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S 05 SBT TO WILLIAMS AXD BINN 1 . VTiDi ^ s " » d Binns , the youthful patri o ts , SsteralJ dared the tyrant ' s iron frown , wS Sr f rtimde-Kacb as datt crown K ^ pll ^ tude-fromthroat * ° ^! Sr emanate a nat » tf »> roiee , « d show Tt « owple ' B strength , that lays « J"h * 1 «* , ABd setVQP » utl l , tbebJiwof » ll dtt ^ U . SJ opening & ° ™> Bome 1 Btth ! i tored ¦** L beneath the bitter pelting storm ; JfJ ^ s rude blast wiil A ^ tefonot rirt « iJ past—it ceasesto deform . JiyofwiD strode through life ' s mingled doom Jakes Vebsqit . « oati Holton , February 2 nd .
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rvaner the anxious factory children ' s friend , ^\» ' ™« nth br wbieh the labourers have made known bKS ^« - *«» pWaly * own jKSJiSeat ats « b astend # n 2 r « a « a as the * to * whose dawn Sd STwShott njrfimm'd , while sMesdid frown . Jgs and tretfc » fil «*» « Ixte _^* , _ . - ¦ feTonpreaedi the tyrant viewa with unmixed joy m 5 E « 4 ftiawl dragged to the debtor " , cell , y ^^ pg that the oppres » or fails to employ ^ nnjgj jil is tried ) aught Hat can e'er repel —i gpfb of tratH , or for a time destroy jjoje energies which are invincible . Ja » es 7 Ei 50 * . t goai ilolton , February 2 nd .
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JSE BIGHTS AXD DX 7 TIES OF MAX . TrsE— " Ben Block . " fe noblei of nature , ye scions of fame , Ye foremost in liberty ' s ran , E « t jour standard aleft , and loudly proclaim Xbe doties and lights of man . yfoea natare Sat stamped us with life and with form IS -ns at equality " * shrine ; trath , jartice , and reason , united , conform , Io hallow the sacred design . 36 ae MTer so ridi , or never so poor , WtateTer his colour or creed ; jjich man has a right to one rote , and no more , Bis person ' s bis title deed , tie Todd is his country , all nature his store , Hi * religion should be to do good ; B « should give np his soul to freedom—and more , Be should seal it , if need , with his blood .
AH men should be brothers , their principles pure , To freedom and equity true ; Vbto others then act , be they neTer so poor , As ye would they should do unto you . trnta , freedom , and ri $ ht * r « tba same at e * eh Bone , Tbej are changed , not by time or by place ; Abo he who oppresses one country alone , If the foe of the hsman race . Our motto is equal rights and laws Oar call is freedom's call ,-Oar cause , the cause , the common cause , AH for each—each for alL Xo one imperially should tower , Nor gorern with iron rod ; The people are the sotereign power , Their roice is tl » Toice of God .
All GoTeTnmenfs but their instrnsseiit , Their mandate * to fulfil ; The land ' s their farm , and Heaven their ben t , The Jaw is the people's -wilL yhm onward , the noble , the true , and the brare , Death daring , all perils well share , rjats fr ?""» and porerty , despot and « tere , FfwJi be but as ?* i" « g » that were . As a pauper or slave , who would wear such a brand , Is not worthy in freedom to baak ; We no charity crare—it is right we demand—Hot bounty , but justice , we ask . And h » Te it we will , be oar fate what it may , Though our valleys behold ns no more : though oar gaels shall be fed with fresh victims each day , And the scaffold may stream with oar gne .
^ h » m onward , the cwue so holy and good , Bat unmans the nobl * and brave ; Who » ould not for freedom yield up his life's blood , Deserres to be ever s > slave . Th « envard , again , at freedom ' s high call , Oar Charter to death we * Q embrace-, Be sare that as fast as one leader shall fsD , jtiKthgr « h *? i xise in his place . DEMOCBa . TItWS .
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A KEW CHABTIST SONG , BI L f . KEJLD , O » BIKKISGSAJt . TP 5 K— " Tbe B » y of Biieay , 0 r Losdroar * d the people ' s thunder , And tyrants heard the storm , Ttitj trembled , and knocked under , And gave ns mock Reform . They felt the electric spark , Which bared corruption ' s atk ; Beat their vea , thsy turned pale , At the voiee of freedom . 0 2
Then osr good ship Britannia , Anwngnt the breakers lay , Poor bark ! we gladly mann'd her , With Whigs and Gaffer Grey ; But lubbers all they proved , And from the rocks ne ' er mored , There are they , till this day , On thy rocks , corruption , 0 . ' At length the People ' s Charter Shoott forth its beacon nys . ' fine deepens now her water , The tide around her plays ; Soon shall her lubber crew , Resign her helm to you ; Chartist * brave , ye must save , The goed ship , Britannia , 0 !
The morn of freedom ' s breaking , We hail it from afar ; And for a compass taking , Our glorious Northern Star ! Well soon the breakers clear , The port we aeon shall near ; Kow -we sail , -with the gale , For the Bay of Freedom , 0 . ' Our pilot , brave O"Cosxdb . ' We soon will get on board , More sail well crowd upon her , And get her richly stored ;
Msmrd by a gallant crew , Of Chartists staonch and true , We shall ride , with the tide , To the port of Freedom , O !
