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SONG OF FEEEDOM . NINE CHEERS FOR THB CHARTER . Bright are the beams of the morning sky , A-d sweet dew the freo goddess sips ; Mow bright are the gltaeea ot cheer from her eye , And sweet are the truths from her lips ; Her month ia the fonnUin of virtus , The source from whence equity flows ; Ah who would not dwell "Death its influence , As the honey bee sips of the rose .
Then we pledge , then we pledge , to bright freedom , iet each sonl himself worthy proTe ; Sow we cheer , now we cheer , sons of freedom , js'ine cheers for the soala that we lore . Hip . hip , hurrah , hip , hip , hurrah , hurrah , hurrah , hurrah , Nine cheers for the Charter , Nine cheers for the cause that we love . Come raise , raise , the burner to be&Ten high , The goddess of liberty approves , The offering thus hallowed by ardour ' s true sigh , Is blessed with the smile-cheer of Jots . Then ring ye tire welkin with transport , The spell of life ' s great joys impart ; Oar cause , the most sacred to mortals , Yields the noblest of joys to the heart .
Then we pledge , then we pledge , to the Charter , Let each heart th * t lores freedom approTe ; Asd we'll shout , still well shout , for tbe Charter , With nine cheers for the cause that we love . Hip , hip , hurrah , hip hip , hurrah , hurrah Nine cheers for the Charter , Nine cheers for the cause taat we love . S . Jo Bristol .
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A SOSQ FOR THOSE WHO LIKE TO SING IT . BY THOMAS WILSON . The haod of oppression is stretched forth to slsy The young babe of freedom and licht ; But knowledge tas driven the darkness away , That hid from the people their might ; And the people "will rise with the might of the jast , And pride and oppression shall sink to the dust . The voice of the bigot is upraised to ban , The souls of the noble and free ; But his poisonous breathing can now only fan , The fire of young liberty ; And the people will rise with the might of the just , And pride end oppression shall sink to the dust .
The pnrse-proad hare joined in the effort to quell , The determined and resolute shout . Winch the universe echoes as tyranny ' s knell'Tis the Toioe of the banded and stout ; For the people will rise with the might of the just , And pride and oppression shall sink to the dust
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THE CHARTER FOR EVES SHALL WEATHER THE STORM . Aib— " Old England for erer shall weather the storm . " 0 freedom ! thy absence has long been lamented , And thy socs now have sat all their hopes en the sea , In a bark ailed the Charter—for liberty bound , The port whera the millions are ha \> py and free . Though the darkness of nigM may at present surround ns , The clouds shall dispose—and appear the bright mom ; Ana thou , blessed freedom , shall tell the glad story—The Charter for ever shall weather the storm .
Our captain , O'Connor , was ever true to us , Ana our b ? rk has the stars for her compass and guide , ¦ Whilst oar crew ar « a set of sterling brave fellowB , Who laugh at the storm , and its fury deride . Then hczz * for the Charter , the good ship we sail in , Till the wares shall engulf us , no feirs shall deform ; But like a sea-bird , her whole voysge shall be glorious—Tb . 9 Charter for ever * kx \} weather the storm .
Though the quicksands of " Humbug" are laid in our way , Ana *• Tyrannical rocks * oppose us in our course ; Though " Treacherous blasts" our tight bark are assailing , Triumphant she sails , nor shrink we from their force . Oh ! bo ! for e&ch heart is with pure freedom burning , No sunender" our cry , while we treat foes with scorn ; And hark ! the high heavens re-echo the cry—Tho Charter for ever shall weather the storm . ' Edwin Gill . Sheffield .
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A WELCOME . Written extempore ' en bearing of " The Political P- EDLER ' s" risit to Leeds , by h ' s co-member of the People ' s first Parliament , WM . Rides . " The PEDLAB"is coming , oh dear ! oh dear ! " THE Pedlas" is coming , Oh dear . ' To gnll the " Leads Loiners" with his palarsr . And eclips ^ f fte eon (?) the light of the Star . " The Pedlar" is coming , oh dear . ' oh dear ! *• The PedlaB" is conrins , oh dear ) Who from Godwin , and Palet , and Paine , and Yoltaiks , Has stolen the whole of his saleable wars .
" The Psdlab . " is coming , oh dear . ' ob dear ! " The Pedlar" is coming , oh dear ! Who , like the Camelion , oft changes his hue , And is " obedient servant" to orange or blue . " The PedlaR"is combf , oh dear . ' oh dear ! : The PedlaB" is eomjng , oh dear ! He ' s sent by Friend SirsGE to the " Foxes and Geese , " Bscsuse , " like th' lads pie , they are all of a piece . " " The PEDLAfc" will go , oh dear ! oh dear ! " The Peblab ' will go , oh dear ! For pennies anri proselytes wiU not be made Bj this talker of Justise , but RAT-man in trade .
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THE TORT SQT 7 JRE , I am a squire of genm " bray , '' And oft to London I wend my way : I leave my acres , and haws , and hips , To list to wisdom from Tory lips . My long rent-roll is my daily Taunt , Where ' er I go I can see no want ; And why I ' m so rich , the secret 111 tell . Who lires on the poor is sure to lire well . What baron or friw , or knight of the shire , Is half roch a dolt as a Tory squire . Is half such a dolt , half such & dolt , As a Tory squire ? After session , of pheasants I dream , For shooting . I row , is a pleasure supreme ! By self-denial I nerer try > iy dainty palate to mortify . Punishing poachers I deem no sin , Bnt dev'lisb seldom I look within ; A rcnsiE * cup and jolly good song , Are B-. y delight "when the nights are long . What baron or friar , or any such liar , Is half such a do ) t as a Tory squire , Is half fact a dolt , hilf such a dolt , As & Tcry squire ?
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mSTLER'S FLEET PAPERS . Extreme pressure of dirers matters both upon our space and time has for sometime caused & considerable arrear in our literary deapartment . We hare many books and pamphlets lying by us , waiting tnni , which we now purpose to try to get through . Our old friend Oastler has not been forgotten by ns though unnoticed—among the rest—for a seakm . He stiil keeps on labonriBg- in behalf of bi 5 " subjects , " the poor in general , bnt especially the poor factory daves . We hare several numbers of his " Fleettrs" now lying before as , in which we and the genuine plain English " of the Oastler school most well and eloquently spoken . Oar extracts nmst be confined to the two last numbers . The former of them opens thus : —
" "What a picture is England now presenting to the Wondering nations of the earth!—England , once the favoured of the Most High ! She to then the mile tad castle of well-peiaed Liberty ; on her bosom peace ana plenty were -wont to erown her T&Ueys and her pl » ins—then $# world loofced to England as aa exaaple . Her powerful aim foreed the oppressor to «^» t > le , for it wm wielded by her happy , brave , and ft ***** * Ra . h » ahield was the protection of injured J ~ ° ^ ee ' . *« it was sustained by righteousness . To oez the fugitives from foreign tyranny resorted , and lormd a safe ttd peaceful domicile . The nation ' s Church
* a » rerered by her people—her clergy were then their shepherd *—her nobk » as their fathers . Her merchants were honoured throughout the world , a * well tor their integrity u for thsir -wealth—they were once famed for honour and honesty , now for eant and fraud . The husbandman pursued his healthful career with whist-™« cheerfulness , for his reward was plenty ; the sound « the shuttle , mingling with the national anthems of tbeold atdysmng , gave token , in our northern cotteges , of he ?' : tli ' ulres 8 and peace ; and a plentiful re-* "d was ctrtain . No jealous ranklirgs then dis-Ktfbed the peace of the labourer if the farmer preBPered—he sighed not at the spleadonr of the aoble .
