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BRITATOTTA'S APPEAL TO ENGLISHMENOJ? BEHALF OF THE TEMPERANCE REFORMATION.
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Britatotta's Appeal To Englishmenoj? Behalf Of The Temperance Reformation.
BRITATOTTA'S APPEAL TO ENGLISHMENOJ ? BEHALF OF THE TEMPERANCE REFORMATION .
Sianzas in commemoraiioa of the Grand Demonsiraiion of TedotallerSi held at Leeds , on Whit-Tuesday May 17 th , 1842 . 21 A VISITING MEMBEE OF 1 KB WAKEFIELD SOCIEIT . Bsrrosssrissl snay yotu gillant hosts , A sleepless enemy inYades your coasts ; Yonr nation ' s cherish'd freedom is at state , And duty—trumpet-tongued—proclaims , awake , Lo ! fair Britannia * deepest thonf hts are stirr'd , Through , her broad realms her echoing voice is heaxd ; She bids you struggle bravely , one and all , To saw her empire from its threaten'd felL Her regal lion shMd-lifce to her dings , Her royal eagle spreads his guardian -wings ; Whilst the proud mistress of the foamy -ware In tfi " '"^ tones fiius calls upon the brave : —
» Britons , exert the infiuence you possess ! Call forth the potent powers of the Press ! Extend the Pulpit's all-subduing aid " ? Acd from the Senate apeak out undismay'd ! " Banishintemperance . '— ¦ whose destructive breath Spreads crime , and ¦ want , and ¦ wretchedness , and death ; Blighting life ' s prospects -with despotic sw » j , HaJoEgman ' s highest interest its prey l " Obey this mandate , wwards may stand aloof , But bring ye virtuouB actions to the proof ; By all thafs just and true , sublime and brave , Tour strength combine a sinking land to save .
Seek to erase the deep-dyed brand of shame . That hath been stamp'dupon our ancient name By drinking customs—tyrannies mod base , Onr . national escutcheon's foul disgrace ! Thousands have perish'd on the battle plain , But alcohol hath tens of millions slain ; Sraspirg as time ' s untiring current rolls . The yearly suai of sLrty thmtscatd sends >* Kead history ' s dari Eorrovr-strick £ n page , Of sad examples rife in every age ; Then say , " Cm I the tempter ' s meshes shun , Whose luring ¦ wiles have myriads undone ?'' Jiethinks I tear the victims loudly cry—* ' Oh save us J Britons , or -we sink and die ; Tour prompt and vigorons energies we need , Out fettfcrs gall us and "we would be freed J "
Shall then the suppliants urge their claims in vain , And we relezikss vit / w the nation ' s bane ? Ah do - '—to tb " : s what English breast can yield—What British heart can e ' er be found so steel d ? Let us arrest tie death-stream ' s sweeping course , Tie 2 stt 3 cf temperance practice and enforce ; And " to ' aeh not , taste not , handle not , " nor yire The drunkard ' s drink ; but sign tke pledge and live Thu = shall we cease to forge the drunkard ' s chain , And by examp-e teach him to absiain ; Then on his mind new truths we may impress , Aad hfeiVcn will crewn our efforts witii success . Think of tke great , the wise—in life's full bloom , " Cut down like grass" and hurried to tee tomb ; Besides all who in death ' s cold house are laid , Whose poignant anguish psn hath ne ' er pourtrayM :
3 > o not all these , with voice uplifted high , Give evidence which reason cant deny ; In " ttmnroistjon strong as Holy Writ , " That alcohol is drink for man unfit ? Oh . ' -wbzt daUgbt each generous heart must find In banishing t&e thrsldoai of the sund ; Making Ssrce passions calm , dim judgments desr , And piichig reason in her native sphere . Christians asd patriots , rally and combine , The strongholds of thefoa to undermina ; Confront his boldly—conquer him—and see His sceptre shatter'd and his slaves set free ! Ti 3 Albion ' s cause 1—then let her sons unite , Spread the pure halo of teetotal light ! Exalt her in ihe scale of moral beauty , " Enjiand expects each man to do his duty >" Thomas Bsoyvs
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* "The statistics of intemperance cannot !> e obtained with the esac : E £ S 3 wMch might be wkhed ; the calculation however is based upon much inquiry , which gives us , in Eaglsnd alone , six hundred thonsasd persons , ¦ who are hasitual or occasional dructard ? . Of this number sixiy thousand die annually—one dies ^ very ten minutes . "—Rev . G . B . Mocdona ! d s Sermons .
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THE PEOPLE SHALL HATE THEIB OWN AGAIX . TU 5 Z— " The Kitvj shdl possess his own againS TlMJS gone tbe Suffrage was possessed by every man , And Old Egg ' and then was a happy land to see ; It wa 3 joyfnl in tie ball , asd in the ccttage small , And the poorest man could merry , merry be . Then eladsoae was the scund &b the yule went , rotmd , Of the scng and the glee st Christmas time ; And happy as tbe day were out firesides gay , lor tie rich thought the mirth of the poor no crime .
Ks red ceat 3 had we then to threaten honest men , Bst the people guarded their homesteads free ; Ana their challenge was , woe to the tjrant or foe , Who dares set f eot on onr isle of the sea . Ah ! those were happy times , the old village chimes Beat time to tils thrill of the people ' s joy ; And the proud British name , was upheld with fame , By its c ! as 3 our rulers would eo ' . 7 destroy . Well have the franchise back , in spite of gaol and rack , Or our proud oppressors no rest shall gain ; Fcr own . they mast , they knew it is but just , That tie people should have their own again . F . Bidiaals .
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SONS FOR THE illLLlOXS . We will be hit ! the millions cry , Ani tyrants tremble on their thrones ; The veies of nations reeds the skj , G-j 1 tears on earth the piteous means Of myriad mortals chiia'd ana bound ; Hia image proau&te on the ground la agony snd arguish groans . He s * es the psor , and well fie tnsws Wiiit ihej endure—their grief aiid woes . Despots beware ; Be wise , have care , He Eurt ' y will revange him on their foes .
We T 7 ii ] be free-1 again that cry , Bursts c-a gppression ' s ttirtled ear j The glorious sound will ce-vcr die , Sr » eet liberty shall never fe ^ r . The tjrant . t . ur the dastard knave , The mhdLzi , nor 4 h& crouching slave , Who berSj aad bo-srs -srLcii he is near ; KoiLi can ccntroul tbe fre ^ bom mind The unlctttrd teal is never blind To nature ' s laws And Ireedoni ' s ciiise , Bat yearri for happiaws for ail mankind .
We win be freo ; ¦« bat power Ehzll dare To stop bhs : ti- " e wlii : h si-very blights ; Bc ore higli L £ aven we Vut ? aEQ swtar To cliim and kave our miiihood ' s rights . Millioss scb-.-crii * to this decrte , We wffl bi free ! We will b = free 3 To k 5 ep secure usurped powers , ^ N& bribe csn lore tlds will of ours . We nuke cttr cla ^ Tr . frf-t-tii . yn * ^^ T ' - , We wjj ] dfefpise the knave who stoops and cowers Be : nja : jii >; Stott . ^ lascbEster .
