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SOXQ . &h—" Scot * taha hat I " B y onr brave O'Connor ! seal , In % bondaged people' * weal , Sj tbe er » titade -we feel , We shall all be ftee . By onr injuries and woes , By s nsnrder'd Clayton ' s throes , Bt & icora we bear our foe * , We shall ail be free . £ co £ ire'TB -worn the serrfle chain , goon shall it be bant in twain ; goon shall ire the Charter gain , Tfeea -we shall be free .
free from laws , unjust , nnkind , jonn'd the working dan to grind ; ¦ fl-hilit the great ones eTer find Room f or tyranny . Ixmg have -we been passive led , Seating * neath the yoke onr head , £ -ea whilst tyrants triumphed la onr » laTery . I gnorance had closely bound Her dark carf osr eyes around , Telling o *> "i ^ word * profound , We "were amply free Bat at length a lurid light , From the Northern Star so bright , DairniBg on onr mental sight , Showd oar slavery .
Then ve saw stern tyrants stand , Wringing from industry ' s hand , Far the wealthy ones and grand , The sore hard-earn'd fee . Pays of darkness , bow farewell ; Broken is the sombre spell , jjt the Ghvtut * * daonUes Tell , Who wwild bare us free . Though no freedom ' s banner waves , O ' ei as toil-degraded slaves , jxasg the dupes of titled knaves , Yet wo shall be free . for the Charter meets our view , Sending energy anew , To each heart as we pursue The way from slavery .
Brother Chartists , onward press , For our wrongs most hare redress ; ^ qrjai ivn , and sothing leea—Chartists most be free
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TO DEMOCRACY . « &od said let there be light , and there waa light . Gen . 1 . 0 ! who can stem thy giant tide ? Who beat back thy dashing foam ? VThere is the mortal , C&nHte-like , To bid tbee to thine home ! Like the rash of armed men thon com ' ft , lake the simoon gathering near , Asd the despot-heart , and the iron hand An palsied with sudden fear . Em » was , thou wast a gentle stream , Heandoing through the Tale ; With scarce a breath to stir thy coone , With scarce a passing gale .
lot the despots of earth would stop thy tide , They erimson'd thy placid brow ; 33 se teare of the poor then swelled thy flood , And behold ! who will dare thee now > ? »•??• Where are the mighty ones of earth , Who cnrsed thy canse of yore ; Who Tow'd thy hated name should be , A bye-word eTer more ? So . ' « eek ia yon vault of marble , and stone , Embtened with many a crest ; Where the storied nrn , and the trophied scroll , Betoken a place of rest
Ibey are there ! they are there . ' the mighty , the proud ! With the worm for their banquet store , p ^ Hwg -within the purple shroud , Ib the < tian '""' wreaths they wore . But tfaoo ! hat thon f art in rpriag-Ume yet , Pore and bright as the new-bora d * y ; Kations a » y fail , and proud empires fall , Brt thon jusmt wilt know decay !
like the rainbow thon beam ' st on high , Bringing hope to the fettered slave ; Tbj mission from heaven above li raised up to succour , to » v& Then joy ! then joy ! to the pruttrate earth—Bat woe to the tyraat ' s power ; When thy gathering rage of a thousand years Shall burst forth in an awful hour ! Eschdale . P
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LI > "ES . Kb ii his own enalaTer : if be will'd , Pree u yon ao&ring eagle , be could roam ; fi » , woald no Hybla street * for tyrants be di * tffl"d ; k * A n < ia would loye bis brother man , and make the world his home . laaacolate and free , man from his maker sprang ; Is adorn creation asd obey his lawa . Hi ¦ with wild nature lived ; and from her mighty tome !* tT inspiration , happiness and bliss . How changed . ' Tbeesa * e 1 to define . Man nerez « h ^ n be that which once he
0 vbat a doom is his who strifes to better man ' s estate , aid nobly in PhOaBthropy's frail bark does restore far ! fc » d his beginning ! bright his short career ! The heat , ai enthusiastic heat , which spurr'd him on , wars 'frifii the interest of the groTelling crowd ; clouds gather from a £ ir ; 5 * tospert lfiwesi bat where to tte&i , alae ! he koowinoL Maud bark driTe on : procrastinatioB throwi her
B » « ncoDquerable bar to Freedom , and perchance the cixss anones ipis jnd leaves man where he was ! Hjlrold .
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HTT' 8 TEN COMMANDMENTS . Ptrf ixXo Vtrx if John Home Tookt . Thou » hilt not either read or write ; Thon ihalt not hare thy hair made white ; Thou shalt n » t with thy seighbour meet ; Thou shalt not bread untaxed eat ; Thon shalt not dogs » r bone * keep ; Thoo shslt not through thy windows peep ; Thou shalt not keep a watch or dock ; Thou shalt not auction off thy stock ; Thou shalt not wine or brandy drink ; Thon shalt not speak or hardly think .
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THE FLEET PAPERS . No . 47 . J * ti » present paper , Mr . Oastler , leaving the jgj ' tooa from the Short-time Committees and r ^ aterriewg with the several members of GojSfa& t , resnmes his battle with the Poor Law r" "> taking a keen , though hasty , and brief j 32 J" tile aeTer-to-be-for ^ otten speech of the rf * K » Whig slanderer , political mountebank , rrJ ^ - PMperj Broaghwa , on introducing thM g ^ Bffl to the House of Lords . The tene of Z 2 L « tnetores , though perhaps quite as strioj ^ J * *? ke p » l «» We u > ** ricli oppreasorB , " wtn jwlder than the occasion Tr&rranw . ^^ *^ ^ ^ ^
^ WREATH OF LIBERTY . Res pectfully Wicated to Fcargus O'Connor , Esq . By u atid Weight . Aberdeen : G . M * ckay , iaoasoa ' B Court , 61 , Bro * d-stre « t . yt ^^ ^ oloaie of Char tist Poems , by a youth not ( T ? neteen jears of * ge , and who makes no pregpP "* » h » t is called " learning" or " ednc » - earn * Jl itnre t * ' with osr present poet , done her torJL ^^ SSi ^ ted , Ei-re by the promptings of Wfcnri * ° 1 ; he "a seiwisoeM of thraJdom . The ^^ sn ilmort necessary to the youthful spirit g £ ? "self through nearly ill the pieces , in the ex-So ni * ? i ? 8 ooewhat impatient spirit . At this we tojnTtv » wondep- ; there is cause enough ; but we £ ™ w * tcontianed e » dnr » D « e and more extended "" ^ TWioa wiU te » eh oar poet practical philosophy .