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2 s " o heart-buTT . incs tfisiurb ? 1 the watchfngs ? . of the artisan wben his employer obtViDtd profltab ' s retcrDgbe enried not tha wealth of thii merchant Then labour was pleasant , becntiie it was th& suro precursor ef plenty and of health . In those days—and they are within _ my " memory—the noble , the farmer , and the peasant—the merchant , the manufacturer , and the artisan , had but one interest—their own , the nation ' s weal . The dull monotonous tramp of a policeman's foot was then unknown in England—that poisonous " reptile" is not indigenous . One single constable was sufficient for a town like Leeds . There was then more awe inspired by the clerical hat ef the priest , th *» n by a regiment ef dragoons—it was the debt of rererence for the office and the wearer . At his approach , rice was abashed , and rirtue smiled . There were few factories
in those days—the artisans then performed their ingenious evolutions at their homes , hence our manufacturing population were not corrupted , their bodies were hale and healthy , their minds were cheerful . The families were not then supported by the mill-labour of the mothers and children—the matrons remained at home to nurse and train the younger ones , and manage household work . As the children grew older , the father tanght the boys his arts and labour—the girls were placed sb servants with the r mere opulent neighbours ; there they were prepared for matrimony , to become faithful and thrifty wires . The streets of our manufacturing towns were then neither disgraced by police nor prostitutes . The church was well frequented , but ths churchyards were not crowded with the untimely dead—sent , by the factories , long before nature called for them .
"We had no large croweded prisons tben , containing himcireds ; ' one small Jock-op wjis all that Leeds required ; and it was oftener without a tenant than oecnpied . Our hospitals and workhouses were not then crowded with factory cripples . " There teas then no want for industry—plenty crowned her board . If casual misfortune risited , the willing hand of Christian benerolence was ready to relieTe and remedy ; if its stay wis lengthened and cureless , the workhouse received the houseless and the ' dateless . " Bat the inmates of that last home of tbe destitute were not exiled ; their friends could risit them , and administer comfort and relief . Nay , from the house , how often hare I seen them welcome risitora at the abedes of the wealthy , their former frienda and neighbours . England was then ! This rivid description of England as it wa ? , is followed by a sad but true portraiture of some of the miserable features of England as ii is : —
** How changed is England now ! At beme jealousy , discontent , luxury , repletion want , and destitution !—abroad , the despised of all—crouching to those who threaten , warring with them that supplicate ! Marching in triumph against the innocent and peaceful aud murdering them ; but humbly suing for a treaty with tke powerful- threatener ! She is coaxing the nations by opening her markets to their produce and manufactures , while they , in dtrision , laugh at her , and rtfuse to exchange except for gpld . Tfle herald of the gospel , as she was , now outbarbarizes garages , prorogating Christianity by robbery , and rapes , and murder ! And why ? Because her hastily-gotten wealth has made her proud , and driren her from God . She has fallen into temptation and a snare—she has embraced Philosophy , and forsaken Truth ! Her clergy have bsen dumb while ths wolf hss broken into their fold ? . They are now surprised when their flocks cease to rerere and honour them , anrt forget tbe while that their neglect has palsied the people's lore !
*• Oar national diseases arise from misdirected science , Philosophy taring bewitched us ; she taught us how a few mignt speedily get rich by the destruction of thousands . Immediately , the god-like law of order was abandoned ; for coretrousness could not brook to be taught , and restrained of God . Ilciigk us principles haring thus been di&caided , the church wss boos Respited ; then wss Christianity retained lut in name , to keep the oppressed and the poor submissire . And now we reap sa'l fruit . " A faithful pastor , who dares to preach practical Christiauity , and who exhibits it in his daHy walk and conrersation , denouncing oppression , wrong , and robbeiy , and telling the rich their duties as well as the poor , can now find no resting-place ; but the deceireis receire all honour from the Government Our statesmen rob the Treasury of hundreds of thousands , and shield their names from infamy under a few commissioned tools .
" Our first-mte merchants lire by fraud and smuggling ; and , after bribing the officers of the Customs , pay a fins one-tenth or lew of their large plunder , then they take their places amongst our senators , and with that power , derlred from their incr « jased illgctten wealth , effect more mischief . " These considerations naturally induce a glance at the events now actually passing , aud thus Mr . Oastier " moralizes on the times" with a shrewdness of penetration that bespeaks the man of mind , and in a style as little like that of Torjism as could well be wished : — " The r « sult ef all this dishonour is , tLat if loyalty and piety are left among us , they are with the poor wbo ? e oppressors hare almost driren them mad .
We hare just escaped from a rebellion , and our prisons are filled with the guiltless or mere dopes , while we leare the guilty traitors on tbe beach ! Sir , facts will bear me out in these declarations . Sir James Graham can avouch the truth , for he is in possession of strong proof , that many who now disgrace the magisterial benches , and who are committing Chartist dupes or desperate hungered artisans , are themselves tne authors of all the row—their guilt is well nigh treason ! The Home Secretary is not without the documents which attest thsir guilt But the Chartists and the destitute are po » r , while the Leaguers are rich . Thus the latter are left comHiiMioneil by the Queen , while they create another insurrection and are permitted to send tbeir missionaries of treason amongst the agricultural peasantry , breathing out fire and death against the clergy and tbe aristocracy ,
" Tha Gorernm-nt know that the Leaguers are the guilty parties , but after euch a stir , victims they must hare ; they will not touch the rich Leaguers . Well , then , when O'Connor ( he made a terrible misttke when be shook hands with Sturge at Nottingham—Sturge is but the pioneer of OConnell ) when O'Connor and his friencs are silenced , we shall find O'Connell rampant , and then the triple-pointed arrow will be levelled at the State—Ireland and England will demand Complete Suffbage , Repeal , and Feee Trade!—Trne , the two former will ba mt-re clap-traps , to catch the masses , bnt Free Tbade the Leaguers want , and they xtHl have ii . Where will you find the man to meet O Conn ell then ?
