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AX INVOCATION TO THE SPIRIT OF
HOLBERRY . Hail ! mighty spirit of the dfc&d ! O . ' fill each tyrant heart with dread , And freedom ' s sons inspire ; That they may gain the glorious cause For which thou fell ' st to class-made laws / A sacrifice so dire . Tho' burst thy chftirs , thsu ' st not forgot , The proud man ' s scorn—the poor man ' s lot Freedom thine eye once fired ! Id justice quail'd before thy gaze ; Acd monster tyrants stood amazed ; Whilst liberty admired ! In mercy sure the summons ame From high , to quench that noble flame , When justice stood apart ; Th ? godlike soul too strait confln'd , For fcnch a bold capacious mind , Kow nniTnafp * each heart .
And msy it still pursue its flight , Dispel the mistB and gloom of night , And shine like mid-day ' s sun , Till free-born Britons own thy worth , And shout , while despots crouch to earth ; Onr nation ' s freedom won . EDW 15 GlLl _ Shefeli
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CHARTIST SONG
I slid to ay father a Chartist I'd be , He sa : d if I was he would never own me ; " Fare-= A 1 then , " I tried , " to the old house at home , Far sway o ' er the hilis for the Charter I ' ll ro 3 m . " I left b ! 1 my friends , who now had tnraY : f jes , I lef : my < ~ esr loTe for the sate of the es . ' : se ; There wss never a tear , but a smile in my eve ,. For I thought of the Charter and sweet liberty . I spoke to our lads , and I said " come with me , You ' re bfcen slaves long enough — 'tis tir . ; e yon were free . " Their eyes spark'd with fire , and it made my blood wirm , So I cried out , at once— " to arms , my lads—arm !"' Oh God , all I ask , before I do die , Is to itrikc- a good itr ^ ks for street liberty ; " So come !—whoil b : first ?—' tis time to begin ; Come d :-w your good swords lads—come draw and strike in . " J . W .
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THE SCOTTISH PATRIOTS INVOCATION TO FREEDOM . 0 come like a soft breeza , embalm'd with the breath 01 the pine-scented groves of " the land of the free ;" A garland of heath-flowers our maidens shall wreath , A tribute , fair daughter , of heaven to thee . Qeome not with war's bloody banners unFarieJ , The gri = f of the widow and orphan to share ; To the cus :, from his might , let the tyrin ' . ' m hurled , Nor sink our fond hopes in the gloom of dei-pair . No flswers of tha " sunny south" garnish oar plains , No pale drooping lily the rade clift ador-j ; Where nature enthron'd in soblimity reigns , With fba eagle's dark brojd in tiw region of sierras .
Our mountains are bleik , and our moorlands are wild , Where the dun-deer unfettered bonnds feaHess and tea ; But the hands which the bonds of the tjnmt have foiled , Shali rear , lovely freedom , an altar to thee . Ko bugle shall wake from the heath-cov = red cot , The sons of the mountain to carnage and biood ; But soft as the sighs of love's vot ' ry shali S ; st , The soul-stirring strain around freedom ' s abode . And fondly our children shaH kneel at the shrine , That their fathers had reared on the soil of the
And smiling , the love-bresthing maiden Ehail twine , A chaplet , fair daughter of heaven , to thee . CIXTHA Alloa , ABril , IS 42 .
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THE LADIES' HAND BOOK OF KNITTING , NETTING , AND CROTCHET , containing plain directions by which to become proficient in these branches of useful and ornamental empoyment . By the acthor of " The Ladies ' Haxd Bock of Fjlscy Needlework a > d Embsoidebi . vg . " London : H . G . Clarke and Co ., 66 , Oid Bailey , 1842 . This little manal is a worthy successor to its companion , the Ladies' Hand Book of Fancy Needlework , and promises to be of vast utility . The former work has already reached its second thousand , though it has not been much more than one month before the public , and we doubt not ba ; that the Hand Book of Knitting , &c , will find an equally favourable reception . The plan 13 one well
calcnlated to effect the desired object , and the direciions for the various kinds of work , plain , concise , and forcible . The introduction and the first chapter are also highly interesting for the amount of general information they contain , and will be re-&d -. viih interest , not only by those for whose use the book is specially intended , but by others in more advanced stages of life . One feature in -these little works is peculiar ; the author considers that all accomplishments should be directed to the attainment of some moral end , and in accordance with th . 3 view of the subject he has introduced-here and there moral reflations of an highly interesting character . The following extract will be read with interest by every parent who is at all anxious for the improve ' - znen : of car racs , and its advancement to a stare of moral excellence .
" But there is yet a higher kind of use to which we Would apply them . We would have the young lady Who is becoming expert and clever at her needle , to rtfirct , as ths beautiful fabric grows beneith her forming band , that her work , and the power and skill to plan and txecuie it , is an emanation of the immortal mind ; of thit mind , whose creative powers are a faint , but legiNe transcript of the omnipotent ' yrisdom d the Deity . Thi 3 thonght gives a permanency to - ?? hat would , in any other light , be only transitory as the summer doud . It is omnipotent wisdom and power , vrhich baB contrived and executed all the beautiful wonders o (
creation ; and mat wisdom and power were , called into activity by omnipotent love . We wish to impress this sublime truth upon the mind of our young readers , because we wish them to place their Heavenly Father before them , as their pattern and example , in all that they take in hand ; and , to remember , that as He formed the universe by wisdom , from love , so all their actions and elegant contrivances should be the result of judgment , guided by affection , that they may thus become like their Father who is in Heaven .-" Indeed , it is only , when accomplishments are rendered subservient to the development of moral eoodness , that they become pursuits at all . worthy of an accountable being . We were not sent icto this world to flutter through life like the gaudy butterfly , ocly to be seen and admired . We were " designed to be
Tttffnl to our i ' ellow-beings , and to make all our powers and capalilitits in seme w ^ y or other-conducive to tLe . happiness and welfare of our co-jomneyeri on the path of time . Tu this end we wish cur fair country women : to devote their best attention , and in its attainment ' to ex ? rt eveiy energy which they possess . We wish i them to make all the knowledge which they may ; acquire subserve some noble purpose , which will out- live the present hour , and to do this the weil-spring of : the pureit affections must be opened in the soul ; and j the elegant productions of taste and pemus become . vitalised and animated by the spirit Gf iove . Thus , ; and thus only , can the occupations of a -eisure hour , i
be cor ; T- ; rtcd into efficient ministers of good , and snch they will assuredly be found , if practised' iV ^ m right motives , and placed in due sufeorainaticn to tts r ; ght exercise of more important duties . Ltt tL ? ri the young " votaress cf the needle , of drawing , or pi r . iarie , ever bear jr . nijnd , -bat ; the time employed in _ th " js 8 pursuits Will be accounted lost or improved by thq impartial Judge cfaii , ju-. t in proportion as they " have Ixtn made to serve the purposes of selfish gratification , or to minister to the development of an elevated mOi . il character , generoui tnti warm affections , and the cultivation of ttose virtues , which as esstntials of the Christian character , shall outlive the ravages of time , and qualify Hie soul for all the beatitudes of a coming eternity . "
The works are got up in an elegant style , and will form appropriate presents as tokecs of i-Section and esteem . We wish them all thp success which their intrinsic value merits .
