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TEE CHARTIST BOLD . A SOSG . Tiojc— " Firm as Oak . " OH , firm M •** ^ ^ fr 0111 f 6 ** Tbe Cbartist bold sbould be ; Bis arm is far hit country de&r , To achieve cer liberty . Come veal come Toe , Stffl on -we go , Onr Charter to attain ; Om cause UjttBt , In God tee trust . TTe soon » liaH see onr country free . We booh shall see obi country free .
Onr Charter we know -will lay tyranny low , And union from discord flow ; Then nnite , nnite , unite , The Charter to attain . TJnite , nclU , The Charter to attain . Taongb tyranny ' s despotic band Bare chained enr patriots brave ; dough persecution ' s iron head Hath brought them to the grave ; Come Mreai , came troe , , gall on -we go , Our Charter to attain ; Oar cause is jnst , la God -we trust , "We soon shall see onr coat-try free . We * 3 oa shall aee oar country fres .
Ocr Charter we know , yr iU lay tyranny low , Ajd uni-n from discord flaw ; BieB Tinite , unite , unite , Tbe Charter to attain . Unite , unite , The Charter to attain . TBOJM-iS 31 . Wheeixb , Kensington .
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YOU O'CONNOR'S RELEASE . Bnrraa , hurrah , behold lie comes , Oar champion now is free ; Then ssucd yonr trnmpcts , test yoar drnsu , Aafi shoot hurrah for liberty . He come * to plead tbe labourer ' s cause , Aad brsai the tyrant's chain ; For tqaal rkhts and equal laws , } so more hell plead in v&in . Be coses to 1 * 11 his foes onee more , Oar riihts thty shall not barter j And to proclaim from shore to shore , Onr binlirtebt and onr Charter .
He comes ro dig the aespoVs grave , T . i hnrv the tyrsnts there ; £ n < i wif : scross ice ocean * ware , The exiled orphans' prayer . He comes to tote th « Chartist reins ; lae oppressor ' s threats he'll spam ; And sever the exQes rankling chains , . And T ? lcDiiie their return . E = ( xw . es to seal Trith unsparing hand , The fete of per icll foes ; vrtoTe dealt tlestrucnon thro' the land , And syara'd ifae labourers' woes . He eomrf , tho' gentle in bis guise , Reaew'd in strength and braTery ; lbs sun Trill now soon csasa to rise , Os tvrants and on Elavery .
Hurrah , ksmib , behold lie ccraes , A ^ iin ear chi ^ i p ' un ' a free ; Come , sonnd the trumpets , beat the drams , Aud Eiion : hurrah for liberty . J . W . C
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• V I ^ IGMAFaoM heaTen I fill , though from earth . I begin , So lady aliv ? can show such a skin ; I ' m bright ss an angel , and light as a feather , Boi beat ? and d » ri when yon ignseze me together j Though tkndonr and truth in my aspect I bear , Yet many poor creatures 1 help to ensnare ; Thonsh so much of heaTen appears in my make , The foulest Impression I easily take ; My parent sad I produce one another , The mother the daughter , the daughter the mother . Tf . C
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SILK WOSHS JlSV SILK WEAVERS . While ye reel the silk , begin Isan-aion , * to grieTe , — That—which pamper"d silkworms spin , Starring mortals weave ! Chinese maid ! thy living germ , Food and trsrmth receives , Had the weaver been a worm He had fed on leaves ! Soon hi * thread of life wss spun , Fsinir . e , toil , and care "Were his portion * neath the sun , Breathing noisome air . ' WMle ye reel the sH , 4 c . Ah ! Phalseaa-morit blest ]
To 3 for man , —and then—Use from hence and be at rert , — Happier far than men ! Chinese maid!—silk- weavers ne ' er—Perishing could be—If * hiy gain'd Vnt half tbe care Silkworms win from tbee . WMle ye reel the silk , tc
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TJeer'd Sesh , no longer firm . ' Chill'J—tbeir flntt ' ring breath !—Weavers perish I—not a worm—E ' er ia starv'd to death ., Wfcile these martyrs of the loom , — Xe ' er to labour loth , — Jaiiix and disease consume ! Ciiiih'd Ulore tie moth ! A . Boo >" , Chartist , Plymouth * if other of the worms ( in the Chinese fcengne ) waos ofiiee it is to keep tbera warm and well fed . t The mulberry-moth .
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We haTe been faronred with No . 31 , of this day ' s date , froa which ire giTe the following extract : — " It was a mistake in the trne knowledge of th « people which cost the Whigs their characters and power , and will deprive them of their place * . It shall notbemyisolt if the Conservatives fall into the s&mt rs&re . " Perhaps I bLsII stagger yon and many of my re&dm vith what I am abent to say . At all risks , I will speak the truth—truth which , as I before said , 1 have not learned from books , but from experience , for which I am now , at your bidding , paying very dearly .
" I have Ktudied the working people in their homesia their workshops—in the factories—nay , I have followed them in their wanderings , to the hospitals , infirmaries , ale-houses , workbousea . &nd prisons . I have naried their miseries and their poverty—poverty , neglect , aad want , in a Christian countxy , which is the reward of excessive industry!—and I have been astonished at their patience and forbearance , under oppression which would even drive wise men mad' . " I can bear testimony to their affection for their wiies and children—their kind regard , and manly , fwniers , sacrifice * for their ueighbOTirE , who are in gnsiet want t >»« i themselves—tbeir devoted attachment to those who rank higher than they do , and who show them aay kindness—their considerate and touching benevclence to such , when reduced to
povertytbeir regard and affection to their employers who are just , end kind , and sympathising—and their forbearazce to those who most cruelly oppress and shamefully defraud them—their love of tieir native spot , ' the place where they first drew their first breath , and Where they hope to draw their last "—their aitachment to tbe church round which the ashes of their fathers slumber—rjd , where the clergyman is found at his pest a faithful watchman of Israel , their devation and reverence towards him . In a word , their love of peace and order—their dislike of confusion and changethsii fondness for old local limits , and tfeeir enmity to in lnnovatienB . Their attachment to the poll and rural pleasures , nre manifest even in their cellars and f * rrets ; there yon often find birds and plants—nay , even in the factories I have seen flower-pots containing valuable plants and splendid specimens of cucumbers !
