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THE LAND ! THE LAKD ! A Parody on "TfcsSea / the Sea P The land ! the laud ! onxnatiVB land ! Encumbered ^ by a tyrant band Of idle drone * , who live at ease Upon thelaboorof the b » e»—Who "toil not , neither do they ^ In , " Yetrich profttsloBrevel In ; Although to labour they refuse , They claim all labour * sans produce : An idle / selfiab , worthless crew , . . Who BO « gbt boVndsehief ' evsr do—A base , dsstraetfrsv tyrant bud , TJrarpen at onr native bad J
I love , I lore my native had J And cheerfully would lend & band . To force the usurpers of our toillite plimderen of oar honest toll . To bboVft sons to yidd their right , Or quail before their matchless might ; To gnat th * wotking mQKos ^ prayer , The trait * < rfindnjftry to share ; To listen to the people's voice , Enact the Charter of their choice ; From tynata wrest tbe just demand , The freedom of oar native land !
© ux land ! om land ! our native la&a ! Soon may a noble patriot baad , United in the sacred cum Of equal rights a * d equal laws , Puissaat aimed with troth and right , Triumphant pat their foes to flight ; Or teach them to submit to share , In oomtnftn with each fellow-heir , The bounties whkh the earth affords To all who labour , slaves or lords ; Maintain tbe Ghartuts' jut demand , The freedom of than native land ! Jakes Fkexch . Newcastle , Staffordshire .
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O'COOTTOB'S WELCOME . SIT 5 G BT XS . BBTCE , IK TMS GREAT HALL OF THB BXZAAB , OS IRE EVEHIKO OP IBB DBM 0 K 3 T&A-1 I 0 X TOS O ' COSKOB . To tyranny fswwell , Ottoanort left hit cell , The chieftain comes forth ; He eotnes to fight for aHHe comes to disenthrall The children of the North . He Eves for txs—for us he'd die , Then let yottr broadest banners fly , Our hearts beat as of yore . The thistle and blue-bell bequeath—Glorioas be vu champion's wreath By many a laurel more .
Enshrined in eTery breast , The noblest and the best , As bright as tver shone ; The hero of the fight , In ail his awral might , T » victory leads as on . Him nobly rally round—arise . And with your welcomes ring the skies ; The glebs will echoing roar—Our wild wind free will proudly breathe Fragrance e ' er oar Hszshal * wreath , To add one laurel mow .
God-like » ur hero ridBS O ' er faction's surging tides , With principle his guide ; Long may he it maintain , And soon in triumph claim The Charter for his bride . Then freedom o ' er the world shall be&a , And Justice , hoTering on the wing , When all his fights are o ' er , Prom Immortality bequeath To Feargns an eternal wreath—One glorious laurel more ! Thokjls Qillsspis . Glasgow , October , 1 SU .
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ABERDEEN . —For some time back the weather has been very unsteady , and very unfavourable for harvest operations . For the last fortnight there has been very little field work done , and none of tbe crops hare bees got in ; indeed , if there is sot a needy change for the better , the standing crop , as also that already eat , will be entirely destroyed . On Friday nijjht la&t , there was some frost ; on Saturday morniag it was dull and cloudy , and about twelve o ' clock there was a violent fcafl shower , which lasted for about half an boor , and about four « 'doek the rain began to descend in backets' falL as
the Faying is , and almost continued unabated until the Sabbath morning . God help the poor , if snch weather continues , hundreds of whom are walking the streets unwilling ly idle ; those who flare work are scarcely able to supply themselves and families with the necessaries of life . If sneh a state of things continues , the people , in the madness of despair , will be driven to desperatien , and then , woe to the oppressor ! 0 ! little did Sir Bob know the distress tait . perra . de 3 the country , or he would cot hare prorogued the den of spoliators until he had done something for . toe starring millions .
C ARTiTnliR . —Cscel ato Brutal Conduct of the Mast ^ b of Colefox-hill Woskhousb , is rss Pabish op Salkt Maby s without . —We bad hitherto congratulated ourselves on the mild administration of the New Poor Law by the Board of Guardians and their servants ; indeed , we may g ay , that that trad and unchristian law has never folly -come into operation here . An attempt was made sometime back ia the Board of Guardians to carry a motion for the building of a Hew bastfle . for there were eertain heartless Whig " feelosofers , " who displayed a strong desire to have the law carried oat in all its horrible deformity ; bat thanks to the people , who , perceiving this , returned a majority of members to the Board who were opposed to this measure ; 30 that the party anxious for the building of ¦ a newBastile were successfully frustrated in their
mtenaons ; and we have remained just ; as we were previous to *> he passing of the New Poor Law Bill , with the exception of a certain classification having taken place . There are three houses , one for children , one for males , and the other for females . The first of these has been well concucied , and through the laudable exertions of several members of the Board of Guardians , a very extended and liberal system of education has been introduced ; which is creditable to those gentlemen , and which must finally prove very beneficial ; o the poor , but unfortunate inmates . Of the second we have heard no serious complaints . But we regret to say , that we cannot speak t hus favourably of the third ; the abode of fsmalesand infant children , where , above all others , the nuik of human kindness ought to abound ; foi surely n is enough to be Eubjected to the confinement and scanty fare of a workhouse , withont being
subjected to the most wanwn attacks and harshness ¦ on the part of the master of the place . We were tow to believe the various reports which we have heard , of me cruel and heartle-s treatment to which tue inmates of tnis place were &aid to be subjected ; and to satisfy ourselves of the accuracy of these reports , we proceeded to parties who had been in-»* tes , but who were obliged to leave the house , though m extreme poverty , in conseqnence of the j ^?^ 0 Terbearine wadnct of the maste r , Mr . 5 «? f ^ The ^ xs whi ch we gathered are nearly as foflow : _ i , i ?? e ^ that a certaiQ apart . K ^ f . kooseis set apart for women with young iSw ^ th " w " ^ aqiMrtity of wheaten bread ua-lowed to make sops for the infants . The women p « u » apartment tad marfo thPTr , «» WA « & little
8 > ' $ 2 PJ" ^ of it , were discovered by SL £ ?? ' &ndi ? r which horrible crime he treated an ^ Jk g ^* ^ £ hD € ? 8 . * a stopped the aUow-S £ l . ^ d to the chil < iren . SureJ ^ th ose little gffi , » S ^ ty of bo crime , that they should them aT ^ J * * little s ^ en » a « aUowed n , 7 »^ to suffe r the bi tin g pangs of hunger , ftrtbrfaults of their mother . In wSequenee of Si . - ? i ~ moliier 3 . unable locker to hear the S of ? hn * wilh ^ e sufferings of their infants , ttort , « ^^ PKiity , honourable to the feelings of a mother , actually Bcal ^ t > , » . n . « f *! , « , „;»„
« aw ent and purchased a little bread for their ££ ? f x ^ v - - This Mt was discovered and made he ««? a \ lxon > 0 D his arrival at home ; when d ^ S i ^ T 0 IBen ' apartments , and having ffiT ^ / ll $ tle b ^ deprived tbim of it , and roomTT ^^ indignation be went fro m one S * . abusing and alarming the inmates , ovtX ^ T * them *** punishment , until twi tornLM ^* corning . Next day he carried his toW » i ? executlon , by compelling every woman ZJ ?\ ^ , the J * rd every half hour at the SSL f * ^ ^^ *• womeD < « e <> BB 6-aSril ^ crnel and WMton treatment , gate Mfive hcurs , determined to beg their bread rather 2 ? i ^ f * l 0 wter to ^ objected to such wanton « a cruel treatment . One noor ^ tnn . whose was up about two
^ o ' clock was kept in the house Eg ™ o ' clock at night , and th « n tunwd o « t to tn * S " ? -, « ° * nd desolate world , with Sffl iS ? " * ****** * « the dark ; and , what is WttB ^ S ^ H * * " » U ihe re 8 » . « children » T ^? ? lofaMjir do K 8 « d stockings , and sent Eu . « k . i ^ ? other U 'his starving condition . jouW £ ^ e heitft- ^ oken mother , with the two KX * £ & *** ™ her arm * . " ^ e other two q £ * £ 8 * o her garments—to wend her way through TW ^ rS * ? a distance of a mile or upwards . the = i- e HHJPle facts , as related to us , without " notM t ? ^^^ " ^ S on our parts—We have nor -wf ext « iimed , nor set down aught in malice , " rfthS , ffiak v a ^^ KIcark on the conduct « wua overseer ; but leave him in the hands of tire
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Board of Gaardiaas , who , we fear not , will Barrowly look into bis conduct . We had almost , forgot to mention one circumstance , which is utterly disgraceful to Mr . Nixon , and that is , at the dinner table , tbe other day , in the presence of a great number of women and children , he made use of the most brutal and obscene language , ( such as we trill not here repeat , ) towards a young woman who had been so unfor tunate as to hare aa illegitimate child , tod ictually offered- avary 'iroito 'i Shilling who would lock the unfortunate creatdre about'tne yard ] Our heart sickens sttStiBare '" recital of snob horrible enormities , and w ** re -apt , to exclaim , with the poetf-i- - •' - ' - - " Where is thy arm . Oh t Tengeknce , where the rod That smote the foes oi Zioa and of God ?" —Correspondent .
