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      " ~ A SO >~ G OF FREEDOM . ¦*« 1 ot £ t msy Jr- ^ g of Ms I&Sys charms , - Aud S » Bacchanal boast of Ms wine , Cc ^ dier jssy teD of hia deeds in arms , Bat a nobler theme shall fee mine , T imping o ! the joys that freedom grres , tt ^ erever its blessings are seen ; i ~ j there is not an bonsst heart that lires , 3 ni will join in ibe song I -ween . 31 y motto Jot ever , and e ^ er shall be , Success to the friends of the fair and the free

      « iE tnitor may scoff , and the tyrant may scorn , j ^ a : he lordiing may sneer at my lay , 53 t i » s bcrdSD ahall cheer the oppres 3 "d and forlorn , ¦ jftfli fl « l 3 ^ P 2 « »* * happ ' . eT flay j jt ^ aH srak ^ ^ slave to a sense of Ms ¦ wrongs , £ 2 d tis sob ? ? hall delight in the strain ; Tt jisQ **^ ilB ^ °° ^ Hi ^ 5 ™ "what to him 'belongs , _ £ Bd teadJ him t *> burst from his chain . My motto for erer and ever shall be ,

      Success to the friends of the fair and the free I wffl not debase God ' s imxf e on earth , Bj landing the despot ' s deeds , I « 31 not praise that as an sctioH of ¦ worth , for which common humanity b . eeis ; j -ffill sot sj-Jice at lonl rapiDB and "war , jior exult o ' er the blood that is spilt ; j jerei » S 1 hononr the conqueror ' s car , 2 f or glorify that -which is guilt NJ- ? mouo for ever and ever shall be ,

      Succtss to the friends of the fair and the free , 31 j so-S h shall praise the promoter of peace , It sh £ l Mew the benerolmi heart , It shall prey that prosperity soon may increase , ind thai s £ nfo from tba world may depart ; I * jhdnKKStfflT She man cf the ge »* roas mind , Vftsse bosom with . sympathy gloirs ; R slaB * vex admire tha friends of mankind , £ nd despise their contemptible foes . 3 Iy motto for erer and ever shall be , Success to the friends ol the fair and the free . ^ anchEster . Bbsjamis Stott

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      HANCHESTES —Calico asd Stuff Block Jsnaiss . —A Public ileesing of ihe &dotb trades nJ lelJ on Friday evening , in the Large Room of j » Faafield lEn , Fan-field-street , for the pnrpose of jgnJoniBg the Legislature on the enl < ff cis of maj ^ agrr . The large room was well filled witk ca « rs snd delegates from twenty country districts , fir . Beberi M'Farlans was called to the chair . He Tgi-3 letters from several members of Parliament , iBdodiag T- S . Bansombe , Esq ., W . B . Xerand . Esq-j Earl Siannope , and George BEiks £ ?

      lbs f ( ffloTsiag resolutions were ' proposed to the meeting and anainmonsly agreed to : — ll Ta&t it is iie ojMDion of this meeting that th « greai distress eiperkncedJij the operative block pri nters is solely to be atnilrated to the unrestricted aenon of machinery almost eaiirely tcperseding their labour and deprivlEg than oj the means of subsistence . " Thai the cslj remedy for iha removal of the jJaraung distress t 3 i be a resaiction « n printing machines , as a pro-• fisoa of-employment for those whose laboorhas ism superseded bj the machines . " '" That apetijaos be presented to boib Honse- * of Parliament , eabodjing the foregoiDg resoiniioiis priymg the Honourable Members to take into their most serions

      eaiadiranon our unparalleled distress . Tnih a view toremDveihe miseries we atpreseni endure" "That IS Dnrcombe , E = q , be requested to present it to the House of Commons , acd the Honjarable Earl JSBuBope » the House of Lords . " BATlKSIixi'Y . —A large pnblic meeting of liaeD iresTers reading in this town took place on Monday Egal , io adopt measures to prev ? n ; sn attempt ai redBeaon of the prices £ iT £ Q for Tick weaving , by a fas ia the town . Resolotions to supporc the men lio have tnmed out were agreed to .

      Sins of Tbade . —This town has snffered mnch ferbg the pasi week . Hnndreds have b ? en thrown csi of employment who will have to suffer all the istrcrs of destitution . The faney drill trade is now £ q 3 j closed for * h = season .

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      051 ^ HTEM EXAMINATION OF THE LATE

      MB , GARLLLE . ^^ injpecSon of the body of the luts Mi ¦ j ^^^ iile , some paints of no ordinary-interest ^^ s formerly the subject of an attack of paralysis , jj ^^ ae fxaminstion proved to have been caused "by Ta-PmT ^? 11 of l > looa ^^ a TaTV uranal sitnation , *'»» moi a t flii ' fte iase vI ae bxain - JMa ~ { oim jjj ^^ -siy happsns In the proportion of nine in fonf 3 Se&lHtf ' sccordfal 8 to the calculations of AudraL j ^^ n U belier ^ by all medical auttozities , that "^ feS ^ . JJeKMOr ^ ^ taL Hood . im M ^ se PMTed not only thai effusion of Sgg" raMiderable qtrentlties , may havebeen in this £ ~ T * "J ' "wUiout bang immediately fatal ; bat with Sea . iHSi ?* ™ pnnity , withoat loss of consdous ¦ r ^^ - ? 11- CMffle ' a bnin welshed 3 lb . 6 ca ^ d Uie ^ v T" ¦ " Ctrebellnm amcunied to 5 ez . 5 drs . ** i , ^ ^ ** $ * - therffore . tl the latter to the tot-« the hr ? ° * ° aiDe M ? 1 a ^^ Tte measurements ^ fca xnL Saasir : ia t escefeded tae aversge European ^ e ha ^^ fl dath " ^^ eo ^ sct ^ ^ th the stats of ^^ - » na fceart The formtr -were in the canoition 10 at- rck cf BroucSefcs for the most part

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      FTJXERAL OF RICHARD CARLILB . ( Written expressly for the Star ) «??* ^ cer emon y te ° k Place on Sunday afternoon tte request of Mr . Carlile when living , the burial ser-Tice , or " pwestly ceremony , " ^ aa to have been wholly dxspensM witii ; hut , in this expectation , the friends shew fieCeaS 8 d Were ^ "PP ^ tfid , as the sequel will The Pkocessios ha-ring been anncunced to start from the house of the departed at two o'clock , a number of respectable gentlemen had . agreeable to the announcement , conjrrejrated together , in Bouverie-* S * f : ^ ^ * " ^^^ street , near the entrance of that thoroughfare , at the appointed hour , among whom Watsonthe

