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      O'CONNOR—CHARTIST SONG . jifm "i * rnf the British , seaman ' s praise Te care trorn slaves of Briton ' s Isle , Joint btizs at want and sorrow , Who rise each day to half-paid toil , Nor hope for r « t tomorrow ; O rocae the near extinfuisb'd flame , Recal yo « r former station , Respond to hew the ranch lov'd name , Dear to a rufierinr nation .

      CHORC& . Join every heart in unity , To giTe ths patriot honor , And lift etch -roice , with three times three , For bare , for bold © Connor . Long in the gloom of Stygian night , The prey of Whig and Tory , Ye lay , without one ray of light , Or thon ^ ht of ancient glory ; Till Feugns rose , that man of men , fyfco , seorning base detraction , Bearded the lion in hit den , , 4 _ nd dur'd the poWr of faction . Join every heart , &c . For you , be left his native land ,

      Besign'd his rank and station , And join'd the small but honest band . Intent on your salvation . He eyre hia talent , time , rnd wealth ; 1 Sfmrn'd pleasure , ease , ambition ; And sacrificed both rest and health , To raise yonr base condition . Join eTery heart , &c In Korth , in South , our friend was found , The East , the West assembled ; While echo caught the cheering sound , And tyrants beard and trembled ; The thoughtless maw he taught their right , He taught the coward bravery , And with hia eloquence of might , DirpelTd the mists of knavery , Join every heart , * c

      He bid the Northern placet blise , A Star of matchless beauty , Enlight * ning millions with its rays , Diffusing righto and duty ; TbsTenal press aghast o'erthrown , Stood trembling , while in wonder , ft liiten'd to the lofty tone Of truth , in voice of thunder . Join eTery heart , ace . Iroprison'd by the bloody crew . He st&ncs -frith firm reliance , Bids every honest heart be true ,

      And keep the fraud alliance . Bat soon revolving lime shall free Of truth the noble martyr , And witii his aid our land shall see , Triumphant rise " The Charter . " Join eTery heart , &c .

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      TEE PLEASURES AND ADVANTAGES OF LITERATURE AND PHILOSOPHY BRIEFLY ILLUSTRATED AND EXPLAINED . By J . N . Bzilet . Leeds : Joshua Hobcon , Market-street . Ko one of ordinary capacity "will call in question fte pleasures and advantages of literature and philosophy . How few are there , however , who , admitting this as an abstract truth , permit it to inflnenee their Iive 3 , and devote themselves with ardour aad pleasure to literary pursuits or scientific research I To such , and to al £ indeed , a well-digested , wellarranged view of tbe pleasures and advantages of literature and philosophy , Trill do good ; inasmuch

      as ii presents , in all their power , their various bearings , tbeir beauty , and their paramount and immediate importance , the claims of literature and philosophy upon them , which will awaken in the uninformed , and quicken to new life in the partially indifferent and indelent , & strong and fresh Iotb for literary and scientific pursuits . The work before ua is such a one as we have just named . It comprises a survey of several of the sciences—Astronomy , Pneumatics , Chemistry , Electricity , and Geology ; a brief , interesting , and succinct outline of each of whieh is given in turn . We extract the opening passage kg a specimen of the style of the work : —

      " An acq-oaiotance with philosophy acd literature has an obvious tendency to refine the passions , expand tbe mind , and elevate man in tbe scale ot tree dignity » nd moral worth . Tbe iranq % iliiiatanima , ( or tranquil ( oul , ) the aximus sine perturbaii * ne , ( or mind without perturbation ,. ! to which Seneca so repeatedly refers , as tbe greatfst of temporal bleasirgs , can be obtained more easily by studying philosophy , than by any other method . The rational exercise of the faculties is a ; aH times a pleading task ; bui more especially so , when they happen to be exercised in inquiring into the philosophy of nature . The most minute of natural objects , as well as the most gigantic -, the aicms of dust we crush beneath our feet , as well as the ponderous worlds which sparkle on the canopy of Heaven , are invested with a splendour which , to the unobserrmg muhitude , is eeloozn observable . The tree pbilo-¦ opiher alone perceives the beauty of physical and moral phenomena , and derives beth instruction and delight

      from the contemplation of their properties , causes , and ( Sects . The earth , the air , and the ocean , offer to bis observance a host cf wonders , which serve to excite his admiration and astonishment , and call into a state of healthful activity the loftier power * of his nature . The magnitudes , densities , and velocities , of those nighty worlds which roll through the trackless fields tf ipsee ; tie laws -which regulate and govern their varied movements ; the numerous continents , kingdoms , rivers , and islands , which drveriify the aspect of our planet ; the atmosphere , which , like a tenuous gttwesii , sarrounds the globe , ministering to tbe support cf Emma ! and vegetable life , and acting as the medium tfcroosfi which we become sensible of the melody of emae , and the thunders of heaven ; the myriads of Brag beings that wander over the earth , sport through tb * sir , and inhabit the octan , along with the curious phenomena of ihe human organization , are some of the objects to which the philosopher devotes his attention , and from the contemplation of which he derives his

      bsppiness . " The Btndies of mankind , however , may be infinitely wriaL It is uot necessary that they should be confawi to those departments of learning , which , for the uke of distinctness , we will term purely scientific Tbe field of philosophic inquiry is as illimitable as the universe , embracing a boundless range ot physical , ffienl , and intellectual phenomena . The manners , eastern * , history , and antiquities of different aations ; fis scaring flights of poetry ; and eTen the ra-rings » ad wonders of romance , m » y occapy a measure of our attention , and add to our literary gratifications the ad-< &ianal charm of variety . The study of poetry and of » orbi of fiction , will form an agreeable diversion for & £ ffiiud , in its hours of relaxation from nobler and severer kbours ; and will tend to give elevation t « the sentiments it msy entertain , and refinement to the

      pattionj of which it may be the subject . " From the foregoing passage , the reader m 3 y form *» JEiid £ 3 of the general merits of 31 r . Bzi ' uj s publication as regard ^ style . Possessing an extended *« paiEtaDcei . hip with science , and the learning of the scholar , wiihont his pedantry , the writer has * ko the command of a- clear , fluent , chaste , and doqeeni style , which confers an agreeable and pleasing tone to his productions . If we might hist a fault" in the present number , it would be , & » t it is almost too scientific for the unlearned , eTerjday reader ; though even here , the variety and ? enerai qaality of the matter in the text , aided by fee copious and interesting notes at the eDd , em-RMicg moral , scientific , mythological , and theoltgical topics , amply compensates for what may prove beyond tbe comprehension of the ordinary reader .

      We must not close our notice without bearing tesnaooy to tbe great taste and neatness displayed in «> e Utter-press ; which may safely challenge com-P * rison with asy out of the metropolis .

