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      THE OLD TEAB . < £ bj locks a »§ rey , old Pilgrim , ThT TnnnHfltfi ^ Ti itnd isTSy ; Cold is thy cheek , and storm and cloud Around thy forehead are ; j And toon a Tolee will greet the ear , proclaiming thon art gone , A nd midnight winds thy requiem "ring In irildfunereal tone . . Ibob © ace "wertyoani *" , old Pilgrim , Andlight of step , -andgay ; Thy brow bedeefc'd -with choicest "wreath , With roses streWd thy way : yfhUe floated for on Zephyr's "wing . Sweet scent and holy hymn , Thy heaY * nly smile at mom and eve What hand might hope to limn f

      Much hast thon seen , . old Pilgrim * Much also hast thon heard—The tow rf love , the wail of want-Hie toil -without reward—The realm where foodless thousands droop , Where plenty fain would land ; Bnt fdl Monopoly guards each por t , And frights her from the strand . Print to the dying Pilgrim , Te fraud-supported crew . And drain the mighty midnight bowl , And oath and league renew ! Fit hour for league of murkiest sort , For oath of fiercest tones j Who would not wade through blood-V uphold The tyranny of thrones "' 1

      Brink to the poor man's sorrow , The orphan ' s want and wail , The crime / the woe , the beggary , That in these realms preTail ; Gaunt Famine , Agony , and Death , Pledge -with exultant yell , Till Beelzebnb grin horribly , And demons laugh in helL Tes , traders in Corruption ! Oppression's iron hand ! Quaff on—the kauris on the march __ Will sweep yon from the land ; J « or would our tears fall fast and long , 2 " ! or hopeless woold we mourn , Though with the Pilgrim most of you Were pass ed the mystic " bourne . "

      Then fare-thee-vell , old Pilgrim , ' Toy last sand is in sight ; Though which of . us must first take leave , Ib hid in deepest night : And I will slander not thy name , Fortbeu . wert good and kind , ~ And dealt with bounteous hand toall—Bat tyrant-fiends coaibined . 2 rt 2 tDeceBRber , 18 U-

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      CORN LAWS AND EMIGRATION . Has not the British farmer equal skill With fereigners the yielding earth to till Fears he'ftir competition ? Ko ; he knows He -could grow com as cheap « s there it grows , , Aad grew enough for all that want at home ; Sothat no foreign corn need hither come . Wbythen is British corn so-ecarca and dear ? "Because so much waste land lies barren here ; Onr lords are locusts— " men of wealth aad prKte Take-up a space , that many poof supplied ; Space for their lakes , their park ' s extended bounds , Spaesfor their horses , equipage and hounds t " ¦ Monopoly makes less and leas our store , While population asks for -mere aadmore .

      High rents rack'd farmeispay to swell the state OI -little landlords whom-we r » M the great ; And what is worse , they imitate them to « , Do * nought themselres , nor see that others do . Hunt , snoot , and dririk—affect the country . squire , id-re high , and as the markets fail life higher ; : Grumkle at times and-seasons when they find Their me -ns fall short , and quarrel with their hinds Thus tenants ape their "landlords—farmers live , Kot as their fathers did , or they might thrive . More on themselves fbey spend than on their land , Pastime obtains what labour should command : The soil grows poor for want of management , Ifrscarce produces what willpay therent ; Wages are low but tiaies and rents are hjg $ i , ¦ Bates , cesses , taxes , buyers must supply . 2 To work I no moneys—when our trade is gone , Workmen must follew—buyers will be none . John Waxxiss . . 20 , Upper Marsh , Xambetb .

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      BEXTLEY'S MISCELLANY , for January , 1842 . This very attractive and interesting periodical -reached us last weak : ; but not in time for notice We have read it all through and advise every one -else who can get it to - ** go and do likewise . " The pictorial illustrations are numerous , and we need trat say that they are iy the Cruikshanks , elder and younger , Crowqaill , and Leech , to pronounce a warranty for their being well executed and appropriate . We must say , however , that the design of one of them—an illustration of a seene in the

      Tee Razed Honse , a brigand story of intense interest—is not quite s » happy as we eoald have wished . The expression given by the artist to the countenances of Ms persons chords til in our estimation Tvith the description of the scene in the book . The tale itself is a graphic and powerful delineation of brigand life . " Save me from my friends" is _ a inosfc serious comic recital . of the woes and miseries inflicted on a young artist , by the deteraination'of a cosple of fnssy old maiden aunts from the country , to " pssh him into notice" in town —and who bring into play all their Tillage Jtrts of finesse to the destruction of the poor fellow ' s eredit tnd the loss of his cash and connections . 8

      Welsh Rabbits , " by Doctor Msgin , is » capita Etory . " Richard Savage" is continued . In the present chapter , Po ^ r Old Ludlow escapes from his tormentors " through the icy portal . " The events ^ ceding , of , and immediately following , his dissokticn aie of great interest , and finely narrated ; while the last scrne of Savage with his mother is depicted ia most masteriv style . The characters are drawn and sustained to the life . "DickDafter " is a well-told rustic story of events likely enough to flare occurred in actual ' life , and which had it been read _ by Fielding , might have furnished the hint for his - " Tom Jones . " There are many other pieces worth reacirg : some of them very droll and amusing .

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      NOS SviCH—SZEIKE OF THE MaSOXS OF Lo >' - DOX Un Wednesday evening week , according to wmonncement , a public meeting -was holden at the JMjai Bazaar , to take into consideration the circum-Ranees relative to the masons' str ike , and also to consider the propriety of orianising a delegate meeta ? of ibe trades of Norwich . At eight o ' clock the 8 ?« iou 5 builo ' ng- be ^ an to fill , which is built in the " ape of an amphitheatre , and brilliantly lighted ? P T 51 * R 55 . Shortly aft * r , Mr . Robert Howes , JKies shoemaker , was called to the chair . He opened the proceedings by reaciDg the placard eonje nusg the meetiEg ; after which , he ob-erved that ivl ffa 5 not a strike t 0 laise ^ e P ^ ce of fcHea wxrar ; if jt were , they themselves " perhaps might MTe equal claims upon society at large ; but it is one-wa-. cn claims the FvmDathies of everv son of