      Mr . , publisher , ( late of City-road ) and other Liberals of long standing , were distinguished . The hearse and mourning coaches ( five in number ) did not , however , arrive at the house until about three o ' clock . In fivB minutes after , the corpse was brought oat and pntinto the hearse ; and in about ten or twelve nrinntfcs afcer the arrival of the vehicles , the procession started for the place of sepulchre . The route it took was . through Fleet-street , Temple-bar , Strand , Gharinccross , Gockspur-street , Pall-mall , Waterloo-place the Quadrant RtBent-itovet . and Oxford-street ; then along the Edgeware-road , \ iia TjburD- « ate « 7 e ) . Harrow-road and thfcuca to Willesden , where the Cemetery is situate ! The mourning coaches -which accompanied the hearse -KBre fil * ed with the male friends of Mr Carii ' e . In the one attached to the hearse were his three sons ; on the right sat Bichard Cariile ( the eldest ); on the

      left , Alfred [ the middle son ); and , in the rear , sat the youneest son , Thomas Paine Carlile , beside of whom , and in whose care , was a respectable-looking male child , apparently about eight or ine years old . Among the mourners were , Mr . B . D . Cousins , the Radical printer and publisher , of Duke-street . Lincoln ' s InnfieiaB , and Mr . Allen Davenport , the veteran writer and bard , who has been so many years known in the ranks of Rspublicanism ; and it is a p ' . easing fact to record , that notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather , abont two hundred persons ( males ) , admirers of the deceased , accompanied the procession on foot the whole distance from Bouverie-street to Kensal Green , a distance of little , if any thing , short of six miles . Ererj oas > of the followers was dectntly attirdd , and iome were strikingly remarkable for their gentle manlike ertarior .

      The Isierme . nt did not take place till about a quarter to five o ' clock , a few minutes after the arrival of the cortege at its destination . The coffin having been lowered into the grave prepared for its reception , the bye-standers commenced looking anxiously around them , expecting the arrival of some gentlemen who , they coDJecmred , might have been engage- ! on Uie occasion to speak Mr . Carlile's funeral oration , as was d ^ ne a few years ago , at the funerals of Thomas Hardy and John- Gale Jont-a , at Bunhiil Fields , especially as they were inwardly persuaded , and bad even heard , that the deceased had constantly reiterated it as his desire , that at Jtis kurial , ' no priestiy ceremony" shomd be observed , if it could be possibly superseded . In this expectation they were , however , disappointed ; and

      were morever informed , that the corpse would not be allowed to be covered over until the rite to which tfeey objected had been g ^ ne through ! whereat great dissatisfaction was evinced by all prestnt The multitude assembled were kept waiting round the grave for about a quarter of an hour , without anything being done , in consequence of the clergyman , { the Rsv . Joaiah Twiscer > being professionally engaged with several other funerals which had preceded Mr . Carlile's in arrival Shortly after , the surplieed pastor arrived at the foot of ill . C . * s grave , with an opsn book ( the Psalter ) from which he was ab ^ ut to proceed to read the burial service , when a scene not very customary at a funeral , ensued : Mr . Alfred Carlile , on the part of his father and his surviving family , stepped forward towards the minister ,

      and firmly objected to the performance of the rite in question —[ hear , hear ) . The Rtv . Gentleman replied , *• I must perform my duty .- ' Mr . Carlile . jun . observed , " S : r , we protest against the performance of this ceremony . Our hitc father lived and died in opposition to priestcraft of every description ; and we , thertf ire . protes : in his name against the service being read "—tbtar . hear , and good , good . ) The minister here observed that , he ceuld noV help the aversion on the part of the deceased and his family ; and intimated the ground whereupon they stood being consecrated , the performance of his accustomed duty was imperative—adding , that if they had given previous notice of this their objsction , they might have had their father interred in ' the other ground" Blinding to some ypot contiguous , not

      consecrated , and , constqa « iily , less bolj ! Another sen of the deceased- bers remarked , This , Sir , is our ground : we have purchased it for our family ; and we do not require the service to be read—it is a mockery . ' " The i » a £ tOT xnen rtpuca , n wm a roorkcry th « n , sir . to bring him here . " Tne third son now st * pped forward and said , " Then , Sir , mecb the service is to b > 3 perform : *! , we will have our way thns far—vre will retire , and not listtn to it . " {•• Ktar , hear , " and a loud burst of appisnre from all sides of the grave . ' ) The Rev . Gentleman her- ; remarked , with great sauvity of manner , " That , of eonr ^ s , gentlemen , is as yon pJtase —I h » VB eo wish to interfere with your determination upon that point ; but yon must bear in miud , Gentlemen , the consequences of any determined opposition to

      my sacred duty . " Tne Messrs . Carlile and the mourners , one and all , then left the grave with contempt ! The clergyman then commenced : *• A man that is burn of a woman hath but a short time to live- He comtth up , and" At this moment , a voice at the bead of the eravo exclaimed , " I move that all Mr . Carlile ' s friends immediately leave court" ^ Htax , hear . ) Some others rejoined , " Yes , let us fallow the example just now set us , and not stay here to pay complaisance to this mummery . " < Hear , hear , with loud applause . ) ThiB suggestion was simultaneously acted upon ; and , in less than one minute , the minister was left to read the funeral serriee fwhich he recommenced ; to only tbe sextan and one or two isolated individuals who were standing on the clayey monnd that bad been raised by the spade of the grave-digger I The ceremony aver , one

      of the deceased ' s Bons addressed the spectators to the tffect that the rite that had just then been performed over bis late father w ^ s without their concurrencethat be , in conjunction with his brothers , had done all in his power , to prevent it ; but their efforts had been fruitless . For their own part , they disclaimed it , in act and deed . Ho then thanked him , as friends , Tot their prompt attendance on the occasion ; and , thus conclnrting , bade them b social farewell . The Rsv . Gentleman displayed no bicotry en the occasion ; and 1 consider that he was officially consistent with order when we look at it in a bnsinfcss-point of viewleaving religion out of the case . The coffin of the departed- was topped by a large brass plate , I should say , about fourteen inches sqnare , bearing the foilowiug inscription , engraved in boid Raman characters : —