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t Zkj £ DS , ~ Di = ordsslt Feha ^ s . —On Sloudav , louryecng vevmin from Bridge-street , Mill Garrhstreet , tad their vieinitie ? , were charged , before the -Leeos Borough Jcsnces , vrith diforderly , conduct in tte streer , i , Sunday nishi , and with stopping and annoyine every parson who pas ? ed them ; They weie seat to WafceSeld for a month each . - /
ArrSHPI TO DSFBAtTD THS TaGRA > 1 CFFI ( J 2 ,-r-Un Mouaay aa aged man , "irae ihe far Nor ; h , 'fwfe > gave his name Peier Brown , was " charged before tfce m £ uistrate at the Le- ; us Court House , with an 2 ^ nip [ to defraud the guardians of the Yagrant Omce , by obtaining ; tig usual relief and lodgings lie stated that he was destitute , and had only a half-penny in the world , an officer who was on duty , beag -rather *» too far Nortb >? for Peter , insisted upon searching him , -when he discovered 8 s . 6 d . in silver , and in a belt round his tody two £ 1 bGotcu
bank notes . These the " eannie Scot" said , were private property , and he wished to kee p them ^ co ^ e while he got home , to find himself some wothes with . When before the magistrates he said « e " didna ken what thefevrk meant , " and spoke in fcch broad Gaelic that , it was cest to an impossibility <«¦ southern ears to catch his meaning . However , ^ no fraud had betn ac . ually perpetrated , and f ^ icr expressing his anxiety to gti home , the P ^ gistrates discharged him en his promise not to be ^ a ; ihe Tainan Ofice again . Peter carefully ° ^ a i us notes and Taaiiiied .
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-RECOGNiZAjfCES . —On Monday last , William Berry , for interfering with a watchman in the discharge of his duty on Saturday night , and rescuing a man who had been fighting , and John Burke , for dogfighting in Rnostrop fields , on Sunday , were each ordered to enter into their own recognizances of £ 10 to keep the peace , and be of good oehaviour for six months . Stealing a Pint . —On Friday , a young man named Benjamin Xawson , was brought before the sitting
magistrates at the Court House , on a charge of having stolen a Bilv « r plated pint . A policeman stated that he met the prisoner that morning about twenty minutes past one o ' clock , with a silver plated pint in his breast , and , os a :-king where he had got i& , he said he had stolen it from the Robin Hood , Vicar Lane . On applying to Mr . Charles Button , the landlord of the Robin Hood , he identified the pint as his property , and said it had been stolen from his house . The prisoner was committed for trial at the sessions .
Stexljxg Ieox—On Friday , an old man , named Henry Webster , was brought before the sitting magistrates at the Leeds Court House , on a charge of having stolen nearly three cwt . of old iron from the premises of Thomas Hebden Esq . in Guild / brd-Btreet . The iron was stolen about the 16-: h of Feb . last , and the prisoner was proved to have sold it on the 18 th of that month to Mr . Caulker , in White Hart Court , Cross Parish , He was committed for trial at the sessions .
iMPfiovEMEXt CojrsnssioNEss' Accounts —The adjourned vestry meetiDg , for the passim ; of these accounts for the year 1841 , was held on Monday evening last , at seven o'clock , at the Oiurt-house . There were very few persons present . It will b . - * remembered at the meeting on the 17 th of March , an objection to an item in the accounts of £ 64 odd , for the expences of a deputation to Derby ann London , to arrange for opposing the town of Leeds being included in the General Improvement Bills introduced by Lord Normanby , and it waa referred to the present Commissioners to take step ? for the recovery of the "money so paid , and the meeting was adjourned for two months . The Commissioners had uot done anything in the matter , and thus it sti-1 remained in stain qtw . The minutes of the previous mee ting
having been read . the Chairman ( Mr . Nichflls ) called upon any one having a proposition to submit to do so . Some time elapsed and no person appearing inclined to take any part , the Chairman said he should be obliged to take the only step rema i ning for him . The following resolution was then proposed , seconded , and agreed to unanimously : — " That this meeting refer the Commissioners to the resolution of the meeting held on the 17 th of March , relative to the amount of £ 64 9 s . lid ., and request the Commissioners to take the same into consideration and report thereon at the next vestry meeting ; and further , ihti \ this meeting stand adjourned to seven o'clock in the evening of Monday the 13 th day of June ; and that the Law Clerk to the Commissioners be requested to give timely n .-tice ot '; he game . " The meeting then broke up ac half past seven o ' clock .
CtTTisG Underwood . —On Saturday last , John Gaunt and Wa Crummack , of Farnley , w » ro summoned before the sitting ; mag strates , at Leeds Court House , to answer to a charge of having cut and carried away a large quantity of underwood , from a coppice called Park Spring , m the towEship of Farnley . Crummack did not appear to the tmnmon 3 . The case against both the defendants was proved by one of the game-keepers on the estates , and by ^ another person , by wh- > m they were both seen throwing the underwood orer a brook , and afterwards carrying it away . They were each fined one shilling , the estimated value of the wood , and the expenses , amounting in each c . i 5 e to 1 Is . more , and , in default of payment , they were ordered to be committed to Wakefield for iourteeti days .
Attempted Shop Robbery . —On Friday , James Gainings , a lad about eighteen year 3 of age , was brousjh : up at the Court House , Leeds , before the dtting Magistrates , of a charsr of breaking hito the shop of ilr . Bissington , hatter . K ; rkgate . On Tuesday | "night , Inspector Child , and Policemen Hartley and Stubbs , observed the prisoner ai .-d two other young men under circumstances which led to the suspicion 1 tha ; they were about to commit some robbery , and having kept an eye on their movement , about " ha ! fpast twelve o ' clock , they found a la-Iiler reared up again = x a window at . the back par , of Mr . Bissing-: ton ' s premises , looking imo the Golden Cock Yard , j and a portion of the window removed : Mr . Read ,
; chief constable , was sent for , and on making immel diate search of the premises in his presence , the prisoner wis discovered in au upstairs room , with two boys caps near him that Lad been removea from ; the shop window . Nothing haa been taken from the premises . The till of the shop , however , had e ? i-; dently been ransacked ; but uo moiiey hariug been < left therej the depredators had doubtless been disappointed of their expected booty . It would appear : that the ^ prisoner ' s two companions were keeping i watch whilst he waa inside the premises , but they ; codirived to escape on the approach of the police . The Beach committed the prisoner for trial at the Sessions .
Chaege of Stabbing . —On Tues-day morning , three o ' clock , a row toek place ia Vork-strcei , amongst some thieve 3 and prostitutes , when one of the men received a stab in the left arm , from a knife . He bied profusely , and insisted upon his assailant , a female , being taken into custody . She was accordingly taken , and gav < -her nam-i Ann Wilson , stating that she came from York . On bdng brought before the magistrates , on Tatsday morning , the prosecutor did not appear , and it appearing that the wound had been inflicted during a scuffle , the woman was discharged , oa her promise to leave the town .
Caciion to Deovebs . — On Tuesday Ia-t , John Hudion ^ adrover of calves , fn : m ilkley . tvas charged before the Leeds Borough Justices , at the Court House , with cruelty to animals , in bringing a number of calves to Leeds mariet on Frk ' ay previous . The animals had their feet lied tcgeihtr , and were laid one upon another in a s-mall cart , to the great danger of their suffocation , and rendering them unfit for human food . The informatioi ) was laid at the instance of Mr . John Lofthou .-e , solicitor , and the oifenee"being proved , the defendant was fined 10 s . and costs , ' amounting altogether to 19 s .
Wahehovse Breakers — Oa Tuesday , tvro lads , about twelve years of age each , named Edward Sigston ,-and John Blackbura , vrere brought up at the Court House , on a charge cf having brokeu into the warehouse of Messrs . Horner and Pape , in Templar-street , on the Wednesday morniag previous . The premises were entered by the cellar window , and a drawer in a desk ; - ad been forced open ; fortunately , however , there was no mon ^ y left , and the only ¦ booty obtainable was an iakttanJ , some brass weight ? , " and other trifling articles . Some at tfiese were found to have been sold by the prisoners . It being their first offence , and on account of tht-ir years , the magistrates decided upon jzi-ring them a flogging , by consent of their parents , and then discharging tSem .