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« APOLOGY FOR A THIEF , OR THE TITLE OF "DIVINE RIGHT" A MASK TO COVER THE INIQUITIES OF THE GREAT . Bj » BmushIoujoitb . Oxford : Henry Alden , Corn Market . We have hare * somewhat ttneeremonioas attempt » proTe that all the world are ibieres , and that as «« great people who axe , by tbeir own account , at «• nead of the thievish community , by ** the Gr * ee * God , " and " Right Divine , " / s * a robbers by voice , so the rest of mankind & » eoapelled to
« eome robbers by neeesEty . Tbe Wok i * certainly * teen satire upon the present state of things , sno « 0 WB , byaTeferenee to faete , A » t those ^ wto are represented by history to be great and noble , fotm-< ten of empire * , and tbt benefactort of « az race , *» e , for the most part , robbers awl cat-throats mi that had they done the same acts ss those who *** represer ^ ed as great aad giorioas , on a more ? ° fttrsjeted scale , th * y woola bave e * iae down to Q 3 , « we had beard of them at all , with a rery diflerent oncter to that they bow amuse . We teem-* Btt the following clever hit to tbe upetialeoBai-Jnwkm of all who advocate the bampng of li » Ue veres , and the honouring of great one * : —
" I may befla with king Adam , at Bouwai stjrtas ™ , a » d his partoer Eve . They could not wsM the ^^ aUoa , aad stole the apple . As long as they *™**« d -ve may eansider one a hero sad the other a = ***» but when tiwy were weak « ough to steel »« Qzey had no Tight to , though smoonded by * J ^ ance of every thing , tltey were counted criminals {** . it is alleged as an excuse , that tttey were incited " » B 7 the smurinf of tbe devil : —this is granted , and ^« we may ssfely infer , that the cuntdng of thB aeT& i « " » ith every one wl » steal * , and of coarse he
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most bestow now of hi * cuniaf on great thieves than on petty ones ; this accordingly constitutes great thieves to have more of the devil in them than little ones , which therefore reader * them more devilish , and more to be dreaded . " Tbe following exquisite specimen of regal honesty cannot be too generally known . Who would not embalm , in the deepest recesses of the heart , t& memory of such exeuleni priaeeg I— * a . * v " Every one has read of the great embarrassment of the Prince of Wales , Duke ef York , and I > uke of Clarence , ( the latter , however , must be exempted from all cbarze of having enjoyed any of the profits arising from this transaction ) . These embarrassments were
the eonsftqnenee of their frequent debaucheries , and every source in this country was tried from which it was thought a supply could be raised , sufficient to avert the impending storm which hung over their b * vis ; but all endeavours failed . As a la « t resource , a loan wai attempted in Holland ; and Messrs . Bonney and Sunderland , then of George-yard , Lombard-street , were appointed notarial agents for the verification of the bonds ; and the late Mr . T . H&mmeraley , of PaU Mall , banker , was to receive the subscriptions , and to pay the dividends thereon , to the holders , on tbe jfoint bonds of the Prince of Wales , Dmke of York , and Dake of Clarence ( the latter merely lent his name as a further security to the bends , and to please bis elder brothers , ! . The sum intended to be raised was about one million sterling . After some slight interruptions the negotiation for this loan was confirmed : it was te bear six per cent interest , and the revenues of their royal highnesses were to be invested in the hands of
the late Ihikes of Northumberland and Portland , in order to-ensure the due payment of interest and principal . A large portion of the money , to the amount of nearly half a million , had been received by the Princes , when the revolution in France , in 1792 , presented an opportunity to reefst the payment of those bonds which had been circulated , and even the interest doe upon them was refused . During the revolution , some of the holders of these bonds escaped and arrived in England ; and , as tbeir last resource , they node numerous applications to the Princes for the interest due to them , if it were not quite convenient to discharge the bonds in full , but their applications were fruitless . The holders of these bonds , finding themselves unjustly treated , Mr . Marttgnae , one of the original subscribers to them , made an application to the Court of Chancery , and the affair came on . by way of motion . However , the matter was shirked , and the distressed refugees were never benefited by it
Kow follows the despicable part , \ nd the suspicious conduct , ( relative to these bonds , ) of the then Secretary of State for the Home Department Under the specious pretext of enforcing the Alien Act , this gentleman caused the whole of these injured claimants to be taken and put on board a vessel in the Thames , which was stated to be ready to sail for Holland . This vessel , however , cast anchor » t the Nore , for the professed purpose of waiting to recaire the necessary papers from the office of the Secretary of State . ' " The heart rending destiny of these unfortunate victims now only remains to be told . Although no
charge was preferred against thf . m , they were thus unceremoniously sent out of the kingdom by the decree of arbitrary power . From the list of twenty-six unfortunaU creditors of the Princes , fourteen were traced to the guillotine . The other twelve perished by another concocted plan of the hirelings of power . The two principal money lenders , Mr . Abraham and Mr . Simeon Bum , of the Hague , were endeavouring to maintain their shattered credit , and actually paid the interest due upon these bonds for two years themselres ; bat they were finally ruined , and one of the brothers put an end to his existence by a pistol , —tbe other by poison . "
At page 12 , we have some excellent remarks on the way in which history is taught . We quote them for the benefit of all who are interested in the instruction of you sh : — " Tbe history of England ought to be taught very differently to children than it has bitherte been . It is the duty of those who teach it at once to nmnfrnfc the real character of kings and their courtiers , and continually to remind the children of the fable of the frogs who were punished by Jupiter for wishing for a king , th&t Providence in like manner punishes the weakerminded nations of this globe who cannot rest contented until they have kings and courtiers to strip them of all good things . Then a new and more enlightened generation would rise op , who would blush to raad how their forefathers could have so tamely submitted to a few despicable tyrants and blasphemers , for daring to assume the words " *• graee of God" and " right divine " as a cloak to their infamy . This is tbe true light they
ought to be viewed in , and yet parents are weak enough when they pnt the history of England into a child ' s hand to point out to' him , with a corrupted notion » f glory , the portrait of this monster ; for instance , telling the child , " that is the great and glorious William , aurn&med the Conqueror , " while his servile heart secretly beats with pleasure , as he repeats tbe high sounding word Conqueror . ' lithe child were to say , but how cruel be was , the answer would be , " oh ! we must not say those things ^ my dear , it is all for the best ; God giTes those men power to govern us by his divine grace , " or-any such nonsense ; instead of telling the child plainly the truth , that he was a bastard , a usurper , and like most of those men in power , a robber and an inhuman monster . I repeat again , until history is taught fairly to children , and the infamy of the great unveiled to them , they will ever continue to imbibe a religious fear for their ppressors , and consider liberty and freedom a ieproach . "
At page 21 , the hirelings who disgrace the Christian priesthood , come in for a pretty hard blow from the iBmaebte ' B clenched fist , and with it we most close our notice ,-beggiDg oar readers to bear in mind , that the author does not apologise for thieving in the abstract , but only contends that if great men become robbers because t ^ jF like it , much maybe said for those who only roowieaase the arrangements of society forbid them to live without doing violence to some of the acknowledged principles of common honesty .