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U to i ^ P ^ Lrn £ a Pit" »» reoomasended ^ w Aa fa-b ^ jwu iaedicine , to eTery iuffem from J ^ u eoapUin tg » nd indieestioi . or from * n in-Ual &l aDd ¦ " P <> c «* ble * t all Druggists , and * e tw ° ^ v nSf 8 r office - IJ « only neeesisry to S ^ tfce stamp haa M Dr . John Amrtrong ' i « bo « T ^ e ^ gMiTed on it in white letters , and to n r £ you off ^^ "y other ? & *• to » T j KI 18 m the boxes encloEed , in marbled ^ TL ^ f m arked B ., are a rery mild aperient , * e a * m ^ i lculi :: ly Md oaiTers&By praised . They Wrf ?* . ly " ^ P ^ for eportemen , agricnltnriBis , tt # JL ° uanes 8 J Mval and military men ; as they i 5 S ™ » ° n » ercary or ealomel , and reqaire neither " ^ B ^ X vo the house , aor ref tnun ; in diet .
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OLASGOW . —Theheart-rending cries of misery , destitution , Btarr&tioB , aed despair ring through the streets , laces and saburbs of our city . Thousands of hungry , naked , shivering wretches meet as at eTery tnrn , sod implore as with every look , asking us , in the silent and impressive language «> f suffering nature , where is humanity ?—where is justice t and what is Christianity ! Why are we starring in a land teeming with eyery luxury and necessary of life ! How is it that our hearths are cold , ear beds in the pawn-shops , and our backs uncovered daring this piercing weather , aad that , too , while we toil from early morn to late at night ! And how is it that we suffer ourselves thus tamely to be plundered of the honest fruits of © ur Tirtuons industry by the
iron-hearted souls of our legalised oppressors ! Ah ! the reason is too obvious to be misunderstood I The laws made by oar combined tyrants have proclaimed us slaves , outlaws , and aliens in the land of our nativity ; we crouch , we toil , we starve , we tremble while we tread on the ashes and graves of our virtHous , brave , and patriotic progenitors . The insane and peerish mutterings of imbecile hypochondriacs and the envenomed slang of traitors lull us to repose , and thus the enemies of liberty s , nd man f&ti , fatten , and triumph amid the stately ruin which their hellish machinations have created . Oar Lord Provost , and other municipal authorities , have JHst now squandered upwardB of one thousand pounds in treating their friends of the law , the army ,
and the Church , on what they call the "glorious event" which has given them a Prinoe and an heir to the throne of these realms ; while these same sage and Christian authorities , during last summer , coHid not afford the tenth of the above sum to save from starvation hundreds of industrious families , thrown out of employment by the gambling , fluctuating system produced and kept up by commercial pedlars , royal princes , hypocritical parsons , hired panderers , aristocratic pimps , legal plunderers , human tigers and reptiles of every form and description , whose various propensities are fostered by a system af laws the most incongruous and aocursed . The man of humanity shuddered when he heard the loud Bacchanalian yell—the loyal scream of exultation which issued from the City Hall , on last Monday night , while he knew that at the same moment thousands of inoffensive children in the immediate neighbourhood were shivering over the dying embers
of a miserable fire , and tearing frith hungry avidity the scanty contents of a potato pot , the all which their class-ruined , heart-broken , and toil-worn parents could produce . When shall this infernal system cease to exist ? and when shall we hail that glorious sun wkich shall rise and shine on oar newborn Irbertiea , and our chartered rights be proclaimed in city hall and village school , on mountain top and flowery vale ? Where is the man who breathes the heather-scented air of brave old Scotland , that would join or mix with the miserable , crawling , trembling things , vrho , under the mask of thin-skinned morality , are aiding and abetting the cruel aad relentless oppressors of the poor , and endeavouring ( though , thank God , without effect ) to paralyse the generous efforts of one of God's own nobles of nature , in his powerful and unbought efforts to crush the tyrant , and rend asunder the shackles ot the slave 1—Correspondent .
VAZiB OF IiEVEN . — Alexandria . —The etate of trade in this place is realJy distressing . About three moaihs since Mr . William Thomason gave an address in Bonhill , and urged the appointment of a committee to investigate into the state of the unemployed , and laying it before the heritors and ministers and manufacturers of the parish . The committee was selected and the following facts -will give the public some idea of the state of the Yale , including Alexandria and Bonhill ; Cawdross parish is being canvassed by another committee . This statement includes twelve hundred and eleven persons , their wages were as follow ** , averaging » period of twenty-eight weeks . There were persons Per day . d . Per day . d . 4 at the rate of ... li 10 at the rate of ... 5 J 2 7 89 „ 3
6 63 31 24 11 6 | 151 2 * 5 6 65 2 | 2 ] S . \ 135 2 11 5 J 126 12 13 5 128 \\ U 4 $ 31 Oi 10 . ~ 4 i 28 0 i 11 « . 4 } 9 0 | 31 4 65 0 28 31 95 „ Zi 1211 persons .
This is a pretty view of things in a spot full of churches and chapel-goers ; onr great men are turning * way journeymen and filling their places with apprentices . In this way the hopes of many a family are sacrificed before the altar of Mammon . The working men are beginning to see that they can have no shield of protection but in equal laws , and universal representation . Oar association is increasing in members .
AT . ggaimwTA— Another Victim to ths Game Laws . —On Wednesday , the 17 th instant , the faaeral of Mr . John M'Kinley took plaoe . The circumstances were as foliowb : —On the evening of the 2 nd of November , he aad a companion were standing in the highway , holding a musket in his hand . Two gamekeepers , in the employ of Mr . Campbell , Tillichewen Castle , near Alexandria , came up to them , and , looking deceased closely in the face , some altercation arose between the parties-Deceased , being irritated at the gamekeepers' interference . Struck ftne of ihem with his gun , and broke the stock of the fowling-piece over the gamekeeper ' s » ra , and used the barrel in Belf-defenee , which was loaded . While scuffling , the nipple of the barrel , on
which was a cap , hit the stone wall : the mutket went off , and the contents entered just above the left elium , passed immediately over the lower part of the back-bone , fracturing it , aad came out on the opposite side , just over the right elium ; the distance between the entering in and coming out of the shot being about twelve inches . He lingered in great agony uatil Sunday last , when death put as end to his agonies . The day before interment the body was opened by two medical men , who gave it as their opinion that death was caused by the contents of the gun passing through the body . A precognition had been taken by the Sheriff of Dumbarton and the fiscal the day followiBg the accident . Being a member of the Rechabite order , a large procession of his
brethren attended his funeral . A little before two o cloek they assembled at the Independent Chapel , about forty coming from Dumbarton and Renton , and about a hundred members of the Order in Alexandria . After forming three deep , each wearing a white sash and black roEette upon it , they marched to the house of the deceased ; the streets of Alexandria were crowded with scores besides of the inhabitants and the acquaintances of the unfortunate youth . The fnneral procession moved slowly to the New Church , Alexandria , attended by the abstainers in the above-mentioned Order . After arriving at the
grave , the coffin was placed upon the grave Bide , and the Rev . Mr . Syvan delivered a very impressive prayer ; after which , the mangled corse was let down into the narrow house , to mix with its kindred dust amid the unbroken silence of the grave . Although not a year connected with the Rechabite Order , and not e&sitled , by the laws of the body , to the funeral gift , yet the Order had a meeting of itB members , and , with a generosity which does honour to it , entered into a subscription , and handed over £ 8 towards the funeral expences . The event has made a deep impression , as the young man seems to have been generally and deservedly respected .