      "wnr , whatever be hi- cast or his creed . Who is t—re amengsx yen w :: h sou ! so dead that would for * moment submit to be the cronebn > g slave of such aa i ron-cearted taskmaster as George Allen , the iniJ ™ - Iie masons , whose cold , pitiless heart r ° r ™*} a man for attending the obsequies of Ms ceait et led dearest relative ^ the wife of his bosom I fo * k thQ working men of Norwich wonld "' KKiDBiiitierciiifs and town 3 in sympathising TOh the masons of London , who had so nobly H « oa forward , and resisted tyranny and injoscce . ( aeers . ) He trusted they would give «; ery man a fair and imoartial hearing 04

      dn ^ V " er detain then 3 ' bat would intro In / " IronmoD 2 ; 2 r 5 a delegate from the masons w ixjndon . Mr . Ironmonger then stepped forward , mq in a clear and lucid manner explained their prewlS llon ' lhe hardships under which they wwnreo : previous to their strike , and in the coarse fi " V fr ^ whick lasted upwards of an hour , and y e > - cited the indignant execration of bis rW , ** ^ a'nst the hearilfss and oppressive contW " V 060 ^ 6 AUeo . He was freqaently cheered ™ ° * out an address which evidently told well l %£ - ^ arers , and will , no doubt , effect much ^? a tbs hi- . herto divided city ; he concluded by ,. . § klSWilliEp TPAriineaa in uicnw Jimr nnpfitiona

      mZSn ? ** pot w Wm fcy ^ y v ** 0 * \ ftiiwi I no one taking appeared , the chairman ™ ? Pon Mr . Briffs , mason , to propose the 1 st 5 fl lnhwu ^ -. BriKpBaidhedidBowivhpleaEnre , jJZ , ^ couTinced that the masons of London ^ red the support of every working man in the ffi ^ nd » J ^ o ^ d be addressed by W * 4 f ere more capable than himself to do J «™ e to the cause , he woald content himself by j *^ the following resolntion : — " That this meet" ^ syapathiEes -svith the masons of London f © r their i ^ y acd Bt raight-forward condnct in resisting the of eir

      eS ^ ^ foronan , George Allen , in Ms wjressj . eand tyrannic conduct towards themselves « a brethren at the works of the new Houses of 2 ™ $° ??! ' Clill cy * on being called on to wad this resolnticn , said—It is a trite saying , " V . « m one , " if we do not assist ourselves , who " * " * ^ * s ^ t « - ' ¦ ' Tbs jsftgon ' B strike oaglit to

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      come home to the fire side of every working man for discussion ; if we allow the masons to be walked upon with impunity ; if we allow them ltd be struck down by the uplifted aria of Allen ' s heartless tyranny , are we quite sure thai another , and perhaps a more fatal stab will not be- made at the small vestige of liberty that we ' Jet retain I are we ijaHe sure that what the Whigs hare commenced , the Tories will not carry out ? past experience teaches us that what has been done one day , may be done another . We haTe it from Mr . Wakley that the Tories will attempt , ia the ensuing Parliament , to introduce a measure to crush Trades' Unions ; let us , then , men of Norwich , band ourselves together for the coming struggle ; let ; the women urge their husbands , and

      the children their , fathers for the coming contest . ( Cheers . ) What would you think if , a bill was . to be . introdneed into Parliament t © obligeevery working man to-procure a discharge from his last employer , and thai you should wear a badge of servility as the servants at the aristocracy are new obliged . to . do ! You may . tell me that they will not attempt such a thing ; but I"ten jou that they may atterr . pt such a thing . Such a bill was once attempted fto be privately carried throngh the Irish Honse of Commons ; but the tradesmen of Dublin heard o / the nefarious scheme : and what did they do ! they instantly called a public meeting in the r . 'bcenix Park , from whence they marehed down to the House , and demanded the hill , or the he- ^ d of ita

      proposer .. ( Long-continued cheering . ) Past experience has taught us that there is a cold- ' jlooded inclination on the part of our rulers- to der-riTe labour , or in other words the property of the working man , of the slightest protection from the aw ^ oious ^ raspings of the master manufacturers . ' ""Recollect , the sons of labour are eight' millions seven hundred thousand ! aad thai they produce anvmally the enormous sum of £ 737 , 140 , 883 . Yet with all thia Yast wealth passing annually through your hands , are jou not ibe most-impoverished and degraded serfs ob the face of the globe ? Your new Houses of Parliament will cost yon npwwds of £ 170 , 000 . Allen boasted that he had employed en its first works the flower ef the masons of England , but how did he treat them ? with'bratal « ontuniely and scorn . He introduced blacks , who are spoiling the works I One

      piece of stone worth £ M was spoiledthe other day , and your pockets by and bye must be picked again , perhaps to rebaild this edifice , all to gratify the caprice of this steel-hearted oppressor , George Allen . ( Loud cheers . ) Men of Norwich , think on this , and rally to strike down the monster . Let no false prejudice of names prevent you from coming forward in the glorious struggle . He ( Mr , C . ) wonH join with any party that would pledge themselves u > assist him in crushing oppression . With the Whigs , or with the Tories . ( A voioe— " Or with the Chartists . ") Aye , or with the Chartists . What was in a name * The rose would small as sweet if called ¦ by any other -name . " The Americans were rebels , bnt they happened to be victorious , apd now they are the free and independent citizens of the world ! let bat the Charter become

      the law . of the land , and in an instant the degraded Chartists were changed to the ixdependent and noble minded mes of England . ( Laughter and cheers ) He would again impress on the trades that the fate of their own existence was in their hands . A Provisional Committee sat every Monday evening , at the Jolly 5 > vers , Tombland , for the enrolment of delegates ; let but the trades come out manfully , and soon would we be able to * tell " Allen , Lincoln , and the rest of-the profit mongers , that their day of retribututiemras at hand ; that they ( tietrades ) were determined to assist in crushing the hydraheaded monster of tyranny and Injustice . He concluded by seconding the resolution , and sat down amidst xaoch applause . Mr . Walker , shoemaker ,

      proposed the next resolution , which was in accordance with the foregoing resolution , "We the trades of Norwich , pledge ourselves to nse our best exertions to support the masons of London in their present just and legitimate struggle , and that we open subscription sheets for the same laudable purpose . " The resolution had his hearty concurrence , and as the subject Had been so ably discussed by the proceeding speakers , little remained for him to add ; he , however , with others , who spoke before him , would urge the necessity of union to protect their rights ; he hoped too , as Mr . Clancy had said , that this was bat the precursor of many other meetings which they would have to discuss the grievanoes under which the various bodies

      of trades laboured . The resolution was seconded by Mr . Holl , in a neat and appropriate speech . Mr . Atkins proposed the next resolution in an able and efficient manner : — That the best thanks of this meeting are due , and are hereby given , to the workmen lately employed at Nelson ' s monument , Woolwich Dockyard , and Dartmoor Quarries , for their noble conduct in refusing to proceed with their respective work 3 so long as their brethren at the Parliament Houses were nnjnstly and oppressively dealt with . " * This resolution was seconded by Mr . Hill , and ably supported by Mr . John Hurrell , weaver , in a speech of great length and ability , castigating Allen and his associates in a masterly manner , which called forth the repeated plaudits of the

      meeting . Mr . Laws proposed the next resolution , eulogising the people ' s press that had so nobiy taken up the strike of the masons . The resolution was to the following effect : — " That the foregoing resolutions be respectfully sent to the Northern Star for insertion , together with a brief report of this meeting ; and that / the Daily Sun , Scottish Patriot , British Queen , ' and Statesman be requested to give publicity to the same . " Mr . Hawes seconded this resolution , which , tegether with the foregoing three , were passed by the meeting withont a dissentient voice . Thanks were proposed to the chairman , and three rounds of cheers given for the masons , after which th& meeting broke up , all highly gratified ivith the harmony and good lellowship ihat reigned throughout .

