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THE GOODKESS OF KATURE WITHHELD FROM THE POOR . O earth , the bads of our noble form , Foster * d with thy frnits where ' er we roam , If we fr « n pole to pole thy wonders traoe , We tod tbee labouring to support onr race ; Thou spreadBt thy carpet green beneath our feet , A » d aSling shows xu all thy meadowt sweet , Bids us perambulate thy lovely scene , Thy shady boWra , and thy loresta 8 «« n , Thy flowery patha , thy rugged mountain * high , Thy furroWd fieloa , which aU onr-aanto « pply ;
Ah i do those fnrroVd field * supply the poor , Whose hungry criei for charity implore ? ^ eTSVe the share of n ^ to re - B spofl ? 5 o tbiy receive the first frnte of the * ofl ? Ko , sordid wretches grasp their netful parts , Destroy their blessings and their happy hearts ; They reread their direful dseds the earth around , Inf ectinr all-snd levre a deadly wound ! The weind is want , the poor cannot withstand , -Thev headlong fall—death grasps them in its hand - n God' O God - ' reverse this shocking state , Xidhnri the wicked to their gloomy fate , And raise the poor , uphold them with thine hand ,
2 t * znrn to them their honest rightful land ; X ^ t eqnal laws their mo tto ever be / ¦ The tyrants bind—and set the people free , J . R . Leeds .
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TEETOTALlSiL list to me Chartists ain an a , Keep frae bad hibbets , mak a law , 2 ? ae mair drinking , mane sva , It is the devil , For aft behind there is a craw , Their lies the eveL That ill brewed drink ye ken fn weel , Does o ' er owr sober senses steel , Cauld , stem poTerty it maki us feel , Wi a her force , Despised , neglected , forced to reel , Fra bai to warse . When drunkards has the etoup at hand , Wi meekle ot at their command , Tha'd strike althow they coudnie stand ,
When temper fail them , I had piii a plea wi sea or land , Thow nane did gale them Gse rjietare ain tha ' s deed wi drink , What is his fate , just calmly think , Auld clutty Isnghs , and geies a wink , An nichers fain , When anee he has them on the brink , Then a ' a his ain . Sae keep awa' ye black deeeiTer , Ye gie to us but little pleasure , Those that prise the hae treasure , Iteith at the last , The last resource , the rope or razor , Jo o « im the past .
Yes , drinKi !? brings us a * to nun , The sinecures ar paid off brewin , The snErase dowd by dear )? looin , That deedly pot , Erect be too bate up an be do * in , An mend thy let Away wi clririiring , I intend it , GiS putting in the pin will mend it , Happy will I be , G od send it , To bide me their , For since sae monnie ills attend it , I'll nftir drink m&ii
Sae now IU bide ye a adieu , A my gude wishes gang wi yen , When ye * ve made np your Kinds be true , Sae ye'n be blist , Yeald nae for Whig or Tory crew , But stand tha test . R . Stewart Edinburgh , Nov . 1 S 41 .
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SISSBSATOI?!—The Poor Law . —A meeting of the ratepayers of the parish of Kirkheaton , comprising the following townships—Kirkheaton , Lepton , Dalton , and Whitley—called by the churchwardens , overseers of the poor , and guardians of the above-named townships , for the purpose of petitioning against the New Poor Law , was held on Friday , the 15 ; h of January , in the parish of Kirkheaton , one of the churchwardens in the chair , at which the following resolutions were passed unanimously : — B 1 . That it is the just and inalienable right of the ratepayers of England to appoint the distribution of the money arising from their parish rates , whether
for the use of the poor or otherwise . 2 . That the New Poor ItB . tr Amendment Act has taken away that right , and placed the expenditure of the rates in the hand 3 of persons non-resident , who conseqnently cannot be proper judges of the real Becesaties of the poor , and who have also much increased the expenditure of the rates by the many salaries paid to clerks , relieving-offioers , auditors , &c ¦ which offices were formerly performed by the ratepayers themselves . 3 . That this meeting is of opinion that persons living Et a distance cannot be proper judges of the wants and requirements of the poor in their sever *! localities ; therefore , we deem the three commissioners of Somerset House an
unnecessary incubus , and their salaries and expences a wanton waste of the taxes of the country , 4 . That the whole system of union of parishes is bad in itself , both for the guardians and poor , the former having to leave their homes at a great distance and espcnce . ' aud the latter often fail in the very attempt to obtain relief , having to tell their tale of woe to strangers , who cannot possibly be acquainted with their cass . 5 . That the Poor Law Amendment Act i ? unjust and oppressive in its nature , and contrary to the true spirit of Christianity and the constitution of our country , and therefore ought immediately to be repealed , and the 43 d of Elizabeth b ? returned to . 6 . That a petition bs sent to Parliament , requiring the immediate repeal of the I \ ew Poor Law Amendment Act , and embodying the
above resolutions . 7 . That the petition be sent to the West Riding representatives , to be presented to Parliament by them , and requesting their support to the prayer thereof . " The above townships fonn a considerable pait of the Rudcersfield Union ; the meeting was attended by the churchwardens , overseer ? of the poor , the poor law guardian ? , and the priucioal ratepayers of the . , parish ; the greatest uaaiumHj of 3 Eni : meat and ef feeling prevailed , and many of the principal ratepayers who had formerly thought the Sew Poor Law might do some good , expressed their conviction of the utter impracticability of its working in those districts . It is expecfed the whole of the parishes forming the HudoenSsld Union nil ] follow the example so nobly set bj the inhabitants of Kirkheaton , &c .
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A stroxg Sxotr-sjoBM and mud drove no less than fourteen vessels ashore , on Thursday , upon the Sunderland coast . The damage they sustained i ? jpsat , and two of the crews were saved by tie life-boat . I ' amles Eux } rESCE . —The following is the close 0 * a speech by Mr . Lawrence , of the Indiana Legislature : — I am instructed , Mr . Speaker , by the peop , e who elected me—the bone and sinew of the country—to Tote to compel the banks to come up to « e caaik : Tea , Sir . to march up to the rack ,
fodder or no fodder . ' Now is the time—aye , even the accepted time . Let not a moment be lost in putting £ k * ia 3 upon the monster . Let us now , while we " * ve a democratic House , put our feet upon her fteck . and teach her that the people are able to regu-» te the bank , and not the bank the people . To pay wots is honest , and to enforce their collection is 3 ^ t and rig ht . It is democratic doctrine , and 1 consider no man a democrat who is not willing to esmpel the banks' to stand ap to the chalk , or to walk wk of the line . ' "
-k-ESDAL , Jan . U- —A public meeting was held in we Town-hall , Kendal , on Wednesday last , for the Purpose of taking into consideration the best means ° f relieving the distress now prevailing in that town . The meeting was attended by the principal o ^ nufacturers andg < ntry of the to wn . ilr . Wakefield , W Seogwick-hcuse , in the chair . It was agreed to ^ tose a public subscription and to distribute the funds a coal and Hrap to those who are unable to procure * & * atc essaries of life . A . committee was ^ appointed ^ d col lectors chosen to . go ronad the town , and a ^ J&scription was likewise entered into in the room , when ^ pW arasof £ 400 vras raised . The subscrip-« oa already ampunts to upwards of £ 600 .