      " RICHARD CARLILE , Bob * 8 th December , 1790 , Died 10 th February , 1 S 43 I have learned this morning , from respectable authority i > lr . Cousins ) that iir . Watson had asserted to some friends at the burial ground , that if he hart bee - * appealed to land that sufficiently early > he would have beta prepared himself to deliver an oration over Mr . Carlile's remains ; and that Mr . Alle < i Divenport , as it teas , would fain have obliged th * company present in that way , but for the apprehension he wa 3 nnder of having to walk to town , as the peri-ormanee might caufti him to lose his conveyance—for the coaches were

      in a fcuTry to proceed , after the mourners had left the grave to the clergyman and sexton . Trie Times cf thid morning—witi ; its accustomed predilection for hyperbole —asserts that , during the burial service , the pastor was interrupted by " ribald jes s . " Now , I can vouch foi the utter fallacy of this statement There were no persons pretest of a character at all likely to indulge in ribalfiry . The Times must look foi thai in its ot » -n circle—the aristocracy—who patronize the gambling table , the turf , and the priza ring ; and not the soeiety cf the intelligent and moral admirers of liberty and free discussion , who by-the- > iye , have neither time nor money—like their patrician enemies—to sacrifice at the shrine of voluptuousness and " ribaldry . "

      T « ere were , to be sure , two gentlemen standing at a little distance from the craTe ' a head , who , by theii smiles , indicated thtir utter disregard for the ceremony uc- er p erformance ; but no " interruption" of the same was aUempted . One of them , when the clergyman came to that part of the service relating to a " sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life , " certainly re marked , to his friend , ( but in a tons to be heard by no other ptrson than myself , who happened to bs near to them ) , thatAe did not consider there was or could be any surety or certainty upon the subject . If , Mr . Editor , your readers , to whose reason and judgment I appeal in the matter at issue , should decide that the above noiselr £ 3 nttsrance of sentiment on the part of one psrson to another , was tantamount to " noald jeetin ? , " the offend ing parties must certainly plead guilty to the charge ; and I myself will not go out oJ my way to palliate theii crime , by endeavennng to cast them

      screen them from the imputation thus upon by the " Times , ** whose reporter , by the bye , or any other person there present , could know no more than merely that , by the motion of their lips , they uttered something . Having thuB minutely detailed the particulara of Mr . Carlile * funeral , by a more careful , and conseqnently more accurate account than will , I apprehend , be riven in any other jenrnal than ftis , I will now , with the resder ' s permission , rerart to a scene In The Dissectin g Room at St . Thomas ' s Hospital in the borouih of Southward , wheie the body of the deceased was retained , for the benefit of anatomical science , exactly a fortnight . The day after its receipt thereinto , there were , it appears , a few select parties zdinitted by tickets only , to view the corse ; bnt Una was either prior to . or at the commencement of the dissection . I believe myself to be the only person ( except the professionals ) "Rho saw Mr . OuHle is a stefc

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      of material mutilation- . My visit to the above place was performed on Monday Last , the 28 th inst ., pursuant to a complimentary privilege iranted to me on the occasion , by Mr . Alfred Carlile . ; and upou this respectful recommendation , 1 was courteously received by Dr . Wu ; - £ Lt . ld . whom I met without knowing him . nntH he acknowledged himself a * the'owner of the name 1 inquired for , at the door of the counting houee , in the first area of the building . Having there told him the purport of my visit , he said I wa 3 pyrfestly weleome to the indulgence I so ea-eriy sonsht for ; but he would remind me that the body of ibe deceased had been there eight days , and was therefore , by that time , so viuch mutilated as not to admit of a recognition of any r . f his features , even by his nearest friends I but ,

      neveri ? ieless . if my euriosity was intent upon seeing the identical remains of Mr . Carlile , he -would , on the rtcummendatton oT hia son . most cheerfully oblige ma We then procteJed together across the next area ; and having arrived at a large avenue , on the left of which was the entrance to the dissecting room , the gentleman resumed , ' Here is the place wherein he is lying : but , before I open door , I would advise you , if you have never before witnessed the interior of 8 uch a place , to forego your intention . Don't , for a moment , mistake my meaning : 1 shall think it no trouble to oblige yon . I am only paying respeet to your feelings aa a stranger to snch a place . I will admit you , with the greatest of pleasure , if you think it will not be unpleasant to your

      sight I replied that , I felt inwardly persuaded that I should not be unnerved . The door was then opeced , and myself polite . y ushered inte the room by my distinguished escort . The first thing that met my eyes was , the body of a child ljingon i * s back with its face excoriated , and its feet near to the wall on the right ; and a little further on , nearly opposite , the body of a fuli grown person Ijmg on ita belly with the left leg off while , to the left , as one enters the door , lay the hacked remains of Mr . Carlile . -with his bead near to the walL I confess the rght w as iuore unpleasant to my eyes than I anticipated ; but I will , nevertheless , sum up the resolution to give a description of what I saw as correctly as my memory will permit .

      The face of the coree was literally flayed ; and a student , acting under the surveillance of Dr . Wbitneld , was chipping aTa 7 small pieces of flesh neaT the ear ( which was also either flayed , or entirely of—for , in the confusion , I really forget jtA'cA ) with a lance , for the purpose , I conjectured , ef arriving at certain veins and muscles ; while on the left was a young gentleman ( also a student ) leaning , quite collectedly , aganst the wall ( in which the door is ) with both hia hands in the pockets of a poncio coat , wLich was closely buttoned up to the chin . The room was spacious , and the walls .

      m several places , were " hung , " not " with diamonds , " but with unsightly black skulls , suspended by ropes to pegs erected for that purpose . I was the only person in the place beside the professional gentleman and the two students , who seemed somewhat surprised at my entrance with their superintendent—seeing I was a stxauger . ' You see , sir , " said Dr . Whitfield , ( pointing to the body of Mr . C . an sn drew close up to it ) " he was a man pysvessed of fine muscles , and must have been strong and pawtr / ul , for a man of his size . " [ Mr . Carlile was corpulent , and below the middle stotur .. ]