      CAEilSliE . —Great Distress and DESTinmo . N . We stated , last week , that a public subscription had bees entered into' , and a committee chosen for the purpose" of ascertaining and relieving the present distress , which , we are sorry to find , exists to a most alarming extent . The committee to which we have just alluded , consisted of thirty gentlemen , who it appears divided the the town into nineteen distr icts , and have ^ published the following as the result of their inquiries . The great privation , destitution , and misery which thfrcomipi ! tee met with far exceeds what had been anticipated . In the nineteen districts which were examined , there appears to be 31 . 9 families , consisting of 1 , 146 persons , who have no settled income ' 334 families , consisting of 1 . 465

      persons , receiving less tban one shilling per week ; 411 families , consisting of 1 , 623 persons receiving less thun one shilling per head per week ; 157 families , consisting of 692 persons receiving less than two shillings a-head per week ; HO families consisting of 635 persons , receiving less than three shillings per bead per week . The committee brought forward the foregoing as the result of then . inquiries ; bnt in consequence of several cases of great destitution having been brought before them , which , the committee , with all their care , had overlooked , it was deemed expedient that a public meeting of the werkiDg classes should be held for the ' purpose of forming a committee amongst themselves , for the purpose of aiding the

      committee already formed . In accordance with the above resolution , a public meeting was held in the Town Hall , which was granted for the purpose , by our present worthy Major , G . G . Mounsey , . Esq . At the time appointed for the meeting :, the body of the Hall was crowded to excess ; Mr . Joseph Broom Hanson was unanimously called to the chair . He opened the business of the meeting as follows : —My friends and . fellow townsmen , within this fortnight back , a great number of the influential classes , who felt for the sufferings of the poor , came forward with a view 10 relieve the great distress which at-present exists . A committee was formed , censisting of thirty persons , who divided the town into nineteen dist'icts , to ascertain the amount

      of Buffering . They found xt to exist to a very great extent , and their inquiries opened np such a scene of misery and distress , which * i 3 disgraceful to any Government . We have met to night at the request of Mr ; Dixon and others , who wished the assistance of working men , whom they thonght wonld assist them by forming themselves inco a committee to aid them in their endeavours to find out worthy objects of relief . It remains for you , my friends , to form a committee" or committees , and do all you can to mitigate " the great suffering that exists . Mr . John Armstrong "then came forward and said , I w % s not aware of the present meeting until about six o ' clock this evening . It will be necessary to form a committee to investigate the extent of the suffering which

      at present exists . -You must have men in tack district , and this will be the best way to form your committee . Mr / H . Bowman rose and said , Mr . Chairman and friendE , I beg leave to make one or two observations on the subject before the meeting . I was of opinfon when the existing committee was formed , that it-ought to have been mixed up with working men , whowere better acquainted with the poverty of the people , than those who at present formed the committee . I would have snggested the propriety of doing then , what you are now about to do , but as the meeting at which the committee waB formed was composed principally of the higher classes , it might "then hare been considered presumptuous on my part ; however , I am glad they have seen the necessity of such a step being taken , and I hope

      yon will now form ft large committee for the purpose of taking a complete enumeration of the condition of the working classes . This had been done in Leeds , one of the largest manufacturing towns in Yorkshire , and one . would have thought , that owing to tie woollen trade not haTing been so depressed as the cotton trade in general , that the distress would not have been so great . £ Mr . Bowman here read an extract from Hobson ' s " Poor Man ' s Companion , " whick contained a report of tho " Enumeration Committe , " which had been formed in Leeds , and which showed to what an awful extent the distress prevailed . ] Mr . Bowman proceeded to read from the Bame woik , the plan which bad been taken at Leeds , with some remarks of the Editor of the work , but when he got to that portion -where it states , " that the "weekly income of tw whole of the 18 , 936 is golj

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      Hid . per head , being less than lfd . per head per day !! I and yet the Queen has for her own private ose the sum of £ 1 « 4 7 s . Wd . per day ; Prince Albert has , for " pocket money , " £ 104 per day , he was interrupted by same middle claes-man , or aristocrat , with a cry of '¦* question , " " question . " Yes , ( said Mr . Bowman . j ) this is rather away from the subject of the meeting ; int . it seems' td bear . very , closely on the question , and until there is a material alteration in the . condition of the people , there will be no peace in the land . What availed the casaal hand of charity I Something substantial and lasting must be dono , or there would be a constant drain on the purses-, of good and benovelent individuals , who had hum . anely come forward on the present trying occasion . ; I will propose , that a committee be now

      frj-med , for the purpose of taking a complete enumeration of the present distress , with a view ( 0 report thereon , and assist the other committee . Also , to furnish such information to the members for the Borough , for the purpose of bringing the same before Parliament . Some one in tho m . ; eting , Mr .. James Arthur , we believe , seconded the motion of Mr . Bowman , which , after some discussion as , to the difficulty of getting a sufficient number of working men to perform the duties incumbent on the Committee , withont some slight remuneration , the motion was carried , and a committee « f thirty-eight persons chosen . A vote of thanks was then given to the Mayor , for granting the use of the Hall . Also , a -vote of thanks to the Chairman , when the meeting quietly dispersed . :

      Anticipaxkd . Mebting op thb Coosir of Cuhbekland , to Congratulate her Majesty , Exploded—thb Tobies abd Whig ' s Frightened from their Loyalty , by the shaginary iHrsaPBRENCE of the Chartists . —We have been much amused with a long string of correspondence , which has been published in the Carlisle newspapers , by the High Sheriff for the ¦ county , James Robertson Walker , Esq ., and which has . transpired between himself , Mr . Hasell , of Dalemane , chairman of the Quarter Sessions , and a Mr . Matthews , of Wigton . The burden of the song appears to be , that a respectful requisition , had been got up and signed by many of the resident gentry of tbe county , to the High Sheriff , to call a county meeting , to congratulate

      her Majesty on the auspicious event of the birth of a Prince . The High Sheriff like a loyal and dutiful subject , readily agreed to call a county meeting for the above purpose , which was to have been held at Wigton , the usual place of holding county meetings . No sooner , however , was this made known than Mr . Matthews takes the alarm , hip mind becomes oppressed with horrible visions of " routs , riots , insurrections , and rebellion against the peace of our Sovereign Lady the Queen , " and in his great perturbation of miad , he writes two letters to Mr . Hasell , beseeching that the Eftid county meeting should not on any account be held at Wigton , for in that case " he was sure some of the leading Carlisle Chartists wonld attend , and