      TAIT'S EDIZTBURGH MAGAZINE FOR FEBRUARY . The best article in Tait this month is , a tetter frczn Mr . Richard Cobden , the Manchester manuactUTer , on the Fa stern Question ; which contains touch valuable matter of infannation . SpeakiDg of jusi Tmt to Turkey , Egypt , aad Greece , in the spring W 1857 , Mr . Cobden says : — " ^ Jea ^ s had elapsed arnce the complete destrneaon of the janissaries , during which time the Sultan b * d been , according to popular belief , industriously ocenpied in effecting the most important amelioration iathe « odal and political institutions of the country ; J « ge then of my surprise at finding the unanimous opinion of aH -frith whom I conversed in Turkey , to be —that tie condition of the mas * of the people bad

      £ " * Uy deteriorated subsequently to the fall of that « t » lent but powerful miUtia . The Janiasariesformed < tv ** Bitismal guard , drawn chiefly from the ranks oi the population of Constantinople ; but having thfiii j * a ™« ations also throughout the prorineea . Any « £ Bae act of oppression , on the part of a minister or ^ ° ™ aato functionary , waa taken cognisance of by « atody ; vMcb tFagj to a certain extent , a shield ° ~** ai the goTernment and the people . Had the mas-T w the janissaries been really followed by those " £ Orcus reforms in the public administration , which 5 «* expected from Sultan ilahmoud , it might have S ~ " ^ tragical precursor of an improved state of £ ^ gs : _ they were the conservatiTes of ancient insti-ST " , ^ and State ; and no essential Innow * W ? T **** been a ^' - € mpt «« i -whilst they were *^* w tg retaia tLeir powerful oramizatioB . But

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      the Suites was wi » Uy unequal to the task of regenerating his country . Instead of possessing the genius of a Peter , or even a Mahemet All , ha was weak sad vacil lating ; and the sole act « t -vigour which chancterlzad his reign , that of the destruction of the ja&Usarie * , wai planned and executed by Hussein Pasha , ana a few daring spirits , almsst without the penonal m'ervention of the sovereign . That event left him at liberty to pursue an uninterrupted course of change ; but instead ot applying hit aind to such reforms as would essentially alter tbe character of bis people , and prepare them for important modifications of their institutions , he amused himself with jaere externals—he compelled bis courtiers to dispense with the turban , and adopt the costume of Franks—to substitute Hoglisk saddks fox the eld wooden platform of tbe Turks , with stmilac innovations ; whilst all beyond the circle in which he immediately moved remained unchanged . * *

      " The Sultan was amusing himself with the most chiMish pursuits , whilst the world was giving him credit for bestowing all his thoughts upon the improvement of his country . One of his propensities was the multiplying ol his residence :. Thirty-two palaces and kiosks adorned the shores of tbe Boephorus , and whilst I was at Constantinople , he was erecting another which gave rise to ihe report that the astrologers ( in whom be Implicitly confided ) had predicted , that when he -ceased to bnild he would die . He was passionately addicted to the bottle ; and his face , when I saw him , bore ihe uyuaI evidences of deep potatiens : yet , whilst violating in this particular , the precepts of his religion , he lent himself to the most rigid enforcement of its forms upon the people . When I was at Constantinople , the populace were actually driven to the mosques five times a-day by tbe police with whips , pursuant to an order just before obtained from the Sultan by the ministers of religion . "

      In connection with his statements on the actua condition of Turkey , » nd the policy of our fleets , fc&d msmj ^ eing banished and destroyed on the pretext of maintaining the integrity of the Ottoman Empire , he quietly remarks : — " It is not a little odd that we think it necessary to send forth Commissioners , in England , to collect evidence before legislating upon factories or a constabulary force ; but sit down - » eiy complacently to the task of «• maintaining the integrity of the Ottoman Empire , " in tbe absence of any such information . It will be said , probably , that our ambassadors afford sufficient means of supplying the knowledge we stand in need of ; bat , being themselves parties to those diplomatic intrigues ,

      in which paaaiout aad prejudices become excited , they are the very las ; persons to judge coolly upon the facts of the case . AlUioBgh no friend to Couuuisiious in general , let me &ugg « &t , that ii we are to " maintain the integrity of the Ottoman Empire , " it would be well to-ascertain the nature and extent of the undertaking , and the best mode of doing it ; and this w « uld be known by taking evidence on the spot ; or , if that be t # o great an innovation , let the most intelligent residents in Turkey be brought home to be examined before a Committee of Inquiry ; and let one ot thtso witnesses be our highly respected aad experienced Consulgeneral , Sir . Cartwrigtt , who has spent a long lift in the Levant . "

      . Besides this piper , there are in this number a continuation of the Burschen Melodies , which arc well enough calculated to excite a lau ^ h in those who can ufford one ; ¦ ' Richard the Ruiver" again visits his friend ^ and entertains them with sundry feats and frolics ; a smart notice of the Romans ot Oliver Cromweii ; tea pages of tne English Opium Eater ' s rigmarole ; ana several other pieces .

      MONTHLY CHRONICLE , ' French aad English Alliance , " i 3 continued from the l =-st No ., and is , on the whole , do ; bad . Its point of controversy ia , that the hostile spirit , supposed to eiiit in France , is not to be attributed to , oecause not entertained by , the French people ; being merely the bluster of "scattered parties , who * re * t war with each other . " The writer insists thai the Paris press does not represent the feeling of the people . " illustrarious of Dirtmoor , " a poem , by Air . Reade , is flowing andBOmewhat tine in style , but vrantiajf spirit . ** New Zjaland" supplies historical information respecting that colony , which will doubtless be deemed iuieresting . The following curious anecdote furnishes feariul evidence of the Elate of society under the ruld of anarchy in Frauce , It is from ** luedited Facts respecting the French Revolution of 1789 : "—