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Totpesasce is a sober reality . If men are temperate they will be industrious—if industrious they will be economical—if economical they will save money—if they save money they will have a wherewithal en a rainy day , including economy , industry sad' temperance , the exports will always regulate themselves , whatever the revenue may be . Elsixorb , Sept . 38 . —The ship William , Captain Coppen , from Dundee , which cleared out here to-day on her voyage from Dundee to Narra , picked up , near Lindesnas , nine Russian sailors , part of the Crew of a Russian slip of the line , who had been drifting about at sea for forty-eight hours on logs of wood . Tie Captain saw the ' -ship at the dirtance of three mile ; , and observed nine men , who hiid clambered no The sides . A Norwegian steamer was going ia * save the people , but jt was probable that the grej-. tr part of the men composing tho crew were drowned . —Hamlurgh paper .
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HUDDEESFIEU ) . —Cricket . —On Monday last a match at Cricket cams off on the Dal ton Ground , near Huddersfield , between the Hecktnondwike Commercial and the Hadder = field Britannia Clubs , for ten shillings a man . The following is a correct statement of the game . Heckmondwike went in first , and scored twenty-fire . Huddersfield next took the bat and scored fifty-one , when Heckmondwike again took the bat and scored fortyseven , leaving tho Britannia twenty-one to get to win , which they did with nine wickets to fall . The day was cloudy yet favourable for the game . Only one event happened which tended to mar the pleasures of the day , and it wa 3 one of so aggravated a nature that to pass it over unnoticed would add to the crime . The front room of the White Hart
( belonging to Mr . G . Berry ) was occupied by the members of both clubs , to which it was understood no other persona could have access . It further appears that many members of the Britannia had provided themselves with food for the day , and after the first innings they repaired to the room to partake of the same , but on examining their pockets they found all gone . Who the hungry visitors were could not be ascertained ; yet if none but players had access to the room , the conclusion is inevitable ; if , on the contrary , strangers were allowed , in the absence of any member or members , which was quite possible , then the proprietor of the house was highly culpable for snch gross neglect . However , as ' * experience makes fools wise" more precautionary measnres will be taken in future . —From a Correspondent .
A Max ForxD deow . ned —On Saturday morning , a man named Jo = epa Bentley was found near St . Paul's Church , laid on the ground , with his face in a well of wa ; er . Life was quite extinct when he was found . An inquest was held over the body the same day , when a verdict of " Found Drowned" was returned . BBABFOBD .-Seeiocs Accident . —On Friday an old man of the name of William Pyrah , of Clayton was going down his chamber steps when a dizziness took him and he fell head foremost thereby injuring himself in a shocking nanner . He now lies in a dangerous state . Robbery . —On Friday night last , the outhouse of Mr . John Riley , farmer , Clayton , was broken into and all the poultry wa . 3 taken away .
BTIiIiTNGHAPI , neas Stockto . n-upon-Tees . — The inhabitants of this pleasant i-ttle village were thrown into a state ot great confusion on Sunday evening last , by the Rev . Gibson , vicar of the parish , being suspended from an aah-irea in his own garden . The Rev Gentleman read the service , and preached a sermon , in the morning , but seemed at a loss how to proceed ; in short , it was the leading topic of conversation in the parish in the afternoon . He said to some of the inmates of his house , " I navft taken some piils , therefore , must go out . " This
was abou ; ten o ' clock in the evening ; it , however , appeared clear enough afterwards that it was merely a pretence ; he had not taken any pil ' s . His brothers , in conjunction with hi 3 mother and sister , thonght he was longer than he need be in coming in , they , therefore , went into the garden , and to their surprise and sorrow found him as above stated , quite dead . The jury sa ; on Monday , and returned a verdict of Insanity . The doctors say that the insanity ha 3 been produced by too deep and laborious study , he being a man of but weak intellect . — Corresvon den I .
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The Kikg of Hanoveu , who has recovered from his late attack , left Dusseldorf for his capital on the 16 th . It is said that the Queen and Prince Albert , with the infants , will go to Brighton at the end of October , to remain at the Pavilion for a month or six weeks . A Fiee took Place at Whitbread's brewery on Wednesday morning , in consequence of the gasometer being overcharged . It was got under after considerable damage had been done . At the Council at Windsor on Saturday directions were given to the Archbishop of Canterbury to prepare a form of thanksgiving for the late abnndant harvest and favourable season . —Standard .
Smoking —The moment a man takes to a pipe he becomes a phelosifer : it is a poor man's friend—it calms the mind , soothes tne temper , and makes a man patient und-jr trouble . It has made more sood men , good husbands , kind masters , indulgent fathers , and honest fellers , than any otner blessed thing in thi 3 universal world . —Sam S . 'ick . The United States—The packet-ship Independence , Captain Nye , which sailed yesterday for New York , carried out moie goods than any of the packetships for some time , yet her freight did not exceed £ 170 . Wi ; h passage-money , however , Captain Nye would have nearly £ 1 , 000 ; a large sum , as limes go . —Liverpool Albion . We have heard that the military force in Canada is to ba reduced immediately , and that , should the war in China continue , several regiments wiil proceed from America to the east . —Xaval and Military Gazette .
A Gbaxd Bamjuet to Skarman Crawford , Esq . M . P ., and Joseph Sturge , E ~ q , in honour of the principles of complete suffrage , will be held in the City Hall ^ n the 3 rd of October . Several members of Parliament , Mr . Vincent , and other friends of the people , will be present . Mr . Hume has likewise been invited , but no answer has yet- been received from him . —Glasgow paper . SPECiiL CosiMitsio . v . —The Riotebs . —An official communication was on Sunday received at the Town Hall , from Sir James Graham , staving that a special Assize is to be holden at Liverpool for the trial of the prisoners now in custody on charges connected with the late disturbances in the neighbouring portions of iiie manufacturing districts . No day is named . —Liverpool Times .