      move some amendments , which must be resisted ; in that case , he would not be answerable for any breach of the peace which might be fcommitted . " These letters ( so full of illusory fears ) so shook the delicate nerves of Mr . Hasell , that he too becomes dreadfully alarmed , and immediately writes ; to the High Sheriff , begging he will not call the meeting at Wigton , but at Cockennouth , where they were not so likely to meet with interruption , and could , in case of necessity , retire into the safe keeping of the Court House ! But the High Sheriff , like a brava and gallant officer , as be is , having withstood the thunders of the British navy , and for many years " the

      battle and the bree ^ , " heeded not the childish fears of these two old women , but insisted pa calling the meeting at Wigton , as was the practice on all similar occasions . In consequence of the High Sheriff ' s intrepidity , Mr . Hasell and his friends requested him to return the requisition , which he accordingly did ; and so has ended , or rather never begun , the enacting of another fulsome and disgusting farce to loyalty , lu consequence of the correspondence above alluded to , the following pertinent letter has been addressed to the High Sheriff by three of the leading Chartists of Carlisle , and will tend more fully to illustrate this ludicrous proceeding : — -

      TO JAHES ROBERTSON -WALKER , ESQ , HIGH SHERIFF OF THE COt'NTY OF CUMBERIAND . Sir , —You have our unfeigned and hearty thanks for publishing , tbe very curious and important correspon-. dence , which has taken place between yourself , Mr Hasell , of Dalemaine , Chairman ef tbe Quarter Sessions , and Mr . Matthews of Wigtoa . The publication of this correspondence was a duty- , which you owed to yourself , as High Sheriff of the county , and as a loyal and dutiful , subject of ber Majesty . You have thus placed tbe blame on tbe right shoulders—those of Mr . Hasell and Mr . Matthews who , from their iilusive fears , have been the sole cause of preventing a county meeting being held , for the inhabitants of Cumberland , te testify their loyalty to her Majesty , on the auspicious event of the birth of a Prince .

      Mr . Hasell and Mr- Matthews speak of the temper of the " lower orders" and " lower classes , " terms , by the bye , which their good sense ought to have suppressed ; for the expression of them will only tend to still further convince the people , of tbe great want of sympathy which prevails , on the part of tbe wealthy portion of society , towards the poor .

      " The rank is bnt the guinea ' s stamp , The man ' s the goud for a' that . " Mr . Matthews deems it probable , if the county meeting should be held at Wigton , that the leading Carlisle Chartists , would attend and move some amendment , which must be resisted . It appears , then , that a numerous body of her Majesty ' s subjects are to be placed without the pale of tbe constitution , and not be allowed to express their wants and wishes to her Majesty ; but that a few magistrates and others of the wealthier classes of the country are to meet unmolested to passfnlsome and adulatory addresses to her Majesty and Prince Albert , and not allow the working classes , who are the real wealth and support of the state , to express their feelings and state their real condition .

      Are Mr . Hasell and Mr . Matthews ignorant of tbe fact , that whilst tbe cottage is desolate there is no security for the throne ? that whilst the great body of artisans , mechanics , and agricultural labourers are suffering abject want , there will be no safety for property ? Then why disguise matters ? Let her Majesty be put in full possession of the real condition of her people . Surely it cannot be disrespectful nor uisloyal to remind her Majesty , that whilst her Majesty and Prince Albert receive daily , for pocket money , the enormous sum of £ 268 7 s . lOd . ! there are tens of thousands of her Majesty ' s industrious subjects compelled to live on one penny three farthings her head per day ! Ought this state of things to be continued ? should these horrible disparities be allowed lonter to

      exist ? Should there be , or can there be , either peace or content in the land until the condition of the people be improved ? Mr . Matthews anticipates a breach of the public peace , providing the Chartists should be resisted , as they must be , he says , if they should move any amendment at the county meeting . What sort of resistance does Mr . Matthews contemplate ? If he means physical reB ' stance , then his forebodings might prove but too correct . If he simply means mental resistance , by him * elf and his friends , endeavouring te carry their address , in spite of the anticipated Chartists' amendment , then be may rest assured that his fears , as to a breach of the peace , are quite illusory ; and that tbe Chartists themselves will take upon them the preservation of the public peace , either at Carlisle or Wigton . How is it that Mr . Russell and Mr . Matthews consider the

      Chartists so disloyal . " Taey ought to be aware that the Chartists of Carlisle were the first and foremost in the field to move a congratulatory address to her Majesty , on thy auspicious event of the birth of a prince ; and that address was as respectful , though perhaps not so fulsome and adulatory as theirs could possibly be . The address alluded to was passed at a public meeting of the inhabitants , convened in the Town Hall several weeks ago , and that meeting was conducted in a peaceable and orderly manner . Lit the magistrates and others first do their duty as conservators of the public peace , by calling public meetings In order to ascertain the amount of distress and suffering which now prevails among the working classes , with a view to remtdy the same , and then they may hold their public meeting to pass flittering addresses to her Majesty , in quiet and without the slightest molestation . H . Bowman , J . Arthur , J . B . Bowman .

      LEEDS . —Anniversary Dinjter . —It being customary with Messrs . Dunn and Son , cornfactoTS , of this town , to give their workmen an annual treat , they , of course , provided an excellent dinner on the 30 th ult ., at the house of Mr . Witton , Parrot Inn , Call-lane , when thirty of the workmen Bat down . The dinner reflected great credit upon Mr . and Mrs . Witton , who are becoming celebrated for their " good providing . ' The evening was spent in the greatest harmony and good fellowship , and many excellent songs , toasts , And recitations enlivened the party . The example of the Messrs . Dunn , ought to be more generally adopted , as nothing can have a greater tendency to generate a good feeling between the employed and the employer . The workmen , who highly respect their " good masters , " concluded the proceedings by giving three times three for their employers .

      BISHOP AVCKLAXD . —Lotxl Osdsji or Ancient Shepherds . —The efficers and delegates of the Lodges of the Loyal Order of Ancient Shepherds round Bishop Auckland met on Friday , the 31 st of December , at the house of brother William Hill , the Shepherds' Inn ; they were met by the officers of Ossetc district . They proceeded to business &t ten o ' clock in the morning ; and at three they sat down to an excellent dinner provided for the occasion , which gave great credit to the worthy host and hostess . The day was spent in harmony and good will .

      On Satdrdat , the 1 st of January , the members of the Jacob ' s Ladder Lodge , held at the house of brother Ralph Lawson ' e , Hermitage , met to celt brat e their first anniversary . At three o ' clock , upwards of forty members sat down to an ample 1 repast , which ga-ve satisfaction to ail present-.