" As for the priests of our own country , I can only teH them that I never heard ot St Peter or any of the apostles going out a foxhunting , * er to steeple chases : or that their "belief was fashioned according t » the greatness or nmailnffus of their livings ; or that they ever refused any deceased person a Christian burial , because he had not left sufficient money behind him to purchase a small piece ef consecrated ground in a church-yard . Until it is proved that the apostles did all these things , we cannot at least consider oar priests as their successors ; and if it is proved that tbey also did those things , people ought to be ashamed to acknowledge themselves their successors . "
" * Only imagine for one moment St Peter out a fox hunting , on a spirited horse , hollowing behind a pack of hounds , and after clearing a hedge , tumbling into a ditch on the other side , and all the rest of the apostles leaping over hisa . "
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A Pipe . —A pipe ! it is a great soother ! a pleasant comforter ! , bine devfla fly before its honest breath ! it ripens the brain—it opens the heart ; and tbe man who smokes thinks like a Sage and acts like a Samaritan . —Sir Lyiton Bulwer ' k Night and Morning . Plkascees of Sixtsskbk . —Precious to the statesinan are the moments he can snatch for the common pleasures- which are strewed over the earth—meant , apparently , for the perpetual enjoyment of all its inhabitants . The child gathers flowers in the meadow , or runs up and down a green bank , or looks for birds' nests ererj spring-day . The boy and girl hear the lark in the field and the linnet in tbe wood , as a matter of course : they walk beside the growing corn , and pass beneath the rookery , and feel nothing of its Deing a privilege .
Th « sailor beholds the stars every bright night of the year , and is familiar with the thousand hoes of the changing sea . The soldier on his march sees the sun rise and set on mountain and valley , plain and forest . The citizen , pent up in the centre of a wide-built town , has his hour for play with his little ones , his evenings for his wife and nis friends . But for the statesman , none of these are tbe pleasures of every day . Week after week , month after month , he can have no eyes for the freshness of nature , no leisure for small affairs , or for talk about things which cannot be called affairs at all . He may gaze at pictures on his walls , and hear music from the drawiag-room , in the brief intervals of his labours ; and ae may now and then be taken by
surprise by a glimpse of the cool bright stars , or by the waving of the boughs of some neighbouring tree : be may be beguiled by the grace or the freak of some little child , or struck by some wandering flower-scent in the streets , or some effect of sunlight on the evening cloud : but , with these few ^ and rare exceptions , heloses sight of the natural earth , and of its free intercourses , for weeks and months together ; and precious in proprotion—precious beyond his utmost anticipation—are his hours of holiday when at length they come . He gazes at the creseent moon hanging above the woods , and at the long moraine shadows on the dewy grass , as if they would vanish before his eyes . He is intoxicated with the gurgle of the brook upon the stones , when he seeks the trout-stream with his line and basket : the whirring of the wild-bird ' s wing upon the moor ,
the bursting of the chase from cover , the creaking of the harvest-wain—the song of the vine-dressergthe langh of the olive-gatherers— in trerj land where these sounds are heard , they make a child once more of the statesman who may forjonce have eome forth to bear them . Sweeter still is the leisure-hour with children in the garden or the meadow , and the quiet stroll with wife or sister in the evening , or the gay excursion dnrisg a whole day of liber ty . If Sunday evenings are sweet to the labourer , whose toils involve bat little action of mind , how precious are his rarer holidays to the state-labourer , after the wear and tear of toil like his—after his daily experience of intense thought , of anxiety , and fear ! In the path of such should spring the freshest grass , and on their heads should fall the softest of the moonlight and the balmiest ef fee airs of heaveD , if riatnral rewards are in asy proportion to their parthase-inoney of toil .
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THE CHINA QUESTION . ( From the rtm * $ . J Six weeks or two months ago we were assared , with mueh exaltation on the part of the Whit newBwwere , and reiterated sneers , that our dispute with China , which ought aerarto have taken place at all , wasnappUy . nay gloriously , settled ; that Ms Imperial and Celestial Majesty had sunk under the fears inspired by the British arma ; that he had , through his Commissioner , submitted to all the demands of Admiral Elliot ; that three millions sterling had been lodged in the hands of some British authority or other , God knows what , as compensation to tine opium Merchants for their property , and to the
Queen of England for her insulted honour ; that " security for the future" had been " tacked to indemnity for the past" by the grant ot suoh concessions on behalf of the commerce of Great Britain as should be dictated by Admiral Elliot , who was described as reigning paramount over the councils of China . M Suoh , " solemnly remarked the Downing-street newspapers , in contemptuous mockery of the Duke of Wellington—^ Buch are the great results accomplished by means of 'little wars ?" Well , then , we are to be thankful for great results it seems—that is to say , after we are sure of having achieved them ; bat , with all deference , not till then .
Now , where are the proofs of each vast victories ! And wb . es were they effected , and where f On Saturday last we published the contents of our own express from Marseilles , which anticipated all the Government and other overland despatches , bringing down the Chinese intelligence from Chusan to the 24 th of October , and from Canton to Macao to the 3 rd of November . It thence appears that no new successes had been obtained , nor change of any sort experienced , since the date of the former gossipping and blustering correspondence ; that as for the old Buocessesjthey were all what may be termed u fudge ; " that as for the treaties signed and concessions granted , not an atom of negotiation had so
much as commenced , bo our " security for the future" was in the nature of moonshine ; that our " indemnity for the past" was pretty much in the same predicament ; that the three millions sterling were precisely where they had ever been—namely , at the bottom of the Celestial exchequer ; that so far from Admiral Elliot reigning paramount at Pekis , he had been forced to leave Chusan with his tail between his legs , either driven by force of circumstances , or by stress of humbug , and had repaired to Canton , the furthest extremity of the empire : to what good end , or with what result of the value of asingie box of opium , still lies over for the speculations -of the curious .
At Chusan , where exists the most tangible and enduring , and that a fatal , evidence of the fortune by which this expedition of Lord Palmerston has throughout been visited , there were landed from the British men-of-war upwards of 3 , 600 soldiers , Englishmen and Indians . But of these , little more than 2 , 000 ( 2 , 036 ) remained fit for duty , when the accounts came away . Sixteen hundred of our fellow-gubjects had perished or were disabled , without baring seen the face of an enemy worth speaking of .
Bat why did Admiral Elliot quit the northern coast of China , where he might enjoy , or enforce , it it so pleased him , an easy access to the seat of Government , and the most fat centre of negotiation t The prevailing belief upon this matter is , that the Admiral yielded , with credulous weakness , to the persuasions of the Chinese Ministers , who did not much relish his near neighbourhood to the capital , and that under their sinister suggestions he crowded sail for Canton at a season of the year when his return northwards wonld be difficult or impossible , and where he might be kept sitting " like Impatience on a monument , " until it suited the chicanery of the Court to play off some new set of malpractices apoa the noooiedom of Lord Minto ' s brother .