      ' Politics and cupidity were not the only evil passions which sent their victims to the revolutionary scaffold . All the baser feelings of human nature furnished their contingent , ' envy , hatred , malic © , and all uncharitableness , ' jealousy , sensuality , and eTen the wounded pride of bad poets and wretched actors . The following anecdote is related by Heron , private secretary of Fonquier Tinville , the public accuser . On the sixth or seventh Thermidor ( two or three days before the fall of Robespierre } one of Heron's friends called upon him at the bar of the tribunal , for Pooqcier had scarcely any other domicile , taking his meals and bis re « t at tbe bar , bo urgent was the work of destruction . I ; and his secretary was compelled to show as much activity as himself . His college friend , then , came up to Heron , rubbing

      his hands , and a chuckling smOe upon his lips . ' Bravo I eitisen He / on . ' * said he , bravo ! the work goes bravely on ; fifty-four to-day ; Eh ! Tell me , have you as many for to-morrow ?'— Not quite , " replied Heron , ' but nearly . "— ' Is your list complete . ' tell me , is it signed Vy citiien Fonquier ?*— 'Not yet ; but why do you aik ? have you any aristocrat , federalist , fanatic , or any other to denounce ?— ' Unfortunately no ; bat I have a small favour to ask of you , mj friend , for you are my friend , are you net . ' Oblige me by putting mj wife ' s name on the list . '— ' Your wife ! ridiculous ; you are Joking !'— ' Upon my honour , 1 am in eimest ; and I assure you , it will be doing me a signal service . '— ' Impossible , ' rejoined Heron ; why , it was but last Daodi we dined together , and you then eeemed

      delighted with the citoyeute — ' r » ever mind ; my opinion of her is altered . '— ' But she is an excellent sanscuktle ?'— ' Not at all , ' replied the husband , ' she is an aristocrat , and I can prove it '— ' You are mad , " said Heron ; ' she is a good wife , and you would quiefcly repent if— ' Kot at all ; listen to me ; once , twice , will you guilotine my wife for me ?'— ' Certainly , not , ' said Heron ; ' 111 have nothing to do with it . "' Thus it is to place any reliance upon college friends , ' exclaimed the visitor as he withdrew , as angry with Heron as if the latter had refused to lend him an attigttaat for a hundred francs , or to sign a certificate of his civi&m . The cream of the story is , that they continued to live lovingly together for thirty years ; and that the wife nerer entertained tae slightest suspicion of her husband ' s summary attempt to get rid of her . "

      There are besides these several minor articles of some interest .

      BEMLEY'S MISCELLANY . "Merrie England in the Olden Time" exhibits an extraordinary share of pains-taking research wuongst mus : y records and old archives . The paper abounds with droll anecdotes and quaint humour , boih Terse and prose . " Guy Fawkt 3 exhibits again , ' and a precious Gny it is . The " Pop Visit " i 3 a humorous pcrtrajal of low Cockney life . " Irish Superstitious" is a successful effort to make a threadbare subject interesting . " Sydney" is a stupid and mischievous piece of foolery , evidently written by one who knows nothing of what he was writing about .

      BLACKWOOD . " Ten Thousand a Year" is « ettiD # stnpidly prolix and tiresome . It is very evident that the writer of this endless story is paid by the yard , and we think it" ten thousand pities" that any publisher should nanseare the readers of a periodical with such a tissue of" stale , flat , and unprofitable stuff " as this fifteenth tail of Mr . Warren ' s nondescript . " Memoirs of Sirombeck" furnish some amnsiug anecdotes of courtly manners under Jerome- oi Westphalia . " Secret Societies of India" is another hash of Thuggism , which hss supplied provender for literary hackp , ad ttbilum , for the last four or five years . Tbe "Disinterment" is a tolerable poem by Mrs . Simmons . On the whole , Blackwood is scarcely bearable this month .

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      Paeisu * Thieveby . —A few nights ago , abou eleven o ' clock , a great number of personB were attracted to the Pont du Carrousel by the exclamations of a man who said hi 3 companion had fallen into the Seine . He called out , " Edward Edward ! " and presently a voice was heard to reply "I amiere . " "Thank God , " said tbe man , "he is not drowned , and may yet be Baved ; but how ? we have no boat . If we had but a rope V Ko rope be ; ng at hand , the man snggesteri that a communication might be made with his drowning friend by means of handkerchiefs , and taking his pocket handkerchief , and his cravat , he tied them together . The idea was adopted by the crowd , and in a minute or two more than thirty handkerchiefs were

      lent him for ike purpose . Having them altogether , and with a . key at the end to give them weight , the men threw the line of handkerchiefs in the direction from which the voice came ; it was seized , and all who were present wtre waiting with anxiety to see the drowning man drawn towards the quay , when the person to whom the handkerchiefs had been entrusted dropped that which he held . " What a misfortune , " said ho ; "but Edward has , I hope , sneceeded in reaching this Quay . " He then ran ofF suddenly , as if to look for bis friend . He was soon lost sight of in the dark , and returned no more ; neither . did the handkerchiefs , for it appears that they were caught by a confederate who was clinging to lie bridge , and who took eare to get off at the same tin e . —Gaiianani .

      Thb Fouhtai * op Power . —All lawful authority , legislative and executive , originates from the people . Power in the people is like the light in the sun—native , original , JDherent and unlimited by any thing human . In Governors it may be compared to the reflecting light of the moon ; for it is only borrowed , delegated , and limited b > - the intention of the people , wLoso it is , and to whom Governors are to consider themselves as responsible , while the people are answerable only to God ; themselves being the losers , if ihey pursue ft false scheme of politics ,

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      FRANCE . —The Paris papers are still occupiod with no topic but the fortification question . The debates in bock Houses of Parliament on the Addreea in answer to her Majesty ' s Speech from the Tbroae , have put the Ministerial Journals in better hoiaoHr with the Government of this country than , cotld have been anticipated . FOBTUa&X » -LisBow , Jan . 25 . —The "Senate " has at last mastered a sufficient number of Members to form a House . The Donro question was accord ingly brought under discussion at that Chamber on Saturday ; and as the greatest expedition is used , it is hoped that it will be completely got through today or to-morrow . Thus , as far as it rests with Portugal , the afiair may be considered as settled , by the unreserved concession of the point insisted

      upon by Spain . A private letter from Algarve states that numerous Spanish corps are approaching the frontier , and that it is generally reported in that quarter that the 3 d of February 19 the day fixed for marching into Portugal . At Ayunonte aloae ( a Spanish town at the mouth of tbe Guardiana ) three batUiioO 3 of infantry had arrived on the 21 at inst ., and more troops were expected . Another circumstance which strongly indicates the expectation of hostilities is , that tbe impressment , which had slackened considerably , has within the last few days been renewed and carried on with great activity , and that the same impulse seems to have been given to the equipment of the ships of war , which are novf almost ready for sea , and , strange to say , are nearly manned with volunteers .

      EGYPT . —The Levant mail has arrived , bringing advices from Constantinople of the 7 ( h Alexandria of the same date , Athens of the 10 th , and Malta of the 16 th ult . The most facts stated in them are that Admiral Walker , Commodore Napier , Captain Fanksawe , and a Turkish officer of nigh rank , were hourly expected to arrive at Alexandria to claim the purrender of the fleet , and to announce to Mehemei Ali his pardon and restoration to the hereditary government of Egypt—that the plague had broken out at Alexandria and Acre—and that Ibrsh&m Pacha was still at Damascus , awaiting the issue of the negotiations between Mehemet Ali and the Sultaz , and watched by a Turkish and Syrian force of 15 , 000 men ready to enter the city oh its being evacuated by the Egyptians . Tne reports alluded to in the letters from Smyrna and Alexandria , of a great victory obtained by Ibrahim over the Syrians , is unfounded .

