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PILGRIM OF CHARTISir . SO > 'G in . A s-pecbre "v ' co stays in tie Markel-place cross'n me , Ae though ; fill and proud t > y tie Grnilchall I prest ; The knavish man held up Ms staff to accost me , And pruncred the station a fit place to rest Ah . DBy . conrt-e-ons fawner , right onward fsr me ; No rest till the Charier dotfe make us ell free . Yet T 2317 , said be , till the mob by us passes ; And into'the staticn for safety be led ! Por tht Magi ' s , last night , did swear o ' er their glasses Jht S ^ d -where ye meet should be strew'd with your dtad . Ah , nay , eourt-e-otis fawner , right onward for me ; Xo rfet till the Gharter doth make us all free . S . J . BristeL
" Written at Bath , May , 1 S 39 , upon the following occasion : —The Chartists held a district demonstration according to announcement . Th 9 Reform Corporation and Magistrates , to theii lasting infamy , paraded the police Tmo . iT arms in the Market-place , the pensioners in the Green-marktt , the yeemanry in other parts of the town , awaiting the slightest pretest to attack the people , but none occurred .
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THE PEOPLES CHARTER . BT . DAVID "WEIGHT , ABERDEEN . How long will millions bend the knee , And bow before the " powers that be , " " Whs starve the sons ef industry , And hate the Charter ? Eow long will mOTions sweat raid toil , While tyrants plnndtr and beguile The people of the common soil , And hate the Charter ? How loc § -will Britons starve and die , While tyrants prondly pass them by In mockciy , and then belie The People ' s Charter ?
How long will pensioned lordlings scom The noble , though the humble , bom ? How locg will injured millions mcurn For Freedom ' s Charter ? Till every Bine and honest man Above the age of twenty-OEe Shall xecogmza the noble plan And claim the Charter ! Oi ! when wiH ^ sace and plenty reign ThroEgb Britain's irjjored land again ? When , oh I when thall we obtain The People ' s Charter ? Ob i when will freedom ' s banner wave Trumphant o ' er oppression ' s grave , r . Bi Britain ' s children , free and brave , Btauunce the tyrant and the slave ,
And claim the Charter ? "A'hen will the the prison dorrs unfold , And heavy chains renounce their hold , ana Chartist victims , true and bold , Ilie light of day again beheld And claim the Charter ? Oh ! when will we regain the lost , Tie noble Williams , Jones , and Frost ? Vb . ' when will they and millions boast Of Freedom ' s Charter ? When , united heart and hand , Freedom ' s sons throughout the land Kisolve to conquer , and demand The People ' s Charter . '
Tbf-n , Britons , who would now dissemble ? R-mse I and let the brave assemble ! Unite ! and while the tyrants tremlile We demand the Charter
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SCRAPS FOR RADICALS . BT L . T . CIAXJET . > 0 . XIV . ' ¦ jiiic Lines on ihe death of Samuel Holberry , vho died a Martyr io Democracy , June 21 st , lSi 2 , ajtd 27 , P .-see to tby shade ! immortal youth , Oar Charter ' s martyr , rest ' . Thy spirit ' s gone , but , like the sun ' s Diurnal in the West , Tby name shall Ion ? illume the lan € ; And when the sky—the sea , Are vengeful on this world of ours , Teen will I think on thee .
Pi-ace to thy shade ! immortal yoath , D ^ ply thy theme I mug ; J ^ or lone , in thk rejin&ive world , ST-ghs to thy shrine I bring : The rose-bud weeps ; the lQy pines ; Each flower and every tree Converges from the tyrant ' s grasp , An . & bids ine t fr'rk on thee . Peaca to thy Bhide ! immortal youth ! They ' ve chosen for thee a grave ; An ^ every tongue that worshipp ed there Hath call'd thee true and brave ; F « r thy pure soul disdain'd the boon Of dastard tyranny , ¦\ Vh (« e cold and callons heart ne ' er knew Tw&s earn'd from heaven by thee .
Peace to thy shade . ' immortal youth . ' And whilst thymem ' ry dear Shan hononr * d be , by loftier strains , Will mine be less sincere Because the humble bard that breathes This nnfeigned elegy Presumes to straggle for the eaase I ^ ng "battled in by thee ?
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THE STAR . Ttzm— " The brave old Oak . " Will some one write a song for the Star 1 " J ? . 0 "C 05 > OB-• Yes , O'CennoT , I ¦ will , and dedicate It to " yon . " E . P . Mead . f - - ..- f U the Star I the brave Northern Star ! iv ch stands in its pride alone I -:: - * none in the land doth * o nobly stand , N ' - U £ h bright renown has won ! ¦ i . ilions alf know 'tis the tyrant' s foe * - : &t champion of the free ! ¦ _ . r . jave patriots , hurra for the bright NorUurnStai ¦ ' - ' : te Charter of Liberty 1
- f : > sys of old when the Barons bold i ..---m >] td on Jtnuny ' Mt&i , ' ¦ & .- Ciarfcs to claim , in blest Freedom ' s name , r -. cvuld neither write nor read ; ' : ' - millions now , of the loom and plough , : ? niure enlighton'd are , ... .-z ' -Dg brand spreads through the land—: ¦ ¦ > ur watch-fire the Northern Star ! . - _' . the the factions unite to dim its light L :. . cir dark and misty lies , : fcall shine o ' er plough , loom , and mine , ¦ right Freedom's sun arise . -. I- i , rr » for the Star , the brave North Star , i — : .-. tanas in its pride a ' . one ! -. i > hall it be the pride of the free , : : its foes are all perish'd and gone .
I . ; u .-icrats brave 2 ev"ry poor white slave 1 L * ; .:.:. oae and all , : -: .- k in its light , tis a beacon bright , u : .: . defies eaeh factions squalL . j . t .. -u -9 c draw ; peace , order , and law ~ . — ¦ ' jr weapons of moral war ; i- .- _ , ve Feargasand Hill are our pilots still , : . . tir compass the Northern Star . . :- : » - ' s to the Star ! may it near and far ¦ : 1 ¦ - rth its lucid isyB 3 : Charter is law , 'twill keep tyrants in awe , liine on their evil ways . rious light on the dark midnight i . ricstcraft has spread around ! - - .- ¦ i-s Hay the Star , the bright Northern Star , i" ¦¦ . ct ' jry still be crown'd .
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KT , TTESlXCr . —A new court of Ancient - wss opened in Kettering , at the honse of > TLomas GIdeoq , the Swan . Inn , when the ¦ of Oundale , Roihwell , and Middleton - - 'in their splendid regalia . After the court ' -: d . there was a procession through the - - r-ich was much admired by the people , at the -hick the brethren sat down to an excellent - "oviced by the landlord . LZ ^ Ds . —JtrvCTLB Disohdebit . —Oj Monday --. t \ little girl , named Elizabeth Chxdwick , : ¦ - - ^ was stated to be 15 , vras charged before > ,- : -irates at the Court Honie , mlh having been : - - uuk in Kirkgate , on Snnday afternoon , and ¦¦
1 - '>' i in a verj disorderly manner . The officers . at hex . companions were girls of the town ' ' west stamp ; tiafcsbe iad no mother , and ' ¦ --- quence of her conduct her father had deter'•• " " y have nothing to do with her . She vr&s con-• 'fJony at the last borough sessions , and has : - es a Bbort lime out of the House of Correc-: Ihs magistrates expressed themselves in ¦ ¦ -i .--rms at her depravity , and being wishfoi , . Lcjudicating npon the case , to see her ' -- -:. tiiuy remanded her ustil Tnesday , Tfhen - a sain brought up , and , her father being jUtiidanee , altar seme conversation Tfith the r .-: agreed to receive the girl back again , and = -c-oiscquently discharged aft « r a suitable
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Robbeby bt a Seevant . —On Monday last , a young woman , named Charlotte Keane , who has been for some time in the service of Mr . Gilstoa , woollen draper , was brought before the magistrates at the Court House , on a charge of having stolen various articles of wearing apparel belonging to Mrs . Giisron . A black lace veil and other property was produced , and , when called upon , Mr . G . stated to the bench that , from the girl ' s previous good character , and at the intercession of friends , who had undertaken to pay her passage home to Ireland , he did not wish to press the charge against her . Mr ; Lupton remarked upon the effect which such leniency had upon others , and said that robbeTies bj female servants were more numerous than most people were at all aware off , while , in a great number of cases the prosecutions against them were abandoned . To secure her being sent away by her friends , she was kept in custody , until Tuesday , and then given uo to them .