      " And pray , sir , " inquired I , what , might have been the weight of his brain ? ' " Taiee lbs . fi . z and 3 drs , " was the Doctor ' s reply . The truck had evidently been divested of the intestines ; there was a horrid aptrture on its anterior , and a membrane , clogged with fat . was turned outwards , and was iying on the left breasi ; and , as & surcharge of fat T » und the heart was said to hive been one among tha complication of disorders that accented the death of Mr . C , the greasy membrane to which I allude was , no doubt , ths pericardium . Dr . Whitfield and myself then left the room , and proceeded together into the street , when we had soma little chut . His conversation was chitfl ; professional : it did not turn

      upon the subject of the opinions ( either political or theolojfieril ) of thu dec-eased , whom he did not , in my presence , either laud or condemn . So whatever might bav *> been his private sentiments—whether Christian or sceptical—om thing was le * s equivoc . il : he was , decidealy , no bigot . He reflected , disp . iringly , upon the superst : tiou 8 prejndice that he said prevailed against dissection '; and remarked , that my friend , whose corpsa 1 had just left , had acted rationally in tha bequest he had made of himself for that object . But there wtrre , he said , persons out cf number to be found who were ever ready to stab the reputation of a medical man . upon the slightest error he might havs the misfortune to commit during his attendance upon a patient ; and yet , thosa very persons , owina to the superstition

      he reverted to , virtually denied him the opportunity of knowing his profession , or , at least , of improving it We then parted in the usual way—the gentleman having previously given me his hand . The spectacle I had just witnessed , though it did not unnerve , produced , nevertheless , a rather singular effect npoii me , and I won d advise any parsons whose curiosity , perchance , might direct them to wend their way to a dissecting room , to dine before they set out for that object ; for ifeey wilJ not , 1 apprehend , receive therr dinner with any great last , afUiwards . I speak from a close consultation with xr . j own feelings upon the subject . It was afternoon when I visited the hospital , an < t I had not ytt dined , but intended doing bo on my way tnltner , t > nt . as It tbexi <> oct ? rrea to mo . ttiat . tiir-li a delay mig ' it cause me to forego the ohj . ct of my curiosity , by making me too late for admission , I devnied it a-ivisabie to defer the receipt of my dinner

      —thinking tb'it on my return f : om that place I could have it comfortably , and without that hurrying and ennfusion which must inevitably have accompanied an earlier partaking of the same—I was , however , Burely disappointert ; fw after 'what 1 had ¦» itnesied , as above described , inv appetite wss complet . iy si t azainst fl-.-sh . It was the first time I bsul ever setn any thing bearing a resemblance to meat , in human shape , and every butcher ' s shop , thtr * -fure , after quitting tha place of dissection , presentta to my vision a nust horrific appearance , an-1 caused an unpleasant association of ideas to occupy my mind ; and therefore with my imagination thus distorted . I bfctook myself to the nearest coflve rooms I could fi . n-1 , and there allayed the appeals of hu .-. ger . From that instant I have made bread , cheese , pastry , &c , answer all ths purposes of diet , an-i have cot touched animal food since . Henry ^ cclthoep .

      17 . Douglas strent . Westminister , Middlesex 23 ih February , 1843 .

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      BARBAROUS TREATMENT OF A COLLIER

      BOY , Is'EAR ELL AND . ( From the Halifax Guardian . ) It is this week our painful duty to record one of the most revolting casjs of barbarous treatment that it tverfell to our Jot to notice . Tne case affords another illustration of the cruelties practised upon children doomed to slave-labour in a coalmine , and we br % diatinc ' . ly to observe that we have understated ra'her than ovfr ?? ated the treatment of the wretcn whosu name we shall shortly introduce .

      James Whiteley , a poor orphan boy , about seventeen y-ars of agr , was appren : ic . -d to Joseph Whiteley , collier , residing at Bla ^ kley , near El . and , about seven years ago , as a hunter . He was then only about nine years of age . Fryin the first day of his apprenticeship to his cruel master , he haa been the subject of the most severe and harsh treatment . Tne labour to which he was put in his mere infancy was the veriest drudgery , aud when hia limbs failed to do their duty , a Luge susp , or not unfrtquortly a thick piece of wood , waa most inh&manely'applied to his person . Six o ' clock in the morning was the usual

      hour at which this poor boy was seat into the pit , and at the samo hour ia the evening—but uot uafr . qaently eight or nine o ' clock—he was again submerged , his only subsistence being a muffin , or some other such eatable , aid the water in the pit . The cruelties practised upon him have been greatly increased since his inhuman master was married ( about two year 3 since ) , the woman it appears having taken adisiike to the poor orphan lad . As a sample of thrf barbarities which this collier boy has had to und . rgo , let the punishment ho lias experienced duriug the past fortnight suffloe .

      It appears that the severe flogging which Whiteley received caused him once or twice to run away from h ' . 3 master . A short time a ^ o he was so beat with a hurrier ' s strap , and a heavy piece of wood ( piece > . i an old cradle ) , that he a-ain resolved upon running aw ^ y . Ho did so , but " on Tuesday wtek he was broi ; gh ; before the Halifax magistrates by his master , charged with disobedience . Through the threats aud menaces of the cruel tyrant who had treated him so barbarously , he was stating the whole facts of the case to the bench . Tae kd had intended showing the various wounds iuflicted upon his person enough , however , was said to induco tne magistrates to reprimand the master , and the boy was ordered to go baek again , and the master warned not to ill-treat him ill future . This warning , however , waa neglected . The same day he administered a most brutal castigation to his victim , lad

      which he repeated every day while the remained with him . Our readers may imagine that the harrowing details which are to follow are tinged with au air of fiction . They are facts . The poor lad went down in the pit , was beat with a slick , and between each stroke the instrument was dipped in water . The lad's back became ore mass of sores , and it was impossible for him to lie in bed , While subjected to this inhuman treatment , he was allowed three meals per day . of thin water porridge only , and in consequenoe " of his brutal treatment boua broke out in all parts of bis body . Frequently was he sent into the pit without breakfast , and obliged to perform the whole of hia drudgery . What made this the more painful was the fact of his labouring under the effects of a severe wonud inflicted upon his right knee some time Bince . On that occasion while beating him with a hurrier ' s strap , the master took hold of the end opposite the buckle ( which is

      generally a tolerably large one ) , thus caus-mg a severe punishment ; in one of ihe strokes the buck caughl the poor lad on the right kuee and tore awa a large piece of ie&a \ Tha lad , however , vra = Eti forced to work .