The Rail axd the Tubf . —A horse belonging to Lord Egiintoun ran at Doncaster ou Monday , was transferred to Leicester by the North Midland and Midland Counties Railways , and won a race at the races of that town on Wednesday , and was afterwards transported back to Doncaster to run a third time there on Thursday . —Doncasler Chronicle . The Kikg of Psussia . —The King of Prussia has had a gold medal struck in his own dominions , for the purpose of presentation to the most distinguished artists who may come under his especial approval . It is of solid gold , weighing 20 dwts ., and is very tasteful in its arrangement , Loss of a . Russian Max of War . —A Russian ship of the line , a new 74 , going from Archangel to the Baltic for her stores , was lost last Sunday week , on the Coast of Isorway , offChristian ,-and , with about 400 men . The wind was a high northerly ttaie , off the land , and it is not known whether she spraiig a leak or was out of her reckoning .
O . v Saturday evening last , the crier at Wi 3 bech was employed to announce that a ceriain tradesiLiiu in the town had received a quantity of foreign pot'edbeef , which he could sell at 4 id . per pound . The crier had no sooner finished hi ! round , ihan he was engaged by a butcher , to inform the public that he was selling good potted-beef at 2 hi . per pound . — Stamford Mercury . Foce Beautiful Spanish stallions arrived at Wiudsor on Wednesday , presents from Isabell the Second of Spain to Victoria of England . They have large heads and necks , fiowiKg manes , more than fourteen inches long , and very large and long tails . The queen kept two , a creaai-coiuured one and a skewbald one ; and gave two to the Prince , a bay and a brown .
The Fre > xh Papers said lately that the resistance of the natives in Algierswas almos * entirely subdued ; but the last accounts , to the 10 : h ics aut , state that the autumn campaign will be oa an txtensive scale a number of tribes who had made their submission having evinced hostile dispositions sinco they haa secured their crops . Singular Accident . —About lalf-paft eifcht o ' clock on Thursday night , Henry ^ ame , a child two years old , whose father is a respecta ! -le master baker , and resides at No . 7 , Chichestc-r-piace , Gray ' s Innroad , attempted to swallow a halfpenny , which stuck in his throat , and he was seized with violent convulsions , and became bl » y ; k in tho face . It fortunately happened that Mr . List-er , the surgeon , was passing as Mrs . Mayne , was ruthing into the street wiih the child in her arms , after many attempts , at length succeeded in extracting the halfpenny from the child ' s throat .
Murder . —On Saturday the viilnge of Ho 3 gley , near O ^ khain , was thrown ictu excitement at the discovery of a murder of the most atrocious description . For some time past an old man , named Reynolds , who had no visible means of existence ( but was supposed to have been afarmer in the neighbourhood ) , had resided in the village . His house was observed for several days to be closed ; at length it was thonght advisable to enter it , when the poor old man was discovered on the floor of his bed-room literally soaked in his blood . His f&ce was bo beaten as almost to defy recognition . Numerous articles of clothing were lying about the floor .
Desperate Conflict with Poachers , — On Friday morning , about one o ' clock , a desperate affray tot-k place on Lord Gage ' s estate at West Firle , near Lewes , between two of his Lordship ' s gamekeepers and two poachers , named Day and Haryey , living ia two of the adjoining villages . Poaching having been carried on most extensively of late , in the preserves , the keepers had been instructed to keep a sharp look out for the marauders , and at the time named two of them found the poachers in the act of taking game by means of nets . The keepers attempted to take them into custody , but mtt with a determined resistance frem the poachers , who laid about with their bludgeons in eur , h a manner as to disable both the keepers , one of whom , named Turser , has sustained snch serious injaty that his life is considered in jeopardy . The poachers ? hen made off .
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Hail Stobh . —A dreadful hail storm , accompanied by thunder and lightning , visited the neighbourhood of EggleBtone , near Middleton-in-Teesdale , on Wednesday last . _ The electric fluid struck the chimney of the turnpike-gate-house , which it descended , and forced out two of the wiidows . Eight members of the family which inhabited it it were in the room at the time , all of whom escaped unhurt , except a little boy , who was knocked down and suffered a slight bruise on the face . A dog lying by the fire-side was killed on the spot . Oar cosrespondent adds that snow , eight or ten inches thick , was lying at the hedge sides at the above place yesterday . —Durham Chronicle .
Doveb . —On Saturday last , a large anchor , weighing about nineteen or twenty cwt ., and supposed to be from a Dutch fonndry , was brought into Dover hirbour . It was found four days before , about fifty miles from this place , in the German Ocean , opposite the North Foreland , but at some distance out at sea , by some fishermen , in whose nets it became entangled . Having obtained assistance from some other boats , they lashed a cable to it , aud it was finally brought on shore . From its appearance at present , it is thought to have been sunk for a period little short of twenty years . It is , however , still in good preservation , the arms , which are of wood , being apparently as sound as when first cut . —Kentish Observer .
Singular Occurrence . —A few daya ago , as a person of the name of Charlesworth , o ! Darley Dale , was crossing the moors on his way to Chesterfield , he stopped to rest himself on a heap of stones by the road side , during which time he chanced to cast his eyes on a viper or adder , within a few yards of his resting place , coiled np in folds upon the road . There being something , he imagined , rather singular in the manner of the reptile , he watched its movements for a few minutes . The traTellcr ' s curiosity had nearly proved of serious consequence , for the poisonous vermin , having partially raised itself , darted at him with all its force , though it luckily passed over his shoulder , with only slightly grazing his hat , and afterwards escaped into an adjoining plantation . The people of that district of the moors denominate these attacks made by tho adders as '' adder bolts . " —Doncaster Gazette .
Waterspouts . —Sundebland , Sept . 22 . —Yesterday several waterspouts were seen off this coast about ten or twelve mile 3 from the land . They as-Bumed the appearance of inverted coues , and ultimately bur 3 t ; an immense body of water fell from each ; the lower parts totally disappeared , and the summits amalgamated into a dense body resembling a thick cloud . Thunder storm . —This city was visited yesterday by a violent thunder-storm , which continued , with some intermission , for about two hours , beginning about ha ' . f-past twelve o ' clock , and being accompanied throughout with a tremendous iaS of rain
and hailstones . Several of the flashes were extremely vivid , and the thunder burst immediately over the city , and at no great distance from the surface . The electric fluid struck a chimney on Summer-hill , aud slightly shattered its wall , but we have not heard of any serious injury inflicted by it . The rain fell with great force , and some of the hailstones were of enormous size . We trust that the fine weather which we have just passed was taken due advantage of for the business of the harvest , as the weather would now appear to be effecualiy broken , and much damage must have been inflicted by the hail and rain of yesterday on any ripe and heavy corn exposed to its fury . —Dublin Freeman ' s Journal of Thursday .