* lr two Acxts , —On a certain morning , about the period of these events , a- double knock at the Pamur' 3 street-door announced the arrival cf the general post . The letter bore the Leek mark , and J * a joint communication from Miss Martha and * uss Hannah Hussey , to their nephew Algernon , iaese ladies were , of a truth , the straDgest women m the waole county of Stafford . Tall , npright , * od thin , they were by no means less remarkable " > i a rococo style of costume , to which they had ** er shown a positive preference . Their manners Were one , their thoughts in common , and their accents vibrated by the same chord , or a kind of c * ta-Pnonic sound , the one attuned to the other ; for Martha , the elder by half an hourinrariably
lead-, H | g off in every sentence , was reverberated by JuMaah with the fidelity of Echo herself . Their i * ts became dingy in the same month , their comfcodes were bought und abandoned on the same «* ys , while their very laces failed in corresponding wcaes . Thty were ever in difficulties by ever doing * H for tiie best ? and nothing in their opinion * &s done perfectly unless it was thrown into a world w perplexity by what they termed " an error on the WU side . " — •» Save me from my Friends ? m Bent-* ¥ * Mitceilttnjffor January .
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A Soicidb Maniac . — -There is at present attached to the establishment of a gentleman residing in Kent , a man who has a singular penchant for ending his own existence . He has made five attempts to deprive ^ himself of life within the last three years , all of which , however , have , through some providential interference , been rendered futile . He ia possessed with the idea that he is M doomed" to destroy himself , which idea took possession of his mind at the commencement of the time above specified , when he made an attempt to hang himself in one of the outhouses , but was discovered and cut down by a fellow-servaat ere life became extinct . Seven months afterwards he attempted to drown himself in the horse-pond , but in this instance his life was rescued
by a . Newfoundland dog belonging to his master . His " mania" then remained nugatory for twelve months , at the expiration of which , period he swallowed a quantity of some deleterious drug , the nature of which was never ascertained . This attempt nearly cost him his life , and he was only reoovered by the most strenuous exertions . The fourth attempt occurred during last summer , whilst in attendance on his master near the sea-side . He was missed from his usual post , and some time afterwards his body was washed on shore by the tide . It was at first conjectured that he had accidentally fallen from the cliffs , but on his recovery he acknowledged that he had thrown himself into the sea . He is at the present time recovering from the effects of his fifth attempt . One day last week he was sent to the neighbouring town with the letter-bag , but not hav
ing returned long after the time he was expected , a servant was despatched to ascertain the cause of his protracted absence . The servant shortly returned , and stated that the ill-fated man had attempted to poison himself , and was then lying in the town to which he had been sent , in a mo 3 t deplorable state . Ha had purchased a dose of laudanum at a chemist'B , entered a public house , and calling for a glass o £ brandy and water , had emptied the contents of the phial into the beverage , and drank it . However , his usual good fortune did not forsake him ; the chemist of whom he purchased the drug was sent for to attend him , and by a timely application of the stomach-pump the unfortunate suicide-maniac was eventually restored to consciousness , but it will be some time before he will recover from the effects of his J&st deleterious potion .
Juvenile Smokers—Boys were formerly accustomed to shave , for an " early crop on lip and chin , " that they might rauk with men ; but now-a-days t ^ . ey endeavour to attain the stamp and rank of virility by sporting a pipe or a cigar . The raspberry puff is abandoned for the " puff direct , " supplied in the shapo of a penny Cuba , and every littlo Jack ^ Horner becomes a—smoke-ja « k I Delightful , deluding , and attractive weed of a thousand virtues the dinnerless operative , or rather inoperative , being idle , lulls the sharp gnawings of hunger by a cozy whiff ; the gourmand takes it a 3 a peristaltic persuader , and finds it as efiicient 33 Abernethy ' s ; the fat mail takes it as a corrective of corpulency ; the thin and sanguine one as a soother ; the happy man
as a recreation ; the miserable as a solace ; the medical student aa a disinfecter , and generally in large doses , for he , poor fellow ! is so much exposed ; while the ladies and gentlemen of that celebrated piscatorial bazaar in the East , called Billingsgate , take it medicinally , to keep off the damps and fogs of early dawn , arising from its proximity to the river . In fine , every one makes a plausible excuse for his indulgence in the pleasure he delights in . Indeed , fashion appears , like an old boatswain , to " pipe all hands . "—* ' The Philosophy of Smoking , " in Bentletfs Miscellany for January . Good Appetite . — " The tonic properties contained in Parr ' s Life Pills invariably restores the stosoach to a heahhy longing for food , or , in other words
it produces a good appetite , so much envied , but so seldom eDjoyed in the invalid ; the gently stimulating powers it possesses assists the stomach to properly digest the food it receives ; the balsamic powers it bestows on the system , produces that delightful feeling of good spirits , so v < ry desirable , and disposes both mind and body to healthy exercise ; everything under its influence soon wears a joyous aspect , and the varied duties of life are performed with pleasure . Ii in addition contains a fine sedative quality , and instead of long and weary nights , gives sound and refreshing sleep . If the stomach and bowels require it , it acts as the mildest and most agreeable purgative , aud by its cleansing powers totally eradicates a redundancy of bile , and completely removes all obstructions of the intestinal canal . "
- Sebiov 3 Accident ih&ovgh Snowballs . —Thursday afternoon , between four and five o'clock , as fome boys were amusing themselves in Salisburysquare , Flest-street , by throwing snowballs , a lad named Cooper , aged ten years , received one of them in his eye . The ball having been thrown with considerable violence , literally crushed the poor boy ' s eye in its socket , and inflicted a severe wound above the lid , whence the blood flowed profusely . On being conveyed to the house of a medical gentleman in the vicinity , the wounds were dressed , but there is scarcely a hope entertained that the lad will ever recover the ase of his eye . There is little doubt but that , in the hasty construction of the snowball , a sharp stone had been inadvertently introduced , and waa thus the cause of the accident .
Kemabkable Sagacity of a Dog—On Monday morning , as the Usk ( Newport ) steamer , Captain Parfitt . was proceeding through the lock at Cumberland basin , on her voyage to Newport , a man named Hobbs attempted to get on board . The Captain informed him that if he would go to the corner of the pier he would take him in , but if he attempted to jump on the paddle-box he would certainly be drowned . The man , however , persisted in endeavouring to jump on the box , and was precipitated into the lock . The paddles we re instantly stopped , and almost before the plunge of the man in the water
was heard , Captain Parfiu's dog ( & fine animal of the Labrador breed ) sprang overboard , and diving in search of the drowning man brought him up by the shoulder , and conveyed him to one of the lock gates , where he could hold on in security . As soon as he saw he could leave the man in safety the dog swam after , and returned with his hat in his mouth , and placing his fore-paws on one of the cross timbers of the >> ate , patiently awaited alongside the man until a boat was brought , which conveyed the rash adventurer and his canine deliverer safely to the shore . — Bath Chronicle .
Pride axd Charitt . —We are all called upon to make sacrifices . If we only givo away that which wo have no use for , there would not only be no merit —no exercise of generou . s benevolence—in giving , bnt it could seldom happen that r , e should givu it at all . Thus , I fear , the poor are , for lie most part , much more charitable than the rich ; for if the working man be called unon to subscribe , on the average , one shilling per week towards tho less fortunate of his class , ho gives away ( after deducting the heavy amonnt of indirect taxation to which he is subjected , together with the S 2 riou 3 loss he sustains by the necessity of making small purchases . ) at least one-tenth of " his whole > eariy income . Besides , he gives away that which must very materially trench upon his means of subsistence , while the rich are only called upon to be less costly in their choice of luxuries . —Parley's Penny Library .
