10 i . li of August , 1841 ; but , unfortunately , they committed the blander of neglecting to ascertain if the intimation was received as well as sent . The fact was , it was not received—and hence the disappointment . The bride thanked her stars it was no worse , and the wedding took place on the following day .
A Russian ' s 'Estimate or Authorship . — A popular Russian fable ( by Krailoif ) represents an author and a thief in hell . They are in two separate kettles , and the devil has lighted a huge fire under that belonging to the man of letters , while tbe lightfingered hero is only enjoying a gentle degree of warmth . The author reproaches Satan with his partiality , but the latter justifies himself thus : — " Yon are a much greater sinner than the thief : his sins have died with him , but yours will survive for centuries . "
Capture of Whales .- —A letter , dated Stromness , Bays— Our annual weloome visitors made their appearance off Honghton head on Saturday last about six o ' clock . The cry ot " Whales , whales ! " was immediately raised , and the news spread with amazing rapidity . AU the boats in the harbour , to the number of from fifty to sixty , were immediately put in requisition , and all the implements of destruction , from a harpoon to a carving-knife , were quickly gathered . The morning was particularly favourable for a chase , and the scene altogether was most exciting . The cries of " Give way , " Pull together , " & . C ., were heard floating along the smooth surface of the waters , while in the distance the monsters of the deep were sporting and gamboling . In a short time the boats were np with tbe whales , and their
heads turned in shore , when , after a sharp run , they were all safely grounded on the Caisston shore . Then began the process of slaughtering , and as it is the rule here ( Stromness ) , " every man for himself , " all were soon engaged in the work of death . There were about one hundred and fifty killed , which were on an average worth about three pounds each , making the aggregate value of the whales £ 450 . Proper " whaling" regulations should be adopted and enforced by the authorities . Club-law in any shape is a dangerous one , especially where the excitement i 3 so great , and weapoas so ready at command . There was a good deal of bickering and bad blood on the occasion . In Flotta , Scapa , and other places , the people make common cause of the affair , and share alike , which is decidedly the proper system .
Thimble-Rigging , axd extkaordinary Infatuation op thb Victim . —On Friday , at Southampton , before P . Breton , Esq ., five thimble-riggers were placed at the bar charged with a conspiracy to defraud a gentleman , named Edwards , residing atMillbrook , of certain sums of moueyand his gold watch —to wit , a severeign , a £ 50 note , seventy sovereigns , and fifty sovereigns , making j £ 171 , and a gold watch which had cost £ 60 . Mr . Saunders stated the case as it was proved in evidence , and said if the case should be proved the prisoners might be dealt with summarily as vagrants , or for the conspiracy be fined five times the amount of the money staked , which after paying the expences of the prosection , would go to the poor of the parish . The evidence
against two of the prisoners was not so positive as against three , who gave their names as follow : — Benjamin Parrott , of Sheffield , file-grinder ; John Purcell , of Dudley , Worcestershire , glass-cutter ; and Francis Varrier , of Barford , Oxfordshire , cook . Thomas Edwards , Esq ., deposed that he resided at Milibrook . Was of no profession . On Tuesday last he went to the race-course , on the common , about one o ' clock . Saw several persons standing in a ring . Was induced to go up there . In that ring was a table and three thimbles , the three prisoners , Benjamin Parrott , John Purcell , and Franois Verrier , standing round the table , a person shifting the thimbles and offering to bet for a soverign and upwards . Saw several sovereigns won and lost . Some
one turned to him and said " Try your luck , Sir . " Took out hi 8 purse and placed the only sovereign he had in it on the table . It was won by his betting the pea not being under it . To the best of his belief , Parrott then said " Try your luck again , Sir . " I said " No , 1 have nothing but a £ 50 note , and I will not change it . " The parties round the table were playiu- ^ , but he could not swear the prisoners did , for sometimes £ 10 , £ 20 , and £ 30 . A man who waa standing behind the man playing the thimbles , whenever the thimbies were turned over , took up the thimble that had the pea under , and said , " Now'a the time , Sir , you are sure to win , " while the man who had the ihimble said , "I'll bet £ 50—50 sovereigns are staked , will anyone bet !"