" Such , Sir , are amongst the rnling virtues of the working classes of England , who are , in fact , as a bo ^ y , a religious , affectionate , honest , industrious , Patriotic ana loyal race : " ' But , ' sy their enemies , they are ignorant ' . ' Indeed . ' Is Bible knowledge ignorance ? Is the knowledge of the human heart ignorance ? 1 b * ommon sense ignorance ?—Sir , the men who charge the workmg classes of England with ignorance , never mixe < i with than—never knew them . If they bad done bo , ttey would not prove their own ignorance by Mwerting such f oily . " I once thought that tbe working people were ignorant - , but , Si , since then , 1 have sat under their tuition , and I am the wiser for their lessons . I would lave their accusers to do the same , and , in the school o / the labourers and operatives of England , to learn wisdom .
" I am not a flatterer , neither am I afraid of the ¦ we * of pride , conceit , and ignor&mee . Upon the Bubjecton which I am now writing , I can make no mistake , ** cuue 1 write only the result of experience . I record acts which have come under my notice , with respect to which it is impossible that I can err ; but the truth ib « o very far from the comnionJy received notion , that I to prepared to meet the doubt * of many sincere and j&eeilent men . I respect those scruples ; but knowing tt * itiiev we erroneous , 1 zm the more resolved , at this ** eitfai epoch , to « peak tight out . "
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BABNSIiE ? . —Serious Accident . —On Saturday last , as Edward Bate ? was oiling a portion of the machinery at Messrs . Courdssy ' s Bieach Crofta , he got entangled therein , ami his arm was torn out of thesocket . - The poorfellowi ? suffering in extreme agony , and it is thought bj mzuj he will not reeover . CASXJSXJ 3 . —Late Election "Rows . "—An appeal was made in the Slar of the 17 th instant , in behalf of two men who have been charged with the murder of a policeman named Jaidine . From all we can learn , the policeman was very indiscreet in striking in all directions , paying no regard to age nor sex ; having knocked down two little boys who
could not get out of the way ; and also felled down a poor woman , and Btruck another with a child in her arms . We question the right of Mr . Grahame , superintendent of the police force , to give his men orders to draw their staves and charge the people ; for though a few stones were thrown , bo particular damage was done ; and if the crowd had been let alone they would hsve speedily dispersed . Compared with forme ? elections , vre can say , without fear of contradiction , that it was a very peaceable one . We regret extremely that the policeman should have have been killed ; bnt we are confirmed in our opinion that the unfortunate cireumstanoe arose out of his own forwardness and indiBcreiion . This
unhappy result has , we have no doubt , been partially the means of causing several other 3 to be arrested for breaking windows aud interfering with the police , "wheu in discharge of their duty . No less than seven or eitjht persons have been committed on the above charges . In some cases the persons thus committed by the Borough Magistrates wore prepared to prove an alibi , but the magistrates said they were determined to commit them , so that it was not material for them to do so . We were grieved to see this predetermination on the part of the magistrates , for we always considered them as minor judges , placed on the beech to administer justice to all parties , according to the evidence . It must be considered a great hardship , when an innocent individual is committed to gaol
even for a day , when he is prepared to clear himself by evidence of the most indisputable kind . The greatest praise is due to Mr . O'Connor , for his promptness in giving advice , and otherwise assistint ; the committee that has been formed , for the purpose of providing a good legal defence for there men charged with the murder of the policeman ; to whom they could have no personal grndge , that we are aware of ; indeed we believe thej scaroely knew him at ail . The thanks of the committee are likewise due to Mr . George Julian Harney , who has so generouslv responded to their apppe&l through the columns of the Northern Star , in his address to the democrats of the West Riding of Yorkshire . The asriz ' -s will commence on the 4 th of August , so that subscriprions aught to be sent in to Mr . James Arthur , bookseller , as speedily as possible .
ASHTOK-UNPZB .-Zi 7 NE .-The inhabitants of this vown have so fax resisted the levy of a church rate , as to cause a dead silence to come over the tower of the Parish Church . The clock has not moved a quarter of an hour , neither has there becu one single pe » l rung on the bells for more than two months , wiiicb . has been the cause fcf one of the inhabitants composing the following satire : — A CONVERSATION BETWEEN ASBTON CHVBCH CLOCK
AND O . N £ OF THE BELLS . One dark stormy night , as in pitiful plight , Through the churchyard of Ashton 1 passed ; I fhelter * d awhile , in a nook of the pile , From the raia whicij fell iieavy and fast . Ard while I stood there , a noise I did hear , Which made me look roand me with dread ; Bat 1 very soon found , that this wonderful sound , Did proceed , from the steeple o ' erhead . Xow you'll think that I lie , but I don't , no , not I , For as sure as there's water in wells , A discourse I did hear , wbich took place I declare , Twixt the -church clock and one of the bells . " Oh good l&ck a . day » " tins dock It did s&r > " My heart is both heavy and sad ; To think 1 should be , thus iii used , do ye see , Its enongh to make sujv clock mad .
" Ton know that from youth , I ' ve always told truth , And it brings bitter tears in my eyes , Thus idly to stand , without moving my hand , And tell . people nothing but lies . " For to each that comes by , and lifts up his eye , Enquiring the time of the day ; Ba it morning or noon , late at evening or eoon , 'A quarter past fiye' I still say . " " Thus though I ' m not to blame , I have lost my good name , To redeem it I never can hope ! So now in despair , I will swing , I declare , If yon'U onJy just lend me your rope . "
" My rope ! Mrs . Clock , how my feeling * you shock ! Dont you know , that tbe very same day That your ticking was stopp'd , my bell-rope was cropp'd , And taken completely away . " " But , though since that time I ' ve not uttered a chime , Dont imagine I ' m down in the maw ; No , 111 let people see , if they put upon me , That I do not care for them a straw . " "And it grieves me to hear , you talfcing so qneer , Abont hanging yourself ; Oh dear me ! Don't yourself make away ; but have patience I pray ; Why , they'd bring it in felo-de-se !" " And what if yon do tell a story or two , And thus leave folks sadly i' th" lurch ; Why should not the people be gull'd from the steeple , Ab well as be gulled in the church ?"