STBOtnV ^ On Wednesday , Oct . 6 th , Mr . John Pickwd , rate-gattwwr , pat aft end to his Bxisptesoe by . suspending himself : to & beam in the attic , by means of his ' necKerchiefY in which was placed a small' wife io afreagtheri it : he was much « 8 teemea by all who knew him . —Same day , most diabolical attempt was made upon the life of a respectable female , near the Mill Hoase , on the read leading to Brisleyfrom Stroad . The mfBAn , after being foiled in his parpose , stripped her Of her elowea , a&d left her to go a distance of two milet and a half in the same condition . A reward of ^ £ 50 is offered for the offender . —On Saturday , the 9 th , a person naaed Fonlks , pat an end to his life by hanging himself at White ' s Hill , in the parish * f Strond . —Sune day , a person named Monk * , a man of loose character , attempted self-destruction by hanging himself to the bed-post , at his own house , hut was prevented by his daaghter .
BZB 3 HI 1 TGKA 2 IX . Grsat Church Rate Mercikg . —In opposition to ninety-nine oat of every hundred people in Birminghani , the- - stapid sad bigotted churchwardens , Kimberlej and Boucher , not content witlrthefr former defeat , deiermmed on calling a meeting on Friday last , at the Town Hall , of those who are liable to the direct payment of poorrates , in order to make an application for a rate of sixpence in the pound , very few houses under £ 20 yearly rental paying their rates direct , so that the worthies calculated on having it all their own way . The working men , however , determined to be present , and entered the Town Hall , in great numbers , lose before the time of meeting . A stormy scene tool place previous to the chair being taken , rcca ^
sioned by the tomfoolery of Mr . Boucher , who thrust himself into the seat which should be occupied by the Chairman . The business began at eleven o ' clock , and after a vast deal of Epamng en ' both sides , in which Messrs . M'DonnelL , Douglas , Thompson , and others , to # k part , Mr . Alderman Weston was elee * ted Chairman by an overwhelming majority . , The church-ra t * party were-about to demand a poll in favoar of Mr . Guttridge , but ultimately agreed to allow Mr . Weston to takathe chair . The sstimaied expenees of bell ringing , surplice washing , &c , having been gone into , Mr . Alston moved , That a rate « f sizpdnoe in the pound be granted . ' * Mr . R . K . Douglas , moved that the rate ' should not be
granted . Upon the question being put , nearly every hand was held up agsiast the rate , and a few white gloves in favour of it . Mr . White addressed the meeting , and blamed the Whigs and sham Reformers for not doing away with the rates altogether when they had the power of doing so : he wonld nevertheless oppose the rate . Mr . Collins also opposed the rate . The church-rate party demanded a poll , whkh was appointed to take place that evening , and continue until four o ' clock on the following Thursday . The polling proceeds with great spirit , and up to the time of our writing ( ToesdaV evening ) , there is & majority of 2 , 000 against the rate .
Police . —Nothing can exceed the difgustang scenes which daily take place at the Public-office of this town . Oa Thursday last , a man named Bates , was brought before the magistrates , at the instance of a miserable looking attorney , who said he was employed by a society for the prosecution of felons . The enormous crime laid against the prisoner , a toil-worn button-maker , was , that he had some bmtoas in his possession , the property of his employer , Mr . Elliot , for whom Bates had worked for ten years . The ' buttons were produced bj a great mountain of flesh-in policcmau ' a clothe ? , who deposed to finding the buttons in the bottom of a teacaddy on the mantelpiece . He produced them with great pomp , and when fairly opened to public view ,
there appeared about a score of rusty old buttons , which wonld not sell for a penny at any " odds and ends" in the kingdom . The man said he had worked ten years for Me . Elliot , who , by-the-bye , is a great devotee at C&rr ' s-lane chapel , and as might bo sapposed , had , perhaps once in three months , picked up a rusty button , which might be used when others had dropped from bis tattered garments . He e&id he had brought them from the workshop . A little sntvelliog clerk , identified some of the property , ( about three buttons , ) after which the pettifogger tried with all his might to get the man committed , as ' aa example . After a vast deal of solemn shaking of heads and long looks , the man , after suffering some previous imprisonment , was discharged with a lecture from the solons on the bench , on the awful
crime of taking two or three rusty buttons during ten years , in which time he had perhaps earned ten pounds for bis master for every button produced as evidence against him . Another case was that of a poor old woman named Caroline Baker , who was charged by a well-dressed young woman , named Walker , with stealing a bottle-jack . The only evidence produced was that of another young female , jrho said that she saw the poor old woman , who is a neighbour of theirs , with something under her apron . The case was dismissed , but the question to be asked is , what compensation are injured people to receive when they are thrust into a prison at the whim of every well-dressed scoundrel . During the whole of those trials , about twelve lazy policemen were lounging en the seats . When will those rascalities come to an end ?
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The Bishop of Exeter- —Our Bight Rev . and respected diocesan is struck off the "burgess list ; he was objected to by the Working Men ' s Association . —Western Times . Caution to Scolds . —A few days ago a woman , in the neighbourhood of Hawarden , in a paroxysm of passion , whilst delivering a family lecture to one of her daughters , actually dislocated her lower jaw , and her chin falling apon her chest , instantly paralysed all powers of further ejaculation . An eminent surgeon residing in the neighbourhood was called in , who experienced much difficulty in reducing it , the patient suffering the most excruciating pain during the operation . —Carnarvon Herald .
