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      SOXG OF FREEDOM . > INE CHEER 3 FOR THE CHARTER . Brteht ire the beams of the morning sky , A-d sweet dew tie fr&o goddess « ips ; How brigtt are the glances of cheer from her eye , And sweet are the truths from her lipa ; Her month is the fount * in of virtue , The source from -whence equity flows ; Ah ! who would not dwell " neata its influence , As the honey bee sips of the rose . Then we pledge , then we pledge , to bright freedom , Let each soul himself worthy proTe ; Now we cheer , now we cheer , sons of freedom , > 'ine cheers for the souls that we love . Hip . hip , hurrah , hip , hip , hurrah , hurrah , ± - hurrah , hurrah , Vine chee « for tfce Charter ,

      Nine cheers for the cause that we lova . Come raise , raise , the burner to heaven high , The goddess of liberty approves , The offering thus hallowed by ardour ' s true sigh , 1 b blessed with the smile-cheer of Jove . Then ring ye the welkin with transport , The spell of life ' s great joys impart ; Our cause , the most sacred to mortals , Yieida the noblest of joys to the heart . Then we pledge , then we pledge , to the Charter , Let each heart tb * t loves freedom approve ; And we'll shout , still we'll shout , for the Charter , With nine cheers for the cause that we love . Hip , hip , hurrah , hip hip , hurrah , humh , Nine cheers for the Charter , Nine cheers for the cause that we loTe . S . J ., Bristol .

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      A SOSG FOR THOSE WHO LIKE TO SING IT . BY THOMAS VrlLSOX . The hand of oppression is stretched forth to slay The young babe of freedom and li * ht ; Uut knowledge has driven the darkness away , That hid from the people their might ; And the people will rise with the might of the jost , And pride and oppression shall sink to the dust . The voice of the bigot is upraised to ban , The souls of ihs noble and fret ;; -& tii "bis poiBonous breathing cmi now only fan , The fire of young liberty ; And the people win rise with tbe might of the just , And pride and oppression shall sink to the dust .

      The puwe-prond have joined m the effort to quell , The determined and resolute shout , Which the universe echoes as tyranny ' s knell—Tis the voice of the banded and stout ; For the people will rise with the might of the just , And pride and oppression shall sink to the dust .

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      THE CHARTER FOR ETER SHALL WEATBER THE STORM .

      AIR— " Old England for ever sha ' . l weather the storm . " 0 freedom . ' tby absence has long been lamented , And tby sods now have sst all their hopes en the sea , In a bark cilltd tfes Chatter—for liberty bound , The port whure the millions are haypy and free . Though the darkness of night may at present surround ns , The clouds shsll disperse—and appear the bright mom ; And tbou . blesfrd freedom , shall tell the glad story—The ChisUiT for aver nhaTl weather ihe storm .

      Our captain , O'Connor , was ever true to us , Ani our brik has the stars for her cotnpsss and guide , Whilst our crew are a set of sterling brave fellows , Who laugh at the storm , and its farj deride . Then hum for tha Charter , the good ship we sail in , Till the wave * shall erguif us , no feus ahall deform ; But like a sea-bird , her whole voyage shall be glorious—The Charter for ever shall weather the storm .

      Though the quicksands of " Humbug" are laid in our way , Ant ? " Tyrannical rocks " oppose us in our course ; Though " Treacherous blasts" our tight bark are sjuai . 'fng , Tries pbant Bhe sails , nor shriek we from their force . Ob ! no ! for each heart is with pure freedom burning , "No ronfcnder" our cry , while we treat foea with scorn ; And hark ! tbe high heavens re-echo the cry—The Charter for ever ahall weather the storm ! Edwis Gill . Sheffield .

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      A WELCOME . Written extempore on bearing of "The Political Pedleb ' s" visit to L 9 eda , by his co-member of the People ' s first Parliament , Ws . Ridek . " Thb P £ DLAB"ia comic ? , oh dear ! oh dear . ' " THE PedlaB" is coming , Ob dear ! To gull tbe " Leeds Loiners" with his palavar . And eclipse if he can (?) the light of the Star . " The Peplab" is coming , oh dear . ' oh dear ! " The Pedlar" is coming , oh dear ! Who from Godwin , and Palet , andPju . fE , and Yoltaibe , Has stolen the whole of his saleable ware .

      "The Pedlab" is coming , oh dear ! oh dear ! " The Pedlab" is coming , oh dear ! Who , like the Camelion , oft changes his hue , And is " obedient servant" to orange or blue . 41 PeplaB" is coming , oh dear ! oh dear . ' : The Pedlab" is coming , oh dear . ' He ' s sent by Friend SlUBGE to the "Foxes and GEESK , " Because , " like th' lads pie , they are all of a piece . " " The Pedlar" will go , oh dear ! oh dear ! "Tee Pedlab . " will go , oh dear ! For pencies and proselytes will not be made By this talker ol Jnstiae , but Rat-man in trade .

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      I am a squire of genui " bray , And oft to London I wend my way : I leave my acres , and haws , and hips , To list to wisdom from Tory ljpa . 31 y long rent-roll ia my daily vaunt , Where ' er I go I can eee no want ; And why I ' m so rich , the secret I'll tell , Who lives on the poor is sure to live well What baron or friar , or knight of the ghire , Is half Euch a dolt as a Tory equire . Is half such a dolt , half such a dolt , Asa Tory squire ? After session , of pheasants I dream , For shooting , I vow , is a pleasure supreme ! By self-denial I n&vtr try

      Sly dainty palate to mollify . Punishing poachere I deem no sin , Bat dtVlish seldom I look within ; A rousine cup and jolly good song , Are my del' -cbt when tbe nights are long What boron or friar , or any such liar , Is half such a doH as a Tory squire , Is half fcuch a dolt , half snch a dolt , As a Tory squire ?

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      OASTLER'S FLEET PAPERS . Extreme pressure of divers matters both upon our Epace and time has for sometime caused a considerable arrear in our literary deapartment . We have many books and pamphlets lying by us , waiting turn , which we bow purpose to try to get through . Uur old friend Oastler has not been forgotten by us thoush unnoticed—among the rest—for sseascn . He sri-1 keeps on labouring in behalf of his " subjects , " the poor in general , bu : especially the poor factory slaves . We have several Eumbers of his " Fleet * , rs" now lying before us , in which we find the genuine plain English " of the Oastler sciool " njo 5 t vrell and eloquently spoken . Our extracts must be confined to the two last numbers . The former of them opens thus : —

      What a picture is England now presenting to thb wondering nations of the earth!—England , once tbe favoured of the Most High ! She was then the cradle and castle of well-peised Liberty ; on her besom peace tod plenty were wont to crown her valley s and her plains—then the world looked to England as an example . Her powerful arm forced the oppressor to Stable , for it was wielded by her haypy , brave , and « 4 bletit sons . Her shield was tbe protection of injured ™ o * eaee , for it was sustained by righteousness . To J tt * fogitiTei from foreign tyranny resorted , and xotmd h a { e ^ peaceful domicile . The nationi Church

      *** merea by her people—her clergy were then their Shepherd *—her nobles as their fathers . Her merchant * * ae honoured throughout the world , as well for their Integrity u for their wealth—they were once famed for honcrar and honesty , now for cant and fraud . The husbandman pursued his healthful career with whist" ° g cheerfulEtfs , for hia reward was plenty ; the sonnd <* the shuttle , mingling with the national anthems of « fc old and ycxmg , gave token , in our northern cotkges . of hesitbfulness and peace ; and a plentiful re-* &rd was certain . No jealous rankling * then disturbed tbe peace of the labourer if the fanner pros-P 61 **—he Bgbed not at the BpleEdoux of the noble .