TwoSTiRV £ i > F . 4 mi Labourers , who came from Ashford , Kent , were brought before Mr . Rawlinson , at Marylebone , charged with stealing a quartern loaf . Un entering a baker's shop one of them asked for a " big one , " broke it in two , banded one-half to his hungry comrade , and both commenced eating it with great avidity . They had n o money , could get no work , and took the bread to save themselves irom starvation . - BlUUDFUL FliiE A . VD LOSS OF . JLlFE AT DUBLIN . —On Thursday morning week , about a quarter to four o ' clock , Constable 91 A , the policeman on duty in Bride ' s-alley , discovered a fire in the house of Mr . Buyd , cabinet maker and upholdterer , No . 8 , in the above alley . Tho fire ( the origin of which has not been ascertained ) , fir ? t broke out in the lower part of the houae , and , at the time the policeman
gave the alarm , had penetrated to almost every part of the premises . At the time the fire broke out there were eieyen persons sleeping in the house , and nine of them , alter great exertion , wets saved ; but , melancholy to relate , two women , named Rebecca Snell , aged about sixty years , and Julia Grace , aged nineteen , tell victims to the devouring element . These two ill-fated females , it appeared , slept in the top back room , and were not missed until about eight o ' clock in the morning , when their bodies were discovered amongst the ruins of the building ; they were friglitiully burned , and it was with difficulty they were recognised . By eight o'clock the fire was entirely subdued . The property consumed was not of much value , but every particle of furniture , &c , wa 5 destroyed , and the house is now a complete wreck . —DuLtin Morning Register .
Father MATHtw—A Miracle—The following extraordinary statement is from the Limerick Chr&-7 ticle , a paper of Orange principles , and therefore not at all likely to disseminate anything of this sort for an object : — " The Rev . Mr . Mathewarrived iu this city last evening by the Cork mail , en route to Loughxea , and put np at "Moore" Ho ' ,, el . Immediately al ter his arrival became known , hundreds of persons visited him at the Hotel , wher' j he administered the pledge . One circumstance ; which came within public observation we may 7 aentionhere as illustrative of the effects of breaki'jg the temperance pledge : —A man named Mr , Q ejh » BJi a teetotaller , who worked at the Butter Weigh * house , got drunk on Christmas-eve and next day be his leit side
came paralyzed , arm , , and thigh , being perfectly inanimate . He was re moved to Barrington ' s Hospital , and remained thf . re under the care of the surgeons , without improver / ieD . t , until last evening , when his friends , har . Dg heard of Father Mathew's arrival in town , w < - nt to the hospital , and brought him out of his b « f t on a man ' s back to where the Rev . Mr . Mathe , wa 8 staying : a crowd had collected round the door , when the unhappy invalid was brought into " his presence , and the Rev . Gentleman administered to him the pledge again in a kind and impressive or &nner , aad the man instsawy stood up , was assisted > Jj his friends to dress , and , to the astonishment of all , walked up William-street to bis hr , me , followed by a crowd of people . " H . ^ asfc .
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PROSECUTION FOR BLASPHEMY . ^ At the Bristol Epiphany Sessions , before Sir Charles Wetherell , Recorder , Charles Southwell late a Socialist missionary , was tried for w / riting , printing , and publishing certain blasphemous libels , ma work called M The Oraole of Reason . The libels were certainly some of the most gross which have ever appeared in print , and the defendant consequently has excited but little sympathy , as he himself appears new to feel , for it was not a mere right of publication of opinion , but he wished to establish his right to fly in the face of the laws * religion , and feelings of the whole community r still considerable interest was taken in the proceedings , and the hall was filled daring the whole of the lengthened period they occupied . The trial commenced at half-past twelve o'clock oh Friday , and was adjourned at nine till ten the following mornninsr , and ^ as not concluded till half-past four
. Mr- J . G . Smith and ^^ Mr . Skinner w ere the counsel for the prosecution . Southwell defended ™ ci 5 8 slsted h ? Mr . Hethermgton , of . London . Mr . Skinner having opened the pleadinga , , - Smith stated the case . The defendant stood at that bar to answer for the publication of a series of blasphemous libels which had appeared in a work published by him , entitled "Theoracle of Reasonj" of which , he was the editor , printer , and publisher . As far as he had been informed from papers put forth by the defendant aince the preferment of the indictment , his defence would not be a denial of the publication , bnt very much in the nature of the libels themselves—that he would impugn the Izyr—condemn this prosecution as most impolitic , subversive
of liberty , and particularly of the liberty of the press - —endeavouring to excite in their minds , land those of the auditory , a contempt forHfce law arid all the authorities of the country . The defendant appeared to take his ground on the right of all men to publish their opinions on all subjects , without the slightest control . Would , however , he would ask , any man of ordinary observation say , that writing asthe defendant had , with the objects which he had avowed , was a fair discussion of Opinions?—was it not obvious that hie intentions were mischievous and wicked , calculated to lead to deeds . ' of violence , and every evil work ? And what an absurdity it was to impute to the law which restrained such conduct the title of being oppressive ! They talked of liberty .
and , forsooth , of religious liberty . Liberty ] how was that name abused by those men ! their application of the term meant absolute independence , which was inconsistent with liberty j and destructive of all the links that bind society together . Liberty was not absolute independence , for to be absolutely independent a man might go into the street aad knock his neighbour doWa at bis own will , or force his way into any man ' s house , because it was his pleasure to do so ; but this was not liberty , for liberty was reciprocal . A man wishing to have his own rights respected must respect the ; rights of others . True liberty must be within bounds , and the man who broke them was no longer aV freeman , but a pest to society , who would destroy that very
liberty of which he speaks so loudly in praise . But were there no other dangers by which liberty might be menaced but physical ones ? What was there more powerful than the press \—what a material influence had it in training up and instructing the young ! How necessary was it , therefore , that it should be properly conducted , " and how dangerous it would be if , instead of its being used as an instrument for the instruction of youth in the paths of virtue , it should be employed to promulgate all that is ovil J Why , it would be calculated to break down all the barriers of virtue , and to introduco the grossest delusions . If there was any one department of civil liberty which more than auother required proper restrictions , it was the freedom
of the press . He trusted he should not be mistaken ; no one venerated the freer dom of the pres 3 mor ? than he djdV but he still thought that if it was not kept within its proper limits , instead of being one of the greatest benefits to mankind , it would become an instrument of torture . The Learned Gentleman then alluded to the libels in the indictment ( the language of which is unfit to be repeated , and to which we shall only allude by saying that they denied tho existence of God and the blessed Saviuor . and calumniated the Bible , the Prophets , and Apostles , in the most coarse language ) , and said , if / sentiments such as were contained in those libels were permitted to be propagated as being true , what would become of society , what
would become of the sanctity of an oath , and of all the forms under which justice was adriiiriistered ? The defendant had divested himself of all moral responsibibility . This was his teaching of philosophy forsooth ! but he ( Mr . Smith ) would ask what was to become of society , if such doctrines were allowed ? With such , doctrines , if he could escape the punishment of human laws , what hold had they on any maul What hold was there on him who insisted on his absolute right to do as he pleased , and that he feared neither God , Devil , nor a human tribunal 1 What was it that rendered sacred human tribunals , but the beliof in a responsibility here and hereafter—the belief in an Omniscient Eye watcb > ing over U 3 , and the powers of conscience t This
was the foundation ot all civil Government ; for if once individuals were brought to believe that there was no God , no future state , that man is of the same nature as tho brute , and that , when he dies , he sinks into the grave a nonentity , what was there to restrain such a man within the paths Of virtue ) Nothing ! What was there to check his bad passions but the mere fear of human punishment f It was well known that thieves and others calculated on the commission of crime by the chances of impunity , but did they know how many there were wtiom the fear of punishment hereafter restrained i Let the jury look at the danger of the introduction of such doctrines into their families and schools—r teaching the youth of this country to believe that
their fathers , in inculcating Christianity , woreknaves aad tyrants , and thny , who could believe them , fools , dolts , and idiots . What sort of children would they have—what sort of echoolrf—what sort of clerks and shopmen ? Such a coHrse would lead to the grossest delusions , and be destructive of all moral restraint . What confidence would thoy place in the integrity of such a man ! What a state of ru ' . n , and misery , and crime would ensure . Would thero be any of that virtue—that liberty he speaks of f No . Man would be hating man , and hateful to each other . He would therefore call confidently upon them for a verdict cf
guilty , in order that all the law allowed might be done to prevent the contamination of the pubJic by the further publication of such blasphemies . God forbid that it should be thought that he sought to persecute the defendant . No such thing ; if he could be stopped from the commission of such offences he ehoulcl be glad if ho were at once allowed to return to his home . This , however , could-not be dono ; and he therefore called on them in the name of God , in the name -of justice , to do ererythiog in their power to put a stop to such a torrent of blasphemies as had been published by the defendant .