Sieaxixg Shoes . —On Monday last , two young men named Robert Holme 3 and Joseph Batty , were charged at the Court-House , with having on Saturday night stolen two shoes , from a stall in Briggate , the property of Mr . James Whiieley . The shoes were produced by a watchman , who apprehended the-prisoners , while running along Call-iane , in consequence of a cry of " stop thief ; " at which time Holmes dropped them from under his jacket . A person who witnessed the transaction deposed that he savf ihe two prisoners together ; who tried several stalls without success . They then turned into Boariane , and watching an opportunity , walked quickly past Whiteley ' s stall . Holmes eeizijig the shoea as he passed . The prosecutor identified them as his property , they being two odd one ? , and the fellows being still in his hands . Tney were committed for trial .
Hetroost Robbsrt . —During the night of Sunday las ? , the havrooit of the Miss Paw .-ons , of Seacron , near Leeds , was broken into , and about thirty head of poultry were stolen . I > TOE 3 UTION agaikst a Waggonkr . —On Tuesday lajt a ' young man iiamed Charles i 3 rown Farrer , of Harrogate , appeared by summons at L ^ eds Court House , to answer to a complaint preferred against him by Mr . Jaseph Henry Oajes , of Meanwood , for baviny , on the 30 : h ult . absented himself from his team , in Chs pel town-lane , so for that he could not
have the management cr guidance of his horses . Mr . Oates said his attention was first attracted by seeing the defendant and another man ( whom he afterwards found to be his brother , ) struggling together on \ fcc Toad , and though this comprised no part of the complaint , he must my that he never iu his life faw more brutal treatment of one brother at the hands of another . The defendant , on being called upon , denied that he was so far behind his hor ? e 3 as had been stated . The magistrates convicted him in the penalty of forty shillings and costs .
A Soldier ' s Frolic . —On Tuesday last a private in the Goth Foot appeared at the Leeds Court House to prefer a charge of robbery agaiust two men name'd Joseph Stead and Joseph Wuinwright . Th « complainant stated thai he had come from Boroughbridge with a recruit , and ou his return , on Monday , he called at the Chained Bull , at Moortowu , where he found the two prisoners , who wanted to euiist . He laid a shilling on the table , if either of them chose to take it . Wainwright took it up and ordered a half gaiion of ale , which was diunk , and then they asked if he had any more shillings . He laid
another on the taole , which was spent , after which he laid his head on the table , as if he were asleep , when he distinctly felt a man ' s hand in his pocket , and on getting up , saw Stead withdraw bis ; he had aboEi 10 s . 6 d . in his pocket , the whole of which was taken . On investigating the case , it turned out that the soldier was exceedingly drunk , having been at the Chained Buil nearly all the day , and there being no oua present who could distinctly bring the robbery home , they were remanded till Wednesday , for the at : ecdauce of Mr . Johnson . The o ; her witnesses were told they need not attend on Wednesday .
Gardes Robberies . —On Monday last , a young rcaa named James Kueether , was charged at the Court House , with harmg stolen a quantity of peas , beans , onions . & . C ., from the garden of Mr . Benjamin Kaxtcm , of Pontefract-lane . The prosecutor stated that he went to his garden , which is over the Leeds and Selby railway tunnel , at six o ' clock that morning , and found the prisoner very busy at work ; he had got a quantity of peas and beans in a handkerchief , and was just commencing at the onion bed . He seized him , and kept him until he could get an officer . He bad suffered to a great extern by similar cepredations . The prisoner , on being called on , said he had been driven to it by warn—a statement which his appearance certainly did not bear out .
Mr . Lupion said the offence was getting very oommpc , and mnst be pa ; s stop to . He waa committed to Wakefield for six months , with hard labour . - The next case called was against an old man iamed Wm . Ambler , who was charged wiih bain « found at two o ' clock on Sunday morning , in Mr . X > awson ' s garden , at Cavalier Hill , helping himself to the cabbages , potatoes , &c . A watchman was the witness in this case ; he was going hie round ? , and hearing a noise in the garden , looked in and found ihe prisonerat work . Theold man dec . ared he had not eaten ar . ythiDg for four or five days . that he had a wife and child who were in the same condition , and that he had been driven to tee crime
by hunger . The magistrates inquired where he belonged to , but this he could not distinctly answer ; he thought to Tadcaster ; but they said he did not . He had been to Mr . Naylor's office , and Mr . Naylor wrote a letter . to the Tadcaster overseers , giviug him two shillings to take it . It also came out that he had received money from Mr . Naylor to ietch his uncle over from Church Fenton , who cculd prove his settlement , but ihat he had spent the money , aud had noi been to Mr . Naylor ' s afterwards . The magistrates told him he had acted Ytry wrong ; and much as they might commiserate his distress , it was clear he had brought part of . it on himself . They should make a difference in his case , and tend him to Wakefidd for three month ? .
AsSACLis os the Pouce . —On Monday last , a ferocious fellow , named Francis Keuney , was charged with having , on Sunday foreuoon , commenced a violent assault upon Police Serjeant Wade . It is only a few months since the prisoner was taken into custody by Wade and another officer , for another offence , ^ or which he was punished , and since '' thai time he has repeatedly " vowed vengeance . " On Sunday forenoon , a prostitute named Ann Preston , residing in Back George-street , and with whom Keuney lives , being drunk , persis : ed in sitting outtide of heT house , and it being nearly twelve o'clock , Wade ordered her in . "Whilst he was talking to her , Kei ) nt . y came up , and made a stroke at her with a srick , which missed her , upon wnich she ran in , and
Kenney followed , and struck her several times On h * arii ) g her screams , Sergeant Wade fo » ctd his way into the house after them , when Keum . y who seems to have been driven nearly mad by i : quor , rushed at him , and btsides striking him , kicked and bit him in the most savage ma- « er . Sereral persons who were present assisted ihe officer , aud one or tiro were siruck by the prisoner ; Mr . ilolert Wrighs , shoemaker , was one of these , and he corroborated ihs tffi-er ' s statement in tvery paineular , a . s cid other witnesses . It was shown also thut the female obstructed the officer in the execution of hia auty , and atUmpitd to rescue Kennt-y when he had f _ oi him secured . For this she was afterwards ; akcu , and appeared _ in custody . K > - -nney iitiemptcd to deny the officer ' s statement , and went iuto a rambliDg account to show that he was " mi > re sinueo
against than sicEing . " This , howefer , only made his case wor = e , for it wa 3 shorcn tLat every statement he made was false . The ma > . istraies , alter some consultation , committed ihe woma ioT a mouih to Waketield / as a lewd and disorCerly craracter . Ktniiey was fiaed £ 5 , or two mouths' imprisonment , for the assault on Wade ; twenty shillings and costs , or one mouth , for that on Mr . Wright ; and in addition , at the end of these two terms of imprisonment , to Srd . sureties , himself in £ 20 and two boudsmen in £ 10 each , to keep ih ; peace towards Wade and all other ptrsons for twelve months ; in default of this to be imprisoned for thas time . —Benjamin Gelder , was at the same time fined 20 s . and coets , or a month's imprisoiimcLt , ior having assaulted , one of tbe » ij ; hvly watch , in Elleiby-kue , at two o ' clock oh Suna 3 y morning .