BTKWiytfr * "" Masons Strike . [ Received too ( ait for our last . ]—A public meeting , called by placard , was held at the Mechanics' Institute en Wednesday evening last . Mr . Peter Bishop was unanimously called to the chair . The Chairman opened the meeting in his usual clear and perspicuous style , and introduced Mr . Boag , the delegate from London , to address the assembly . Mr . Boag gave a clever and highly satisfactory description of the real caase of the strike ot the stonemasons , and was warmly applauded . Several resolutions , similar to those passed at the Crown and Anchor meeting , were unanimously agreed to . The meeting was addressed by Messrs . Williams , Lloyd , GoBKug , Bwafortb , Graj , Beck , By land , and Hinds , in " clever and appropriate speeches . Eight pounds was handed ia from the first society of carpenters ,
. £ 10 from the second society of carpenters , and 14 a . 6 d . from the curriers . Mr . George White addressed the meeting , and urged them to unite in the National Charter Association at the same time , notifying that a lecture would be delivered in the Chartist Room , Freemaa-street , the proceeds of which would be handed over to the fund for assisting the London masons in their struggle against tyranny . Mr . Beck , the Secretary , then declared the sums received £ rom ibe various bodies in Birmingham for the last fortnight , which amounted to £ 32 19 s . lid . Mr . Peter Bishop afterwards delivered a neat address , in which he passed a high eulogium on the Northern Star , tor the manner in which it had supported the xnawn ' s Btrike , without waiting to be solicited , after which Mr . Gosling was called to the chair , and a vote of thanks unanimously given to hir . Bishop for his upright oondnct ia the chair and for his zealous support of the mason's strike . The meeting then separated .
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Mr . Egxbtoh Smith , the founder and principal proprietor of the Liverpool Mercary , died , on the night of Thursday last , at the age of seventy-three . Distebss . —The Mendicity Society of London have made an appeal to the public for assutance . They state , that at " this immediate period the applications are very numerous , being treble in amount of those at any similar season in former years ; while the proEpect of accumulated cases of destitution dmring the winter has excited a degree of solicitude in the Committee regarding the adequacy of their resources . "
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Dublin . —It is a curious fact , and though a trifle , worth notice , that the tailors and robe-makers of Dublin have not been able to supply the demand for court-dresses and professional costumes to be worn at the Levee . Many additional hands have been employed in London , and large consignments of those articles have been shipped for this eity . —Dublin Evening Mail . Repokted Attempt at Ijjcendiabish . —It is reported that a ball composed of some explosive material was thrown into the court of the Horse Guards , on Wednesday . It fell at the feet of a soldier , and exploded like a cannon . The soldier could see no one in the street that appeared to have thrown it . A similar ball was thrown into the barrack-yard at Charing Cross ,
Dkath in the Fleet Prison . — On Thursday evening an inquest was held in the tfleet prison , before Mr . Payne 5 concerning the death of Mr . E . Baker , aged seventy-eight , who died is that prison on Tuesday evening last . Mr . T . Morton , assistant to Mr . Cooper , Burgeon to the prison , stated that he had attended the deceased since May last . He was a , very corpulent man , and bad been bedridden for some weeks . He was afflicted with the usual symptoms attendaut upon old axe . Witness was not aware that he was in want ot any thing . He bad been attended gratuitously . There was no reason to suppose that death arose from any other than natural causes . Sarah Pearce , nurse to Mr . Baker , stated that she had lived in the service of the
deceased for many years . Her master had been m prison about fourteen years altogether . He was liberated after six years ' confinement , and was again arrested in May , 1833 . He had contracted a disease daring his first confinement , aid had ever since been attacked with dropsy and erysipelas . His only means of living tor two years past was 53 . a week , which he received from a gentleman named Watson ; out of that he had Is . 3 d . to pay for his room , and witness herself had also to be kept , out of it . She had received no salary for eight years , and had latterly waited on other prisoners for a trifle per week to assist in supporting her master and herself . He often complained that he could not get food enough . He had a fall a few weeks ago . and since that time
had been unable to get out of bed . He had formerly lived upon his property at 42 , Broad-street , Goldensquare . Mr . G . P . Andrews stated that he was a prisoner at the time the deceased came in ( 1833 ) , and had been acquainted with him ever since . Deceased evidently haid not sufficient nourishment to support him . The Coroner inquired of Mr . Oastler ( who had been sent for ) if he knew of any circumstances connected with the deceased t Mr . Oastler replied , that he was not at all acquainted with deceased , and knew nothing of his circumstances further than having heard that he was dependant almost entirely upon charity for support . Mr . Oastler said he would ask whether it was fair in a Christian country
that persons Bhould be incarcerated for debt at the will of others , and left to depend on charity for support . The Coroner said he agreed with Mr . Oastler that imprisonment for debt was an unchristian practice . Imprisonment was a punishment , and it was certainly to be lamented that a man who was anfornate should be punished for it . In the present case it appeared that debt was not the only cause of deceased ' s imprisonment . He would leave it to the Jury to s&y whether they thought confinement had any thing to do with his death , and if bo they would express it in their verdict . The Jury , after a Bhort consultation , returned a verdict of " Died from natural causes . "
MURDEB AMD SUICIDE BY A DEAF AND DUMB MaN . —A dreadful murder and suicide were committed at Wtncolmlee , Hall , by a deaf and dumb man , named Robert Hickson . The wretched man had quarrelled with his wife , Sarah Hickson , about some domestic matter , upon which he seized a poker , and struck her a dreadful blow on the head , acd afterwards destroyed himself / by cutting his throat with a razor . An inquest was held on the bodies on Friday night , and after being sworn , the Jury proceeded to view them They were found lying side by side ona slight raised platform , in a small , neatly-furnished room , in Owen ' i Square , New George-street . The sight was a most appalling one , the threat of the man being cut from ear to ear , whilst the woman ' s skull was