The prosecutor bet , lost , and walked away , followed by Parrot , who ex pressed his sorrowat his ill luck , imputing it to nervousness . Waspersuaded togobackand look on . The parties appeared respectable , andhehad no doubt of their meaning being kindly , and he was induced to accept loans of sovereigns at two or three times from Verrier , to the amount of seventy sovereigns , as he was told by them , Verrier putting the money towards him ai , d then on the board . He lost the whole in two or three stakes . Having walked away with Parrot , was followed by Verrier , and , at his earnest request , wrote in a memorandum book he produced an acknowledgement that he owed him £ 70 . ( The memorandum book was afterwards destroyed ) . They soon ran against the table again ,
and at their persuasion he staked twenty sovereigns , and again thirty sovereigns , lent him by Purcell , and lost all . He handed his gold watch as a security for the £ 20 to Purcell . He then gave a bill for the £ 50 . Purcell forced the money upon him . Parrott uescribed Purcell as a gentleman able to buy half Southampton . He wished to get his watch , back , and agreed to meet the parties at the Nelson , that evening , to settle ; but thinking afterwards better of it , he sent a note of excuse , and appointed next morninp . Having consulted Messrs . Deacon and Long , they accompanied him there , met the prisoners , who insisted on their claims , and the police , by arrangement , came in and took the prisoners into custody . [ The watch and eecurities were found
upon tbe prisoners , but the principal , supposed to have the moBey , did not appear , haviDg got away . J The course of examination pursued by the prisoners was to show that tbe transaction was in the Datura of a debt . Mr . Edwards was not able to idtutify the other two prisoners in the affair . Inspector Enright had searched the prisoners' lodgings at the Nag ' s Head Tap , and found a large quantity of wearing apparel ( disguises ) . Verrier had Is . 7 d . upon him ; Parrot £ i 3 18 s . 8 $ d ., a watch , & « ., and Carran £ 1 2 s . lOd . and a watch . P . S . Terry deposed to the search and discovery of a quantity of flash notes . Carran made his escape while a woman suddenly clasped Terry round tbe waist . The prisoners were remanded .
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Thb pollowino carious notice recently appeared on Ludford church door . Herts , and wa 3 previously read m the church : — « This is to give notioo , that no person is to buried in this church yard but those hying . jn the parish ; and those who wish to be buried Serk ! t » ^ apply to Ephraim Grub , pariBh Representation of Westmorland . —Lord Lowther s elevation to the peerage , which is aanounced in Tuesd ay a Gazette , will neoessarily occasion s vacancy in the representation of this county . Mr . Alderman Thompson is put forward by the Tories to supply his place .
Steah TiUTELxmo ow CoHMOJf Roamj—On « of the General Steam Coach Company ' 8 coaches atarted from the Regent ' s Park at twenty-five minutes past four on Thursday afternoon , and performed the journey to the Manor house at Tottenham-, And back again , in twenty-five or twenty-six' minutes j a distance of from seven to nine miles , as estimated by two several parties . This would give , on a rough calculation , about fifteen miles in the hoar ; but , from the obstructions which were encountered , twenty miles an hour would be the more correct computation . The noise of the engine is scarcely perceptible ; there is neither smoke nor a visible
escape of steam , and the boiler is relieved , and all danger avoided . A cow suddenly rushed across the road when the coach was at fall speed , and had th « vehicle been drawn by horse ? , a collision must have taken place , whereas the engineer steered the coach clear . Ihe wheels are very broad , and in the portion allotted to passengers it resembles the open carriages on the railroads . The Btokers sit behind , and the whole comp liment of passengers was sixteen . Several members of parliament were passengers , and One lady . The coach is shortly to make a trip to Windsor for the inspection of her Majesty and Prince Albert . '
Present to Her Majbsty . —A few days previous to the departure of the Court from Windsor for Claremont a very chaste and elaborately wrought table , composed of a portion of the wreck of the Royal George , was reoeived at Windsor Castle , as a present to her Majesty , from a Mr . Emanuel , of Portsmouth . As soon as the packing-cases contain ing this valuable present arrived at . tho Castle , they were immediately ordered to be opened in the presence of her Majesty and the Prince , who expressed their admiration of the extraordinary workmanship displayed on it ; and , to mark the high opinien which these illustrious personages entertained of Mr . Emanuel ' s present , it was commanded to be pUced in the Corridor , where it has since remained .