      SWEDEN . —The Constitutional Commutes appointed by the Swedish Diet , made its report to , the States in the early part of last month . Our readers are not , perhaps , generall y aware that great and sweeping lmeasures of Parliamentary Reform have of late occupied the attention of tho Swedish Chambers . The principal changes recommended by the report of the above-named committee are tho following : —The national representation , is no loager to bo denominated the states of the kingdom , but the assembly of the kingdom ; the assembly is to meet in future every seconl year in the month of November , instead of every fifth year , as has hitherto been the practice ; the representatives shall be paid out of the funds of tho state , instead of being paid , as hitherto , by their constitueuts ; the

      Speakers to be elected monthly by the assembly instead of being nominated by the King tor the whole session ; lastly , the assembly is to be composed of two chambers instead of four . Settlement op the Enters Question . —The public may be at leugth congratulated upon the arrangement of the Eastern question . This most important and satisfactory intelligence was received by her Majesty ' s Gov # rnnjentyesterday in despatches from Sir Robert Stopford , dated Marmorice Bay , January 14 . It appears that Commodore Napier , who , we stated yeaU ^ rday , left Marniorico in the Stromboh on the 6 ih , arrived at Alexandria on tho 8 : h . Un the 8 th , as we also stated , Admiral Walker left Marmorice in ibo Iseudar , and arrived at Alexandria ou the 10 th . Affairs seem to have been so

      successfully arranged by Commodore Napier , that on the 11 th the Pacha made his complete submission to the Sultan , and gave up the whole of the Turkish fUei to Admiral Walker . Mehemet ongaged to Bend Egyptian officers and men to navigate the fleet to Marmorice Bay . It furtber appears that Ibrahim ' s army was immediately to evacuate Syria and to return to E . ^ ypc , and arrangements had been made to send transports to Caiffa , to bring away the women and children , and sick of the army , if they could ret to that port . Intelligence has also been received ^ from Pari . i , that on the 13 ; h of January the Sultaa sent instructions to his comtnissioners in E ^ ypt , to inform Mehemet Ali that his submission being complete , he won Id grant him hereditary tenure of the Pachalio of Egypt . —Chronicle , Tuesday .

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      HTJDDE&SFIEXiD . —Tub Oastler Festival . —This demonstration of public feeling , in behalf of that much-injured and persecuted individual , took place on Monday evening week , at the Philosophical Hall , Hudders&eld . As the appointed day drew near , tbe demand for tickets increased in a moet unexpected manner , and it was found necessary , with much reluctance , to suspend the sale of them . Some money , however , was taken at the doors . Tho hall was laid oat with six tables , longitudinally placed ; but from the vast numbers assembled , it was found necessary that only one portion of the assembly could be accommodated at once ; it was , therefore , arranged they should take tea in two or three sittings . This gave much satisfaction , as it prevented

      confusion , aad accommodated every one . Upwards of 630 persons assembled on this memorable occasion , fully demonstrating that " King" Richard still lives in the hearts of bis subjects at Huddersfield . We were much pleased to observe , that nothing of party feeling was exhibited on the occasion , and among the company are noticed a very fair attendance of blues , all anxious to testify tho respect which Mr . Oaetler still retains in their mind ? . On the table in front of the chairman , ( Mr . Pitkethly , ) was placed a most excellent bust of the " King of the Factory Children . " The most perfect order , decorum , and good feeling pervaded the company during the evening ' s amusements , which consisted ot speeches from Messrs . Stocks , Pitkethly . Shaw , and

      maay others ; of recitations delivered in a most excellent style by Mr . Green , & . c ; songs , duets , and glees , by various persons , male and female ; two songs , written expressly for the occasion , were introduced during the evening . Mr . Bond ^ ave "England's own true Blue , " in capital style , and was loudly encored . A most excellent baud attended , and played almost without intermission , enlivening the company with overtures , marches , < fcc . Immediately after tea , the tables were removed , and the saloon cleared for dancing . Tho orchestra and gallery were completely crowded , and it became necessary to make a temporary accommodation nnder the gallery , by piling up forms , to accommodate the vast numbers . A most judicious resolution had been adopted , that no intoxicating liquors should be introduced . This was most praiseworthy . The

      entertainments of the evening , principally the " tripping on the light fantastic toe , " continued with great spirit till twelve o ' clock ; when , after a most excellent speech and appeal from Mr . Pitkethly , the business concluded with a new version of "God gave the Factory King , " written for the occasion at the hall , during the proceedings ; and the company departed , highly gia ' . iiied with their entertainment , and not the less so on the consideration that the net proceeds would be appropriated to the assistance of our prisoner " King . " We have reason to believe , when the accounts are settled , that something over £ 25 will be netted for that friendly purpose . A faricy ball also is to take place , for the same purpose , on Wednesday next , at the White Hart . The following address was spoken by the chairman : —

      " There can be no person but must be deeply imprewed -with feelings of admiration , at the long and unparalleled arduous struggles , first for the emancipation of tbe African slaves in tbe Colonies , and subsequently for that of tbe white slaves in our factories at home , and the no less strenuous efforts made to prevent the enforcement of the hideous new Baatile Poor Law , the Rural Police , or espionage system , and , in short , tbe whole of the Melbourne scheme of legalised , wholesale murder and oppression ; and , having often listened with delight to the persuasive tones of his harmonious voice , which never breathed ought but good-vrill and kinfrneas towards us and ours , and imbibed deeply in our hearts tbe brilliant effusions of humanity as they flowed from that fountain of Christian

      benevolencehis heart—and , knowing as we do , his pure independence and the disinterestedness of his actions , and philanthropic magnanimity of conduct , bis unquestionable talents and his sterling worth ; knowing as we do , all this and more , vre have viewed with astonishment , regret , and sympathy , this great , this good and benevolent man , driven from the happiest of homes by the machinations of his unrelenting enemiei , who , stung to madness by the exhibition of virtues they cannot imitate , by the talents and fortitude they cannot , will not emulate , and by the aid of tbeir minions , whom he bad patronised , or had been instrumental in raising to palaces of dignity , and who with the subtlety of the serpent , wound themselves round bis master and deceived him— -and like as « ar first parents were driven

      from Paradise , so were he and Mrs . Oasttet driven from ihtir Paradise , through tbe world to roam , without a home , withtut a resting place , and found none , till , after a wearisome , harassing and irksome delay , his late master , who had driven him from hia resting place , from his beloved home , with his means wasted and his constitution impaired , provided him with another home ( if home it may be called ) in a darksome cell -within the walls of the Fleet Prison . Tes ; hear it posterity ! The champion of humanity , of benevolence , of freedom , is himself a prisoner ! We , therefore , resolve , not only to mark our abhorrence of such antl-christian conduct , but we pledge osnelves to sustain , support , and bear tp our g * od old King , " . under hi * unhallowed and undeserved suffering * , inflicted on him by that person