' Do not let the Aristocracy be longer lulled and deceive themselves . Sir Robert Peel knows all about it He is prepared to yield to the Leaguers , or rather to unite with them . As -osnal he must hare a reason — a loud knocking from wiihouL When the Chertieta are put down , the Leaguers , with O'C' -nneJl at tlieir bfciJ , will lead tbe Eneltsh and the Irish masses . Tbe Premier knows thai knock , and he wiii open to it is before . Time will prove if I am mistaken . " The landed interest and the aristocracy have chosen the CitUm Lord for their leader . Will it be the first time that Sir Robert has betrayed his confidants T " A nation so confused , bewildered , and degraded , was nerer Rten before . We impiuusly talk of famine . and we feefcoid many of our people starring for want of bread , while we are hypocritically mating thanksgivings for a good harvest !"
The " famine" subject " sticks in the throat" of a good ioan like Oabiler . It is a lie too palpable—a biaipbrmj too awful , to be lightly passed over , and we are no ; surprised therefore to find him in his next and last cumber , return to it ia these terms : — "I am not aware that I hare been more dUsuste . i than at the introduction of the word FaMise into the writings of those who are demanding Free Trade . It is rea' ! y infamous that those whose principles avowedly require that wages should be reduced to the very lowest auount , and that the food of the labourers should be as stinted and coarse as possible , should now , in the midst of plenty ; be striving to exasperate their ill-requited
anlziDS , by telling them that there is a Famine , caused by the Corn Laws . To speak of FAM 1 KE with such a harvest as God has just blessed us with , when , also , we hare 3 , 000 , 000 quarters of fon ign grain already imported , is impious ! Talk of famike , indeed ; why , sir , 1 was this day risited by a half-pas t-ffi ^ er , who had been to Windsor—he cad seen the Royal lap-dogs is their kennels—he saw their trun ^ ha filled with milk and bread , and tbe little pets wera so satisfied , that they would not eren louk at their superabundant food ! Were FaM 1 > "B in England , thai would not , could not be ! Were we really orer-populated , we could not provide such surplus dainties , even for the dogs of Royalty .
" If , howevtr , we have not famine , wa have wantwant in the midst of plenty i The bountiful Creator of man has richly provided for all our wants , aud He has given us laws by which the distribution may be jnstly regulated , aye , and for tbe want of dogs as well ; but man—proud , arrogant , sordid , self-opinionated man , despises the laws of God , and distributes wrongfully . And who is it that rtBUt the re * training and regulating principles laid down by God Himself , without which the rich must always oppress the poor?—Who is it ? Why it is none other tjj | g ^> p » e very men who seek for more freedom , that jfHHp * 7 the more easily still further ' reduce the ret « HBP » abo «» " —as if
they had not already produced eammn misery by the restraints upon their cupidity , which their clamours hare already induced the Goremment to withdraw . Whererer want is to be found , it may surely be traced to those loose principles which bare been introduced into modern legislation , to accommodate and gratify these impious clamourers . Before we proceed farther to relax our protective laws , or to expand our commerce , it would be well to contemplate the melancholy results which are consequent on the steps which we hare abeady taken in the path to universal competition . " Read , Sir , an extract from a letter which I hare received thia morning from one of onr busiest hives of industry : —
"' Benjamin Hill , a Tory respectable farmer in Bury , Lancashire , had a cow died last week , Ethe letter is dated OctoNer 4 , 1 M 2 , ] which he ordered to be token te the do g-kennsi , situate aboat a mile from his house . The des . ci be&st'v&s . so sooner put into a cart , than the
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feral c . " " - came m contract with the eyes of the poo ? . The ea ' . * - Wi < 3 poraued from aU dirsclioni . One person pvUedotti ' * & knife , ar . d a : Cua'ly cul offpiece afterpiece of the dead c rease for Jit eager throng . Il was followed up to the kennt ' <*> 'd vhat remained was almost entirely taken ly iht poo ) ' o " * needy c . ealures . ' " New , I beg of yon to put these two facts together —the surfeited dogs iT 114 the starved artisans—and say , Who is to blame J No * the Almighty—for he has pro-Tided enough and to spa . * 'or alL Not the
Queenshe has no power to regalav 9 our commerce against the two Houses of Parliament . 2 ? ° t the industrious artisans—they bare no share in . TU&mg the laws . Who then is to be blamed ? Who but those who have the power of distribution in their bands ; - the Government , and those who urge on the GoTernmv ' nt in tbe destructive principle of " availing themselves of all circumstances to reduce the return ef labour ?> f — - " to force the poor of England to live upon a coai'ser food ?" Those , aud those only , are the parties who art to blame . Theirs is tbe power to remedy .
"If there were famine in the land , the dogs could not be surfeited with milk and bread—if plenty , the industrious producers of wealth should not bo feeding en carrion . M I put these two facts ( which reached me on the s 3 me day ) together , not to excite the famished , or displease the Qaeen , but to set Her Majesty ' s Ministers a-thinking . 'Tis theits to regulate the distribution of God ' s rich gifw to all . If they fail to do bo , they are usutpers . "Tell me not , that it is dangerous to publish such frcrs —the danger lies in permitting them , "Now , sir , nothing is more certain , than that there is enough for all—not for the Royal dogs only , but eren for those of artizans . It is , then , impious to talk of fami !« e—there is no such thing—there is plenty , and to spars .
" Then whence , I ask again , whence this want ?—this so-called famine ? I will tell you—won \ d that tbe legislature were listening- It is all false distribution , founded on the uncbiistlan principle principle , ' tbat to give capital a fair remuneration , tbe price of labour mu « t be kept down , ' ( William Huskissonj ; or , as the Morning Chronicle will hare it , the euipleyer of labour is entitled to avail himself of all circumstances by which he can reduce the return of labour . ' Seek elewhere for the cause , and yon will seek iu rain , So long as these vile and insane axioms are received as wisdom , it matters not how plentiful our harvests , how expanded our trade , how bnsy our bees may be , want must and will , under their influence , be the reward of inuustiy . The foundation of these abhorrent principles is Covetousuess ; and we have the highest authority for declaring that' Covetousness is Idolatry . ' I
Tis perhaps well for ihe " Old King" that he is in gaol already ; or he mi ^ ht probably stand a chance to joon be there , if lie should dare to tell truth aud advocate justice at this rate , in these times of League plotting and Cotton Lord Government . SONGS FOR THE PEOPLE ; or , the Poetry of Chartk-m : comprising a Selection of Songs in favour of popular knowledge and public liberty , for use in the convivial meetings of the people , and on occasions of popular rejoicing . Edited by a member of the National Charter Association . J > o 9 . 1 and 2 . London : Dyson and Mortimer , Kingsla . nd-road .