Then what has been the fruit of this famous expedition , sent forth and maintained at an expenoe of near £ 800 , 000 sterling , to make an example of the so-called swindlers of Canton , and teach them to swallow poisou with a better grace hereafter ! What has Admiral Elliot done f Bow mach of our Chinese quarrel has he settled ! How much money has he sacked in the way of compensation to our merchants ? What regulations in favour of British trade has he wrested from the Chinese Government ! How , and to what extent , has he repaid the cost to which his twenty or thirty ineffective pennants have put this much culled
nation ! Not to the amount of a single sous . At . he rate he has gone on , nnder , it is to be presumed , the instructions of Lord Palmerston , Admiral Elliot may be two or three years longer among the Chinese se& 3 , giving opportunities to military and naval gu&sips for sending home cock-and-bull fabrications about the doings or non-doings of the gallant Admiral , until certain unwelcome visitors from the Western side of the Atlantic , with a large assortment of stripes and stars upon their flag , fulfilling the predictions of Commissioner Lin to his master , shall disturb the gallant Admiral in his dreams of settlement with China , and salute his squadron after a different fashion from that practised by the miserable junks .
Upon the whole this melancholy war has been produced by the culpable negligence of the Foreign Secretary of England , in the three years during which he totally failed to send proper orders to Capt . Elliott for his guidance throughout a difficult and embarrassing state of our relations with the Government of Canton . The war measures , again , so useless in their origin , have in their execution proved feeble and discreditable , not a single step in advance towards a pacific settlement having been accomplished since the arrival of the British fleet upon the shores of China . We hope a balance-sheet will be called tor by one or more ot oar financiers in the House of Commons ; that on the production of a debtor and creditor account the couutry may be made distinctly sensible of what she has gained in return for what she has sacrificed by this immoral , unsuccessful , and disgraceful contest .
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BERJttONOBEY . —A meeting of the working classes took place on Sunday last , at Dock Head Chapel , Bermondsey , when a large party sat down to a comfortable tea , and in the evening were addressed by two of their company , who shewed in a very clever and feeling manner , that the objection and indifference to Christianity was owing to the system of Priestianity taking its place ; and bo long as the people dealt in proxies in matters of religion , and paid the man for speaking , thinking , and praying for them , so long would they remain ignorant of true Christianity , and slaves to ignorant and designing men . As the ' promoters of these Sunday meetings will be held up to scorn and ridicule for desecrating the Sibbath , and depriving th& priests of their authority in matters of religion , we hope that the liberal part of the community will give them their countenance and support .
Q REENOCK Mechanics' Institution . — Defeat op Bigotbt , amd Triumph op Libekalitt . —Ever since tbe erection of the building for the Mechanics' Institution in this town , there nas been a continual struggle , between tbe narrow-minded and bigoted minions of the clergy and the moneyocracy on the one side , and the liberal , intelligent , and independent portion of the working classes , on the other , as to how its aflairs should be managed , and in whose hands their administration should be vested . This contest , which has been characterised throughout by alternate victory and defeat to both parties , was terminated on Tuesday evening last , by the complete and unqualified triumph of the working men . The several interim committees , who have
hitherto managed the affairs of tbe institution , were successively engaged in drawing up a constitution for its future government , which constitution having been completed , a meeting of the subscribers was called for the above named evening , in order that the result of the committees' labours might be submitted to them . The committee , who have held office for some months back , ( by whom the constitution was finally completed , ) having been elected in an illegal manner , at a packed meeting of tbe subscribers , and consisting exclusively of the nominees of the illiberal and priest-ridden portion of the middle and upper classes , had contrived to frame the articles regarding the purposes for which tie building was to be used , and the
qualification for membership , bo aa to deprive the working classes of a full participation in its benefits , to exclude them from all share in its management , and to place it entirely in tbo hands of a despotic and Jesuitical faction . In their efforts to accomplish their nefarious intentions , no means , however despicable , were left untried . All who dared to dissent from them , or question the authority of their ipridutit , were denounced as Infidels , Chartists , and Socialists ; as men devoid of principle , who wished to apply the property of the subscribers to ibeir own advantage , ana to the furtherance of theflFown views . For some time previous to the night of meeting , a number of individuals , ( . the Commit toe of the Mechanics' Library , ) who
determined to rescue the institution from tbe grasp of the worthies to whom we have alluded , bad drawn up and published a code of laws , which they meant to propose for tbe adoption of the subscribers , in opposition to that prepared by tbe illegally elected committee ot the institution , who were held np to publie obloqny and scorn in every possible manner . At the meeting , on the evening above-named , a working man was put into the chair , in place of a magistrate . The code of laws drawn up by the working men was carried by a large majority , with the provito added , that it should be liable to amendment in detail . It was also agreed that the Hall Bhould not be let for any purpose on the Sabbath ; and a proposition that the Hall should not be . uedfer the dissemination of any principles eon *
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trary to those of Christianity was negatived by % large majority ; the argument in opposition to which proposition was , itaX there wast so much difference of opinion , as to what was and what was not in accordance with the spirit of Christianity . A new committee wa » then elected , composed of working men , and all of Liberal principles ; and , * ft «* « i « n&thn » cheers fcr the Charter , three for Peargus O'Connor , Ac , tbo meeting eeparated . . &KA 1 TGHBSTEB . _ 'Saivwujics . ^ -Uhe . ihm- * peranoe cause in Manchester is progressinitratAilv
among the Chartists . The following persons wish to bare their names attached to the address of Mr . Henry Vincent , the Rev . W . Hill , &c .: —Mr . James Leech , President of the Provisional Executive , and Chartist Missionary for South Lancashire ; Mr . Thpmaa Davies , President to the South Lancashire Delegate Meeting , and Treasurer to the Local Victim Fund ; Mr . Henry Nuttall ; Mr . JameB White ; Mr . Joseph Lenney ; and Mr . Matthew Green . The latter are members of various committees , and zealous and active individuals .
