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PJkBODY ON "BEGONE DU 1 X CARE sr josxeh irssBt . Begooe , Lord MeB , I pray thee begone for me , And Jack Final , Yon and I shall sever agree , long time have you been teeacVlcus lids , ' - And woald the Chartist * kill , Bat in faith , Jack ud Hell , You never shall have your wUL Too much Hell , Will mike a young CbartUt aad , Toamnch ' Final WiQ drive a Republican mad ;
So Mell < ball vhisUa and Jaek abaH aing , The Marquis and Reynard shall play ; Foot greater villains ne'er wheedled a King , To drive all the Chartists away . Jones , Williams , Frest , Tii tree they have banished wile ; Shall they be lost ? No ! heaven avert their gaite . Thoagh wrves and children ' * hearts are broke , And Meeds do for them mourn , Tbe . throne well constantly invoke , Till ta Patriots do reUrn .
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LIFE'S DREAM . ' O feeble man I how fleeting are Thy hours of gm £ or joy : Tasting no plaarcre without pain , No rweet without alloy . Pleased with mds gaudy glittering toy , Ambition prompts thte on ; And -while ye strain , some other hand Hath grasp'd , and it is eons . '
Oft eentle hope will ttnv thy path With flowers of fairest hue ; Yet ah ! be careful where ye tread—Thoolt find them fragile too . But mown not o ' er thy blighted hopes , Let ear * ne'er rack thy breast ; Tby m » tber , Earth , hattf n « "er refused Her children peaceful rest . E . La Mon * Edioa .
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' THE LI OX OF FREEDOM Tbe Kan of freedom comes from kis den , Well rally axoa&d him again and again , Well exo * u him with laurels our champion to be , O ' Connor , the patriot of sweet liberty . Tne pride of the nation , he ' s noble and brave Brtthe terror of tyrants , the friend of the alave , &e bright * tar of freedom , the noblest of men , We'll rally around bin again and again . Bsjagh proud daring tyrants his body confined , Ihey *» eve ? eeuld alter bis generous mind ; TTeTl bail our caged lioo , now free from hia den , i « d well ratty areasd bin again and again . "Who strove for the patriots ? was ap night and day . ' Jtsd saved them from falling to tyrants a prey ? It was Fesrgus O Connor wu diligent then ! Wei ) nl'j around him again and again .
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ADDRESS TO THE EXSLAVED MILLIONS . Oh ! spirits of the martyred brave , Whose blood was shed men ' s blood to save ; Ye who at freedom ' s altar rave AH , all that y « could give . For truth ' s greii rights ye bravely fougkt , And fell , as freed em " e soldiers ought , Cheered with the high , sad thrilling thought That freedom yet would live—O ' er maakind ' B darken'd spirit streaming The holy light of truth » nd lore ; To all with speedy triumph beaming—With speedy triumph sanctioned from ¦ abore . Bat ah ! in vain , ye martyred dead , AH , all , in tub the blood ye shed > Is vain on tyrants' laws ye trod . And scorned a brother's tyrant nod , 0 # ning Bojaaaster but your God—No l £ W but few of heaven . ' \ fi vain " void Soofcia'a - Wallace died , Aad RnybiT > ri Sideey" ! blood supplied ; In Tain , to swell tfce nartyr-tid ^ Toasa ; BrameVs life ww given ! Now Eaglaod ' s ™» % f » Idly suiting , Hilu , meei-lip'd joinioB * to fch * iew . And a ^ , ^ , ^^ «^ £ , !^ J | f ^ y > And vraags that saen must ne'er avow—These tell of freedom's triumph % > tc Thoughloud for bread their children cry , And want's pale thousands hourly die ; Tfcosgh freedom ' * living soldiers lie Within sTdnngeoB ' s gloom ; Yet , dead to every brave appeal , Still to . the ^ tc the vtottp kneel , Afid , Bpznid-tiks , most bma * lj . £ eA Pieostd with their living tomb . ¦ Wbae now are England's lion-hearted Who won her such a fj ^ oaa past ? And oh ! with Scotia ' s brave departed , Hath Scottish freedom breathed he last 7 WHl Eria ' e broken spirit ne ' er Arouse what the het dared to dart ?
Oh shame upon ye , millions J shame Ye craven crowd ! be yours the blame , That will not dare or . es more to claim Tbe rights that were yonr own ? By heavens ! the earth is not for you , But for tbe braver tyrant few Who can earth's masses { has subdue , While they bnt toil and groan . Oh ! coward-hearted , base , degradedr Are ye the things thst Gsd hath made ? Ye ¦ worthifss slaves . ' who still have aided Wfcoe ' r have rinhC $ gre 3 t cause betrayed . Still fswnise , kneel , as traitors should ; Wail on ! wail od . ' ye spank ) brood .
And thai by man is man deprived ! A nation » y itself enslaved ! A people who so locg have braved The proudest foreign fje In their own land now croach in drtad ; CraviEg bnt leave to toil for bread ; The soO they till in fear they tread ; Whit others rc-ap th&y * ow . ' And vhen some nobler mind appearing To ! ighi them oa nhere freedom leads , The miss arouse . n > dacfer feari .-g ; Fired by thst braver spirit ' s deeds , — Soon , £ xn d-ierted , hi bat gains An ear , ' y grave cr prison-chairs .
Esrti ' s toilers ! will ye ne " f r awaie This spell xhzx binds your seals to treat ? Will ye te ' rise , and from yea shake Th ; s spirit-wasting thrall ' Ye xdil . ' ye must . ' that time is i ; -: gh When ye must raise rifiht ' s battle-cry , And brave !} do or dog-like dis ! For d&spot miphl mwi JaU Then rouse ye from this coward-sluinber ' Cast from your scnls this dretm of fear : The foe are few—re , millions EBEber . Prepare ye ! now the stroke ' s near . Prepare ! earth l ^ c gs for fretdom ' s light Prepare ! and " ( 3 od defead the tigtt . " Edwaed PoLl 5 IWilry , AuguEt , !?*! .
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STOCEPOK . T . —G eat excitement prevails in tins tcvru ( w ^ g to & rtductics offered by the cotton Bisters of * J-e tarsbgs of tbe spinners aod weaTers . On Friday ; be Afsociaiion Room was densely filled by tbe trcaver ? . and excellent addresses were delivered , and srrar . gemcnts i ^ ade for a turnout , tod to resist this reduction . While the weavers » ere holding t : eir meecing , the f pinners had a meeting in tbe mom oxer , which vras nummmslj atterided , so rlu Hiilgate , Ton-ber ' s Brow , and the neighbeurhood . ? € ecscd to be cna E&ene of bustle .