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Ls 1827 fcsr Jsihes Graham , the present Secretary of Siate for the Home lJepanmert , in / is hook upo : i "Corn and Currency , " v > roie thus : — " Wmuever this country presents the spectacle o : millions sujj }> hcatiug ior bread , ti . en will the people sweep away titles , pensions , and honours . " A Posek F * i 3 i a Child . —A boy asked one of his father ' s tuesta who is uext door jicishbour was , an--when he heard his name , asked him ii the gentleman w&s cot a ieci . " No , my little friend , " said the gut ^ t , " he is no fool , but a very sensible mai' ; but why do you a&k the question V "Why , ^ aia tlieiiltie boy , " my mother t-aid , the other cay , yuu were next door to a fool , and I wanted to know who lived next door to you . "
The Esxis Massacre . —Thirty-nine indictments foi wiilul nmTder have been framed by the Crown in the police case for the Knnis Assizes , in which each man of the thirty eight comm . Uttd , is geveralry charged as a principal , the rest aiding and abetting . The Liverpool asd Glasgow Steam Ship Admiral . —This favourite vessel arrived here on Friday , after a remarkably short passage from Greenock . It is ¦ with pleasure we observe her
resume her place between Liverpool and Glasgow , for , wijhout disparagement to others , the Admiral is , to our taste , as fine a first-class steamer as is to bo met with "in this country . She is of the Fame class and description as the Achilles , and , from what we can learn , is of greater length of keel than the famed Eoston and Halifax steam-ships . Although the speed , elegance , and comfort , of the Admiral are go well kiiown to travellers , we recomKeiid evcrj ¦ person who can api reciate a fins tt ^ ani-= hip to ^ ' o tt > view the Admiral . —Liverpool AUdon .
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Dublin , June 30 . —The clerks in the Post-office of Dublin , whose salaries exceed £ 150 per annum , have received notice that they are subject to the demands of the income tax , though resident in Ireland . "Tim announcement has caused much surprise and chagrin among these functionaries . Lancaster Sands . —On the evening of Monday week two men lost their lives in att < mpting to cross Lancaster Sands . The unfortunate persons were strangers . They were about thirty years of age , of middle stature , respectably attired , and had the . appearance of journeymen engaged iu trade . One had on a black coat , and the other a brown one .
Extraordinary Case . —On Saturday , an investigation was eineied into before Mr . Wakley and a respectable jury , at the Volunteer Tavern , Upper Baker-street . Portman-square , on view of the body of Mr . E . Farrell , aged 60 , a gentleman of independent fortune , who died from the effects ot starvation , under the very extraordinary and peculiar circumstances subjoined . From the evideu . ee adduced it appeared that the deceased had resided for some months past at No . 31 , Upper Baker-street , and possessed extensive landed property in the south of Ireland . He was a gentleman of the most eccentric habits , and for the last two months had persisted in diminishing gradually the quantity of his iood until it was wholly insufficient to sustain life . He became dreadfully low and ill in consequence , but reFused at the same time to receive any med : cal advice . Ultimately he refused to take even
the smallest quantity of nourishment , and on Monday locked himself in his room , where he remained , and refused admission to any one for upwards of twenty-four hours , when the door was forced open . Dr . Walsh , of George-street . Portman-square , was immediately sent for , and found the deceased lying ou the floor , in a sta . ' . e of frightful emaciation and exhaustion . _ Dr . Qaain was sub-equently sent for , and in conjunction with Dr . WaHh used every means to rettare ) 5 m . Under their treatment he rallied , and was enabled to give . au account of his connexions and affairs . He subsequently , however , had a relapse , and died on Wednesday , at-twelve o'clock . Upwards of £ 100 in cash was found in the deceased ' s apartment . The coroner having remarked on the very extraordinary nature of tno case , tae jury ultimately returned a verdict , " that the deceased died from want of food . "
Two Men Scalded to Death . A dreadful accident occurred at Dowlais iron works , on Wednesday last . Two men , named Edward Burke and Frank Smith , were cleaning a culvert under one of the blast engine ? . The engine tender , in ignorance of any persons being in the culvert . Japped a boiler , the hot water and steam from which descended into it ; the pooT fellows , frightened at the noise of the steam * made a rush towards a ladder , by which they might ascend from the culvert . The ladder was fixed in » winch , about fifteen feet deep , by the side of the engine-house ; it was through this passage that the water and steam from the boHer descended to the culvert . At the foot of the ladder they wero
met by a stream of scalding water which continued to pour over them during their ascent . Burko ' s appearance was pitiable in the extreme , nearly all the skin having peeled off his body . Smith was not so much scalded , he being the second in getting up the ladder . Mr . Kussell , surgeon , was immediately in attendance , aud did all that skill could suggest to ease their pain . Burke lingered in the greatest aeon ? until Friday evening , when death put a p ? riod to his sufferings . Smith survived him until Sunday morning , when death relieved him of all his pain ; he was a single man about twenty-two years of age . Had they proceeded a few yards further iu'o the culvert , instead of running to the ladder , this sad evcDt would not have happened .
A Wise Choice . —Highlanders have a great disliko to be hanged upou a fir tree—at least , they were wont to have . Whether they still retain this unworthy and illiberal prpjud ee we don ' D know . It happened upon an occasion when Tonal was condemned to be hanged , either for some notorious breach of the law , or for disobliging " ta Chief , " that - " she" was allowed to chose " her" tree . Tonal looked about and selected a very diminutive gooseberry bush , whereupon " she mifcbt be justified " The finisher oi the law exclaimed with great indignation , "Tat tree wadna be lang eneugh for fifty years to hang her ; " Tonal , however , was ready for the objection— ' ¦ she was in nao hurry , Cot bless her—she wad just wait till ta tree grow . "—Scotch paper *
Curious Manuscript . —Besides the valuable receipt from which Parr ' s Pilja are now compounded , there are several MSS . pieces , written in his old quaint style , on the value of health ; his opinions , though somewhat differently expressed , were , that the varieties of clime and modes of living made but little difference to our period of existence ; that the laws of nature are simple and easily understood , but they require perfect obedience , He deservedly denounced the billy mysteries assumed by the medical profession , being fully convinced of the power of his discovery , to thoroughly eradicate disease aad to prolong life .