" 0 , it ' s all very well for you , Mr . Bell , "Who the irsys of tbe -world do not see ; And who neTer once Jook , from yoar dark dismal aook , To talk abeut patience to me . " But could yon descry all the folks that pass by , And heai all their jibes and their sneers ; Yonr fine jiatience would go very quickly I know , And you'd wish you could ring—all their ears . " " Weil , well , my dear friend , I fion't wish to offend , " Said the bell , in a kind , soothing tone ; " But obliged I shall be , if you'll tell unto me , Why out of employment we ' re thrown . " Why , yon eee , Sir , tis here ; the people I fear , Are getting too wiae for the Churcb ; For plainly they say , no more church-rates they'll pay , And thus we are left in the lurch . "
" For the church being poor , as it is to be sure , It cannot afford for to pay—For winding me up , and for prilling yonr rope , On holidays merry and gay . " Says the bell , " but egad , it looks rather toe bad That the church should neglect its friends thus ; If" such sums it can spare , its own front to repair , Why not spare a trifle for us ?" " Yes , " the clock did reply , " and I'd like to know why , Such expense has been squandered away , In carving the shapes , of those curs '\ l ugly apes , ¦ RTiich the front of the ciurch doth display . " " There is one I can spy , appears winking his eye , \ 0 n a church such thingB should not appear ;) He seems for to say , to all passing this way , 1 There is nothing but gammon in here . " "
" Now at these things I'm vex'd , and sorejy perplex'd , , > "ay , I'm almost o ' erwhelm'd with my grief ; Aud between yon and me , there ' s but one way I see , la which we can hope for relief . " " Tis here , should the Whigs , who have Ion rm their rigs , By the Tone * be onsted , why then The church-folks would be so well pleas'd do ye see , They would set us a jogging again . Says the bell , " then I'll pray , that Sir Rot flrt Peel may Very soon *—here I happen'd to cough—Cries the clock , " I much fear , that a listener fa near , " And thus the discourse was broke off Now the wind and the rain , had abated again , And as ITomewarda 1 turn'd me away , I dtttermin'd to ttU what the clock and the beU While conversing together did say .
Medical Institution . —The half-yearly meeting of this society was held in the Large Room of ihe Dispensary , on Monday evening last , at eight o ' clock , when Mr . G . Smith , the President , was called to ihe chair , who , in hii opening address , enumerated the many difficulties they had had to encounter during the . eighteen months the Board had been in existence . He also stated his desire of resigning his office as President . He then called upon the Secretary to read the accounts for the half year , from which it appears the society is indebted to the Treasurer to the amount of £ 4 11 s . The number of patients who have been attended to for the half year stands thus : — Oat Patients 1493 Home do 387 Labours .... 58
Total 1938 Twelve deaths have occurred in the half year . Mr . Gartside spoke to the character of Mr . Roes , the House Surgeon , as being a Bteady , diligent , and well qualified person , ilr . Matthew Charlesworth was appoisted President , and Mr . Smith and Mr . Leigh Treasurers , for the next hal / year . Mr . Ross was re-elected Sur £ eoc . A vote of thanks was then given to Messrs . G . Smith , W . Leigh , and Dr . Ross , for their past services , and the meeting broke up . This society has felt the effects of disunion , that is , there are now three Boards instead of one , the inhabitants haTe yet to learn that union is strength .
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CHLASGrOW . —Gbeat Procession of Teetqtalkks . —A . very large procession of persons acting on theprinciple of total abstinence , took place here on the 17 th iost ., the Saturday of Glasgow Fair week . Delegates having previously arrivedfrom the various societies connected with the Western Union which we believe takes in the whole of the West of Scotland , for the purpose of making the necessary arrangements . The various bodies began to arrive by ten oclock a . m . in Glasgow Green , faking up their stations according to the numbers previously drawn by their respective delegates . The Irish Catholics , a very powerful body fell in in the rear of the Western Union . After the necessary
arrangements had been completed , the Western Union began to leave the Green about half-past twelve o'clock , passing on through Bridge ton , Cal ton , and down the Gallowgate , Glasgow , where at a given point it took the Western Union , the Reehabites , and the Catholics thirty-eight minutes to pass ; they were arranged from three to six deep ; they were well supplied with bands of music , bagpipes , &c while their splendid flags and other insignias glittered in the sun . It was generally calculated that there could not be less than six or seven thousand in the line of procession ; upon tho whole it was a splendid moral display .- [ This arriTed last week after our Scotch papers had been worked off ]
HAWORTH .-On Saturday morning last , abont eleven o ' clock , a man , professing to be a traveller for the firm of Messrs . Thomas Prickett and Son , Manchester , was driving in a gig from Keighley to Hebden Bridge , and while on his way between the Lees and Hawortn Brow Side Bars , close to the residence of Mr . John Townend , he began ( to evade paying the toll , it is supposed ) to whip his horse very unmercifully , by which he broke the whip-stock and caused the beaten creature to gallop at a most furious rate . The wife of the toll-collector , whose name is Jonathan Speak , seeing the horse gallop at
an unusual speed , ran out of the house to save her child frt » m harm and to take the toll . However , she had scarcely got out of the door before tha horse and « ig were upon her , by which she was severely wounded . Fortunately , the child escaped without injury . The man was thrown out of the gig a- distance of six or seven yards , but did not receive much harm . The gig was broken by being dashed against one of tbe bar-posts , and the post itself was almost torn up . After some slight repairs the man drove off without giving ; anything as a recompense to the injured party ; we hear , however , that it is likely he will be proceeded against .
BB AJ > FOBD . —The last few weeks have been eyeiirfui ones in Bradford . The defeat of the Whigs at tr . e late election will be of important advantage to the progress of popular freedom . The very men who urged the magistrates to -prosecute the Chartisw , and induced little " Finality" to establish a barracks in this peaceable district , have placarded the town , advising the people to resist the law by refusing to pay church rates . It is gratifying tn see the treacherous and despotic actions of the Whig faction recoil on their own heads .