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      The Cobhit of Gob&wall is so extensively undermined , that churchea and churohyards , mansion * houses and hostelriesi , are ! many of them suspended over a yawning gulf ^ and in danger of crashing ( the lives oat of some scores of adventurous miners . The Cornwall Gazeie ^' of last week , giVes the following " narrqw escape " : — "On Tuesday , at Illogaii , as the wife of a labourer coiled . . Dripstone was crossing her kitchen , the ground sttddenly gave way . and she was left suspended by her arm over a shaft , but fortunately was resetted from her perilous situation without any injury . " —Falmouth Packet . :

      Old XJhichester Bank . —The failure has caused a complete stagnation to businesis in Chiohester , and numerous cases have occurred . where i persons ^ in comparative affluence are reduced to the most abject distress . ' Amongst them may be named two aged maiden ladies ( sisters ) named 'Elizabeth ; and tyanriy Fowler , one of whom is a ciipple . They proved for £ 1969 la . 4 A . They are left without a shilling , have been compelled to apply to the parish for relief and are now in the receipt of a miserable weekly pittance . Another case was ? a farmer with a large family named Smith ; he had £ 295 16 s . " 6 d . © f his own money , and borrowed £ 1000 for the ' purpose of taking a large farm , the whole of which he deposited in the bank for safety a few dayB before the stoppage .

      He has by the occurrence been reduced to beggary . The largest creditor was Mr . Kent , training groom to the Puke of Richmond he proved for £ 459516 s 7 d . the savings of many years' servitude , intended for a large family . Such was the confidence placed in the batik that numbers , particularly females , deposited every pound they possessed in the concern . — By the way a . correspondent calls our attention to the fact , that no one bankerwill takeanother's notes ! For example , a hill becomes doe—the banking clerk presents it for payment—you tender him notes , and unless they be the Bank of 0 Eng | and he refuses to take them ; and unless they can , be converted into gold , your bill may be noted . It would seem that those men are wiser than the public

      Death from Starvation . —On Saturday night , an aged female , about 60 , was found sitting on the lower Blair , No . 31 , White Hart-street , Drury Lane . When spoken to , with , the utmost difficulty Bhe said she wanted the common necessaries of life ( her awful countenance shewed the fact ) j and she added , " If I could only get to the house of Mr . Sfaorti a tavern-keeper in the Strand , opposite Somerset House , he would give me somo victuals . " The deceased was lifted up from the Btairs , and a surgeon was in instant attendance , but in a few seconds the poor creature dropped dead . A Mrs . Johnson , who resideB in tho ^ neighbourhood of White Hart Yard , had often afforded the deceased shelter and food , but on the present occasion advised the deceased to proceed to the Union , which it is supposed she declined .

      The Great Western Railwat , —A . most diabolical attempt was made on Wednesday night to cause a further accident on the Great Western line . The mail train was on its way from London , and when within about three milea of Bath , the signal was given by the engine-driver of something wrong , and the train was stopped with all possible dispatch . On investigation it appears that Borne villain had placed two large atones ( one on each rail ) with the view of sending the engine off the , line , but which did not take place . One of the stones was crushed into a thousand atoms , and flew over the driver and stoker without doing them dny serious injury ; the other stone was forced on one side by the sword , or guard , whioh is placed before the wheels , buthoth the guards were put out of their . place , and much bent and twisted .

      The Recent Frightful Accident on the Great Western Raiiwat . —Readiko , Thdrsday , Dec . 30 . —It is with extreme pain we have to announce that the catalogue of those whose lives have been lost in rongequence of the lamentable catastrophe in the Sonning-hill cutting on Friday week , is increased by the death in the Royal Berkshire Hospital , of Richd > Woolley . It will be remembered , that the unfortunate sufferer was admitted an in-patient , and the injuries wore described in the hospital books " com--pound fracture of the Bkull . " The unhappy patient underwent the operation of trepanning , and wa ? proceeding most favourably until Monday night , when erysipelas presented themselves , and though th ey were combatted tvi th some success by the ni ed ical attendants of the hospital , Woolley died on Wed- > nesday afternoon about naif-past three o ' clock . On inquiry at the hospital to-day , wo learnt that all the accident patients remaining ( nit / e in number ) are

      progressing favourably , with the exception . of . ' Thosl Hankins , Eliza Barnes , and Thomas Hughes , with regard to whom a change for the worse had taken place , and these three unhappy sufferers now lie in a most precarious itite . On Friday , an icquest was held on the body at the Royal Berkshire Hostpifal , before Mr . J . J . Bkridy , coroner . The verdict of the Jury was that Richard Woolley came by his death from a fracture lie received on the skull , caused by the engine , called the Hecla , coming into collision with a mass of earth , having fallen from the slope 0 ^ a cutting on the Great Western Rail way , at Spnning , in this county ; a nd they are of opinion that the accident might have been avoided , had therefbeen a night police , or watch in the cutting . They , therefore , placed a deodand 0 : 1 the engine and train of carriages of the sum a hundred pounds . And further , they recommend that the passenger trucks be in future placed further from the engine .

      BOY 3 LED TO TH 5 COMMISSION OF ClUME BY BEING Reused Workhouse Kelief . ——On Thursday , Thomas Jones and Rjchard Eaves , two ragged boys , were charged with stealing a piece of baoon from a shop in the neighbourhood of Union Hall . Sergeant Logan , of the N division , stated that on the preceding afternoon the prisoners called at the Station-house in the Southwark-bridRe-road , and begged to be admitted , saying that they were without food or shelter , and had nownere to go to . He directed them to proceed to the workhouse , where ; he told them , they would be temporarily relieved , and they went , but returned in a short time afterwards , saying that they had been refused any assistance , and threatened with the cane if they did not e 6 away . The sergeant

      then told the boyb that they would not be admitted into the Station-house , which way only for the reception of offenders , and they both walked away . In less , however , than a quarter of au hour afterwards the same two boys were seen in the act of stealing a piece of bacon from a shop window , and being pursued , both'of them were taken into custody , and the one upon whom the bacon was found was in the act of gnawing it when the policeman went up to secure them . The owner of the bacon , on hearing the circumstances under which it was stolen , said that he had no wish to press the charge against the two unfortunate boys . Mr . Cottiugham questioned Jones as to the cause of his present apparently destitute condition ; and his account was that his father and

      mother were dead , and that for the last seven years he had been travelling about tho country , in company with a man selling boptlacea and other small articles ; thai on Wednesday morning he arrived in town from St . Alban ' s , and that the man with whom ho went about left him suddenly , and he did know where he was gone ; andthat , being without food or money , he went with the other boy to the Station-house to ask lor shelter ; that thence they both went to the workhouse , and having described their situation , and that they were starving , the man at the door told them that ho could do nothing for < hem , but desired thtm to stay till-the master came ; that they waited for some time , until at length a mart made his appearance , and on seeing them he exclaimed