Irelakd . —Another Conflict With the police . —The Limerick Chronicle of Monday reports the following dt-speratv outrage . It will be observed ¦ wit h le ^ iet , that this hitherto peacable county has latterly been disgraced by the too frequent recurrence of those acts of violence which has given to Tipperary so memorable a notoriety : — " An Headconstable Saanderson and five of the police stationed at Cappapore were patrolling on . Sunday night last , they suddenly came upon and surprised several armed men , with their faces blackened , who a few minutes beforeliad entered the house of a wealthy farmer , named Coffey , living on the estate of Sir John Kibton . and within a quarter of a mile of Castleguard , the residence of the Hon . Waller O'Gradv , in
th ? s county . Head-constable Saunderson , with that Zval and intrepidity for which he is distinguished , firs-t ra .-hed into the house , though a loaded iiuu was opposed to his entrance . A dCFperato conflict continued for several minutes in the dark , the ruffians having put out the light on the entrance of the police , during which tha life of the Head-constable was providentially Baved , one of the miscreants , who acted ¦ as sentinel , having presented and snapped a gun close to his person , which fortunately missed fire , but which , had it taken effect , must have been followed by instant death , a 3 it was heavily loaded with swan shot . Constable Rourke al = o received a severe wound on the head , which
rendered him insensible ; and Coffey , the propriator of the . house , a deep aud painful injury from a bayonet , which passed through his arni close to the elbow . Four of the fellows were made prisoners , the rm having escaped in the darkness , and were y- ^ ti-rday transmitted to our county taol , afcer a profound investigation , by Mesers-. Tia , cy and F . W . Hoi . ^ nd . The prisoners were followed through the country , on their way to gaol , by some hundreds , and presented a frightful appearance , which no doubt will have a . salu'an effect , as they were sent in ad they wero taken , in flagrante dclicto with their Tace ? b ! ickei .-ed , together with the . captured arms , consisimc if two guns and a braco of cavalry pUto !> . "
Di x :: > s . — The unemployed still increase in Glasgow . Upwards of LOGO " wrecks of men" wander about : u want of employment ; besides these . 2 , 000 arc daily j ' ed from charity . In allusion to the dreadful distress that prevails in Ireland , the Archbishop of Tuam ha * address' . d the following letter to Sir K . Peel : — " Sir , — It would be criminal to delay any longer to cail the attention of the Prime Minister to tht i-t 3 rving condition of a large portion of her Maje * iy ' -i people . I have mado myself conversant w :: h the details of misery , and though even a sense of dutv would excuse my absence at this season , I
have though : it a more imperative duty to stay ut home , fven to encounter all the importunities of distress , ami to sooehe those pangs of suffering which k is impossible to appease . There is no deception . It i 3 not on the awful tale which the tongut may sometimes frame to deceive , that 1 Test the evidence ; of this unexampled destitution . No , it is on the tottering steps of groups of creatures returning from the fields where they have been pluckinu unwholesome vegetables—their jaundiced and livid looks bearing testimony to the scanty and poi « onni < s nutriment by which they are necessitated to Mi .-tain their wretched existence . Amidst ibis
hi £ i :-. ; ckemr . g misery the poor are denied the ncgativ ..- i . . ; .- . ? ort of the poor houses , notwithstanding tnai the public funds havo been so profusely expru'en -m their erection . They are to be opened , it' .-i ( u > . utter the pressure of this hard Eias-en fhnl . ijave p 2 .- *> ed over . Have the enormous &u ! aries o : the Pour Law Comanssioneri ; , with all the accumuiaied perqui .-ites of travelling , &c , been also adjourned ic the same period ? If we can rely upon the jjub , i ~ hed accounts of the disbursements , it seems tlmt tome , -ixty or seventy thousand pounds have been already expended on those functionaries , and that wiiur subordiuato officers sire entitled to p ^ y . tvwlsi , in many iustances , not one particle of chs-ritabie relief haa reached the poor of some of tho most dirtre =.-: cd localities . Express , therefore , no surprise at ; hc deep- ? eaied anxiety of tbe Irish people for an Irish Parliament under an undivided sway of an Imperial Crown . In their anomalous condition it
would be . more surprising if they did not steadily pti .-evcre in asserting their right to their only protection against ever-recurring scarcity ia despite of every discouragement .. No honest politician can wish the country to be doomed to perpetual beggary . Were is blessed with ten times its present produce , and all the discoveries of chemistry already applied to agriculture to be exhausted on its cultivation , its " only fffect wouid be by increasing our exports to jncr-ai-e-the number of our absentees , who , by coping in luxury with the proud patricians of . England , are rendcreu so needy that no increase of rents or price of produce can satisfy their-rapacious demand ; and thus , while the dishonest financier would be deducting lrom the exports of Ireland proof ' s of its prosperity , ihe looifr-erj mi&ht . alas 2 at this moment , in many parts " of this district , hav y to weep ip silent , yuy i : Yer tho . blow but cett ? . in starvation of "the
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Donation from New Yokk . —The handsome ? um of . £ 304 6 s . has been received from New York , through Mr . Hugh Aqo ' hinclosa , - -bein » , th . e amount of a subscription in that city iu behalf of the ' suffering poof . of-certain- towns in Scotland . The money , whrch was remitted undercharge , to the Hon . Sir James Campbell , Lord Provost ^ and Mr . A . Thomson , American Consul in this city * has been paid over to the chief magistrates of the respective towns , in accordance with the instructions received from New York . —Glasgow [ Cliroiiicle * . f
j On Monday last , at -the ' Southampton ; Sessions , during a trial of teurieen men for a riot , one of the Jurymen commenced ^ nioking a cigar . The Recorder , Air . Sergeant Cockburn , was so indignant that hn stopped the proceedings of the Court , gave the puffing Juryman a pevere lecture , declaring that his conduct was one of the grossest insults ever offered in an English Court of Justice , and fined him £ 10 . On the assembling of the Court the following moruiu&the Juryman inade an apology to the Court , aud was excused paying the fine .
Reprievjj of Francis the Convict , —On Saturday afternoon , a mo :-Benger was sent down from the Home-Office to her Majesty's gaol of Newga , te , with a reprieve for the convict John Francis , who lay under sentence of death for his recent attempt upon the life of the Qieen . Through the clemency of her Majesty , whoso benevolent wishes were consulted by the privy council , ' by whom the fate of the wretched man was decided , his life has been spared , and his sentence is now commuted to transpdrtatioh for life to the most poual seUlemfut of Tasmania . The prisoner received t , fio tidings of mevey in a manner which became his situation . He had become very anxious ami desponding a is the day fixed for the execution of hioi ; eif and Cooper approached .
The -followixo 'p ' ariiculars of a most murderous outrage and robbery , committed a few nights ago upon Mr . ami Mrs , Webb , of Tonnanton , Glpucestcrfhire , were insortbd in the Government / 'o / wff Guzctlc of Saturday . It appears that as the persons alluvicd to were returning home from ChippingSbdbury , iii a li ^ ht spring cari ., thoy were stopped by five men , armed with torajidabie bludgeons , when one of-them struck . Mr . Webb a violent blow on the head , which stunned him . On recovering ho found himself . lying in die miUdle of the road , and several
of the party holding him and rifling his pockets , from one of which they stole a purse , containing about five pounds in gold and silver . They also dragged Mrs . Webb from the cart , arid robbed her of-18 s ., and other property . The fellows tlten . got , into the cart Had drove off , and iho librae and vehicle were subsequently found within half a mile of the BpoE where the uu-Ofions outrages wore perpetrated . A reward has been offered 1 ' or the apprehension of tbo villains , of two of whom a correct description has been given .
St . Rollox Chimney . —Thia great undertaking was finished on Wednesday , boiiii ? that day twelve montiis from the timo when the first brick was Jai'd , and the British ensign wa ? , ia honour ot the i veni , unfarled from its suniniit . The greatest anxiety was manifested by a numerous body of the citizens to i ; ot to tho top of th'j building , as , indeed , has been-rho . case for bo me tiays paft , and through the liiiidiiiiis of Mr . M'Intire , tho contractor , the wish was very liberally gratified , Mr M'l utyre himself accompanying almost every bucket-load of visitors . Some hundreds have been hoisted to the top , and , dangerous as the enterprise may appear , all who have braved it acknowledge that tho risk was timply repaio by tho magnificence of the prospect spread ou :, below them . Tho chimney , as before stated , rioes 450 feot Ircm the ground , and at least 600 t ' cet above the uiore densely peopled portions or the city and tho bed of
the river . In relative height , independent of tho elevation of its base , it is little inferior to the lokitbt superstructuros -in-tho world ; in absolute height it towers into tho air incomparably' bighur . Theifrt-at pyramid Choops rises ; 498 feet , but this includes ' a base of 150 . Sirasburgu Cathedral is 474 ; St . Peter ' s , iu Rome , from ground to pihnacle , 450 , being exactly the altirudn of the monstre chimney , ; St . Paul's ,. ' in London , 370 . Tho base of the chimney underground is 4 S feet in diameter ; at tho ground , 40 : at the top , 13 feet 6 inches . . During all the time this prodigious mass " -of brick- work has been erecting , not . tue slightest accident has occurred , which is veiy much owing to tho extreme caution aud auenti'm of the excellent engineer and his able coadjutor , Mr . M'In ' . yre , the coiitractor , who have thus raised a monumeiit to their professional reputation the loitiest in tho world . —Glasgow Chronicle .