American Packets . —Three American packets , the Cambridge , the Siddons , and the Mouongahela , arrived at Liverpool on Thursday . By all'these vessels the number of emigrants returning to this country is very great . The Cambridge brought 200 stc-erage passengers ; tho Siddons had 240 in the steerage and S 4 in the cabin ; and the Monongahela had 100 in the steerage . The return of these person ; : , many of them in a state of grrat destitution , is sufficiently indicative of the prosperity of the United States at the present moment , or rather the absence of it . The freights , from the same cause , are small ia amount and low ia price , the Cambridge having only brought £ 400 on freight , the Siddons £ 420 , and the Monongahela a still more trifling amount .
Death from Hydrophobia . —Yesterday ( Friday ) afternoon , an inque .-t was held at the New Bailey prison , before Mr . Rutter , the county coroner , touching the death of William Tankard , of Salford . From the evidence adduced , it appeared that the deceased was imprisoned for one mouth for the non-payment of the penalty aud costs for an assault , of which he had been convicted before two magistrates at Heap . On Monday last , whilst washing his hands he was suddenly taken with a shaking and shivering . He was taken into the hospital , aud attended by Mr . Barton Stott , surgeon of the prison , whom he informed that he had been bitten in the hand by a dog about six weeks ago . Mr . Stott ordered a basin of water to be brought , and he wa 3 convinced from the shock which the deceased experienced by
the sight of it , that he was affected with hydro phobia . Mr . Scott procured the assistance of Mr . Jordan , and they administered some emetics to the patient , capped and blistered him , and used every means in their power to afford him some relief . They visited him frequently , and two of Mr . Stott ' s pupils remained up with him all Wednesday night . During that night the patient was perfectly tranquil , aud the paroxysms were slight , but he did not sleep at all . The medicines operated as the physicians wished ; and the patient continued in a composed state till about half-past three on Thursday afternoon , when he was s < izsd with violent paroxysms . At four o ' clock he was visited by Dr . Hulme and Mr . Thorpe , Mr . Jordan having previously obtained permission of the magistrtes to call them in . Mr . Stott and Mr . Jordan administered more medicine to the
patient after which the attacks became less violent . At a qnarter-past twelve o ' clock on Thursday night another severe fit came on , and he expired immedidiately afterwards . During Wednesday he took bread soaked in hot water , but could not take it in cold . He also drank ( though with great difficulty ) cofi ' ee from a teapct . During some of hi » severe paroxysms it required six or eight men to hold him . He stated , before his death , that the dog that bit him had a chain and part of a rope about his neck . Ho appeared to have broken loose from his owner , and when the deceased attempted to lay hold ot him . he bit him in the hand , a little above the second joint of the thumb . The dog barked afterwards at some children in running away from tke deceased . Verdict , " Death from hydrophobia , produced by the bite of a dog . "—Manchester Guardian .
Serious Riot in Airdrie . —On Thursday evening , a riot tcok place in Airdrie , whioh for a time threatened the mo 3 t serious consequences . The miluary , it appears , were withdrawn from the town that forenoon , and during the day more bustle and excitement were observable in tho streets than usual . No disturbance , however , was for a time apprehended , as the colliers in the neighbourhood had partly resumed work , and , as no disposition to outbreak had been manifested by the great body of them , still on Etrike , since shortly after the commencement of the dispute . Still no breach of the peace had taken pla . ee , and all might have passed over quietly enough , but on the arrival of five prisoners in the afternoon , on their way to Hamilton gaol , in custody of a party of Sheriff ' s officers , who
had been apprehended at Ballochney for a breach of engagement with their employers , or accussd ot intimidation—the story is told both ways—the excitement increased , and the shopkeepers , apprehensive of a riot , shut their shops . At this time a meeting of the idle colliers was bsiug held at the lotteries , in the vicinity of Coatbridge ; numbers of them were likewise congregated in various parts of the town of Airdrie ; auci ic was , from circumstances which had been allowed to transpire , understood that the rescue of the prisoners had been Tesolved upon . Upon the prisoners being brought to the town , application was made to have them lodged in one of the inns until tfcey could be examined by the authorities , but this , it is said , the iniikeeper refused , from fear of the mob
destroying his premises . About this time a band of about 400 strauge colliers , apparently from the east appeared in the streets , and the officers in charge of the prisoners immediately took them to a public-house adjoining the ian . After some consultation amongst the mob the result was , that a rescue was determined on , and accordingly the house where tne prisoners were confined was attacked , and , as great resistance was offered , ic was some time before an entrance was effected and the prisoners liberated . The door of the house was torn down , and all the glass in the windows broken . The premises were completely gutted , and the liquor , furniture , glass , &c , carried offer destroyed . Before this was accomplished the magistrates met opposite the place where the crowd—ultimately amounting to upwards
of 1 , 500—had collected , and read the Riot Act ; but as they had no military force at their command , they had just to look passively on during the time the disturbance was going forward , without being able to take a single effective step towards putting a stop to the lawless proceedings . Several shots , we are informed , were fired by persons in the crowa during the progress of the riot ; and before the house was gutted , the Sheriff ' s officers repeatedly fired blank out of the windows to intimidate the riotous assemblage . To this , however , they pa : d _ no attention , but proceeded determinedly , to effect tneir obiect . While this was coing forward , the
jnagifltrates sent expresses for aid to tha Glasgow jronceoffice and to Sheriff Alison ; but before the Sheritt , accompanied by Captain Miller , srriYed , the rioters had dispersed and the town was quiet . The military did not arrive till yeBterday morning . Wo are informed that the secretary of the Colliers' Association was apprehended in hiB own hoase late on Thursday night , and committed to g ^ ol , but we have not heard upon what cbargn . The town was quiet yesterday . Two of the policemen who assisted the officers in repelling the attacks of the mob were slightly wounded . The affair , we understand , is undergoing a mo 3 t rigid iawstigation . —Glasgow Courier .