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      On Thursday night week , this monster master ducked the lad s head three or four times in a bowl of watei . wetting his shirt all over , and forced him into the o , Uar . where he was locked up all night , without b sd , © hair , table , or even a morsel of Btraw ! Tl e same treatment was about to be practised on Fn day night , but he begged so pitifuJly for mercy tha t he wa 9 allowed to go to bed . Ou Saturday nigh * i however , he was again forced into the cellar , wht re he remained all night . On Sunday morning L e was brought out ; no breakfast was given him ; but , as a further punishment , his master suspends a heavy bag of iron round his nock and forced 1 iim to walk up and down the room under the terror of another flogging . Some

      cold porridge ( which had been left the previous day ) was warmed up and offered him , but he could not eat . Hia master then left tho hou ? e , saying he would look out for a good thick stick . The woman shortly after left the house for the purpose of fetching sonx ^ water from a neighbouring well , and tha lad being ihusfor a few momc-ms left alone resolved upon trying ones more to escape from a worse than African slavery . With great exertion he managed to loose the bag of iron from his neck , and made his escape into Grim-war Wood . From thence he stealthily proceeddd to the old Copperas

      Works , where be remained till night-fall . During his concealment in the Copperas Works he heard his master seeking him . The lad , -srhen referring to this circumstance , shudders involuntarily , saying , " I did tiemble then . " Fortunately , however , he was not discovered . At night he proceeded to Elland where a charitable woman took him into her house , gave him some coffee , and provided him with a bed . On the Monday he went to one of the constable ' s who took Mm to Mr . Joshua Dodgson , one of the overseers , who was so etruck at the shocking spectacle which the lad presented , that he resolved upon resuing him from his inhuman master . He was

      brought before the Magistrates on Tuesday , by the constable , accompanied also by Mr . Dodgson . His back was exhibited and presented from the naps of the neck downwards one continaed series of bruises , evidently effected by some solid but thin weapon . His ri ^ ht hand was also dreadfully swollen in attempting to parry off the blows . One part of his body presented rather tho appears »» - ?} of raw , diseased meat than of human flesh ' . ¦ •/ _ ' I It was at first intonded to take out a warrai . iur assault , but on conferring with the Magistrate it wsa thought btttcr to take a summons for ill-treatment , with a view to cancel the indentures and release the lad from the liability to such cruel treatment .

      The lad was subsequently removed to the workhouse , where he was put uuder proper medical treatment , and the most assiduous attention has since been paiii to him both by Mr . and Mrs . Dyer . Wo understand that Joseph Whiteley , the lad's master , will be brought up before the Magistrates this day . It may be interesting to know that thin unfortunate orphan boy is brother to the girl who figured in a wood-cut which appeared in the Guardiin some tim 3 ago , illustrative of the cruelties and indecencies practised iu the coal mines near Elland .

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      A VOICE FROM THE DUNGEON . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN StAR . SIR , —I hope you will not think that by addressing you I nni seeking for notoriety ; my motive for so doing ism ' .-roly t' » open the tyes of the hard toiling millions , th it they raa ™ know the misery we are suffering for daring ! o assert our right to a voice in tho making of an agreement between the employer and the employed . I know full well that a leUer from persons suffering under . the cruel hand df oppression never failM to t-niist tha sympathy of the working classes in their favour , and more especially if they wero mou wlio ¦ eeere suffering for advocating the right of thu working classes .

      1 have for several years past se / n , by great exertions in the cause of Chartism , that you have the good of your fellow-creatures at heart , and that you have been among the foremost in opposing and exposing the trickery and fraud of the would-be friends of the people , always taking the cause of the working classes as ytmr own by supporting tight against might ; being aware of this , I fully rely on your randour for publishing to the country an account of some of the many miseries endured by us for daring to tell the haughty tyrants that

      their evil was not good . I have often . read with surprise and indignation the cruelty that political prisoners endured . The letter , of O'Connor during his incarceration in York Castle , particularly utmck me , and I must confess I thought they were rather exaggerated , bnt painful experience has learned me that all and muck more was true ; no ono can form an adequate idea of our sufferings , unless they have bean placed in a similar situations You may judge from the following to what a state we are reduced : —

      W $ have a room about eight yards in length , and five in breadth , and ob each aide is a door , two caatiion pillars , about eighteen inches in diameter ,, which reaches to the ctiling ; a stone on one side with three slabs olaced threo feet from the wall , which , serves for tables , tosjethtr with the eame number ef forma , constitato the w ^ olo of the furniture , and this is what is called the day-bouse ; and in this place is huddled together fit ;> -eight men o ! all ages , good , baa , and in-

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      different Should tht wind be in ; the west , the place is immediately fillet with smoke , and in wet weather , Wo must either remain in the day-house to be almost stifUd . or bw drenched with rainjin the yard ; and we must also go in this state to a large room to pick wool , and if the quantity is not picked , in all probability our dinner vrill be stopped ; and I am positive , that it is almost impossible to prick the quantity that is given to each man , for it ia of each a filthy nature that the room is completely flUed with dust and Idirt , ; ind the thorny bum that are iu it often lame the fingers for two or three days , and we might as well complain to the stone walls as apply to those who consta tiy watch ovm- us vrhile at work . If any one is poorly we ^ re almost afraid to apply to the doctor . •¦

      About the middle of November ; last , a man of the name of Clarke was sent here for th « neglect of family . Shortly after his arrival he was taken poorly and was admitted into the Hospital . He had been there two or three daya 7 hen the old Doctor cani 6 i ihis was on Friday ) and in his usual blustering manner , thus accosted one , —Who sent you 1—The Governor . To another . Who sent you ?—The young doctor . TJuiph ! He then eame to CJarke . Put opt your tvvgue — Hem , hem . —Thsre is Dothing the matter with you that J fan curs . It ia nothing but laauws . Nurse , give the man a doae of salts , and seed him to his yard . Hia orders were obeyed ; on Saturday he was sent to his yard . On the Sunday be was so poorly that he was carried to the hospital a second tinw , and on Monday mcrtting he was a corpse . Need llsay niora ; the man came in strong < md hearty and teas carried out dead , ll is my Jinn cwtviction that had darks had proper attendarice he would now hare been alive . Thero are hundreds who can i-peak as to the : accuracy of this statement

      Sir , this being our situation , you may form some opinion as to the wretchedness of oar condition—sur- rounded by men who are callous to tae misery ol their fallow creatures , who think no more of tho death of a ' , human r-ehiR than they would of the dfath of a dog . I j could furnish you with facts of a simiVuT nature to the ) above that have happened within thoser walla , but will reserve them for another time , thinking that ths abuv » \ will be suffic-ent to prove to you that cur condition w far from enviable . ] j 1 think I should not be justified in concluding thia , letter without giving you some account oil the food which is allow « ri to eaeh prisoner . ; for some may think we have a sufficient quantity allowed , and that our con- { flnement is thtt only thing we have , to complain of , but < those who think thus , re greatly deceived > the follow- , ing are the rations y > er day *— ;

      At ha fpast tight we get breakfast , which consists of about 7 ( 2 of brown bread , ant one pint of skilly , and that nearly cold , o rare breakfust f . » r a man to tread the mill w . th ; at twelve we get dinner , which is either 2 oz . of v . ; ry bad bacon and something more thau one pound of potatoes , or one pint und a half of what is called scouse . or , if neither of these , wo receive the bread ah ^ ve mentioned , and a . quart of what is called soup , if possible more nauseous that ) the scou e ; at four we get supper , and we receive the same for supper as we get for breakfast ; at five we are locked up . fur the ninht .