The table is of circular form , and attached to a thick ar . d richly carved pedestal , which is supported by tour lions , each about the size of a large bull dog . The surface of the table is composed of alternate pieces of white and black oak , which radiate from a small point in the centre , the black coloured wood being that which had been acted on by the water , and the other the heart or centre of iarge logs to whion the discolouration had not penetrated . On the edge is a profile view of the Royal George , neatly engraved on silver , and underneath a short inscription , stating that the table is presented to her Majesty as a loyal and dutiful gift , and that the material of which it is composed was originally a portion of the wreck of the abovememioned magnioent vessel .
Newly Recovered Land . —Since the opening of the new cut from Eau Brink to Lynn , wbioh took place about twenty years ago , the old channel , which was very wide and spacious , by which the water of the Ouse and its tributary streams were formerly conveyed to Lynn , has been gradually silting up , and much of it has now become firm land , producing rich and flourishing herbage . A few days since a portion of this newly-recovered island , ( containing about 900 acres , ) which is now embanked and fenced with live quick-set (> nces , and divided into convenient pieces for occupation , was let by auction , at the Globe Inn , Lynn , and the annual rental obtained for its averages
nearly £ 3 per acre . Calculating upon this ratio , were an embankment of the Wash to take place , the annual value of the land which would be obtained by that undertaking we might reasonably estimate at not less than £ 500 , 000 . At the last quarterly meeting of the Lynn town-council , Mr . F . Lane laid upon the table a copy of a memorial presented to the Commissioners of Woods and Forests , which memorial referred to the inclosureof the Great Level of the Wash , and was accompanied with a letter , stating that the application to Parliament upon that subject was intended to be renewed in the next session . —Norfolk 'Antes .
More Tyranny . —A correspondent of the Morning Chronicle , whose name is mentioned , relates the following instance of offensive law-tyranny displayed by two Magistrates of Lancashire towards eleven labourers who did not attend their parish-church on some day in June . According to a law which has been considered as practically almost obsolete , the men were fined one shilling , and ordered to pay the coats , which amounted to various sums between 10 s . 6 d . and £ 1 4 s . Being unable to pay the demands , they were thrown into prison ; where two remained more than sixty days , two othera two and three days , and the remaining Beven for periods varying from twelve , to twenty-seven days . The writer quotes the following passage from the Prison Inspector ' s report : —* ' Among other complaints
made to me by the prisoner * , J . C . came forward and stated that he was placed in tho Ecclesiastical Court , and sentenced to pay a fine of Is . and Us . costs ; that he had been in prison ten weeks , and had no means of paying ; and hoped that a representation might be made of his case , or he must remain a prisoner for ever . Upon referring to this man's commitment , I find thatihe was summarily convicted before tvro magistrates ; that on the — of June , being the Lord ' s-day , called Sunday , in the township of , did neglect to attend a church , or at some other place of religious worship on the said day he not having any reasonable excuse to be absent :
and adjudged to forfeit and pay Is . together with 144- costs , and , in default , to be kept in prison until the same sums be paid . It appeared that the following number of persons had been committed for a similar offence , and been discharged upon payment of the fines and costs . The poverty of the prisoner J . C . appearing to be such as to leave no hope of his being able to pay the fine and costs , I decided on making a representation of his case to the Secretary of State ; who was pleased to recommend him forthwith as a fitting object for her Majesty ' s pardon , and he was discharged in consequence . " The correspondent asks if the Magistrates were " discharged . "
Dublin Police . —Henry-street Office . A Sailor Girl . —Interesting Case . —On Friday , as a constable of the C division was proceeding oa his beat , in the neighbourhood of the Custom Housa Docks , he saw a sailor boy , who seemed to be wandering about without any fixed purpose , and whose woe-fraught visage evidently batoken « d a mind but ill at ease . The policeman questioned him as to the place he was bound to , &o ., and finding his answers anything but satisfactory , and seeing , moreover , something very suspicious in " the cut of his jib , " he considered it his duty to take him into custody , and accordingly he was brought before the magistrates of this office , when , after some vain endeavours to support the character