" Whitiio . vdat . —Sumut Scnooi , Anniversaries . —On Monday last , the Sunaay school children attending ami oc-unected with the variou 3 crmrchss aud chapei-3 in Leeds , assemblod according to aonual custom , aad were regaied with t > a , bans , 6 cc . Those belonging to the Saniay School Ur . ; on assembled in the Yard of the Coloured Cioth Hail , whirs tkcre was a numeroa 3 attendance . Af'cr they h .. d aii been arrayed in their respective places , a hviun was sung , which would have sounded v ? e ! 3 , bad" not some person undertaken ihe otfics of leadei * , who was quite incapable of executing his task , and who by his grotr-que and needless ac ; ion complett .- } - misled every class on the ground , and marr-d it : e
eifect oi ' a biuutirul piece of music . After siru ; ir : £ , tbe various schools filed off to Ea > t Para-je . Be 3 graver Qo £ en--ireet , and Eben .-zerch&pels , wj ; -r :-they wero addressed by ! he Rtv . John Ely , the J ^ v Edward Jukes , the Kev . Win . Hud .- \ v . ; il , and the Rev . W . R . Wood . —The annual meeting was held in East-parade chapel , on Tue > d 2 y evening . —The Wesieyan children attended chipe ! in each > i ; s ; ric £ , and were also addressed by different ministrrs . —Th > - C&iho&cs marched their childien in p .-ow ^ ion from St . Aim ' s school room to th 3 chapel on Yc-rk-road ; they h ^ ad a very clean 2 nd nea t 3 ppearar . ee , aud were regaled in the usua ; excellent t-ryie of tha body . — The Children in tne piroehiui schools attended the liaTLrh c-hnxch . where aftsriioou service was
performed , . a :: d a « excellent sermon was prea-cned by : lhe Rev . D » : ijr Hook , vi-, ar ; ar . d the National schools went to St . George ' s Church , where ai ? O ^ i sermon was preached by the Rev . Was , Si&elairV All incse wers re ^ a ' ec at their respective Sf hcol roi-iES . Tae children in the coinvy schoylasiembled aj their respective scnools ; and . the day being remarkably fiue , they proceeds to various geEtJjmen ' s houses , trhere , on the open ia -v : iL , hymns were ssng , arid various pieces oi music wore performed ; aftervrards the children were treated Triih tea- and buns . Tne appearance of all vras clean , neat , and very re ? pee " . s . '^ e ; aud it was really gra'ifyin » to observe , in the midst of all the depression of trade , the maternal pains which had been takeu with the children .
IH-a N" S FIELD . —The Independent Annual Friendly Society held their ninth anniversary oa Whit-Monday , at the house cf Mr . Jjhn Reed , the Greyhound Inn , where an excellent dianer was provided for them . AI ^ WICS . —The Odd-fellows of this town , Lodges' 2 Co . 1553 , and 3004 , of the Manchester Uuiiy , held their second anniversary on Monday , ana walked in procession to church , where a sermon was preached by the Kev . L . S . Orde ^ ir . aid of the widow and-orphans' fund . After walking through the principal streets of the town with flags and banners and other insigna , of-. heir order , they adjourned io ikcir spacious hall , Fickle-street , and to a booth in 2 sarrowga ; e-sireei , where four hundred sat dc-vvu to a sumptuous diuj-fer ; the day was spent in tne siost Larmoiiious manner .
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MoTt , the baker , is still suffering very severely from his shoulder wouad ( which is much inflamed ) , and is not likely to bo convalescent for a long time . Moss , the policeman , is considerably better , although his ivrisi is much injured . A Graceful Dun . —Said a protty woman to a friend of ours a few days since , " Husband has made me a present of a little bill that you owe him . " — Who could resist euch a polite invitation to pay np ? A Town to Let . —The ancient town of Jedburgh , which has long enjoyed the eminent distinction of
being one of the greatest strongholds of Toryism among the burghs of Scotland , seems sadly affected with decay . The population fell upwards of 900 between the census of 1831 and that of 1841 . Of late the decrease has been more rapid , and in psrambulating the streets you behold almost every alternate house ticketed , "to Let . " The town is well situated for manufacturing industry , and yet the few factories which have been established are nearly all closed . Namber 3 of the working classes are departing for America , and the whole aspect of the place presents a very unfavourable appearance .
Moral Effect of the Allotment System . — The magistrates of West Kent , having mettocousider the propriety of carrying into effect the Rural Police Police Act , requested an account of the number of allotment-tenants in forty-two parishes in West Kent , and the number of offences against the laws of their country committed by the same , when the following satisfactory statement was presented to them : —There were in all tho forty-two parishes nearly two thousand tenant 3 , amongst whom there had only been five commitments in four years ; and even those might be accounted for , from the fact , that several tenants bad land granted to them with a view to their improvement , who had been previously committed to prison for poaching
and various offences—and in a majority of instances tlnir reformation had been effected . One man , who had been in prison seven times , and had begged pardon of the magistrates and others , for different offences , fourteen times , has had land for two years , and during that pmod ho has given no cause whatever for complains , but ha 3 conducted himgolf in a steady , honest , respectable manner . B . King , Esq ., having some time sincaallottedfortygardenstoBomo labourers at Tanworth , Warwickshire , nn inestimable plan has been adopted by these garden-tenants . One of the occupiers of these gardens beine , from a long illness , unable to dig or plant his portion , his wife intended to apply to the parish for some assistance to enable her to cultivate her allotment k *** ••*¦ *• w w » * & v ** w *^* «^ v * * v ^ si 4 » v * r » fc fe \ s liVA * 4 r * 4 LSI 4 & 4 WA 4 V m
** upon which these garden-ten ants m ? t , and drew up , and all signed , tho following agreement , which has since been fully acted up to : —* ' Wo , the undersigEed , agree to dig and plaut , each according to our shares , either by our labour , or by a subscription in money , the ground of any of us , as he may bo unable to do it for himself , on account of sickness , and the widow of any of us for two years after the death of her husband . " jSciciDE fkom Povsrty . —An inquest was hold on Wednesday week , at the George , beech Lane , Barbican , before Mr . Payne , ou the body of George Loug , a « jcd 46 . Sarah Matin s ^ id that the doc : ased resided with his wife at l \ o . 2 , May-street , Whitecross-street . He wa 31 > 3 trade a butcher , but , being unable io obtain employment at that business , ho
was occasionally engaged by Mr . Powell , cab-master of Leather Lane , to work in the stables . The money he earned u that way , together with what his wife j : ot by goinj , ' erraeds i ' or tho prisoners eonSued in \ VhUeoross--kreet Gaol , was barely sufficient to ¦ maintain them in food , and being unable lo pay for his lodging , he contracted a debt , which he had no means to pay , of 16 s . He had , for many weeks past , been in a low and desponding state , but it was not until Sunday week that he hinted at destroying himself . He then said , ia alluding to the sum he owed fer rent , that he should bo glad to eud his troubles by hanging himself . On Tuesday morning week his wife found him in the cellar hanging by a rope to a Ltam hi tho ceiting . and quite dead . He wculd not apply tor relief at the workhouse . Verdict— " Temporary insanity . ' *
The Baltimore Papers supply us with tho melancholy particulars of another sit aw-boat explosion . The boat was a new one called tha Medora , tind intended to run between Baltimore and Norfolk . This was merely an experimental trip , and the passengers were principally respectable persoca who had £ one in her by invitation . The explosion caused by the bursting or' tha boilers ia said to hare fceen terrific , and the boat was instantly enveloped in a cloud of scolding steam , which was inhaled by some wnh fatal Cuii-cqucncos , whiie others suffered externally in their persons from its effect . It is said that orer twenty persons lost their lives .
ISatxo . val Distress . —It ia m contemplation to issue forthwith a Queen ' s letter inviting contributions in the several places of worship throughout the thr- ? e kingdoms , for the purpose of affording more adequate relief to tho industrioas populattcu of the manufacturing districts than local subscriptions can be expected to yield . A coufercuce was held on Saturday , upon this very interesting subject , at the hou « e of Sir R . Peel , in 'Whitehall , at ivhich the First Lord of I he Treasury , tha Secretary of State for the Home Department , tha Lord Priniito and the Lord Bishop of London , were present . It was determined that the sppesJ we have mentioned should be immediately made to the benevolence of her -Majesiv ' s subjects .