literally smashed to pieces . The floor was deluged with blood , bat partly covered with saw-dust . Immediately over the corpses was a portrait of Hickson , paiEted in oil bj himself . In another part of the room was a painting of Christ , ia the same style as the portrait , and executed by the deceased . Selina Hickson , daughter of the deceased , deposed—1 am going on for eight years old , and lived with my father and mother . They quarrelled yesterday about marrying . My father went out soon after breakfast this morning . He was deaf and dumb . He came back at twelve to-day , to bis dinner . He came in dripping wet , and mother said she waa so poorly she could scarcely wash for him . He waa angry because there waa not a dry waistcoat for him to put on . Mother
talked to him with her fiBgers . Father seemed in a passion when they were quarrelling , but I have seen him worse before . We were getting our dinners , and bo was mother , when he came in . He took up a poker from the fireside , and struck mother four or fire times . She fell down on the hearth , and I never heard her Epeak again . Father took a razor from the cupboard top and cut his throat . Then I ran out . Hickson was in the employ of Mr . Binning , a coal merchant , as a coal porter . It appeared , from the evidence of Mr . Binning and other witnesses , that he had latterly become jealous of his wife , in consequence of a man named Charles Richardson having been seen walking with her . Mr . Binning had spoken to RiohardBon on the subject , wheB he said , " He had walked with Hickson's wife , and
would do so again . " On being called before the jury , Richardson said that Hick&on had once accused him of being connected with his wife— " but very little . " He bad never repeated the accusation , and he ( Richardson ) never met her at Mr . BinBing ' s stables . Had spoken to her in the street , but nothing more . Never met her by appointment , and had only walked the length of the street with her when they met accidentally . Several jurymen said this witness was morally guilty of the deaths of the deceased . The jury , in the case of the suicide , returned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity , " caused in their opinion by the improper conduct of one of his fellow-workmen with reference to deceased ' s wife . In the case of the murder , the jury returned the extraordinary verdict of " Excusable Homicide . "
Egregious Rejoicings . — " Richard has best deserved of all my sons . " The authorities of Glasgow have " done the polite thing" to the new-born Prince after the most delicate fashion . As eoon &e the tidings of her Majesty ' s accouchement arrived , " Captain Millar conveyed the joyful news to the authorities . In order to acquaint the Lord Provost with the fact , the city-waits were put in requisition , and took their places opposite his Lordship ' s door , where they serenaded his family with the national air of God Save the Queen . '" Sentiment must be progressing when this romantic method ot insinuating glad news is adopted by the chief thief-catcher of a Scotch town in his communications to bis superiors . The next refinement will be : e announce to
condemned prisoners the approach of the hour of execution by sending the city-waits to serenade him with ** Macpherson s Rant . " The Lord Provost , however , seems to have been rather obtuse on the occasion—to have proved himself a sort of Triptolemus Mud die work ; for our informant , the Glasgow Arqus , adds— " This circumstance ( the serenade ) apprized bis Lordship that something unusual had taken place ; and certain intelligence of the event was immediately afterwards conveyed to him by a special messenger . " The allusion was too refinedthe musical head of the police had to call in the aid ot an interpreter . However , to do " his Lordship " justice , after he had been get to understand what was going forward , he displayed his loyalty most
valoursly . The reformed Town Council bas been somewhat lax in its observation of loyal ceremonies ; but the Provost has not forgotten the days of his youth , when u George the Third was King , " and Magistrates drank the Royal health on the Royal birthday in the open air at the market-cross . He remembers , too , the showers ot dead dogs and cats with which the rabble used to salute them on such occasions . He therefore took due precautions before proceeding to renew those pab 2 ic expressions of devotion to the throne . " According to an arrangement made in tbe course of the morning , the Tenth Regiment of Foot and two companies of the Seventeenth Lancers marched into the vacant space in front of the Public Offices , and formed iaio square . Two pieces of artillery were also
in attendance . " Moreover , the front of the Courtbouse was " guarded by a strong detachment of Police . " And thus supported , the Magistrates and Sheriff , " greatly daring , " drank the healths of the Duke of Cornwall and his mother at a range of tables fitted up under the portico . On Monday evening , the same functionaries entertained the alite of the city at a great banquet in tbe City-hall . The City Marshal promulgated beforehand a series of regulations "to be strictly observed ; " some of which , we must take the liberty to remark , are scarcely ia keeping with the Arcadian character of the city serenade . Gentlemen having ladies with them are requested , " after conducting them to the eastern stair , to return and pass into the hall ; " and thev are told that u gentlemen accompanying ladies
to the eastern stair , will be supplied with tickets , which they are requested to preserve and produce when they return for the ladies . " A ceremony of this kind is observed with umbrellas and greatcoats at the entrance of the National Gallery and the Library of the British Museum ; but it does strike ns as treating ladies with slender ceremony , to deposit them in an antechamber on entering a festive hall , to be delivered up again to their conductors when they leave , "on producing the tioket . " Do the modern Bailey Jarvies still take "Mattie and the lantern" with them when they go out of a dark evening ? and is this startling arrangement made for tbe accommodation of tbe handmaidens while waiting to light their masters home ! Mattie might in one sense have been called a lady : " she was good blood—first cousin to the Laird o' Limmerfield . "—Spectator *
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Death from Machinery . -At Bold factory , near urawshawbootn , a boy received a severe injury , from some part of the machinery , one day last week , from wkich he died oa Saturday evening . Comi umoN o * thk Thamks Tunnel . —On Thur * . day , tUifl stupendous undertaking may be said to have reached completion , the enormous bore beinir ended by the amvalof the shield at the shaft on the Wapp ? ag . shore . The shield now , therefore , has performed its work , and henceforth the operations will be confined chiefly to the formation of the approaches on land for the general traftlo . Four feet and a half of tunnelling were completed within the last week by means of the shield . Tcrkish Advbrtisembnt . —( From the Djeridee Havadts of the 13 th October . ) u For sale , a black female slave , who is unique for playing the fiddle , lute , nandolina , and dulcimer ; and is , moreover , a beautiful dancer . Price 3000 piasters ( about £ 27 sterling . ) Apply , " Ito .