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      > o heart-barkings d : < : urh . d the watcbinga aof the ajusan when his employer obtained profitable returnshe envied not ths wealth of the merchant . Then labour was pleasant , because it was the sure precursor ef plenty and of health . In those days—and they are within my memory—the noble , the farmer , an < J tbe peasant—tbe merchant , the manufacturer , and the artisan , had but one interest—their own , the nation ' s weal . The dull monotonous tramp of a policeman ' s foot was then unknown in England—that poisonona " reptile" is not indigenous . One single constable was sufficient for a town like Leeds . There was then more awe inspired by the clericil hat « f the priest , th » n by a regiment ef dragoonE—it was the debt of reverence for the office and the wearer . At his approach , vice was abashed , and virtue smiled . There were few factories

      in those days—the artisans then performed their ingenious evolutions at their homes , hence our manufacturing population were not corrupted , tbelr bodies were hale and healthy , their minds were cheerful . The families were not then supported by the mill-labour of the mothers and children—the matrons remained at home to nurse and train tbe younger ones , and manage household work . As the children grew older , the father taught the boys hia arts and labour—the girls were . placed as servants with ther more opulent neighbours ; there they were prepared for matrimony , to become faithful and thrifty wives . The streets of our manufacturing towns were then neither disgraced by police noi prostitutes . The church was well frequented , bnt the churchyards were not crowded with the untimely dead—sent , by the factories , long before nature called fur them .

      " YV e had no large croweded prisons tben , containing hundreds ; one small lock-up w ; i 3 all that Leeds required ; and it was oftener -without a tenant than occn . pieri . Oor hospital and -workhouses were not then crowded with factory cripples . There was then no want for industry—plenty crowned her board . If casual misfortune visited , the willing hand of Christian benevolence was ready to relieve and remedy ; if its stay was lengthened and cureless , the workhouse received the houseless and the 1 dateless . " But tbe inmates of that last home of the destitute were not exiled ; their friends could visit them , and administer comfort and relief . Nay , from tbe house , how often have I seen them welcome visitors at tbe abodes of the wealthy , their former friendi and neighbours . England was then ! This vivid description of England as it was , is followed by a sad bui true portraiture of some of the miserable features of England as it is : —

      How changed is England now ' . At h » me jealousy , discontent , luxury , repletion want , and destitution !—abroad , tbe despised of all—crouching to those who threaten , warring with them that supplicate ! Marching in triumph against the innocent and peaceful Bnd murdering them , but humbly suiDg for a treity -with tie powerful threatened She is cosxing the Dations by opening her markets to their produce and manufacturer , while they , in derision , laugh at her , and refuse to excharge except for cold . Tne herald of tbe gospel , as she was , now outbarherizes savages , propogating Christianity by robbery , and rapes , and murder ! And why t Because her hastily-gotten wealth has made her prond , and driven her from God . She has fallen into temptation an * a snare—she has embraced Philosophy , and forsaken Truth ! Her clergy have been dumb while the wolf has broken into their fold ? . They are cow surprised -when their flocks cease to revere and honour them , and forget the while that their neglect has palsied tbe people ' s love !

      " Our national diseases arise from misdirected science , Philosophy having bewitched us ; she taught us how a few might speedily get rich by the destruction of thousands . Immediately , the £ od- } : ke law of order was abandoned ; for coveteouaness could n-jt brook to be taught , and retrained of God . Rcligi-us principles having thDB been discarded , the church was soca uespited ; tbeii was Christianity retained hut in name , to keep the oppressed and the poor submissive And now we reap 8 Vl fruit ! " A faithful pastor , who dares to preach practical Christianity , a ^ d who exhibits it in bis daily walk and conversation , denouncing oppression , wrong , and robbeiy , and telling the rich their duties as well as the poor , caii now find no resting-place ; but the deceives receive all honour from ths Government Oar statesmen rob the Treasury of hundreds of thousands , and shield their names from infamy under a few commissioned tools .

      " Our first-rate merchants live by fraud and smuggling ; and , after bribing the effioers of the Customs , pay a fine one-tenth or less of their large plunder , tben they , take their places amongst our senators , and with that power , derived from their increased illgotten wealth , effect more mischief . " These considerations naturally induce s glance at the events now actually passing , and thus Mr . Oastler " moralizes on the times" with a shrewdness of penetration that bespeaks the man of mind , and in a style as littie like that of Toryism as could well bs wished : — " The result of all this dishonour ia , tLat if loyalty and piety are left among us , they are with the poor whose oppressors have almost driven them mad .

      We have jurte 3 cape < i from a rebellion , and our prisons -are filled with the guiltless or mere dupes , while we leave the guilty traitors on tbe bench ! Sir . fact * will bear me out in thtse declarations . Sir James Graham can avouch the truth , for he is in possession of strong proof , that many who now disgrace the magisterial beeches , and who are committing Chartist dupes or desperate hungered artinns , are themselves the authors of all the row—their guilt is well nigh treason ! The Home Secretary is not without the documents which attest their gailt . But the Chartists and the destitute are poor , while the Leagwers are rich . Thus the latter are left comMiwioDed by the Q'Jeen , while they create another insurrection and are permitted to send their missionaries of treason amongst tbe agricultural peasantry , breathing out fixe and death against the clergy an

      " The Governm .-nt know that the Leaguers are the guilty parties , bnt after aach a stir , victims they must have ; they will not touch the rich Lea-jutrs . Well , then , when O'Connor ( he made a terrible mistake when he shook hands with Sturge at Nottingham—Sturge is but the pioneer of OConuell ) when O'Connor and his frienns are silenced , we shall find O'GonoeU rampant , and then the triple-pointed arrow will be levelled at tlie State—Ireland and England will demand Complete Suffkagb , Repeal , and Fbeb Tbadbi—True , the two former will be mere clap-traps , to catch the masses , but Free Tbade the Leaguers want , and they trill have ii . Where will you find tbe man to meet O Conceit then ?