8 ELBY , — Ateocious Crublty on the part of the Poor Xaw Officers . —A poor man named Wilson , arrived at Selby by a steam-packet on Tuesday , 2 nd mat ., and feeling himself unwell , called at a public-house near to the landing place , and informed the landlord thathe was entirely destitute of money . In a snort time he became so bad as not to be able to leave the house ; finding which , the landlord applied on his behalf to the assistant overseer , and also to the relieving ofiicer of the Selby Union , neither of whom did any thin * for him . The poor fellow'Boase
has also been made known to the guardians of the poor , and they also hare declined rendering the man any assistance t the answer returned by the Guardians was , that the landlord of the inn must take all the responsibility upon himself , and one of the overseers ( a very humane man ) Mr . George Lowther , a methodist preacher , intimated that in the event of the man dying and the landlord not having ( at his own expence ) caused every attention and nourishment to be administered to him , that his affliction required , he would be chargeable by a coroner ' s inquest . So much for humanity and the Poor Laws , if such they be .
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A few Pbnnt Pieces make a man u very charitable "—small things make a great result . An UwFRiKKDLr Man is like a lemon—if you squeeze him , you only get acidity out of him . It isnow . wbbelibvb , definitively settled , that Mr . Wightman is to replace Mr . Justice Littiedale . FibB . —A fire took place lately at Messrs . Strutt ' a works , Belper , which was soon put out by the females , with the aid of the engine men . The Property ot' £ 20 , 000 , left by Mr . Evans to the chanties of Kilkenny , is about to be placed under the board of charitable bequests . A Reward of £ 100 has been offered for the apprehension of Houston Wallace , charged with the destruction of the Lucy . '
Earl Manvsrs' residence , Thoresby Hall , was broken into on the 3 rd instant , and a considerable quantity of property stolen therefrom . The Teetotallers appear to be progressing at Mansfield ; they have just issued an address to the public on the subject of temperance . The worthless statesman may turn his coat over and over agaio , but he will not be ablo to hide the hole . No fewer than eight fires took place on the 4 th inst ., in the metropolis , and property to a serious extent was consumed . Sir Astlby Cooper , who has been dangerously ill , is so muoh better as to warrant the hope of his speedy recovery .
The youngest Daughter of Prince Canino ( Lucien Bonaparte ) , is about to enter a French convent at Rome . The British Association have determined that the meetiug , which is to take place at Plymouth , shall commence oa the 12 th of July , and terminate on the 17 th . George Edwards , late op No . 19 , Shaftesburyterrace , Pimlico , a retired master butcher , has , by his will , baqueathed to the Butchers' Charitable Institution , a legacy of £ 100 . Best Mode op Suicide fob Ladies . —Wear thin shoes , laoe with a bed-winch and rope , and you may kill yourself without being suspected . —New York Herald .
Distress in London . —So great is the distress in the City of London at the present time , that it is contemplated to raise a public subscription to relieve it . In February , 1 , 535 , John Hooper , bishop of Gloucester , was burnt before the door of his cathedral , in that city , daring the reign of Queen Mary . Forgery . —At the Central Criminal Court , on Friday , Richard Moore , aged 30 , was sentenced to fifteen years transportation , for uttering a forged note for £ 5 , of the Salop bank . The name op Mr . Blake , » land agent of Galway , the bod of Sir Valentine Blake , of Menlo-oastle , appears in the Dublin Gazette as a bankrupt . His defalcations are stated at £ 20 , 000 .
Sudden Death . —On the 4 ; h instant , an inquest was held on the body of Mr . Thomas Winch , of Shepperton , who died suddenly whilst in Church . A verdiot of ' Natural death , by the visitation of God , " was returned . The total import of Wheat during the month ending the 5 th January , consisted of only 38 , 076 quarters , of which 3 , 384 quarters were from our colonies , and 34 , 692 quarters from foreign countries . Another Case . —At the same Court , on the same day as above , William Latham , formerly a dresser of Halifax , was sentenced to transportation for fifteen years , for forging a bill of exchange for £ 13713 s .
Fire . —On Sunday night last , about twelve o ' clock , Camberwell old church was completely destroyed by fire—nothing but the bare walls being left standing . Th * Shipping Gazette says— " We are informed that a considerable sum has been awarded to the proprietors of the James Watt , as compensation for the loss sustained by them in consequence of the detention of the vessel . " Has Morning Herald , speaking of Lord Morpeth ' s Irish Registration Bill , says , " theprinciple involved in its postscript is the principle of Universal Suffrage , thinly concealed and covered over with a nominal five-pound qualification . "
The Guardians of the Boston Union , at a Board held on Saturday laBt , ordered The Penny Magazine , The Saturday Magazine , and Chambers' Edinburgh Journal , to be taken in regularly for the use of the inmates ef tbe Union House . —Lincoln Gaz . Melancholy Shipwreck . —We regret to learn that , on Wednesday night , a small sloop , which was in tbe habit of conveying stores from Fife to Granton Pier , sunk near Burntisland , and a man and boy , who were on board of her , perished . —Edinburgh Courant . The monks in Switaerland ( Canton of Argau ) are
being dislodged by the military authorities , having received in maay instances notice to quit in twentyfour hours ; the convents are to be sold ; it was said that the nuns had taken an active though secret part in fomenting the late disturbances . Man Frozen to Death . —On Sunday morning , the dead body of a young man , name uuknovm , was discovered in a lane leading from Kingston bottom to Richmond . It was supposed the deceased had sat down to rest himself , and that he had fallen asleep , and became a victim to the extreme severity of the weather .
Nottingham . —Notwithstanding the immense number of cut-ups made , and the outcry respecting foreign cotton hosiery , there is no branch of the Nottingham trade that has remained so free from fluctuation as the old full fashioned cotton hose trade . Wages are certainly very low , but employment , like the demand , is constant and uniform . Court of Exchequer . —( Saturday . )—Dunn »¦ Angela Burdett Coutts . —The court was occupied » great part of the day with a casein which the well-known Mr . Dunn was plaintittJn an action for false imprisonment . Miss BurdetiToutts appeared as a witness , and was examined at considerable length by Mr . Dunn . —Verdiot for defendant .
In the Central Criminal Court , on the 4 th inst ., two women were separately tried for the wilful murder of their infant illegitimate children . In both cases the jury returned verdicts of "Not Guilty . " One of the prisoners is a widow ; and the body of the child was taken from a sexton , as he was about to inter it , by a policeman . Several marks of violence were perceived on its neck and face . Public Executions . —Mr . Rich has given notice that on Tuesday , the J 6 th of February , he will move for leave to bring in a Bill M to prohibit the publie
execution of criminals , and to provide for their execution within the gaols in which they may be con * fined , before duly appointed authorities , and a limited number of witnesses . " * Thames Police . —Thursday , the * th , being the day appointed for the re-examination of Captain Robert Willimaa Cook , the master and part owner of the schooner Aligator , and George Wakeham , the ohief mate of the tame vessel , charged with the wilful murder of William Sago , an apprentice , the prisoners were pat to the bar before Mr . BaUantine . The prisoners were committed for trial .