Stephen Rogera , clerk to Messr 3 . Brice andBurges , jun ., clerkB to the magistrates , deposed to haying purchased some copies of the libels of the defendant at his shop . Cross-examined . —I am not here to say what is or what is not a libel , but I think a libel is that which isnottrue . William Reynolds , mayor ' s officer , and Harry Burgess , a police sergeant , also proved the purchase of copies of the libels . The libels were then read , ; which closed the case for the prosecution . The defendant then rose to aBk the Court whether it did not think it right to stop the case , as not a tittle of evidence had been given of his having published a blasphemous libel ¦; it had not been defined what blasphemy was . ( ¦/
The Recokdek said the jury were to judge from the pernsal of the matter yvhether it was blasphemous or not . The objection was therefore disallowed . The defendant then commenced his defence , and said he fully agreed with the Learned Counsel for the prosecution that they were living in au age of comparative enlightenment and civilisation ; there were no longer any secret tribunals , and he would freely own that it was the privilege © f every man to > b » ye an open , fair , and honourable trial ; he spoke thus , lest it might be said that he did not prize , Jaa he really did , the privilege of trial by jury . It was the custom , and oh these occasions more especially . ; to appeal to the passions aa 4 to vulgar prej'idices ;
he regretted that the Learned Counsel had not stepped out of the custom , beoause , when they were excited , reason was lost—eagulphed as it were , and men did things which ^ ia theircooler momsnta , tfeey would shudder at . He trusted , howeyei-v that they wonld cast prejudice aside , and giving , him a calm and patient hearing , judge of his intentionB and motives by his general coaduct ; and he was sure , if they did so , they would hoaourably acquit him . It bad been truly said that prejudice was the spider of the mind ; and he might add that , like the spider , it wove its web ia desolate and woru-out habitations . The defendant quoted the authorities of Jeremy Bentham , Pitt , Burke , Erskine , &c . ; on the duties of juries , contending that they were to be the judges ot the law and the fact , both of guiltiness and
non-guiltiness . Proud was he of these authorities , because civilization would be checked , and they would have nothing but a mental and physical despotism were the power of juries abridged or destroyed : he called on them , therefore , to judge him calmly . If they thought this , they would accord him an acquittal . Before he proceeded to another portion of his defence , he would briefly allude to the means which had been taken ' out of doors to raise a prejudice against him . First , there was a rey , gentleman—a Rev . Mr . Bromley ,: he believed— -who , while he was in his cell with this trial hanging over his head , had the good taste to deliver a set » f lectures , prejudicing the public mind against him , which lectures were heralded forth by placards in some such words as these— " Th « Rev . — Bromley
will deliver a lecture on the Infamous Blasphemies of Charles SouthwelL" Bat , perhaps , the reverend gentleman had two objects in view ; the one , by prejudicing the public mind to increaao hia ( tne de-
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fendant ' s ) punishment—the other , to fill his own pocket- There was another gentleman who had been also most anxious about his trial , who had used every means in his power to excite prejudice against him---the editor pf the Anti-Spcialisl Gazette ( and anti-social enough it was ) , who had even the audacity tt > address a letter to his Lordship on the subject of the trial . The Court—What is that ! addressed a letter to me ! r-if any letter had been brought to me on the subject I would have thrown it on the fire . The Defendant—rlt is a printed letter , my Lord . The Court—0 ! well , I have never seen it , nor Was I aware that there was such a thing in e'iistenoe ^ ' . ' ¦ . ' ¦''¦ -. -: ¦ : . " :: : -: : - ' - ... '" .: .- ¦ ¦; . . '
The -defendant was aware , if his Lordship na ( seen it , his sense of justice was such that he would have a / ted as he had said he would . In that Jetter , he ( the defendant ) had been denounced beoause he had said that Robert Owen was the man who first awakened in him the Wish for free inquiry , &c ; attacking him , the writer thought to kill two birds with one stone ; to punish him , and through him to iuflicta stab on the social system , of the principles of which he was as ignorant as a Sucking babe . It was true that he ( the defendant ) had so spoken of Robert Owen , who , whatever were his religious ppinioHS was decidedly one of the most benevolent and moral , of men—one from whom he had ever learned a reverence for truth and a hatred of falsehood . The
defendant dwelt at spmo leDgth on Mr . Owen ' s opinions , and then said he would now at onca proceed to comment on the remarks of the Learned Counsel who was opposed to him . He had asserted that he ( the defendant ) thought all rn ^ n whowere opposed to . him dishonest men ; he denied , he repudiated such a charge , and ho defied that Learned Counsel to point out a single line in any of his writings that would justify him in making it , for there were many Christian writers whom he honoured and revered for their talents , their learning , and their sincerity * , he abhorred only the meddling hypocrites , who went about from town to towny and village to village , engendering strife ; he loved all good men of any creed or of no creed at
all , and who , if there was a work of God , were the noblest works of God . Ho could admire talent , he could admire virtue , wherever he found it . He now much wished to disabuse their minds of the impression which the learned counsel sought to introduce , viz . that he was a vain conceited person , who thought himself a great philosopher . He thought himself no such thing ; but he did think himself an hon' st man , and he thought that was the happiest state of society in which the people had paid more attention to the laws than they did to the lawyers . The learned counsel had said that his intentions were to oppress and destroy . He denied it . He had never in his life oppressed or destroyed ^ nor had he wittingly ever hurt a living thing . Such were not
his objects , and in publishing the Oracle of Reason he onl y declared in favour of the rights of man and free discussion . If there were 1 , 000 religions j 999 of them must be wrong , and the whole thousand might be . He only claimed the same right which the Unitarian did , which the Christian did , which the Quaker did— -the right of free inquiry and of expressing their honest convictions . It Was said by Mr . Smith , that he might publish whatever he thought proper , but then the law was to pounce down upon him , so that if what he had done was morally right it might be legally wrong . He would howover , contend that what was morally right ought to be legally right . The learned counsel said that he wished to reduce men to a level with the brutes .