At the spinner ' s meeting Mr . James Mitchell "was callea to the chair ,-who laid the business before the Eeetirg ^ Inchjt had been called to discuss , aad after £ ni : ab ! e aaangeinents had been made which the ¦ woiknnn ihcugit calculaud to enEure euccess in the e . Tent of a turnout , the fcilowiBg addiess 'was mdaud pa = ; ed , Trith an urgent lequest that , as aiJ other pspers hare refused to defend the rights of labour , and the Star being the only friend tbe working ch-ses haTe , i ; car be inserted therein . The following is the address : —
Pzilow CotSTK \ i ! E 5 , —Another great reduction , another eEcroachn-ect tpon the rights of labour , and upon the iedttttricus millions , amounting 17 i per eent , or 6 d . per thoosand hanks , find wbich -will , if esrried into effect , take from six to twelve shillings per * eek cat of the earnings of the spinners , has been cfeed by Meesrs . Jesse Howard , Thon . as Fernley JEmes Wilkinson , And Jonathan Robinson , with an urfieauoding that after they have accomplished their £ ?* othCT naJt " » ^ e to follow . Eugluhmen , lrisb » afc' Scotchmen , ani Wetbmen .
* tedmg in Stociportited Tiriaity , —We , the iptaners « this greet . manofactBring district , oonccire that if eret there was a time when it was necessary for the s ^ H of all trade * to arouse from their slumbar , shake « T til » pathy aad indifference—to atep < mt of tk « routine of their fonuEr ezergiea , and be aBre to their o » n iiUertst— to unite finnly , resolutely , peaceably , tod fietermisecly in one consolidated union , in oHI « r te « how all possible resistance to tke aggre « loiM which «« atteotpua to be made upon the righta of indoBtry , « orely that time is the *« e * t
p . Fellow WorMog Men , —Does ooMhe swofd of per-Kcabon draw nearer and nearer every day , tyrannizing «« u » is a thousiDu difereBt form *? Has cot eTery
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effort been made from time to time by cor employers to reduee o « r wages , wrtil they are bo low as to bring u » to starration point ? And if they are allowed to bring us lower , must sot the oonsequencfes . be motl appalling ? Will not the aeeds of poverty , hiinger , misery , and distress of eTery description be -more prevaient and more deeply rooted amongst th «> mass of society ? Will U not Uke . that from as . whichjfaonld be devoted to the support of ourselves , our wives , and families ? Most assuredly . Then , as a natural conseqmence , win not crime and viee of every de «« ription , and immorality , stalk forth with unblushing hardihood in th&faoe of open day , showing its foul and demoralising character in a country celebrated lot Bibles , churches , and Christianity r We ask will not tbe above
r aad maay other fearful dreomstanoes takepUoelfi tbe CBpitalists continue - to prevent us from receirmg a prope ; remuneration for our labour , and good * us Va to hunger and destitution ? ¦ ... Follow working nren , about sixteen months ' ago the cotton masters pf this town effected a general reduction , and after they had triumphed over their poorer and unfortunate hands , and being remonstrated with by a few working men as to the Tery injudicious step they had taken , their feelings appeared to be a little touched . Bach was tbe professed sympathy of the same masters who are now attempting another redaction , that they then declared—nay , furthsr , pledged themselves in tbe
presence of their men—that , csnsidering the Tery laborious work of spinning , and the many hours which they had to be confined in tbe dense , noxious , poisonous , and contaminating atmosphere of a cotton factory , they were sorry to witness the pale visages , the twisted limbs , and the miserable appearances of their work-. people as they left tbe factory , as the effects produced upon their emaciated constitutions ; and they were constrained to pledge themselves , on condition that their hands would remain in at the reduction then made ,, not to reduce them any lower under any circumstances , believing , as they did , that they were &s low as they could possibly be brought .
Such were the just , plausible , and proper sentiments of the cotton masters at that time . But , alas ! how changeable is man ! How different their promises at that time to their conduct at the present ! What a bad example they have set their workpeople , by making promises one day and breaking them the neb ! By so doing , they baTe forfeited their word and confidence , and betrayed the trust reposed in them by their too confiding and unsuspecting workpeople , aad in . direct violation of such promises are now attempting another redaction of 12 s . Fellow working men , if they are allowed to take these advantages with impunity , others mastei * will follow not connected with the cotton trade , and thus . either directly or indirectly , every working man will be affected , and thus it Is that we appeal
to yc « for cooperation and sepport . Tbe property of tbs master is protected by law ; bat the labour which produces everything valuable In society is sot protected . Tbe cotton master can tafce the wages of hia hands , and there is no law to make him accountable . But if tbe hand takes an ounce of waste cotton , be is sent to prison for three months . We frequently see boards placed upon premises , stating that those found thereon , woeld be prosecuted according to law . But the capitalist ? have and can trespass upon the labour of the working man , which is the foundation of alt wealth , aad be recognised and sanctioned by the law . Again , tbe cotton masters can form themselves iato an association for the purpose of reducing wages—haTe a lawyer for their secretary , and combine to carry out their
designs against tbe well being of the working ciasses Bnt bow aie the working classes treated ? Why , if tbey form themselves into a union for self-protection , they are taken up for conspiring to raise wages . Instance the Dorchester labourers , tbe Glasgow Cotton spianers , and the Stock port weavers . Out » f 24 , 000 acts of Parliament , passed within the present century , not one waf for tbe benefit of the poor or tbe protection of labour . While we have been increasing production we have decreased in wages in the same ratioand though one spinner upon a mule can do as much as six thousand could forty-nine years ago by hand ; yet he does not receive as much as the man who only worked upon one spindle at the aforementioned period . The e * tton masters are great Corn Law
repealers , men who wish to ( five us a large loaf , and if tbe tax was taken off Um com we should have bread much cheaper . Now , then , we will tak « the highest calculation of the Repealers , in order to show the insincerity , the mockery , and villany of these wretch ** " Allowing ( say they ) that a man , If He gets as much ae he can eat , can consume two shillings worth of bread per week , eightpence of this is tax . " Thus , according to their own showing they will take , by this reduction , more bread t ^* " a spinner can eat ia six weeks , consequently they take loaf , rent , and a portion of what should be devoted to clothing . Shopkeepers , this reduction will take £ 300 per week out of circulation in the spinning kranch alone , and thus will yon be injured . Pnblicaos , the working man , if be feels
disposed , cannot get his pint of ale . Then we coll upon every man who . loveg himself , bis wife , and family , poe' *"' ' naoM < fffrii i | ... 111 ^ , ri-r . fTy £ q render ns all tile smirtanoe is their power , by way of sritaicTipWOT and thai protect ns against tbs injustice of the capitalists , who are Injuring cottage property , injuring she pkeepers , preventing home consumption , and will caase a material felling off in the rerenne . High taxes , high rests , large profits , aad low wages will ruin any nation , whatever might be bar position previously . Signed on behalf of the bod / of spinners fe public ranting tM « w * yi - - - - James Mitchbll , PpesMent — Charles Davies , Secretary . DUMFRIES *—The Rev . Messre . Blaekwood aniM'Crae bid been publicly appointed to attend
the Manchester conference of shy and selfish priests , [ aad eqaally shy and selfish profligates . They 1 accordingly attended , and on their return hither , called a pablio meeting to report progress . At this ¦ meeting they made two able , bold , and generous : speeches ; they both showed the cruelty which our greed j and unfeding aristocracy had inflicted on the people ; and Mr . filackwood who sheds a redeeming lustre on priestcraft , declared that tbe people Bhould unite as one man , and obtain redress of their wrongs and restoration of their righta by one great and glorions effort . Provost Armstrong proposed a vote of thanks to the Her . Gentleman . To this Mr . Thomas Johnston said he ^ reed , bnt he felt called npon to qualify that vote or thanks by an expression
of regret that the gentieaan had not endeavoured to obtain admission to the Chartist and social clergymen , who had been excluded with such notorious and monstrous injustice from the conference , and he moved an amendment accordingly ; tut which he withdrew on Mr . "Wardrop intimating that he meant to propose s vote of general censure against the conference . In doing this , hlr . Wardrop fully exposed the unblushing trickery and JDJnstice of the priestly conference in their allowing the rational and humane clergy of tbe people to be excluded from the meeting ; that their doing so was an insult ; o
the starris-g millions ; that if they had done their duty in visiting the poor they need not have gone to Manchester to learn the misery of the oppressed people from such hHmanity-mongers as Thompson , Cobden , and Co . ; and that the eyes of the people were now bo fuIJy open that all tbe eloquence of lay and priestly tricksters could no longer humbug them ; He concluded by moving a vote to the effect , that the conduct of the conference , in excluding the Chsnist and Sccia ] -preachers vras most unjust , unchristian , and injudicious , which , mixed as the meeting was " , was carried unanimously . The meeting then broke ap .