Upon the habits , spirits , and opinions of a people so markedly convivial iu their character as the English , it is impossible that popular music should not have an immense ii . fluence ; and the music always most popular is that of the ballad or simple melody . The massrs of every people are song singers , but of the English people more especially . We are glad , therefore , to see in this publication a selection of such words as while they suit the melodies best known among the masses , cannot fail to imbue both singerB and listeners with high
thoughts and patriotic sentiments . So far the selections seem to be made who , considerable regard to poetic as rvdl as political merit ia the pieces chosen . The Editor , in his address , claims free range over the pages of Shelley , Bvron , Campbell , Moore , Burns , Eiliott ; the Poor Mao . s Guardian , the Charter Newspaper , the Scottish Chactist Circular , Crisis , Pioneer , Democrat , Vindicator , Northern Star , Moral World , Odd Fellow , Cleare ' s Gazette , Chartist Circular , Evening Star , and many others , in which the people are woafc to clothe their aspirations after liberty in the language of poetry .
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BABN 8 LETT . —Thb Odd Fellows Sunday-School Teachers' Mutual Instruction Class . — The first anniversary of tho above valuable institution wiiS celebrated od Wednesday wrek , in the School-room under the Odd Fellows' Hall , when a plain and substantial supper was served up . Mr Joseph Wilkinson was called to the chair , who op * ned the proceedings of the evening by addressing a few remarks to his brother teachers relative to the claims of the Sunday school with which they were connected , had upon their most seriousattention , and concluded by calling upon thorn to make increased exertions for the attainment of the object they had in view , namely , the giving to the children ef the working classes a sound , moral , and secular education . The Chairman then gave , " The prosperity of ihe Odd Fellows' Sunday School Mutual Instruction Class . " Mr . Samuel Wilkinson , president of the claess ,
responded to the toast , and delivered a speech which did credit to that gentleman , occupying , as he does , the important situation of president of the class . After which , several members rose aud expressed the pleasure th'y had felt while listening to the instruction which fell from his lips ; also tendering to him tbeir thanks for his past services . Mr . Geo . Hougbton addressed the members , suggesting the propriety of having monthly lectures by the members of : he class . The suggefation was well received . Mr . G . Haughton proposed giving the first . The chairman then gave , " May the spirit of inquiry become more geueral than it has hitherto been . " Mr . James Jacques responded to the toast . The chairman then gave , "The benefits of education , and may they be UBiversally experienced . " Mr . John Grimshaw responded to the toast . Several other toasts were responded to , and a pleasurable evening wag spent .
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The Panoramic view of Vesuvius , at the Manchester Zoological Gardens , is about to be sold by auction , and the gardens will , in all probability , be finally closed . An ihFANT five months old , at the village of Trawden , was suffocated a few days since by a girl unwittingly closing up the press-bed in which the child was laiU asleep . The horror-struck mother on opening the bid , found her child quite dead . " The bot Jones , " apprenticed on board the Warspite , absconded while that vessel was staying at Poitsmouth , and came to tewn . On Wednesday morning , the police found him at his father ' s house in Bell Yard , York-street , Westminster ; aud he was sent back to Portsmouth .
For stopping a man s mouth , when he is in the habit of uttering disagreeable truths , there is no gag like gold . Cfmplaim having been made to a certain bishop , that a vicar in his diocese was always preaching against pluralities , " I will silence him ia less than a week , " said the prelate ; and so he did , giving the vicar an additional benefice . A government contract has just been announced , which must prove acceptable 10 the Yorkshire manu ' acturers and artisans at this very dull season of the year . It is for 120 . 000 yards of baise and serge for the use of her Majesty's navy . The contract is also to comprise a very large quantity of worsted aud oiher clothing .
A corbesposdetit states , that the best way to cook the recently imported beef and pork is to soak it in cold water for from twelve to twenty-four hours , changing the water three or four times , and then to Bimmer it gently till done , taking care that the -water does not boil . By these means it will eat very tender and juicy . — Western Times-A Royal Breeder . —The following intelligence will no donbt be highly gratifying to good-natured John Bull . " Her Most Gracious Majesty is in that delicate and interesting situation , that canHGtfail to be received with the most heartfelt interest by every loyal subject . "
Another Special Assizk . —We hare heard it said that one of the Learned Judges who presided during the late Special Commission , intimated , before he left the town , that it was likely , from the crowded state of the prisons throughout the country , that there would be another Special Commission for the delivery of tho gaols , sometime about Christmas . — Liverpool Mercury . A wretched looking beggar , on being searched the other day at Bath , was found to have concealed about him in a girdle , £ 77 in sovereigns and silver . He was committed for fourteen days' hard labour to the Houeo of Correction , and tbe expences oTJus maintenance in prison were ordered to be JuCiMBJ out of his " private purse . " It was oeonlPi this man has money in tbe Shaftesbury BlWwthe amount of £ 1200 , besides an income of 8 a per ¦ week . If this fellow be a fair specimen of cadgering , it must be a profitable profession . "
Thb Manufacture of watches in 1796 , amonnted in number to 191 , 678 , but last year ' s returns show it to have fallen to lO ^ OQO . Switzerland has chiefly gained in this respect what England has lost ; s » that bow , every year , tke quantity ef foreign watches sold in London , and in tbe principal towns of the three kingdoms , is nore than jtfB-fold the amount of those manufactured in England ^" By the death , ef Sir Williata Rae , Government have the office o £ Lord Advocate of Sootland to dispose of , and the . electors of Buteshire a seat in Parliament . It i ^ supposed that Mr . Duncan , M'Neill will succeed Sir William in both posta ; and it is surmise'I that Mr . Ad 3 m Anders <\ u , the late sheriff of Pm ' sh »« , " will succeed Mx , Kt'Noill in tbe Scotoh Spliouor-Seneralfihip ,
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. -Candal at Chbltbotiaw . —The' Cheltenham Examiner contains a humorouss-ory of afrail Benedict , a tradesman of Lon don , who , having come to Cheltenham on a visit for health or pleasure , made the acquaintance of a female tbeio , between whom and himseif a correspondence was kept up after his return to London . One of the lady ' s letters in which ao assignation was made , fell in * . o the hands of the wife , Z , « tSfhV ? i U " -sealed it , and permitted it to pasa withou observation into the hands of the husband . The latter , a day or two afterwardsmade an
, excuse that he was absolutely compelled ' to leave town on business . His wife made no objection , but as soon as he set off she followed him to Cheltenham , and on Sunday morning last she made a sudden irruption into the house where her husband was , and surprised him in bed with his inamorata . The crest-fallen husband made a very indifferent attempt to escape the odium of his situation by representing h } 3 wife asi an escaped lunatio , but tbe trick failed him , and he speedily made good his retreat to London .