assumed" The bashful look , the riawg breast , Alternate spread alarms ; Tbe lovely stranger stands confeat A maid in all her charms !" Oh being interrogated by the magistrates , 6 he gave the following acoount of herself : —Her father , she faid , was a boatman , named Lanigan , who resides at Tarbert , near Giln , on the banks of the Shannon . Owing to some family difference , and the severity of an unamiable step-mother , who treated her very cruelly , and continually reproached her for not going forth to earn her bread , the poor young girl rashly fled from the paternal roof , and determined to wend her way towards Dublin , in the hope of procuring a situation . She walked the whole of the weary
way , and , on Sunday last , arrived iu the metropolis , where , however , she did not find that things wore as promising an aspect as , when in the country , she was led to expect they would . In a few days her little stock of money was expended , and there appearing no prospect of her obtaining a situation suitable to her sex and habits , she for a long time revolv * d in her mind as to what expedignt she should adopt to mend her fortunes , and save her from that dishonour and degradation to which poverty and desperation have too of ton reduced the friendless . She resolved at length on assuming the garb and character of a sailor boy , and in that capacity earn an honourable subsistence . To thie resolution her romantic mind was prompted tht rather
from having read in the columns of the newspapers recently a glowing account of an adventurous damsel who assumed the character of a mariner , and succeeded in preserving it for many years . With this view she was proceeding down tho quays , witii the intention of making application to the Captains of the vessek , when , as wo have already stated , she was apprehended Dy the constable . Tho magistrates appeared to tako great interest in the prisoner ' s case , and , after giving her many admonitory cautious , told her they could not detain her in custody . She tb » aked thetr worships , and expressed her determination to give up her roving thoughts and to return to her father's roof , if she could only procure means sufficient to enable her to do so . She knew that the
Btep ehe had proposed to herself waa one indelicate and ill-ad vised ; but , " eaid the poor girl , " what could I do t It was better than to stay in Dublin , where I have no means of honeet livelihood , and temptation besets ma on ail sides . "—She is an exceedingly pretty girl , about seventeen years of age , with a divine pair of haaal eyes . Several gentlemen preeeut , sympathi « ug with the poor girl , contributed variously , for the purpose of raising a fund to convey her in safety back to Limerick ; and Mr . Inspector O'Connor , with a feeling of humanity highly to be commended , offered her an aaylum in his house for that night , having previously ascertained that sh « wae worthy of suoh countenanoe . He volunteered , moreover , to make a collection among bis friends oa her behalf .
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Harvest Bell . —It has been tbe custom , from time immemorial , for the parish clerk of Driffield to ring what is called the " Harvest Bell . " This custom is observed by giving the principal bell of the church a merry swing for several minute .-, at five o ' clock each morning , and at seven each evening , to warn , the labourers in the harvest fields , . when , to commence and quit their toils . Before the general use of clooks and watches , this custom would doubtless be of much . service . The clerk is rewarded for his trouble with * small portion of corn from each crop , which , like ijthesi was formerly paid in kind , bnt is now received by an equivalent in money .
London amd . Provincial Newspapers . — -The following , is a summary statement of . the number of newspapers published in the United Kingdom at the present time , namely' -In London , daily , 12 : weekly , 69 ; monthly , 12 ; at various other period * , 18 ; total , 111 . In the provinoes—Bedford , 1 ; Berkshire , 3 ; Buckinghamshire , 3 ; Cambridgeshire , 3 ; Cheshire , 6 ; Cornwall , 5 ; Cumberland , 5 ; Derbyshire , 4 Devonshire , 12 ; Dorsetshire , 4 ; Essex , 3 ; Glocestershire , 13 ; Hampshire , 4 ; Herefordshire , 2 ; Hertfordshire , 2 ; Kent , 12 ; Lancashire , 26 ; Leicestershire , 4 ; Lincolnshire , 5 ; Middlesex , 2 ; Monmouthshire , 2 ; Norfolk , 3 ; Northamptonshire , 2 ; Northumberland , 8 ; Nottinghamshire , 4 ; Oxfordshire , 3 ; Somersetshire , 6 ; Shropshire , 3 ; Staffordshire , 6 ; Suffolk , 5 ; Sussex , 5 ; Warwickshire , 10 ; Westmorland , 2 ; Wiltshire , 5 ; Worcestershire , 5 ; Yorkshire , 27 ; total , 214 . In Ireland , 70 ; in Scotland , 66 ; and in Wales , 8 ; making a grand total of 469 newspapers .