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Gojko!—Qo to New Haven—you ean go fora . shilling . Go to Hartford—you can go for a dollar . Go to Albany—yon can go then too , for a dollar . Go to Staiea Island—you can j ? o there lor sixpence , and get an excursion down tbe bay into the bargain , and oe onragb . t home , too , if only you do not go ashore . Go © u the Fibbing Banks—yon ean go and be gone all day-for a shilling , and be jammed half to death in the crowd . Go somewhere—go eTery where —it ' s 86 very cheap . Pray dont stay at home . — American Paper . '
Enlistment . —A young man In Ayr having enlisted on the Sabbath , on . the following day repented of his engagement , and applied to canoe } the enlistment , on the ground thai it " was made on a Sunday . The riagistraW ; at « loss how to act , addressed the Secretary * at War for advice , and from the answer it appears that the Secretary at War has no desire to encourage the . enlistment of recruits oa a Sunday , but thst such ' enlistment'has been : declared to be perfectly valid by \ he highest legal authorities . A Novel Bill before Parliament . —The Lord Chancellor , on Monday night , just before the House
of Peers adjouraed , presented a bill to relieve " a noble lord '' ( the name was not mentioned at the time ) from the disabilities and penalties he had in * curred in consequence of having taken his seat and voted before taking the oaths and going through the other prescribed and requisite forms . It now appears that " the noble lard then alluded to was the Earl of Scarborough . The disabilities incurred are very numerous and serious ; and the accidental omission to comply with that statute in the present case has brought the noble earl into a carious position in relation to the severe enactments of that act .
, Cast-Ibox Church . —St . George ' s Church , Everton , Liverpool , is an object of considerable interest for its taste , and as having be « n nearly the first iron church erected in Great Britain . The whole of the frame work of the windows , doors , groins , roofs , pulpit , ornamental enrichments , are of cast-iron . The length ia 119 feet , the breadth is forty-seven . It is ornamented by a splendid east-iron window , of stained glass . It is not , perhaps , generally known that a great proportion of the larger manufactories erected in England within the last tea years are all
iron exoeptr walls ; and within two years past , several cottages and oountry villas have been put np near London , which are exclusively cast-ironwalls , door ? , Bteps , roof , chimneys , saeh , &c . In England , where wood is dear and iron cheap , the fir ^ t cost of such buildings is less than those of timber , la durability and oeauty they are , of course , unequalled . When once finished , suoh buildings require no repairs ; and the most finely-carved ornaments cost little more thaa plain castings . — Cambridge Chronicle .
A BatBAL Blundml—At Walcot , lastweek , a dash ing carriage drove up to tbe church from Box , and a bride , attended by her bridesmaid , was handed oat by her papa . The parson and the whole party were soon in readiness for the important ceremony , with the exception tbat a ckief performer iu the drana was unaccountably absent . The bride trembled as the minutes moved away , and 4 l He eooaeth not , she said ; he eoneth not , she said . " Her father waxed wro- h at the bridegroom ' s onpard «* afeie non-appearance , and , taking horse , gailopped m search of his intended son-in-law . On arriving
at the sinner s house , he found him quietly pursuing his wonted avocations , unconscious of the presence ot his Dulcinea at Hymen ' s altar . An explanation ensued . He had left the lady aad her bridesmaid to fix tbe day—the important day—and they bad sent him a note—a sort of warrant—announcing to him his loss of bachelor-life on the 10 , h of Angust , L 841 ; but , unfortunately , they committed the blunder of neglecting to ascertain if the intimation was received as well as sent . The fact was , it was not received—and hence the disappointment . The bride thanked her stars it was no worse , and the wedding took place on the following day .
A Rcssian ' s Estimate op Aptborship . — A popular Russian fable ( by Kruiloff ) represents an author and a thief in hell . They are in two separate kettles , and the devil has lighted a huge fire under that belonging to the man of letters , while tbe lightfingered hero is only enjoying a gentle degree of warmth . The author reproaches Satan with his partiality , but the latter justifies himself thns : — " You are a much greater sinner than the thief : his sins have died with him , but yours will survive for eontaries . "
Captors of Whales . —A letter , dated Stromness , says— vt Oar annual welcome visitors nude their appearance off Hough ton head on Saturday last about six o clock . The cry of "Whales , whales 1 " was immediately raised , and the news spread with amazing rapidity . All the boats in ' the harbour , to the number of from fifty to sixty , were immediately put in requisition , and all the implements of destruction , ftwa lurjMva *• »^ jtpno ^ frHff ^ Tqy , < yii » Uly gathered . The morning was particularly favourable for a ehase , and the scene altogetTOrwas most exciting . The eriea of " Give way , " * rPoll together , ^ Sec , were heard floating along the smooth surface of the waters , while in the distance the monsters of thed * ep were sporting and gamboling—la , a short time thboate ^ ap with the whalesand their
« rere , he ^ dx feinted ia shore , when , after a sharp roa , they < pg tt > all safety grounded on the Caisston shore . Then began the process of slaughtering ^ and as it is the rule here ( Stromness ) , " every man for himself , " all were soon engaged in the work of death . There were about one hundred and fifty killed ; which were on an average worth about three pounds each , making the aggregate value of the wbales £ 450 . Proper " whaling ^ ' regulations should be adopted and enforced by the authorities . Club law in any shape is a dangerous one , especially uhere the excitement is so great , and weapoes so ready at command . There was a good deal of bickering and bad blood on the occasion . In FJotta , Scapa , and other places , the people make common cause of the affair , and share alike , which is decidedly the proper system .