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Conflagration in Russia . —St . Petersburgh . Sept . 16 . —We have received here the melancholy news that the greater part of the city of Kasan , has bean destroyed by fire . It is stated that 1 , 200 houses ( 400 of which were of stone ) 12 churches , the extensive magazine , and the university are reduced to ashes . The details are not yet come to hand . The Second St Petersburgh Insurance Company is a great loser by the fire . The shares which were lately sold at 410 to 415 rubles , are bow sold at 230 rubles . Several houses and forty warehouses , with goods , "have been destroyed by fire in the city of Jaros aff . J
Paris . —It is said that there has not been for many years past so few English residents in Paris as during the present summer . The hotel keepers complain bitterl } of the absence of their best customers , and many of the shopkeepers have no cause for rejoicing . The improved facilities for travelling on the Continent cause tourists to explore Germany and the Rhine in preference to France , and the ' war fever ' caused by M . Thiers has not yet subsided sufficientl y to induce tha English to make Pans their abode as of old . The absence of our countrymen is , however , in some degree supplied by the Russians , of whom there are great numbers m tne Freneh capital . They are not , however , very popular with the Parisians , their habits and customs being so widely different to those of our gay neighbours . —London paper .
An Uninvited Dinner Pabty . —A Staffordshire gentleman , or rather his lady , had an unlooked for visit tho other day . When the dinner bell rang , some score or more of unemployed men responded to the call , and the master of the house being from homo his wife was afraid to dismiss her unexpected guests . Dinner was therefore served up to them , and consumed with an excellent appetite . On the following day , encouraged by their good cheer , they again " answered the bell . " taking with them a number of their friends , but tha husband was now at home , and sent them off without ceremony . —Gateshead Observer .
United States . —The New York packet-ship Cambridge has arrived and brought intelligence to the 1 st , one day later than that received last week . The papers contain a message from the President to the house of Representatives , which constitutes a protest against the report of the Committee of thirteen on the late veto . Mr . Tyler says that he holds the Executive Government in trust for the people : he shows that , however unprecedented the modo in which he attained the chief office , it was in a perfectly regular course , and therefore he had net " usurped" any power ; and he maintains , that however unusual , his exoroise of * he veto was also performed in a regular manner , and in strict accordance with his sense of responsibility for the duties intrusted to him . He says , that had ho been impeached before the Senate , ha would have met the a : cu . 8 a , tioB with firmness ; but he protests against the unfairness and " unconstitutionally" of Mr . Adams ' s report , adopted by the House . Congress was to re-assemble iu three months .
A Female Sailor in Cabdiff . —On Thursday week , just as the Lady Charlotte was about to sail from Cardiff , attention was drawn to a person in a sailor ' s dress , who was exhibiting money rather oarelessly , and expressing great aaxiety for the sailing of the packet . Perkins , a constable , accosted him , and on refusing to give any account of how he got the money , or where he came from , took him to the Station-house . Mr . Superintendent Stockdale , after asking a few questions , suspected the apparent sailor boy was a girl , and charged her with being so , which she resolutely denied . A woman was made to search her , aud the young sailor turned out to be a pretty looking Welsh girl . Finding disguise to bo useless , she gave an account of herself . Her assumed name a 3 the sailor was Edward Williams , but her real one is Mary Davis . She is twenty years of age . She lived with her father , who is a decayed farmer
about nine miles from Metthyr , aud between that place and Noath . Having a brother away from home , she determined to go in search of him . She had receiveda letter lately from him enclosing £ 5 , and it contained a request that she should come to him ; this letter she h ; id lost , and so entirely had she forgotten her brother ' s address , that she did not know whether the letter came from America , Australia , or Ireland . Her purpose in the present instance was to go to Bristol , aud from thence to America . She was taken every care of at the Station-houso , and visited by the worthy mayor and the Rev . T . Stacey , who , after hearing her statements , were convinced she was of weak mind . She was directed to be cent to the Union House , until her friends could be communicated with , and her money was left in Mr . Stookdale ' s hands . She cannot speak a word of English . —Silurian .
A Cargo of Wild Beasts . —Early on Monday morning the powerful steamer Monaroh arrived at her moorings off tke Custom House , London , her dtcks being almost covered with cages containing an extensive collection of wild animals , a trans-shipment from Hull . Among them were a remarkably fine young lion from Z-. mzabar , a pair of striped hjseaas from India , a very beautiful pair of the S ^ vsiu antelopes from the borders of Persia , the horns of the male nearlv two feet long , forming a perfect spiral , a most interesting specimen of the gnu antelope , from the Cape of Good Hope ,
called by the Dutch boors of South Africa the Baas or Master , from his great strength ; and-one of the most formidable of the monkey tribe ever brought to this country . The last animal stands nearly four feet high , and appeared to be a distant relative of " Happy Jerry , " of departed memory . He inhabits the mountains of Arabia , and is the Derrias or Wood Baboon , known by the Arabs by the uama of " Rebah , " or Child of the Sun . The whole of the cargo was landed at daylight , and forwarded in vans to their destined resting-place , after all their wanderings , at the Surrey Zwlogical Gardens .
Tinmen's Stbike . —A general strike for new prices , has taken place among the tin-plato workers in this town . We have not yet been able to make ourselves so fully sensible of the merits of the contending parties as we could have wished . It appears , however , that , in 1825 , there was a general strike , in consequence of which a list was drawn up and agreed to by the men and masters . Since that period many new articles , not included in the list , have been made , and , it is said , a considerable depression in the trade has existed . We are informed that , there being no list price for these articles , some masters have paid for their manufacture at a . higher rate than others ^ and all the workmen now claim the same price . Many of the masters do not consider themselves justified in signing the new list , and consequently , their men remain out . A similar strike exists to a considerable extent in Birmingham . — Staffordshire
Ex-. Accident by Lightning . —During the severe thunder-ssonn on Thursday afternoon a serious accident occurred at the Great Weston Cotton Works , St . Philip ' s , Bristol . At about twenty minutes before five o ' clock the electric fluid struck the meter-house , and completely destroyed the large gas meter , the erection of which had just been completed by the company at a cost of £ 130 . The iron face of the meter was split in pieces , and the gas which was in the cylinder ( fortunately it was turned off at the main ) being ignited by the electric fluid exploded , and large pieces of iron , one of them weighing above 100-b ., were thrown with such
violence against a wall twenty-five feet distant as to produce considerable indentations iu portions of the masonry . The meter house ia erected in front of the weaving-room , in which between 500 and 600 girls were at work at the time . The main gas-pipe , which is attached to the meter , passes through the wall , and desoeuds beueaih the floor of this room , and as a large portion of it was blown off it seems almost a miracle chat no lives were lost .. As might be expected , the utmost consternation was produced ; several of the girls full fainting on the floor , others rushed to the door to escape from the factory , and all was contusion aud alarm . We are happy to state , however , thai no one was hurt .