A Noble-minded Peasant . ——An agricultural labourer named George Lett , of North Crawley , who , by honest industry , sober habits , and economy saved a sufficient sum of money to purchase a freehold house in the parish , stated that the first rent he received should be given away in bread . Accordingly , on Saturday last , half a year ' s rent , amounting to £ 2 , having been . paid , he gave the money to the baker to furnish bread to be distributed at the church the following day . A loaf was given to every child belonging to the Sunday school , and tho remainder to the most distressed poor of the parish who attended ohurch . —Northampton Herald .
Extraordinary Investioation at Newcastlbunder-Lyne—Adulteration of Flour by Millers . —Great excitement has prevailed iu Newcastieunder-Lyne for the past week , in consequence of the seizure of a number of sacks containing a mixture resembling flour , which popular report represented to be plaster of Paris , on the premises of the Union Mill Company in that town . An investigation of the affair took place on Tuesday , at the Town Hall , before two county magistrates , and excited an extraordinary interest among the populace , who crowded into the hall in a most unqui vocal state of indignation and excitement . A circumstance that added great gusto to the affair in the opinion of the people , was that the chief magistrate of the borough ,
the Mayor of Newcastle , was one of the mill-owners implicated in the charge . It appeared that Mr . Cottril , the vigilant head police-officer of Newcastle , had been for some time upon the watch on the proceedings of a person named Copelaud , residing near Newcastle , from information that great quantities of an article resembling flour were taken to his house , and then carried in various directions . On the morning of Saturday week the officer found a cart belonging to the Union Mill standing at Copeland ' s door . Ten sacks , apparently of flour , were put into the cart , and conveyed to the Union Mill , but upon its arrival there the suspected cargo was seized by the police . The bags weighed twenty-threa hundred weight . A suspicious
circumstance in the affair was , that one of the men employed in the mill , in answer to questions of the police , said the bags contained pigs' meat , while another man said they contained best seconds . The title of best seconds created a loud laugh in the court . A portion of the contents of tho sacks was then taken out , and analysed by Mr . C . Jones , chemist , of Hanley , who declared to the magistrates his opinion that tho substance in the bags was sulphate of lime . Upon being burnt and mixed with water , it became solid , exactly like plaster of Paris . There was but a very slight mixture of vegetable matter in it . Mr . Bull , one of the Union Mill Company , in answer to the charge , said he would take all the blame , if there were any , on his own shoulders . He then proceeded
with a statement that he had been in want of pig meat , that Copeland had been recommended to him by a respectable miller at Madely , as having a large quantity of an article fffMb he manufactured from potatoes , and which he \ Mr . Bull , ) gave him an order for , believing it to be similar to an article sailed farina , such as he knew was sold in Liverpool ; but he wished it to be understood that not one ounce of it had been used at their mill . Mr . Wm . Hill , the respectable miller referred to , stated that Copeland had offered some of the article to him , but he would have nothing to do with it . He had , however , mentioned it to Mr . Bull . It appeared from the magistrates' questions that Mr . Hill , in the course of his business , had never met with its like
before , that manufactured by the millers being fine bran , tbe refuse of flour . The charge of having a mixture on the premises , seemingly for the purpose of mixing with flour , was considered by the magistrates to oe made out , and the defendants , Messrs . R . Bull , T . Turner , and F . Mayer , were fined £ 10 . with costs . Cottril , the police officer , said he had another information to lay against the same parties , for having adulterated flour on the premises . The announcement was received with a cheer by the populace . The investigation of it was postponed . There was also a charge against another flourdealer , named Beardsmore , whose cart had been
often seen by the officer at Copeland's door by four o ' clock in tbe morning . This person acknowledged having made pretty extensive use of Copelana ' s precious composition , but stated that on finding its deleterious effects he had buried what he had not sold in the soil , and endeavoured to get back from his customers what was not consumed . Tbe magistrates , taking into consideration this acknowledgment of- tho defendant , ' ned him in the mitigated penalty of £ 3 6 s . 8 d . When the defendants left the Court , they were assailed by the populace with loud threats , aud oven by showers of stones , and had to be escorted out of the town by the police .