      This is , if possible , worse than any thing elsefourteen hours locked up in a dark cell—than the wretchedness of our situation forces itself upou our minds ; friends , relatives , liberty and happiness , pass before us in quick succession . To give you an adequate idea of our mind ia inipossible , and therefore it is useless attempting ; but , sir , I hope the day will arrive when I shall be rewarded fxir all the misery I shall suffer during the two years I have to abide in this miserable dungeon . Hoping that the people will nevor relax their exertions until the Charter become the hw of the land , is the ardent prayer of An injured Chartist , James Williams , of Preston . Kirkdale Jail , Feb . , 1843 .

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      minds of their fellow men can become enlarged to tha objects they contemplate ; and this experiment , in common with everything else they undertake , has been , as far as circumstances would permit , ia accordance with the knowledge of the eystem that the society who have commenced it could be indnced to adopt . In tracing Mr . Owen ' s progress from 1817 to tfie present period , it is curious to observe the manner ta which various parties have from timo to time considered themselves qualified to co-operate with him , and carry out bis plans ; and also the modes fey which they have supposed tnemselves capable of accomplishing the Bame object by a muck shorter and more direct route .

      It is this belief , in my opinion , which ,, preventing a unity of purpose , has hitherto retarded a more rapid progress being made ; and I trnst . in the course of this Bur . ea of letters , without reflecting unduly on the past , to point out that it is to the immediate and paramount interest , not only of every class , eeet , and party in the State ; but also of every individual of the human race , to lay aside all selfish , personal , and sectional considerations , and to join in oiie universal cry for the introdoction of this system , the whole of the materials for frhich abound in superfluity around j »; and tbua forthwith to place man in a atato ui parmanently progressive happiness , increasing as rapidly as his faculties and powers can be enlarged and expanded .

      That such a course will be taken by all as soon as the subject is clearly understood I am well convinced ; and if through the medium of your columns I can aucceed io laying before so numerous and powerful a body of men 33 the Chaitists of Great Britain , the benefits to be derived , and the ease with which they may ba obtained , I shall bavs employed my time to a most useful purpose . Suffice it to say for the present , that there is no \ r ready for every individual everything required for the happiness and well-being of himself and ail around him , aud the nmie in wbiea this is to be obtained is easy and practical . I am . Sir .

      Your obedient servant , William Galpin Harmony Hall , near Stockbridge , Hants , February 13 , 1843 .

      Isanftvuptg, S«.

      ISanftvuptg , S « .

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      From the London Gazette of Friday , Feb . 24 . BANKROPTS . William Russell , of Kineston-upon-Thames , Snrrey , innkeeper , March-3 , at half-past two , and April 7 , afc half-past twelve , at the Court of JBmkruptcy , London . -Mr . Pennell , official assignee ; Mr . Chester , solicitor , Parsonage Row , Ncwiogtoa Bacts , Surrey ; and Messrs . Walter and Deuiainbray , solicitors , Kingstonupoa-Thames , Surrey . , R > hn Harrison Curtis , © f 2 , Soho-square , bookseller , March 4 , and April 7 ,, at twelve , at the Conrt of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . Pennell , official assignee ; and . Air . Kobson , solicitor , Cliff ^ rd ' s-inn . Mr . Joseph Pickering , of Bedford , nphoUterer , March 3 , at two , and March 31 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , -London . Mr . Belcher , official assignee j Mr . Dangerfield , solicitor , fiij . Chancery-Line , London ; and Mr . Brinton , solicitor . Kidderminster .

      James Imray , of Old Flah-street-hill . Upper Thamesstreet , and of the Minories , City , stationer , March 4 , at ten , and April 7 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . W . Whitmore , 2 , Bosinghail-street , official assignee ; and Mr . B , Wollen , solicitor , 30 , Bucklersbury , London . John Hague , of Rotherhithf , Surrey , engineer , March 6 , and April . 7 , at-twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . T . M . Als ; iger , official assignee , 12 , Birchin-lane ; and Mr . Ashley , solicitor , Old Jewry , London . John Thomas Linford a :: d John Weeks of Canterbury , chemists , Muroh 14 , at one , and April 17 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . Edwar d Edwards , official assignee , 7 . Frederick ' splace , Old Jewry ; and Mr . Baksr Peter Smith , solicitor , 17 , Basinghall-8 treet , London .

      Edward Morris , of Brighton , Sussex , Toubridgeware manufacturer , March 7 , at half-past one , and March 31 , at two , at the Court of Bankruptcy London . Mr . George Green , official assignee , 18 , Aldermanbury ; Meesrs . Freeman and Co ., solic'tors , Coleman-street , London ; and Mr . Btuson , solicitor , Brigh ton . Mr . Thomas Wrigley . of Halifax , Yorkshire , silk waste spinner , March 14 , and April 5 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Manchester . Mr . Joha Fraser , official assignee , Manchester ; Messrs . Makinson and Sanders , 3 , Elm Court , Middle Temple , London ; and Messrs . Atkinson and . plunders , solicitors , Manches er . -. '' .. ¦

      George Cobb , of Nottingham , licensed victualler , March 3 , at one , and March 31 , at two , at the Court , of Bankruptcy , Birmingham . Mr . Richard Valpy , official assignee , Birmingham ; Messrs . Johnson and Co .. solicitors . Temple , London ; and Mr . John Bowley . solicitor , Birmingham . Jesse Tarns , of Sheltou , Staffordshire , earthenware manufacturer , March 3 , at half-pust eleven , and April 7 , nt twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Birmingham . Mr . Richard Valpy , . fficial assignee ^ jBriningham ; Mr Warren , solicitor , Market Ifravton ; jinS Mr . Hodgson . solicitor , Birmingham . * * •<» w 5 £ ... ' ° * George Seaborn , of Berkeley , Gloucestershire , baker , March 6 ' , and April 13 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Bristol . Mr . Gjorga Morgan , official assignee , Bristol ; Messrs . A&um and Willis solicitors , New Broad-street , London ; and Messrs . Bishop and Wells , solicitors , Dursley , G ^ ouctstershire . ¦