Nothing could be further from his intentions ; he wished to raise them from their present position , which was almost on a level with the brute , to their proper situation . v Tfiepoet had said , "What a piece of work is man 1 how noble in reason , how iafiuiie in faculty ! in form and moving how express and admirable ! in action how like an angel Tin comprehension how like a God—the glory of the world j the paragon of animals . " This Was what man should be , but never yet had been . This was the rank to which he wonld raise him , and if Jearningi if instruction was to brutify , then he would brutify him , but not ' otherwise . For , show him an ignorant people and they showed him an-enslaved people . lie was charged with a wish to destroy
society , and to bnn « about scenes similar te those which disgraced the French ' . revolution : ' The learned gentleman but little Understood him , or he would not have spoken of him as he had that day—his mind was so . crippled , cabined , and confined , that he could not understand him ( the defendant ) . The Learned Gentleman clung to his own principles , but would not allow him to exercise his . The learned gentleman loved . Christianity—ho loved philosophy . The learned gentleman thought it impossible for there to be any virtue without religion , he ( defendent ) thought there might be a race of moralists as far above tho present race as giants were above dwarfs . What did the Learned Gentleman so debase the human raoe as to say that there was ho love of virtue—no
respect for morality—no hatred of oppression , unless by religion I Who would not die for the wife of hie bosom 1 Who would not Berve his friend 1 VVas there no one who would dp a single good act without the hope of reward , or the iear of punishment horeafter ? He ( the defendant / knew it to be far otherwise , and if it had been necessary he could have produced for himself a character for morality and integrity , which , perhaps , would have stood as high as any . But let them not suppose that , while thus he professed his love of nature , he Would for a moment strike down law . No . ' he was as tremblingly alive to it as Was the : Learned Counsel ; society would be destroyed without laws , but it was one thing to have laws and another thing to have good
ones ; and while it was necessary to respect the laws , and those who uprightly administered them , there was a duty that they owed to themselves , that of resisting bad oaes . Supposing that Luther , Calvin , Knox , Socrates , AriBtotle , and a hundred otherssupposing they had acted on the principle that laws are not to be resisted , what would have been the results J If Luther had not acted as he did , he ( the defendant ) wduld not have been standing in a Protestant country , aud yet he was to be . persecuted for holding his opinions ; aud , because he held some vrhich were inimical to the cpiaions held at present , he was to be swept from the earth . For the free expression of his opinions they had no more right to hurt his little finger than they had to cast him into a dungeon , or send his body to the stake . Their cruel fathers , the Catholics , sacrificed whole hecatombs of men in Smithficld and elsewherej in the name of religion , for the service of God , and
because their opinions were held to be detrimental to society ; and , in more ancient times , the best of men had been sacrificed—religious men—if , to be religious , meant to act righteously and well , to love truth and hate insincerity ; and they , the Jury , would be imitating the conduct of their cruel forefathers if they punished him for the exercise of his opinions . He contended for the entire freedom of thought and opinion . Supposing they thus persecuted him , they might force him to hold his tongue , but that would make him hug his opiuions ' closer to his heart , and cherish them the more they wished to riJtte them from him . The way to laaintam good opinions was not by persecution or prosecution , but by introducing better arguments . Mr . Southwell then quoted a great number of authorities , ancient and modern , and at nine o ' clock , there being no probability of his closing his defence for several hours , the Court adjourned until ten o ' clock on Saturday
morning . On Saturday , at ten o ' cloek the trial was resumed , and the defendant proceeded with his address . He contended that he had as much right to the ebjoyment / of his opiiiions as any other member of soci ^ tyj though he did not agree with any of the existing systems of religion His opinion Was , that to be moral and honest was to be entirely just , and that ¦ . was necessary to guide their conduct . His opinions were the same as some of the noble Greeks and aad Romans , who not wily disbelived in all the rsligiohs then taught , but had nose at all , * yet their characters were held » p even in modern times- as example * ot' what men ought to be , and they weaeas honest men , aud as little disposed to do mischief ; as
any one of tho jury . He then entered into a daequi sition » n the characters of / Thales , Epicurus ^ Aristotiej , Zeho , and others . They were , ia fact , Atheists , as he was , tor all men were Atheists who contended for the etercity of matte * . The defendant coutesded that a : great many learned and scientific men of modern times ^ ld-the saiae opinion ^ only they thought H psudent to withhold those b p ioioas from the uneducated and valgar , and hid behind a thick veil of mystaiy the opinions they were compelled to enter tain . The learned eounsel had laid to his charge an inconsistency which he should be ashamed of , in stating that he had said theunivexsewasaneffect . Whatheconteaded for Was , the same as Aristotle had held , that the universe
ianecesaiily something not produced . It was others who said it was ah eftect . Whatever opinions they might entertain of his prudence , they could not doubt his honesty and sincerity ; for he declared mosfe solemnly thai he had never in his We wittingly told a falsehood , nor ever in his life knowingly given pain to any human being . The difference between him and the persons of whom he had beeu speaking Was , that he thought expression ought to be given to whatever he considered truth . They liked the light for themselves , but kept the people in darkness he wished the light to shine on all alike . And it was impossible any loager to keep knowledge boxed up iu cabinets , as it were ; it would cut out a road for
itself , and there was uo resisting it , and therefore it was foil ; to be persecuting a man for the publication of his opinions in the 19 th century , as they did in the dark ages of the 10 th cehtary . The clergy were sufficiently numerous and well paid to contend against , error , and the proper way to put down bad opinions was to combat them by good opinions ,-and not b y the halter , the dungeon , and the scaffold . The defendant , after proceeding ia this strain for some time , quoted extracts from No . 87 of the Tracts for the Times , ia support ' . ' of predestination , and said that he could plead the same justification for entertaining * ndpoSlishiDg his opinions . If their doctrines weresouud , then there wasino mentordemerit in what ever opinions be might hold , and he would beg the Jury to reflect on the fret that these dootrinea were
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spreading , and that if a junction should take place between the Puseyites and the Roman Catholicswhich was far from improbable—let them consider themselves , as Protestants , might be placed in the same situation -he then stood in ; and , if they condemned him , they either did not understand the principle of Protestantism , or they did ftife act npoa it . He proceeded to enterou the subject tif religions fanaticism , and to make largo extracts from various works on this subject , and then to endeavour to jostify the deacriptiqn he had given of theBible in the libel . He read extracts from certain parts which he considered exceptionable , and after referring to the laws relating to blasphemy , he concluded by making a- powerful appeal to the Jury to hononrably acquit him , and thus set an example which would set at rest at once and for ever the system of persecatidn for opinion ' s sake .