Unequal Taxation . —The railway proprietors pay one-eighth of a penny per mile , the stage-coach froprietors one-fourth , and the postmasters ttaeefourth 8 of a penny for every passenger they carryin other words , the individual coaohmaster is taxed twice as heavily , and the individual postmaster six times as heavily , as the great joint-sto « k companies . —London paper .
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St . Albar ' s El * c t * o * . —At the final Ooft of the poll , on Tuesday , the ooiabers were . — ^* LordListowel ( Whig ) ..............-iS 5 « Mr . Caebell ( Tory ) ... I ......... T » Majority ....... I .. —42 ¦ MoJMOOTasHiM EtBcrioKi—Mr . Tracy , the Liberal candidate , has resigned , and the representative of the Carlton Club and tbe Duke of Beaufort , Mr . Ootanns Morgan , will , without opposition , i > e returned fw the county . No Bot CHiwntT-swBEPS Allowed . —By an Act of Parliament , / passed in Julyj 1840 , on and after the I » .. of January , 1842 , a penalty of not mote than £ 10 nor less than £ 5 is imposed spon all persons who sha !) compel or knowingly allow any young person , wider the age of twenty-one years , to ascend i s > chimney for the purpose of sweeping it , or tor ] extinguishing tke fire therein .
Fire . —On SaUrday night an extensive fire broke out in the warehease pf Mr / Johnson , a caWaet and bedstead maker , Long-alley , Moorfields . Through the exertions of tbe neighbours and a strong party of the city police , the stock ot the shop was eared . On an inquiry it was ascertained that the fire had originated through a defective gas-pipe in , the warelouse . Mr . Johnsop is insured in the Sun and Union fire-offices . Dr . Channing , in hh lecture on war , proposes to alter altogether the military equipments of officers and men , to strip them of all their finery , so attractive to the vanity of the young—to remove all g * udy colours , all laces , feathers , epaulettes , & « . &c , and to adopt the most sombre colours for uniforms , as best suited io the dreadful trade of human carnage . This , he thinks , would check , considerably , the love for military career .
In a village near to Barnsley , there ia living what may be justly styled an industrious man ; at the village church there , he undertakes the following duties , vie : clerk , sexton gives out the psalms and hymns , leader of the singing in the orchestra , plays fowvioloncello , and tolls the bell for service . There is a still more industrious man living in a village near Lincoln , who , to all the above professions , adds those of grocer , baker , parish constable , and blacksmith . The "Gazkitb bk Tribbnaux" reports the trial
at Tours of a young Englishman , named Alcock , who had robbed his employer , a banker at Nottingham , of eight hundred sovereigns , and fled to Boulogne , and thence to Tours . The Offence for which je was tried was travelling with a false passport ; but the most interesting feature in the affair was the refusal of the French authorities to surrender him to an English police-officer , " as the English Government could never be prevailed upon to deliver up a refugee from France under similar circumstances . " The prisoner was only fined fifteen francs , and discharged .
Lord Cardigan ' s Trial . —It is stated that the fitting up pf the House of Lords for the trial of Lord Cardigan will cost £ 2 , 000 . Tbe pviblio have hus to pay £ 2 , 000 because Lord Cardigan was pleased to call out and shoot Mr . Tuckett . This is a piece of feudalism rather too irrational and costly for our times . Cardigans should bo relegated to the Old Bailey . A dozen duels by Peers in the course of the year would be attended with an expence and interruption of the business of Parliament that would compel the public to call for an abrogation ef the absard privilege of the Peers . — '
Eaamxner . Sudden Illness of the Duke of Wellington . — The Duke of Wellington was , on Friday evening , eei&ed with sudden indisposition in the House of Lords . The Noble Duke , as is his custom , occupied his usual seat before five o ' clock , and appeared to be in good health and spirits , conversing cheerfully and familiarly with the Earl of Aberdeen and Lord Ellenborough . About a quarter after five o ' clock , the head of the Noble Duke was aeen suddenly to droop forward , as though he were fainting . His arm was immediately laid hold of by the Earl of Aberdeen , who , assisted by Lord Ellenborough , removed him instantly from the House . The following bulletin was issued on Saturday : — " Apsley House , 6 th Feb ., 1841 . —The Duke of Wellington has passed a quiet night , and is better this morning . -J .-R . Hume . ' ' .
Cost of the Rural Police . —The overseers and select vestries of the townships of Butter worth , Castleton , Spotland , Waerdale and Wardle , and Ward leworth , have memorialised the magistrates of Lancashire to take steps for the abolition of the new constabulary force in that county . They state that since the very heavy increase of the county rate , mainly occasioned by the introduction of the new force , the overseers and collectors have found the greatest difficulty in collecting the poor-rate , so as to meet the various demands upon it ; that the ratepayers are serious sufferers from this additional tax , which , if persevered in , will involve in ruin many industrious families ; that the memorialists are of opinion that the condition of the people in these townships require that some means of alleviating their distress should be adopted , and that nothing appears more likely to forward that object than the relieving them from the expenses of the constabulary force ' .- ^ Nottingham Review .
Skdvction and Bigamy . —Joseph Norris , a man of mature years , of solemn countenance , and most grave deportment , vras charged with the two-fold offence of seduction and bigamy , at Lambeth policeoffice . It appeared that a young woman named Jane Green applied to Mr . Norton on Thursday , for a warrant to apprehend the prisoner . Mr . Norton requested her to explain the circumstances , when ehe stated that the prisoner was a shoemaker , and devoted his time on the Sabbath to preaching in the highways and bywayB . Jane not being on good erms with her brother ' s wife , consented to live with the prisoner and his second wife . He became at once her preceptor and spiritual adviser ; he taught ler to read the Bible , and explained to her passages
of Scripture ; and , at length , believing that so good a man intended no harm , she yielded to his wishes , and her ruin was the cousequence . Prisoner then , forsook his home and his wife , and took his poor deluded victim to live with him . He afterwards cast her off , and she found herself despised and discarded by her friends . The magistrate toii-the girl , that through her own weakness , she had involved herself in ruin . Had she made the charge when her betrayer first indecently assaulted her , he might have been punished according to his demerits ; but for the seduction , wicked as it had been , there was no remedy but by an action for damages . The prisoner was then charged with bigamy , and remanded until further evidence could be obtained .