      — " These are the young scamps who wore here before j fetch mo the cane and I'll soon seud them about their business ; " that on ' . bearing : this threat they ( the boys ) ran away , and on passing a shop they took a piece of bacon out of the window , as they were starving . Mr . Gottingham having sent for the master of the workhouse where tho boys made the application for relief , in the parish of Christchurch , described to that person the circumstances under which they were brought before hini , and said that his refusal to give them temporary assistance , and threatening them besides , lad to the commission of the offence for which they were brought before him . The Magistrate then asked the master of the workhouse for his explanation of the transaction , but he

      referred to the por . er , who , it appeared , was the personof whom the boys made application . The porter admitted that he refused to give them relief because he had , on three different occasions , relieved : them before , and that on seeing them on the evening in question he said , " YouaTe tlio young rascals who have been here before . " , On hearing these words they both went away , but ho made no threat : of using the cane . Mr . Cottingham said that the boy Jones declared he had only arrired in ; London . the same morning , and therefore he could not have been at the workhouse previously , according to his account . The poiter , ; howerer . positively denied the--truth . ' of Jones ' s statement . Mr . Cottingham said that he was bound to xeiy upon the testimony of the persons belonging to the different workhouses that Jones had been previously relieved by them , and therefore the probability was that the account he eaye of himself was utterly without foundation . The Magistrate added that Mr . Pearson , a ship-owner , wbo had

      heard the previous part of the case , and commisserated the apparent state of destitution of the prisoners , had humanely undertaken to place the boy Jones on board one of his vessels as an apprentice . The facts , however , which had subsequently come out in the course of the inquiry would have the effect of doing away with that aet of kindness , and instead of being sent on board f hip , Jones should stand committed for three months to gaol . The other boy was ordered to be passed to his parish . In the course ef the magistrate ' s observations ho said , that he was determined on enforcing the provisions of the New Poor Law Act as far as related to the cases of destitute persons who were either sent from that court or taken by the police to the workhouse of the district for temporary relief . In the event of such persons being refused such assistance he ( the magistrate ) had made up his mind to inflict the full penalty of £ 5 on the party so refusing .

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      The late Explosion on the Bristol and Gloik cester Railway . — George OoUin 9 , another of the sufferers by the explosion of gunpowder , near Wickwar , Gloucestershire , died in the Bristol Infirmary , on Thursday night last . This makes the fifth death . ' Inpamous False Alarm . —At twelve o ' clock on Christmas night a fellow on board the Monarch steamer , then on the passage from London to Hull , caused a fearful alarm among the other passengers , of whom there were several of both sexes , by stamping on the deck over the fore cabin , and bawling out " All haads en deck , the ship ' s on fire . " The consequence was a general consternation among the fore-cabin passengers , during which a man , jumping from an upper berth , fell on a benoh beneath , where

      the wifeofasoldier in the SSthregimeat was asleep , and being far advanced in pregnancy a serious result might be anticipated . All rushed to the ladder ; but few gained the deck before they discovered tho infamous hoax , and that there was no cause for alarm . The fellow , on being told he should be given into custody on arrival in : Hull , threatened he would give any one two inches of steel who dared to lay hands on him ; and this , probably , deterred the summary punishment which many of the passengers were disposed to inflict . We fear the law doe 3 not enable the owners of the vessel to punish so heartless a wretch ; but our informant : received a ; satisfactory assurance from them that care should be taken to prevent a recurrence of such disgraceful conduct in

      any passenger . '¦¦ : _ ¦ ¦' . . . .. ¦ ¦;/¦;¦'¦ . '¦ " ¦ ;; . ' " ¦ ;¦ - / . ¦ : ¦ '¦ .-. FORTXJNE-TELtING IN LANCASHIRE . —Our MiddletOQ correspondent gives us a long account of a visit which he and two other persons paid , on Friday last , to a conjuror or fortune-teller residing in Burnley-lane , North Moor , Chad derton , ostensibly to inquire into the fate of an old man who has been missing since the 13 th Deo , and is supposed to have been drowned on his way home from a funeral , but really to ascertain by what tQeaps he and his brethrophaye succeeded in impressing a large portion of the population of Oldham , Middleton , Chadderton , Tonge , and other places in the vicinity , with a , firm faith in their knowledge of things past , present , and to come . The " wise m » n" went through a good deal of mummery , and f \ shed very adroitly for information whereon to found his oracular responses . He

      was purpo ? ely misled , and made the most ridiculous blunders , and of course the visitors only learnt for certainty what they shrewdly suspected before—that the aonjuror was an arrant cheat ; . Our correspondent says that there are seven persons of this description in Oldham and the neighbourhood , one at Gpllyhurst-bridgfl , and several others near Manchester ; that there are thousands within ten miles of Manchester , and those not confined to the lower classes , who believe in fortune-tening ; and that one old jade has made an independent fortune of her own in the business . Can this be true of any part of enlightened , oiyilized , and Christian England 1 ' If it be , how fearful is tho responsibility of those who have spent hundredsof millions in war , and nothing for the education of the people!—Liverpool Mercury . ;

      Fatal ARBiTRAMENT .- ^ -My ancient enemy and I now confronted eacfi other ; a loaded piece , which he usually carried , rested aoross his arm . We gazed at each other in amazement for some time , until at length he stepped back a pace or two , cocked his gun , and told me , if I did not quickly walk before him as his prisoner , he would shoot me . I felt hob blood riot in my veins , and told him to turn the muzzle of his pieca from me , or I might settle in deadly sort ! the long account betwixt us . He advanced upon me as I spoke , and thrust the end of his weapon against my breast . I staggered from the force of the blow ; but seeing me about to spring upon him , ho raised tho piece to his fihpulder and fired . The charge shattered one side of my head ,

      and arrested my impetuous course fpr the nipraent . I then seemed to look at him through orimspn flame , but I still saw him—through blinding streams of blood , he was still palpably before mei—but he took advantage of the severe check lie had given ; and Eeizing his piece by the barrel , he aimed a tremendous blow at my head with the butt-end , which I received with my left hand , and rushed in upon him with a Wild shriek of maddened infuriation ., " He was in an instant upon the ground , my hands grasping his throat , and his effort to force me off was terrible j but f tightened my fatal hold until his chett ceased to heave beneath ine—his arm dropped —the limbs slowly contracted , and then—I saw that he was dead I—Parley ' s Penny Library .

      An Inoenious Device .- —Thomas Hogel was on Wednesday last charged at the Liverpool policeoffice by a recruiting sergeant with having practised a singular imposition . It appeared that the prisoner was extremely anxious to enter the service of the East India Company , but being onereighth of an inch under the standard height he fixed to the crown of his head abali of wax covered with hair . Having b y this means elongated himself to the reouired dimensions j he was passed on Friday week , buH > eing ordered to attend again on Sunday , tho ingenious device was detected . Mr . Rushton said tie knew of no law which condemned a man to punishment for such an act as that committed by tho prisoner . He was cautioned hot to repeat the offence , and was discharged .