CUVCL EoEBCRT OF A COUNTRYMAN OF Ur-WARDS of X' 20 . —On Saturday af ' . eruoon , a countryman of the north of England , who had > viid tho major pari of his passage-iaonty t'j Kew Zealand , mes with two men at Loudoa-bnd ^ c-wharf , with whom he goi into conversation ; one of them was rncst respectably attired , and said he had just returned from America , wb ^ -re ho had made an ample fortune , \ tho other was dressed as a countryman , aud said ha was about to emigraie to New Zealand . This pleased the countryman , nlio asked his now acquaintance to partake cf sonic refre ? hment , which they did , and after looking at the Mouumtnt , Bank , &o ., they went * o the Cock public-house , in Sr . Martsn ' si ^ ourt , Ludgite-hill , v » hero they partook oi" soa : e
moro refreshment , aud the simple countryman pulled out twcnry-: wo American gold p ; ecea ; the supposed countryman said he would give him a sovereign if he cyuld j ; et some char . gcd for him . The countryman was then about to replace his money in his breeches-pocket , when the gentJeman taid , " Don ' t put n in your pocket , or you will get robbed , a 3 my frk-ud did ; London- is a dreadi ' ul place for thieves ; " he then said , " I will put it into your watch-fob , which lie pretended to do , but substituted nineteen fkrtLiii £ s in iieu of it . Tho poor ftilo— went , to the station-house , iu J 31 ack Horsecourt , aud mane knotvn his loss to Inspector Fosbary , who wcat in search of the sharpers , but without success .
Death from Want . —On Thursday nn inquisition was taken beioro Mr . Wakiey , M . P ., at the Bull , Peiur-street , Cow-cross , on View of the body cf Anne I ' ruvin ? , aged 52 , a widow , who died under the folluwing melancholy circumstances of destitution at her miserable lodging No . 21 , Bowling-street , which v .-is ihe picture of wani and poverty . -Anno Provius , ai . ' -d twelve ytars , sai'i thai for ihe last eijr ' htmonths he- mother liad been in a very bad stato of health . Sho wm unable to earn her own living , and was i-ur-pcried bv some money thas she rec-iived for
ukiU ^ care o : ' a baby . S ; io was allowed ei ^ 'h ' . cenp ; . " . ; ce i-wetk for it , which , wuii two shillings n-week that her ( witness '* - ) brother gave hor , and u-, a ' . ivi : iic-sffai ablo to earn , w ; a aii she had for ii ;_ -iu :-: i ' urtnj ^ nt . . Sue had soaie trifi-s ;^ allcv . ' - anee from the pan ^ ii prcrious to las-t iViday i ' orlr , i : ; ht , which wos : lu ! i stopped brcause her lwoiher vnu . i no ; {; o in \ r > tho wcrkbonsi ? . On Moacr . y ut v > : ; e o ' ciot- ] :, vri-nesr- left her moth-r tor about ten mh . ' jicss , v . h' jn , on her return , sho found i ] ecea ^; d lvl : iii en the erice of [ he bed , and ii ] .- , ej )> ibi ., ' . Wi :-
ucsn c : iUed up ; urs . Hail , who lifted h ° r mother up , but -hu died almost immediately . The parich doctor had uitended her . Jemiua Ha !! , a married wotnau , auu iodgmg in the Fnmu house , corroborated the above evjdanct , a :. d -a ; u thaJ thu deceased firei applied tu the parish fur rolief about tr-c mid'ile of March . Her reiiet was stopped on the 20 ih oi ' April . Uoros r— "Do you .-uppote that sho bad sufficient nourishment ? " Witaess— " I think she never had . Sht lt : ; d Heldommori ; than one ratal a dcy . " Coroner . vVLy -:: ii sho not go 11 : 10 theiionse ? " Witness—"' Bncau . e she vsas unable to wral ! :. bhe could si- ^ r ^ cJy v ? a ! k aros--. th : i \> jih . " a juror said , that he had trpen lu : r
-: ¦) weak as wi ; h liiflicuity to bo able to carry the iiifiint she had chavije of . The daughter ttut d tha : t ' -ify oa ' ss" u ? t--I to ha- , e breakfast-, and a little tea and bn-fed aud buJt ' .-r before it'ty went to bed . Some tiaioi the neighbours gave then sorue victuals . The Coroner ob £ errod , thai she appeared to have been labouring under ' u ; .-caso for some lime . Mr . E : \ - motiMt-n , me p : ; ri-h snvgeon , deposed ' that-he first , saw the decca-ed on the 2 nd of March , and con tiuued seeing her to th « 4 h of April . On the ISih , he prescribed i ' jr her , and a ^ ain visited her on tho 23-d , whea she seemed better . The last , time . he euiv her was on the 2 nd o ! May . She had an emaciated appearance when _ he first attended her . He thought she had a- disease cf the lungs and of the vessels cf the heart . Mr . \ Aib ° rry , an ovcrfeer , said that the deceased received ironi the 31 st of
March to th- 22 th . of April an average daily allowance equal to 7 ^ a ., having had in bread and money ( o tho amount of 13 s . 2 i . She belonged to the parish , of Sj . rdartin ' s-ia-tiit-Fields . They would * have passed her there . Mr . Parkins , an overseer , paid , that a chair was seat to her , so that she might bo brought to the workhouse . The Coroner remarked , that the parish w . v- ; not bound to do more tl . au thoy did . He thought thai the deceased was in a very destitute stats , bus that the verdict of the jury could be no m-re than that of natural death . Some of the jury wished-to have ths words " accelerated by w : mi" added , but the Coroner observed , that such a verdict wculd i-bow that ihe : e was nct'lect , and ihzi iiiero appeared no cause m the present instance to in . Lu ; e blame to the parish . YiruicJ , " Natural death .