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      whose only feelings ought to have been those of gratitude . "And now we mOst earnestly Implore that the Ten Hour BUI Committees , of Yorkshire and Lancashire in particular , and throughout Great Britain in general , may be Immediately re-organlzed ; and we also appeal to every lover of justice and good order from etsty part t the whole country—we appeal to every factory worker—to every factory child—to every factory child ' s motherin the empire , —we call upon all who have hearts to fee ] , and gratitude to impel them to action , to come forward , and by their individual and collective exertions , to supply those means of comfort , which , bad he not spent his substance in their defence , and for their redemption , would have been supplied by bis own private fortune , and which , had he been a mercenary or

      nnjuat steward , he could have amassed in heaps . It is with regret I add that promises made to him have been either disavowed or broken ; we therefore call upon his friends ( hifrealfrienda ) In particular , and on the community at large , to stand forward in generous array , and by their united exertions prove that virtue under persecution shall never he , forgotten or neglected " Mr . Pitkethly then eat down amidst the most tremendous cheering , followed by three loud cheers for the " good old King . " Mr . Gallimore then rose and proposed a vote of tiianks to tho Chairman , which was seconded by Mr . Shaw , and after a few more words from Mr . Pitkethly in reply , the entertainments concluded with the following new versioii of "God save the King , " sung in good style , by Mr . and Mrs . G&ihmorer

      GOD SAVE OUR FACTORY KING God save our Fact ' ry King , Ooatler , the brave , we sing . Long live our King , Send him victorious , Happy and glorious , Long to watch over us , God save our King . . O Lord , our God arise , Scatter his enemies , And make them fall , On him our hqpes we fix , Confound their politics . And from their knavish tricks , God save us all . Though in a prison vile , Oastler may dwell awhile .

      Yet , shall he reign : Deep within every breast , Shall hia worth be imprest . And by each tongue confeat . Free from all stain . Thy choicest gifts in store , On him be pleased to pour ; God savo our King . Oastler will still despise ,. Whigs , and their treach ' roaalies , While all his friends rejoice , — God save our King . Yet , shall we lire to see , Oastler , the brave , eot free , Then shall we sing , And our trinmphant voice , Shall in loud strains rejoice , While echo lout ! replies , God savtt out King .

      —The above was written in the 'Hall during the evening , and sang as a finale . STOCKTON . —Tokbn op Respect to Mb . J . B . Owen , —Mrs . PalentJi © and Mrs . Holmes were depnted to wait upon Mr . J . B . Owen at Messieurs France and Turnbull'u office , to present him with a silver chaiu , as a token of respect from the female Reformers of Newca ^ tle-upon-Tyne , which was to have been given to him at tie dinner held in Newcastle , where Mr . Owen intended to have been a guest , but was prevented in consequence of the invitation not reaching aim in ticuo . Mr . Owen wishes through the medium of our columns to return his sincere thanks for the honour conferred upon him . BRADFORD—Tuos . Paine—On Friday week , a public dinner was held at the house of Mr . Win . Goldsborough , Goodraansend , in commemoration of the birth day of Thomas Paine .

      BIRMINGHAM . —The Totil Abstinence Society held its weekly meeting at Lundy ' s Coffee House , No . 17 , Little Charles-street , when a discussion took phce on tho propriety of establishing co-. operative stores . A meeting will be held on Thursday , the 11 th of February , to take into consideration the illtreatment of Mr . O'Connor , the well known and tried friend of the poor . At the conclusion three cheers ware given for the Charter . GAUXJSIiE . -r- ILwst Arrest 09 Joseph Broou Hanson , aj » d Hknry Bowman , ( two of the Leading Chartists , ) for an alleged Libel . —On Tuesday , the 26 th instant , the above-named individuals were arrested by Mr . Graham , euperintendant of police , on a warrant granted by George Siul , Esq ., one of the borough magistrates , at the instance of Mr . William Carrick , Whig coroner for the eastern division , of the county of Cumberland , on a charge of being concerned in the publication of

      a pamphlet entitled " Gross Injustice Exposed ; or , a Warning to tho Public ' in which unfair dealing and dishonourable transactions are attributed to the said Mr . Carrick , coroner , and who is also a solicitor iu the said county . How far the statements Bet forth in the pamphlet are correct , wo know not ; bnt it appeared from the cross > examination of the only evidence , ( Mr . William Robinson , printer , Wig ton , ) by Mr . Bowman , that he ( Bowman ) was engaged by another party to copy the manuscript of the pamphlet and to get it printed . We shall refrain at present entering into any particulars , as the matter is to be brought before a higher tribunal ; but we cannot , at tho same time , help observing , that the conduct of the magistrates was most extraordinary . Mr . Saul grau ts a warrant to Mr . Carrick for the apprehension of Messrs . Hanson and Bowman , on the pica that Mr . Carrick could not get his evidence ready , to prefer a bill of indictment at the sessions , which had intervened between the time of Mr . Carrick

      receiving tbe two copies or the pamphlet , ( which it appears were the only two that have been circulated , ) and the time of prefering the charge before the magistrates . This appears the more singular , as Mr . Carrick only produces the printer ( Robinson ) whom he could have cemmanded at any time . The defendants objected to this mode of procedure as irregular and unjust , but they were overruled in their objection by Mr . Saul . To show the gross partiality of this same magistrate , we have only to observe , that on Saturday last , Mr . Arthur , bookseller , applied fora similar warrant against Mr . James Steele , editor and proprietor of the Carlisle Journal , for a libel on his ( Mr , Arthur ' s ) character as a tradesman , in which he denounced Mr . Arthur as a person " not overburtheued with this world's goods , —man of show , " &o . Though there is not the slightest doubt

      of this being a gross and malicious libel , Mr . Saul would not grant a warrant in this case , alleging as his reason , that too long s period had elapsed since the publication of the libel ; though one portion was written so recently as November last . Thus it appears , how partially justice is administered by tne Borough Magistrates of Carlisle . Mr . Arthur said he would still bo at liberty to prefer a bill of indictment at the Sessions . We shall have a more fitting opportunity of exposing the whole of this most strange proceeding . The Coal Mjnebs op Hb ^ rlet h » ve recently struck work for an advance of wages of 3 s . a score , or thirty baskets , or seven and a half tons , as they have hitherto not earned more on tbe average than 10 s . in the Hearley mine . The colliers beg for aid from all friends ol humanity , and invite tbe co-operation of the coal-miners generall y in their neighbourhood , as they will then be certain of success .