      An Aifair of HoNouR .- ^ An affair has just occurred in a certain northern city , which has occasioned some amusement to the lieges * A young gentleman belonging to tho beau monde , yra , a ambitious to become possessed of a . pair of whiskers , and made application to a friend to whom nature had been particularly bountiful in regard to that article , to be instructed as to the method of furnishing himself with the desired ornament .. The friend promised to comply , and presented him . with a pot of ointment with which he was to anoint the parts on which he wished to raise a crop .. The ointment was used accordingly , and produced— -not whiskers , but blisters . An offence of this heinous description nothing

      but blood could atone , A challenge was given and acoepted- ^ the parties met—and , somewhat abated of their first ardour , faced each other with mortal intent , and weapons loaded with cork ; though it is due to their valour to mention that they beiieved them to be charged with a heavier material . On the word being siven , shots were duly exchanged , and one of the parties , tho challenged , fell overpowered by deadly terror . The seconds , to continue what they intended fora joke , but which was certainly cayried a little too far , applied a handkerchief stained with red ink to his side . At this sanguinary spectacle , the challeDger , believing he had done murder , took to flight , and was with difficulty so much rft-assured as to appear again in public—Edinburgh Witness .

      Old Years Night at the Hanwell Lunatic Asylum . —On Friday evening , the last in the : old year , the above institution , for the reception of lunatic paupers belonging to the different parishes within the county of Middlesex , exhibited an extraordinary and pleasing instance of the grarilying effect of the humane system at- present pursued in that establishment , whereby coercion has been doiie away with , and corporeal restraint no longer forms a pait . nrthe treatment of the insane , it has been the practice of the last y ear or two to give the female patients au evening ' s enWrtamsaent as theiolose of the year , and to prepare for that joyous occasion , the patients had been for the week previously busily engaged in decsrating their wards with laurel , holly ,

      and other evergreens , which Were most tastefully and fancifully displayed on the walls of their rooms , in various devises , amongst which ware the initial letters of the Queen , ' * V . R ., " of Prince . Albert , "P . A ., " and of the illustrious infant , the future Sovereign of the united empire , " P . W . , " * -with crowns ' and Prince of Wales ' s feathers , &o ., the whole forming an alcove of upwards of seventy feet , in whioh the utmost tranquillity prevailed ; Soon after five o ' clock , the patients had assembled , to the number of nearly four hundred , who had ranged themselves on each side on forms , w-hich had been provided for the occasion . AtS that time scarcely a word was to be heard , and the

      effect the scene produced was most striking and pleasing . Tea and cake were then served out to the patients , by the matron , Miss Gonolly ( the superintendent's daughter ) , and tho Burses , by whom afterwards were played on a pianoforte many cheerful and enlivening tunes , to which the patients commenced dancing , which they kept up with much spirit and glee for upwards of an hour . On their again resuming their seats , they were each presented with half an orange , after which dancing again commenced , and was com ihued with music at intervals until eight o ' clock , when supper was served , and at the conclusion the patients retired to their Several apartments , apparently much delighted with their evening's entertainment .

      TMb Wisdom . —A wise general , on the eve of battlei makes » proper disposition of his forces beforehand , and does not wait till the ; enemy has made an attack , and thus , by forethought aud due preparation , reasonably txpect 3 a victory ;—thus , ne who has a desire to attain a healthy , and , consequently , happy old age , does not indolently wait for the attack of the enemy , which is sickness , but is constantly on his guard against ^ his insiduous approaches , by parr inif proper attention to the etato of his health . Many would fain occasionally use medicine to assist nature in her operations ; but like a mariner at sea without his compass , knowing not where to steer ^ they first try this , and then ; that , and meet with nothing hut disappointment ; to theso , how welcome must be the important fact , that Parr ' s Life Pills are now proved to be all that is required to conqaer disease and prolong life . "

      Tnk Armstbong Lives Pills are recommended as an Anti bilious medicine , to erery sufferer from bilious complaints and indigestion , or from an inactive liver , and are proourable at all Druggists , and at the Northern Star office . It is only neoessars to see that the stamp has "Dr . John Armstrong'B Liver Pills" engraved oh it in white letters , and to let no one put you off with any other pills . N . B . — -The Pills in the boxes enclosed in marbled paper , and marked B ., are a very / mild aperient , and are pairticularly and universally praised . They ate admirably adapted for sportsmen , agricuH'urists , men of b « siness , naval and military men ; as they contaia no mercury or calomel , and require neither confinement to the h » UBe , nor restraint in diet .

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      The ExCHZQ . vzB . BsLt FoRGERr . —Ou Monday morning an order was sent to Newgate ; from the Home-office , for the femoVal of Edward , Beaumont Smith to the hulksV in parsuanc ^ of : his sentence . He was according ! *^ placed m a c arriage aad conveyed t « Wbolwich , where he was placed on board the usual receiving hulk , v : v Another Cai-amitoi ^ Fire in Manchester . — On Friday evening last , about nine o ' clock , an alarn * of fire was given , aad which ; was found to be at the weaving m ill and calender house in Bpleman ^ sbuildings , Manchester . The fire commenced < mv the part occupied by the late Mr . E . Dickinson ,

      calendererv &c ., and which raged with Hueh lury tnat in about an hour that part of the premises , six Etories high , was a . complete ruin ; ndtanything worth notice was saved . The loss will probably ba aBbut £ 5 , 000 . There were two rooms over tha calender room filled with looms which were all burnt . The prinoipal part , of the weaving establishmontk being separated from the premises burnt down , by a wall , did not receive much injury ; but , as tha steam engine was much damaged , all the bands employed will , necessarily , be thrown out of w'prk for some time to come . ; No lives were lost , nor is any one injured * -

      Effect of Competition . — -The competition in the slop business is almost ruinous to a numerous and industrious , class of women at the east end of the metropolis , ' who man aged to support themselves decently by their needle . A few years ago , wheu shirt-making was reduced io three shillings a dozen , it was considered so low tt price that it tvas impofsible to make a bare . existence at it . Yet from that price it became gradually reduced j . and many of the large jew elop-sellers at present pay bnt riinepence a dozen , or three-farthings each shirt , for them . If three shillings was ; av . price at which these po 6 r women could make a mere existence , what must ba the effect of the present allowance ? And yet thousands are to be found even glad to get such work !

      Death from Starvation . —On Monday night an inquest was taken before Mr . Higgs at the Edinburgh Castle , Strand , on the body of Charlotte Closson , aged 63 . Debaiah Johnson , of 31 , White Hart-street , deposed that she knew the deceased . About three weeks since she saw deceased in the street . It was raining at the time , and the deceased crying , said she wa'i tery hungry . She ( witness ) took her home and gave her something to eat , and she appeared grateful for it . She called several times since , and on Wednesday last called and ap » peared very ill . She gave her some tea and allowed her to sit by the fire / Shedallod again on Saturday last , and had the appearance of being in a dying state . She was very bad , and said " shehad haa nothing to eat the whole of the previous day . " Sha

      begged of her to . give her some tea or she would die ; She borrowed 6 d . and gave her some tea . Sha offered her some bread and herring , but she could not eat . She asked her the reason she did not apply to the workhouse , when she replied -that she would sooner die ia the street-than enter the workhouse . " Deceased having a sister in the Dover-road , she sent harhephewto her residence for some relief . The deceased said she knew Mr . Short , of the Strand , and could Bhe get there he , would give her relief . She ( witness ) and her niece assisted hier down stairsy and on getting into the passage she died . The deceased was in the habit of sleeping in public-houses , and on one cold rainy night she came and implored of her to give her 6 d ,, tb pay for her night ' s lodginar .