Aristocratic Amusements . —It was but the other day her Majesty , surrounded by a crowd of her aristocratic parasites , enjoyed the pleasuM of reviewing a portion of the Household Troops at Wormwood Scrubs , and , in all propabittty , wb-Uc bo occvipnni , little thought of the abject condition of the fine fellows nianajyring -be . for ' o her—lUtlb .: inaagined tli « t among the gorgeous host there wxa scarcely one w } io , by the brutal regulations of her service , was not liable to be called out from the ranks , tied like a rabid dog , and vvhippfd till tho colour of his lacerated back should rival thn hue of his coat ! aixl yet , -such ia the faot , an < 1 such is tho insulting and dangerous position in which tho Sovereign is placed with reference to the Military and Naval eervicc of
the country . It is said that oucipline cannot be preserved without the lash -r-lhcn lot tho cat-o-nin-htails-becomo at once the acknowledged symbol of l . ho British service—be borne on its colours , and cmh'lazoned on its appointments , if we must continue to flog men like vicious brutes , let it bo done openly aud maniully , in the sight of the indignant people , by whom the ranks of the army are filled . If there be do pin in the act . there s ' tOiM be no bhamc hi the performance , and the test . of-its propriety wwld-be speedily found in tho expression of public opinion so elicited . On Fririay se ' iiniglit a private of the 2 nd battalion of Fusileer Guards was coridemnod to thj . most desrading torture , and in . one of tlic bocrct
recesses of the Portman-strect Barracks , reooved ISO lashe ? , or 1 , 3 . 30 lacerations , for porno peiiy offence to his superiors , who , as the world goes , seem to have , in our servico . no better way of showing their superiority than by occasionally condomum ^ their fellow-creaturis to thin dcgraclation . . Again and again we have said , if flagging ia so absp ! ut . ; ly necessary for the-soldier , why is it not had recourse to for delinquent tfficerk ? or arc the latter no :, to be considered soldit-rH ? Surely the discipline of the service should bo equalised , as w « U as . the daiuc ^ r . and if only one or two of the Bimpering MariinetB that strut about the ) parks was exposed to tho infliction-by . way of exauiplo to their fellow'bps , we Bhculd soon have the ca . t driven from our service .
Sijicular Phenomenon . —Wednesday forenoon , a plicrRimenon of most rare and extraordinary character was observed in vhe immediato iif ; ighbr » iirh- . od of Cupar . About lixlf-pa ? t twelve o ' ciock , . whilst the sky wa . s cicar , and the air , as it had bren throughout the niorni « g , perfectly calm , a giri employed in tramping clothes in a tub , on tho pief-e of ground above the town , called the common , iioaril a loud and sharp report over head , succcedf- < l'by ¦ ••» , feur-t of wind of most extraordinary vehemeiicfv , and of on ' y a few moments' duration . On lookivit * round she observed the whole of the clothes , slieob , & .. »> ., lying within a line of a oer . iaiu breauth , Htretcfting across the the green , driven aiinbRt- ' pyrpeiidir / alatly into the air . Some heavy wei shews ,
blankets , and ether articles of a like naiuro , afsev beiug carried to a great'height , fell , ? omo i » the ad joining gardens , and eome ou the high road , at several hundred yardb' dislance ; juiothcr portion of the articles , however , consisting of a qwtumy ot ¦¦ , curtains , and a number of smaller articJes , vvt-re j carried upwards to an innr . en ? e heikht , i ^ o as- to be ' almost lost to the eye , aud gradually ' . disapp ^ srvju < altogothcr from aiijht in a south-eastern diveciion . ) and have not yet been heard of . At the moracrit < ir i ihe report which preceded tho wind , thecittiu in the neighbouring meadow were obstrveti rumiuis j about iu an affright' : cl state , and for soiue time a ; t < r- j wards they " continued cowering together in v ' vH ! . tnt--j terror ' The viokneo of tho wind was Mich fh .-. t a
woman , who at tho time was holdinj ? a plaV-kcc ,: ' found herself unable to retain her hold , aiid r < -bn-1 quished it in tho fear of being carried up alon » wiiJi j it ! It is remarkable that , while even the heavies ; ; articles were stripped off a belt , as it : wcro , nmi'ing 1 aorcs 3 the green , and while the loops ot' Bi .-. Vi . > ra . i : wheels which were piuned down were-Hirupped , 1 ght articles lying loose on bbth . sides of tl ><\ -boit- wti-ti never moved froui thtir positioa . — Fife Hei <\ td . . ; . . ...... . .. ¦] Tfxa . 3 and ExGi .-O ' D . ^ T ho ratificatioris oi the long-pending treat e * between Great 'JJri'mu nin-i . Tt xa-s were exchanged ae two o'clock on i'tu . •• ciuy . the 20 th inst ., by the Earl of Abirdeen , plctvifKi-tt utiary _ of Great Britain , and the Hon . Ab ! ibe ; l : S . ' . "th ., plenipotentiary of the republic of Tixa ; .. A . 7 o .-, ci
treaties aro thrco in number ;~ a tieaty ° i anuxy . i navigation , and commerce , —a trtaty unrltitakm ? \ mediation by Great Britain , betweeti tho ; rcspimiuw of Mexico and Texas , —and a treaty grainnig i \ v \ i > i rocal rij ; ht of ' starch ' for ., tho suppression ' . . ot t he African slave trade . They were nogooiatcd in IS 40 ... and concluded in November of thatyear , by VibcDnnt . , Palmcrston and General James Hamitton . The powers to ratify th& two first , have been " a- . cSnsiiier- able time in Ecgland , but their coEbpletibn has been ¦ very properly delayed until . the ratificationH of the j treaty granting the right of search could be Mmul-1 taneoQsly exchanged . By tho treaty : relauvu to Mexico , Great Britain offers her mediation bei « cen
Mexico and Texas , on the following conrfitK-ii .: — . i Texas to assume one million sterling of the piulio . J debt of Mexico , provided that state recosuisi-s thivi independence of the new republic , arid a ^ n ea to a . satisfactory adjustment of the boundary line benvet-n i the two countries . The proffered ruedis tion oi I Great Britain between Mexico and Texas will , ft is to be hoped , be productivo of immediate peace between those countries , and cf an early excnatige oi > amicable relations . The prosperity of either is ' seriously retarded by the hostile position they have ¦ again assuraed towards each other , and ih « » t ' .-r-, ruption of trading facilities between Eumn ; uiJ Mexico can ooly be prolcDged at ths cos . t-of-iiwfiiit . li > nterests . ' ' ¦
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~" . ; ¦ ' " " . ' ' "' '" ' . . . ' ; •¦ " •" . ; - ^ ft' ^' UonmiiLt : Cask . —ViotixipN of a Child by its ovyw Father . —William Siramotidp , a labouring man , was on Saturday brought before T . Twining , Esq ., at Twickenham Police Court , charged with having violated his own child , only twelve years of age . Jane Simmonds v a pretty looking and intelligent childj detailed the full particulars of her father ' s incestuous proceedings , iu a manner which -left : no doubt of tho truth of her horrible tale . It also appeared that he had acted in a similar manner to
her some weeks before , which she had riot divulged at the time from fear of his threateped beating . — Sergeant Allaway deposed that on ascertsiiig ihe truth of the eff ^ nco having been committed , he fetched in a surgeon to examine thn child , and be took the prisoner into custody . —Dr . Litchtield , of Twickenham , felt confident , from the examination he had made , that the capital offence had been com pleted . He had found considerable inflammation , although , from the appearances , he was of opinion that il was not the first time the child had been so treated . — -The prisoner , who denied the charge , was fully committed to Newgate to take his trial .