      George Nowmirsh , of Nottingham , dealer , March 10 and April 3 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , L'teds . Mr ; George Young , official assignee , Leeds ; Mr . J « hn Bowie ; , solicitor , Nottingham ; and Messrs Johnson and Co ., Temple , London . David Duncan , of Derby , dealer , March 6 , at eleven , and April 1 ,. at half-past eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Birmingham . Mr . Thomas Bittleston , official assignee ; and Messrs . Huish and Co ., solicitors , Derby . James Wright , of Woodside , Yorkshire , dealer , March 7 , and April 4 , at one , at the Court of Bankrutcy , Leeda Mr . Charles Fearne , official assignee , Leeds ; Messrs . Robinson and Barlow , solicitors , Essesstreet , London ; and Messrs . Ward ana Son , solicitors , Leeds .

      PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . Richard Yates and John Hnggan , of Preston , Lanca shire , iinenHrapers . Edward Baynes and Richard BayDcs , of Lancaster , and Austwick , Yorkshire , corndealers . John Jones , Henry Curtwright , and Ellis Jonrs , of Rochdale . Lancashire , linendrapers ( so far as regards John Joues ) . John Holt and Thomas Ho ! t , of Manchester , plumbers . Joseph Newton , John Taylor , tt . U' 1 John Smith , of Leeds , nix-makers ( as far as regards John Smith ) . David Beynor , Edward Hughes , and Robert Jones , of Liverpool , joiners . John George Schott , John Casper Lavater , and Edward Buckler , of Manchester , merchants ( so far as regards Edward Buckler ) . John Moore and Co ., of Pudsey , Yorkshire , clothiers .

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      From the Gazette of Tuesday , February 28 . BANKRUPTS . Frederick Jokn Manning , money scrivener , Dyer ' sbuildings , City , to surrender March 7 , and April 7 , afc two , at the Coutt of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street . Mr Belcher , official assignee ; Messrs . Tippttts , solicitors , Pancras-lane , London . Lionel Evtret Parkins , chemist , Blcester-market-end » March 7 , at twelve , and April 7 , at half-past one , at th © Cuurt of Bankruptcy , Baeinghall-street . Mr . Belcher , official assignee ; Mr . Maugham and Kennedy , Bolicitors , ChaDcery-lane , London ; and Messrs . King and San , solicitors , Buckingham . William Harrup Swain , draper , Farnham , Surrey , March 9 . at half-past one ^ and April 11 , at twelve , at th Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street Mr . Whitmore , official assignee ; Basinghall-street ; and Messrs . Reed and Shaw , solicitors , Friday-street , London .

      Mary Evans , John Evans , and Thomas Howard Evans , paper-stainerB , Old-stieet-road , Middlesex , March 10 , at two , and April 11 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , BasinghaU-street . Mr . Alsager , official assignee ; and Mr . W oollen , solicitor , Bucklersbury , London . James Earp , victualler , St . George ' s-place , Camberwell , Surrey , March & , and Apr il 25 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , B . ibinghall-street Mr . Green , official assignee ; and Mr . Turner , solicitor , Southamp ton-buildings , London . John Wellington Jones , tailor , Calna , Wiltshire , March 9 , at one , and April 10 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Baainghall-street Mr . Turquand , official assignee , Copthall-court , London ; aud Mr . Cox , solicitor , Piuner'a-hall , Old Broad-street , London .

      William Elen , printer , Queen-&treet , Cheapslde , London , March 10 , at two , and April 12 , at twelve , at the Court of Binkruptcy , Basinghall-street . Mr . Johnson , official assignee , Basinghall-street ; aud Mr . Crafter , solicitor , Blackfriars-road , London . Jame » Stufebs , coach-maker , Worthing , Susa 6 x , March 7 , and April 5 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street Mr . Lackington , official assignee , Cojemau-street-buildings , London ; and Mr . Williams , solicitor , Alfred-place , Bedford-square , London . John Todd , ship-builder , Hylton Ferry , Durham , March 8 , at eleven , and April 11 , at one , at the Court tf Bankruptcy , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . Mr . Thomas Baker , offiuial assignee , Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Messrs Kidson and Sous , solicitors . Sunderland ; and Messrs Meggison and Co ., solicitors , King ' s Road , Bedford-row , London .

      Joseph BarghaU , coal-dealer , Rowton Bridge , Cheshire , March 6 , at eleven , and April 10 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Liverpool . Mr . Bird , official assignee , Liverpool ; and Messrs . Harper asd Jones , solicitors , Whitchurch . John Stephenson and William Haste , machine * makers , Bradford , Yorkshire , March 14 , and April 1 , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Leeds , Mr . Hope , official assignee , Leeds ; aud Mr . Blackburn , solicitor , Leeds . William Yates Norto ; , retail-brewer , Birch Bills , Staffordshire , March 9 , at twelve , and April 3 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankraptty , Leeds . Mr , Bittleson , official assignee , Birmingham ; asd Mr . Brews , solicitor , Bilston .

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      So Frn-SB than six Hres occurred in Manchester teing th * past week . las Applicants at the Manchester Workhonse SS 45 weesiv uiore than than this time lass jear . &CH . JS ike distress at Stourbridge , at the pre-EBiane thai 2 ^ 24 jieraans are dept . iid- _ n ; on the pau-raies of that pLuse . ^ Hi-CtrcEpD W 33 beard ia the the neighbourhood rfiKuddersfis-id a i " ^ m > o , The Clare J&trnal states that so neeattle , whiei lad beta sea ^ for poor iate 3 , were effrred in the town of TuBa , las ; "week , for sale , bat no oa 9 could be induced to bid for ihem ; they were therefore returned to ihe owners .