THniBLE-RlGGI > "G , AND EXTRAORDINARY INFATUAtio . v of the Victim . —On Friday , at Southampton , before P . Breton , Esq ., five thimble-riygers were placed at the bar charged with a conspiracy to defraud a gentleman , named Edwards , residing at Millbrook , of certain sums of money and his gold watch —to wit , a sovereign , a £ 30 note , seventy sovereigns , and fifty sovereign , making £ 171 , and a gold watch which bad cost £ 60 . Mr . Saunders stated the case as it was proved in evidence , and said if ihe case 6-hould be proved the prisoners might be dealt with summarily as vagrants , or for the conspiracy be fined five times the amount of the money staked , which after paying the expences of the prosection , would go to the poor of the parish . The evidence
against two of the prisoners was not so positive as against three , who gave their names as follow : — Benjamin Parrott , of Sheffield , file-grinder ; John PurcelJ , of Dudley , Worcestershire , glass-cutter ; aed Francis Varrier , of B-irford , Oxfordshire , cook . , Thon : a 8 Edwards , Esq ., deposed that he resided at MiUbrook . Was of no profession . Oa Tuesday last he went to the race-course , on the eommon , about one o ' clock . Saw several persons standing in a riag . Was induced to go up there . In that ring was a table and three thimbles , the three prisoners , Benjamin Parrott , John Purcell , and Francis Verne r , standing round the table , a person shifting the thimbles and offering to bet for a soverign and upwards . Saw several sovereigns won and lost . Some
one turned to him and ssid " Try jour luck , Sir . Tcok ont his purse and placed the only sovereign he had in it on the table . It was won by his betting the pea not being under it . To tho befat of his belief , Parrott then said " Try your luck again , Sir . " I said " No , I hare nothing but a £ 50 note , and I will not change it . " The parties round the table were plajing , but he could not swear the pri ? oner 3 < did , for sometimes £ 10 , £ 20 ^ ind £ 30 . A man who ; was standing behind the man playing the thimble ? , whenever- the thimbles were turned over , took up the thimble- that had the pea under , and said , " Now ' s the time , Sir , you are sure to win , " while the man who had the thimblo said , "I'll bet £ 50-50 sovereigns are staked , will any one bet !"
The prosecutor bet , lost , and walked away , folio wed by Parrot , who expressed Ins sorrow at his illluck , imputing it to nervousness . Was persuaded to go back and lookon . The parties appearedrespec : able , andheha « l no doubt of their meaning being kindly , and he was induced 4 o arceptJoans of sovereigns at two or three times from Verrier , to tbe amount of seventy sojtreigns , as he was told b y them , . Verrier putting the money towards him aad then on tbe board . He-lost the whole in two or three stakes . .-Having walked away with Parrot , was followed by Verrier , and , at his earnest request , wrote in a memorandum book he produced an acknowledgement that he owed him £ 70 . ( The memorandum book was afterwards destroyed ) . They soon ran against the tabltfagain ,
aud at their persuasion he staked twenty sovereigns , and ae ; ain thirty sovereigns , lent him by Purcell , and lost all . He handed his sold watch as a security for the £ 20 to Purcell . He then gave a bill for the £ 50 . Purcell forced the money upon him . Parrott described Purcell as a gentleman able to buy halt Southampton . He wished to get his Watch batk , and agreed to meet the parties at the Nelson , that evening , to settle ; but thinking afterwards better of it , ho sent a note of excuse , and appointed nest norninj " . Having consulted Messrs . Deacon aad Long , they icoompimed him there ^ met the prisoner * , who insisted on their claims , and the police , by arrangement , came in and took the prisoners Into
cuttody . [ Fhe watch and securities were fodhd npon the pi * soner 3 , but the principal , supposed to have the mosey , did not appear , having got awa ^ . J The coarse of examination pursued by the prisoners was to show tbat the transaction was in the ta'ure of a debt . Mr . Edwards was not able to identify ; the other two prisoners in the affair . Inspector Enright had searched tbe prisoners' lodgings at the Nag ' s Head Tap , and found a large quantity of wearing apparel ( disguisef- ) . Verrier pad Is . ' 7 i . apon him ; P&rrot £ ! 3 18 s . 8 ^ d ., a watch . & * ' ., and Carran £ 1 2 s . lOd . and a watch . P . S . Terry deposed to the search and discovery of a quantity of flash notes . Carran made his escape while a woman suddenly clasped Terry round the waist . The pri-Eoners were remanded .
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r J ° J ^ ° u ll "t « ttmu » notice recently appeared on Lndford church door . Harts , and was previously read m the ehureh :- « This is ' to Site notice , that no person is to burted , m this ehwcfi ya « bnt those hvinointhepattBh i&nd . tho&e whotrisfi / o UbUried are deswed to apply to EphraimGrob , - parish t ¦ RErawra titKw op WE 5 TMonEUND .-Lord Lowthere elevation to the peerage , which is announced in Tuesday ' s Gazette , will neoessaril / occasion a vacancy in the repmentatioa of this county ] . Mr . AWorman Thompson is put forward by the Tories to supply his place .
Steam Tbaveixing < m Common Road * . —On « of the General bteam Coaoh Company ' s coaches started from the Regent ' s Park at twenty-five mmutes past feur on Thursday afternoon , and performed the journey to the Maner house » t Tottenham , and back again , m twenty -fi * e or twenty-six , minutes , a dis-Jauoe of from seven to nine miles , as estimated by two several parties . This would give , on a rough calculation , about fifteen miles in the hour ; but , from the obstructions which were encountered , twenty miles an hour would be the more correct computation . The noise of the engine is soareely perceptible ; there is neither smoke nor a visible
escape of Bteam , and the boiler is relieved , and all danger avoided . A cow suddenly rushed across the road when the coach was at full Bpeed , and had th « vehicle been drawn by horses , a collision must have taken place , whereas the engineer steered the coach clear . The wheels are very broad , and is the portion allotted to passengers it resembles the open carriages on the railroads . The stokers sit behind , and the whole compliment of passengers was sixteen . Several members of parliament were passengers , and one lady . The coaoh is shortly to make a trip to Windsor for the inspection , of her Majesty and Prince Albert .
Prbskwt to Her Majesty . —A few days previous to the ! departure of the Court from Windsor for Claremont a very chaste and elaborately wrought table , composed of a portion of the wreck of the Royal George , waa received at Windsor Castle , as a present to her Majesty , from a Mr . Emanuel , of Portsmouth . As soon as the paoking-caseB contain ing this valuable present arrived at tho Castle , they were immediately ordered to be opened in the presenoe of her Majesty and the Prince , who expressed their admiration of the extraordinary workmanship displayed on it ; aud , to mark the bigh opinion which these illustrious personages entertained of Mr . EmantteT * present , it was commanded to be placed in the Corridor , where it has since remained
The table is of circular form , and attached to a thick and richly owed pedestal , which ia supported by four lions , « ach about the size of a large bull dog . The surface of the table is composed of alternate pieces of white and blaok « ak , which radiate from a small pojnt in the centre , the black coloured wood being that which had been acted on by the water , aud the otker the heart or centre of large logs to whioh tiw discolouration hid not penetrated . Oa the edge is a profile view of the Royal George , neatly engraved on silver , and underneath a short inscriptwn , stating that the table is presented to her Majesty as a loyal and dutiful gift , and that the material of which it is composed was originally a portion of the wreck of the abovementioned magaicent vessel .