      ' Do not let the Aristocracy be longer lulled and deceive themselves . Sir Robert Peel knows all aboat it He Is prepared to yield to the Leaguers , or rather to unite with them . As usual he must have a reason —a loud knocking fromiciUiout . When the Chartists are put down , the Leaguers , with O'Ci > nne ) l at their he-d . -will lead tbe English and tbe Irish masses . The Premier tuoVB that knock , and he will open to it as before . Time will pro- ? e if I am mistaken . " The Iandu'i interest and the aristocracy have choBen the Cotton Lord for their leader . Will it ba the first time that Sir Robert has betrayed his confidants ? ' " A nation so confused , bewildered , and degraded , was never m-n before . We irupiuosJy talk of fajii . ve , and we feeboid many of our people starving for want of bread , ^ rbile we are hypocritically malting thanksgivings for a good harvest !"

      The" famine" subject " sticks in th © throat" of a good man like Oastltr . It is a lie too palpable—a blirphem } too awful , to be lightly passed over , and we are not snrprised therefore to find him iu his Bi _ xt aud last number , return to it in these terms : — "lam not aware that I have been more disgusted tbtin at tbe introduction of the word Famine into tbe ¦ writings of those who are demanding Fr ^ e Trade . It is really infamous that those whose principies avowedly require that -wages should be reduced to tbe very lowest aiLount , and that the food of the labourers should be ^ s sticted and coarse as possible , should now , in the midst of plenty , be striving to exasperate their ill-requited

      art-ZiCB , by tellin * them that thtre is a famine , caused by . the Corn Laws . To speak of FAM . IHE with such a harvest as God has ja 3 t blesstd us with , when , also , we have 3 , 000 , 000 quarters of foreign grain already imported , is impious ! Talk of famine , indeed ; why , sir , I was this day visited by a half-pas effictr , who had been to Windsor—he had seen the Royal lsp-dogs ia their kennels—he saw their troughs filled -with milk and bread , and the little pets -were so satisfied , that they would not even look at their superabundant food ! Were Fa-MISE in England , that -wou'd not , could not be ! Were we really over-populated , we could not provide tucb surplus dainties , ev&n for the dogs of Royalty .

      • , however , we have not Famine , we have wantwant in the midst of plenty ! Tbe bountiful Creator of man has richly provided for all our wants , and He has given us laws by which the distribution may be justly regulated , aye , and for the vant of doga as well ; but man—proud , arrogant , Bordid , self-opinionated man , despises the laws of God , sad distributes -wrongfully . And who is it that resist the restraining and re ? ulaticg principles laid down by God HimBelf , without which tbe rich must always oppress the poor ?—Who is it T Why it is none other than tboBe very men who sett for more freedom , that they may the more easily still further ' reduce the return of labour "—as if

      ti . ey had not already produced sufficient misery by tbe restraints upon their cupidity , which their clamonrs have already induced the Government to withdraw . Wherever want is to be found , it may Burely be traced to those loose principles which have been introduced into modem legislation , to accommodate and gratify these impious clamourers . Before we proceed further to relax our protective laws , or to expand our commerce , it would be well to contemplate tbe melancholy TEBulta -which are consequent on the steps which we have abeady taken in the path to universal competition . " Rtad , Sir , en extract from a letter which I have received this morning from one of our busiest bivea of

      industry-: — "Benjamin Hill , a very respectable farmer in Bury , Lancashire , had a cow died last week , [ the letter is dated October 4 , 1842 , ] which he ordered to be tak « n te the dog-kennel , situate about a mile from bis h » ase > The dead beaet was no Eooner put into a cart , than , tbe

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      foul coca's carae in contract with the eyes cf Hie poor . The cart w « j porsaed fro'ii a'l rifrectioDi . One person pudei out his knife , and aziua'ly cut off piece after pi'CS of the dead ciicisefor Jit eager throng . It was followed up to the kennel , and what remained was almost entirely taken by ths poor and needy c .- eaCures . ' " New , 1 begot you to pat these two facts together —the surfeited dogs and the starved artisans—and say , Who is to blame ? Not the Almighty—for he has provided enough and to spare for alL Not tbe

      Queeushe has no power to regulate out commerce against tbe two Houses of Parliament . Not the industrious artizin ;—they have no share in making the laws . Who then is to be blamed ? Wfeo but those who have the power of distribution in their hands , the Government , and those who urge on the Government in tee destructive principle of ' availing themselves of all circumstances to reduce the return af labour ?*'— to force the poor of England to live upon a coarser food ?" Those , aud those only , are the parties who are to blame . Theirs ia the power to remedy .

      " If tuere were famine in the land , the dogs could not be surfeited with milk and bread—if plenty , the industrious producers of wealth should not btf feeding en carrion . " I put th 6 » e two facts ( wkfch reached me on the same day ) together , not to excite the famished , or diapleasa the Qaeen , but to set Her Majesty ' s Ministers a-tbinking . 'Tis theirs to regulate the distribution of God ' s rich gift * to all . If they fail to do so , they are

      usurpers . "Tell me not , that it is dangerous to publish such fac s —the danger lies in permitting them , " Now , sir , nothing is more ce-tain , than that there is enough for all—not for the Royal dogs only , bat even for those of artizius . It Is , then , impious to talk of Famine—there ia no such thing—there is plenty , and to spars . " Then whence , I ask again , whence this want ?—this so-called famine ? I will tell you—would that tbe legislature were listening- It is all false distribution , founded on the unchristian principle principle , 1

      that to give capital a fair remuneration , tbe price of labour muat be kept down , ' ( William Hvskisson ); or , as the Morning Chronicle will have it , tbe employer of labour is entitled to avail himself of all circumstances by which be can reduce the return of labour . Seek elewherefor the cause , and yon will seekia vain , So long as these vile and insane axiom * are received as wisdom , it matters not how plentiful our harvests , how expanded our trade , how busy our bees may be , want must aDd will , under their influence , be tbe reward of industiy . ' The foundation of theae abhorrent principles ia Covetousu&ss ; aud « b have Ihe highest authority for declaring that' Covetoasne « s is Idolatry . ' 6

      Tis perhaps well for ihe " Old King" that he is in gaol already ; or he might probably stand a chance to soon be there , if he should dare to tell truih and advocate justice at thi 3 rate , in these limes of League plotting and Cotton Lord Government .