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As Excellent Advertisement . —The Presbytery of 2 v * iatjara , A ' ew York , hare passed a formal resolutiou , declaring that Byron ' s works and Bulwer ' s novels , " are books of an infidel aud licentious character . " There will be an immediate run for both . The Toar Speakkb . —A correspondent of the Standard states that Sir Eardley Wilraot is to be the Speaker of the Tories . Colonel Sib thorp and Mr . Peter Borthwick are also talked of , and it is hard to say whether the Colonel ' s manners or the Peter ' s character will render the 0 "e or the Other t ' nd uioro eligible , and worthy to represent the dig-; : by of the Tory House of Commons . Plough Deep and Dbink Shallow . —The President of the Northamptonshire Farming and tirarng Society , on presenting a prize cup to a youi : g man , thus addressed him : " Now , yonngman , i Ju this cup , and remember always to plough deep ind drink shallow . "
Ay Old Soldier . —Some time ago , I informed you that an old man-of-wara-m&n had b © e& brutally iueu by one of the Rural Police , dragged before tho minions of tyranuy , for whoa , in other days , he had shed his bu-od . aud by them was , without law or reason , ihr » wii into a vile unhealthy gaol , for sixty day * . I have now to tell you of an old soldier named James Wilson , who is a relative of the glorious old patriot , Wdson , of Glasgow , who was hanqed like a dog for having carried a flag at Bonnynnir , bearing the words— " Scotland free or a desert . " James is now three score years of age ; he served eighteen years , received seven wounds in separate wholesale murder engagements , and , as the last of these wounds rendered him a cripple for life , he was graciously
discharged without a pension , as another of " the worn out tools which tyrants cast away 1 " This old man vizs m Bristol at the time of a recent event in Wales , —that country which neither foreign nor British foes could subdnc until it humbugged itself by selling its freedom and its glory for the contemptible mockery of having the King ' s eon , God help it , calk-d Prince of Wales . When Wilson heard that tbe standard of freedom was again to wave On the Wtlsli mountains , be resolved to join it , and , getting out , he declared that he bad fought too long for tyrauuv , and would strike for liberty , and , at lea .-t , if he conld not fight , he would M shoulder his crutch" and t ^ ach . Rapid events , however , protracted his purpose , and he returned to Scotland ,
where he wanders about like a good angel , fanning the sacred spark of Jibi-rty iu the rural districts , and subsisting on that charity which theindustrions poor kindly give , but which the idle rich unfeelingly refuse . This old veu-ran and sterling patriot , while limping along the parish road of Kirkmichael , with his old wife , was riidily seized by a Rural Policeman . Wilson told what he had been and what he had suffered . " I don't ca ^ e a d n , " said the ruffian , " you must go the Justice of Peace . " Wilson submitted , and on they marched , the old woman , on a Mgnal , leading the van , the rural in the centre , and the old soldier bringing np the rear ; and on coming
to the centre of a foot bridge , "halt ! " " wheel !" cried the veteran to his advanced guard , and , as a soldier ' s wife does , and as every good wife should do , she obeyed , and , on the insiant , the old hero gave the pampered , fat rural a lurch , which sent him over , headforemost , into a pool , six feet deep , from which , like a half drowned rat , he got out , and , after bawling for help , those who had privately seen , and others , at length came ; but as he was laughed at instead of receiving aid , he beat a retreat , leaving the old soldier and his wife in possession of the field , and he must have felt that the people , while they pity , shield , and support an old soldier , do mortally abhor a Rural Policeman . —Correspondent .
Alleged Denial of Relief to a Starving Mas . — On Friday an inquiry w as gone into be / bru ilr . Carter , at the John Ball , Tyers-street , Lambeth , respecting the death of ilobert Simpson Reynolds , a £ ed forty-three , whose death , as currently reported , was caused , or at least accelerated , by the conduct of one © f the parish officers . M . W . Green , 2 ° L , said be had known the deceased , and had often relieved him out of his own pocket , because he knew he wanted food . On Monday morning , about half-past eleven o ' clock he saw the deceased in Granby-street , Waterloo road , aud at the request of Mr . Barrett , the landlord of the Royal Oik , he went after him , and asked how it was he did no- apply for admission to the workhouse . Ho
said he had been refused by Tether , one of the relieving officers . Witness asked him to go with him to the house , but he said he had been refused four times , and he would sooner die in the streets than apply again . Witness took him to Mr . Watchhorn in a cab , because he was ill , and that gentleman having supplied aim with refreshment , an order was obtained for his admission to the workhouse , where wine and other nourishment was given him till Mr . Duke , the surgeon , arrived . Mr . Duke , the surgeon , said he attended th « deceased immediately , and found him in a dying state . He was very much attenuated . He appeared to be labouring under consumption , and every thing he desired was ordered to be supplied him . The jury here consulted ,
and said there must be a post-mortem examination of the body , but several of them objected to its being performed by Mr . Duke , as he was the parish surgeon . Mr . Watchhorn said that the parish officers had the greatest confidence in his ability . Mr . Duke said , he had given his evidence upon his oath , and he did not see , without some better reason being stated , that he should not make the examination —he had no ¦ wish to screen any one . A inror said , that proper medical attention had not been paid . Mr . Dnke rose , and was evidently affected almost to teare . " I have , " said he , " done all I can for the poor , and I think to charge me in this manner is most ungrateful . " Sarah Reynolds , the wife of the deceased , said , she was in service , and had not lived with her husband for eight months , as he was unable to support her . He had no regular lodging , but used to sleep at a house in the Mint , in the Borough . She saw him on Saturday , and gave him one shilling ,
as he said he was hungry . She asked him why he did not go to the house , and he said he had been six or seven times , and Tether told him to go about his business . She gave him about three shillings a week . He had been ill for some time and spat blood . By the Jury—Thought he wanted food a long while . He used to pay fourpence a night for bis lodging . Other witnesses were then examined , who proved the state of destitution the man had been in , and that he told them that on Tuesday week he had applied at the workhouse , when Tether bullied him , and he would not go again . He was then very much agitated . Tether said , that so far from having refused relief to the deceased , he met him some time ago , and , understanding that he lived in St . George ' s parish , told him to get a friendly order for Lambeth , and he would at once be admitted . The room was cleared , and ultimately the following verdict was returned : — " That the deceased died of disease
of the lungs , bnt at the same time we are ef opinion his death arose in a great measure from destitution , and believe application was made for parochial relief by the deceased himself , although we have no legal ev > trc prove its fact . "
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North Riding op Yorkshire . — ¦ There is a vaooncy in the North Riding , occasioned by the death of Lord Feversham , whose eldest son , the Hon . William Duncombe , represented that division of the county in the last Parliament , and was re-elected a few days smoe ; he is now , consequently , Lord Feversham . The Paiuumsnt . —It iB supposed that Parliament will only sit for about a week after the meeting on the 19 th of Augost , during which the resignation of the present Ministers will bo tendered , and an adjournment of about three weeks will follow to admit of their successors being re-elected ; this latter circumstance will cause a stir , a * doubtless , some of the boroughs will be contested .
Sikgdlar Cask ( vkby !) . —A correspondent at RuBland sends us the following remarkable statement : — "A girl , aged fourteen years , living in the village of Rutland , of the name of Margaret Leece , lost a small gooseberry in at her ear . For a few days she complained of great pain in that ear ; but afterwards her parents heard no more of it until Monday morning last , when at breakfast she laughed heartily , and the berry came dowd at her noae . It was turned red , as jf ripe . The writer can prove this by several witnesses who were there at the time . " - —Kendal Mercury .