« fSTOh u A " , i ^ Dbsertion .-A soldier of the 90 th Depot ( lately stationed here ) was drinking in a public-house in this town , in company with a , !{ .-, named M ' Car « 7 i irhea . ihe latter said he should liko to see how he would look in soldier ' s clothes . The complaisant soldier immediately gratified the mason s curiosity , and an exchange of dress was made accordingly . The soldier , after praising the maTtial figure oi the mason , stated , that be should like to see would any of his comrade soldiers recognize him in the mason ' s clothes , aud for this purpose he proceeded into the street , and has not since been hoaTd ot , having deserted in hisidisguise , taking with him 4 odwhich
s . ., was in the mason ' s coat ! The ni-divant soldier , excited by the fumes of the " native " and his martial clothing , perambulated tho strees , until tho night pioquot most unceremoniously dragged him off to the guardhouse , where he remamed until the morning , when the whole circumstance was immediately revealed , the corporal of the guard being surprised to see one of his comrade soldiers minus an eye ( the mason being blind of one eye ) . The duped man was accordingly handed over to the civil power , and he now remaiua in durance vile , to make amends to tho offended laws of his country , for being made the dupe ot another!—and that , too , of an entire stranger . —Drogheda Conservative .
Thk Great Chimney at Little Bomow . —The great octagonal ohimuey at Mr . Blinkhorn's chemical works , Little Bolton , was , owing to the unusual succession of fine weather this season , raised in sixteen weeks to its enormous height of 367 % feet . Upwards of 4000 inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood were hoisted to tho summit on its completion , in a vehicle purchased for the occasion by the spirited proprietor . The stretch of view of the surrounding country was very gratifying . The dimensions of the chimney are as follow : Elevation , 367 h feet ; diameter of the base , 42 A feet :
diameter of the chimney where batter commences , 35 feet ; ditto of the top , 9 feet 10 inches ; thickness of the wall at the base , 4 feet 1 inch ; ditto at the top ten inches . The bricks are laid with Clitheroe lime , and sand ground to a fine powder by millstones . The whole weight of the chimney is about 4000 tons , of which 120 tons are stone , the lowest string course alone | weighing 9 tons ; the whole of the bricks above are patent . It has consumed 9 D 0 . 0 D 0 bricks , the whole of which have been raised in buckets by a four-horse power steamengine , built for the purpose by Messrs . Musgrave and Sons , engineers , Little Bolton .
Extraordinary Birth . —On the 4 th instant , Margaret , wife of James Otty , residing at No . 4 , Caledonia-p ' ace , Nash-grove , Liverpool , was delivered of two still-born male children , which had arrived at the full period , living within an hour of the birth , and were of tbe usual size , but which were tsnited laterally to eash other ; the union commencing from the lowtr part of the necks , and proceeding downwards nearly as far as the hipbones . The heads , necks , arms , and legs were well and proportionately formed , and the ribs and backbones of each were natural , but the breast-bone , as well as tho navel , was common to both . The mother , who is ODly eighteen years of a ? e , is doing tolerably well . Many of the faculty have bi en to Bee the bodies of tVe children , and Rome of them have offered to purchase them from the parents for various sums . The bodies are , however , preserved for public exhibition .
Miss Martineac . —The following are among the reasons alleged by this distinguished lady for declining the offer of a pension of £ 150 per annum made to her by Lord Melbourne , through Mr . C . Buller , previous to the retiremement of the lato Government . Speaking of the working classes , she says , " Such services as I may have rendered them are unconsciously received by them ; but I cannot accept reward at any expence to them . If this provision be not designed as recompeuce , but as aid , as a pure gift , I cannot take it ; for they who provi e the means have no voice in the appropriation of it to me personally . Whenever we obtain a just sytem of taxation , the time may , perbap 3 , follow , when , among other considerations , some plan may be discovered
by which the people ' s representatives may exercise the power of encouraging and rewarding merit and services , working through tho press ; and even then the most scrupulous , with no better view of their own claims than I have , may be happy to receive , in their time of need , aid from the public purse . Meanwhile , I seriously and truly feel that I had rather , if need were ( to put an extreme case ) , receive aid from the parish , and in the workhouse , where I could clearly read my claim , than hi the very agreeable manner proposed , where I can see no excuse for my own indulgence . If it be true that in the case of gi / ts , we do not nicely measure the grounds of claim , surely there in an exception in the one case of gifts from the public puree . "
An Atrocious Criminal . —At the Middlesex session , on Tuesday , before Mr . Serjeant Adams , John Shannon , a young urchin , the crown of whose head was just perceptible above the bar , was indicted for stealing a twopenny pie . A boy between ten and eleven years old , about his own age , was hoisted up in the witness box , as the evidence against him . —Please sir , ( said the child , addressing tbe chairman , ) I saw him take the pie . Chairman—And what then ? Child- —He ate if . ( Loud laughter ) From further questions it appeared that the boy ( witness ) told tho old . woman what" Johnny" had done , and about half an hour afterwards the said " Johnny" was caught , the result of which was , two formidable criminal indictments against him , for taking that pie , and also , as it was alleged , foT making
too free wiih another . After the prosecutrix had given her evidence , with sundry annotations on the mischievous propensities of "brats like the prisoner , " witnesses wore called to character ; upon which two or three Irish labourers successively entered the box who all deposed that he could "run an errand" for his father as well as any boy in the three kingdoms . The chairman said ha did not know what to do with the case , and if the gentlemen of the Jury sent a child from a criminal bar for stealing a pie , the chauoes were that they would multiply their criminals very rapidly . A good whipping was the proper punishment . The jury found the prisoner not guilty . The chairman refused to allow the expences of two indiotments ; one was quite enough for such trumpery offences . During this trial the court was convulsed with laughter . The scene was too ridiculous for even tho gravity of the bench to withstand .