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      BARNSLEV — The Odd Fellows Sunday-School Teachers' Mutual Instbtjction Class . — The first abniversary of the above valuable institution wsxs celebrated on "Wednesday week , in the School-room under tha Odd Fellows' Hall , when a plain and substantial supper was seryed up . Mr . Joseph Wilkinson was called to the chair , who opbned the proceedings of the evening by addressing a few remarks to his brother teachers relative to the claims of the Sunday school with which they were con - nected , hadupon tboir most seriousaUention , and concluded by calling upon them to make increased exertions for the attainment of the object they had in view , namely , tbe giving to the children ef the workiug classes a sound , moral , and secular education . The Chairman tbtn gave , " The prosperity of ihe Odd Fellows' Sunday School Mutual Instruction Class . " Mr . Samuel Wilkinson , president of the classs ,

      responded to the toast , and delivered a epeeoh which did credit to that gentleman , occupying , as he does , the important situation of president of the class . After which , several members rose and expressed the pleasure th ^ y had felt while listening to the instruction which fell from his lips ; also tendering to him their thanks for his past services . Mr . Geo . Housjhton addressed the members , suggesting the propriety of having monthly lectures by tbe members of ihe ciass . Tne suggestion was well recobed . Mr . G . Haughton proposed giving the fir 3 t . The cbaiiman then gave , " May the spirit of inquiry become more general tban it has hitherto been . " Mr . James Jacques responded to the toast . The chairman then gave , "Tbe benefits of education , and may they be uBiversally experienced . " Mr- John Grimshaw responded to the toast . Several other toasts were responded to , and a pleasurable evening was spent .

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      The Panoramic view of Vesuvius , at the Manchester Zoological Gardens , is about to be sold by auction , and the gardens will , in all probability , be finally closed . An Infant five months old , at the village of Trawden , was suffocated a few days since by a girl unwittingly closing up tbe press-bed in which the child was laid asleep . The horror-btruck mother on opening the bed , found her child quite dead . " The boy Jones , " apprenticed on board the Warspite , absconded while that vessel was staying at Foit ^ mouth , and came to town . Oa Wednesday morning , the poiice found him at his father ' s house in Bell Yard , York-street , Westminster ; aud he was sent back to Portsmouth .

      For stopping a man's mouth , when ho is in the habit of uttering disagreeable truths , there is no gag like gold . Complaint baling been made to a certain bishop , that a vicar in his dioceso was always preaching against pluralities , " 1 will Eileuce him in less than a week , " said the prelate ; and so he did , giving tbe vicar an additional benefice . A government contiuct ba . s just been announced , wliich must prove acceptable to the Yorkshire manu ' acturers and artisans at this verv dull season of

      the year . It is for 120 . 000 yards of baise and serge for the use of her Majesty ' s navy . The contract is also to comprise a very large quantity of worsted and oiher cioihing . A coreespondetit states , that the best way to cook the recently imported beef and pork is to soak it in cold water for from twelve to twenty-four hours , changing the water three or four times , and then to simmer it gently till done , taking care that the water does not boil . By these means it will eat very tender and juicy . — Western Times .

      A Royal Breeder . —The following intelligence will no doubt be highly gratifying to good-natured John Bull . " Her Most Gracious Maje&ty is in that delicate and intcre&tic- situation , that canaot fail to be received with tbe most heartfelt interest by every loyal subject /' Another Special Assize . —We have heard it said that one ol' the Learned Judges who presided during the late Special Commission , intimated , before he left the town , that it was likely , from the crowded state of the prisons throughout the country , that there would be another Special Commission for the delivery of tho gaol-, Eometime about Christmas . — Liverpool Mercury .

      , A -wretched looking beggar , on being searched the other day at Bath , was found to hate concealed about him in a girdle , £ 77 in sovereigns and silver . He was committed for fourteen days' hard labour to the House of Correction , and the expences of hiB maintenance in prison were ordered to be defrayed out of his " private purse . " It was mentioned that thiB man has money in the Shaftesbury Bank to the amount of £ 1200 , besides an income of 8 a per week , If this fellow be a fair specimen of cadgering , it nmst be a proStable profession . "

      The Mandfacture of watches in 179 S , amounted in number to 191 , 678 , but last year ' s retnrnB show it to have fallen to 100 , 000 . Switzerland has chiefly gained in this respect what England has lost ; so that now , every year , the quantity of foreign watohes sold in London , and ia the principal towns of the three kingdoms , is more than ten-fold the amount of those manufactured in England . By the death of Sir William Rae , Government have the office of Lord Advocate of Scotland to diBpoee of , and the electors of Buteshire a seat in Parliament . It is supposed that Mr . Duncan M'Neill will succeed Sir William in both posts ; and it is suraised that Mr . Adam Anderson , the late sheriff of Perthshire , will succeed Mr . M'Neill in the Scotch Solicitor- Generalship .

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      Scandal at Cheltenham . —The Cheltenham Examiner contains a humorous s-ory of afrail Benedict , a tradesman of London , who , having come to Cheltenham on a visit for health or pleasure , made the acquaintance of a female there , between whom and himself a correspondence vras kept up after his return to London . One of the lady ' s letters in which an assignation was made , fell into the hands of the wife , who after reading it re-sealed it , and permitted it to pa 8 s without observation into the hands of the hugbaad . The latter , a day or two afterwardsmade an

      , excuse that he was absolutely compelled to leave town on business . His wife made no objection , but as soon a 9 he set off she followed him to Cheltenham , and on Sunday mornin ? last she made a sadden irruption into the house where her husband was , and surprised him in bed with his inamorata . The crest-fallen husband made a very indifferent attempt to escape the odium of his situation by representing his wife as an escaped lunatic , but the trick failed him , and he Bpeedily made good his retreat to London .

      A ^ ° II ?! . Casb ° * Insertion—A soldier of the 90 th Depot ( lately stationed here ) was drinking in a public-house in this town , in company with a mason named M'Carty , when the latter said he should like to see how he would look in soldier ' s clothes . Ihe complaisant soldier immediately gratified the mason s curiosity , and an exchange of dress was made accordingly . The soldier , after praising the martial figure or the mason , stated , that he should like to eee would any of his comrade soldiers recog-Dize him in the mason's clothes , and for this purpose he proceeded into the street , and has not aince been heard or , haviog deserted in hisidisguise , taking with him 4 &dwhioh

      a . ., was ia the mason ' s coat ! The ni-divant soldier , exoited by thefumes of the " native " and hiB martial clothing , perambulated the street , until the night picquet most unceremoniously dragged bim off to the guardhouse , where he remained until the morning , when tho whole circumstance was immediately revealed , the corporal of the guard being surprised to see one of his comrade soldiers minus an eye ( the mason being blind of one eye ) . The duped man was accordingly handed over to the civil power , and he now remains in durance vile , to make amendB to the offended laws of his country , for being made the dupe or another !—and that , too , of an entire stranger . —Drogheda Conservative ,