Unrolling of an Egyptian Mummy . —Oa Thursday a female mummy , presented tu the Natural History Society of Shrewsbury by the late Dr . Butler , was unrolled in ihe presence of about two hundred highly respectable spectators , a great part of whom were ladies , it having been stated that there would be nothing whatever indelioate in the interesting operation . Mr . Birch , from tho British Museum , Fuperintended the unrolling of the mummy , previous to which ho described the process of embalming among the Egyptians . The outor coffin in which the present remains were deposited announced that it contained the body of u Tennor-en-Ithons , Priestess of Amon , " who was " dedicated to Osiris , Presiding in the West , Lord of Abydos , that he would give Offerings for the sake of the deceased . "
The lecturer began at the feet of the corpse to untie the linen bandages which enveloped it . These consisted of several hundred pieces ,, of the hue of washleather , bat capitally woven cloth , and in some parts not much discoloured , and pretty ^ strong . On one of the pieces was an inscription etating its age to be twenty-one years . Oa nnlappiag the bandages round the neck , the head fell off , and was found quite perfect , several of the teeth in front being still fixed in their sockets , one cf them loose . The ear * tillages of the ears were perfect , the dried flesh having the semblance of dark gingerbread . The body waw disclosed with a vast deal more difficulty than
the head , the embalmers having dipped it into the bitumen so long and so frequently as to destroy the flesh and render the skin and its envelope one mass . Gradually , however , the toes appeared , all perfect , except the nails , the feet being small and very attenuated . The musoles and the skin of the legs , and the cap of the knee next became visible , and the hands , crossed on tha abdomen , were traced after great labour . The hip bones , the shoulders , and the ribs , were exposed one after another , till at last the fully developed frame of » human being , 3 , 000 years old , lay exposed to the gaze of the _ company . Upwards of three hours were occupied ia the process .
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Death of the Marquis of Wellesley . —This event took place at his Lordship ~ 3 residence , Kingston-house , Brompton , between three and four o ' clock on Monday morning . Eably Rising . —In the will of the late Mr . Jas . Bryan , of the borough of Leicester , is the following singular clause : — " As my nephews are fond of indulging themselves in bed in a morning , aud as I wish them to prove to the satisfaction of my executors that they have got out of bod in the morning , and either employed themselves in business or taken exercise in tho open air , from five till eight o ' clock
every morning , from the 5 th of April to tha lOdi of October , being three hoars each day ; and from seven till nine o ' clock in the morning from the 10 ; h of October to the Sih of April , being two hours every mornii > g ; this is to be done for somo years ; during the first seven years to the . satisfaction oi my executors , who may excuse them in case of illness , but the task must be made up when they are well : and if they will not do this , they shall not receive any share of my property . Temperance makes the faculties clear , and exercise make 3 them vigorous . It is temperance and exercise united that can alone insure the fittest state for mental or bodily exertion . "
Tealee . —A fire broke out in Mr . Walpole ' s hotnl on Wednesday night week , by which a gentleman stopping at the hotel ha 3 suffered severe personal injury , Mr . Richard Walter Agar , solicitor , of Killarney , who arrived that evening , Tho family of the house had all retired to-rest , and in the middle of the night , between one and two o ' clock , Mr . Walpolo was roused from sleep by loud screams . He at once jumped out of bad , and ran in the direction of the screams , whioh he found to proceed from the room occupied by Mr . Agar . The door being locked on the inside , Mr . Walpole burst it in , and by the force of the concussion knocked down Mr . Ajjar , who , it would appear , was unable , through fright , to unlock tho door . Mr . Walpole found the bed , the curtains , the chairs , and all the furniture in the room enveloped in flames . Mr . Agar ha ^ suffered severe injury by the fire , his chest , face , arms ' , and hands being extensively burned , but there is no apprehension of fatal consequences ensuing .
Ihe Blessing 3 of Peel ' s Income Tax . —According to the Act of Parliament , strict , secrecy is enjoined on the commissioners and subordinates appointed under this inquisitorial law . A striking illustration is afforded by the knowledge that the "West end" collectors are to be heard freely canvassing the returns of the " city" merchants , instancing that a well-known firm have returned their profits as £ 60 , 000 a year ; .. 'two-others-at £ 40 , 000 ; and several more at £ 30 , 000 ; also , that a highly influential body have stated their average
profits to bo upwards of half a million annually!—So much for Eecrecy . Another practical illustration is given , by the fact that an old and respected inhabitant of Pimlico has very recently broken up his establishment , dismissed his servants , and sold cfF his household furniture , alleging , as the sole reason , the cruel operation of Peel ' s odious income tax . His income ranges to nearly £ 200 per annum ; and he is now compelled to retire to furnished lodgings , with his family , and to debar himself of many comforts which he had previously enjoyed .
The Bibkingham Railway Church . —A church , the first of the kind in connexion with railways , is to be erected on a site of ground near the London and Birmingham Railway , for the religious instruction of the servants connected with the company and the neighbouring population round their central station at Wolvertou . The proposition was first made at a general meeting of the shareholders in 1840 , when it was resolved to establish a Chureh of England chapel at Wolvertou , so soon as tke sum of £ 4 . 000 . required to erect it , should be raised . Within £ 300 of that amount has already been subscribed , including £ 1000 from the Railway
Company , with an annual endowment for tho minister ; £ 2000 from the Radcliffo trustees , and sundry other sums . A temporary reading-room , capable of holding 200 persons , licensed by the Bishop of London , has been opened until such time as the church shall be erected , which it is expected will take place early in the spring . It is to be built in a plaii ) , substantial style , and to contain 600 sittings . There is to be a burial ground , with a house for the residence of the Rev . George Wright , the minister , who has been appointed to officiate as Chaplain . Mr . Glyn , the chairman of the railway , has presented the trustees with a handsome communion service of plats .
Dreadful Death . —We regret to leara that an aggravated and fatal case of assault , if not a case of murder , took place in Calton of Glasgow on Wednesday last . It appears that on the day in question two men , named Robert Campbell and William Smith in the employment of Mr . Neil , nailor , in Main-street , Calton , had had some difference or quarrel , when Campbell seizsd the red-hot rod of iron with which he was working , and by thrusting it against the abdomen of Smith inflicted several severe wounds or burns . Inconsequence of this assault the unfortunate man died on Thursday afternoon . Campbell has been apprehended . —Caledonian Mercury .