Wigan . —Much curious gossi p has been oansed in WiRan by the extraordinary circumstances attending the death of a person named Mary Aspull , who lived by herself in Scholes , never having married . Upon the death of the old Jady » search wtw made by one or two persona who were next of kin to the deceased , they being , however , only second cousins . These parties , with one er two other persons who had been requested to attend them , found in their search , in the most obscure and unlikely parts of the
house , no less than £ 5040 ; the whole of which , with the exoeption of about £ 40 or £ 50 , consisted of guineas . The deceased was with some difficulty prevailed upon to make a will a few days before she died , wherein she directed that all her property shall be distributed in equal shares to certain parties therein mentioned ( her second cousins , ) and to all others who are equal , and nearer , in degree ot relationship . Of course many are the claimants , one of whom is Mr . John Roby ,- © f Rochdale . —Manchester Guardian .
An Ambrican Patriot—" Feller-oitizenB 1 " said an Arkansas orator , who mounted the stump a short time since , " Feller-oitizen ^! didn ' t I aid in ridin Bill Poker , the blackleg , on a rail V " You did ! you did ! " said his auditory . " Didn't I , fellercitizens , lick that big pedlar from the Jaraeys , as spoke disrespectfully of our state ? " " Yes—you did ! you did I" unanimously shouted the meeting . " Feller-citizens ! when Jim Jenkins was proseouted by his political enemies for horae-stealing , didn't I , as foreman of his jury , write his varriict , * Guilty of assault and battery , ' recommending him to mercy V ' Cries of " You did ! you did . !— -you ' re a buster !" " I there a man in this crowd , feller-citizens , that doesn ' t owe me a drink ! " " No , not one . " "Havn't you always seen me willing to stand treat !" " AlwayB , always ! you ' re a horse . " " Well , now , you all know I voted for old Tip and Tyler , at the last eleotion ; but if ever I do it again , I'll be ! Let ' s liquor . "—New Orleans Paper .
Error op supposing the Whalb to be a Fish . —The whale , though an inhabitant of the depths of ocean , and invested with amasing power in swimming and directing its course , with bo legs to walk and no capacity to exist out of water , its proper element , —the whale , notwithstanding these fish-like qualities , is not a fish , but belongs to the order of mammalia—of animals that bring forth their progeny and suckle them with milk ; and its fins differ in a singular manner from those of fishes ; they nearly resemble the human arm , and terminate with a hand , having four fingers . The whale is thus enabled to clasp its young , and carry them in its arms , and perform many of the acts of dallianoe and
affection for which the mother is distinguished amongst terrestrial animals . The tail of the whale is also a curious combination of mechanical powers ; and , in addition to the great strength bestowed upoa it , the muscles allow it tv > be turned any way , with as much facility as the human arm . The blood of the whale ia warm , like that of terrestrial animals ; its brain is much larger in proportion than that of the fish ; its eyes have a remarkably intelligent expression , ' and its sense of hearing is so acute as to laorease very considerably the difficulty of approaching it near enough to inflict the stroke by which its great strength is finally overcome . —Parley ' s Penny Library .
AlXEGEP DlSCOVERV OF VALUABLE JEWELS AT TUB Exchequer . —Our readers will remember that a few weeks ago certain mysterious whisperings were Current concerning as alleged discovery , at the Exchequer , of jewela to a very considerable amount—jewels it was said , which had been empawned to meet the exigencies of the extravagant King Charles II ., and had lain there so long that their existence had been forgotten , and that their discovery was the result of accident , a bit of good fortune , a sort of set-off against the defalcations in Exchequer Bills . The matter was delicately alluded to in some of the papers , but all seemed to lack information on the interesting subject . One paper did , however , venture to confirm the report , but to say that the matter had been exaggerated . Exaggerated , indeed , it waa .
In fact , the affair was what is vulgarly called a "mare ' s nest . " A belief had , however , existed in a high quarter that property to a large amount had lain by for a loDg period , the value of which it would be desirable to ascertain . It appears that in the year 1797 a box containing jewels had been sent from the Exchequer-office to the Bank of England , to be deposited in the Bullion-offloe ; and an order was recently sent down to the Bank to have the mysterious casket examined . A day was accordingly appointed , and the governor of the bank , Mr . Marshall , the chief cashier , and several gentlemen connected with the Government , assembled for the purpose of making an official inspection , and reporting upon the
same to head quarters . They were , moreover , attended by several jewellers called in professionally to decide as to the " water" of the diamonds , and the value of the other gems it contained . The conclave assembled—the box was brought ia t But to the surprise of all it was nothing more than a lozenge box tied with a red tape and sealed on the- top . It was opened and found to contain a pair of diamond earrings , and * a garnet brooch . A general laugh was excited by the appearance of the ridiculus mus , and one of the jewellers said he should be sorry to give £ 40 for its contents . These are the simple facts of the matter , which excited much merriment among those engaged in the investigation . —London Paper .
Fire in Woolwich Dockyard . —On Saturday morning last , about half-past three o ' clock , one of the dockyard police , observing smoke issuing from a building used for the purpose of making Grant's patent fuel , oa a close approach to it , found it was in flames , and immediately gave the alarm . The dockyard engines were promptly brought to the spot , and the alarum-bell being rung , the engines of the royal marines , royal artillery , and royal sappers and miners , were soon present , and an excellent supply of water being obtained from the basin almost close to the building the spread of the devouring element to the engine-honse was prevented , but no exertions could save the wooden building in which the fire originated , and consequently it was burnt to the
ground . The fire is supposed to have originated from one of the iron pipes under a portion of the wood having become overheated on the previous day , and that the wood had , from that cause , such a degree of heat communicated to it as ultimately to ignite . It is worthy of observation ( bat the fires used at this work are always put out aboat four o'clock in the afternoon , immediately after the convicts leave work , so that the fire . if it originated from them , must have remained twelve hours undiscovered . During the fire a fatal accident took plaoe in the basin . A young man , seventeen years of age , named John Johnston , a seaman on board the James and Elizabeth , of Sunderland , schooner , lying in the river alongside the wharf wall of the dockyard , delivering small coal for the purpose of manufacturing Grant's
patent fuel , on hearing the alarm of fire came on shore , and the fog was eo thick at the time that he walked into the basin , and striking his head , it is supposed , upon an iron chain , was so stunned , that , although a good &wimmex , he waa drowned , and his body was not recovered until about half an hour afterwards . Two marines also fell into the water from a similar cause , but they were promptly taken out . The officers and crews of the Devastation and the other vessels in her Majesty ' s service in the river and is the basin were promptly on the spot , and by their able assistance were of great service ia checking the spread of the fire . The loss will not be very great , as the building waa only constructed of wood , and , fortunately , it was in a manner detached from other parts of the yard .