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Murdeu and Suicide at PRESTON ;—A melancholy occurrence took pla ^ e on 'Saturday afternoon , at Preston , ihe tragedy has been perpetrated by a msnnamed Peter Wiitf j ] 6 ,- . a epinuer , residing at No . Y V ? ' eet j on the boc ] y oi'hte wit ' ei It appaars that they sat down to dinner , Tvhicli was dispatched without anything remarkable ; but . upon 'her- ' -rising to go to work at the factory , she was called back by herhusband , who joined her in the lobby of thehoase , and wniie pretending to givfl her a kiss or an embrace , cut her throat deeply with a rnzor . wh = ch he had
concealed in-his hand . The screams of the poor woman called around the assistance et the neighbours , who , j » n entering the house , found that the murdererhad attempted suicide by inflicting ^ similar wound upon himself . The woman expired almost immediately , the wound being across the jugular vein . Whittle h still alive , but doubts are entertained ^ of his recovery . As yet no inquest has been held . The murderer is supposed to have been actuated by some jealous notions ; but various rumours arc afloat relative to the occurreuco . —LiverpoolAlbion . -
E n ^ ' 8 Bounds and the Queen's Subjects . —Ou Friday forenoon coiisiderabJe excitemenfc was occasioned throughout ihe neighbourhood of Hammersmith , by the circulation of a veport that a female child , about five years of ; igo , while passing along the high road hear to tho HroadV-iy at Hammersmith , had been attacked by a nuatber of her Majesty a buck-hounds , a nd ¦ . nearly torn to pieces beiore &he could be rescued from them . From enquiries made on the sp ' ot i it appr-ars thux the report was considerabl y cxaggeratca although it is true that such an occurrenca took place . . The particulars
are as follows -. —About ten o ' clock , as one ok' the assistants to Mr . Davies , the Qun . u * s hiintsm :. i . n ,-wa 8 proceeding to town for the purpose ofco'iveyHig a pack of buck-hounds ( fifteen couple *) from the royal ¦ keiinel at Windsor to the prenii-A-s ofMr . tutterdall , in Grosvenor place , preparatory to their being sent off to America ,, while passing isorig the road near Hammersmith Broadway , a cinUl , nara ^ d Ana Stamson , about five years of age , th « uauglifct . rota laboui " - ing man residing at 3 , Un ' ion .-strtvr , Broaiiway , was run against by one of the coup ' . : i and thiown clown , when the ferocious animal insrait'lv attacked
tho [ poor child , ono fasteniiJi ; on the upper lip , and ihe other on the back < n her . 'hiah . The huntsman , on hearing crifis , instantly wont to her rescue , ar . d in drivina off tho dog * was severely bitten by one of t-hivjt in tho hand . The poor child waa thoa carried , covered with - bipod , to tho surgery of Messrs . Bowling and PirkL-r / ng ; in King-street , and after its wounus had bcon dressed , it was conveyed to the residence of its parents . The huntsman , however , regardless of the accident , proceeded on his course , on his wb ; towards > own ; and when called to stay , ho said t !; : hounds belonged to ¦
the Q'lecn , and it was tit the }¦ r \\ of any one to stop him . The mother--of the cliild applied- to Mr . Clivo , the magistrate , to know how ?; it > was to be rccom pen ? ed for the injury done to tho child and to her clothes , which had j been much toru by ( he liounds . Rlr . Clivo said hc ^ did not seo how he coird interfere in the case beyond granting a ? n ' in . moiis acamst ' the ma . u who had charge of the houtidn . for Miifrnng ferocious dr- « 3 to'be at large without a muzzle , but he thought it would be bettor perhaps for the parties to communicate first with Mr . U ^ vios on tlie subject , iu-order to see what recompcuii they would make . Tilt ) parties then withdrew . '
Childuen am ) Women in the Minj : s . —Few Parliamentary documents have , x « ited a . ( k-eper and more painful interest than the llepon of the Children ' s Employment Comwiwii . So far , bulky as it i ? , it relates polcly to thf -niin-es j find in those dark abodes of industry it . dise . ! o .-e ?\ scenes of suffering and iufamy which will co-. i . ii- upon many wellini ' ormed people like tho fiction of distant lands . Whtiher as respects the opprei ~ iv < . nature of theevil , th « degraded ignorance of tho workpeople , or the gross immoraiiry and indecenoy , practice !* s . re now unfoldod % vcicU are bey >» ad toU-. va . uon , In tiw East of Scotland , Mr . Franks dooorib' : d the-women who perform the office of coal-pi-ittKig , or carry ' iig tho coal from the place whoru it is excavated to tho
month of the pit , yoked to a « arf , sometimes crawling , on hands an-J knees through r . arrovy . stams . '' The stnte which females are in , a < Vr pulling , like horses , through fcheso hoks—their pw : ; ^ ration , their exhaustion , and . very frequently even their tears—it is painful in the extreme to witnfiss : yot when the work is dono , they return to it with a vig ' . mr which is surprising , con-idei-ing how th ? y .-inwardly hale it . " Women retire , from this work hut tenor twelve dnys to be confined ; often thoy mi ^ arry ; end sometimes the . child is born while tho metuj ; is aerially at work . The » c mines are badly ventilat ' -a so that iri hot weather the lights go out . In the Kugiish mines matters appear to be worse : yo . n : g people of bothsexos arc employed ae "humcia "— » orsi > as who drag the
coal from one place to another in Btvvall-. cartsi- A bolt is fastened round the wai-r , and to that is fixed a chain , which draws the cart , riw drawer goes on all-four ^' , the chain passing briiwvh the Jegs . Boys and girls , from 15 to 20 ytar .- ; t >\ ago , are employed indiscriminately at this w 6 "k '; - w girls uuko . d to tho waist , and dressed in tatfc- 'ret 1 ' rouaora .. Tho ribaldry and the miserable prtcooious prwfl'igscy which result are better note : escribes :. or : e ; nor tho consequences of the custom by whi ' -h ihesoyouug ' Aurriers have to wait for coal in a < ia : k loom ^ vilh a uiuiev , who in stark naked . Mo . do ~ iy h all but miknown-. At work such as this , pauper < -,,. ikh-t ; ii are apprenticed at very tender years , to ¦ out . in unui-r the indentures Eili tlcy art ) of < tkv : >) i wa-itor . ¦ 'tarring and
ill-tivating thorn . One pe-rso . < i . mcntioiicif whi ) had i : s this way bjen appre » ti < : ; . d ui i-ixtcm year ? . A bjy examined ran away iroi > ma masta-rufc-tv being K ' -iuced to i- ' tual c . i . ndlcs to & ¦ ' . —tipiclu ' or . Fuxscr— The i . 'aris paper- of " Wedncsc ' a . y still cout'nuo to bo occupied wia : r-raaite oa the late railroad Citastropho . The Qmnhiic / me states that tho number of ) iv « s ' -saer-tneuu" in this melancholy ufi '^ ir has altcady been' BHci'rsaiuad to .-he tigUtyseven ; the Mcssager estimait ;* - r . h « nusnhcr of dead at forty-five ; and the Deltas . sit . fifiy-inno . The Prate confirms ihe statem-.-r . is yi' the Standard io rtgurd to tho late conspiracv m , swassirate the king . Among o ^ ber articles seiz .-cl a tew davs ago in the
Passage Violet were thirt-y-iour bombs of strong sheet iron , filled with bnt-c-rf and fulminating pov / der . Tha CourrierFrancnis , in a letter from Toulon of the 6 th , announces tho -departure of the French squadron under Admiral llngon from that port on that-day . iThe steamer Ton ' ner and a cprrette were to join it in a few oaya . It was expected that his division of tho fleet w . nild visit siicccssively Is ' apie . ? , Tunis , Afgiers i and Marian . Fo-tr ships reicxined at Toulon , undergoing rcpa : r , t-, vo others were in the Levant , another before Tan ^ iers . and five at Bre ^ t . A corvette , tho llhiue , was preparin £ to sail i ' or Now Z : a ! and .
United . btatrS . —The Britannia steamer arrived at Liverpool , on Sunday , and iias brought papers to the 30 : h * of April . The New York evening Express of tfca : date couiaius a report of the comaiittoe on Foreign relation .- ) ou the truoo between the United Ststos . aiifd tho British Colonies in North America , and the West Indies . As i \ iv . lteporfc would occupy upwards of eight ol' our columns , and is moreover a dull document , wa ' content , uurselyes ' with quoting the resolutions H'iih which it concludes , and Nvhich necefsarily include the return w whicii tho Cotaruittce has coirte . Coagreta had oniei-ed 10 , 000 vxtra . copies of thia Report to bop ; inied : — 1 st . That it is the-policy and the . liesiro of tho TJnitjti States to observe . the i ;;; ii ' aviot ! of the conimtrcial imerrourro between il : « Utjitod States and oilier countries ,-on pviiici ])!^ oi' fi ] - ) ify , reciprocity , fair competition-, und mutual at- ' , autago to both parties . ¦
2 : id . That the existing arrangements regulating the comrnc-ice 'butweta the United States and tho British coionjtw in tho- 'WWs Juti . t ..- ? and on tho contuitiit of America , are untQ :: al , uijir . it , and injurious to theinterests ; of tho Uait < . ! . ; States . 3 rd . That so loug-as . Grtut Britain persists to apply-to tho vessels and productions of the-United States , iiilhe poi" ; s of the iiri ; i-ih do ' iomes in America , peculiar regulations of uomrn rco , ctiuT tUa , u such as regulate the couiK- 'iice be . we u sho United States ami the British torntork-d in JJuropc , ir . is the right of ihe United States , and the uee <; s : ; ary ovnsijq ^ . eivee , to apply ptculiat' Mgulatiuiis of ooKiaiortie to British ver-scls and thtir cargoes in ihe puns of ; the licked States , entered from or procec-J-i . M ^ to tho British colonies ia America .