A Faib Contest .- " Well , " said her Majesty to tho handsome Viscountess Jocelyn , " I wonder , my dear , you could ever venture to marry a Tory , as your uncle Melbourne used to tell me they were a horrible set of creatures V "I vow , " said the ci-devant bed-chamber lady , " ihat I had a horror of Tories until I married Jocelyn , and now I am so well satisfied with him that I would not part with him for a score of Whigs . " "D ' ye hear that ?" said the sweet little lady , turning to Lady Elliot , the intend 2 d bride of Lord John Russell ; " I do begin to think , myself , that a young Tory must be preferable any day to an old Whig . " Lord Palmerston turned on his heel , quite petrified .
The Ship William Brown . —Some of the circumstances connected with 'the wreck of the ship William Brown have already been laid before the English public . The additional details now supplied are from the New York Evening Pastot the " 29 th ult . One John Messer , a seaman on board of the William Brown at the time of her wreck , gives this account of the incidents in the small boat : — "Before leaving us the captain addressed the boat ' s crew accordingly , desiringU 3 to keep our hearts up , not to quarrel or fight among ourselves , but to be advised by the mate , and do what he should desire us . He then bid us good bye , and in fifteen minutes or so he was out of sight . During the whole day th * -weather was extremely cold , and the sea very rough . We
rigged a drag with our oars , in order to keep the boat ' s head to Bea , and to break the force of the waves . Towards nightfall the mate coasultod , in a low voice , with several of the crew about lightening the boat . I was aft at the time , with my back against the stern . At last he said to me and another man who was near me , ' Well , I suppose you have no objeoticn to lend us a hand to lighten the boat ? ' I enquired how he intended to do so , and , while I was speaking , I heard a splash alongside , aud the whole boat was in an uproar—the work of death had commenced . The other man and myself both remonstrated against such cold-blooded proceedings , and said , * If we are to die , let ua die fair —let us cast lots . ' ' Very well , ' said the mate .
' they will throw you overboard next . ' I then drew my sheath- knife , and swore that whoever should lay a hand on me should share my fate . The mate then called a tall negro , one of the crew , aft , to toss me overboard , but when he saw my knife he went forward again , and lent the others a hand . My companion stuck close to me during this heart-rending scene , determined to defend himself to the last . One old man , a native of Ireland , when about to be seized , fell upon his knees and entreated them to spare his life , and he would give then all he had . He then drew from his purse a number of sovereigns and offered them to iho crew , but they were thrown aside , andhimscif passed overboard . A lad , about eighteen years of age , requested time to say his
prayers , which was granted , and when he concluded , he said , * I am now prepared . I do not wish you to throw me overboard—I will go myself ; ' and he stepped off the gunwale into the sea Of all who wero thrown overboard , not one , to my knowledge , succeeded in getting on board again . There were no hands cut off , nor any blood spilt ; neither did any one , exoept the young man already mentioned , jump overboard voluntarily . The unfortunate passengers offered no resistance ; prayers and entreaties were all they used . ' Oh , spare me ! spare me !' several of them cried , even while they were half overboard . I will not attempt a description of this awful scene—it would melt a heart of stone . I
believe there were sixteen thrown overboard . The boat was baled out after she had been lightened ; ehe then rode very well , and made but little water . The following morning I discovered a sail , and communicated the fact to the mate , who said , * By God , Jack , yon ' realncky fellow ; you haw saved your life . ' The ship that picked us up , as is already known , was the Crescent . So strong was my indignation against the negro , that , upon reaching the Crescent ' s deck , I sei 2 cd & heaver and threw it at his head . All of the crew in the boat , excepting the mate and another man , were foreigners , or , as sailors gay , Dutchmen , that is , belonging to the continent of Europe . "
MURDEB NEAR WfMONDHAM , NORFOLK . —The town of Wymondham has been thrown into the greatest excitement by the discovery of a murder , committed under circumstances of revolting barbarity , on Saturday last , by a young man named John Self , aged twenty , or a young girl only fifteen years of age . The girl , named Jemima Stimpson , had been for some time previously persecuted by Self , and on Saturday last had been weeding corn in a field near Wymondham . Not returning home as usual for tbe night , her parents and the whole neighbourhood became alarmed . A search was immediately made , and in the next field to that in which the girl had been at work , a place where a scuffle had appareitly occurred was discovered , and
a trace across the corn to a pit in which the body of the deceased was found immersed . When taken out , and removed to the Windmill public-house , her face was fouud dreadfully cut . There was an unsightly gash across her chin and eyes . Her throat was cut , and her nose nearly severed from her face , besides various bruises on the head , inflicted by some blunt weapon . John Self , who had previously borne a good character , was immediately apprehended on saspioion , and underwent an examination before Isaac Jeremy , and W . R , Cann , Esqrt * ., at the House of Correction , who committed him for trial . A Coroner ' s Inquest on view of the body of the deceased , was held on Monday last , before Edward Press , Esq ., of Hingham , at the Windmill public-house , Wymondham , and an examination of a number of persons took place , from whose evidence
it appeared that deceased had sent a lad to ascertain the hour on Saturday afternoon , who returned with the information that it was four o ' clock , the last time deceased was seen alive . Prisoner was seen going towards the field at that time . After he had been apprehended , a penknife stained with blood was found on his person , and which was the property of the deceased . A spade was also found belonging to prisoner , stained with blood ; his clothes were also stained , besides other oircumst&noeB , which left little doubt of his guilt . The inquest was adjourned until Tuesday , but in consequence of the prisoner having been removed to the Castle at Norwich , the Jury did not come to a verdict , not having had tbe prisoner before them . The magistrates have refused to send the prisoner back to Wymondham , and the inquest is therefore adjourned to the Castle of Norwich .