Hckt Exthaosdihabt . —We are informed that the Earl of Devon's harriers came across a donkey last week , and gave chase to the poor animal , who was eDJojing hiatelf with the pleasing reflections that his friends were at last in office . His meditations were , however , very brief , for the hounds ran into him , and before they could be called off , the unhappy donkey was torn to pieces . If every ass that travels near Lord Devon ' s princely domain is to -be subjected to this peril , we fear that the tollkeepers will soon have to abandon their gates . — Western Times .
Loss of as Emigrant Ship , thb Ubasia . —On Friday , accounts arrived at Lloyd ' s of the wreck of the Urania , an emigrant ship belonging to Liverpool , ¦ which occurred on the night of Thursday week last , on West Hoyl # Bank , at Mostyn . She had 208 emigrants on board , and was on her passage to Sydney , New South Wales , bat providentially every soul was saved by meanB of the life-boats stationed on the shore . The ship has become a total wreck , having partially gone to pieces .
Rexabkablb Robbebt and Restitution . —A few months ago the house of Mr . Milliugton , watchmaker and jeweller , Symonds-street , Clerkcnwell , was entered and robbed of a variety of watcheB and jewellery to » considerable amount , but is spite ef the most unremitting exertions , no clue could be obtained to the discovery of the offenders . On Friday afternoon , whilst Mr . Millington was conversing with a customer in his shop , a parcel was delivered by the Parcels' Delivery Company , which was found to contain a Dumber of watches very carefully packed in wool , and also a quantity of jewellery , allot' which were immediately recognised as the-stolen property
above-mentioned . On further searching the box , Mr . Millington found a letter , written in a disguised hand , stating that the thief , repenting of his dishonesty , and haviDg by the death of a relative obtained tbe means of Iquitting the country for ever , had . himself redeemed Mr . MUlington ' s property , and determined by restitution to make as fell an amend as possible . The letter bore no signature , but the writer farther stated that circumstances which he could not explain had thrown him , for a time , into vicious courses as the only means of gaining a subsistence . Mr . Millington believes that the party bad formerly been in his service .
ASOTHKB StbIKX AT THB New HoOSIS OP PARLIAMENT . —On Thursday morning week the whole of the " roughers , " and a good many of the carvers , proceeded to the above building , in order to fetch away their tools , having come to tbe detexminatioa , on . leaving their employment the previous evening , not to work with tbe masons that are at present engaged there . This was also the time at which the men employed at the Woolwich Dock-yard and tbe Nelson Monument had been ordered to strike by tbe
Society . Upwards of 100 -additional masoofi wer # taken on , and commenced work on Thursday morning , so that inthis department of the work * there is every probability of the usual number being ; engaged in a very short time , as the active system of recruiting adopted by Messrs . Grissel and Peto in different parts of the country , has already been the means of producing nearly 109 fresh hands . Many of the old hands wear a piece of blue riband , in order that they may be distinguished from the non-Unionists , or blacks , of which class the sew hands are composed .
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Lord Eliot , while riding to his office at Dublin Castle from the Chief Secretary's lodge < m Thursday last , was thrown from his hone , and bruised and stunned by the fall . . .. . ; Siqn of ths Tuap . —A lW , containing the names of 721 persons , occupiers of nouses in the parish of Oldswiafbr « , * e *> OTnm 6 nded by £ Vestry meeting , and sanctioned by the tvaneerav to Wexcueed the paymflnt of the last poor-fafe , was Jast week laid before the bench at the petty aes ^ pns , ijortheir signatarep--Ixstrumicnox imSp ^^^^ taieaViAteHfKeiioe from ., Spain informs , as that GeaenL Ayerfee , who was in command of SararaRa , had . hem replaced by General Castanacta , from Victoria . The Gtfrerameniis'composed of -the Marqnis of Almeida , Tietro y Gan * . sfidrMontnetoa , & : Bilboa , yotthjt ' men were recruited . fia ; thej-. aervfee ofr , thej ( iue , en . General Alchala continues at ToJosa . UrbipUp do and other efcierVcontinue " Woccupy Bereara , and ¦
miMMva tout * up tb * fcHmtr * . Gornnnawqtriet Npn ^ ws fjj Ma ' Pftmpelgn * ,, ,, _ ,. . ,: ,.,,- . . ; . . ,. . . ; . ¦ . j ; ¦ ,. - - > , A Spokhjio- Doctor ^ The , medical profession furnishes Ua quota of ( fox : hunting ) enthusia » t 8 , > nd many feighly honourable Iraiti are recorded of tW The f » lk > mng , for example : —A medioal gentleman , of the . nape of Hanster , residing near Newbnry , ordered his gardener to « et trap for some vermin that infested his garden . As ill lack would hare it , a fox was fonnd in it in the morning with bis leg broken . ' Oa its being taken to the doctor , he exclaimed , " Why did you not call me up in the night , that I might set the leg 1 " Better late than never j he did set the 2 eg ; the fox recovered , and was killed in due form after a capital ran . —Quarterly Review .
Horrid , if Trcb . —A lady bf Algiers , who some time ago buried one of her children , recently obtained permission from the municipal authorities to have the grave and coffin opened , for the purpose of placing in the latter a fltiU-born infant . The coffin yna found to bo entirely empty , and an inquiry being set oa foot as to the cause , of the disappearance of the' remains of the first child , it was ascertained that [ the gravedigger , who is the owner ef an immense number of pigs , and who supplies most of the pork-butchers of Algiers , fed his pigs with the corpses which he buried . In his house were large
quantities of human flesh chopped up , and , on examining the graves fa tbe cemetery , every coffin was found empty . A ducovery was- alBo made in the house of the gravedigger of jewellery to thevalae of about 50 , 000 francs , which had been buried with the bodies ; The criminal is arrested , and the pro-Beeuticm is going on ; bat what a dreadful reflection it is for many persons to think that they may have been eating pork fed with the-flesb of their own relatives ! The use of pork has been interdicted for some time , and all the giavedigger ' s pigs have , by order of the Procureur-General , been killed and instantly buried .
Is thb last Inspector of Prisons Report a curious passage is given from the journal of the Chaplain of tKuutsford House of Correction . The Rev . gentleman , journalises as , follows : — Visited the solitary cells j found in them ' John —— , about twenty years of age ; he was extremely ignorant , knew nothing of Christ , and very little of God . His father is ijtahitan oa the river Weaver . Never went to school ., Acknowledged that he knew it was terong to steal , bat he never knew it before ^ tor his father told him every one did it . " The chaplain is a little hard on the poor fellow ' s ignorance on religious matters ; the latter could hardly be expected to know so much about our Savioar and the Deity as the chaplain , who is bound to cultivate a professional acquaintance with suoh subjects . It might be equally difficult to impress the guilt of stealing on the prisoner ' s mind , especially as his father had told him that " every one did it . " The latter , bytbe-way , is described as a " flat-man ; " he seems , nevertheless , to understand the ways of the world tolerably well .