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NOMINATIONS FOR THE GENERAL COUNCIL . STRAND-STREET , MANCHESTER . Mr . Lawrence Dunn , weaver , 8 , Boothle-street . Mr . William Walker , printer . Mr . John Bavanalgh , spinner . Mr . Thomas Orridice , carder . Mr . Joseph Eastforth , eordwainer . Mr . Duncan Bean , printer . Mr . Lawrence Money , printer . Mr . John Redfern , porter . . Mr . John Jones . Mr . Bernard Quinn . Mr . Matthew Suttiff . Mr . Joseph Lomae , weaver , 14 , Thompson-street , Secretary . Mr . Jobs Smith , weaver , 18 , Lore-lane , Treasurer .
PINSBCRT . Mr . William Balls , 13 , Back Hill , Hattori Garden . Mr . Richard Cameron , 10 , Dorrington-street . Mr . Philip Johnson , 6 , St . Jontt ' MQuare . Mr . William Martin , I , Charlotte Terrace , White Conduit . Mr . James Knight , 3 S , Baltio-street . Mr . Daniel West , 34 , Chatham Gardens . Mr . William , Moody , 118 , Brittania-atreet . Mr . John Carey , 14 , Pear Tree-street . Mr . Henry Smith , 11 , Aylesbury-street , aub-Treasurer . _ , Mr . John Watts , 17 , Graham-street , City Road , « ub-S « cretary .
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LIMEHOUSB . Josiah Hornblower , 18 , Margaret-street , Com ' meroial-road Samuel Squiers , No . 3 , Limeklin-hill , Limehousehole ; William Bausage , No . 3 , Cottage-Btreet , Poplar ; Isaac Wilkins , Engineers' Arms , Mill Wall , Poplar ; Thomas Pearee , 44 , Park-street , Limehouse ; ^ Henry Squiers , 1 , Prospect-place , East India road , Poplar , sub-Treasurer . Thomas Spencer , 1 , Victoria-place , Commercialroad , Limeheuse , sub-Secretary :
BILSTON . Joseph Nicholls , screw-turner , Green Croft ; James Mosely , shoemaker , Pipes-Meadow ; Michael Jaffa , tailor , High-street ; Joseph Evans , miner , Hall-street ; George Dudley , tinplate-worker , Proud ' s-lane ; William Smart , miner , Hall-street ; John DaviB , ditto , High-street ; FnneiaFerredaji furoace-man , Walsall-etreet ; Samuel Draper , miner , Pipes-Meadow ; John Fenton , ditto , Hall-street ; John Stira ^ i , grocer and tallow-chandler , Green croft , sub-Treasurer ; John Cadley , eoadwainer , sub-Secretary . HERE , WILTS . Henry Mills , weaver . Stephen Mills , ditto , sub-Secretary .
DAVBNTRT . James Lawsone , tailor , High-street . William Askew , cordwainer , Victoria-street . Thomas Norton , joiner , Dog-lane . Daniel Dawson , green grocer , Brook-street . William Tallet , oordwainer , Church-lane . Thomas Webb , cord wainer , sub-Treasurer , Unionplace . George Ashwell , cabinet-maker , sub-Secretary , High-street .
SOUTH-SHIELDS , BANKS OF TYNK . John Douglae , shoemaker , Waterloo-vale . John Strickland , ditto , King-street . William Cory , bootcloser , Salem-street . John Bunn , bookbinder , Waterloo-vale . William Dalrymple , uhoemaker , East-street . William Wilkinson , shoemaker , Thames-street , sub-Treasurer . Thomas White , cabinet-maker , Dairy-lane , sub-Secretary .
MONCKTON-DEVERILL . John Maslen , Brixton-Deverill , laboarer . Noah Praaglen , ditto , ditto . Peter Payn , Monckton-Deverill , ditto . Thomas Ganet , Kingstou-Deverill , ditto , sub-Treasurer . Stephen Todgey , Monckton-Deverill , eordwainer , sub-Secretary . LONDON EAST , STAB COFFEE-HOUSE , GOLDEN-LANE , Mr- Prior . Mr . McCarthy . Mr . Piota . Mr . Richards . Mr . Langwith . Mr . Waters . Mr . Smith . Mr . KennB , sub-Secretary , pro . tern .
DEVONPORT . John Gin , cooper , 35 , Clowance-street . William Edwards , shoemaker , 37 , Tavistockstreet . Joseph Grose , ditto , Sarabell's-court . Sampson Randel , ditto , 9 , Doidge ' s-well . Rkhard James , ditto , 5 , Cross-street . William Edwards , jun ., ditto , 37 , Tavistoek-streefc . Benjamin Cane , labourer , 23 , Geak's-alley . William Trimblett , shoemaker , 32 , Queen-street , sub -Treasurer . Andrew Cummings , whitesmith , Stafford ' s-hill , sub-Secretary .
MYTHOLM-ROYD . William Greenwood , weaver . John Ferror , ditto . James Pollard , ditto . Samuel Msgson , eordwainer . Samuel Crowther , wooloomber . WiJJiam Robertshaiv , sab-Treasurer James White , sub-Secretary . CLITHKROK . John Slater , block-printer . John Birch , ditto . James RobinsoH , ditto . John JohnaoB , batter . James Dewhurat , weaver . John M'Cana , gardener . Thomas Smithies , block-printer . William Pinder , sub-Seoretary .
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EAST AND NORTH RIDING LECTURER . York . —Charter Association Rooms , Fossoate , —On Sunday , the 21 st inst ., Mr . Stallwood addressed a numerous assemblage ; Mr . Cooper in the chair . At the conclusion a vote of thanks was unanimously passed to the lecturer . It waa also moved , seconded , and carried unanimously , on the motion of Messrs . Gill and Crofts , that Mr . Stallwood be recommended as the most fit and proper person to fill the offioe of lecturer for the ensuing month . Thanks being passed to the chairman , the meeting beparated . Important Pbockedivgs . —On Thursday , the 18 th inst ., the Lrf > rd Mayor having pledged bis word to grant the use of the Guildhall , to the industrious classes for a day meeting , a most respectful requsition was drawn up by Mr . Barley , and signed by a
large number of householders and freemen , and presented by a deputation , consisting of Messrs . Demaine , Inglis , and Burley . His Lordship having read the requisition , said , " We congratulated the Queen on Monday last . " Deputation— " No , my Lord ; your address and resolution were lost by a great majority ; we are desirouB that her Majesty should be made acquainted with the sentiments and wishes of the industrious classes . " Lord Mayor" You introduce politics , in which I differ with you . I might talk on this all day with you , and then be beat ; you have your representatives in Parliament . "
Deputation— "My Lord , we are unrepresentedthat is our chief complaint . " Lord Mayor— " Your requisition speaks of distress ; there is no distress in the city of York , and you have nothing to do with the distress existing elsewhere . " Deputation" Your Lordship is wrongly informed ; great distress at present prevails ia our City . " Lord Mayor " I cannot grant the use of the Hall for such a pur * pose . " The deputation then retired , and drew up a handbill , containing the original and the amended address , a copy of which was forwarded to the Mayor , and each of the Aldermen , and widely distributed through the city .