Functions of Royalty . —King Ernest Augustus , ( the " Cumberland" of this country ) , whom Heaven in its inscrutable wisdom permits to wield the sceptre of Hanover , doubtless in punishment of the sins of a past generation , has issued the following royal decree , regulating the manner in which the Prince Royal ( his blind son aud the prospective king ) ia to sign public documents when nis thricerenowned Sire is ** gathered to his fathers . "—* We , Ernest Augustus , by the grace of God , King of Hanover , &c , moved by our high royal wisdom , and with the assent of our well-beloved son , his Royal Highness , the Prince Royal , George Frederick Alexander Charles , in case the latter shall be called to the Throne by right of
primogeniture , before it shall have pleased Providence to restore him his sight , we have ordained as follows : — 1 . The reigning prince alone decides upon the acts ho ought to sanction with his august signature ; except the act of his accession to the throne , whioh holds its force from the constitution of the country . 2 . The royal signature shall be affixed to the minute and the original of each act , in the presence and with the countersign of one of the several Ministers . 3 . As long as the unfortunate oiroumstanceB by which hiaHoyal Highness the Prince Royal , our well-beloved son , ia afflicted shall continue , there shall be present at the moment of signature , besides the Ministers , two persons taken from among twelve , who shall be chosen for this express purpose . 4 . The royal signature shall not be affixed until after the act which it is to be invested shall have been read
with a loud and distinct voice , by one of the abovementioned two persona . 5 . The royal signature shall be immediately followed , and , at the same sitting , by the ministeral countersign . 6 . A special act , signed by the two persons attending , and de clanng that all had passed in their presence , and in conformity with these our provisions , shall be drawn up and deposited in the archives . 7 . None but acts signed by the King , according to the formalities above described , shall havo any binding power . Given at Hanover , this 3 rd July , 1841 , the fifth year of our reign . Ernest Augustus . ( Countersigned ) De Scbele . To this is annexod the following declaration .: —We , Prince Royal , George Frederick Alexander Charles Ernest Augustus , having taken cognisance of the provisions taken in our regard by the King , our well-beloved father , do declare that we entirely accede to them . In faith of which , we affix oar seal and signature . George . "
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Supposed Wreck of the President . —The latest accounts from America bring intelligence of a . steamboat wreck on tha coast . Tne brig Augusta , on her Eassa ge , when about ninety milos south of Cape iatteras , ai five a . m ., on the 24 th inst ., saw what proved to be the wreck of a steam-boat , the middle part of the hull only was visible as it rose with the swell of the sea ; could clearly discover some part of the heavy machinery , such as crank , shaft , &c . ; part of the frame of one wheel and the timber of her guards , were out of water , and appeared as if a
boiler had been thrown off ; could see no white streaks , and she had very much the appearance of having been on fire ; saw no person , aud therefore did not think it necessary to board the wreck . The citizens of Philadelphia and New York seem to think that this most be the wreck of the President , which must hate been burnt at sea . The Dusseldorf Gazette , under the date of Wesel , the 16 th instant , announces that the wreck of a large vessel , believed to be the President , had been driven ashore on tho coast of Norway .
Unitbd States . —The Philadelphia packet-amp , which sailed from New York on the 2 nd July , has arrived . The intelligence brought by her adds but little to that by the previous vessel . Mr . Clay ' s Bank Bill was being keenly debated in Senate , and so many amendments made , and so many more promised , that its original shape was almost wholly lost , and great doubt existed if it would ultimately p ass . Another scheme for a national bank had been brought into the House of Representatives , and ordered to be printed . The price of wheat had risen to such a height , that wero it not for the duty considerable importations would take place . The crop was reported to be short , and in the western counties particularly the prospects were very unpromising . The Stock Market was in a dull and depressed state .
Thk Poors' Rate . —Sample of Assistant OVERsebrs' Practice . —A person named Ready has been endeavouring to do as muoh mischief as his official character will allow among tho humbler portion of the inhabitants of the parish of Heston . Desirous of accomplishing some deed that should procure him a reputation for Zealand activity , this worthy employed himself in getting no less than sixty summonses for poor-rates served upon , and amongst , tho most necessitous of the inhabitants . Someol die parties he had never before applied to for the rate ; others had tendered him half the amount demanded , being all their poverty could afford , and he refused it ! Several were paupers , actually receiving alms to the extent of Is . 6 d . a week from the parish , and
a loaf of bread . Many of these persons were nearly eighty years of age , and one poor old man , turned of seventy , upon his appearance before the Bench , produced to the Magistrates a medal he had received from an Agricultural Society in the neighbourhood , for having workod on oue farm forty years , and having brought up a lar * te family without any parochial assistance : the wit ' e of this poor fellow had offered Mr . Assistant-overseer 3 s ., onehalf of the rate , in part , which he refused to take . To the credit of humanity and common sense , the presiding magistrates , Dr . Walmesley aud Mr .
Armstrong , excused more than two-thirds of the parties summoned , and in every instance forgave the costal By this oppressive manoeuvre of Mr . Assis-. tant-Overseor , the pariah has been saddled with a charge of £ 7 for the oosts of the summonses and service ; which , if the parishioners do their duty , will be deducted from the £ 40 a year allowed Mr . Ready for his readiness to grind the faces of the poor . Never was _ one so acting more completely beaten , and in addition to tha mortification of defeat , he carried away with him the heartfelt curses of the poor he would have oppressed—no enviable acquisition , one would imagine , even for an orerseer .
A Brute . —Thomas Kitt , of Lemon-street , Guildford-street , a man who is in the habit of preaching in the open air , was charged , at Union Hall Police Office , on Saturday last , with assaulting bis own daughter , a girl of fourteen years of age , under the following circumstances : —A policeman of the M division Stated that between nine and tea o ' clock on the previous night , his attention was attracted on seeing the prisoner and a young girl sitting in one of the alcoves of the Southwark Bridge , the man apparently with his hands under her clothes . On perceiving that he was watched , the prisoner went off the bridge , followed by the girl , aud they wenf . down the steps leading to Bankside , arid up a court through which there was no thoroughfare , and here
the same policeman distinctly observed the prisoner in a most indecent situation with the girl , whereupon he took them both into custody , and when taken to the Station-house , the male prisoner said that the girl was his own daughter , whioh turned out to be the fact , on subsequent inquiries at his house . The girl , when at the Station-house , appeared to be evidently under the influence of liquor , and when questioned she got into such viplent hysterics , that it was found necessary to send for a medical gentleman to attend her . When brought before the magistrate , the girl was perfectly collected , and having stated that the prisoner was her father , she said that she had been for some time past in & situation , and that » he returned home » few days ago . On the
preceding evening , her father told her that he would take her to a missionary meeting , and accordingly they left home together ; but instead of taking her there , he took her into a public-house , and made her drink ale until she became giddy , and he then took her to the Southwark Bridge . The girl here exhibited a strong disinclination to tell what happened to her there ; but , upon being urged to tell the truth , she then described the gross and infamous behaviour of the prisoner ( her father ) towards her , which fully bore out the accuracy of the policeman ' s account of the transaction . The prisoner , a decentlooking man , declared that he only took her on the bridge for the sake of the air , as she complained of being unwell . Mr . Cottingham— " What have you to say to taking her to the pubiio-houBe , and making her drink , instead of to the missionary meeting V
The prisoner hesitated , and gave a vague reply , saying that he admitted that he acted with great folly , and that he drank some ale which disagreed with him . He added , that he had no remembrance whatever of having conducted himself towards his daughter in the way attributed to him , and that there must hare been some mistake . Mr . Cottiugham said that the policeman and his daughter had sworn to the facts , and a more infamous case could scarcely come under the cognizance of a magistrate . The magistrate said , that owing to the prejudicial effect on society at large the trial of such charges were calculated to have , he should , on that account , not commit the prisoner , but should hold him to bail to be of good behaviour , and to give twenty-four hours' notice of its sufficiency . The prisoner was locked up .