      Thb Great Chimney at Little Boltow . —Tho great octagonal chimney at Mr . Blinkhorn ' a chemical works , Little Bolton , was , owing to the unusual succession of fine woather this season , raised in sixteen weeks to its enormous height of 367 £ feet . Upwards of 4000 inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood were hoisted to the summit on it * completion , in a vehicle purchased for the occasion by the spirited proprietor . The stretch of view of the surrounding country was very gratifying . The dimensions of the chimney are as follow : Elevation , 367 £ feet ; diameter of the base , 42 £ feet ;

      diameter of the chimney where batter commences , 35 feet ; ditto of the top , 9 feet 10 inches ; thioknesa of the wall at the base , 4 feet 1 inch ; ditto at the top ten inches . The bricks are laid with Clitberoe lime , and sand ground to a fine powder by millstones . The whole weight of the chimney is about 4000 tons , of whioh 120 tons are stone , the lowest string course alone | weighin # 9 tons ; the whole of the bricks above are patent . It has consumed 900 , 000 bricks , the whole of whioh have been raised in buckets by a four-horse power steamengine , buile for the purpose by Messrs . Musgrave and Sons , -engineers , Little Bolton .

      Extraordinary Birth . —On the 4 th instant , Margaret , wife of James Otty , residing at No . 4 , Caledonia-pl ace , Nash-grove , Liverpool , was delivered of two still-born male children , which had arrived at the full period , living within an hour of the birth , and were of tbe usual siz ^ , buc which were isnited laterally to each other ; the union commencing from the lower part of the necks , and proceeding downwards nearly as far as the h'ftbones . The head ? , necks , arms , and legs were well and proportionately formed , and the ribs and backbones of eaoh were natural , but the breast-bone , as well as the nave ! , was common to both . The mother , who is only eightren years of a «; e , is doing tolerably well . Many of the faculty have been to eee the bodies of tbe children , and some of them have offered to purchase them from the parents for various sums . The bodies are , however , preserved for publio exhibition .

      Miss Martineac—The following are among the reasons alleged by this distinguished lady for declining the offer of a pension of £ 150 per annum made to her by Lord Melbourne , through Mr . C . Buller , pr . 7 ) 01 ) 3 to the retiremement of the late Government . Speaking of the working classes , she Bays , " Such services as I may have rendered them are unconsciously received by them ; but I cannot accept reward at any expence to them . If this provision bo not designed as recompence , but as aid , as a pure gift , I cannot take it ; for they who proyi e the means have no voice in the appropriation of it to me personally . Whenever we obtain a just sytem of taxation , the time may , perbap 3 . follow , when , among other considerations , some plan may be discovered

      by which the people ' s representatives may exercise the power of encouraging and rewarding merit and services ) , working through the press ; and oven then the most scrupulous , with no better view of their own claims than I have , may be happy to receive , in their time of need , aid from the public purse . Meanwhile , I seriously and truly feel that I had rather , if need were ( to put an extreme case ) , receive aid from the parish , and in the workhouse , where I could clearly read my claim , than in the very agreeable manner proposed , where I can see no excuse for my own indulgence . If it be true that intheoase of gifts , we do not nicely measure the grounds of claim , surely there in an exception in the one case of gifts from the publio purse . "

      An Atrocious Criminal . —At the Middlesex session , on Tuesday , before Mr . Serjeant Adams , John Shunnon , * young urchin , the crown of whose head was just perceptible above the bar , was indicted for stealing a twopenny pie . A boy between ten and eleven years old , about his own age , was hoisted up in the witness box , as the evidence against him . —Please sir , ( said the child , addressing the chairman , ) I saw him take the pie . Chairman—And what then \ Child—He ate it . ( Loud laughter ) From further questions it appeared that the boy ( witness ) told the old woman what Johnny" had done , and about half an hour afterwards the said " Johnny" was caught , the result of which was , two formidable criminal indictments against him , for taking that pie , and also , as it was alleged , for making too free with another . After the prosecutrix had

      given her evidence , with sundry annotations on the mischievous propensities of " . brats like the prisoner , " witnesses w . ? re called to character ; upon which two or three Irish-labourers successively entered the box who all deposed that he could " run an errand" for his father as well as any boy in the three kingdoms . The chairman said h « did not know what to do with the case , and if the gentlemen of the Jury sent a child from a criminal bar for stealing a pie , the chances were that they would multiply their criminals very rapidly . A good whipping was the proper punishment . The jury found the prisoner not guilty . The chairman refused to allow the expences of two indiotments ; one was quite onough for euch trumpery offences . Daring this trial the court was convulsed with laughter . The scene was too ridiculous for even the gravity of the bench to withstand .

      Extensine Smuggling . —A few days since , on the arrival of tbe Caledonia fcteam-ship from Hamburgh off Horslydown , two Custuin-House officers named James Jordan and Henry Bayluy , who had received information that an attempt would be made to run a great quantity of contraband goods ashore , boarded the ve&sel , and made a very uiligent search in the " state cabin , " and found concealed under the stairs a number of small parcels of five lbs . each , containing 129 papers of foreign manufactured tobacco . On removing a false partition behind the stairs , and alongside a water-closet , four large bales , containing fifteen smaller ones of tobacco , and one bale with twelve large boxes of cigars , were discovered . There was another bale , containing five boxe 3 of

      cigars , under the bed and bed-clothes in one of the berths . The officers also discovered under other beds three tubs of Geneva , containing thirteen galions . More cigars were also found secreted between the lining over the bed-places , which the officers had to pull away betore they could reach the cigars . Stvcial other articles liable to duty , and which had not been duly entered , were seized by the officers at the same time . Jordan and Bayley removed the whole of the goods to the Queen ' s warehouse in the Custom House , and they were condemned , and have become forfeited to the Crown . The net weight of the tobacco , which is of a very superior description , is SOOlbs . and the cigars I 761 ba ., the whole of which being of foreign manufacture , is

      liable to a duty of 9 e . 6 d . per pound . When Jordan aud Bay ley began to search , the first and second stewards looked on with dismay , and eoon afterwards , when they found the officers were close upon the right spot , the stewards called a sculler , went ashore in a wherry , and have not since made their appearance , but proceedings will be instituted against them for penalties . The Caledonia , which has become liable to forfeiture under the law of customs , was pnt under seizure by the revenue officers , bnt has been since restored to her owners ( the General Steam Navigation Company ) on their giving bond to pay any fine that may be imposed . A

      sharp look out is now kept upon all tbe steamers as they arrive from the Continent , and on Tuesday last nearly half a ton of tobaoco was thrown overboard from a foreign steamer , as she was coming up the river from France . Mr . Dines , the steward of the Batavier Dutch steam-ship , discharged four of his servants on Wednesday , in consequence of their attempting to smuggle tobacco and spirits ashore . That vessel has often been put in jeopardy by the contraband trade carried on by the seamen and cabia servants ; and the captain and stewards are lesolved to dismiss every person detected in an act of smuggling , and deliver them to the Customhoaaaneaple .