Extensinb Smcggling . —A few days since , on the arrival of the Caledonia steam-ship from Hamburgh off Horslydown , two Custom-House officers named James Jordan and Henry Bay ley , who had received information that an attempt would bo made to run a great quantity of contraband goods ashore , boarded the vessel , and made a very diligent search in the " state cabin , " and found concealed under the stairs a number of small parcels of five lbs . each , containing 129 papers of foreign manufactured tobacco . On removing a false partition behind the stairs , and alongside a water-closet , four large bales , containing fifteen smaller ones of tobacco , and one bale with twelve large boxes of cigars , were discovered . There was another bale , containing five boxes of
cigars , under the bed and bed-clothes in one of the berths . The officers also discovered under other beds three tubs of Geneva , containing thirteen gal * Ions . More cigara were also found secreted between the lining over the bed-places , which the officers had to pull away before they could reach the cigars . Stveial other articles liable to duty , and which had not been duly entered , were seized by tbe officers at the Bame time . Jordan and Bay ley removed the whole of the goods to the Queen ' s warehouse in the Custom House , and they were condemned , and have become forfeited to the Crown . The not weight of tbe tobacco , wbieh is of a very superior description , is SOOlbs . and the cig&xa 1761 bs ., iho whole of which being of foreign manufacture , is
liable to a doty of 9 a . 6 d . per pound . When Jordan and Bayley began to search , the first and seeend stewards looked on with dismay , and eoon afterwards , when they found the officers were close upon the right spot , tbe stewards called a sculler , went fcsbore in a wherry , aad have not since made their appearance ,, bat proceedings will be instituted against them for penalties . The Caledonia , which has become liable t » forfeiture under the law of customs , was pat under seizure by the revenue officers , bat has been since restored to her owners &he General Steam Navigation Company ) on their giving bond to pa ? any fine that may be imposed . A
sharp look oat is now kept upon all the steamers as they arrive from the Continent , and eo Tuesday last nearly half a ton of tobacco was thrown overbeard from a foreign steamer , as she was coming up tbe river from France . Mr . Dines ,, the steward of the Batavier Dutch steam-ship , discharged four of bis servants on Wednesday , in consequence of their attempting to smuggle tobacco and spirits ashore . That vessel has often been put in jeopardy by the contraband , trade carried on by the seamen and cabia servants ; and the captain and stewards are resolved tr , dismiss every person detected in an act of smug / iing , and deliver them to the Customhouse peor , ie .
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c apture OF a Shark . —Jonas Stud'i ? st , E ^ q ., of Athth / 'o Lodge , Ktikw , cap ; uved an enormous shark on the vv astern coast of Clare , on Saturday . It was with great , *?« W 1 and amid . teri-iblo * difficulties that he and his menV lcooeded in bringing the animal safe to shore . Heatou procured a car , forwarded it to KilniBh , for Limer . V'k , to be prepared and deposited in the museum of th * Philosophical and Literary Society . —Limerick Chronicle . During the past somci ^ r many parts of Italy have been ravaged by terrible storms . About tho end of last month the neighbourhood of Bologna was completely laid waste . Several villages had been actually converted into lakes , and th" inhabitants bad miraculously escaped , thanks to tbe mse measures adopted by the authorities . The country every where presented a frightful picture of desolation .
The Latb Mb . Samuel Crompton , Inventor op the Mule . —Sir Robert Peel has recommended tbat a grant from the " Royal Bounty Fund , " of the amount of £ 200 , should be immediately paid to the Rev . Gilmour Robinson , to beeqaally divided between Mr . George Crompton , of Fearnhurst , in Lower Darwen , and his brother and sister , of Bolton , children of the above-mentioned Mr . Samuel Crompton . — Blackburn Standard . Accident . —Birmingham Railway . —On Sunday
morning , the down train , which leaves London for Birmingham at six o ' clock , met with an accident within a short distance of the Leighton Station , in consequence of its coming in contact with a bull that had jumped a hedge , and was crossing the line . Three carriages were thrown off the rails by the concussion ; bnt , fortunately , the passengers escaped without injury . The Ieg 3 of the beast were cat completely off , and the animal died almost instantaneously . The up-train was delayed for more than an hour and a qaarter , as well as the trains that left London .
Attempted Prison-breaking . Oa Saturday morning , an attempt was detected to smuggle a parcel , containing gaol-breaking instruments , into Paisley-prison . The parcel was neatly made up , and consisted of saw-blades for cutting iron , and some other things , with a letter accompanying them , containing directions for their use , and for guiding the conduct of the prisoner when he made his escape . The package was addressed to a prisoner of the nam * of Young , belonging to Barrhead , who is under sentence of transportation . The convict Young had some property , and is commonly denominated the " Laird ; " he is a young stout man of most determined character , and , before his conviction at tho late circuit , was frequently in prison for breaches of the law , of various descriptions . Tho letter is evidently written by a companion in crime , and subscribed with a slang signature . —Reformers ' Gazette .
Thk " League" again . —A meeting of the anti-Corn Law League was held in Newall ' s Buildings , Manchester , on Thursday eveniDg , to receive the proposals of the Council as to the raising of a fund to carry on the agitation next session ; which seem to have been approved of by the meeting . Mr . George Wilson , the chairman , further explained the projeot— " We propose to call on the country to spend a certain sum of money , £ 50 , 000 , to be paid into tho treasurer's hands by January , 1843 , to be a fund for augmenting our resources , and enabling us the more extensively te diffuse information on this question thrsugh every part of the country . We shall be enabled by this means to eenu out our missionary agents to every elector in the country , with not
merely a pamphlet or tract , but a little library of information on this question , which shall sboiv him tho proper beatingB of it in every respect , and which sbali teach him how to act on every occasion so as best , to promote this great cause . Our agonts will be supplied with maps of their districts ; aud we hope that no town , no village , or hamlet—we hope that no dwelling in the kingdom shall be found so remote or obscure that our agents shall not visit it and leave a copy of our traots behind them . In addition to this we propose to hold conferences and meetings , and to send deputations to the different towns in the kingdom . We propose further to have a conference , to meet in London the day before the
assembling of Parliament ; to be there during the entire of the session , if necessary ; and never a ^ ain to separate , if possible , till the measure is finally settled by the total and immediate repeal of the Corn Laws . "—He called attention , O'Connellfashion , to the smaJIness of the contribution— "It is but 1 , 000 , 000 shillings—it is but 400 , 000 halfcrowns—it is but 200 , 000 crowns—it is less than a halfpenny per head from the whole population . The two millions tbat petition Parliament for the repeal can easily raise this sum ; and since they had signed a petition , hundreds of thousands have become repealers . The £ 50 , 000 , then , will beN > btained : but it is desirable that all parts of the kingdom should contribute . "