Disgusting Conduct . —On Tuesday , a person whose name was said to be William John Bankes , was brought up , at Bow-street , by Constable Bennett , 88 A division , charged with indecently exposing himself with a soldier of the Foot Guards in the Green-park . The prisoner , on being brought to the station-house , gave the name of John Harris , and described himself as a servant out of place , as appeared by the police-sheet . The constable stated , that about half-past twelve o ' clock on the morning of Tuesday , he saw the prisoner and a soldier on Constitution-hill , near the Green-park , and . they both went over the palings into the Green-park , while witness was proceeding down the walk . They then crossed the centre of the park , and stepped at the further side , near a clump of trees . The remainder
of the evidence is unfit for publication . Sergeant Tierney , 8 A division , who took the oharge , stated that the prisoner gave the name of John Harris , a servant put of place , or upper servant , which witness had reason to believe was not correct , as he had , since he was apprehended , admitted that he was a gentleman of fortune . The prisoner also told witness , before ho was placed it the bar , that if his name was suppressed , ho would would retire to one of his country seats , and he could be bailed by the name of Harris . Mr . Jardine said , he had no observations to make about the charge , or the evidence in support of it , but to require bail , which would be in proportion to the prisoner ' $ station in life , and that was , himself in £ 200 , aad his sureties £ 100
each , to answer the charge at the next sessions of the Central Criminal Court . In the course of the day , William Dorsett , wax-chandler , 52 , King-street , Whitehall , and Thomas Sneezum , a builder , 13 , Great Smith-street , Westminster , were accepted as sureties ; and the prisoner was set at liberty . [ This fellow Bankes , we understand , is connected with the first families in the country , and we now notice the case merely with reference to the point of bail . The object of bail is to prevent the escape of the accused party , by which tho ends of justice may be defeated . The case for whioh Bankes was held to bail , is one which men of fortune , conscious of the truth of the charge , seldom meet . We do not wish to prejudge Bankes . Notwithstanding the very suspicious
circumstances detailed in the report , he may have been a coward , and not a criminal . But what we ask , and what the public are every where asking , is , how came Mr . Jardine to demand no higher bail for the appearance of Bankes than he would have demanded in the case of a mechanic or labourer for any trumpery assault ? Is Mr . Jardine so raw , so little acquainted with the world , as not to kuow that iu a case in which a rich man has a strong motive to escape from justice , ho can always obtain two sureties for the paltry sum of £ 100 each ? A rich man can have little difficulty in indemnifying his sureties , when the sum is only £ 100 ; and , from the Bishop of Clogher downwards , it is a matter of notoriety that bail is no obstacle to the escape of rich parties . Mr . Jardino very probably thinks that
public morality is not benefittcd by giving notoriety to these cases ; we could wish never to see them in the columns of a newspaper . But when a case of this sort is brought before a magistrate—when the magistrate actually knows that the accused party is a mu of great wealth ( and Mr . Jardine knew right well who Mr . William Bankeswas ) , we ask . if-iti is proper that such trifling bail should be demanded ? What is this but strengthening the general impression that in England rich man may always ooua * upon impunity ; and that men suffer , not for tkeir offences but their poverty ? Of all inequalities the most offensive is that whioh wears the mask of equality To hold a drunken oobler , for a truvpery assault , to bail for an amount equal to thai demanded for a man of rank and wealth , for an offence which
carries with it exclusion from respectable society , is a species of equality whioh cannot be too much reprobated . ]—Weeekly Chronicle .