The Xearnftd Recorder having charged the Jury in a short address , they retired , and in abont ten minutes returned with a verdict « f guilty . The defendant was then sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment in the first class , and a fine of jfilOO , and to be further imprisoned till the fine be paid . -- . , ¦ '¦ - . ; .. '¦¦"¦ . - .. ¦ : ¦/ . ¦ ¦ . /• • : ;/ - ¦ ' . ¦¦'¦¦ .. '¦ , - ' ;• ' ¦ ' :. . - ¦ : / . The trial lasted altogether fifteen hour ? , and the speech of the defendant occupied neaily ten . hours . -:. ¦ ¦ ¦ . "¦ ¦ ' - "¦ ¦ .- ¦ ' - ¦ ¦¦ '¦ ' ' ¦ •¦ "¦¦ - •• : " . - ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦• • , ¦ ¦ ' ¦
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Explosion and Loss of Life at a Firework . MANOFACToaY-. —On Fritiay , ; an inquest was held at the Coburg Arms , Coburg-streeti Lambeth , before Mr . Carter j Coroner for Surrey , on the body of Williiam Robert Jones , a fine child , four years of age . Moses Harris deposed , chat he worked for Mr . Jones , the father of the deceased , who was an artist in fireworks , No . 9 , Webber-street , Waterloo-road , when about four o ' clock on Tuesday afternoon an explosion took place in the composition room . The shock was very terrible ; the whole of one side of
the room was blown into the yard . Witness was knocked down , by the falling bricks , and was rendered insensible lor some time . On recovering , he was shocked at discovering the deceased under a quantity of briokB . Mr . William Jones , the father of the deceased , said that when the explosion took place there was about six pounds of composition on the premises . He considered that the unfortusate catastrophe arose from spontaneous combustion , owing to the dampness of the room , as ho fire had been kept there since last August twelvemonths . Verdict , Accidental death . "
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From the London Gazette 0 /' Friday , Jan . 14 . :..:- ; / , BANKRUPTS . " ' . ¦ '¦/¦¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦' - ; . WiHiam Henry Apsey ^ Rotherhithe , ship Jtro * » * ° surrender Jan 21 , at twelve , Feb . 25 , at eleven , afc the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street Solicitor , Mr . Cattlin , Ely-place , Ho ] born ; official Assignee , Mr Alsager , Birchin-lane . v . Benjamin Ward , Charlotte-terrace , New Cut , lambeth , boot manufacturer , Jan . 21 , at half-past one , Feb . 25 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , BMinghaU-street . Solicitor , Mr . M'Duff , Castie-jitreet ; , Holbom ; orlelal assignee , Mr . Al 8 agar , Birchinlana . ¦ ' ¦¦"¦ ' ¦ ' - .- ¦¦ .. - ' : ' ' ¦ . "¦' ¦ ¦ •"¦ . '¦ ¦ ' - ¦ ¦ :. :
George Novra , Red Lion-squaro , importer of foreign goods , Jan . 21 , at one ,, Feb . 25 , at eleven , at tne Court of Bankruptcy , Baslnghalistreet Solicitor , Mr . Spyer , Bread-street buildings ; official assignee Sir . Green , Alderrnanbary . JohiiDennis 8 , sen ., and John Denniss , jun , Tooleystreet , lihen-drapers , Jan . 28 , at one , Feb 25 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , BiisinghaU-street Solicitors , Messrs . Sole , Lothbury ; official aaalgnee Mr . Lackington , Coleman-street Buildings .: Edward Evans and Andrew Evans , Birmingham , painters , Jan . 24 , at two , Feb . 25 , at / eleven , at the Waterloo Rooms , Birmingham . Sulicitpts , Messrs . Parker and Webster , New BosweU-coutt ; and Mr . Harrison , Birmingham .
Amor Spoor , sen ., and Amor Spoor , jun ., Newcas tle-upoa'T ^ rne , builders , Feb . 14 ; at eleven , and 25 , at one , at the BaDkrnpt Commission Room , Newcastle Solicitors , Mr . Hoyle , Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; and Messrs . Shield and Harwood , Queen-street , Cheap > side . ¦ , ¦;¦ ' ¦¦¦ ¦ : ¦•¦ . ¦ /¦ ¦ ¦ - ;> ¦ ... '¦ . /¦ .. - ' .,. ' / ' ¦ . . John Ellison , Leeds , hail manufacturer , Feb . 4 , and 25 , at two , at the Commissioners' Rooms , Leedf . Solicitors , Messrs . / Rashworth , Staple Inn ; and Mr Battle , Selby , Yorkshire-William Poyey , Ashton-under-Lvne , Lincashfre , grower , Jan . 27 , Feb . 25 , at twelve , at the Commissioners ? Rooms , Manchester . Solicitors , Messrs . Clarke and ; Medcalf , Lincoln' * Inn-fields ; and Mr . Hlgginbottom , Ashton'Unde-Jiyne . ¦ '¦; . ' ; .
Joseph Lane , txsa ., Stocltpoit , Cheshire , cotton manufacturer , Jan . 25 , Feb . 26 , at three , at the Commissioners * Rooms , Manchester . Solicitors , Messrs . Coppock and Woollam , Stockport ; and Mr . Coppeck , Cleveiantl-Tow , St . James ' ; Humphrey Tugwell , Fawley , Hampshire , farmer , Jan . 24 , Feb , 25 , at eleven , at the Star Hotel , Seuthampton . Solicitors ; Mr . Walker , Southampton-street , Bloomsbury-sqoare ; and Messrs . Daacon and Long Southampton . / William Carpenter , Chippenham , -Wiltshire , inn « keoper , Feb . 9 , ar ten , 25 , at two , at the White H : art Inn , Chippenham . Solicitors , Mir . Pinniger , Chippenhani ; and Massrs . Pinniarer and Westmaoot , Gray ' s Inn-square . : : ' ¦/ ' " : ¦ ' . ' ¦ ¦' • • ' . ¦ ¦ ; ; '¦ ' '¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ . ' . '¦ ¦ . ¦¦'¦ - ¦ ¦ . •' . '" John Sutcliffe , Halifax , grocer , Feb . 3 ^ at two , 25 , at ten , at the White Lion Inn , Halifax . Solicitors , Messrs . Craven snd Rankin , Halifax ; and Messrs . Wiglesworth , Ridsdale , and Craddock , Gray'a
Inn-: Bquare . ^ ¦¦¦ .- . . ¦ ; .. - .. ; " .. . . .: ¦ - . :. .- : Samuel Clongh and William Thompson C / ongh , St Helen ' s , alkali-manufacturers , Jan . 25 , Feb . 25 , at twelve , at the Clarendbn Rooms , Liverpool . Solicitors , Messrs . Adlington , Gregory , Faulkner , and Follett , Bedford-row ; and Mr- Johnson , St . Helen ' s . Robert Wilcock , Lower Allethwaite , Lancnshire banker , Jan . 27 , Feb « 25 , at eleven , at the Commercial Inn , Kendal . Solicitors , Messrs . Johnson , Son , and Weatherall , Temple ; and Mr . Hitchcock , Manchester . . ¦¦'¦ '" .: ¦¦ ¦ . ¦ ' ¦ ¦ . . ¦ -..- ' ¦' . .. ¦' ¦ : ¦'"¦ . ¦" : '
PAB . XNEBSH 1 PS DISSOLVED . CHunt , E . Hunt , W . Hunt , and E . Henley , LWerpool , merchants ; as far as regards W . Hunt T . Knight , J . Napier , andJ . Wilson , Manchester , manufacturers ; as far as . regarda J . Napier . H . Thompson and A . Mackenzie . J . Lloyd , / and T . Lloyd , Manchester , general merchants . N . Houston , G . Wilson , and J . . Hartley 1 , Leeds , carriersi ; as far as regards J . Hartley F . MV Gillanders , T . Oglivy , G . C . Arbuthnot , J . Jackson , P . Ewart , and E . Lyon , Liverpool ; as far as regards F . M . Gillanders . F : M ; GHlanders , T . Oglivy , G- C . Arbuthnot , J . Jackson , < J- GHlanders , and A . S . Gladstone , Liverpool ; as far as regards F . M . Gillanders . C . D . Sommers , and J . C , Sommers , Manchester seneral commissipn , agents ; T . German , T . Petty , J Kay , jun ., f . Cloogh , and J . Fisher , Preston , flax spinners ; as far as regards J . Kay , joiu
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From the Gazette of Tuesday , Jan . 18-" ' / . BANKnyrts ; ' / ¦ ' ' /^ /; ¦¦" _____ ' &eorge Sishop , merchant ,-St . | fiary-axe ,: to surrenrender , Feb . 1 , and March 1 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street Mr . Tarquaml » Copthall Buildings , official assignee ; SolicltorSi Messra Swain and Co ., Rrederfek ' a-placei Old Jewry . George Chadwiek , pelican ;^ Heywoed , LaBcaahire , Feb . 1 , and Mareh t , at two , at ; the Cotnmiaaioneta * Rooms . Manchester .- Solicitors , Messrs . Hill and M&thews , Basy . «« Bt , St Maty-aa »; Mr . TJptoo Manchester . ¦ ¦ ::: ¦ / .- /¦ : ' ¦ . ; ' ¦ ' ' ¦ ¦ .:- .. ¦ /¦ . - : - ¦' :. ¦'' _ , ' . - / . John Burnie , merchant , Tokenhouse'yard , Feb . 4 P at two , and March V ateleven , at the Con » t of Bankruptcy , Basingball . Bfareet Mr . Edward * , official assignee , Fred « riok '* pi » ee , Old Jewry ; Solicitor ^ Messrs . Watsoa and Co ., Tokenhonse-yard .