Chase Extraordinary . —A miner , residing not many miles from- the Land ' s End , who had been in the habit for Borne time past of inflicting severe punishment on his wjfc , » very pretty little woman , for the most trifling offences , proceeded so far with his brutality , thai her patience became at length . exhausted , and she went to a neighbouring magistrate to swear the peace against htm . A warrant was immediately issued , and delivered to the eonstable , who repaired to a neighbouring parish , where the delinquent resided in a state of separation from his wife . It being early , the constable found him in bed , and immediatel y ordered him to turn out and go with him . The husband promptly obeyed , and having pat on his waistcoat and jacket , asked leave
of the officer to go into the next room to put on his trousers , which had been left there the night before . As he had no shoes or stockings on , the request was granted ; but the prisoner finding himself out of the sight of the constable , determined to make his escape . He therefore cleared the stairs at a bound , and before the constable knew where he was , he was running across the country at a fearful pace . The officer and another man immediately followed him , but he led them » run of upwards of two miles and a half , during which he cleared at a bound old shafts , hedcea , and furze bushes , until he reached
the mine where he worked , and descended the ladder . The constable guarded , as he thought , all egress from the mine , and then he and the mine eaptain descended ; but the prisoner led them another chase through all the subterraneous passages , and at length bolted up one of the shafts , which in the hurry bad not been guarded . On reaching grass , he set off again , and did not stop till he arrived at his own hou&e , where he now lies in great danger from the cuts and bruises he received in his feet . All proceedings against him are said to be stopped ; the punishment he has inflicted on himself being more severe than a month at the treadmill . —Ply mouth Journal .
Horrid Mukdkb at Dabpikld , nbab Barnbley . —The following are the particulars connected with one of the most diabolical and coolly-premeditated murders that has ever been committed in this part of the country . What readers the event more shocking is the fact that the unfortunate victim was assassinated by mistake , owing , it is supposed , to his being in age , appearance , and dress , very similar to the person marked out by the murderers . The deceased was a young man , named Thomas Den ! edge , about 21 , a fanning servant , in the employ of Mr . T . Hoptenstall , of Billiogiey , near Darneld . The murder waB committed on the turnpike-road , between the two places , and Tery near the cross-roads leading from Darfield to Doncaster , Pontefract . and
Rotherbam . It appears , that on Monday night , two boat haulers , named Joseph and William Lodge , residing at Won < btvell , were returning from Barnsley fair , and when they had got as far as Worsbrough-hUl , a short distance from Barnsley , they became engaged in a quarrel with two men , named Marsden and Mills , who were walking on the road . Joseph Lodge got off his horse , and attacked the two men , giving one a severe bits on the cheek , and almost biting the fingers off the hand of the other . He received himself some very severe scratches and bruises , which sbem to have exasperated him , and roused him to a determination of deadly revenge . Marsden and Mills haying picked up the hat which Joseph Lodge had lost in the scuffle , proceeded on the road home ,
and called at the Ring of Bells public-house at Darfield-bridge , where they met with Thomas Depledge and seme companions , who were also returning from the fair . In the meantime the two Lodges , who are brothers , had gone back to Barnsley , evidently with the intention of collecting a force for tbe purpose of assisting in their revengeful purpose . They called , with their comf / anions , one of whom was a nephew , named John Lodge , at all the beer-hoasea and public-houEes on the road , and at length , their friends having left them , the three Lodges entered the publichouse at Darfield-bridge , where they found Joseph's hat on the table , and saw the two men with whom they had quarrelled . Some suspicious expressions fell from them there , and they were perceived to bo
watching for Marsden and Mills leaving the house . Some eyd purpose was so apparent , that Mills was strongly advised not to leave the house that night . At length , however , Marsden and Mills , along with Depledge and several others , left the house , and proceeded homewards towards Billingley . When they had got to the Milnhousea , a short distance from Darfield , the two former went forward before the others . At the cross roads they had gained ground a good deal ; and near this place Depledge , it is supposed , in consequence of hearing footsteps behind , and wishing to apprise the men of some danger , left his friends and proceeded forward at a quicker pace . Joseph and William Lodge then came up , spoke to the party behind , and walked sharply past
One was in his shirt sleeves , which were doubled up , and carried a large hedge stake . When they had gone about a hnndred yards farther , a very severe blow was heard by those who were in the rear . They hastened forward , and found their companion , Depledge , lying bleeding on the road . On raising him up , he immediately expired . His mouth and nose were bleeding profusely , and it was found that he had received a dreadful blow on the face , which had broken the bones of his nose , and completely flattened it . The lifeless body was immediately conveyed by bis companions to Milnhonsefl . Almost directly after the murder , the two Lodges , running at fall speed , passed Marsden and Mills on the road : one of them dropped » large hedge stake ,
which was afterwards found by the constable : and they then turned down a laae leading to WombweJl , where they were both taken into custody the same night . J « bn Lodge , the nephew , had left them at D « rfield-bridge . An inquest was held upon , the body of the ill-fated man oa Wednesday ^ ai the Ring of Bells pablio-hoaae , before Mv . Thomas Badger , the Coroner . The greatest excitement prevailed in the sequestered little village of Darfield . The Jury heard evidence of the facVi above stated until five in the afternoon , when t ' je inquest was adjourned until the following day .. Thursday the inquiry was . reswaed , and after , some additional evidence had been , taken , the Co ' .-oner summed up , and the Jury reWned a verdio ; of Wilfal Murder ' against Joseph and William Lodge , who were fully cora&iUed to take t ' neir trial at the ensuing Asaiaes ,
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Thb greatest" distress prevails at this moment among the wdrkmg olaBses of the metropolis . The number of unemployed tailors and shoemakers is daily jncreasingt and the Spitalfields weavers are giving themselves np to despair . The scenes of misery and want ; erei ia that distressed district , are quite unpwc&teiited . ' ^ _ I » esrBumo # of > Co tton Mili , 41 Glasgow by Fn>>—The Olaigbvo ' Argiu contains an account of a deet * notiye fira which occurwdOir We&iesday nlg ** . the Lwoefleld Company ' s cotton-spinning works , the property or / Messrs , William and Alexs »« er Graham and Company , of Glasgow . The worMa * were very extensive , and gave ! employment to no leas than 1 . 100 oersona ! . The fire nommenaxl
in what is called the picking-room , which is situated onxhe top flat of the old or south mill , among some cotton . How it caught fire no one can tell ; but the wpj ^ a ^ wn is that » jn * rk »_ etipck out fcy the 0 > lli « , !^ - £ * ! tv * , P ^ p 4 i $ frott . w # h some parjt of the maomhery , ma ; Mire fallen . among the oottonand set it in flame * . Budcetci of water , it appears , were ^ wa y 8 jg re ^ 4 in « 8 s for a contingency of this nature and the master ^ fth ^ icking-woin immediately had recourse , to ^ pneVtKesemextmguTah theflames ; but the volume had become too broad to be acted upon by the quantity of water which he had at his command . From the cotton on the floor it soon spread with a celerity which defied all attempts to stay its progress . In a space of time inoouoeivably short the flames were bursting from ' the windows and the roof ; they blazed unchecked , ^ and scarcelyhalf-an hour elapsed before a large portion of the roof came down . Two fire-engines were on the snot with a
promptitude which deserves high approbation ; hut it was apparent from the first that to save the south mill was a work of utter impossibility . Theace the flames speedily communicated with the front building , and the whole of its roof and the greater part of the interior were itfesttbyed . The extension of the fire to the front ^ building caused the greatest apprehension for the safety of the now mill , which stood a few feet to the north of it ; and the most vigorous efforts were made to save it . We are happy to say that those efforts were successful , but still tbe loss will be rery great ; not lees , it is supposed , than £ 30 , 000 . The insurance , however , wi ll cover this amount . From 300 to 400 people will be thrown out of employment . In the present state of trade there is little or no hope of their obtaining employment elsewhere . A great proportion are females , all of them having dependents , more or less numerous , upon their labour .