Astronomical Clock .. —After four years labour the repairs of the astronomical clock at Strasbuvgh are completed , and it will be set in motion on the meeting of the Scientific Congress on the 28 th . In this curious piece of mechanism the revolutions of the sun , the moon , and the planets arc marked down with scientific exactness . Seven figures represent the seven days in the week , each appearing on its turn on the day allotted to it . The four ages come forward to strike the quarters , and tho skeleton Death strikes the hours . At noon the twelve Apostles advance in succession to bend down before the figure of our Saviour , who gives them the benediction . At the same moment a cock claps its wings and crows three times . It is said to ba one of the most curious pieces of clock-work in Europe .
Destbuctive Flood at Aberystwith . —A few days ago this town was visited by a terific flood . At eleven o'clock in the forenoon , a noise was heard resembling that of distant thunder , and the inhabitants were soon apprized of the cause by a tremendous body of water rolling several feet above the wateis of the river Rhydol , carrying with it carts , wheelbarrows , forks , rakes , and various implements of husbandry . On its reaching the harbour , the force was so powerful as to raise the shipping which were lying a-grouud , and dash them on each other with suoh fury as to smash the masts , yards , and bowsprits of several of them to splinters ; others sunk to their anchors , and were nearly covered ; several boats were instantly dashed to the bottom and hurled to the ocean . The waters continued to increase for
upwards of two hours , stripping the fields adjoining the bed of the river , of hay , wheat , oats , and barley ; and although the waters wero increasing and coming dowa , dashing and foaming headlong , yet the children in Trefechan were to bo seen up to their middles in the midst of the stream , endeavouring to catch tho spoil borne on the bosom of the apparently infuriated element . The most singular circumstance connected with this phenomenon was , that although the wind was blowing west , with a tremendous heavy Eea , yet tho waters of the river forced the ocean back to the apparent distance of a mile , filling the bay extending from Graiglas point to the pier with fresh water , and for upwards of eight hours no amalgamation of the fresh and briny elements took place , the bay remaining as free from salt'as if it had been a mountain lake . —Hereford paper .
Belpeb . —Death fbom Fighting . —We have this week to record the awful death of another victim sacrificed at the shrine of drunkenness and pugilism , who has been suddenly sent before his God , leaving to penury an industrious wife and several children . The persons examined at the inquest were Martha Stone , J , Green , John Walker , Matthew Hunt , and John Spencer , who deposed to the following : —That on Saturday night last , George Mills , the deceased , and James Troth , were drinking together at the Maltsters' Arms , at the Gutter , Belper , with several others . Some angry words having passed between them , about half-past eleven o ' clock deceased got up and went towards his home ( which is at the Whitemoor Hall , near Belper ) , and when he had proceeded about 150 yards , James Troth came up and struck
at deceased , but hit one of the witnesses , Martha Stone , in the face ; he afterwards procured a stone , and , it was supposed , struck deceased with it , which caused a fight to ensue in a channel leading from a gutter to the Derby road , and afterwards in a field near that place , belonging to Mr . Litchfield , called tho Home Close . About thirty or forty rounds were fought , and the manner of fighting was this , James Troth for the most part butting with his head , at the same" time using hia fists , and always ( until the three last rounds ) having the rising ground . The deceased fell several times with the back part of his head on the ground . After the fight bad continued about an hour deceased was butted down with great violence , and was taken up insensible . Means were resorted to to restore animation for more than
three hours , but to no purpose , and about four o ' clock he died . A post mortem examination of the body was made on Monday morning , by Mr . Erans , surgeon , of Belper , and several ounces of coagulated blood were found upon the brain , and nearly a pint of blood in the back part of the head , which was stated to be the cause of death . Mr . Evans stated that he believed the repeated knocks down the deceased met with enlarged and filled the bloodvessels of the head , nntil at last they burst , and insensibility and death would immediately ensue . The man being in a state of intoxication at the time materially facilitated the fatal event . After a very
careful inquiry and patient investigation , a verdict of manslaughter was returned against James Troth as principal , and Edward Troth and Jeffery Jowett as seconds . Four others , named Samuel Parkin , John Robinson , Edward Ford , and Samuel Lander , were proved to have assisted , and will be prosecuted for trespass . George Mills , the deceased , was in general a hard-working man , and bore a good ^ character , but being overtaken in liquor , he has paid his life as a forfeit for his indiscretion . The principal , James Troth , has absconded , and the other two were committed to Derby County Gaol , and will take their trial at the next March assizes . —Nottingham Review .
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ON THE PROPRIETY OF THE WORKING CLASSES JOINING THE CORN LAW REPEALERS ASA MEANS OF OBTAINING- THE CHARTER . ilowbray . —Is this proceeding just and honourable ? Weslmoreland .- ^ Is your assembly 89 ? York . —Will you thus break faith ? Lancaster . ' —I pawned you none . Second Part , Henry IT . Sir , —When men have a great object to attain , it is u .-ual for them to endeavour to obtain that
cbjeo !; by whatever means present themselves ; and , although it icay be more consonant with the better and higher feelings of humanity to use nous bat those whioh are strictly honourable , still , it tha pai'tk-s with whom we have to do keep no measure of faith ; if they resort to auythingor ever / rhinsf , no matter how tricky or base , to prevent us obtaining cur just ends ; 1 think the end would sanciify the meaus , even if we did return the contents of the poisoned chalice to thejr own lips , and hoist them from their unjust position by means of their own . petard . ¦ - •
• Such , I contend , is tho situation of the working classes in regard to the two great factions which , at present , rulo over the destinies of this country . Let them disagreo upon whatever else they may , they always agree upon the great point of insulting and trampling upon that class which produces all the wealth in which they wallow . If the working class attempt to reason with them , and tell them that God has made all equal , and that therefore they have a right to have a voice in the making the laws by w neb . they are to bo governed , one of the factions laugh in their face , tell them at once there is no right but that of couquest , and , with all tha modesty imaginable , point to the bullet and bjvonefc
as the tenure of their authority . If not satisfied with this , they tell them that , at least , as they have produced all the food , they have a right to what will keep body and soul together in sickness or in age ; the other faotien , more wily , but not less deadly , with all the canting hypocrisy of a Maworm , tells them that " Nature ' s table is full , " and that" none have a right to food but those who have got patents for it ; " that " they must practice moral restraint ; " that . - " they must , take care aud not breed faster than capital has occasion for them ; " and that they will , by those means , prevent the over-stocking of tho labour nurket ; but that abov . e all things they must " praetica 'rutialiry , " and ' ' accumulate as much in hea ' ch as will m . iinrsin
them in sickness or age ; and thai by those mea : i 3 they wiilbecome "' independent labourers " and that when they "have become more " educated , " and consequently more "intelligent , " they wiil be fully corapetent to understand these sublime discoveries of political economy which prove that misappropriated machinery causes more labour , ni : d cimsiqmntly better wages ; that taxes , although they take a third of his-. earnings , return in fructifying showers : and that a repeal of the corn laws wuuld make a complete paradise of thh country , but let thn working class onoo appear to doubt these beautiful theories , and talk-about having controul oviu the products of their own labour , this hypocritical faction point with . evidentguRtoattho bullet and the bayonet , as the last reason in iheir poliiicnl economy .