The Failure op Messrs . Keasley , Tanners , op Bermondsey . —Since the bankruptcy of Messrs . Wright , the bankers of Henrietta-street , Coveutgarden , no failure has excited so much astonishment , or has been attended with such melancholy results , aa the failure of Messrs . Keasley , the tanners , in Long-lane , Bermondsey . The firm was considered the richest in that part of London , and the horses and harness were exceeded by no house in town , or , perhaps , the world . The Messrs . Keasley had for a o » k series of years carried on one of the most extensive trades iu Bermondsey , or within five miles of it . The liabilities of the firm are variously stated , as amounting from £ 100 , 000 to £ 250 , 000 . The chief
creditors are reported to bo Messrs . Streatfield and Lawrence , leather-sellers , of Lime-street , to the amount of £ 17 , 000 ; Mr . Sharp , currier , of Russellstreet , Bermondsey , £ 7 , 000 ; the firm of Warren and Co ., blacking-makers , £ 20 , 000 ; Messrs . Boucher and Mortimer , leather-factor * , of the new leather-market , Bermondsey , £ 7 , 000 ; Mr . Vonsley , who keeps a public-house in Long- lane , £ 200 , fora cheque which be cashed , besides a large amount owing by the men , who ** used " his house . The consternation which this bankruptcy has caused is great , and has placed out of employ all , or nearly all , the men . Messrs . Keasley are also said to be the contractors to Government for the patent leather > elts .
Whig Government . —I was passing by a farmhouse the other day when , in a dry gutter at the sunny side of a hedge , I saw a cat , which I immediately perceived was weak with some kind of suffering . She made a feeble and ineffectual attempt to catch a large fly that was buzzing about her , and , when she saw me , she staggered a few paces up the road , but soon turned aud looked very wistfully at me . She was nothing but skin and bone , and could scarcely keep on her legs . I could not resist her mute appeal . I went to the house and toldlthe farmer ' s dame that her cat was very weak with want and must soon die unless she served her . The woman said — *? Who worth her ! she may catch mice . " Now the poor ereature might have cleared the place of
mice—at any rate she was too feeble to catch them now—and whether this woman , surrounded . by plenty , would listen to my appeal , I know not , but I felt at the time , that I could have put the poor oat out of her misery , whioh would have been more humane than to let her linger ia the pangs of starvation . I am in the habit of reflecting much on the cruelty of our Whig Government , and I coold not help but turn this incident toraocounfc The unemployed poor of this country are hungering to deathneglect is sometimes murder . Our factions hare plenty to riot in and think not pt the wanks of the people—who , were they to take of the plenty they bare produced , would be punished for theft by the Blunderers of it . Work has failed , and they are
reduced by want so- as to be unable to wore . » emonstate -with gov ^ orament and we shall be told the poor are idle , mi wish to lire on the laboars of the mdostrious-tbey Must depend on Providence and tbeir own resources . Dothe rich depend y on rrovidence , or on the resources of the poor Vhioh they have deprived them of t Cats should not be ksptto starre ; let aloae men , women , and children . Our factions sot only hunger the people , but they are s « atv ef esttelty io animalB—this very cat was a victim < rf the Whig Government . The reader may laugh , if he be so barbarous ; but lean prove it . The keartless depravity of the Whigs hardens all ranks- and degrees beneath them , except the people vfkftSJtflbc . —Csrre « PoiM £ a » A
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Lawsuit fob a Stetti . —Tlwwn of the ttfcbraterf Frenoh physician , M . Pinel , has instituted * lairsuit for the recovery of his father ' s skull , whfo& had been preserved by M . Esqutrol , a distinguished jStttifl of M . Pinel ' s , as a memorial of his master , m . Esquirol is recently dead , » ad the son of the great physician now puts forward a claim which he had hitherto waived . Scdz » £ n Death . — On Saturday evening , Mr . Edward Monks , of Mersey-street , Liverpool , who had been ailing for some time previous , fell down iu ¦ a neighbour ' s house , and instantly expired . He was i in the 62 d year of his age , and ftom a quantity of blood feund ia his house tfter hiv decease , it is supposed that be ruptured a- blood vessel and had gone out Isr assistance . The inquest held on Tuesday , on view of the body , found a verdict of "Died by tbeTisrtationof God . " ¦
Stereottmwg bt Galvanism , —Fro » ' the German papers it appears that the electro-galvanic proeess has keen applied by Herr yon PoUfcammer , the editor of a Berlin periodical called the Yolkfreunde , to ike making of stereotype piatea for letter-press printing . The saving is sai * to >» considerable , aa the value of the sulphate . of copper precipitated is trifling compared with the expense of casting plates in type-metal , especially , '»• the copper plate may be taken oat of the sulphate tvongjt when- v « ty thin , aad can be made of any deaired thickness by laying a coat of melted lead on thfr back .