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      The severe frost in December disabled one hundred and fifty of the metropolitan police in one night Another Member of the French National Convention , M . Bouchereau , died on the 26 th ult ., at Chauny , in the 85 th year of his age . Ehigratioj * . —The spirit for emigration seems to be upon the increase , owing no doubt to the want of employment and low rate of wages ; on Thursday , the 28 th ult ., as many as twenty families left Nottingham as emigrants to Australia .

      Moiipeth . —It IB currently reported that the Hon . Captain Howard is to be appointed to the command of a ship of war almost immediately , and will consequently be compelled to resign the representation of the borough of Morpeth . —Netecattk Jouiiial . Fatal Accident . —Last week , as six young men were going down a coal-pit in the neighbourhood of Llangollen , to their work , the chain broke , precipitating them to the bottom ; the ' shaft being about 80 yards deep , they were all killed on the spot . — Chester Chronicle .

      Johs Haslock , the clerk who recently absconded from his employers , Messrs . Whitwortb , the bankers of this town , with upwards of £ G 00 , is in custody . He was arrested by the French authorities at Tours , for travelling nnder a feigned name . —Northampton Mercury . . w Strike" op Wokkhem at Glossop . —A "strike " hag taken place here amongst the workmen employed by Messrs . Wood and Sumner , against an abatement of wages . Many families are suffering in consequence severe privations , as the shopkeepers refuse to give them credit . O'Connell a . t Belfast . —O'Connell tried to address the people of Belfast on Tuesday week , but all to no purpose . They would not hear bin ; about 30 , 000 people were present . He attended a soiree ia the Music Hall , in the evening ; the excitement was terrific , and the windows of the place of meeting were broken .

      A Dead "Nap . " —On the morning of Sunday Thomas LeeB , ot Wilford , a married . man ' -With five children , went into the Bagged Staff , public house , Nottingham , where he soon fell fast asleep ; some adept in the art of abstracting contrived , whilst Lee was refreshing himself with his nap , to pick his pocket of sixteen shilling ? , being nearly the whole of his week ' s yi * gen . -r ~} fottingh < un Jitvutt .

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      A Nxw Pavjmkkt . —A patent hat actually been taken out for paving the streets of London with India-rubber , and many acientifio persons are sanguine as to its eaoeees . There is to be » substratum of wood , ou which is to be put a facing of caoutchouc mixed with iron filings and sawdust to a depth of several inches . This , it is calculated , will resist the ill influence of all weathers , and make the most delightful and durable pavement . f ^ -Oa Monday morning , a few minutes before five 0 clock , a fire broke out in the premises of Mr . Bar tram , pawnbroker and silversmith , Princes-street , Soho , which destroyed tho back parlour and fjttmture . By the prompt arrival of tnetire-engineB , the valuable stock of plate , jewellery , and . other property in the shop and premises , was saved .

      LoNOBViTY . —A female pauper named Whiffen , expired on Friday , in the Workhouse of St . Luke's , Chelsea , Anhur-atreet , KinjcV-wad , having attained the xtraordinary age « f 107 years . She used to describe Chelsea as * quiet , secluded village . Phvsvcal PoBCB . —lt is currently reported that the Royal Marines—the first to be in the fight , the last to be © ot of it—will be rendered still more efficient by being armed with the percussion musket , thus making their already destructive fire moro rapid and less failing . — Woolwich Gazette . Normax Schools . —Every Protestant canton in Switzerland has a Normal school ; Prussia has 45 ; Germany , SO ; France , 76 . la Holland , the schools of every large town aro so organised , with respect to the instruction of young teaclwrs , as almost to form a Normal echool in each town . What have we done m England 1

      The Natiokal Dbbt has been increased about £ 7 , 000 , 000 since the acoesaion oof the Whigs to office , and this without taking into account the West India Loan of £ 20 , 000 , 000 , or the war expences in China , Afghanistan , and Syria , which must amount to several millions more . —Newcastle Journal . " Physical Fobcb . "—New Was Steamers . —Of the five net ? war Bt * amera of a large class , which have been built in her Majesty ' s dock yards , and arc to be immediately fitted for active service , the first has arrived in the river . She is a most majestic vessel , of the same class as the Cyclops and Gorgon , lately found bo effective in active service . She is to bo fitted with two engines of 140 horse povror each , and her tonage is about I . 4 U 0 .

      Fire . —On Thursday morning , about three , a fire of most destructive character broke out on the premises of Mr . Bundy , truuk-maker , adjoining the Weekly Dispatch omae , Fleti-Btreet . The fire was first discovered by the policeman on duty , who observed smoke issuing from behind tbe shutters ; he lost no time in arousing the inmates , who all escaped with safety . We are happy to say that , owing to the speedy arrival of the engines and a a plentiful supply of water , at four o ' clock all danger had ceased — Weekly Chronicle .

      A Fire . —About four o ' clock , on Friday morning , the 29 ih ulfc ., a fire broko out in tho extensive tool manufactory of Mr . Rowland Amens , situated in the Almonry , near Westminster Abbey . By the prompt arrival of the engines , the saw-mills , engine-house , and timber yard adjoining were saved , but the manufactory was destroyed . The damage is estimated at upwards of £ 1 , 500 . Daring tho fire the " frail fair ' who reside near the spot , assisted at thd engines , and exerted themselves to the utmost to extinguish the flames .

      Good Fortune . —An inquest was held last week on the body of an old man , named Hall , who resided at Lambeth , who was found dead in his bed . He was attended by a nurse named Kirkbald , whom he had promised to marry . A verdict of •' Natural death" was returned . Mr . Hall , jun ., informed the jury that the nurse Kirkball , on the day prior to his father ' s death , had come into possession of property to the amount of £ 50 , 000 . Detbwiiom of an ENGLisn Steam-Ship . —One of

      the General Steam Navigation Company ' s ships , the James Watt , has been detained at Havre , by tiso French authorities , as security for the amount of loss that may be awarded to tho owners of a French ship , the Phoenix , for injury done to that vessel by tho Britannia , another of the company \* ships . The captain and crew have also been detained . A representation of the affair has been ma-Jo to the En ^ li * . ]] Government , and the Steam Navigation Company protest against the proceedings as illegal and without precedent .

      Railways in France . —New efforts are making to raise France from its sad inferiority in railroad enterprise . A considerable number of deputies of the departments of the north , east , and south-east , propose to have a meeting , in order to concert defiriitively in favour of a system of railways , respecting which the chamber will be consequently called upon by some of its members to declaro itself . It is proposed to form several lines , composing by their junction , or by the aid of rivers connected with them , a grand line from one extremity of Franco to the other .

      Outrage by a Married Mas on his Female Servant . —A master tailor , named Hawthorn , of Brick-lane , Spitalfields , was brought up to Worshipstreet Police Office , lately , for an outrage upon his female servant . It appeared in evidence , that the prosecutrix . a comely , modest looking girl of seventeen , slept with another female servant , in a separate bed , but in the sane room with the prisoner and his wife and children ! The prisoner got into bed to her at midnight , a few evenings ago , and was endeavouring to effect his purposes , when she awoke and gave the alarm . The prisoner was ordered to enter into his own recognizances in £ 40 ; and to find two sureties of £ 30 each , to answer the charge at the sessions .