A Political Shaver . —William Nicholson , a barber , living in Globe-lane , Mile-end , was charged atthe Court of Excise , on Saturday , with selling gin and beer without a license . Mr . Bolton , the officer , stated that on Sunday morning , during the hours of divine service , he was passing defendant ' s shop by mere ohauoe , when he entered to get shaved , and to his utter astonishment , he found it crammed with coal-heavers , dustmen , and others , all of whom were drinking and smoking . The defendant waa seated on a table , reading aloud from a newspaper , but upon catching a glimpse at witness , he stopped , and addressing him , said— " Welcome , brother politician , what is your business ? " Witness having told him , the defendant immediately
operated ou his chin , and afterwards informed him that his charge for it was threepence , and he was at liberty , if he chose , to have a pipe of tobacco and a glass of gin , or a pint of porter , free of expence , at the same time inviting him to be seated . Witness availed himself of the offer , and while there he drank and smoked , and paid a public-house price . He 6 aw , at the lowest calculation , a gallon of gin consumed , and at least a barrel of beer . Defendant — "You say you were charged a publio-house price ? " Witness— "I was . " Defendant—* How can you say that—I only charged you for shaving ?" Witness— " You first brought me a pint of beer and a pipe of tobacco , and took 3 d ., saying , 'Mind , this money has nothing to do with the ' cloud' and the
• heavy . ' I give you these , ' and when you brought me a glass of gin , and received of me 2 d ., you said , ' Why , I am like a father to you . This tape ( gin ) I give you , and jour shaving now amounts to 5 d . '" ( Roars of laughter ) Defendant ( delighted and profoundly)— " That , Gentlemen of this Honourable Court , was as it occurred , and now ihe willan wants to make it out that I sold him the things . This , Gentlemen of the Jury , will make me more cautious of my good nature in future , I assure you . " ( Much laughter . ) Mr . Mayow— "There can be no doubt of your guilt . " Defendant— " I am not guilty , upon my honour ! " ( Laying his hand on his left side . ) ( Loud laughter . ) Mr . Mayow— " Upon my honour , you will nave much difficulty in persuadiDg the Court of your innocence . If you think you are to
get a mob into your house , and supply them with exciseable liquors , and charge for them under the head ' shaving , ' yon are very much mistaken . " Defendant ( angrily)— " A mob do you say f A mob , indeed ! How dare you , Sir ! My company is respectable . We went to consider the best means of relieving our brother sufferers from taxation . Where , Sir , I would ask , does the £ 150 , 000 come from that Sir Robert Peel has given as a dowager to bis daughter ! " ( The bursts of laughter here were deafening . ) Mr . Mayow— " We want none of your politics here . Have you got any witnesses to
disprove what the witness has stated V * Defendant"Witnesses ! no . He has only proved that I charged him 5 d . for Bhavinsr , and that he got every good accommodation . Do you wish to fine me for that ?" Mr . Mayow— " Your cunning won't do . The Court will fine you , and in the penalty of £ 100 , if you don ' t urge something in mitigation . '' Defendant— "Then all I can gay is , that there is neither law nor justice here . " The defendant ' s landlord here stepped forward , and having satisfied the Bench that the defendant was not able to pay a heavy sum , the Court adjudged him to pay £ 30 . Defendant ( walking out of Court , — " If I pay a mag I ' m d—d . "
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Comparative Taxation op England and othbb Countries . Taxes . upon land in England , £ 1 . 531 , 615 . Taxes upon land in Prussia £ 3 . 959 , 580 . Taxes upon ] and in Austria , £ 8 , 700 , 000 . Taxes upon land in franco , £ 53 . 186 . 760 . Taxes on the people in England , £ 5 e , 6 y 5 , O 44 ! Taxes on the people in Prussia , £ 3 , 761 , 500 . Taxes on Mio people in Austria , £ 7 , 100 , 000 . Taxes on the people m France , £ 17 , 533 , 240 . —Liverpool Times . Univebsal Suffrage . —An elector of Salford , named Stork , residing in No . 5 District , adopted a rather novel expedient in order to ascertain the sense of the non-electors residing in his neighbourhood ,
for whom he considered that ho held his vote m trust , at the late election . He placed a board in his window , on which was ' the following inscription : — "All persons residing in this street and the neighbouring courts , who have no votes , are requested Uy call and tell me whether I must vote for (* arnett or Brotherton at the coming election . " This notice brought a number of persons to his shop , all of whom ,, if bona fide non-electors of the streets and coiirts adjacent , were requested to sign their names , and to write opposite to them the name of the candidate of their ciioice . This ** poll" was kept open until tea o ' clock on Thursday night , when the worthy eleotor put forth the followiug state of the poll : "—
In favour of my voting for Brotherton- 57 In favour of my voting for Garnott ...... 23 Majority in favour of Brotherton 34 Consequently I shall poll for Brotherton to-morrow
morning . ESCOUNTEH WITH A BOA-CoNSTHICTOR . —In the Surrey Zoological Gardens are several serpents , amongst which is an enormous boa , measuring upwards of twenty feet in length , and weighing more than two hundred weight . Their food is cut into the cage by a sliding panel , which one of the Keepers , named Blackburn , was in the act of doing , when the enormous boa g prung at him and seized him by ihe arm . Theman leapt backwards , and clrtw the serpent partly out of the cage , which immediately spun him round like a windlass , and made one coil . Had he effected another , Blackburn would have baen inevitably killed . By pressing the throat of the powerful creature , aud by more than usual strength , ho was preserved . On beiug takes home he was found to be very much discoloured from tha powerful pressure of his terrific antagonist .