Nfiwir Recovered Lano . —Since the opening of tho new out from Eau Brink to Lynn , which took place xbout twenty years a ^ o , the old channel , which was very wide and spacious , by which the water of tbeOnseand its tributary streams were formerly conveyed to Lynn , has been gradually silting np , aiid much of it has now become firm laud , producing rich and flourishing herbage . A few days since * portion of this newly-recovered island , ( containing about £ 00 acres , ) which is now embanked and fenced with live quick-set fences , and divided into convenient pieces for occupation , waa let by auction , at the Globe Inn , Lynn , and the annual rental obtained forits averages
nearly £ 3 per acre . Calculating upon this ratio , were an embankment of the Wash to take place , the annual value of ihe land which would be obtained by that undertaking we might reasonably estimate at not less than £ 300 , 000 . At the last quarterly meeting ot the Lynn town-council , Mr . F . Lane laid upon the table a copy of a memorial presented to the Commissioners of Woods and Forests , which memorial referred to the inclosureof the Great Level of the Wash , and . was aceompankd with a letter , stating that tne application to Parliament upon that subject was intended to be renewed in the next session . —Norfolk Times .
Moee Titrannt . —A correspondent of the Morning Chronicle , whostf' name is mentioned , relates the Allowing instance of . offensive law-tyranny displayed by two Magistrates of Lancashire towards eleven labourers who did hot ' attend their parish-church on 6 on& day in June . According' to a Jaw which has ^«»^« B « sW « r ^^ -pB »« tUallLflrop « jibb 8 olete . the men were fined oae shilling , and orderedTTo-pay the costs , which amounted to various sums , jfetween 10 s . 6 d . and £ 1 43 . Being unable 40 pay the demands , they were thrown into prised j where two remained more tnan sixty daya , two others two andthree daYS ^ and th ^ remaining seven for periods wfoMT trtJftweTve to twenty-seven days . The wr « tlet-qto ^« P ^ ibllowftgT > a 8 sSgeTrJ > Bi the Prison laspectorV ^ lwoTt : — Among other compiahitff
made to merfcy the prisoner ) , J-C . came forward ajidBtsteitlOkthe waa placed ia tbe-Eeciesinstiol ( , ' ourt and sentenced to pay y fine of 1 & and 1 . 4 e costs thafrhirhad fceen In prison ten weeks , andiiad no means ot paying ; and hppod that & representation might be made of his jjise ^ or he must remain a prisoner for ever . Upon referring to tins ' man ' s commitment , I find that * tte was summarily convicted before two magistrates * that op the — of Juno , being the Lord's-day , called Sunday , in tho township of—— , did neglect to attend a church , or at some other place of religious worship on the said day he not having any reasonable excuse to be absent ; and . judged to forfeit and Day Is . together with
) l ,. cosi 9 , and , in default , to Be kept in prison-natiJ the same sums be paid . It appeared that the follow ing number of persons had been committed for a similar offence , and been discharged upon payment of the fines and costs . The poverty of the prisoner J . C . appearing to bo such as to leave no hope of his being able to pay the fine aitd costs , I decided on making a representation of his case to the Secretary of State ; who was pleased to recommend him forthwith as a filing object for her Majesty ' s pardon , and he was discharged in . consequence . Th © correspondent asks if the Magistrates were "discharged . **^
Dublin PolIcb . —Henry-street Office . A Sailor Girl . —Interesting Case . —On Friday , as a constable ot the C division was proceeding on his beat , in the neighbourhood , of the Custom Hous 3 Docks , he saw a sailor boy , who soeraed to be wandering -about without any fixed purpose , and whose woe-fraught visage evidently betokened a mind but ill at ease . The policeman questioned him as to tho place he was bound to , & < s ., and finding his answers anything but satisfactory , and seeing , moreover , something very buspicious in " the cut of his jib , " he considered it his duty to take him into custody , and accordingly he was brought before the magistrates of this office , when , after some vain endeavours to support the character
assumed" The bosbfnl loot , the rising breast , Alternate spread alarms i The lovely stranger stands confesb ' A . maid in all her charms I " Oh beijig interrogated by the magistrates , she gave the foUuwing'aocount of herself : —Her father , she f aid , was a boatman , named Lanigan , who resides at Tarbert , near Giln , on the bauks of the Shannon . OwtDg to save family difference , a , nd the severity of an unamiable step-mother , who treated her very cruelly , and coinhiually reproached her for not going forth to earn her bread , the poor yoatig girl rashly fled from tie paternal roof , and determined to wend her way t&frsrds Dublin , in the hope of procuring a situation ; ^ She walked the whole of the weary
way , and ; «{ n ' Straday las * , ' arrived ift the metropolis , where , hotterejyfihe did Dot find that things wore 9 s promising & $ aspsei as , when in the comury , she was led to expect they would . In a few days her little stock of money was expended , and there appearing naTprospcct of her obtaining a situation t uitsbte to hfr « 5 X-- * md . habits , she for a long time revolv # d in her mind as to what expedient she should adopt 'to mend Ker fortunes , and 6 ave her if cm that dishonour and degradation , to which pa ' -, verty and desperation have too often reduced the friendless . She resolved at le :. gth on assuming the garb and character of a sailor boy , and in that capacity earn an honourable subsistence To this resolution her romantic zniiid was prompted tb « rather
from Laving read m the columns of the newspapers recently a glowing account of an Adventurous damsel who assumed the -character of a mariner , and succeeded in preserving it for many years . With thib view she was proceeding down the quays , with the intentiou-of making application to the Captains of the vessels , when , as we have already stated , she vras apprehended by the constable . The magistrates appeared to take great interest in the prisoner ' s case , and , after giving her many admonitory cautions , told her 4 hey could not detain her in custody . She thanked tfote worships , and expressed her determiaatioa fc > give " op her roving thoughts and toreinrn to her father ' s roof ; if she oould only pwoure means sufficient to enable her to do so . Sot knew that the
step the had proposed to herself was one indelicate and ill-advised ; "but , " said tbe poor girl , " wK » V onltt I do ! It was better than to stay in Dublin , whore I have no means of honstt livelihood , and teeiputioM besets me on all sides . "—She i » » n exceedingly pretty girl , about aeventoen years oT age , with a divine pair of hajwl eyes . Several gentlemen present , sympathising with the poor girl , contributed varidualy , for tho purpose of raising a fund to convey her in safety back to Limerick ; and Mr . Inspector O'Connor , with a feeling of humanity highly to be commended , offered her an asylum in his house fur that night ,: having previously ascertained that she was worthy of such countenance . He volunteered , moreover , to make a collection among his friends on her behalf .
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Harvest Bbix . —It has been the custom , from time immemorial , for the parish clerk of Driffield to ring what ia called the " Harvest Bell . " TlriB « u 3 tom is observed by giving the principal bell of the chwchja ^ mertj swing for several mintxtes , at : five o clock each morning , and at seven each evening , to warn tbe labourers in the harvest fields when to commence and quit their toils . Before , the general rae of clocks and watches , this custom would doubtless be of much , « ervice . The clerk is rewarded for me tremble with" a small portion of corn from each crop , which , like tithes ,-was formerly paid in kind , but is now received by an equivalent in money .