A meeting was convened b y the requisitionists , originally intended to be held in the Thursday market , but in consequence of the severity of the weather it was held in the Association Room , Fossgate . Mr . Halton waa called to the chair , who , in a few brief preparatory remarks , called on Mr . Stallwood to address the meeting . Mr . Stallwood rose amid tbe . most cordial greeting , and said , we are told we are disloyal and traitorous . Had we not exhibited our loyalty ! Had we not offered , in our amended address , to congratulate her Majesty on her safe delivery ! Had we not Bhown our loyalty by giving to her Majesty daily the sum of £ 164 . 7 s . lOd . wrung from our own sweat and blood , besides the use of four splendid palaces , and the
immense groaads thereto attached , and this too at a time when the wives of our bosoms and the children of oar affections were dragging out a miserable existence upon a wretched pittance of less than threepenoe per head ! ( Load ( hoots of hear , hear . ) Yes we had shown our loyalty to the sovereign , although her Majesty had broken through the Malthusian philosophy of the Poor Laws Amendment Bill—got married when a giddy girl—and had two children without herself or her husband having the means of supporting them . ( Loud cheers . ) We had exhibited our loyalty by paying in hard cash to our monarchial executive £ 449 , 885 . ; while in America , where loyalty was paid to the sovereign people , the Presidential or Republican executive only cost
£ 15 , 006 per annum . ( Hear , hear . ) We carried our loyalty still further ; we found her Majesty ' s husband penniless , and we gave him £ 30 , 000 per annum and a commission in the army , while we toil and sweat in rags and wretchedness . ( Hear , hear . ) Another proof of Oar loyalty was the giving to her Majesty ' B mother the sum of £ 30 , 000 per annum , while our toil-worn brothers and Bisters existed in a miserable garret or wretched cellar npon less than twoMnoe per head per diem . ( Shame , shame . ) Our address wag offensive to the authorities , because it asked for asercy for Frost , Williams , and Jones ; if jueuoe bad prevailed , they never would hare been transported ; had not Frost ' s talents , virtues , and patriotism won for him the affection of a grateful people—had they not loaded him with honours—had they not made him councilman , alderman , lord mayor , and guardian of the poor-had not my Lord John Rnssefi recommended him to her Majesty as
a fit and proper person to be a magistrate 1 Hat , alas Frost loved the people ; he was a tender father , an affectionate husband . and a faithful friend , an upright magistrate , and « b excellent ma / or ; he > was beloved by the people for his many virtues , and for the same hated by the Whjgs--Uoud cheersy-and dennded by them of his official robes . ( Shame . ) Williams and Joaea were alike respectable and respected ; they came into Newport in hopes of saying the patriotic Vincent from the fangs of his merciless o ppressors—( hear , hear , )—and were entrapped by the Whig spied ; by the machinations of spies was the Newport affair brought about , and by them were we deprived of their services , bat only fora time , we were determined to have them back again : we would never cease our exertions until we had effected that object . ( Enthusiastic applause . ) We also asked for the release of all our political victims . Let the case of Peddie suffice ; he was convicted mpoi the evidence of the felonious v / reteh
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Harrison , wh < j admitted he received large sums of [ money for hi T brutal emyleyment , and was now undergoing tw \ > years imprisonment for horse stealing ; he would ask , ought such good men as Peddie , Ililfcerry , and O thers , to be hourly murdered on tho evnUmoeof twebi * wretch as this ? ( Loadcheenr . But we demanded the Charter as a remedy for tho existing evils , < i » tt ess exists through the length and and bpeudth if tiie . tand . " We-are indeed a numerous people ,. a »< J wsu t strength . We have an excellent soil ^ and a *» de stitute of provisions . We are active and labotteosy i wd live in indigence . We oar enoraow tributes , ant' are told they are not sufficient . " We have fried v the Tories for a century , and become wwse ; w » l » d nock reform , and tried the > Whigs for ten years—oa r mtsenes and wretehedoew increased . We have no * ' discovered the enemy thai devours us to be class It 'gisktita . ( Load cheers . )
Yes , we find * the law Bake rs and administrators well fed , well clothed , well ho used , while the wirepresented , although their labour is tho source of all wealth , have nowhere to Uiy their head . ( Cheers . > We demand , then , tbe abolhion of elaes legislation , and the substitution of tbe People ' s Charter , —« oad cheers , )—and whe » every party and' class shall b » thus fully and fairly represented in the Commons' Hoase of Parliament—then , and not till then , will a national remedy be fennd for the national diseases ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Stallwood then ab ^ refuted theory of danger , aad appeased the feara of the timid y then , said he , let us have the Charter—that edacation may be promoted—industry f stored—commerce increased wealth protected morality shielded—happiness engendered—and oar fatherlands of England , Ireland , Scotland , and : Wales
rendered" Flowers of the earth , gems of the eea-, At oHce great , glorious , and free . " Mr . Stallwood resumed his seat amid the most livel and enthusiastic demonstrations of applause . An immense number of cases of distress were reported . Upoa the motion ef Messrs . Cor deux and Crofts , it was also agreed to call a meeting of the unemployed and distressed , and thus disabuse the minds ef the public functionaries of the oity . Mr . Cooper moved and Mr . Judson seconded a resolution : — " That the thanks of , this meeting are due , and are hereby given , to Mr . Stallwood , fur his talented , persevering , firm , and consistent advocacy of the righto of the industriouB millioas . " Carried by aoolamatioo . A VOtfl of thanka waa then moved and carried to
the ohairman , and the meeting dissolved in peace Knabesborough . —On Wednesday , the 17 th inst ., notwithstanding it was fair-day with us , no sooner was the announcement made that Mr . Stallwood , from London , would address the people , in the National Charter , AssoeiatioB-rooms , than thither floeked the people . Mr . John Doaker was called to the chair ; and , in a brief , pithy , sensible speech , introduced Mr . S . to the meeting , who , in a speech of considerable leDgth , vindicated the claims of the industriouB millions . His efforts were crowned with the moBt triumphant success . Another visit was earnestly requested ; and a vote of thanks unanimously p assed . Thepetition will be more numerously signed than ever petition was in the Borough of Knaresbro ' . The brave lads have determined to wait on the Members for the Borough , and request their support to the petition .