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BtTRT . —According to request and announcement , Mr . Doyle , of Manchester , lectured in the Working Man ' s Hall , on the question of tbe Corn Laws , on Monday night He addressed the meeting : for an hour or better , and then challenged discussion ; but no one had the hardihood to oppose him . He went into the question ia all its ramifications , quoting largely ftom Campbell ' s work ^ proving that a repeal without accompanying measures / and with the present state of the franchise , would be a curse , instead of a blessing , to tbe people . The meeting was highly delighted with Mr . Doyle * rery able discourse . A vote of thanks
being moved to the lecturer , Mr . Doyle returned the eomplimeBt , and advised every working man , Who wished to view the question of the Corn Laws in a proper manner , immediately to procure for himself the book written by Mr . Campbell , Secretary to the' Executive , and when every man has read that work he will be able to lecture himself . Mr . Doyle will lecture again on Monday , the 25 tb , when he will be willing to meet any Corn Law repealer to discuss the question whether their repeal , without accompanying measures , will be of any benefit to the working classes ; but if there will be no person to discuss the question , he will lecture on the cause of the distress of the people .
LONDON . —Discussion on Chartism and thb Contt Laws . —On Friday evening last , a discussion took place at the Social Hall , John-street , Tottenham Court Road , on the question " Whether Chartism or a Repeal of the Cora Laws wonld tend most to relieve the distress of the country . " Tbe Hall was crowded to exefss , and tbe chair bavin * been taken by Mr . Abbey . at the appointed time , Mr . Farrow opened the question on the aide of the Chartists by reading a letter from Mr . Hearne , a Corn Law Repealer , who bad challenged the St . Paneras Chartists , a few days previous ; he was in cansequence invited to attend , but he had since got a fresh light upon the subject , for he declined attending , stating as his reason that be thought it impolitic to bring the two parties into open collision . Mr . Farrow
then entered into an excellent explanatory detail of the principles of tbe People ' s Charter , and detailed the evils of bur manufacturing system as exemplified in the factory , and called upon them , one and all , to unite for the Charter , as a remedy that would relieve not only the Corn Laws , but every other national grievanoe . —• Dr . ShoUkie said nothing was so easy as to deceive the great man of the people . They had been deceived by the cry that cheap food would produce low wages , whereat It was a well known fact , proved by the statistics , that this was not the case ; it mattered not to a man what amount of money he earned , it was the quantity of produce which be could purchase with it He was for supporting every measure of . « form . If a society was started for the purpose of draining or
paving our narrow alleys and courts , or any other progressive measnre , he would give It his countenance . —Mr . CF . OoodfeUow said the last speaker had travelled wide of the subject , but he would confine himself to the argument of instalments . We are willing to receive any instalment , but we will not agitate for it—we will not divide and weaken those energies the concentrated power of which are necessary for the attainment of that which will relieve us of all monopolies . — Mr . Lloyd Jones was rather disappointed to hear so little said on the relative value of the two propositions . It mattered not whether these men were sincere ; the question was , which wob most calculated to remove the distress—which would tend most to improve the moral happiness of the people . If for the Sake of
argument , ha admitted that all the Corn Law repealers were dishonest , and all the Chartists honest , still if the dishonest men proposed measures which would benefit the community , would that be a reasonable argument for their rejection T He did sot believe the Corn Law repeal would produce tbe great effect * many anticipated —he did not believe that it would tend greatly to advance the moral or physical condition of the people . The supply of foreign corn accessary in this country was a mere fraction , compared with that grown at home . Supply was regulated by demand ; the demand for labour in the manufacturing market would only be in proportion to the demand for corn j the quantity of corn consumed would necessarily be very limited , while our power of manufacturing goods would , by the aid of machinery , be almost unlimitable . The consequence would be , there would be a glut in the market ; bands would be thrown out of employ ; they would be obliged to compete with and undersell others , and all
would again be in a state of confusion . Mr . Parry , is a long speech , replied to Mr . Jones . Mr . Ruffy Ridley , in tbe course of a long speech , went into a valuable detail of statistics of the rate of wages , prices of materials , fcc . in foreign nations , and inquired what benefit it would be to the working clauses of this country , to see a large loaf in a window , while the pane of glass hindered them from obtaining it . He Bhewed that , by giving the people political power , they would no longer be at the expence of maintaining such an enormous and useless Church and State Establishmentthat they would no longer be compelled to maintain such an expensive military and naval force—that they would no longer dare to appropriate such enormous sums under the item of secret service money , dec ., and ceucluded Bn eloquent address amidst much cheering . Tbe subject for next Friday was decided to be" Which is most worthy of agitation , Socialism or Chartism 1 ?"