4 ih . That the continued iinposi-tiau ' -by Grtat , Britain of ciscrimiuatiug duties ujiou fciie ¦ pvoda . ciio . ns of the United States iniparted " : 'o i . ii . o ilritish eolo-5 iies ia America , in vessuls of tb ;; Uiii ; ed Slates , Will justify the iniposition by t ]; -j Unit .-. l Suites oi disoi'injinatiDg duties upon tu 1 .-. iinr-induniis of tho British colonic 3 Jn America , iavpoj t : < . i into tho Ui-iiud States in vess-ils of Great ' Briuiu or har . «» loii !« s . 5 tli . That thy . cWifciuired prohib ' .-talion to tho . vessels . of lho Uiiiied Siates by Una ; Bfita ' m of tho inolrect voyage botwoen tho Ualtrfd . Staie . i > , the Britisu colonies hi America , and ' " . y Britjsh . territories in Europe , -or between ih « Unite . 4 States aud one and another British colony in Aarric . 'i , will justify Uio prohibition'by tho United Sta ' . us oi" auch voyage to ' the-vessels of . Grea-t Briiaia or her coipn \ c 5 in America . .
, Gth , Thas if Great : Britain sse Si . to " adopt and pursue a system of prohibitatioi-s and restrictions against the United States , it behoves tae Uwted States to protect our citizen ; , their ; cosamcyco , and navigation , by coinitcr ' prohibitatipn ^ , du-iiiH , aud regut&iious , and to dtcline .-to . givo tree commcrco _ and iiavi ^ aiion in exchange for restrictions ana vexation ' s . ¦ 7 f . Ii . Bui thdt , before haviDg recourse to measures of legislative resiriction , as iho cerfcniii means of effectually guarding aud securing the rights of the United S . tatea , iu our commerce v / i ' . H Bntiah colonies , it-is due to national comity to recur , j ' or that purpose , to friendly negotiation with Great . Britain . Aij ^ in . conformity with these conclusion : ) , they subrai ; the' foliu * . ving- resolution , the- adoptida of whioh they reconimeud to the IIjuso : —;
Re : olved—That the President of the united Statea be , and hereby is , requested to enter into . ' . iifegoua'tions with the BriuVh Gjvernaifnr , ioi * tha purpose of eif ^ cting a psr manent , -equitable , aud just conventional arr .-rr-. ^ yincafc ot '_ jlie e ^ niiusvce betR'eea tho United -States aud tho JBritish colouieiS in America .
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One of the first acts of the new Tory Member of Brighton , after his election , vraa to distributQ a "large snm of money amongst the poorer electors . " This was ; at lea ^ cousidtsn ? . . ; ; A Bit op AuxoBiOGiiAPHY ;— " I was once a candidate for tho very pure and immacalate borouuh of Poatefract . ( Great laughter . ) I spent £ 4 , 000 in Pontefraot . ( Rpar 8 of laughter . ) I have no hesitation in saying that that money was expended in ferosa bribery , treating , and corruption . ( Hear , and renewed laughter . ) I was defeated . Lord Pollington and the lather of an Hon . Gentlemau opposite assisted in defeating me ; and > till I hear that Hon . Gentleman contradict the statement , I shall not believe that any member was ever returned for Pontefract without the practice of bribery ; ( Hear , hear , cries of order , and loud laughter . ) Unfortunately , also , I stood five contested elections for Hertford . In three contests I was successful , and
twice I was defeated j and I may state , as I am now impugning the concuci ; of Members of this House , individually aud collectively , that I left behind me at Hertford considerably above £ 30 , 000 .. 1 had to contend there with great aristocratio influences , including that of Lord Salisbary ; and it was admitted that the contests wero more expensive to the other party than they were to me—( hear ) . I had to contend with the system of seven d ays' leases . The poor tenants held under seven days' leases , and , if they voted in opposition to the wishes of their landlords , they were turned out . When they were turned outj I had to build houses for them—( hear , and touts of Jaughter ) , and I either builo or bought some sixty-three houses—( renewed langhtei 1 ) . A great deal of my money went in protecting these tenants from the abuse of their laadlords' power ; a great deal of it went in treating —( laughter ); and a great deal in bribery —( great laughter ) . "—Speech of Thomas Duncombe , Epq ., MiP ., on Friday .
ClIItD MUftDER . —EXTEAOBDINARY -CASE . —Between nine and ten o ' clock on Friday night , a female , apparently thirty-five years of a ^ e , dressed in the first style of fashion , took a brown paper parcel to rhe shop of Messrs . Stephens , grocers , at the bottom of Holborn-hill , direoted to Mr . Gox , Bennett ' s-hill , Doctors ' -commons , which "was to be forwarded by the -Parcels"Delivery ' Company ; in . a few minutes after she left Mr . Stephens had some suspicion that all was not right , he called in . a police constable , who on opening the parcel found it tP contain the body of a remarkably fine male child . The child was instantly conveyed to the West London
Union Workhouse , aud yesterday it underwent an examination by Mr . Lynch , the parish surgeon , who on testing the lungs found the child had beon born alive ; the body is quite fresh , and does not appear tohave been born many days . The policeman subsequently went to the residence of Mr . Cox , when . ho had an interview with his partner , Mr . Brooks , Mr . Cox not be jnp ; at home . The case remains at present in the greatest mystery . The female had on a dark brown silk cloak , straw bonnes , which was covered with a black veil ^ she was fresh coloured , and about Ove feet in height .
Chimnev Sweepers . —The Act of Parliament ( 3 and 4 Victoiia , c . 85 ) which passed on tho 7 'h oi August , 1840 , has caused the days of the "'clfwbjng boy" to bo numbered , and the present "festive season" of the fraternity is about to fade into a . new order of thinKB . By the 2 nd section of that Act , from and after the 1 st day of July next , any persou wlio shall compel or allow any person under the a . ^ e of 'twenty-one years " to ascend or descend a chimney , or enter a flue for the purpose of sweeping , cleaning , or boring the same , or for extinguishing fire therein , shall l > o liab'o to a penalty of not more than £ 10 , or less than £ o . " It stipulates , that from the passing of the Act no child under sixteen years ofagesha . il be apprenticed to a . chiainey-sv / eeper at
any timeai ' iisr thu 1 st day of July , 1841 , and previously to the 1 st of Jnly , 1842 ,-may make application to a Magistrate acting for the locality where the master or mistress resides , and upon hearing before two magistrates , if they shall be satisfied that the apprentice is desirous of b ^ ing discharged from the apprenticosSiip , they may accordingly discharge such apprentice without paying any fees . The 5 th clause provides that the indentures of children under sixteen years of age are to cease after the 1 st of July next . Tha following clause ( the 6 th ) is of great importance to builiJers and others , and should : ho generally known : — " That all widths and partitions between any chimney or flue which at any time after the passing of this Act shall be built or rebuilt , shall half
be of briok or stone , and at les ^ i e ^ vwl to a brick in thicknees , and every breast back , and with a partition of any chimney or &ite hereafter to be bvult of sound materials , and the joints of the works ¦ weil filled in with mortar or cement , or stuccoed within ; and also that every chimney or flue herealjgf to be built or rebuilt in any wall , or of greater length than four feed out of the wall , not being a circular chimney or flue twelve inches in diameter , shall be in every section of the same not less than fourteen inches by nine inches ; and no chimney or flue shall be constructed with any angle therein which shall be less obtuse than an angle of 1 * 20 degrees , except a £ hereinafter excepted ; and every salient or projecting angle in any chimney-or'flue .