Ihb New . ' Poor Law . —A young woman , 17 years of age , whose mother was suddenly left a widow with het a&d three smaU children , being then about fourteen years old , went to service , and the then guardians of the parish assisted her mother with 2 s . 6 d . and three loaves of bread a week . This relief was continued till the present board of guardians came into power , and with it and the loan of a mangle , lent her by her friends , she continued to support herself and her three children comfortably . Tbe present board , however , discontinued the relief , and forced the mother and her young children into the house , at a cost of more than three times the amount to the parish allowed by former beards . The eldest daughter , who had kept her situation
from the time of her father ' s death , was shortly after taken ill , and being unable to do her work , was directed by her mistress to go home for a week or so , to &ee if she could recover . She obeyed , at the risk of finding a home , being unwilling to let her mistress know that her mother was in the workbouse . She had no money , her wages went for her clothes , and her clotheB were left with her mistress . The first night of absence she slept at a former neighbour ' s of her father , in Pepper-street , St . Saviour ' s , within a few feet of the pariah of St . George . The next morning Bhe applied to the relieving officer of St . George ' s , but he refused to take her in , or relieve her , because she had slept in St . Saviour's , and sent her back to the relieving officer of St . Saviour ' s . He sent her away again , because she belonged to St . George ' s . In this way she was banded four times backwards and forwards between
the relieving officers and once to the relieving officer of Kennington , where she had been living a servant . She was then advised to see one of the guardians of her parish . She saw one of them , but he faid he only attended parish duties on Wednesdays , and could hot help her . She then went to another , and he having more knowledge of overseers law , advised her to go and get a lodging for the night at St . George ' s , that that parish might be obliged to take her in . Fortunately , however , while trying to obtain lodging at one of the lodging-houses in the Mint , as her last refuge , being worn oat with fatigue , the circumstance was brought to the notice of an active parishioner ; and thus , at eleven o ' clock on Thursday night , this poor , honest , and industrious girl was rescued from the perils of a night ' s wandering in the streets or a nook in a tramp ' s lodging-house in the Mint . —Evening Star
Extbaordinary Mechanic . —In thetown of AJyth there lived a man ot" muoh provincial celebrity , of the name of James Sandy . The genius and eccentricity of character which distinguished this remarkable person have rarely been surpassed . Deprived at an early age of his limbs , he continued , by dint of ingenuity not only to pass his time agreeably , but to render himself a useful member of society . He soon displayed a taste for mechanical pursuits , and contrived , as a workshop far his operations , a sort of eireular bed , the sides of which being raised about eight inches above the clothes , were employed as a platform for turning lathes , tables , vices , and for tools of all kinds . His genius for practical mechanics was universal . He was skilled in all sorts of turning ,
and constructed several very curious lathes , as well as clocks and musical instruments of every description , no less admired for the sweetness of their tone than the excellence and elegance of tbeir execution . Hie excelled , too , in the construction of optical instruments , and made some reflecting telescopes , the specula of which were not inferior to those finished by the most eminent London artists . He suggested some important improvements in the machinery for spinning lax . and we believe he was tho first who made the wooden-jointed snuff-boxes , generally called Lawrence-kirk boxes , some of which , fabricated by this self-taught artist , were purchased and sent as presents to the royal family ; one , in particular , bad to be returned from Brighton for the purpose of being
opened . To his other endowmenta he added an aoourate knowledge of drawing and engraving , and in both of these arts produced specimens of the highest excellence . In upwards of fifty years he quitted his bed only three times , and on these occasions his house was either inundated with water , or threatened with danger from flre . His curiosity , which was unbounded , prompted him to hatch different kinds of bird's eggs , by the natural warmth of his body , and he afterwards xaised the motley brood with all the tenderness of a parent ; so that , on visiting him , it was no uncommon thing to see various singing birds perched upon his head , and warbling the artificial notes he had taught them . Naturally possessed of a good constitution , and an active mind , his house was the general coffee room of the village , where the affairs
of both church and state were discussed with the utmost freedom . In consequence of long confinement his countenance had rather a sickly cast , but it was remarkably expressive , and would have afforded ft fine subject for the pen of Lavaterorthe pencil of Wilkie , particularly when he was surrounded by his conntry friends . This singular man had acquired , by his ingenuity and industry , an honorable independence , and died possessed of considerable property . He married about three weeks before his death . From the brief history of James Sandy ^ e may learn this instructive lesson .-that no difficulty are too great to be overcome by industry and P o e ^*^ f Snd that geniuB , though it should sometimes miss the distinction it deserves , wil seldom fail , unless by ^ ts own fault , to secure competence and respectability . — Perth Advertiser .
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Tiif : Southwark Qjir ' cr SossiVh w .-vo co-t mentvui aud concluded sit the Town-hall . South wavf , at ninu o ' clock , ou Friday , ' . hero being no case before the court . At the Cheshire Q'larter-Sesiions , in Knutsford , Eliz % Bailey ' was convicted of stealing a £ 100 note from Mr . John Marquis ; from whom bank-notes were stoJrn to tho amount of neariy £ 2 . 000 in tho streets of Preston , in September , by Bailey and a roan w ? io accompanied her . She was sentenced to seven years' transportation .
Suockins Accident . —A very serious aotident occurred a lew evenings since to one of tne performers in Cooke ' s equestrian company now pJavin ^ s * Birn - stnplo . The name of the butferer is Mr . Lavat&r Lee , aud lie was wall known as one of Batty's best jidora a fern seasons since . He was riding round iho vin # wiih three persona on his shoulder * , when the H ^ rs-ff slipped and fell , throwing Lee across tho wox 2 > work which tmclossa the circle , and inflicting such severe injuries that his life ia despaired of , moriiff- ' cation of ihe parts being feared by his madieal attendant .
Storm ojt the Sussex Coast . —Brighton , Sun * dav . —During the whole of yesterday we were visited with a tremendous storm of" wind and rain . It commenced about jeight o ' clock in the morning , at which time the wind pnHdenly phifted to the sou ' -h east , aad the rain fell in tomnts . From twelve to three o ' clock blow a dreadful hurricane , and the greatest anxiety existed ainorg-t the fishermen , as four boa t * were out at s ? a , and if . was thought impossible that they could weather the storm . Two boulder boats , with two men each in them , endeavoured to enter
Newhaven Harbour , but in their attempt went down wivhin a . short distance of the 6 hore , and the four mea perished in sight of a number of persons who had assembled on the pier , but were unable to render the slightest assistance . Jn the course or' the day the whole of tho Brighton fishermen have returned home ; -they fortunately sneceeded in running ashore on various parts of the coast between Brighton and Worthing ; the poor fellows' boats are almost knocked to pieces , and two of them are iving on the beach near Lancing , and are expected to becoma perfect wrecks .