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TO THE EDITOR OP THE TUAM HERALD . Loughiea , 25 th August , 1841 . Bin , —In tho last number of tho Star newspaper appears a lather lengthy epistle from the celebrated Bernard Macdonnell , the Chartist agent in this town . Tbe writer of that letter insinuates , in langnage not to be misunderstood , that the principles of Chartism are gaining eronnd here ; and in truth ( for the truth ought not , in this case , to be concealed ) the assertions of Brien are closely approximating to the fact The three grand political parties which now , by their writings , their exertions , and their clashinga with each other , keep in commotion tbe waters of the great political ocean , ' are , Conservatism , or the doctrines of the Tory school ; Motisai , or the doctrines of the
Reform school ; and Chartism , or the doctrines of that school which ,, indifferent alike to the principles of Whigism or Toryism , is , or at least seems to be , impelled by the desire of rescuing the popular party from the talons of those political harpies who , for yeara , have been trading , trampling , and triumphing over the rights , liberties , and privileges of the people . When I called Toryism a party , Sir , I waa wrong ; it is not a party , it is a faction . The Leaders of the two political parties , then , are Daniel O'Connell and Feargus O'Connor ; and the parties which they represent are related to each other , as the whole to its part , or as the gencs to its species . —Let me explain myself : every O'Conuorite is , and must of necessity be , an O'Connellite , but every O'Connellite- is not , nor can he be , an O'Connorite ;
and why ? Because O'Connell is for a moral force reform—an assertion which the Tory faction denies ; and O'Connor is-an advocate for physical force reform—an assertion which tbe Chartist party denies . Now , Sir , the grand let and obstacle to the amalgamation of the O'Connellitea and the O'Connorites is the often-repeated , but as often denied , charge of the torch and dagger . Let this one article be erased from the political creed of the Chartists , and both parties can then join hands ., and proceed unitedly in the great work of political regeneration ; but while they stand , as at present , aloof from each other , they are but weakening each other ' s pewers , and , in the mean time , the Tories , the arch enemies of everything useful , enlightened , and liberal in politics , are suffered to acquire new vigour ,
fresh strength , and to regard , oz to neutralise every effort made , by no matter what party , for the advancement of the popular cause . When I say . Sir , that the principles of Chartism are gaining ground here , I would be understood to mean that they are gaining ground among those who profess some political principles , and who , should an opportunity be afforded them , are willing to evince their adherence to tbe great Liberator in bia agitation and struggle for the Repeal;—but the people , the honest patriots of Loughrea , who were ever foremost , or among the foremost , to stand forward when their country called upon them , have no leader , no one in whom they may confide , and who is willing to step forth , and commence the agitation of the great question of Repeal—and give an impetus to the
collection of the rep «« l rent—or even that of the O'Uonnell tribute fund . It may be yet in the recollection of your readers that the great Liberator , some time ago , commenting upon a letter of Bernard O'D # naell , the Chartist agent here , asserted , intha Corn Exchange , that he could not find , upon the map of Ireland , the town of Loughrea—be then gave Loughiea a palpable hit ; for it would seem that Loughrea , politically speaking , has bad no existence for some years back , if we except the late effort it made against the Tories on the Corn Law question . Yes , Sir , those who once were ardent , eager , vehement in the cause of Repeal , are now , if I may use the phrase , either dead or sleeping . Tour obedient Servant , A Repealer .
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A Narbow Esca pe . —The Archbishop of Paris , says the Temps , in travelling on the 20 th ult . from St . Fleur into the Aveyron , narrowly escaped an awful fate . At a short distance from Lacahn hia carriage was struck by lightning , which carried away the cap the bishop wore , and slightly woanded on the head one of his chaplains who sat by him It is also said that one of the horses was knocked down and stunned . The consequences of the acoident were not sufficiently serious to prevent the prelate front ooBtinuing his journey . —Galignani . Explosion at a Lccifhb Match Factort . — On Tuesday morning , about half-paet ten o'clock , one 0 / those frequent explosions which take place
at thee * Manufactories , oocumd at the lucifer match manufactory of Mr . Hjnanjs , Prince ' s-square , Lambeth . At the above hour upwards of 100 men and boys were employed in th » factory , when suddenly a loud explosion was he » rd , and immediately the whole plaee was in flame . An alarm was immediately given , and soon ur ' terwards the engines of the West of England and the Brigade were on the epot , and from their united efforts the fire waa fortunately subdued , and prevented from extending beyond the immediate premises . It is fortunate that no farther damage ensued , aa from the nature of the surrounding buildings the oon £ equenoe 3 must have been serious .