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      Capture of a Shark . — Jonas Stud'icst , E q , of Atlantic Lod <; c , Kiikco , captured an enormous shavk on the western coast of Claro , on Saturday . It was with great peril and amid terrible difficulties that he and his m « n succeeded in bringing the animal safe to shore . He at once procured a car , forwarded it to Kilrush , for Limerick , to be prepared and deposited in the museum of the Phvlo 3 ophioal and Literary Society . —Limerick Chronicle . During the past Bumiacr many parts of Italy have beon ravaged by terrible storms . About the end of Jast month the neighbourhood of Bologna was completely kid waste . Several -villages had been aotually converted into lakes , and the inhabitants had miraculously escaped , thanks to the wiso measures adopted by the authorities . The country every where presented a frightful picture of desolation .

      The Late Mr . Samuel Crompion , Investor of the Mtjle . —Sir Robert Peel has recommended that a grant from the " Royal Bounty Fund , " of the amount of £ 200 , should be immediately paid to the Rev . Gilmour Robinson , to beequally divided between Mr . George Crompton , of Fearnhurst , in Lower T > atwen , and his brother and sister , of Bolton , children of the above-mentioned Mr . Samnel Crompton . — Blackburn Standard . Accident . —tBirmingham Railway . —On Sunday morning , tho down train , which Ieave 3 London for

      Birmingham at six o ' clock , met with an acoident within a short distanea of the Leighton Station , in consequence of its coming in contact with a bull that bad jumped a hedge , and was crossing the line . Three carriages were thrown off tho rails by tho concussion ; but , fortunately , the passengers escaped without injury . The legs of the beast were cut completely off , and the animal died almost instantaneously . The up-train was delayed for more than an hour and a quarter , as well as the trains that left London .

      Attempted Prison-breaking . On Saturday morning , an attempt was detected to smuggle a parcel , containing gaol'breakiig instruments , into Paisley-prison . The parcel was neatly made up , and consisted of saw-blades for euttiog iron , and some other things , with a letter accompanying them , containing directions for their use , and for guiding the conduct of the prisoner when he made his esoape . The package was addressed to a prisoner of the name of Young , belonging to Barrhead , who is under sentence of transportation . The convict Young bad some property , and is commonly denominated the "Laird ; " he is a young stout man of most determined character , and , betore his conviction at the late oircuit , was frequently in prison for breaches of the law , of various descriptions . The letter is evidently written by a companion in crime , and subscribed with a slang signature . —Reformers ' Gazette .

      The " League" again . —A . meeting of the anti-Corn Law League was held in Newall ' s Buildings , Manchester , on Thursday evening , to rtneive the proposals of the Council as to the raising of a fund to carry on the agitation next session ; which seem to have been approved of by the meeting . Mr . George Wilson , the chairman , further explained the project— "We propose to call on the country to spend a certain sum of money , £ 50 , 000 , to be oaid into the treasurer ' s hands by January , 1843 . to be a fund for augmenting our resources , and enabling us the more extensively to diffuse information on this question through every part of the country . We shall be enabled by this means to eencZ out our missionary agents to every elector in the country , with not

      merely a pamphlet or tract , but a little library of information on this question , which shall show him tho proper bearings of it in every respsct , and which shall teach him how to act on every occasion so as best to promote this great cause . Our agents will be supplied with maps of their districts ; aud We hope that no town , no village , or hamlet—we hope that no dwelling in the kingdom shall be found &o remote or obscure that our agents shall not visit it and leave a copy of our tracts behind them . In addition to this we propose to hold conferences and meetings , and to send deputations to the different towns in the kingdom . We propose further to have a conference , to meat in London the day before the

      assembling of Parliament ; to bo there during the entire of the session , if nece 3 &ary ; and never again to separate , if po 3 siblo , till the measure is finally settled by the total and immediate repeal of the Corn Laws . "—He called attention , O'Connellfashion , to the smallness of the contribution—* ' It is but 1 , 000 , 000 shillings—it is but 400 , 000 halfcrowns—it is but 200 , 000 crowns—it is less than a halfpenny per head from the whole population . The two millions that petition Parliament for the repeal can easily raise this sum ; and since they had signed a petjtion , hundreds of thousands have become repealers . The £ 50 , 000 , then , will bo obtained : but ii is desirable that all parts of the kingdom should contribute . "

      The New Poor Law . —A young woman , 17 years of age , whose mother was suddenly left a widow with her and three small children , being then about fourteen years old , went to service , and the then guardians of the parish assisted her mother with 2 s . 6 d . and three loaves of bread a week . This relief was continued till the present board of guardians came into power , and with it and the loan of a mangle , lent her by her friends , she continued to support herself and her three children comfortably . The present board , however , discontinued the relief , and forced the mother and her young children into the house , at a cost of more than three times the amount to the parish allowed by former boards . The eldest daughter , who had kept her situation

      from the time of her father ' s death , was shortly after taken ill , and being unable to do her work , was directed by her mistresB to go home for a week or so , to seo if she could recover . She obeyed , at the risk of finding a home , being unwilling to let her mistress know that her mother was in the workhouse . She had no money , her wages went for her clothes , and her clothes were left with her mistress The first night of absence she slept at a former neighbour ' s of her father , in Pepper-street , St . Saviour ' s , within a few feet of the parish of St . George . The next morning she applied to the relieving officer of St . George ' s , but he refused to take her in , or relieve her , because she had slept in St . Saviour ' s , and sent her back to the relieving officer of St . Saviour ' s . He sent her away again , because she belonged to St . George ' s . In this way she was banded four times backwards and forwards between

      tho relieving officers and once to the relieving officer of Kennington , where she had been living a servant . She was then advised to see one of the guardians of her parish . She saw one of them , but he said he only attended parish duties on Wednesdays , and could not help her . She then went to another , and he having more knowledge of overseers law , advised her to go and get a lodging for the night at St . George ' s , that that parish might be obliged to take her in . Fortunately , however , while trying to obtain lodging at one of the lodgiDg-houses in the Mint , aB her last refuge , being worn OHt with fatigue , the circumstance was brought to the notice of an active parishioner ; and thus , at eleven o ' clock on Thursday night , this poor , honest , and industrious girl was rescued from tfce perils of a night ' s wandering in the streets or a nook in a tramp ' s lodging-house in the Mint . —Evening Star .