London and Pbovinciai , Newspapers . —The following is a Bammary statement of the number of newspapers published in the United Kingdom at the present time , namely—In London , daily , 12 ; weekly , 49 ; monthly , 12 ; at various other periods , 18 ; total , 111 . In the provinces—Bedford , 1 ; Berkshire , 3 ; Buckinghamshire , 3 ; Cambridgeshire . 3 ; Cheshire , 6 ; Cornwall , 5 ; Cumberland , 5 ; Derbyshire ; A ; Devonshire , 12 ; Dorsetshire , 4 ; Essex , 3 ; Glooesterehire , 13 ; Hampshire , 4 ; Herefordshire , 2 ; Hertfordshire , 2 ; Kent , 12 ; Lancashire , 26 j Leicestershire , 4 ; Lincolnshire , 5 ; Middlesex , 2 ; Monmouthshire , 2 ; Norfolk , 3 ; Northamptonshire , 2 ; Northumberland , 8 ; Nottinghamshire , 4 ; Oxfordshire , 3 ; Somersetshire , 6 ; Shropshire , 3 ; Staffordshire , 5 j Suffolk , 5 ; Sacsex , 5 ; Warwickshire , 10 ; Westmorland . 2 ; Wiltshire , 5 ; Worcestershire , S ; Yorkshire , 27 ; total , 214 . In Ireland , 70 ; in Scotland , 66 ; and in Wales , 8 ; making a grand total of 469 newspapers .
A Noble-minded Peasant . An agricultural labourer named George Lett , of North Crawley , who , by honest industry , sober habits , and economy , saved a sufficient Bum of money to purchase a freehold house in the parish , Stated that the first rent he received should be given away in bread . Accordingly , on Saturday last , half a year ' s rent , amounting to £ 2 , having been paid , he gave the money to the baker to furnish bread to be distributed at the church the following day . A loaf was given to every child belonging to the Sunday school , and the remainder to the most distressed poor of the parish who attended church . —Northampton Herald .
EXTKAOBDHfABT iNTESTrOATION AT NewCASTLEunder-Lyne—Adulteration of Floue bt Mnlers . —Great excitement has prevailed iu Newcastleunder-Lyne for the past week , in consequence of the seizure of a number of sacks containing a mixture resembling flour , which popular report represented to be plaster of Paris , on the premises of the Union Mill Company in that town . An investigation of the affair took place on Tuesday , at the Town Hall , before two county magistrates , and excited an extraordinary interest among the populace , who crowded into the ball in a most darquivocal state of indignation and excitement . A circumstance that added great gusto to the affair in the opinion ot the people , was that the chief magistrate of the borough .
the Mayor of Newcastle , was oue of the mill-owners implicated in the charge . It appeared that Mr . Cottril , the vigilant head police-officer of Newcastle , had been for some time upon the watch on the proceedings of a person named Copeland , residing near Newcastle , from information that great quantities of an article resembling flour were taken to his bouse , and then carried in various directions . Oa the morning of Saturday week tbe officer found a cart belonging to the Union Mill standing at Copeland ' a door . Ten sacks , apparently of flour , were put into the cart , and conveyed to the Union Mill , but upon its arrival there the Buspocted cargo was seised by the police . The bags weighed twenty-three hundred weight . A auspicious
circumstance in the affair was , that one of the men employed in the mill , in answer to questions of the polioe said the bags contained pigs' meat , while another man said they contained best seconds . The title of best seconds created a loud laugh in the court . A portion of the contents of the sacks was then takeu out , and analysed by Mr . C . Jones , chemist , of Hanley , who declared to the magistrates his opinion that the substance in the bags was sulphate of lime . Upon beiDg burnt and mixed with water , it became solid ,. exactly like plaster of Paris . There was but a very slight mixture of vegetable matter in it . Mr . Bull , one of the Union Mill Company , in answer to the charge , said he would take all the blame , it' there were any , on his own shoulders . He then croceeded with a statement that he had been in want of pig meat , that Copeland had been recommended to him
by a respectable miller at Madely , as having a large quantity of an article wtiiih he manufactured from potatoes , and which he ( Mr . Bull . ) gave him an order for , believing it to be similar to an article failedJbrina , such as he . knew , was sold in Liverpool ; bat he wished it to bo understood that not one ounce of it had been used at their mill . Mr . Wm . Hill , the respectable miller referred to , stated that CepeWnd Bad offered some of the article to him , but he would have nothing to do with it . He had . however , mentioned it to Mr . Bull ; It appeared from the magistrates' questions that Mr . Hill , in the course of his busuies 8 , , had never met with Us like before , that manufactured by the millers being fine bran , the refuse . of flour . Ths c . h * r * B of having a mixture on the premises , seemingly for the purpose of jhixing with four , jwaa © onaidMsed b jf th j ^ magistrates to be made oat , ' and the ^ eTeMamsTM&ssrs ' R . Bull , T . Turner , and F . May » r , were fined £ 10 ,
with costs . Cottril , the police , officer , said he had Mother information to lay against the same parties , for having adulterated flour on the premises . The announcement was received with a cheer by the populace . The investigation of it was postponed . There was also a charge against another flourdoaJer , named Beardsmore , whose cart had been often seen by the officer at Copeland ' s door by four o ' clock in the morning . This person acknowledged having made pretty extensive use of Copeland ' s precious composition , but statrd that on finding its deleterious effects he had buried what he had not sold iu the soil , and endeavoured to get back from his customers what was not consumed . The magistrates , taking into consideration this acknowledgment of the defendant , fined him in the mitigated penalty of £ 3 fe . 84 . When the defendants left the Court , they were assailed by the populace with loud threats , and even by showers of stones , and had to be esoorted out of the town by the police .