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India and China— . Ove ' m , and Mail . —The French telegraph conveys the following newsbrought by the Indian mail , which left Malta the 2 Cth , and reached Marseilles the 2 . 9 ; h . On the lGth , Genera ' Pollook joined Sir R . Sale at Jellalabad , re-establishing on his march the authority of Thorabaz Khan Sullpoora . He was to march oni Cab til as soon as he was joined by Colonel Boultori . General England had re united troops , forced the passes . and joined General Nott at Ivandahar . Captain M'Kenzie had arrived at JeUalabaff , with offers from Akbar-Khan to release his prisoners on . condition * . The answer was not known . E . ' phinstono died on the 23 rd of April . China news is of the 19 th . On
the 10 th of March the Chinese , 10 , 000 or 12 , 000 strong , tried to retake Ningpo , while another force attacked Chinghae . In both instances they were repulsed with considerable loss . ' — General Pollock s arrival at Jollalabad ( an event rendered probable by . the intelligence by the last arrival ) is now placed beyond doubt . The Gallant General will most likely advance upon Cabul , which is not in a state to offer resistance to "his approach . The movement seems to be anticipated by Ahbar Khan ; who , it is reported , is desirous to treat for the release of his prisoners , and has iaade overtures to this iffect through Caj > tain Mackenzie , who had reached Jellalabad with his proposals . General England's having effected a junction of his forces
with those under General Nott , is well received hero , as on the successful accomplishment of his attempt depended the extrication of both Comniannder 3 from positions of immense peril , Their combined force will enable them not merely to maintain their position , but to prosecute offensive ouerat ons with effect , and thvi ' s co-operate in the general objects of the war . The war will , doubtless , be proseeuted with vigour . The lessons taught by the reverse of the past winter will not , be lost upon those .. who are especially bound to regulate their course by experience . Our troops may storm forts , capturft : towns , and take possession of-provinces . whilo the season favours enterprises of daring vnlour : but a northern winter , to the comparatively
iffeminate natives of the more sout / iern climes , is a fearful rest ; to which , if privation of necessary supplies hnd exposure to the inclemency of the season in forced marches be superadded , their powers of endiirance may ; prove unequal . We should be wbll patisfied to know that the past had induced a determination on the part of the British Government to refrain from risking the consequtEces of an attempt tf > retain possession of Affghanistan , The war in China progresses in the way in which ah expedition , undertaken against a nation so populous , aud yt . it--so- feeble ( because so ignorant of and unacqaainted with any means of encountering and re-Kisting the powers of European warfare ) must
progress It is really painful to contemplate the slaughter which artillery , directed by the science of British engineers « , muit cause when directed against dense bodies of inexperienced and apparently unconscious people , who appear paralyzsd by the effects of our engines of war , of which they know nothing until they find themselves placed within their range , without the power of resistance , and without the meaus of escape . This appears to have been the caso at Ningpo , to retake which from the British , a force of 10 , 000 or 1 ? , 000 Chinese was employed , most of whoin , it would seem , were dtstroyed by our guns , or drowned by the swamping of their warjuiicka .
An Extraobdinarv Express from Pans , dated Monday , states that a Commercial Treaty is almost ready for signature between the French and Belgian Goveriimouta . The Belgians reduce the duties on French wines , silks , and salt . The French admit Belgian thread and linen . The Belgians still hold out tor some concessions on iron ; but the Treaty will probably be signed this week . The Madrid Gazette publishes a circular of the Minister of Marine to his subordinates , in which he piomises to place the military navy of Spain on a resp'rtjble footing , which would enable it to afford an tflicacious protection to her transatlantic possessions .
The Barcelona Cansliluciohal of - the 27 th ult . Htatcs , that Jive Carlo-Christmo bandits having been captured by ihe National Guard of Escala , three who h : tci been taken with arms in their hands , were immediau'ly shot , aiid the two others were transferred to tho competent au ' . hori ie 3 . The Leipdc Gazette publishes a private letter from the frontiers of Italy , statiug t . h ' a't . -arre 6 t ' 3 had bc .-t ; n made lately at Pisa , in the kingdom of Naples , and iii the Pontifical States . Although numerous bo / liua of troops are quartered tlmmghoat the Penin-Kuia , symptoms of serious disturbances manifest rhcmsclvfd on all points . Tho Swiss troops at Naples inspire no fear .
Our Accounts from Beyroutare of the 10 th ult . An apprehension was entertained that a general rising would shortly take place in 4 he mountain . On the 8 tlt Emir Abdalla , with his two sons , sought refuge on board ah English frigate . On the 9 th the Siir ' ask-ttT Mustapba and Jzzet Pasha waited in pei-Hini on Colouel Rose , to demand the surrender of ino Emir , The Colonel returned a formal refusal . Tiio Pacha said that they would carry him off by fo .-ce . The Colonel replied , pointing at the irigu ' . e , " He is there ; take him if you can . " On the ! . on ; h , twelve Sheiks retired on board the same frigau-, having been irit ' ormed that they would be arrested in the course of tho day . Several others who did not avail themselves of the caution were ac'U'iily apprcheriikd . Tho Turks had arranged a pl <> t for seizins' by a coup de main the Catholic patriarch-of Lebanon .
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IHEI . AWD . ^¦ i ' kcial Commission in Tippkrart . —Clonmel , J ' lj . vK 26—T-ria sjK-cial commission was opened htre tins miming , before Chief Justice PennefatUer and Ciuf . i J ustica D ¦ herty . The town \ 9 ti 3 vtxy much • v ' . iwtletl-by the « tntry mul p ^ asaDtry of the county , the cTo ^ tiliaviii g suiiiiHi / ned as jurors upwards of 600 gentlfirii : ii ' , couiprisiug nil ihe magistracy aud landed prolir . ittois of Tippu'ary , and large bo- 'iesof tbe coviutty pfupla liavins come to witneBS the trials of their frifends a'tirt n IitiveB . The caso which excited most interest j ?; i . s that of William Kant , a conifortable fsirxn ^ r , charg-ad with having conspired , ' with two . other pern ... < im : to murder the into Mr . Hall , one of whom , Patrick Dvruts . vtrus this < i : iy arrdigned sis principal . The Hoa .