Jonas Hen * y Bobbeftis , paper make ? , Norwich , Feb . 1 > and March 1 , at eleven , at the ofEce of Messnu Foster , "Unthank , lownley , and Robbetda , solicitor » v Norwich * Solkitors , Messrs . Foster , Unthani , Towaley , and Bobberds , Norwich ; Messrs . Sharpe , Field , and Jacksoui Bedford-row , London . Joha Edmand Hall , and Henry Tooae , lace vaaor facturers , Nottingham , 27 th January said 1 st Maicn , at twelve , at the George thai Fourth Iao , Nottlnghatn . Mr . Rowland Yallop , official : aBsignee > ¥ utnival ' » Inn » Londoa ; Suiicittw , Mea « r « W . and S . Parson , juri Nottingham . '" - — - - : . /¦/ "¦ . : ¦ ' ¦'¦¦ """ ¦• - .- ^ •/• : "" ¦/" ¦¦ ¦ , - Henry Sundertand and George Wrigge , dealers to cotto ^ warps ^ Bndder 3 fleld , 4 th Fob ., at twelve , and 1 st Maxell , at ten , at the White Swan Inn , Hudderfr field . Mr , Ciarles Lever , official assignee . King * - road , Bedford-row ; -Solicitors , Messrs . Barker and EB ^ lafldHnddersfisld . /
, Benjamin Bradsha ^ and Gaoige Richardson , ean-Tass manufacturers , Jan . 25 , and March 1 , » t two , at the Commissioners' Rooms , Leeds , Svlicitors , Mesar * Knapper and WoOlbright , Liverpool f Payne , EddLsoii , and Ford , Leeds ; and / Mr . Armatrong , Staple Inn , London . ' ¦ ' •¦ . ¦ '¦ . ¦ .. ' . ¦¦• "¦ ¦ ¦// - ¦ ¦¦/ , ¦ . - ¦ // . - ' ;¦ . ¦¦¦ . ¦ Thomas Gidden , licensed victualler , Fanringdoa , Berkshire , Jan . 31 , and March 1 , at eleven , at the Bell Inn , Wiltshire . jSoKcitor , Mr . Branscomb , Winaeffice-court , Fleet-street . Chatles Gatrard Ei « lUh , hotel keepeti York-place , Vauxhall-bridge-road , Feb . 1 , atone , and March 1 , afc eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street Mr . / Graham , official assignee , Baslnghall-street . ; So licitor , Mri Watnen , Bedford-square .
Thomas Buckle , draper , Barnard Castle , Durham , Jan . 27 , and March l , at eleven , at the Waterloo Ino , Barnard Castle , Durham . Solicitors , Messrs . Jackson and Hewiteon , Kirby Stephen ; Mr . Barnes , Barnard Ca 8 tle . / \ '¦ ¦' - ' ¦/ . ¦ ' /¦ ¦ / - ¦ - ; v ' ; - ¦¦ ;¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ - ' . •/ " " ~ : ' : ¦>¦¦ ''¦ ' " Francis William Hartley , chemist and drnggi « t , Halifax , Jan 28 , at twelve , and March 1 , at two , at the White Lion Inn , Halifax . Solicitors , Messrs Hitchin and Lonadale , Halifax ; Messrs . Jaques , Battye , aud Edwards , Ely-place , Holborn , London . Robert Clough and Bartholomew Mwlere Galan , alkali manufacturers , Poulton-cum-SeacoHibe , Cheshire Feb . 1 , and March 1 , at one , at . the Clarendon-room * , Liverpool . Solicitors , Messra . Chester and Tomli » , Staple Inn , Lendon ; and Metsts . Davenport , Collier , and Davenport , LiverpooL ' :.. ' ¦ - .. ¦ v
Robert Pariah Busk , machine maker , Leeds , Feb . 4 , at ten , and Mareh , 2 , at twelve , « t the CommljaionerB * Rooms , Leeds . Solicitor ^ Mi Walker , Furnlt » l « Inn , London j and Mr . BlMkbun , Laedi .
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A Law-sott sow pending in Tenessee , between two families , has run for such a length of time , that it takes six men of the strongest memories in the State to remember when it was begun .
EPITAPH ON A POOB-LAW COMMISSIONKB . Beneath this stone a man doth lie , Who strove the flesh to mortify ; ^ Wasting away to skin and bone The flesh of others—not his otcn . Omega . The Jews » Pbtjbsia . —The Augsburg Gazette , ^ the / tn inst ., states that a modification of the present laws respecting the Israelites in Prussia is much spoken of . It is said , that not only will they be permitted to enjoy the worship of their religion % o the iuHesi extent , bat that they will be restored to tne possession of several civil rights of which they were heretofore deprived .
Another Offence !—No less than one hundred , and sixty eight gentlemen have given the usual notices of tbeir intention to apply to be admitted attrrnies of the Court of Queen ' s Bench during the present ( Hilart ) Term . There are also thirteen notices for re-admission to practice . — [ More Locusts to eat up honest tradesmen . ] " What is thb siatteb , uncle Jerry , " said Mr . —— as old Jeremiah R was passing by , growling most ferociously . u Matter , " said the old man
stopping Bhort , " why , here I ' ve been lugging water all the morning for Dr . C 's wife to wash with , and what d ' ye s ' pose I got for it ?"— " Why , I suppose " about ninepence , " answered Mr . . " Ninepence 1 she told me the Doctor wonld pull a tooth for me sometime !" Ahehicak Copktship . — -If a girl has a lover down at Ann Arbour , of course she marries him aa soon as her friends consent ; if they object , then she goes to bed , and remains there until they gire their consent , which generally ocurs in leS 3 than a fortnight . It is fonnd by that time to be less expensive , and more agreeable , to calTin the lover than the doctor .