Disgusting Conduct . —On Tuesday , a person whose name was said to be William John Bankes , was brought np , at Bow-street , by Constable Bennett , 88 A division , charged with indecently exposing himself with a soldier of the Foot Guards in the Green-park . The prisoner , on being brought to the station-house , gave tho name of John Harris , and described himself as a servant out of place , as appeared by the police-sheet . The constable stated , that about half-past twelve o ' clock on the morning of Tuesday , he saw the prisoner and a soldier on Constitution-hill , near tho Green-park , and they both went over the palings into the Green-pdxk , while witness was proceeding down the walk . They then crossed the centre of the paTk , and stopped at the
further side , near a clump of trees . The remainder of the evidence is unfit for publication . Sergeant Tierney , 8 A division , who took the charge , stated that the prisoner gave the name of John Harris , a servant oat of place , or upper servant , which witness had reason to believe was not correct , as he had , since he was apprehended , admitted that he was a gentleman of fortune . The prisoner also told witness , before he was placed it the bar , that if his name waa suppressed , he would would retire to one of his country Seats , and he could be bailed by the name of HarriB . ' Mr . Jardine wd , ho had no observations to make about the charge , or the evidence in support of it , but to rrqiiirB baii , which would be in proportion to the iiti&rmer ' s station in life , and
that was , himself in , £ 200 , and his sureties £ 100 cachito answer the charge at the next sessions ©!' * ho Central Criminal Co \ irt . In the course of the &ay , William Dorsett , wax-chandler , 52 , King-street , Whitehall , ' and' Thomas' Snetzum , a , builder , 13 , Great Smith-street , Westminster , were accepted as sureties ; and the prisoner was set at liberty . [ Thisfellovv Bankes weunderstand . is connected with the first families in the country , and we now notice the case merely with reference to the point of bail . The object of bail is to prevent the escape of the accused party , by which the ends of justice may be defeated . The case for which Bankes tvaB held so bail , is one which men of fortune , conscious of the truth of tho charge , seldom meet . ' We do not wish to prejudge
Bankei ^ Notwithstanding the very suspicious circumstaSR ( 8 detailed in the report , he may have been a coward , and not a criminal . But what we ask , and what tho public are every where asking , is , how came Mr . Jaidine to demand no higher bail for the appearance of Bankes than he would have demanded in the case of a mechanic or labourer for any trumpery assault ! Is Mr . Jardine bo raw , so little acquainted with the world , as not to know that in a case in which a rioh man has a strong motive to escape from justice , he can always obtain two sureties for the paltry sum of £ 100 each J A rioh man can have little difficulty in indemnifying his sureties , when the sum is only £ 100 ; and , from the Bishop of Clogher downwards , it is a matter of notoriety that bail is no obstacle to ^^ escape of rich parties . Mr . Jardine very probably thinks that public morality is not benefltted by giving , notorie y wiBh to tfceinin
to these cases ; we oould never see the columns of a newspaper . But when a case of thiBBortis brought before » ma ff 8 trat 6--7 ° ^* £ magistrate actually knows that the accused £ « & » a mam of great wealth ( aud Mr . Jardine knew nj ht well who Mr . William Bankeswas ) , we ask . if it is proper thatsuch trifliSgbail should be demanded 1 What i « this but strengthening the general impression that in ' England ' rioh men may always count upon impunity ; and that men » uffer , not for their offences but their poverty ? Of all inequalities the most offensive is that which wears the mask of equality . To hold a drunken cobler , for a trumpery assault , to bail for an amount equal to thatdemanded for a man of rank and wealth , for an offence which carries with it exclusion from respectable sooiety , is a species of equality which cannot be too much reprobated . ]—Wec&ht Chronicle * .
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LONDON THADES .-THE SHOEMAKERS . TO TBS ED 1 T 0 B 09 THB ifOBTHBRM STAR . Sir , —In consequence of a robbery tfiat has been committed upon the London Eastern Division cf Boot tmd Shoemakers' Trades Union by John Murray , late delegate clerk to that Society , who ha « absconded witli upwards of £ 147 , a report has got Into dreriUtion that the Boot and Shoemakers' Charter Association ha » been robbed and mined by a Chartist leader . Sir , the truth is , the above Society ispnreljr aTrades ' Union / and doeii not reeognbe Chartlam , or any othet political subject ; and John Murray , the robber , wa » never a Chartist in his life .
We have a Charter Association , recently formed , which is composed entirely of members of the above named Union > bnt the two Societies are held qnite dfs » tinct and independent of each other . Oar young CharteT Association has certainly been impeded In its progress by the time and attention of its members being occupied in righting the trade from the serious eff eta of such a robbery ; but for all , though , we consider Chartism of paramount importance , ultimately , to Trades' Unions ; yet , as an immediate check to the encroachments of the " tiger capital , " we see the im » perative necessity of preserving and improving our old bulwark , and things have taken a favourable turn ; a Council has been appointed to take tbe affairs of the trade in hand , who hove presented the following addresa to seven divisions of the city : — August 29 th , 1841 .
Esteemed ShopMates , —We , the Council of fourteen , appointed by a general meeting , seeing the neces-Bity of an entire remodelling of our institution , for the better securing our property , and also for the more effectually defending and advancing our mutual interests , we are resolved to enter npon the task at full length and depth , with a determination to establish a system whereby erery penny collected shall be appropriated to its just and devoted purposes , and every member shall have an opportunity of giving his opinion and vote oa every subject , without interraption , molestation , or insult ; and so by infusing a portion of new health into our constitution , to enable it to bear its infirmities .
We could point ont nnmerotis evils In onr manner of conducting businega , and anomalies in pur lawa , or the working of them ; but as we know the trade to be already convinced of the necessity of an entire change we will not occupy yonr time in doing so , bat will employ ourselves in working out the nioob > needed reform . Men ate fast changing their habits from tbe paths of dissipation to the pursuits of civilisation , and the acquirement * of knowledge—from drinking and
gambling to a love of unity for mutual instruction and social improvement , anil vf © must change our institution to suit the changed habits and improved minds Of osi members , and the times in wbich we live , or as a Society we shall soon expire , leaving en onr name the reproach of man , and on our trade and posterity the stamp of wretchedness . We are aware of difficulties and are determined to encounter them like a handful of mariners , as it were , in a life-boat , to stem the torrent , and save our tottering baik from impending wreck .
Bat let no one suppose that this Council will souSK tenanca anything of the nature of a whitewash , or think oar books onght to be disgraced with the names , or our assemblies with the presence , ot men who are so far unprincipled as either to refuse or neglect to pay their full quota for the protection of their own interests . But , as it will be necessary . to have you * opinion and your will whereon to lay the foundation of the superstructure we are about to erect , we shall call you together at the earliest opportunity , and lay before you a plan and prospectus of our future system While we acknowledge how hard and vexatious it la
for you to be robbed of the money y « a have paid . with devotion to so good a cause , we hope yon will trust to the energies of thiB OouncU for the , prevention of snch atrocities in future . We only ask time and authority , and we pledge ourselves to do all within out capacities , and that without taking from . you one farthing by way of remuneration ; and , while we off «» to watch over you and tbe machinery of onr improved order , remember that you also watch as—remember that human nature is liable to corrupt—therefore ,, watch all , and watch ua , lest we cease to be honest watching men . *
Sir , I have to report , in behalf of the Operative Cordwainers' Charter Association , that in the midst of tbe difficulties above alluded to , we are increasing la number ; we have appointed a new delegate to the County Council , and furnished him with onr quota off tbe sinews of war . We are classifying ourselves into small districts , and appointing collectors , and I have no doubt , in a short time , you will flad ns np and doing for the Charter in a way tbat will need b « apology ; wa meet on Sunday evenings , for the present , at Mr . Alex * adder ' s , Northern Star Inn , Goulden-Iane . N . B . Not the Star Cuffee House . I have the honour to be , Sir , { Your humble Servant , Johjj Wahehdine ,
Secretary . And also Secretary to the Council of 14 , men * tioned above , and Shareholder of Chartiat Hall , 85 , Old Bailey .