I'Vancis Aliihoro . Priltit ) , and twenty-two other gentle-• iiitir . of emineiMSft in t ! ae county , were sworn io ad tlie Griiini Juty . The Ghi » . if Justice charged tbeni at sonhkiej-atih ) ieniith , in . j- ' n able and eloqueiit address , in the cyurse of . Winch he Kiid they had met upqaftvery soloiuu , a very iiupuna ; it cccasto ; -. —to endeavour to tr ; i ; quilllsft t ^ ii unhappy country , by giving protection to tiIO v / eli-disposa : ! , by putting down disorder and i . U st , ami brifii < icg to condign puBishineni those men upon whom the destifc of their guilt- ought to fall . It was a notorious fact , that a very great ^ portion of this tlae cuuntryr—the north district of it- ^ Was in a -lu ' tnet . table state of disorganisation and insubGrdil ' liiuijn tothn lavra . It vva * anocking to hiimariity to be iriforiuwl of the cut-r *^ e& that almost daily occurred in
ihat part of the conniry , in v . hich neitbev life nor pro-I't-rt-y » k stcure ; r . o man could consider hia life safe uur tiis proutriy his . owu whila assjissiaation pervadeii itiwlnni ! in op"u ( iay , ami when the murderer hurdiy « inii ; l ; c thti auyai . t ; g « . cf coacealnicnt froia the darktu'fS of : !!« f-. t . P ; - ;)[; s . x'i . y wna as insecure as life ; no if ; .- - ii ci uia Le said to b « luasttsrcf his own property-, a iimn < : < iulil not chouse iris loiusct * or his servants except ai . ujt perii of hi « o . vu life acd the lives of those whom -. ' . •» .-aiif-ht taint prup . r to empidy . All that part of the country stewed to cumbim ; in one universal systtra of Dutra < 4 e , fur the purpose of beating down all liXW , and siiikiit'Vini ; sosno eniia -wilicU could not be defined . It wssii he . irtri tiding fact that neither rank , nor tttion . nor chaacter , nor property , uor sex ,
| i \ -ir ai ? 6 , y . 'ere assy . protection ¦ whatever ; agavnst tlie lawless violence that CEtBted . The ties of society * . « t 6 dist « vvred , the benefits confasred were forgotten , aud fcVHvy -thing . \ iras thrown aside or not thought of , txcept the lawltos tdicts that came from midnight legis-¦ ators or unlawful Associationa . His Lordship read ticci'lfiii' r , -which shewed etn aggregate ef 125 cases ¦«> f -vif'leixw , cohuaittad ¦ within the three months ending iho 10 tH ot May last . As this violent system c . () veri . d a district of thrte baronies , it was conclusive i hat it couKi not psoceod from , nor did it originate with , titu- ' - ' . conduct of an individual landlord ; it was too Kensral for that . This state of things must be stopped tjy :. tiitf KUong arm of tho law , and the perpetratora £ ! . oali 1 " be tauRht by practical experience that the laws cf God and man were not to be violated With Impunity . at
vVii . iaai K ^ nt and Patrick Byrnes were placed , the . ' ur , the first charges ! with conspirii > g to murder the lain Mv . Hall ; Uu . i the second with boing a principal i :-. the n . unler or that gentleuiac . Several other pri-; , < ii . ro -.: tre airaigs&u , and the Court adjcurned for the ( Ury v . >; oiit enttii .-jg on any trial . At ten o'clock on Vvcawsflay mouuEfc ; , Chiuf Justices Pennefather and Dohevty tvok their seats on the bench , and the Jury
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' .-11- ' r ¦^ "i ^ bJm '—' V ^^ Si Zi'J'S ^ L'" ' - [ -. ^ Sk ^/ " " * ¦ -r- ^^ fc—u ^ . *^ - > ( ten of whom wera magistrates ) having been swonj , tbe trial commenced , the pmpnera pleading ' Nf t Guilty . " The Attorney ^ Genexai stated the case for the prosecution , and proceeded to call the witnesses ,- 'ti-. o principal one being Tim Hogan , the approver , who swore to the fact of Mr . Kent havicgiricUed him and two other labour « rs to murder Mr . HnH . DTid . to having seen Byrnes shoot that gentleman . After . tho fsaniination of a . ¦ ' number of witnesses , the Court aOjaumtd till Thnrsdsy ^ when , the ca ^ e for the Crown h * v : ug besn concluded , Mr . Has&ard addressed the Jury on iseh ^ lf of Byrno 3 , arid Mr . James"Dyer for Kent , both gentlemen contendingC thit this was a conspiracy cot up for the purpose tf obtainirg the large rew ^ rrf offered At five ^ o ' clock the Lord Chief Justice commenced to charse the Jury , ' t ^ d fiaished about eight . The Jury found Byraes Cfailty ¦ Kent Not Guilty . Sentence . was not parsed .. " . - ' " ; ' . . '" . ' . ¦' . ¦ ¦ : ¦ ¦ '
Mvhder . — . Timothy Woods , alias Quilty , was placed at the bar , charged with having vrUfully and maliciously murdered one . Patrick LMTan en the .-18 th of May last , by sbooting him with a pistol , and inflicting a woui'd on . the neck of which he died . A seconil count charged ' a person un&nown with having itilicted two wounil 3 with a stono on the deceased , and the prisoner with aiding and assisting &c . The Attorney General , in slating the case for the prosecution , said that the short narrative of tbe murder now about to le invettieated was , that on tbe . lO ' lh of May " last . ' -aboufc the hour ; 6 f ' six o ' clock , in the ' - niorniog , t so ass-ass ; n » dragged the deceased man . from the house of a person , Patrick Cummins ; one cf thtm nruX a jjistol-3 hot .
which they supposed to have caused his death , but the unfortunate man had strength enough , th 6 ughiuoita . 'ly wounded , to run a fchort distance after ho was fired at * Tiie two ns . jiis&fns first thought their vicUmi was actually dead , but , perceiving ho was able to move , after they discharged the pistol , they pursued b ta along the road for tfio distance of 250 rftrds ; they oVM'toci-him ; they mads a s-.-C ( ' 7 ; d attack oil him . fractured his skull by blows , sufficient of themselves t ;> causK hi 3 ; -. death " , and fled imraeiliaiely after th » usifortunata man fell ona dunghill , where he was founrl , and wher « he remained for several hours without tho common offices of humanity . These statements wera cotrbborated by eviUencei ; and the prisunet Viavhig feevn found guilty , was sentenced to be executed on ths 16 th
instant . . : ' . . ¦¦ ¦ : ¦ - . - : .. "•' . ¦ Cornelius Flyrsn and Patrick . D ^ yer were nest indicted ,. the former for havinc ; on tht 29 th of ' -May . last , at Carrii , 'ai ( oun , in thia . cyunty , assaulted O-eorgs M'Ponnell , by drawing the ttigs ; er of a loaded pistol , with intent ; , tp . disable him , and tho .-latter for aidinaf and assisting . There was a second count , in whieb both prisoners were charged with an asSauit , with inteut to do hini some grievous - 'bodily- harin . The prisoners pleaded" Not guiityv" The j ^ ry returned » verdict of Guilty against both prisoneM .
John Pou . 'rd was indicted for having on t ! ae night of the 15 th April , at Coole , in this county , discharged a loaded gun » t Bridge * and Pat ick Corni p . ck , with , intent to disable them . There wtre other coants charging him With intent to do sii 3 V 0 U 3 bodily harm , for .-maliciously'injuring : the dwelling-house of Patrick Cormaek , and for appearing ariaed by night . The prisoner pleaded" Not guilty . " Mr . Hansard addressed the jury on behalf of the prisonc-r , and . produced witnessea for the purpose of proving an a ibi . Chifef Justice Doherty charged the jury , wlio brought in a verdict of Guilty without leaving the box .