Suoh being the situation of tho working classes , and it being evident that the middle classes will not assist the workipg classes to obiain that voice in the making of the laws which alone can permanently better their condition , until they , the middle classes , become alarmed for their own situation , I contend that it is , the dtuy of the working classes- to endeavour ly all means within their power to bring about a consummation so duvou' . ly to ba wished . And I contend that one of the £ rea , est of those mean ? , which would make the middle classes alarmed for thtir own situation , would be the rr peal of the Corn Laws ; as it is their own pet meas- 'ire—as they expeob
fruin it to have prosperity : or ages—as they hope by it to get their feet permanently upon our necks , nnd as it will ( I am as ceriain of it as I am-ihut fire burns ) assuredly trundle them mio tho streets—iefc us by all means assist them 10 obtain it . By that course we should obtain one of two good things ; either the thing would be set at rest , or , which ia more probable , ( as in my opiuiou tho Repealers are not sincere , they , knowing too well what would be tho result . ) they would give up the agitation at once , terrified at their own prospect of success ; and thus we should put them to a test whioh would settle , the matter either one way or the other .
But you . will say how could the Chartist assist the Repealer ; or how could wo advise them to it , seeing that both tho Chartists and we have repeatedly denounced the agitation \ It is truo that you both , have denounced it when proposed as a measure which'wasto bring effectual relief . But I advise the Chartists to assist , tho Repealers aa a measure which , would either test the Repealers , or which would . greatly add to the mass of ruin and discontent . To £ he ruin of the manufacturers there is not the slightest doubt but it would add the ruin and di ^ ontent of the agriculturalists . Therefore , aithough you may be satifcfii'd % that the repeal of tho Corn Laws would completely fail as a remedy for our national difficulties , stiil that does not proven ; the Chartists asking , or you from advising them to assist , the ngi cation , provided that you be convinced that it . would either test one set of enemies , OR HARASS BOTH OF THLM .
But it will be said , that it would be unjust to tha agriculturist to repeal the Corn Laws with tho present amount of taxation . 1 grant that it would be unjust , if the taxation was at all necessary to the security of the couutry , or if the present debt'had been incurred for the service of the people . Eufc what are the facts ? For what , or how , was the debt contracted I The only ostensible object for which it _ would be pretended to be contracted was the protection of property . Thus it is decidedly unjust to tax a whole community for the paying of ihat debt whioh was avowedly contracted for tho benefit of a few . If foreign produce can be brought into the market at hah' tho present price in England , ihat would cause prices here to fall to the Continental price ; that would cause the farmer to be unable to pay their present amount , of rent , wages , and taxes , which would ruin the farmer , humble the aristocracy , and add vastly to the muss of discontent , and consi quently cause all to cry aloud lor the Charter .
But I shall very probably be told here that the repeal would give such an impetus to trade that it would- ' caase our capitalists and labourers to be content with their situation ; in short , as one of them said to the writer , "it would destroy all agitation for tho suffrage , by causing us to have prosperity for ages . " Never was idea more fallacious ! How could it cause an increase in the consumption of manufactured articles ? It is easy to talk in looee and general terms in this way ; but will they toll us how it is to effect this ? By causing the prices of all articles of consumption to fall , say fifty per cent .,. it would cause the receivers of taxes to receive double the amount of goods which they now receive for the same nominal amount of taxes ; but how the deuce that is to be a benefit exceeds my
comprehension . But still this is not telling us now this repeal is to causa an increase of the consumption of manufactured articles aa a whole . < Thi 3 still remains to be proved . I shall be told , in looso terms , that there will be a vast quantity more corn imported , and that they will tako pay in goods . This , even , is contrary to fact , however pretty in theory ; for tho Repealers themselves have complained tha ' . tho cause of our difficulties has been that we had to pay the foreigners for their wheat in gold . But , however , I will admit the fact , that they would take pay in goods , for the sake of coming fairly at the argument . Then how should the Repeal cause us to want an extra quantity of corn ? Suppose that we had been yearly receiving a million quarters to make up our deficiency , how would the Repeal rause us to want a
greater quantity ? But suppose that we import even two million quarters , O ! what foreign trade it would create ; but should we not want one million less from the home grower ? And suppose that we hare been exchanging a yard of cloth for a bushel of wheat , and that we had been in the habit of givng one million yards of clcth for the one million bushete of wheat which we got from the home grower ; and suppose that , by way of " extending our commerce' " we got our million bushels of corn from thb foreigner , for which we give him the one million yards of cloth we had used to give to the home grower , how , pray , in this case , had we increased our commerce Ah 1 the whole thing is fallacious from begining to end . The thing would produce nothing but misery , and consequently discontent , as long as tho present taxes remain .
Butt it will be said that we are inconsistent ; that we are making a sacrifice of principles ; that we have pledged ourselves to " the Charter , the whole Charter , and nothing but the Charter . ' ^ True , we have : and I would stand to that pledge , name and all . But what then ? Are we bound to follow one course in order to redeem that pledge ! Can we make no bye-play ! Are we to make no diversion ia fayonr of our object ; or even are we not to take advantage of diversions when made by other parties ? Let us not plav such a foolish part ; bnt let us
rather take advantage of the mine themselves have sprung , and by it blow both factions at the moon . Then if they should commence an agitation again , let us push them on to the obtaining of the measure , or compel them to recede , terrified at the prospect of their own success . But let us not give up our own agitation : let us persevere with that in order that we may form a pablic opinion to bo always ready when the day of trial comes in order that we may be able to take advantage of every circumstance which offers in our favour .
If anything is said in answer to this , let it be ar gument , and not abuse . W . P .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 1, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct618/page/3/
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