shall be rounded off lour inches at the least , upon pain of forfeiture by every master builder , or other master woricman , who shall make or cause to be made stich ehiumey or flue , of any suni not less than £ 10 oruseecchng £ 50 , Provided , aevertheless , tliat notwithstanding this Act , chimnios or flues may bo built at an » lea " wit-h each other of J ) 0 degrees and more , such ciiui ' . vics or flues having tkerei / i proper aoors or openings not -loss than six inches square . " Si . \ Gur , AR Occi / RKBNC !? . —For the fet few days much excitement has prevailed in Paradise-alreet , a short distance from Lambeth Palace , which had on Wednesday week iiicreasud to so great an estfiit as to render the street nearly impassable , and it was with tho greatest difficulty that the police were
enabled - to prevent- the thoroughfare from being wholly impeded . The crowd were assembled chiefly in front of No * 15 , where several of the police were parading , and who it was alleged were desirous to tff . ct an entrance into the house , wherein it was said was a female with three ohildron , whom she was supposed to have murdered , as they had not b < - ; en seen since Friday last . Various other rumours cf a similar kind were freely circulated , but all appeared conjecture , as the police preserved the most imperturbable silev . ee . The following particulars wero , however , obtained from a source which may-be relied on : —Some years since a certain Scotch nobleman formed an intimate acquaintance with a female , by whom ho had throe cliildren ; at his death .
which happened about six years sines , he left by will to the eldest child , a j » irl ( wow about ten years of age ) , £ 70 , 000 per a : i ; mm ; and to the ttvo youfiger children he left . £ 30 , 000 a year each ; and to the mother £ 20 , 000 ay tar . His brother , who now enjoys the title , was appointed to carry the provisions of the will into effect , and to see to the education and proper caro of the children , who were to be under the guardianship of the mother while she regained unmarried , and conformed to certain other regulations , but some of which it a ^ ptars she had infracted : a knowledge of ' which having reached the eavs-of the surviving brother , the nobkman alluded to , application was made to the Lord Advocate of Scotland , by whom a warrant was issued some months sinee to remove the chiidrta I ' rom the custody of the ' : mother , who then lived-iu / the nai ' gUbourhood . of-. Glasgow ; she , however , flad up to London , and up to last
Fiiday has contrived to seclude herself ; but through this . activity of . an inspector of the A division , her retreai hss bean discovered , and constable = i have been directed to watch the premises continually , so that tbe children should not be again removed until on application should have been raada to tho Lord Chancellor . This ha * been deemed an annoyance by the mother of the children , and on Saturday night gho j > 2 ; asen ( eu p'is ' -ols a& tho police , and decliued thaV slio woulu firti at any person who attempted to .. eater the house . Every window is kepi closcti , and tho doors bolted , and letters and provisions are drawn up by a cord to tho fii ' oi-floor window , fi'om whence ji-il applications and messages are answered . It is exyectod that a warrant from the Lord .. Chancellor will be obtained , when a forcible entrancfe will'be effected ; but from the deierinined spirit evinced ; by the mother , ' -it is feared that the affair- "will iiot terminate without bloodshed . —Times .
[ Vye have . inado in . qair . ies iuto tho .. cii'cum ' s&a&cea pi the above cxwaoruiii tyy and roiaauiic story , and firid it to be correct in aii its leading features . The state of Paradise street cunwnuos to be as here ' represented , im . * nbers of persons . crowding , the thorsughfate , aud toms of them- ( boys in particular ) behaving in rather a riotous mamicr . It is repr . ess ; rjted- "thai tke police . in-disguise are so-narrowly watching the house , that it is impossible any one can enter or leave it without thiir co « iiizanco . Bui duriug the grea ' tair pai t of- " the day , no police-constable , qs'tensib'lo such at least , Svas j > resenfc ' , * vvhioh , cousidering the excitement- wa- ; ch-prevailed , reflects discredit on their aiTttfigumeufs ; tur 66 me <> f-tUe loungers amused themsiiivfe-s'by throwing stoues at the doors and
windows , and one of th ; - latter was broken—an annoyance which the iumat-js surel y ought not to be subjected to , and frora which it was the duty of the police to protect them . It is stated that Thursday is the day which has been . fixed for making a forcible entry into the premises , by persons armed with the authority of . the-lord chancellor ; but , thi 3 is somevsiiat questionable . In the meiintime , tho siege is . obstinately ' sustained against the vigilance of the besiegers by the mother and friends of the children in question . T ^ o house , which has thus become an objeot of s « much " interest , " is one ( No . 15 ) of the
new portion of the street , and is easily distinguished froaji tho others by the closely-shut appearancei it present ? , for every blind is drawn down in the upstairs rooms , and on the lower stories , the shutters are 'barred up . Theeuormous amount of property -left to the children is said not to be exaggerated : ]—Globe The excitemcrit in Paradise-street still continues , although the police have discontinued parading in front of the house No . 15 . Growda , however , still continue to assemble , chitfly womon and boys , who are occasionally addressed from the drawing-room windows by a * person who declares herself the mother of the children , aud by a man who calls himself the grandfather ; the gist oi their harangues
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is principally an appeal for protection , and soliciting interfereuca to prevent the children from being forcibly separated from ' .. the mother , while bitter invectives are ^ occasionally .-launched . ' : . against . the Earl of Buehan and his soa for the part they are alleged to be taking in this supposed- aanoyatice . The door 3 , windows , &c , are kept firmly closed , and . several of the police in private clothes Coii irttie ia view of the house . The bedeged , however , hare not relaxed , in precaution , as neither provisions nor other articles required for the use of the family ira admitted in any other wiy than by means of a rope let down from the first -floor . What the term i nation of these singular and extraordinary proceedings may be , canaot at present be conceived ; bat doubtless the British -laws . " wilj ! meas the juet'c ^ of the case , and wil I ba so Wdmtnistfred that nei ther the rank nor wealth oF any party will be enabled to obtain an unfair advantage . "•' , ¦¦ /
State of Affairs at Sydney . —The following deplorable account of the state of affairs at : Sydney ijfrom a private letter , received by a gentleman in Be ] fast ; r- - . : .. "¦ ; ; ' ¦ . - - - .-: . " . ¦ _ ; .. ;; - . . ¦ ¦" ¦ •' ..- ¦ , ¦ - ' *• Sydney , New South Wale 3 . Nov . 27 ; l 841 . ::- ¦; :-., " The state of the colony just now almost beggars description ; it cGmeshearer to a state of universal bankruptcy than anything of the kind I ever he » rd of or witnessed . Men possesiini ; thousands of acres , thousands of sheep , multitudes of cattle , and many horses , can barely meet the necessary expenses of keeping up their establishments , while very msnjr have been ,, and daily are beingj sold off by the sheriff . ' When you hear of such men aa Dr . How- '
man , the Scotts , of Glendou ; VVentworth , Eale& , aud even the Macarthurs , and Lawsous being in vant of cash—when draughts to the paltry amount of £ 3 to £ 10 ha-ve been dislionoured by such" as the ab ^ ye you may readily conceive that the mimey market ia most deplorable . Within the last month or two , Gore aud Co ., have failed in £ 100 , 000 ; Townhhr'nd , £ 02 , 000 ; Sparks , WiHiaaia , and Co ., £ 67 , ^) 0 ; Goodwin , £ 25 , 000 » MbntcJiore ' s - 'house .-has ' stooped . '"' for a tinie ; Hughes and Hoaki ' ha , ditto ; Mainung and a host of others are talked of as houses that cannot stond much longer . Men who have long been considered wealthy have either given up altogether , or are but just able to keep their heads above water ; and there seems at present to be no prospect
of amendment . Take any twenty names At h * p ~ hazard , ' whether town or country merchants , or settlersj and you ¦ will not meet with two in soirent circumstances . This I firmly believe to be the case . Macquoid , the sheriff , shothimself lately , owiri ^ io his embarrassments . Some persons expect that the present clip of wool will bring thing 3 round ., bafc nothingcan be more fallacious '; " With regard to myself , for three years my crops were either wholly or partially destroyed by floods .. r- . Last- year'I ' raised a good cropf but could got little for it—viz ., 4 s . 3 d , per bushel . ..-Nowit cost me Is . for- ' rvapisg ; thrashing Is . ; freight and expences to Sydney , Is . ; and lOa . for seed ; thus leaving 5 d . per bv > shel to pay for
all the other expences inoidenf ' arto the cultivation of land . Oi ' course , this left mo heavier in debt than ever ; and to make matters worse my landlord . « old mo off stock and block . As for stock it is scavcely worth having just now . . Those- who can weaihef the gale may possibly find their account in it , bufe the meat gloomy anticipatiocs are indulged in . The immense distances at which stations are sought for , the d . ifSdnlty of providing these wiih rations , &o ., must sadly take the gilt off die gingerbread , even in prosperous times ; and for some time past , it is plain that sheep have not paid themselves . ^ The country may , eventually , recover from the confusion iind misery ef the moment , but it . must , of necessity , take years before it can do so . "
Printing . —Charles the Second's Parliament passed an act thai ; only twenty printers should praotise their art in : the kingdom- About s .-i ' shilliiig ' -i current was paid for oneand a half iiout ' s . leading uv 1 C 85 . Tiie Murdered Jane JOiNES .- ^ The unfortunate victim of Good's "horrible depravity ' -was a native of Myfofi , Montgomeryshire . Her father had no :, for a period of six years , received any communicfetion from , her , or the slightesi ; intimation of where she was . He is a poor , but holiest and iHdustrions roan , much respected in his situation in life . —^ Salopian Journal .