An Elopement in rustic life took place on Monday last . The gay Lothario was a carter , named Young , a married man , about thirty years of age , having one child ; and " the false and fair one" his master ' s wife , named Ash , keeping a small farm at Freshwater , Isle of Wight . She is about fifty , has nine children and five grandchildren ! Her youngest child ( which she took with her ) is four months , and the next child fourteen years It appeared that the old farmerahd his wifohad hadafewwordsaborifc the last child , and she soon after seized a favourable opportunity , took what she co « Id , and siarted with , the aforesaid servant . As soon as it was known , tho bereaved husband went into Newport post-ha ^ te and almost broken hearted . Ii formation was girai to the police , and they were despatched to all parts
or the island , but they could not aisccver the fugitives till Tuesday afternoon , when they were ju ? t about getting onboard a Jersey packet . Tht ! raau was taken into custody , and his bundles searched . He had a now suit of clothc 3 , two great co-it 3 ( one new ) , a new pair of I oots , two new hat ? , and ether articles , besides an inferior new suit , which he wore , bin no property of the farmer was found on him , and he he was consequently discharged . The par Jes afterwards met together at a piblic-ho : ; Ee in Newportthe old man and his runviaway cervsnt , and their wives , whore they got marry . A negotiation took place : tho el * i ^ entl- man forgave hi-s vrif ., and the young matron her husband , and a inutnal uureement was concluded between all 'present-that they would never raproa-ch each other for their former naughty tricks . —Hampshire Adverlizer .
Fatal Collision and Sinking of a Vessel . — Two Livus Lost . —A dreaoiul collision happened on the night of Monday last off the eastern coa 3 t , between Whitby and Stockton , which unhappily terminated in the total destruction of a vessel a . ; d tha loss of two lives . From the accounts received by the underwriters at Lloyd's , itappears the vessels which came in contact were the Dispatch , a schooner , belonging to London , master ' s name Thomas Guthrie , and the sloop Margaret and Ellen , William Taj lor , master , of Leith . The accident took place between seven and eight o ' clock , within a few miles of the village of Runswick , situate seven miles to the north of Whitby , during a heavy sea , ana a gale of wind from the westward . Both vessels were in full trim , and scudding through the water at a rapid rate , the schooner bsaring down to the north , and the
Margaret and Ellen progressing on her passage m a southernly direction to London . The sloop went down , carrying with her two of the crew ; the rest saved themselves by springing to a rope that was hanging over the bows of tho Dispatch at tha moment of their vessel sinking . Shortly after the collision , the Mary , and Louisa , of Newcastle , came up , and the ship boat was lowered by her crew in ; he hope of picking up the other seamen who had sunk with the vessel , but they were not seen after . Their names are George Broyco ( the son of the owner of the sloop , who resides at Loitb ) , and David Woodcock . From the depth of water in which the wreck lies it will be impossible to raise her . Early the following morning the Dispatch put into Shields , where the Captain communicated the facts of the occurrence to the authorities of the harbour . The sloop is supposed to be insured for £ 200 .
Singolab Case . —At the Leicestershire quartersessions , on Tuesday last , Louisa Wykes , a rather good-looking girl , about 19 years of age , respectfully attired in black , was placed at the bar , charged with stealing fifteen eovereigns , the property of John Taylor , at Belgravo ; a second indictment charged the prisoner with stealing a pair of breeches , leggings , and other male attire , the property of Henry Smith . Prisoner pleaded guilty to both indic'ments , but the Court , being unacquainted with the oircum-Btances , requested Mr . Taylor to give a relation of them , when it appeared that the prisoner entered the service of the prosecutor about ten months since during the whole of which time she conducted herself with propriety . ' A few wetks since Mr . Taylor had
occasion to remain at another of his houses in Leicester , leaving the prisoner and three men in charge of his house in Belgrave . During the night the prisoner proceeded to a bureau in which she had seen her master place some gold , from whence she took sixteen sovereigns out of a sum of fifty ; she then cut her hair off so close so as to resemble that of a man , after which she proceeded to the men ' s room , and dressed herself in Smith ' s clothes , and in suce attire immediately left tlu house . Being overtaken by the carriage of Mr . Hunter , of Brookaby Hall , his lady ordered the coachman to stop , a . « she perceived that the prisoner had a singular appearance , and was crying very much . Upon some questions being put to her , she acknowledged that she
had committed the robbery , aad disguised herself in men ' s clothes to avoid detection . The mother of the prisoner having been put into the witness-box , said she could account in no other way for her daughter committing the robbery than that she was pregnant , and stole the money with an intention of providing herself during her confinement , and thus avoid the exposure to which she would have been subjected . The Chairman , Mr . W . Meyrick , said it was one of the most unheard of cases that had come within his experience ; and had not the prosecutor recommended her to mercy , and some alleviating circumstances appeared in her favour , he should inevitably have passed sentence of transportation upon her . The prisoner was afterwards sentenced to twelve months' hard labour , three weeks solitary .
StriciDE . —A stranger , on Alondsy evening last , about half-past nine o ' clock , knocked at the door of the Temperance Hotel , on Elvet-bridge , in this city , and inquired if he could be accommodated with lodgings for the night , and was answered in the affirmative . He was shown into a room , and about ten o ' clock he rang the bell and ordered a cup of coffee and bread and butter . About an hour afterwards he was , shown to his bedroom . His manner was strange , aud his spirits much depressed . The next morning he was found dead , with his throat cut . An inquest was held on Tuesday before Mr . T . C . Maynard , coroner , when tvideccc to the above effect was given by the two daughters of tfce landlord of the hotel . The following evidence was also given :
—Mr . Bradford , landlord of the Temperance Hotel , deposed , that in consequence of information which he received , he went to the door of the room into which the deceased had been shown . He found it faat . He knocked very loudly , but got no answer . He waited nearly two hours , and then sent for a joiner , and the door was broken open . On looking into the room the deceased was found lying on his side with hi 3 throat cut , and a basin full of blood standing near td him . He appeared to be dead . Witness sent for a surgeon , who pronounced him dead . The door bad been fastened inside by the night-bolt . Deceased appeared to be about forty or fifty years of age , and about five feet three or foa inches high . Witness did not observe any razor .
George Smythe , a gentleman lodging at the hotel , stated , that at about half-past six o ' clock in the morning he heard a noise as of a person moving about , and distinctly that of the moving of a washhand-basin or jug . About a quarter of an hour afterwards he heard a cry of "Oh , God 1 Oh Christ ! " Witness called for the waiter . In a few minutes the landlord came up , and witness toldtom what he had heard ; they tried to open the door but could not , and hearing no noise did not .-taKe any further notioe . The words were used as thougH the person was in excessive pain . Joseph jJ ««» e , police-officer , stated that he was sent for . and found cut in his throatHe
deceased with a very deep . examined his pockets and did not find any money ; he found a watchmaker ' s eye-glass , brush , and plyers , two keya and a tobacco-box , a razor strop , a toi box , and some bills and other papers . George Monkhouse , butcher , stated that he saw deceased on the preceding night , and showed him to Bradford ' s . Witness inquired of him how far he had come , and deceased replied from Hull , and that he had not tasted anything for two days . He appeared to be very depressed in his mind . Verdict —** Temporary derangement , from want of the common necessaries of life . "—Durham Advertiser ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 29, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct622/page/3/
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