      Extraordinary Mechanic—In the town of Alyth there lived a man of much provincial celebrity ,- of the name of James Sandy . The genius and eccentricity of character which distinguished this remarkable person have rarely been surpassed . Deprived at an early age of his limbs , he continued , by dint of ingenuity not only to pass his time agreeably , but to render himself a useful member of society . He soon displayed a taste for mechanical pursuits , and contrived , as a workshop for his operations , a sort of circular bed , the sides of which being raised about eight inches above tbe clothes , were employed as a platform for turning lathe ? , tables , v ' . ces , and for tools of all kinds . His genius for practical mechanics was universal . He was skilled in all sorts of turning , and constructed several very curious lathes , as well

      as clocks and musical instruments of every description , no less admired for the sweetness oi" their tone than the excellence and elegance of their execution . He excelled , too , in the construction of optical instruments , and made some reflecting telescopes , the apecula of which were not inferior to those finished by the most eminent London artists . He suggested some important improvements in the machinery for spinning flax , and we believe he was the first who made the wooden-jointed snuff-boxes , generally called Lawrence-kirk boxes , some of which , fabricated by this self-taught artist , were purchased and sent as presents to the royal family ; one , in particular , had to be returned from Brighton for the purpose of being opened . To his other endowments he added an

      accurate knowledge of drawing and engraving , and in both of these arts produced specimens of the highest excellence . In upwards of fifty years he quitted his bed only three times , and on these occasions his house was either inundated with water , or threatened with danger from fire . His curiosity , whioh was unbounded , prompted him to hatch different kinds of bird's eggs , by the natural warmth of bAa body , and he afterwards raised the motley brood with all the tenderness of a parent ; so that , on visiting him , it was no uncommon thing to see various singing birds perched npon his head , and warbling the artificial notes he had taught them * Naturally possessed of a good constitution , and an active mind , his house was the general coffee room of the village , where the affairs

      of both church and state were discussed with the utmost freedom . In consequence of long confinement his countenance had rather a sickly cast , but it was remarkably expressive , and would have afforded a fine subject for the pen of Lavater or the pencil ^ Wilkie , particularly when he was surrounded by his country friends . This singular man bad acquired , by his ingenuity and industry , an honorable independence , and died possessed of considerable property . He married about three weeks before his deatn . Froia the brief history of James Sandy wf . mayiea ™ this instructive lesson .-that no d 1 ^ ^*^*" great to be overcome by industry and perseverance , fad ^ that genius , though ^ it should sometimes miss the SSmKS it deserves , will ™ ™™ £° }«! lJl ewa fanlt , to secure competence and rcspectability .-Pfeffi Advtriiser .

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      Til' - -SoL'Tinv . iRK Q'nrlcr Sessions w ' .--r . ; cotnjentJtdi and concluded attiie'i ' otrn-hali , SoucbvsYiri- at nine o ' clock , on Friday , ibere being no case before ihe courf . At the Cheshire Q'larter-Sessions , in Knniiford , Elizi Bailey was convicted Of stealing a . £ 100 note from Mr . John Marquis ; from whom bank-notes were stbiin 10 tho amount of nearly £ 2 , 000 iu tho streets of Preston , in September , by Bailey and a man who accompanied her . She was sentenced to sov < . n years' transportation .

      Shocking * Accident—A very serious accident occurred a tev 7 evenings sincf ) to one of tlic p « rfornvor in Cooke ' s equestrian company now playing as tfcirnstaple . The hamo of the sufferer is Mr . Lavaror Let ? , and he was wo « l known as one ofBatty's bi-sc riders a i ' cw Beascns since . He was riding round tilt riwij with three persona on his shoulders , when the hovs& slipped and fell , throwing Lee acro .-K tho woodwork which- euclo ? e 3 the circle , and ir .-frcting erwh severe injuries that his life is despaired of , morideation of tha parts being feared by his medical attendant .

      &TORM ON THE SUSSEX COAST . —BRIGHTON , Su . Vday . —During the whole of yesterday we were voiced with a tremendous storm of wind and rain . It commens ' .-d about eight o ' clock in the morning , at wb ' . ch time the wiiid suddenly shifted to the south east , and the rain fell iu torrents , from twelve to three o ' clock blew 9 dreadful hurricane , ami the greatest anxiety existed aniorg = t the iid . 'iornien , as four boats were out at sra | ana if . was thought impossible that they could weather the storm . Two btmi-ie / boats , with two men each in them , endeavoured to . enter

      Newhaven Harbpur , but in their attempt went down wi . hin a short distance of the shore , and the four men perished in sight of a number of persons who had ' assembled on the pier , but were unable to render the ( lightest assistance . In the course or" the day the whole of tho Brighton fishermen have returned home ; they fortunately succeeded in running ashoiv on various parts of the coast between Brighton and Worthing ; the poor fellows' boats are almost knocked to pieces , and two of them are lying on the beach near Lancing , and are expected to b « : cc-me perfect wrecks .

      An Elopement in rustic life took place on Monday last . The gay Lothario was a carter , named Young , a married man , about thirty years of age , having oi \ e child ; and " the false and foir one" his master ' s wife , named Ash , keeping a small i ' &rm as Freshwater , Isle of Wight . She is about fifty , has nine children and five graudohildrpn I Her youngest child ( which sho took with her ) is four months , and the next child fourteen years It appeared r ' nai ; the oldfarmerand his wife had had afewwordsabont the last child , and she soon after seizori a . favourable opportunity , took what she cosld , and started with the aforesaid servant . As soon as it was known , the bereaved husband went into Newport post-ha ^ te and almost broken hearted . L formation was given to the police , and they were despatched to all- parrs

      of the island , but they could not ciscoverthefujjiuvea till Tuesday afternoon , when they were jut about getting onboard a Jersey packet . Tho man was taken into custody , and his bundles sea : ci . ed . He had a new suit'of clothes , two great coats ( oho new ) , a new pair of I oots , two new hats , and other articles , besides an inferior new suit , which he wore , but , no property of the farmer was found on him , and he he was consequently discharged . The parie 3 alterwards met together at a public-house in Newporttho old man and his ruirnaway ' servant , and their wives , whore they ¦ got' marry . A negotiation took place : the old gentl- man forgave his wiL , and the young matron her husband , and a mutnal agreement was concluded between all present , tha . they would never reproach each other for their former naughty tricks . —Hampshire A tlverlizcr .