BIRMINGHAM . —Public Meetings . —A public meeting was held at the Chartist meeting-room , Freeman-street , on Monday evening last , Mr . Thorpe in the chair . Mr . Wilkinson , sub-Secretary , read a circular from tbe Executive at Manchester , explaining the necessity of the Association exerting themselves to carry out the plans laid down by the Executive . Tbe Chairman then called upon Mr . John Mason , of Newcaetle-upon-Tyne , to deliver a lecture . Mr . Mason proceeded at great length to lay down the glorious objects for which the Chartists were straggling , and , after a beautiful display of manly and energetic oratory ob the grievances of the people he adverted to the case of M'Leod , and commented on the effect which a war with America would produce on the Chartist movement
He said tbat the Chartists wonld not consent to be made the instruments of tyranny , and would not fight in defence of an odious aristocracy , who were the sole cause of the sufferings endured by the industrious classes of Qreat Britain . There were bounds to human endurance , and he hoped tbat before- Sir Robert Peel entered into a war with the freemen of America , that he would enfranchise the working daaea of this country . Some of the Tory papers , in speaking of a war with America , had warned the Americaaa that they had some millions of slaves ready t » revolt , bat the sapient writers seemed to forget that then were also millions of famishing slaves la Great Britain , anxious for an opportunity of throwing off th » galling yoke by which they were fettered . He then described the great sacrifices which had been made by other nations for the establishment of liberty , and painted oat the results which would follow tbe establishment of the People ' s Charter , and concluded a most brilliant
aad animated speech by calling o » all those wbo had not previously done ao to enrol their nan * in the ranks of freedom by joiniag the National Charter Association . He was loudly cheered throughout and sat down amidatenthxuiastio appiaoas . Mr . George White next addressed tho meeting . He said tbat be had no need to attempt anything ia the shape of a speech , after the splendid address which bad been delivered by Mr . If aaoo . He stood before them fox the purpose of Introducing necessary basiaess . He then explained the subject connected with tbe National Petition for 1842 , which had been drawn « p by the Executive during their stay in Birmingham , and after dwelling on tbe glaring disparity in the pay of varions useless parties , and the paltry stun doled oat to those without whom society could not possibly exist , as set forth in tbe petition ; he showed the necessity of every man who was not a slave at heart , exerting himself to procure signatures to it . He also Mfemi to the election of delegates , to a Convention , which woaldaasimWe
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fo » the purpose of superintending the presentation of the petition , aad Jioped that tbe people would not only see that it was numb ^ uslyrigaed , but that proper and well tried men would ' be selected to see that It was reeeivedia a proper matter by those whonsarped the power ofthe nation . He then Madtwo addressee from the Chartists of London , w ! i « reifl they boon festimqny to tbe upright conduct of Ate . Jtfhu Faaieli , whom some partie * had toetLnpreseat&sj atia sj > # Mr ; John Wilkinson , sub-Secretary , then pssatoWd Waself , fbr the purpose of declaring the atatwiot thefwfe for the election of two CoanoHloes in th » rooai of Meters . and
Nlsbe ^ i Lyaell , who had testgned . ThecantKbtes were Msssts-F .. Corbet ^ W . ITwiBej-Tanghao , * ad Spl pk * , The votes waraiaken bf ballot , Mrv FreVlerfck Corbett , and Mr . Walter Tirana , wet * « eclsjed Only elected . . Mr . VaochsA deelascd UnwH BsAtofiedwIth th « manner in Which tb «« toat ^ wgscondaeted ; % ftef whleb . th ^ aaeettagseparated . y : i- r . t u :. ; :- ¦ - - - Sundat BtBNiNtr tB ( 5 * 0 a ^ -. Mr , Sfasoij iectured fa the Cntetlst room , Freeman ^ steeet , on SundaV even ] iBglssi , at hslf-pait stei wad gave gr «» t satisfaction . Several persons applied for cardsat the conclusion . ' . : j .- . 1 ^ 1 , 3 j _ .. . ¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦¦ '¦ ii ,.- > * -f . vi ¦ ' >? : ¦ ' . ! ,.- ¦ ¦ '
CARXI 8 EB . —PnOCEBDlKGSOF THB COUNCIL OF THE CAHUSLli RADICAL AssociAlioN . —On Satarday evening last , the members of the Coancll were basily engaged in sBperintending a raffle , which they had got up In behalf of Wm . Blake , who will be tried this week , atCockermoatb , foran alleged assault ' en one of the watchmen during the late election for the boroagfe . Great exertions were made ; and we are happy In being able to state that a sufficient sum of money was raised to fee Mr . Ramsbay , the leading barrister at tbe Sessions , > o that poor Blake will be ably defended , and , nodoubt . cleared , if anything like justice be done him . The Coancll held another meeting on Sunday evening ,
whea Mr . Joseph Richardson , the secretary , read the National Petition , for 1842 , which appeared ia the Star of last Saturday . The Petition was bigh ) y applauded by all present as m most perfect aad able document , which does great credit to the Executive . On the motion of Mr . Bowmaa , seconded by Mr . J , B . Haasoa , Mr . Arthur , bookseller , was ordered to procure 100 copies of the Petition from the Star office , with a view to circulate them in various districts-, after which public meetings were to be called for the adoption of the same ; ¦ and every exertion is to be made to procure signatures . The Council ar « also about to make anaogetnentS for the suitable reception of Mr . Feargas O'Connor . . -
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VALE OF LEVEN DEMONSTRATION . GREAT TORCH-LIGHT MEETING 1 On Thursday , Oct . 14 th , Feargus O'Connor , Esq . paid bis visit to tbe Vale of Leven . Some little mi » un . derstandiDg bad arisen between the people of the Vale and Paisley , each demonstration having ; been fixed ; for the same day . Mr . O'Connor decided upon being at Leven on Thsrsday , and pTeparatlons were made accordingly . ' - ¦ ' ' ¦ ' ¦ ; About half-past twelve o ' clock the steamer arrived at Dumbarton quay , which was really covered with human beluga , who received the distinguished advocate ot Universal Suffrage amid deafening acclamations . The Dumbarton carpenters attended in a body , although the masters attempted to dissuade them from attending ; yet these same masters , Tories in politics , had no objections to give them permission to attend meetings , when seeking the overthrow of a Whig Ministry .
The operatives of Leven , having many of them been hindered from attending at mid-day , Mr . O'Connor staid at Dumbarton till six o'clock at night , at the particular request of the operatives there . Mr . O'Connor met them in public meeting , and with music went through the town , a place to address them being secured . He gave an eloquent speech on the occasion , alike distinguished by dose reasoning and withering sarcasm ; and after urging them to unite with their fellow-countrymen to aid in carrying the Charter , retired amid the plaudits of tbe assembly . ¦; - .-.. . : Mr . William Thomason then followed Mr . O'Connor , and pointed bat the obligation laid apon every man to aid ia emancipating their fellow-sabjeets from the miseries of class- legislation , and concluded by submitting a motion expressive of confidence ia Mr . O'Connor , and of their resolution to petition to aid in carrying the Charter , which was carried amidst loud acclamations .
At aix o ' clock the . coach left Dumbarton with Mr , O'Connor for the Vale , along with the carpenters , and were met near Renton by hundreds of men and women with torches in scores , which literally illuminated the heavens . They joined Mr . O'Connor just at the commencement of the avenae leading to Renton , the hundreds upon hundreds of voices uniting with cheers , which ran like thunder along the vala The carriage , having paused till the procession , composed principally of carpenters and printers , was completely formed , and the two bands of music haying struck up , tbe solid column of human beings began to move through Renton , and a more imposing sight can scarcely be conceived . Before and behind was a range of human beings , and hundreds of torches flaming , to which we saw no termination , and which seemed to make the vale literally one blaza of light .
Having passed through Beaton , the Alexandria , Bonhill , and also the Jameston Chartists , joined the procession . Here the salutations again commenced ; and what with the rolling of drums , the echoes of the people , the darkness of the night , lighted with hundreds of torches , which illuminated the bleak hills on the left , flags waving in the night breeze , the wild echoes ringing from the top to the bottom of the Vale , after each acclamation , as well as the peaceful yet stern determination of the assembled thousands , gave * grandeur to the proceedings which really awed the enemies of Chartism .
The procession , having passed through Alexandria , came to the Bonhill Bridge , over which they had to pass on their way to the hustings . The gate was closed , und the whole procession arrested in its progress . The insulted inhabitants were about to force their way across the bridge , when Mr . O'Connor sent Mr . Thomason to request tbe mass to desist ; that he would address the multitude on the Alexandria aide of the bridge , and then proceed over to Bonbill . This promise pacified the people , and all was quiet The carriage having pat back ,
: Mr . O'CpsNOB gave an effective address on the advantages of representation . He launched one of his most powerful denunciations against the tyranny of employers in interfering with their men , and depriving them of th « means of expressing their thoughts , and setting aside , by their proceeding , a coi » stit « fcional r ight He promised the masters a demonstration when be came baekfrom the North , in about a month , when he would have another day with the Chartists of the Vale . He exhorted them to go right a-head for the Charter , and concluded amid protracted cheering . The carriage again moved across the bridge , when Bonhill , as Alexandria before it , was completely awara-Ing , the bands and assembly moved to the high part of the town , where the hustings had been erected . The immense body having reached the place , Mr . John MUler was called to the chair . The Chairman opened the meeting in an apropriate speech .