Murdbr at Howraa . © . —Since the boy Rudge ha » been conveyed to Gloucester , his coat b&a been examined , and it is now discovered that it contains * great many diBtinot spots of Mood which are not to * be mistaken : the sleeves are particularly marked , and the liniDg of one of them has been torn out : toe * lining of tlie pocket of bis trousers was also bloody ; --Bristol'Times . HiiBi of Sheriff * fob 1841 . —( From the ( y aareWeJ—Cumberland , J . Robertson Walker , of GiUgarron , Bsq »; Derbyshire , J . B . Bowden , of Southgate House , Eeq , ; Durham , William Russell , of Brancepeth Castle , Esq . ; Lincolnshire , Sir J . C . Thorold , of Syston Parky Bart . ; Northamptonshire , Sit R ^ H . Gunning , of Horion , Bart . ; Nottinghamshire , . Ifenry Smith , of Wilford , Esq . ; Staffordshire , ThomaajCartwrigbt , of Hill HaU , E ? q . ; Yorkshire , Frederic * William Thomas Vernon Weatworth . of WentwdTth Castle , Esq ;
GRO 3 S BRUTALITIES' ODER TH * POOR LaW . —A report having been made to the Board of Guardians , by Mr , Wier , the Governor , of undue severity exercised by the schoolmaster , Fuller , towards the children , notice was given from the Guardians to the Poor Law Commissmers ; and on the following Monday , Mr . Main , one of the Assistant Commissioners , attended to investigate ; the charges . From this in * vestigation it appeared that he ( Fuller ) had used very harsh mean 3 in the correction of a boy , named LUley , and two others , varying from seven to eleven years of age , by a stick of some substance , the blows from whieh had left several severe marks of
punishment . One of the children had been made to take off his jacket , and he was laid across the form . The offences which they bad , committed were of the moat trivial nature—one had : neglected to learn his lesson a second had carried Borne snow on his shoes into the school-room ; and the third had made a mistake in an errand . Mr . Burgess , surgeon to the Union , and two other medical gentiemen , were examined , who gave testimony to the severe manner in which the punishment had been inflicted . The case was then laid before the Chief Commissioner , and an order has been received that Fuller is to be immediately discharged . . - ¦
Assault . —A pretty looking young widow , named Mary Catalla , residing at No . 9 , Clarendon-place , Somers' Town , preferred a charge of assault , at Marylebone police-ofBce , oa Saturday , against Don Narcissa Avtles , a teacher of thn guitar , 51 , Upper Seymour-street , Eustou-square . From the evidence of complainant it appeared that defendant was in possession of some papers and other ai tides which had belonged to her late husband , and that on her applying to him ( defendant ) / or the said property , a few days since , he not only refused to deliver ii up , but thrust her with- muoh violence into the road . She was considerably bruised upon the knees and several other parts of her person , of which fact she offered to convince the magistrate , by allowing him
to " inspect her should he think fie to do so . Mr . Chad wick smiled , and said there was no occasion or that , her statement upon oath being quite sufficient . The defendant denied hariag violently assaulted the complainant , who , as alleged by him , called him a rogue , and other vile names , before he laid bands upon her at ail . Several witneises , pro and ton , were examined ; and defendant was conviciei in the penalty of 20 s . and costs . The Frankfort German Paper of the 11 th of January , 1841 , contains the following marvellous prophesy : — " In the Frenoh Pyrennees , Haut Con > iningo , there lives in . great poverty and secJusion from the world , an old man named Bug de Milhas . who for more than half a century has been looked upon by his countrymen as a prophet ; but he has
not often promulgated his predictions . In the year 1780 , he foretold the revolution of 1789 ; the rise of Napoleon in 1793 , and his fall in 1812 ; and in 1828 , he predicted the revolution of July , 1830 . Since then he has remained mute until now , when he sends forth the following astounding prophecy , that in 1842 , a war will again break out , in which Great Britain will be annihilated ; Paris reduced to & mere spot , and priests and lawyers disappear . However crazy in its separate predictions this last prophecy may appear , it is creating a great sensation in a large part of France , amongst the superstitious classes . .. . ' ' . : . ¦ ¦ , Bethlem Hospital . —A correspondence has taken place between the Marqnis of Nermanby and Sir
' eter Laurie , the President of Bethlem Hospital . The Marquis , at the request of Sir Peter , appointed two physicians to examine into the treatment of criminal lunatics in Bethlem , that , as the minister officially responsible , he might be able to form an opinion on the subject . ' The physicians made the inquiry , and gave in their-report ; and Lord Normanby , in communicating * the report to the President , thought it necessary to accompany it with some additional observations , " not only on tbe origin of the complaint , on which some stronger language had been used by the Governors in their letter to the Noble Marquis than he thought was borne out by the course of the examination , out also on the conduct of some of the servants , and the condition of the patients ; the effect of whioh observations was to qualify the approbation he should otherwise have been supposed completely to share . "
The report , without the accompanying letter , was published in the morning papers ; and when . Sir Peter is asked why this partial publication took place , he very cavalierly answers , " The Committee being of opinion that the report of the physicians , founded , as it is , upon a careful and unprejudiced personal inquiry into the whole circumstances , should be sent io the Governors for their opinion , without comment or observation , is the only reasos that your Lordships ' s letter was not also circulated . " Sir Peter , wrapt up in the idea of his own consequence , deals with the Home Secretary as if his opinion were of no more importance than that of a blind fiddler ; and it became necessary for the Noble Marquis to remind him of the position in whioh he stood , and that Sir Peter was not justified in treating his communication " as that of au indifferent person , instead of the opinion of one whose imperative duty is to watch over and correct any abuses in the treatment of criminal lunatics . "—
Morning Chronicle . On Monday morning , at a quarter before sue o ' clock , an explosion took place at the extensive distillery belonging to Messrs . ' Seager and Evans , situate at Miibank , Westminster . It appears thai the large still became overcharged and exploded , forcing ; off the extensive roof of the still-house ; & quantity of spirits became ignited , aud the utmost alarm prevailed for the safety of tbe extensive building and stock . The fire-engines , with a large body of the brigade-men , were promptly in attendance , and by great exertions succeeded in arresting the progress of the flames . Considerable damage has been sustained to the building , but fortunately not any person received injury . Charge of Famishing a Child . —On . Saturday ,
at the Police-office , there were placed before Mr . Rushton an elderly man- and woman , who were charged with having systematically starred a ohild . The male prisoner was the father of the boy , and the woman was his housekeeper . There came forward , as accusers , several female neighbours of the prisoners , and one of them bore in her arms a ohild apparently about twelve months old , but in reality of the age of six years . Its face was of a death-like aspect , it was shockingly thin and shrunken , and when its limbs were exhibited , there ran a thrill of horror through most of the spectators , who averted their faces from the sight . ¦ „ The witnesses all concurred in statingas their belief that the child w »» starved , and they added thatwhem it went mtoany
of the houses of the meighbours , it . w ? uld . point to the bread in a ravenous manner , andrefuse to ee > away unless food was given to it . It invariably acted in a similar way when it saw another child with any victuals . One 6 f the witnesses , who ha * known the boy for three years , stated that it was * fine healthy ohild when she first knew it , and could then walk ; but now it eould scarcely jgo > about , and was generally confined to the pjarretT It ate greedily whatever food was given it They could not say whether it had had a disease that would produce emaciation . A surgeon wfcokad examined the child stated , however , thai it laboured under
disease of themesentrie glands . He judged so from the swelling of the abdomen and the voracity of tb * appetite , both of whieh . were symptoms of the disease ; Wheu the meaentrie glands are affected , nourishment is prevented from entering the system . The female prisoner said , I have fed him till I thought he would have died . When ho has been filletf near to bursting , he would fl y at a child with meat as though he was starved . " The prisoners were discharged , but reprimanded by Mr . Kushton , for some slighter negligence and cruelty towards the child , which had been jbrought out in the etideoee . —lAvmrptol 1 \ om . ' " :
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