The late Accident upon the Gbeat Westebn Railwat . —The alarm created in the minds of the public , consequent upon the late dreadful accident in the Sonning-cutting , was manifested in the decreased number of passengers who travelled by that railway dur . ng tho week succeeding the fatal catastrophe ( compared with the former ) , which , it will be remembered , occurred the day before ChriStmasday . Daring the week ending Sunday , December 26 th , the ^ number of passengers was 26 , 294 , and the amonn * Teceived for the ; r fares was £ 8 , 672 19 ~ . Thisweek , itshouldbeobserved , inclnde 3 theremainder of the Friday ( the day of the accident ) , and the subsequent Saturday and Sunday . The returns for the week ending Sand&y , the 2 d of January , give 22 , 908 passengers , and their fares at £ G . 3 G 9 17 s . 8 J ., making a decrease in the number of passengers of 3 , 386 , and in the amount received by the company of £± , 283 Is . 4 d .
Importa > t Decision . —In the Court of Queen ' s Bench , Ireland , a judgment has open pronounced which cannot fail to astonish and afflict hundreds of highly respectable families in the northern districts of that kingdom . A Mr . Smith was convicted at the last assizes at Armagh of bigamy . His counsel , Mr . Whiteside , objected that his first marriage was not valid , having been celebrated by a Presbyterian clergyman between an Episcopalian Protestant and a Presbyterian . Judge Crampton , before whom the case was tried , reserved the point for the decision of the-lrish Judges , who , on Tuesday last , proniuneed their judgment , in presence of a very crowded conrt . There were ten Judges on the bench , eight of
wboai decided that a marriage celebrated between an Episcopalian Protestant and a Presbyterian , by a Presbyterian clergyman , was not valid , and therefore that Smith must be discharged out of custody . As this judgment will operate retrospectively as well as prospectively , in a country where some thousands of families have been so married , and where the fruits of such marriages are exceedingly numerous , it is impossible to estimate the amount of suffering which it may occasion . It oppns a door to the widest and most heartless profligacy , as it leaves it at the option of any person so married to desert his family and the partner of his bed under the hypocritical pretext of flying from a state of fornication .
A xesule YitLtGE . —The viliage of IVJadana Uay 3 the Augslurgh Gazelle ) , which is about fourteen German miles ( sixty English ) from Rutschak , in Wallachia , offers at the present moment a curious ethnographical ' singularity , having been inhabited by women , only for the last thirty years . At oDe per iod , this feminine population amounted to 2 , 0 U 0 . The ladies did not live as warriors , like the Amazons of old , but they avoided all contact vrith men , and drove away from their territories all who approached with matrimonial intentions . This anti-social £ ettlement is . now supposed to be on the decline ; at least no more recruits are made from the disappointed or the love-crossed , and the members of the population are rapidly decreasing . These women are nearly all Mahometans .
The Last Fall of a D bv . vkard . —On Friday evening Mr . Payne held an inquest at Gny ' s Hospital , oh the body of Maria Hayward , aged 52 . George Hayward , hnsband of deceased , said that about nine o'clock on Thursday evening last , he came home , and being the worse for liquor , he lay down on his bed . His wife , with her bonnet and shawl on . was silting singing on a chair before the fire . She was intoxicated , and had been so ever Bince" boxing-day . " He fell asleep and awoke at eleven , and . his wife was sitting on the chair singing .
He asked her to come to bed , and she replied , " £ Co , I shan't . " He again fell asleep , and did not awake until four o ' clock next morning . He called deceased , not finding her in bed , and receiving no answer , he got up , and found her with her Jegs doubled under her , and her head , face downwards , under the grate . She was dead . She was addicted to gin drinking , and having had her head fractured wnilst & girl , a little liquor had a great tffrct upon her , and would make her fall head foremost . Verdict , " Natural death . "
Richabp Oastleb . —A subscrption is getting up , under the best auspices , for Richard Oastler—now locked up in the fleet . We wish it every success and shall aid it in every manner in our power . But this we beg leave to say , that we object io a single farthing , if it be dropped into the plethoric pocket oi the plethorio Mr . Thomas Thornhiil . It would be too much of a good thing that this overgrow a personage should have his purse replenished bj the subscriptions of men , who are , in every point of view , Ies 3 opulent" than himself , It ia usele .-s to say lhas he would not accept it . Mr . Thomas Thornhiil like all other gentlemen as knotvingas hi .- ; swilling paunchery upon the turf , would take a halfpenny for any consideration whatever , which would not lead him . into mischief . The subscription for Mr . Oastler must uoi be allowed to degenerate into a subscription for Mr . Thomhill , however ryraciousiy he may gape for it . —The Age .
Fatal Accieent caused by Wobkhocse Sipabaiion . —On Tuesday m « rnLng a child of eoiour between two and three year = of ago , named John Jonts , was brought into the London Hospital , with his thigh fr&cmred in a shockiDg manner . The accident occurred under the ibiiowing affecting circumstances : —it appeared that the little sufferer and his mother were inmates in Si . G ^ org- ' s workhouse , Old Gravel-lane , RatclifF-highway , and in acccordance with the usual rales they were domiciled in different parts of the building , but t 3 : e child happening to catck sight of ita parent , oveijoyeu , ran towards her , and in doing so fell Trith sucti violence as to cause the above accident .
A Bankeb ' s Bequest . —A dying banker thus addressed hi 3 eldest son : — "You may suppose you are going to inherit a large fortune , but you are mistaken . I have no property , and the baufc is insolvent to the amount of £ -200 , 000 . On the dea : b of my father , who died of a broken heart , I found the bank was hardly solvent . I at first resolved to close the concern , and pay off the creditors , but 1 afterwards determined otherwise . I proved my father ' s will for a quarter of a million , and set up a
large establishment . This gave me the reputation ot wealth , and increased the business of the bank . I have lived in splendour , as you know , for many jears . All your brothers are handsomely provided for , and to you , as my eldest son , 1 now leave the bank . ^ I have appointed you sole executor to njy will . You have only to prove my property for axiy amount yon may think proper to name ; and if you manage your affairs prudently , the bank may last out your time as it has done mine .
Alexander the Gb £ * . t . — "Alexander had a nobleman in his court , who stood so high in the favour of his nobles and people , that the King £ jealous and fearful of his popularity , studying how he might decline it , and bring him to contempt , but could find no colour or apt occasion , because he -was so strongly fixed in the people ' s h'kicg , and was a man of so great a desert , that no crime could be charged upon him . The King , unbosoming himself to the eounsel and care of a friend , one Medius ( the 'finality' man of his day ) , had this advice given him : —* Sir , ' quoth he , ' let not this man ' s greatness trouble you . Cause him to be accused of some heinous crime , though falsely , and we will find some means to make him guilty , so firmly and forma-ly ,
that the brand of it shall stick upon him lor ever . '' , —Life and Reign of Richard the Third , by G . Buck Esq . - . Who can read the abeve atrocious plot without tainting of our brave , noble , and illegally-expatriated Frost ! Take the following as companion to the above , and let the "Restorative Frost Committee" especially , mark it well ; it may be of service to them : — " it is currently reported that Lord John Russell , a short time previous to his quitting the Home-office , upon the mention of Frost by a certain nobleman , said , in language remarkable for the measured tone in which it was uttered— ' That man Frost possesses a peculiar talent for mischief , ' he ia altogether a dangerous character , yet ( after a pause ) am not without kopes of being Bhortly able to stop his career ?'
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 22, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct738/page/3/
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