      Distress of the Workimq Classes at Nottinoham . —Some idea mav be formed as to the distress in this town , when it is computed by persons competent to the task , that the amount coming into Nottingham from the proceeds of the salo of hosiery and lace is little short of a million and a half less in 1840 than in 1836 . The Nottingham Review adds , that many of the frames in the silk cut-up trade make three hose at once ; whiclt , together with the extension of the practice to the silk-glove trade , is likely to lead to the most injurious effects to the interests of the town . The silk knotted bands are yet in a very depressed condition for want of employment . Full frame-rent is much complained of in this and other branches , when the workmen have only half work . A practice now prevails of dividing the work amongst a great number of hands for the sake of extra frame rent ; many houses gaining large weekly sums by this pitiful practice .

      Ashton Turw-Out . —On Friday , four sawyers charged with being concerned in tho murder of Benjamin Cooper , sawyer , at Ashton-under-Lyne , were brought up at the Court-house , in that town , for final examination . Two of the prisoners , John Williams and John Hulme , wore charged with murder , and two attempts at murder ; and the others , Henry and Samuel Hard wick , were charged witV being accessories before tbe fact . The principal witness was Edward Davies , one of the prisoners liberated from Kirkdale on bail , but afterwards

      recommitted . His appearance , as a witness , produced a great sensation in court . He related what occurred at various meetings of the parties . The magistrates determined on committing Williams for trial for the murder and two attempt * at murder , and remanded the other prisoners to a future day . [ Hulme has since been committed for the two attempts at murder and for the murder itself . Davies and the two Hardwicke have also been committed . William Shaw , another prisoner , charged with attempt at murder nas also been committed . ]

      Justices' Justice . —We hope , if the following case comes under the notice of Lord Normanby , that he will at once dismiss the Honourable and Reverend William Capol from the commission of the peace . He has clearly acted arbitrarily and illegally , and in direct opposition to the precepts inculcated by the lowly Jesus , hia acknowledged master . If the act of this Reverend Divine bo » speoimen of Church Christianity , we can only say that real Christianity is greatly abused : —On Monday morning , a lad named Evans , the son of a labouring man , was placed in the stocks at Watford , under rather peculiar circumstances . It appear- ; that about seven o ' clock on Sunday « v « niiiff , Evans , the Jad in question , was walking down tho

      Highstreet , Watford , with four wild rabbita in his hand , when he met the Reverend Mr . Capel , & county justice , who asked him some questions about the rabbits , and he told him he was going to take them to a person in the town . Mr . Capel then charged him with offering them for sale , and laid hold of him , and called for a constable and ordered him to take him to the cage and lock him up , and the « ffieer did bo , and he remained all night in the e * ge , with nothing but seme straw to ha upon . Too next morning he was taken to the private office of Mr . Pugh , where the Reverend Mr . Capel attended , and , upon his own view , convicted the defendant in the penalty of 5 s ., for following his worldly calling on a Sunday , and , in default , ordered that he should be put into the stocks . The boy said that he would

      try and get the money , and the officer accompanied him for that purpose ; but being unsuccessful , he was eventually placed in the stocks , and remained there for two hours on Monday morning , before he was released . The father of the boy has , for » great many years , been employed in the establishment of the Earl of Essox , and his mother in thit of Lord Clarendon , and it does not appear that he was ever before charged with any offence . Law is an expensive commodity , and therefore the father of the boy is thrown without the pale of justice , and the son himself must put up with the degradation and insult offered in the pewon of » purse * proud parson . We hope the Reverend Mr . Capel , in future , when he addresses his flock from the pulpit , will never preach up mercy as a virtue of inestimable value , for assuredly he possesses none himself . —Weekly Diwateh .

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      Bow Strset , Satubdat . —Hbnry Vikcekt .- John Minikin , the keeper of a coffee-house in Grp ; . ^ Ru *» sell-street , Covent-garden , and Richard Ctmeron , a brace-maker , in Cierkenwell , offered . ¦ th-jaae'jv . ea an bail for three years for Henry Vincent , tbe Ch . * rtiat , now in prison in Oakham Gaol . Mr . Hall ?~ id ha would receive their bail , which wa » , that Hwu-y Vincent keep the peace for three years , and then appear at trie sessions to answer such charge ai shall be brought against him . A certificate of th * bail having been put in was forwarded to th *> Komooffice , and it was expected that the Secretary of State-would send down the prisoner ' s dischar ^ y by the post on Saturday evening . Port of Southampton . —If anything were wanting to prove the rapidly crowing trade of this port , we need only state that the increase of the Customs duties for the last two years has been upwaids of £ 30 , 000 . —Hampshire Independent .

      Accident on tub Brighton Railway . —On Saturday las ; , a boy who was driving the horses employed to wind up the excavated eartn , at Clayton Tnniiel , shaft No . 6 , was so injured by the shifting oi ih » drum , or revolving cylinder round which the rep * passes , that his case is deemed hopeless . Tho dr » m was thrown out of its position bj the breaking of th # rope to which the sand box was attached . Liverpool asd Manchester Railway . —The 1 ' ? . !^ yearly meeting of tho Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company was held on Wednesday wi-tk , ai Liverpool . The average traffic for the last six months has been less by £ 4 , 100 in the merchandis * than the previous half-year , yet the net profi t * have

      increased £ 7 , 609 . The total recoipts for tho lasl half-year amount to £ 139 , 323 ; and , after deducting all disbursements , there is a net profit to tho shareholders of £ 70 , 629 . This affords a dividend of £ J > per share , being to the full extent of ten per cent , per annum , as allowed by Act of Parliament , and £ 2 persbare on the half-year , byway of boru * . After payment of the dividends , there will remain £ 8 , 772 oalance of profit U be carried to ths next account . During the last twelve months , 1 , 052 . 00 *> persons have been conveyed on this line , and with but one accident ; attributed entirely to the rockiest ness of the individual , who brought it on himself by jumping out of ft second-class carriage when a * full speed .

      Beggarly Economy . —A letter has been addressed to tho officers of tho different courts of law , by " J . R . M'Culloch , Controller , " stating that the Lord » of the Treasury are desirous that the almanack framw , calendars , directories , army and navy lidts * casks , and bottles for holding ink , pens , and penknives , &c , should bo gathered together , that mm * may be sold , and others used again , in order thai waste may be avoided , and due economy introduced into the public expenditure ! Is this extraordinary saving upon old pens and almanack frames instituted to puy the little Princess some baby lien , or is it to enable tho Government to make up Prr . tc « Albert ' s £ 30 , 100 with 1 It ' s pitiful economy , afte * all !