Mr . Thomason was called upon to read the address to Mr . O'Connor ; after it had been adopted , Mr . O'Connor was again introduced to the meeting , amid a burst of applause which almost seemed as if it would be endless . His really eloquent address was a panoramie view of Chartism , aad contained an accoant of his own struggles in bringing the popular cause to its present standing . He also noticed the rapid progress of Chartist principles , by a reference to the ftrst and second petitions , and congratulated the assembly oa ah accession of strength by the union of Ireland . After cautioning them against violence , and urging the necessity of union , he concluded amid losg continued applause . Three resolutions were adopted . The first pledged the people to the six points- of the Charter .
The second was expressive of the gratification felt by the English aad Scottish Chartists , at the prospect of Ireland embracing the doctrines of Chartism , and their readiness to co-operate with Ireland to gain Universal Suffrage , and also her domestic legislature . The third recommended a National Petition and Convention , aad a pledge from the immense assembly to carry out the plan to tbe utmost of their power . The friends of Mr . O'Connor then went to a sapper , served up in Mr . Ib / Kuason's school , where , alter doing duty to the viands , tbe cloth was withdrawn , and Mr . John M'Crae called to the chair .
The Chairman opened the business in a speech of considerable talent , in which he poartrayed the sufferings of the Chartists , aad the Insufficiency of opposition to put down the spirit of a united nation . He eulogised at great length the labours of Feargaa O'Connor , and exhorted the operatives to unite together to complete thei * eoontry ' s emancipation He proposed , as a sentiment , " The People , the source ot all power . " Song , by all the company , " Scots wha bae wi Wallace bled . " Next was " The health of Fearga * O'Connor , Esq ., " and doae in eood stvle .
Mr . ( yCONNO * then replied , in a speech ia whtofc he stated , that while his past course bad been honourably alluded to , yet , he remarked , theto expressions of confidence would serve as a retaining forth * future . He then pointed oat the causes of pablk aaisery , vis . — excessive taxation—* bad distribatio * © f wealth—a wholesale want of employmeat , by U » aetio * of machinery superseding manual labour , aad all the aataral fruit of exewsive legislation , aad until the producers of wealth were re presented , thslrmlserisa would contlnae . He toe- referred to tbe power of tfc * people In the caw of Catnollo BmancipatioB » aad rematked that the Tory Doke and Peel fotmd it ansafe to withhold a removal
of Cathalie disaWBtlas , when the 82 nd Regiment ware sabscribfng to th * Natfenal Heat , Stt made some remarks on Peel ' s mistake ia suppoaVig his majority of ninety-one represent » 4 the people . He then referred to the state of Ireland ander Whig vale , the introduction of , nine thousand j « Ucenien , at 18 a . weekly , equ&l to an : armed forea of 27 , 000 » en , at tf& a week . He tbea proceedttd to prove that all aristocrats , whether Whig or Tory , were opposM to concessions being made to the people . He then ntEored to the Com Lav / s , and remarked tbat freejxade . ia labour and haman , industry was all contended for by the party , leaving ; the people mowtedo , bntnolauchfor dom * tt , anfl referred to
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Mr . Sturge at Birmingham , ia asa CrHog that ths Leagus had abandoned pritepleVaHdreiaVtked ttiat if Chartists were to do the same , they wot'W be upset as » party . He obsenredlhatjao system hav * •»« beea ^^ onginated bat what was first despised , the » t bated , theft re 1 » 6 one ^ ilrith . iwin ^ fwiwted . an ^ ^ tlj J ^ j tWWettjfoR ^ imA ' feyiarSed . Badp «« d . tbe . « nft- « Msf £ S > f ' ^ W ^ ey . were ^ uVjed , 'Mj tMNJttP *! ^^ ** ££ atrildng a bargJn for aDjthiug short of Unlvers * Saffrage . He tiien ^ jiferr ^ to ^ bnfbear of phyBieal 6 *» , and ta $ ed about the Inconsistency of f pries denounf ^ f it wheutheyWked about the consUtaM (> n Ijetog bso « apoa 'ttle Wood of tbeir ancesiots . andoar liberals « w ^ hiemprafing the Po 0 ah Rev !») awn ~ -the glorious days of jjtlly , and the achievement 0 / . Ataerioui Indepea * - ehce ^ aiJ paysleal atraggl » Pavertjr might drtv * a pWpiCto viole » $ B . bpi he exhorted them to be peaoa > ful , to 'Hk ^ mi ^ i ani ; av ^ Vany mow mant that migbfc b ^ n * them Into floHWon . with the law . Th « r
algbt alcnjite npoh fl > e assiataaoe of the InteHtr gent portion ' of U » middle els > is , aad remar | cWf thst the Whi «» themselves woald give the ChartetV rather than remata long on the bleak side of Downing * Street After pointing oat ia a pleasing style thV « oo » curreat causes at work to favour them , he exhoxt « 4 ( hem to organise , anite , petitton , agitato , and » tj peaoefal efforts , their cause woald be triamphant c sjKl Crowned with complete snecess . ( B : ear , and eheeta . } The , learned geBUeMan resamedVbis seat amidi tiis ) cheers of the meeting Tto next tiwt was " TJnivenit Suffrage aad no snraeader . " The oext sentimwf- « mt the memory of Wallace * Muir , Palmer , Jerrold , Margrat , Baird , Hardy , Wilsoa ,- ^ Scottish martyrs ; witht Emmett and Fitzgerald , cf Ireland ; and Hampden , Sydney , Wat'Tyler , and alt of every country and » gev who have straggled and died for their constitutional ; uberties ^ . " -., ; ; .
This sentiment was answered by an appropriate response by Wiw . 1 am Tbohasom . : ; The next toart was "Frost , Williams , and Jonesv and all incaroorated Chartists , may they be speedily restored t » their families . " Mr . Chables Gikw gave an address , ia responding to this sentiment which gave general satisfaction * "England , Ireland , and Scotland , mar all these three countries straggle heart and band for the Peoptev Chatter , and the salvatioa ot < hht common couatri . " Song— " Exile of Krin , " bj . Geqroe F ^ RQVgjHk "James BronUrre O'Brien l and the democrttte press , "" WlUiam Thomason wadth » Chari {* t Cifcu ! ar , ~ > were answered in warm Btyle . "The females of tM ' Vale of Leven , " responded to . ' The health ot tb » Chairman and Vice-Chalrmaa , " ( Mr . Wm . Thomason was warmly received . ¦ .: Charles Gibm sang " O , Scotland , I love the * . "
The remaining part of the sight was spent in songsv addresses , and cheerful chat ; when the : meeting broken up , fully convinced that a more brilllaat day , comrider- - ing the size of the place , was never witaessed in thev aaaals of Chartism . The proceedings throughout , proved Leven to be worthy of tbe place / assigned it in the straggle for freedom . The impression left oath * public mind , has been overwhelming among the middle classes ; one man especial ] y was so convinced of the InjustloedonetoMr . OC ., that , although a moral-force , nan , he enrolled nextmorning , f ully satisfied that Mr . O'Connor was what be was himself oa this question-We anticipate another day . from- Mr . O'Connor , accord- - ing to promise , before he returns to England . Let a * be united , and we will make . Parliaments no more those sacred things That make or mar the destlaj of kings . Like loaded dice by Ministers are thrown , And each new set of sharpers cog their own .