The Census . —Manchesteb Township . —The following returns of the census for the town of Manchester ifcdude the townships of Chorlton-on-Medlock , Hulme , Ardwick , &c . ; and when it it * considered that in some districts whole rows of houses have been pulled down , and their sites occupied by railways , &c , the increase , it will be seen , has been very great . The following account , however , must be taken only as an approximation , the nearest at present to be obtained , to the census of this township : —Males , 78 983 ; females , 84 , 464 ; total , 163 , 447 . The classification of the above returns ia obtained from the five registrars' districts , whioh comprise the older , aud better known fourteen police districts of the townbhip . By referring to the ofEcial returns of the censua of 1821 , and that of 1831 , taking thenco the populations at those periods of the several police districts , included in the above return , m one registrar ' s district , we obtain the following
result :-1821 , 108 , 016 ; 1831 , 142 , 026 ; 1841 , 163 . 447 . Thus it will be seeu that the total increase of the population of the township , during the ten years ending in 1831 , was 34 , 010 , or about 31 $ per cent . The increase during the last ten years , ending last month , was 21 , 421 , or little more than 15 per cent .
Childbirth on Board a Gbavesend 3 TEAMEB . — On Wednesday , at two o ' clock , a curious scene occurred on board the Star . A young man was seen leading his young wife to ihe ladies' cabin , and in a few minutes afterwards she was delivered of a daughter . This unexpected event created much sympathy for the poor womaB , especially as there was no medical man on board . Mr . Stephens . Civil Engineer , Mr . Northouse , aad several other geutlemeii , who were engaged in a successful experiment
to teat the gr « at . superiority- ' of Dr . Albert ' s steam fuel over the best coal , quitted the engine-room , to commence a subscription to obtain aid for the mother and her child , when several sovereigns were , in a few minutes , contributed , and they had the satisfaction of hearing that both were " as well as could be expected . " The father , whose name ia Pottu , is a ropem . ak . er , of Chatham , and was for fome time incoinoiable , fearing the loss of his wife and child , from the premature and unprepared accouchement .
Ireland . —A reward of £ 100 has been offered by the Lord Lioutenant for the apprehension of the persons who assaulted Mr . "Vandeleur on the 10 th instant , when he was on his way to the Court House of Enms , in the capacity of a candidate for the county Clare . A reward of £ 80 has also been offered for the apprehension and conviction of tha persons concerned in the attack on the Rev . Mr . Hallam , Curate of Mulrankin , iu Wexford , on the . night of the same day . Mr . Hallam was iu company with two ladies at thei time , the wife and daughter of the Rev . Mr . Hiekey , who were also injured by their cowardly assailants . Mr . Vandeleur has been in the habit of acting munificently towards his Roman Catholio neighbours , and Mr . Hiekey has laboured hard with his pen to ameliorate the condition of tho Romish peasantry .
Death of a Girl who was Fihed upon at the Liverpool Election , —On Friday , ' . aa inquest was held beiorc P . F . Curry , Esq ., coroner , on view of the body of Ellen Boyd , a girl of seventeen years of a # e , one of the individuals who w&s wounded on the evening of Wednesday fortnight , by the firing of a pistol trom the house of Mr . Casement , a publican , Salthouse Dock , Liverpool . Mr . M'Clelland , the surgeon who had attended the deceased , gave the following testimony : —The deceased had received a small punctured wound on tbe right aide , and the other on the inside of the left ankle . I did not probe them . I heard they were gunshot wounds . I attended the deceased- until her death . Ererv thine
waa done for her ; but she died of tetanus on Thursday . I made a post mortem examination . In the substance of the inner left ankle I found a small leaden body , which I take to be a shot ( now produced ) . On examining the wound on the right side , I discovered that some hard substance had passed between the ninth and tenth ribs , through the liver , causing an extravasation into the omentum . The case was adjourned . On Monday , the inquiry was resumed , when , after the examination of several witnesses , the jury returned a verdict of "Justifiable Homicide . " The coroner said he full / concurred ia the propriety of the verdict , as well as in the view , which the jury had taken of the case . — -Liverpool Mercury .
Algiebs . —The following precious piece of military exultation for wholesale legalised murder is contained in a letter from the General Commanding the division of Algiers , and is published in the Moniteur Algerin , of the 18 th inst .: — From the Camp of Biida . Soldiers , —I owe to your zeal , courage , and devotion , that I have fulfilled the Governor ' s mission . You have worthily answered the expectations of France . You have destroyed the military establishments of the enemy . You have crrried off his wives , his children , and his cattle , You hare burned his dwellings and his crops . You have carried the sword everywhere ; and nowhere has he dared seriously to combat . Accept my thanks for the confidence you have placed in me . The autumn campaign will enable you to give similar proofs of your worth , &e . ( Signed ) Ba&agubt D'Hillikrs " .
Toulouse . —Some riots have taken place at Toulouse , but ihe City , is again tranquiL The following is given as an official account of the proceedings : — "Ob Menday the 12 th , in the afternoon , a great number of workmen quitted work and forced their comrades to imitate them . They went in a body to the Porte St . Etienne , and there seized in private houses pieces of wood and other materials for a barricade . Whilst tho barricades Were forming-, some went to the Veterinary School , ta . get the students to join them . The latter refused ; and one of the rioters being sent to warn the authorities , was obliged to turn back , under penalty of being thrown into the canal . Ten barricades were made ,
and towardB half-past four the rioters inarched to the Prefecture . They were repulsed ; and seeing the numbers of troops , fell back behind the barricade . The rioters then got upon the roofs of the square , in which the Prefecture is , and flung the tiles on the soldiers below . The General ( Saint Michei ) was struck by a stone on the thigh . Another General had his horse wounded . Stones and tiles rained on the soldiers . One of the mob , called Charvades , was bayoneted and died . W&ile the not on the 12 th was going on , the Provisional Municipality , accompanied by officers of the National Guard , went to tbe Prefect and requested him to call out the National Guard . The Prefect ( M . Mahul ) thought himself bound to give bis consent . At nightfall the National Guard assembled on the Place du Capitole , occupied that post , and joined the troops of the Line in protecting the Prefecture . The rioters then demanded the release of the
prisoners who had been arrested on the preceding ; days . The detachment of tbe National Guards stationed at the prison was forced , the door was attempted to be broken open , and one of the panels had given way , when the Provisional Mayor promised to , releape the prisoners on the following day under bwl .- '^ Oii the 13 th , assemblages more threatening than before invaded the streets at an early hour . Fresh barricades were raised , and the telegraphs of Toulouse and Blagnac were pulled down . Then it was that the Prefect decided upon leaving the town , and took his departure in a carriage prepared for him by the Provisional Municipality . On the same day , a baud of rioters twice forced their way into the house of the Prccureur du Roi , whom they Bought with the intention of murdering him ; but who , both times , happened to be from home . The post of the National Guards , stationed at the honse . made / no endeavours to prevent this . The persons who had been arrested were set at liber . v
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