      Her clothes were thin and wretched . She was very thin and emaciated ; Three doctors attended . By the Coroner——The deceased's sister sent bacK some bread and meat and a- note , on which was written , " Penitent sinner , to-day on earthy to-morrow i n hell ;••'¦ seek pardon and delay not . " The deceased was much hurt on reading it . I called on the sister on Sunday , who said that the deceased was a very bad person ,-and had left h « r husband fchirtyfive years since , who is still living at Harwich . From other evidence , ifc appeared that deceased might kave been well off , but ior her conduct , having had a great deal of money left her by her father . Verdict— "Died from want , brought on by her own stubborn temper . "

      Plymouth , Sunday ; Jan . ; 2 . —T ^ his afternoon the Cpnvvay , 26 Y Captain Bethane , from China , having on board two millions of dollars , anchored in the Sound about six o ' clock . Her desdnation waa Portsmouth , but a change of wind having taken place ,: she . was compelled to come in here . She entered at the . eastern end of the Breakwater , and it being after suHset she did net salute the Admiral ' s flag . r She brings : hdme . many ^ invalids , frotn the squadron in the China seas . She was at the Cape of Gcqd Hope on tho 1 st of October . It is reported that she will . , be paid off at Portsmouth . Of course she brings no intelligence that has nob previouslyC reached England .

      The PiiiLiPSTOWN Murder . — -The horrible murder of a poor idiot ^ by a party of gentlemen who were sojourning at a country seat in the immediate vicinity of PhilipstownV and to which we adverted on Tuesday last , has been considered as wholly incredible . S » horrible arc the facts , that scarcely any person is willing to . believe that such barbaroua cruelty could be practised by . » party of gentlemen in a Christian country ^ It is pur duty , however , to reiterate our statement . The horrible murder did take place ; but we have recoired additional information , which states that the idiot murdered was not a boy but a man . He was besmeared over with oil and turpentine , and literally roasted to death . An inquest was held—a mock one , we are led to believe , from the fact that one of the parties engaged ia 1

      the murder sat on theinque 9 t l Money has been squandered in profuejon to hush the matter up ; almost all the parties have decamped to England oc elsewhere . The majprity of them were officers ^ and , we suppose i are liow with tfceir respective regiments . What will the Government do in thia matter ? We call upon Lord Eliot to send a stipendiary magistrate to the spot to inquire in the matter—we asfc Colonel M'Gregi r whethbr the police in the district made any report to him on the subject f —we call upon the Government to make the prooeedingspf the Coroner ' sinquest ^ public . A most foul and barbalqus murder hasbeen eommitted , under circum-8 tance 3 of aggravated , barbarity , unequalled by the horrible atrocities of Indian cruelty , andnosteps have been taken to bring the savage perpetrators to jusiice .- ^ -Dublin Monitor . ' ,: 1—fcJ % iJfa-w % ^ w-fciJ Vfc-- ^ >^^^^^**^^^ j ^ rtrf ^ i * ¦ ¦ n r 1-1 j ¦ ' '

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      DISTRESS AT STQCEPORT . The following statement has been published by the authority of the Mayor of Stockpori ; : — 11 isi well known that the cotton manufacture of this kingdom has been long and greatly depressed , and that numbers of persons engaged in it have been thrown out of employment , and great distress occasioned in the various ; towns and districts of which it is the staple manufacture . The borough of Sfcpokpoit , the working population of which is engaged almost exclusively in this manufacture , has suffered in commonwith othor * t 6 wnsj from its general and long-continued depression . The distress so occasioned has been increased to an extent , it is believed , beyond that of any other town by special and peculiar circumstances of alocal influence . We allude to tba entire stoppage of some of the largest estabUshment 3 in the to \ yn and neighbourhood , by which several thousand persons have bepn"thrown out of employmentj who still remain without any prpspecfc of being able to return to it . - . E , :

      Of the establishments at work , a great part are so . only partially ; and the working of short time ( that is of four days por ^ week ) has been continued to a greatc r or less extent * sinee May las ^ : Up wards pf one-third of the horse-p 6 w <) r in the town and neighbourhood is uaem ployed , . whiph , if at work , would give employment to more thaii 4 , 000 persons . Itia believed that there are ^ altogether , about 5 , 000 operatives of various ( radss unabla to obtain employment . The consequeRce of this suspension of labpui * are __ extensive Ipsa and Buffering among all classes dependent upon trade , and unexampled distress and privation among the working population . This distrasd , heightened as it now is by the severity of fcha weather , has arrived at a pitch of which it ia impossible ^ to convey any adequate idea by mere ttitistical information . The Poor-rates have regularly increased , and are now become a serious draia upon the diminished resources of the comparatively

      few who are able to pay them . Families , two or three together , are' crowding into one house or leaving their cottages- for cellars :: some are quitting their native , land : numbers having exchanged ; all but the last articles of their wearing apparel for the means of sustaining life , aro on the verge of destitution ^ Honest men , willing to work , are coiBpelled ,: with their entire families , to become street mendicant * , or tdk live , day by day , on the preearious charity of their neighbours ; and , besides , an increase of disease , arising , in a great measure , from a defioiency of food ; many , it is to be feared , are literally starring to desLth . Of 15 . 823 individuals , innabiting 2 , 965 houses , lately visited under the direction of a Committee appointed for the purpose . 1 , 204 only were fpand to be fully employed ; 2 , 866 partially employed , and 4 , 148 , able to work , were wholly without employment . The remainder 7 , 605 persona were nnablfc to work . ¦; : ^

      The average weekly income of the aboye 15 , 823 persons was Is . 4 | d . each . / ; ' The average weekly wages of those fully employed were 7 a . 6 $ d . each . : : > : - The average weekly ^ earninga : ' of those putiallf employed were 43 . 7 Jd . The Committee appointed for the purposes of tb « relief novr to be afforded , being fully confinced that all the efforts that can possibly bo made in the towm and < ( neighbourhood will be utterly inadequate U » meet the pressing necessities of the case , hate ra-Bolved , under the direction of the m » ating by whiofit they were appoint , io make an appeal to thei « countrymen generally , and especially to those individuals and classes of society who feel little of th « pressure of the times , or who are removed fxon all fear of p « rsonal sufiering and -pritfttion .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 8, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct581/page/3/