      Iatal Collision and .. Siskikg op a VE-Sfl . — Two Livts Lost . —A drea <; ltil coUtsu > u happened on the night-of-Monday last off the eastern coast , between Whitby and Stockton , which unhappily terminated in the total destruction of a yeasel a . id the loss of two lives From the accounts received by the underwriters at Lloyd's , it appears tho versels which came in contact were the Dispntch , a schooner , belonging to London , master ' s name Thomas Guthrie , and the sloop Margaret and Ellen , William Taylor , master , of Leith . The accident took place between seven and eight o ' clock , within a few miles of tho village of Runswick , situate seven miles to the north of Whitby , during a heavy sea and a gale of wind from the westward . Both vesask were in ' all trim , and scudding through the water at a rapid rate , the schooner bearing down to the north , and the

      Margaret and Ellen progressing on her passage in a southernly direction to London . The sloop went down , carrying with her two of the crew ; the rest saved themselves by springing to a rope that was hanging over the bows of the Dispatch at the momerit of their vessel sinking . Shortly after the Ci / llision , the Mary , and Louisa , of Newcastle , came up , and the ship boat was lowered by her crew in-he hope of picking up the other seamen who had sunk with the vessel , but they -were not seen after . Their names are George Broyce ( the son of the owner of the sloop , who resides at Leith ) , and David Woodcock . From the depth of water in wl . ;« i . « i «<> j * y lies it wlU be impossible to raise her . karly the iollowing morning the Dispatch put into Shields , where the Captain communicated the facts of tho occurrence to the authorities of the harbour . The sloop is supposed to be insured for £ 200 .

      Singular Case . —At the Leicestershire quartersessions , o Tuesday last , Louisa Wykes , a rather good-looking girl , about 19 yeare of age , respectfully attired in black , was placed at the bar , ohar ^ . ed with fctealing fifteen sovereign ? , the property of'John Taylor , at Belgirave ; a second indictment charged the prisoner with stealing a pair of breeches , leggings , and other male attiro , ihe property of Henry Smith . Prisoner pleaded guilty to boih indictments , but the Court , being unacquaiuced with the circumstances , requested Mr . Taylor lo give a relation of them , when it appeared that the prisoner entered the service of the prosecutor about ten months since during the whole of which time she conducted herself with propriety . A few weeks since Mr . Taylor had another of his houses in Lei

      occasion to remain at - cester , leaving the prisoner and three men in charge of his house in Belgrave . During the night the prisoner proceeded to a bureau in which she had seen her master place some gold , from whence she took sixteen sovereigns out of a sum of fifty ; she then out her hair off so close so as to resemble that of a man , after which ahe proceeded to the men ' s room , and dressed herself in Smith ' s clothes , and in suco attire immediately left th ; house . Being overtaken by the carriage of Mr . Hunter , of Brooksby Hall , his lady ordered the coachman to btop , as sho perceived that the prisoner had a singular appearance , and was crying very much . Upon some questions being put to h « r , she acknowledged that she and herself

      had committed the robbery , disguised in men ' s clothea to avoid detection . Tho mother of the prisoner having been put into the witness-box , said she could account in no other way for her daughter committing the robbery than that she wa 9 pregnant , and stole the money with an intention of providing herself during her confinement , and thus avoid the exposure to which sho would have been subjected . The Chairman , Mr . W . Meyrick , said it was one of the moat unheard of case 3 that bad come within his experience ; and had not the prosecutor recommended her to mercy , and some alleviating circumstances appeared in her favour , ho should inevitably have passed sentence of transportation upon her . The prisoner was afterwards sentenced to twrlve months' hard labour , three weeks solitary .

      Suicide— A stranger , on Monday evening last , about half-past nine o ' clock , knocked at the doorot the Temperance Hotel , on tflvet-bridge , in this city , and inquired if he could be accommodated wuh lodgings for the night , and was answered in the afiirmative . He was 6 bown into a room , and about ten o ' clock he rang the bell and ordered a cup of coffee and bread and butter . About an hour afterwards he was shown to his bedroom . His manner was strange , aud his spirits much depressed . The next morning he was found dead , with his throat cut . An inquest was held en Tnesday before Mr . T . C . Maynard , coroner , when evidence to the above effect was given by the two daughters of tbe landlord of the hotel . The following evidence was also given :

      —Mr . Bradford , landlord of the Temperance Hotel * deposed , that inconsequence of information whica he received , he went to the door of the room into which the deceased had been ehown . He found it fast . Ho knocked very loudly , but got no answer . He waited nearly two hours , and then sent for a joiner , and the door was broken open . On looking into the room tho deceased was found lying vn his side with his throat cut , and a basin full of blood standing near to him . He appeared to be dead . Witness sent for a surgeon , who pronounced him dead . The door had been fastened inside by the night-bolt . Deceased appeared to be about forty or fifty yeara of age , and about five feet three or iou inches high . Witness did not observe anyraaor .

      George Smytbe , a gentleman lodging at the hotel , Btated , tbat at about half-past six o ' clock in the moraine he heard a noise as of a person moving about , and distinctly thac of the moving of a washhand-basin or jug . About a qnarter ofan hour afterwards he heard a cry ot M Oh , God I Oh Christ'" Witneslcalled for the waiter . In * few minutes the landlord came up , and witness told him what he bad heard : they tried to open the door , but could not , and hearing no noise did not taae any further notice . The words were used as though the person was in excessive pain . Joseph Iddoie , - ~ v , L Jffi «<» r . rtated that he was sent for and found

      deceased with . a very deep cut in his throat . He examined his pockets and did not find any money ; he found » watchmaker ' s eye-glass , brush , and plyers , two keys and a tobacco-box , a razor strop , a tin box , and some bills and other papers . George Monkhouse , butcher , stated that he saw deceased on the preceding night , and showed him to Bradford ' s * Witness inquired of him how far he had comm and deceased replied from Hall , and that he had not tasted any thing for two days . He appeared to ba very depressed in his mind . Verdict— " Temporary derangement , from want of the common necessaries of life . "—Durham Advertiser *

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      ^ ========= THE NORTHERN STAR . 3

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      SONGS FOR THE PEOPLE ; or , the Poetry of Chartism : comprising a Selection of So . igs in favour of popular knowledge and public liberty , for use in the convivial meetings of the people , and on occasions of popular rfjoicing . Edited by a member of the National Charter Association . Is ' os . 1 and 2 . London : Dyson and Mortimer , Kmgsland-road .

      Upon the habits , spirits , and opinions of a people so markedly convivial in their character as the English , it is impossible that popular musio should not have an immense influence- ; and the music always most popular is that of tho ballad or simple melody . Tho ma ?? es of every psople are ? ong singers , bnt of the English people more especially . We are glad , therefore , to see in this publication a selection of such words as while they suit th « melodies best known among the masses , cannot fail to imbue both singers and Iateaer 3 with high

      thoughts and patriotic sentiments . So far tbe selections seem 10 be made with considerable regard to poetic as well as political merit in the pieces chosen . The Editor , in his address , claims free range over the pages of Shelley , Byron , Campbell , Moore , Burns , Eiliott ; the Poor Man , s Guardian , the Charter Newspaper , the Scottish Chactist Circular , Crisis , Pioneer , Democrat , Vindicator , Northern Star , Moral World , Odd Fellow , Cleave ' s Gazette , Chartist Circular , Evening Star , and many others , in whioh the people are wont to clothe their aspirations after liberty in the language of poetry .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 29, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct777/page/3/