Malton . —Although the raia poured down ia torrents , Mr . Stallwood arrived ; the news spread like wild-fire ; a boy was sent out with a placard , and a bellman set to work to anounoe the glad tidings that the means of our political salvation would be preached in . the evening ; thanks to the enthusiasm and kindly feeling of the middle classes in this close pocket-borough , a large granary was engaged , and an audience of at least 660 collected together . Mr . Stallwood addressed them in his usual convincing ; strain , much to their satisfaction ; at the conclusion , a large number of Chartist publications was disposed of , several members added to the association , a good sum collected at the door , and it was announced that the lecturer would be with them again on the 30 th . O'Connor and Vincent would meet with an enthusiastic reception here . This will , in a little time , be one of our very best Chartist localities .
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BERNARD CAYANAGH , THE TOTAL-ABSTINENCE KNAVE , CAUGHT OUT AT LAST ! Reading , Saturday . This fellow , whose plausible and successful daplfdty completely deceived some of tbe most eminent scientific and medical bodies in London , has , at last , been detected in his imposture , and he is now lerving eat the term ot his imprisonment of tbree months , with hard labour , at the treadmill in the gaol of this town , as a rogue and vagabond , to which he has just been sentenced by 8 . Chase , Esq . tbe mayor . Cavanagh arrived here on the 12 th instant , taking up bis quarters at the Bign of the Black Boy , a publichouse in Broad-street , accompanied by the same man , named Tierean , whe assisted him in pursuing his various systems of hypocrisy and imposture , while he was levying contributions upon the public in London . The knave , immediately after his arrival , issued a catching handbill , of which the following is a copy : —
" SXTRA O UDI K AR Y PHENOMENON , " The celebrated Bernard Cavanagh ( from the county of Mayo ) , who has excited so much attention from the medical aad scientific world , on account of bis excessive powers of abstinence , which are attested beyond all doubt , Is DOW is this town , sad invites all inquirers into the cause of so singular a phenomenon to pay him a tUU at the Black Boy , Reading , during his stay . A few of hia philosophical friends in London , wishing to gain some additional light upen thia case , have advised him to give this general invitation , and make no distinct charge for admissions ; but as the expences of travelling about the country with his brother { who eatt like other men ) will be beyond their n : eans , any friendly donations will be thankfully received . "
Things went on swimmingly for some days , and the fellow and his companioa were leaping a pretty plentiful harvest , although there was nothing charged for admission to see the " fasting man , " the impostor leaving the gratuity he looked for to the " liberality of the eurious ; " and there is not the least doubt , bad it not been for tbe timely and , indeed , extraordinary disco very of the cheat , that he and his worthy coadjutor would , before theyleft the town , have walked off with a very handsome sum gathered from the numerous visi tors who flocked to the Black Boy to see this " eighth wonder of the world , "
He was apprehended with his " Man Friday , " Tier—* nan , on Thursday , through the instrumentality of « v- » Mrs . Hatt , the wife of a labouring man , residing im . j Crown-street , by Mr . Houlton , the Superintendent **? the Reading police , upon the charge of being a rof ¦¦* and vagabond , and a rank impostor . He waa thea taken before the mayor , and tbe following evidence war 4 produced against him : — Harriet Hatt being sworn stated , in substance , u follows : —On the preceding evening , she went , mat , . panied by tome friends , to see the fasting man , s * tne Black Boy . She asked him several question * «¦ the subject of hia abstinence from food , which he asatt ^ red very unsatisfactorily , except that he stated be hi 4 not eaten a morsel of any ene thing for the last fiv , yean and a half . Witness bought one of hia books * « ontaining an account of bis life and abstinence from ti l 04 } for which he was paid 6 d ., and her friends 1 avehim
another 6 d . before they left The next mornin / , witness had occasion to go to a chandler's shop in Soutf a » mptonstreet ( which is a long distance from the BJ ^ . fc Boy ) and while she mi sitting in a room beoiir d the shop she saw a man enter , who , notwithstandr ag Q fs disguise , she was certain was the prisoner . g e hag a handkerchief tied round his forehead m hkh . nearly covered his eyes , and a latpe patch upon t a [ g noae > aji soon as he came in he asked for a saveloy ^^ qaarter of a pound of ham , which he particular } ~ signed to be cut pretty fat , and a small loaf . He v ^ Beryed ii \< qi these articles , for which he paid , and t Qen ^^ . Witness then directly proceeded to the Black Boy , where she discovered that the prison- w h ^ j b ^ gon l out a short time - before , to take ¦ mlk- and after waiting there for upwards of an b „ , Bbl ttW Wm return , but heihad then doffed his dii ^^ ^ appeared as usuaL She mentioned her suspicions to the landlord of the house , who then communicated with
the police . John Croaker , the landlord of ' tho Black Boy , stated that the prisoner came to Bis hor ^ Tery j ^ Frfdty evening , and inquired if his bro ^ g , ( describing him as a man who carried a pack ) had arrived . Witness told him that a man , answering th » t description , was in the house aad in bed . He tbeH / jnewed witness one of hia bills , and said that he wi , the man it related to . He asked if he could be acor , mmodated with a bed , and he was told he could . He fj ^ the man Tiernan had been living in witness ' s hor jse from that time until they were apprehended . The I M \ witness saw in the room ( exhibited by the priaonr , ) was placed there witfitUt his eanaemL
The impostor , opon T Mlag alled on fo , ^ defenc # > said it was of very UttI ease his saying anything , aa after what bad taken place he supposed he should net be believed ; aad tber « 10 re # perhaps he had better say nothing . At last he # aid , "I did eat , for the Lord ea « aed me to be hungry . " The Mayor then addressed tie prisoner , pointing oat to him the disgrss xtul conduct he bad been pursuing ia deceiving andgr jling the p » bUo by gross artifice and imposture , an * * jUngbJm that it was hi * determination , at least for » tt me , to pat a stop to hia deceptions npon the public The " astir it" impostor was tfcenjienteaced t » three months' imp- / isoaoest and bard Iabmur , as a ragee and vagabond . Thefalltf w * worthy colleague , John Tiernan , waa also sentenced to « ne month ' s imprisonment for hawkinf withotfct ; license . ¦
™* J * an with tbe pack , whom Cavanagh called hbi dm **** bad , very fortunately for himself , taken hia de » PMtow , from Reading , and this escaped , very probably . asjssn 1 jjx punishment . ft will now be seen if the tread-mill will not bring a * appetite to the "fasting" man , and , at the ¦*«> + Ur ae , the impostor to hia senses . What will tbe ¦ x'imm s » T
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 27, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct730/page/3/
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