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' TO THE EDITOR OF THB TUAH HERALD . " l ^ ngbwa , 25 th Angnat , Ifi 4 i . Sir , —In the last number of the Star newspaper appears a lather lengthy epistle from tbe celebrated Barnard Macdonnell , the Chartist agent In thta tows . The writer ef that letter insinuates , In language not to be misunderstood , that the principles of Qhartism are gaining ground here ; and in truth ( hr the trntb ought not , in this case , to be concealed ) the assertions of Brian are closely approximating to the fact . Tho three grand political * parties which now , by their writings , their exertions , and their riju ^ jpgt with each other , keep in commotion the waters of the great political ocean , are . Conservatism , or tie doctrines of the Tory school ; Motlsm , or the doctrines of the
Reform school i and Chartism , or the doctrines of that school which , indifferent alike to the principle * of Whiglsm or Toryism , is , or at least seems to be , impelled by the desire of rescuing the popular party from the talons of those political iarpies who , for years , have been trading , trampling , aad triumphing over the righta , liberties , and privileges of the people . When I called Toryism a party . Sir , I was wrong ; ibis not a party , it la a faction . The Leaders of the two political parties , then , are Daniel OConnell and Feargus O'Connor ; and the parties which they represent are related to each other , as the whole to its part , or as the GENUS to its species . —Let me explain myself : every O'Con * norite ia , and must of necessity be , an O'Connellito . bufc every O'Connellite ia not , nor caa he be , an O'Connorlte ;
and why ? Because OConnell is for a moral force reform—an assertion which the Tory faction denies ; and O'Connor is an advocats for physical force reform—an assertion which the Chartist party denies . Now , Sir , the grand let and obstacle to the amalgama tion of the O'Conneliites and the OConnorites is the often-repeated , but as often denied , charge of the torch and dagger . Let this one article be erased from the political creed of the Chartists , and both parties can then join hands , aud proceed unitedly in the great work of political regeneration ; but while they stand , as at present , aloof from each ether , they are bnt weakening each other ' s powers , and , in the mean time , the Tories ' , the arch enemies of every thing useful , enlightened , and liberal in politics , are suffered to acquire new vigour ,
fresh strength , and to regard , or to neutralise every effort made , by no matter what party , for the advancemeat ot the popular cause . When I Bay , Sir , that the principles of Chartism ore gaining ground here , I would be understood to mean that they are gaining ground among those who profess some political principles , and who , should an opportunity be afforded them , are willing to evince their adherence to tbe great Liberator in his agitation and struggle for the Repeal;—but the peoplo , the honest patriots of Loughrea , who were ever foremost , or among the foremost , to stand forward when their country called upon them , have no leader , no one in whom they may confide , and who is willing to step forth , and commence the agitation of the great
question of Repeal—and give an impetus to the collection of the repeal rent—or even that of the OConnell tribute fund . It may be yet in the recollectton of yoax readers that the greai Liberator , some time ago , commenting upon a letter of Bernard O'Dvnnell , the Chartist agent here , assarted , in the Corn Exchange , tbat he could not find , upon the map of Ireland , the . town of Loughrea—he then gave Loughrea a palpable bit ; foe it would seem that Lougbrca , politically speaking , has bad no existence for some years back , if we except tbe late . effurt it made agalnBt tbe Tories on the Corn Law question . Yes , Sir , those woo once were ardent , eoger , vehement In tho caaso of Repeal , are now , if inaj use the phrase , either dead or sleeping . Your obedient Servant , A Repealer .
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A Nahbow Kscape . —Tho Archbishop of Pans , Fays the Tempt , in travelling on the 20 th tilt , from St . Fleur into the Aveyron , narrowly escaped an awful fate . At a short distance from Laoahn his carriage was struck by lightning , which carried away the cap the bishop wore , and slightly wounded on the head one of his chaplains who sat by binu It is also said that one of the horses was knocked down and 6 tuaned . The consequences of the acoident were oot euffieiently serious to prevent the prelate from costinuing itis journey . —Galignani . Explosion at a Lccifkb Match Factory ; — On Toeadav mornine , about half-past ten o © lock ,
one of those frequent wploBions whteh talce plaea at the ** nanufaotorks , occurred at the raouer mate * inahttfiMrtory of Mr . HynaxD * , Prinee ' wr auare , Lanfr . beth . At the above honr upward * of 100 men and boys were employed in the factory , ; when soddenly » loud explosion was heard , and im » ediately ; tte whole place was in fl ames . An alarm waaunmediately given , and soon afterwards the engines of the West of England and theiBritfade were on / the spot , and from their united efforts the fire wai fortunately subdued , and . prevented fronvexteidiiig bejond the immediate pretaises . It ia fortunate that no farther damage ensued , as from the nature of the surrounding buildings the consequences must have been seriOTia .
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Ixdia and-Chi . ta . —The overland mail from India has arrived ,-with advices from Bombay of the lflth July , and from Macao of the 29 ; h May . The news from Cur . a is the great matter of interest . Captain Elliot , whoie . great object appears hiiherto to have been to secure the annual export of lea , was still temporizing with the Chinese authorities ; and had acceeded in baring J 1 , 000 , 000 pounds shipped before the 18 th May j and tbere vrere hopes that an equal or greater quantity -would be on board before the cna of that month . The emperor continued to issue
fulminating edicts . Indignant at the capture of the forts Of ^ heBocca Tigris by the British forces , he had ordered Keshen , the late Imperial Commissioner , to be pnt to death , by being cut in two at the middle , and had even extended his vengeance to the relatives and followers of the unfortunate negotiator . Lin , of whom we have not lately heard much , is said to have been the chief instrument in the fill of Keshen , whom he hoped to succeed in cotemaad of the Ck '; R"fe army . The army near Canton continued to increase in numbers ; and even the town itself is said to be full of Chinese soldiers . An
attempt to dislodge them was sb&rtly expected , lest the Eritish should be suddenly " cut off in . detai . l " A rumour , which seems incredible , represents Captain Eiiiott as bent ' upon immediately proceeding to the Northward with the greater portion of his forces , to retrieve his reputation by some desperate enterprise before the return of Sir Gordon Bremcr . The Columbine , which had been sent to Chasan to demand an explanation of the slaughter of Mr . Stead , the master of a transport who landed there , had been repulsed without any fatisfaction . In the mean time , the preparations for carrying on theTvarfare with the Chinese continue in India , The new Plenipotentiary , Sir Henry Pottinger , and the Admira ^ Sir William Parker , arrived at Bombay on the morniDg of the 7 th July , and set out for their ultimate destination on the 17 th , in the steam-frigate Sesostris . The admiral examined the arsenal and
dockyard of Bombay , in order to know their capabilities ; for , as he said , " the Chinese dispute » ay be settled in a few months , or it may last for years . " It ib understood that the policy to be pursued by Sir Henry Pottinger , the new Plenipotentiary , and Admiral- Sir W . Parker , the Commandant of the Ftrcee , is as nearly as possible the reverse of that which has ieen hitherto acted upon , with such tigiial ill success . A strict blockade of tho whole of the Southern and Western coast is immediately to be put in force ; the mouth of the great river is to be effectually guarded ; and the utmost care is to be taken to avoid unnecessarily irritating the natives , who from tho first have appeared to be favourably disposed . The island p f Amoy , of which a v « ry promising description is given , will , it is said , be occupied as soon as tbe dispositions for the blockade are completed .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 11, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct720/page/3/
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