      Sia Robert Peel is a New Character , —Sflf Robert Peel is now trying a new part , which , s » far as ho has gou « , he performs tolerably well ; it is . tha * of popular lecturer . In his inaugural ( address at the opening of the Tamworth Library and Roa ding Room , he cook advantage of the admission of some working men into the Committee of Man&giincnt , to say— " I cannot help thinking , that by brio ^ ing together , in an institution of this kind , intelligent men of all classes and all conditions in lite—by uniting together , as we havo united , in the ' Committee of . this institution , the gentlemen of ancient family and great landed possessions , with the skilful mechanic aud artificer of good character—I cannof help thinking that we ave all establishing a bond of

      social connexion that will derive more than common strength from the pure motives that influence ub , and from the cause in which we are cn ^^ ed . ( Applause . ) I cannot help believing that w « am harmonising the gradations of society , and hiniinsr men together by a new bond ; which , as I p aid before , will have more than ordinary strength on account of the object which unites us . " ( i . oud applause . ) He vindicated the admission of'female * to ' equal power and influence in the management of the institution ' with males— " We propose that th » institution shall be open to the female as well sh th « male portion of the population of this town und nejghbourhoodi because we consider that we should have done great icjoftice to the well-educafci and

      virtuous women of this town and neighbourhood , if wo had supposed that they were less capable than their husbands or their brothers of benefiting by thtt instruction which we hope to give , or if ws had supposed that they were less interested in the cvusa of rational recreation and intellectual improvement . We propose , also , that they fchaH have equal power and equal-influence in the management of thit institation vrith . others ; being Weil assured that tha influence which a virtuous woman can hold ( if it b « necessary to call it into action ) will always ba exercised in favour of whatever ia sound and profitable in respect to knowledge , and whatever if decorous and exemplary in respect to conduct . **— .

      The Spectator remarks upon this and other pav-2 ge » as follows : — " And ail the while he was advisir ^ hi * auditors to keep a jealous ere upon ecclcsias : cal functionaries ( fur a majority of three-fifths of tha people would be entitled , according to hia principle , to prevent clergymen taking part in public bubii ! p * 3 ); advocating a Universal Suffrage beyond tvIuu is demanded by the Chartist ( admitting female ? , and all above fourteen years of age , to participnto in tha franchise ); declaring that the advanced siata of society demands a higher education for all ; expatiating upon the advantages of arithmetic , in a way that would charm Mr . Hume himself ; in . short , doing everything in his power to sap and underlain * tho glorious structure of Church and State . "

      Shocking OecuRnENCB . —S ? on after eleven o ' chok on Tuesday , ' the 26 th , Thomas Walsh , late bookkeeper and cashier to T . Cotton , Esq ., committed suicide , by shooting himself at his house , Bowstreet , Bolton . Some discrepancy in his account * was the cause of his removal from his office , and this led to the committal of suicide . The Colliebs' Tbbn-ovt , Boltoh . —The . lura * out has been renewed with increased vigour and determination .. On Thursday ( says the Bolton Fret Press ) , Peter , Simmons and twelve other ceiliew were brought before the Magistrates at the borough court . Mr . Taylor conducted the prosecution on behalf of Messrs . Doming . He stated that , about eighteen months ago , Messrs . Doming , compelled to

      follow the example of others , made a reduction m the wages of their colliers . The highest price they had ever paid was 6 s . 6 d . per load of three tonn , aud so mush cer . yard , which had been reduced to 5 i . 10 d ., and was considerably more than some employers were paying . The men gave notice , with the rest of tho colliers , for an advance , and Messrs . Doming agreed to give them 0 < . 6 d ., the original price , and 3 d . per yard , which the men agreed to accept , and the defendants commenced working at that rate on Tuesday last , and contracted to » iv » a month ' s noti . ee before t&ey again left work . They continued at work all day ou Tueso ' ay , and had uotf been to the works since . They alleged as a ' reason for it , that some strange men had been to their

      hoKses on Tuesday night , and threatened to kill them if they went to their work before the re .-t of the colliers did . Mr . H . Doming said ho had assured them of ample protection , The colliers had made a demand for Is . 8 d . per load of three tonn $ and « d . per yard , which demand Mosstb . Doming had refused to comply with . A paper , of which tha following is a copy , had been sent in to MeFsn . Doming •— " January 21 , 18 * 1 . —It is unanimously decided upon that we , as workmen , are solely depending upon the decision of you , as good masters * as to the advancement of Is . 8 d . per load for threa tons to tho load , and 6 d . per yard . When you will unanimously say this is done , we go to work , ona and all , on . every condition of obedience . "—Tha

      document bore neither private nor official mark , and no notice was taken of it . After some discussion , defendants all agreed , though several of them did so with great reluctance , to sign a submission , expressing their . sorrow for their conduct ; to retura to work , and pay the expences . One of the defendants caused much laughter by asking , with simplicity , and iu . a rueful tone , if they "must put up the submissions theirsels !"—John Thornley , collier , Darcy Laver , was also brought op for breach of * contract into which he had entered to get a quantity of coal for Messrs . John Knowles and partners . Tho contract in writing being produced and proved , tha defendant was offered the same terms m the defendants in the ease just disposed of , which he refused tm aceept . He would " soin his hont to nopappur , " and he therefore was committed lor one mouth . —Om Saturdav . the colliers of Oldham , Roahdale ,

      Middleton , Ac ., discontinued working in consequence of their employers declining to advance their yngem sixpence , and at some places tenpence per quarter , on th « amount of coal wrought . On Monday and Tuaeday , the turn-out miners might be seen loiterinc in the streets , but on Wednesday , our correspond ^ ent informs us , the hands at most of the collieries commenced working ai the advanced prices . In this district , the masters generally , had agreed to give a » ad ranee of 8 d . and lOd . on the load of three ton * , and many of the men were satisfied with that , ana commenced working at the advanced rate . Others held out for the Is . 8 d . advance per load ; and this occasioned the second turn-out . The employers declare they will not give the Is . Id ; advano ? , aui the men themselves are divided on the question .

      Blikdress . —We beg to refer those who a * s afflicted with the distressing malady of blindness to Mr . Baxter ' s advertisement ; for we havetakcm the trouble to inquire into the merits ot moet of tha cases , and found that which Mr . Baxter states to be perfectly true . We have seen tome patients under his care ; his method appears simple—it is quickly perfected , and far from being painfnU Ths patients whose cases are alluded to in the advertise ment are all in humble life , and appear grateful to Mr . B . for his care and attention . Our readers can institute inquiries , which will , no doubt , prove satis tidotj . —Liverp ^ iStandmri .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 6, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct693/page/3/