By spreading intelligence , aiffosing patriotic principles ' * that God , in whose name we have hoisted oar banners , will crown our efforts with success . :, For the heart and the mind ,. And the voice of mankind , . Shall arise in communion , And shall resist that proud union . Notwithstanding the badness of trade , the spirit oT the Vale u nnbroken ; tbelr stern devotion to Justice proves them descendants' of the C'ovenaqters and . th » Mountaineers of former days ; and the forthcoming petition will show that the hearts of the men are la . the right place , and tbat its sons can contribute their quota towaida freeing the country from the miseries of ! class leglslatloiiii ^ Cwrwipoiidea / .
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MR . BUCKINGHAM AND THE QUARTERLY ¦ ¦" ¦ ' . . ' . . ¦ . REVIEW . - ¦ . ¦ - ¦ ' :. ¦ ¦ ¦ : ; - : ¦ ¦¦ - In the last number of the Quarterly Review is an article , entitled " Backingbam-and Cpmbe on America * —in which the writer evinces a sttpug -desire to produce unfavourable impressions , not so much agaiast the books as against their writers . ; Ia a letter addressed to the public prints on this subjeet , by Mr . Buckingham , is the following statement of a fact , which ought to b * as widely knowa as the article in the Review itself , that the bane and antidote may both be equally public 1 and as the Reviewers do not admit replies to their statements , either of fact or opinion , it is only through the medium of the public journals that both sides can . be seen . '¦ . ' : . ' ' ' ., - ' ¦ ' ,.. . , - Mr . Buckingham says— =
" There is one assertion , however ,. made by the Reviewer , which , for the sake of truth , it is desirable to have corrected . At the close of bis introdactory strictures , he saya , — 'So much for Buckingham . We do not remember to have alluded to him on aa ; former 00-casion in this journal / : ; , , "It happens to have escaped the recollection of thia writer , that In the year 1823 , there was an article In this same Quarterly Review ,, ending with the sam * words— ' So much for Bnckingham' —professing to be s » review of my ' * Travels in Palestine , ' bat containing ao > mach of falsehood and calamnr , that I felt it mv dot *
to institate an action for libel against the publisher , Mr . John Murray , in the Cburl ' of . King ' s Bench ; and * though he had the ablest assistance that the bar coolA render him , in the talents of the present Lord Lyndhurat , Baron Parie , and Baron Goraey , engaged as . hia coonsel in the cause , he found It thea dedrabie to ask tor mercy at my . hands ; and , abaadonlng all defense of hi * libellous publication , be inBtracted his counsel to withdraw their plea of jastiflcatlon > make a hamble apologf in open Court for the injury unjustly . done to iahonoa * - able man , anil consent to a verdict , with ' costs , being recorded against him . This was Mr . litany ' * eoana on ' that occasion . - -..- .. .
" Tbe < wrtter of tbe libellous article was safaefttenttyascertained to be ( he Mr . WUUam Joha B&nfces , oT Corfe Castle—who recently appeared before the p ^ ollea maaistrates In London , a second f * n « , charged with st nameless offence , hiving before narrowly escaped ^ onviction . foE the ; same imparity—and on the trial of this ) individual , at the same period with Mr . Murray , for false and libellous imputations , similar to those incorporated in his article in the (^ uarteriy Review—the . counsel on my behalf being the present Lords Abinger ,
Penman , and Brougham , and those on Mr . Banfees' bohalf the present Judges LyndhnTst , Parke , and Gurney —the Special Jury , after a trial of tea hoars , and the examination of a bast of witnesses , ander the direction of the late Lord- Tenterden , brought in a verdict against Mr . William John Brakes , the writer of the article ia the Quarterly Review , as guilty of a false , scaadaloas , and malicious libel , and adjudged him . to pay £ 4 d « damages ; while the oosts of Mr . Murray aad Mr . Brakes conjoined , were understood to amount to several thousand pounds . '
"' Evil communications corrupt good manners : ' and as Mr . Bankes' loss of memory Is so extraordinary that lie forgot his own rank and name , and represented hlm--self to the police magistrates to be ' * ¦ one Jbhn Harris , a . servant oat of place '—( committing his indecencies , as bo wrote hia libels , under a faVse name)—bo Mr . lianay > memory , or that of his Editor , seems- to have attetly failed him also , when he professes not to reaaostber having ever alludedi to me before in his- jouraaL Tbs > Nonmi-recordo family is not of the purest breed or clearest vision , aad therefore often get entangled in their own meshes . , .. ..
"Whether the actual recollection of this trial aod conviction of the Quarterly Review and its « iUimnlaa » contributor , may have in any degree contributed to the malignant epiritof the present article on my work on America , the public may judge . for > themselv « s > . Bafc it is right that both its editor and publisher , as wtU aa the public , shoald be reminded of' these facts ; aad , contenting my&tlf with having dose this , I leave these Worthies to di ^ st them as they may . " " It niay be w sjUisfsctoiy teotheiw , a » it aad < wJbtecly is to myseif , to be able to contrast , with the spitefal and contemptaens spirit of the writer In the Quarterly Review , the unsolicited , but frank and generous testimony of an Hnglish Nobleman , thaa whom no man baa had a bettefr opportunity oi forming an accurate judgment ; and » the equally impartial testimony of one of the most dlstinjuished American Travellers of the present day—whose knowledge of his owncoaatry is p « v haps more-extensive thaa that of any nun oa either jdda of the Atlantic . "
Lett * from I ^ AAlmrUM M ^ Buekiaeham . " 1 ham read a considerable portion of 7001 work oa America—my long residence In that ooaatry leading aa to tak * a deep interest * in everthing that concerns th * great i » jmblic— and 1 have found In it more general and varied iafonnatioa tbaa in any of the aamerous worka on tk » same subject which have issatd from' the pressv I an boaad also to say , that , tboagh I doaotagret ^ with you in all you views aad opinions , they seem te > bear the stamp o < general impartiality and caadoar ^ isOtrfrtm Gauge CaUi * . is * , * f Nme York , to Mr . ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ; ¦ ¦ - ¦¦ BrnkiMcAam . ¦ ,:: ¦ . ¦ ¦ - ¦ . .
" My wife and myself , whoar * bow residing In Xottdwa , have Mad yoar very tote » ssto # work ob oar aaHv « oomntry , An * ric * ,. wUh ve « Uat satirfaetioa ; temrnvk as the natoae of my panalts bas led arto visit nearly all the plats * and tastfottoas yoa bav * so vtvidly ~ tmfc so justly describee to yoar p * f « , as well at imyw era . qttentlwtures , wbiehwe have attended . Ia Hateatag to the . one , and ia rending the other , we have been carried along by a feeling scarcely less vivid and less real than if we were f eUow-traveUers witfe ^ ron , and actually passing dyer the eoenes you have to » giiphiea !^ r described . I tblak you have brotagbt to Uwipfcwatcountry a very encouraging and Just account of her Transatiantio Child , and this at a tnaewhtn general and correct information , is P ««» aarij ! aeairaHe , to removp mutual prejodioe * , and . to proimote a fair aid friendly undwftanding betweer . the two mubMm . *
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 23, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct726/page/3/
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