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LONDON TRADES .-THE SHOEMAKERS . TO THB EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —In consequence of a robbery that has been committed upon the London Eastern Division of Boot and Shoemakers' Trades Union by John Murray , late delegata clerk to that Society , who has &bsGandedjwiib > upwards of £ 147 , a report has gob into circulation Out the Boot and Shoemakers' Charter Association has been robbed and ruined by a Chartist leader . . Sir , the * truth ; is , " the above Society is purely a Trades ' Union , and does not recognise Chartism , or any other political subject ; and John Murray , tbe robber , was never a . Chartist in his life .
We have a Charter * Association , recently formed , which is composed entirely of members of the abovenamed Union ; but the two Societies are held quite distinct and independent of each other . Our young Charter Association has certainly been impeded in its progress by the time and attention of its meaibera being occupied in righting the trade from the serious effects of such a robbery ; but for all , though , we consider Chartism , of paramount importance , ultimately , W Trades' Unions ; yet , as an immediate check to the encroachments of the ?• tiger capital , "' we see the imv perative necessity of preserving and improving our old bulwark , and things have taken a favourable turn ; a Council has been appointed to take the affairs of the trade in hand , ' who have presented the following ad « dress to seven divisions of the city : — August 29 th , 1841 . ,
Esteemed Shophates , —We , the Council of fontteen , appointed by a general meeting , seeing the necessity of an entire remodelling of our institution , fot the better securing our property , and also for tho mow effectually defending and advancing our mutual intexeata , we are resolved to enter upon the task at tall length and depth , with a determination to establish a system whereby every penny collected shall be appropriated to its just and devoted purposes , and every member shall have an opportunity , of giving his opinion and vote on every subject , without interruption , molestation , or insult ; and so by infusing a portion of new health into our constitution , to enable it to bear its infirmities . ¦
We could point out numerous evils in our manner of conducting business , and anomalies iu our laws , or the working of them ; but as wa know the trade to . be already convinced of tbe necessity of an entire change , we will not occupy your time in doing so , bnt wiU employ ourselves in working out the much-needed reform . Men are fast changing their habits from the paths of dissipation to the pursuits of civilisation , and tho acquirements of knowledge—from drinking and gamb
ling to a love of unity for mutual instruction and social improvement , and we must change our institution to suit the changed habits and improved minds of oar members , and the times in which we live , or as a Society vre shall soon expire , leaving « u our name the reproach ot man , and on our trade and posterity tho stamp of wretchedness . We are a-ware of difficulties , and are determined to encounter them like a handful of mariners , as it were , in a life-boat , to stem the torrent , and save our tottering bark from impending wreck .
fiat let no one suppose that this Cooncii will « ountenance anything of the nature of a whitewash , or think our books ought to be disgraced with the names , 01 our assemblies with the presence , of men who are so far unprincipled as either to refuse or neglect to pay their full quota for the protection of their own interests . Hut , aa it will be necessary to have your opinion and your will whereon to lay the foundation of the superstructure we are about te erect , we shall call you together at the earliest opportunity , and lay before you a plan and prospectus of our future system . While we acknowledge how hard and vexatious it is
for you to be robbed- ol the money you have paid , with devotion to so good a cause , we hope you will trust to the energies of this Council for the prevention of such atrocities in future . We only ask time and authority , and we pledge ourselves to do all within our capacities , and that without taking from you one farthing by way . of remuneration ; and , while we offer to watch over you and the machinery of our improved order , remember that you nlso watch ua—remember that human nature is liable to corrupt—therefore , watch all , and watch us , lest we cease to be honeit watching men .
Sir , I nave to report , in behalf of the Operative Cordwainers' Charter Association , that in the midst of the difficulties above alluded to , we are increasing in number ; we have appointed a new delegate to tbe County Council , and furnished him with our quota of the sinews of war . We are classifying ourselves into small districts , and appointing collectors , and I have no doubt , in a short time , you will find us np and doing for the Charter in a way that will need no apology ; we meet on Sunday evenings , for the present , at Mr . Alexander ' s , Northern Star Inn , Goulden-lane . N . B . Not tbe Star Coffee House . I have the honour to be , Sir , Your humble Servant , John Walkerdine , Secretary . And also Secretary to tbe Council of 11 , mentioned above , and Shareholder of Chartist Hall , fid , Old Bailey .
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