Vanity . —Perhaps there 13 no kind of vanity 80 perniciou 3 in its eff cts as the ostentatious display of luxuries . It frequently awakens in tho minda ° ^ those who are unable to compete in such follies , the baneful feelings of envy , and often produces a spirit of rivalry , inducing those , whose means do not accord witb . such expensive articles , to purchase tham at the sacrifice of prudence or even justice . The groundwoi k of this error is a want of satfknowledge , that most essential of all schemes ; for by self-exaniination we shoald find thai ; the evils above descubedaro not the only ones resnlting from ' this ambitious habit , but disease is also engendered which is speedily manifested fey destroying the healthy action of the stomach , Itver , and ' other viscera ; to such we say , first lay aside this error in the economy of life , aod nexf , if afflicted with such complaints , that no medicine will give more speedy relief than Frampton ' s Pill of Health .
Eating and Drinking . —It will rather take the reader by surprise to be told , Jhatin a Life of sixty * five years * duration , with a moderate daily allowance of mutton , for ins / anci .-, he will have consumed a flock of 350 sheep , and that altogether for dinner alone ; adding to his mutton a reasonable aiiowanee of potatoes . - and vej-KiaWes ^ with a pint of wine daily for thirty years of this period , abdye thirty tons of solids and liquids must have passed through his stomach ; ''•;¦ ¦ . V . . : Novel Wager—A parson went last week into a public-house near DuvcSley , and after some consideration offered to bet a waicer of 10 s . that he would eat
the coafc eff his ' back if they would allow him to cut the buttons off . The wager was laid , and the coat was cut to :-. pieces "' : and put in a frying-pan , and after well frying it in liquor , he ate every bit o £ : his coat , and won the wageri- ^ -Cambridge Advertiser . [ Qy .-- "What effect will it have qn the coats of hia stomach X ] V : Thojias Coopeh , the highwayman * was brought up at the Central . Criminal Court on Thursday , charged with the wilful murder of Timothy Daley ; but , after pleading" not guilty , '' the case was postponed till the next Sessions , in order that the prisoner might have an opportunity of prepatinc his defence .
Steps hayb'been taken to outlaw Mr , Bankes , once M . P ., who was held to bail to answer for aaindecenfc assault oil a soldier . Mr . B . failed to appear ; and die Government being resolted that offenders of thia description , shall net be allowed to set the law at defiance , a writ of distririgas has been levied at his residence in Palace-yard . If the defendant does not return to this country , and take his trial , he Will be declared an outlaw , and all the property he poacssea here be forfeited to the crown .
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Vj- ///^// ' ^^^^ ' /" "' ' ///^ " - FAtLOF A RAILVf AY BRIDGE AT KELYEDON AND LOSS OF LIFE . Oa Thursday mpmin ^ a fearful accident occurred oa the works of' the EaatemGouuties Railway , at Kelvedou ,. in the fall oi a : stupendous bridge , -which was very near completion , occasioning the loss of one life and injuring six other persons . . ''' . ' ' ¦¦ The bridge in . question waa situaterl o : i the north fiftfe of tha high road at the east end uf Kalvedpn .. It ' cc ' ttsistt'd of th'reo arches ., the first being " . tli'rown ' - 'oyef . tLe roan leacuog to Goggeshall , the second over the river , « nd the thM joined tip to the erabackment at the Colchester end . Tb «? centre of the first arch was struck last week , and the road under it bad been thrown open
to the public ' £ ba clearing of the timber from the othtr arches- was completed on Monday ; and a grenfe nuaib-r of bric&Iayors haci been empioyeii throughout this week in carrying up the . parapefe . The rails had been laid down ,-. -- , add the earth waggons weia worked over it , to carry on" tco embankment at tbe east end . . Oa-vThuisday . mornipg there were altogether about twenty nien employed upon it , when , about ten o ' cloek , th ' e whole suddenly cam 9 down with a crash which scuuded to the inbabitants ef Kelvedon like a heavy pe ^ I of thander . Fifteen or sixteen bricklayers who werei upon the scaffolding , were hurled , witli the bricks , timber , and earth . in all directions , some of them faliiqg into the liver ; but . fortunately , ' ' .-they appear to have
escaped with ibnly a fow braises and lacerations . At , the mcriiehfc of the fain however , a man , named Tfaos . E ! aly , a ' tippet * pti the enibaukment , was standing behind n , loadert ? aiib- wa ? goJi , ' at .. ttie edge of the last arcn , and -was consequently carried down in the fall , the earth-waggon falling- -on him , crushing and partially burying him in the rubbish . A 3 soon aa the cotfusion consequent upon the alarm of the terrific crash had subsided , prompt assistance was rendered-to ' c-xtticate him , but ho was quite dead . Another man , an aged labourer , ydn"got bat from the mass of rubbish , and waa found to have one of his legs dreadfully crushedj but prompt medical assistinpe being rendered it is hoped he may survive . ¦ . - /; ¦ - :.-. : ^ - : __' - '
. ;; . _ . For some tlme ifwaa / eared that several other perflona had perissd , but the workmen were assembled , and it was found this was not the case . ' , ; ; ^ A bricklayer , named Wright , had an almost miraculous eficape from destiuction . He was employed upon the brick-work near the end of the bridge , and feeling the whole mass giving way under him , he cave a sudden spring and jumped into the middle of the river , by which te escaped comparatively unhurt . '¦'¦¦ ¦ ' - ¦" " ¦ '• ¦ ' - - " -. ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ '' : : "" : ' ' ¦ ' . '¦'' .. " - ' : """ ¦ - ' - We aie informed that the accident was caused by the wet itate of the weather when the work waa pat
together . In consequence of which the centres have been kept in for the last four months , by the direction of the engineer-in-chief , tut Were , in the course of the last week , eased by the . contractor . The whole mass was at first a wr ^ eb , completely blocking up the road , bat vast numbere of . worfemon wero employed in olewizig away the materials , to make a way for paBsengers along theroad , and afford a vent to thei waters of the river whidi were partially dammed ap by the luins . Xhia pas speedily , effected , and both the road and river were . restored to their-former state . The damage is estimated at £ 2 , 000 , ivflich will fall upon the contractors , Messrs . Wjtfces . ;
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 21, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct599/page/3/
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