Daniel Kelly was given in cbar >; o for haviiitr , on the 30 th of May , afc € f . irryg 2 ass , in this county , demanded firearms from Rebecca Hoddens , and feloiiiously struck her wit-h a stick- wilh intent to disablo ; her .- An attempt was made in this case also to set up an a-ibi for the prisoner . -The jury ftuud the prisoner guilty-The Lord ; Chief Justice , in pa ^ sicg sentence , said that the thirst for firearms among persons of his class was one of the foundations of -the disturbances in , the country . What could persor . s in tho class of which the prisoner was a member want with firearms , except to carry out unlawful purposes , and . perpetrate those crimes by which the country was overrun ? His Lordship then sentenced , the pri-onet to two years' impyi * sonment , t < j be kept ia solitary conuneratnt for tbe first and last months of that Verm , and be kept to hard I ibour each altercate month .
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the gold p anic ! A " panic" has come again—a golden panic ! The people are rushing in crowds to the bankers and moneychangers to gtt rid of their gold for paper ; tradesmen make it a favour to receive sovertiigns , and postmasters will not take them at all , if they be too light by a feather ' s weight . , It may well be asked , what . can all this /' pother " about sovereigns mean 1 Tho history of it seeffis to be this ; : — " ' : . '¦¦ ' : " ' : . . - ' ; : ; . -V
A number of sovereigns of the reigns of Geo . TIL and ¦ William IV ; havp become lighter from wear , and the Government having iu its wisdom discovered the fact , sent forth a proclamation explanatory of the law , and stating thai light sovereigns will not be received in payments at the public offices . The consternation this occasioned was indeficribabla Scales for weighing the coin werein instant requisition in every part of London ; tradesmen were afraid to receive ' 'the Qaeen ' s coinj and on Saturday night tea confusion was increased by th ^ mechanics and others , who had been paid in gold , finding great difficulty to get their . sovereigns changed . In some places shopkeepers would n « t take them at all , whilst in very many instances the humbler classes were shamefully robbed by persims telling them that a sovereign was wonb . frpai only fifteen shillings to eighteen shillings , for which amount , being anxious to providei food for their- families , these poor people consented to part with them .
. The London papers differ as to the extentof the less which has taken place on the gold coinage , some magnifying it to a large amount , some regarding it aa trifling ; but whether ths loss on the sovereigns arising from legitimate * wear an « i tear" be niuch or little , it ought not to have been thrown on inrtividuais who honestly tecaviad . - the money in the regular courati of business . ¦ It is the prerogative of the Crown , as the trustee of the nation , to issue coin of proper vreighr and fintnoss , and it is stamped in order that the people may be certain that the ; piece of gold bearing the impress of . Majesty is not only , genuine , but that it ia of the proper weight and fineness . Gold , like every thing tW in circulation , will wear but—it will become " light ;" but- 'it is the proper business of theGovernment to take
care , when light money comes into its hands , —and it is calculated that all , or very nearly all , the circulidiDg medium passes through the Government offices at least once a year , —that it is not re-issued , and to dinct every " light" sovereign to be thrown into the meltingpot , and new ones issued in their stead . It will be said that this ' would be attended with loss , To bo sure it would ; but what would that matter ? It wuiltl not be to a considtira . ble amount ; and , \ ylietlier it ba greater or-less ,-it-. is a loss which evtry couutry must and ou ^ ht to . sustain . But our very w . jsc Government neglected to do this "; they re-issued . 1 iitjht" sovereigns as fast as they received them , and , when an outcry % vas rj-igevi against themj they increased the ; fuss by ssndinf ; ouV a ptoclamation , the only good tendency of which is , tt * cause some thousands of persens to be suaiiiefuliy robbed .
The Morning Herald taika about sovereign ^ being " aweattd , '' and wjb have ht . ard of ihcir bt-ina ;" --piug-ge'd " also ; but we never yet liiet with a persi ; : i who had seen one " plug £ ed , " nor do we feeiicve any : such practice has ever existed . If they 09 " plusged , / 1 it cannot be very difficult to detect them , but we havo htaxa oi no such detection . A Boyereign , We believe , in worth about 1 && 10 d . —that is . in order to prevent clieir being melte-1 down , their intrinsic worth is rather below the value at which they circulate as coin . Now , to " plug" a sovereign so cs to pi . tain u . profit on ihe operation is no very easy matter . ' The sovereign ntiiatbe fixed in a vice—a very iine oriil must he Yc ry carefnlly used , and- . when sixpennywoith or a stiiiling ' s
worth of gold dust ia dnltiid out , the hole must be " plugged '' again with suiae inferior , intlul ,- ' asi ^ i the aperlure in the edge be very carefully concealed , in all this : there is care , and tronble , and risk ; for a sovereign may be eiitirely spoiled in the operation , and the pi rigger , instead of" getting a profit , may have to pop the sovereign into the melting put , and tell it as bullion for less than it would pass for as coin . ¦ Bes ides , he may chance to get detected , and then , instead of reaping wealth from pluggery , he ; woultl , in all probability , make a trip to the . Autipodes . ' .,- We have little belief , therefore , in the stories abous p ' ugging , and not much mGre in the •' aweating" business . What is understood by sweating is this : —A number of / sovereigns bciusf
put into a sack , 'tho sweaters each taJro hold of or . Q end , and shake the sack to nr . d fro ; and ' . ' .-it is supposed that the sovereigns coming iuto coilision , '" ¦ weur off sVnne grains of goM . Afcer the sweating operation , ¦ whicii must affect ihe ^ Tv e . itera aa weil ns tlia eoVereigns , the sack , ; worth 5 s . or Ga . —for itfcust be a good sttouiz one —is burnti and the gold : dust is then scrapyi away from the ashes . We dcu&fc vtry much if siifficient gold could be obtained in this way to pay for the uwtating of- 'tbe ' BWtotaia ' and the sack . I-f it be done , -we beiteya it ia to a very trifling extent . No ; the 'lightness of the sovereignsepmes from their wear and tear , ' and this ia proved by the date of the soyeroigha . All , or neaviy all , the ' ' lights" ate twenty years pid , ; whilat those of a more reeent date are of the proper weight
Why , then , all this hubbub" has been raised , W 8 know not . Ta there ' -a . seheino on foot for estabHihlng one bank of issue ? to issue small notes '' again ?' - To prepare the public fer this , was it deemed neesscary to raise an . outcry : against gold , and- ' -to bring ; it- into discredit ? Or do ; the Gpveniment expect a war * anidy in . ¦ ora ' er to provide gold to carry ii on with " " » igcur , " ~ ; to use tfie flash- term of . 1810 , —have they not only induced the Bank to hoard / some sevea . cr eigbt mil- . Hbns in her cellars > but are now determined to- ; driye .-.-the sovereigns out of circulation , there ^ Jj * to «^ eBffir » j » s ^ . thei circulating medium , and rer . der diBjSi ^ jSraaK ^ V yersal , in order that the public niay ^ Bfo ^ w ^^^^ N demand another Bank rebttiction , amQl fiM ^ SlsMSfe-NS'X ) '¦' : ' ¦ - ti « n of small notes from due bank of } a » urf *«^| lr ^ H | fe ' £ ^ 2 / f ¦ ' - ¦ ¦ Jm tbinss are spoken of ; but , though ifc ^ d ^ otair ^^ Jtfc ^^ vil ^ V what object the Government hab in geWi ^ yj iffyrtKf&jzf f » J' £ fffeel certain , that all this -fasa about ^ Hgbji" ft > 'g «^| fe % ^) ' y / ^ Which ara refused at the post-offiti , * ar f ^ * ec ^' vKamJ ^/ *^ bf private bankers , has riot been nndti ^ iifeut < a . \ ty < $ favMr £%£ and that motivd we shall see revealed 'tep ^ te&B ^ ' ^ 2 weeks have passed over our heads . —Bn&tjR l&aiutinrj gt ¦ " . ' ¦ - ^ ^ ivX ) Ji / 9
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THE NCBTHERN STAR ; 3
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 9, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct606/page/3/
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