      At Bath , a unmber of poor men oni of anploj ment are endcaxocriag io obtain a living by dragging iboni , and menu j lor sale , vraggon load * of coals . On ae waggons are chalk g . the words ** Coals for ale by poor mta oni 02 " employ . " Is 17 S 5 iaere were upwards of 200 , 000 persons euipl&yed in the-operation of wool-combing ; in 1825 thej were rednsed to 50 , 000 combers , and now there are not more than 30 , 000 engaged at ii . Tke Cojll Pbopsietous in the neighbourhood of Vi £ anare retneing their establishments , and the coEeis cDEpkin that their condition 13 fast approvhiiig to that of the Bard-loom wsaTers . A Piw Dats ago a BiacK pony died at the pat a , je of fortj-ihrse years at Haborgh , near

      A 5 Dxihaoedeu 2 y Bas op Iaos . —The largest iirof iron -erer made "was Tolled at the Cjfanhf ATTO-Tnnte , "Bear Mertbyr Tydvil , on SaiuTdaj list , vxi is , we are informed , for a honse in Hoilsnd . It Eaeah : el > DU , 2 ofi in length and 6 in in diameter , ltd ireirbs absuj 2 j 4 ' ' 0 Ib . The pile from which it * u rolled -was about 7 ft long by 12 in tqnsre , and * Eij& * d npwaids of ^ OUib . The pile was taken from iheiea ! b } g furnace and pm at once into the leTis , jast in the same manner as they ro-1 bars of an er&srj ezb . It was rolled n * jder ihe able snperiatacaceof Jlr . Robert Crawshay . _ Gogd ApprxrxK . —** The tonic properties contained tt PaBR ' S LIFE PILLS , inTsriably r ? su > res the KCBBsh 10 a heahhW loj ^ ging for food , or rn other

      ^ Ss j H predeces a good appetite , so much enyied , "E ss-seldom enjoyed by the . inTalid ; the gentle ^ s ^ sas powers it possesses a = ^ i > a the stomach * ° pn > j > erly digest the food it receives ; ihe balsamic jj *^^ besiows on the system prod u ces that dejSkfc ! feeling of good Epiriis 50 very desiraale , and csposes both miad and body to fcealihy exercise ; ^ rerjthmg under its influence soon wears a joyous *^ ci , Wi { i the "rarioas duties of life are p ^ rfo rm sd ^* pleasure . It , in addiaou , contains a une . se-ia-. ' ^ aaliij , and intiead of long and w ? ary nights , PMsunnd and Ttiresniiig sleep . If theV-cmach *« ioweii require ii , it acis a < 3 the mildes : and OD ? t agreeable pargatJTe , and by its cleansing yvxtn loiaHy tradieates a rfidendaicy of bile , and ¦ wmpifclalj i ^ iaoYes nil obsirneuons ol the intestinal

      £ j ><» Cablos' IIasbuge to the Paixcfss oi " ^^"" Tais marriage was , h is well known , long | J * ii tee tapis ¦ indeed , 50 long , tha * many -mpposed B wonHn-K be accomplished / Bnt bow , it m * y be P « l could lXm Carlos , under h ; specuhur circmn-«* aees , tiki Portugal , —more particularly as he * " a victim to rhemnarisin , in consequence of «]>^ w » to Ej ght air during bis military marches ? ^ p ^ n crcj-cted was , to remove the Prince ' s IB ^ ai : i 5 Ei :-but hov ?— That was the question !' 7 ~« so happ-aed that General Philippo Gerralis " « BJ ! 5 of tha ; celebrated preparation called Hol-I q ^^ — ~; " «• GCi «; uraveu preparation cajicu

      iiui-% yT * liniment , in hi 3 malle , and by applying it *™» or four times to ths Prince ' s jomls , a most £ « P « £ e < 3 re w ^ s tff cted , and the Prince was , of it * ' " Qii . T , } ec to travel , and to meet h ? s charra'Tis «^ uf « f s- the pl ace of rendczvoui . Tae General of rT 1 Peace ' s portrait st ; in golo as a token " | 5 « graviTnde : and the oictmei-thas since that jj" ° a i > eea employed in Northern Spain for the enre Ci 2 ? r ** t Taritty of diseases ; such as scrofnla , t Z ~?> ^ - { rheumatism we have naxE-r-d , ) psra ^ ysi ^ ££ ail kinds , &c . It is grat-iyi g to * 6 & £ X \ ni"Tersal is the empJoym n ; of tiii * *" M > l 9 Ointment to all external disorders .

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      induces , the latter < waa somewhat enlarged and loaded with a considerable quantity of fat ' Mr . Carlile ' s case is an mstrnctiTe ose to the phyri-SSta ^ i&FS ? ^ ° «»«> -S » toll s ^^ j ftas&siif ™ **¦ * - — J ^ J % ? *!? a were fc ^ ly ftirnishe . } to our 232 : * ^ Wm&m 3 - ot St Thomas *

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Sin , —I have had two interviews with Mr . Dancombe ; and although he thinks nothing can be done for poor Ellis at , present , yet he pledges himself to use every exertion in toe poor exile ' s favour ns soon as the trials are over , and the political ferment arisin ? out of the tmls has subsided . Mr . Duncombe evinced the deepest sympathy with the undeserved sufferings of EH is . and listened to my narrative of our conversation in ihe dungeon with manifest interest . I regret to say that some one . ' ¦ ¦ i « l niado au unfavourable impression respecting poor EiJia upon Mr . Duneombe ' s mind , prior to my seeing him . That I hnva removed it , gives me inexpressible satisfaction . My vow , or , at least , the more important part of it . is now fulfilled .

      I address my Sbakspereans , by way of farewell , twice in the Le ' cester ainpbitheatre , next Sunday . The following Sunday , 1 have engaged to deliver two addresses at Weilneabury , where I hope to have tho melancholy satisfaction of seeing J ^ ia . Ellis j and the next , morning I shall be at Stafford , ready to present myself , once more , at the bar . ! I am , dear Sir , Yours trnly , Thomas Cooper . London , Feb . 28 th , 1843 .

      PS . Tarn sorry ! to say that I must disappoint the friends at Gainsborough , Newark , Arnold , &c . I cannot now make them the visit I proiu ; s « d .

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      DISTRESSING SHIPWRECKS . LOSS OF FOURTEEN LIVES . HARTLErooL—Thursday , Feu 23 . —It is our painful duty to relate one of the most melauchoty occurreLces that have taken place nrar thi . « port ( Hurtlepool ) . for many year 3 past . The brig X . L ., Captain Hindes , belon # in # to London , from Antwerp for Hartlepool , with a general cargo of merchandise , came on shore near this place at five o ' clock this morning ( Thursday ) , during a strong bretzs from about S . E ., with a very heavy sea running at the time . It is believed that Captain Hinder was a

      stranger to the navigation at the spot where the lamen ; able catastrophe happened , and having made too freo wiihthe land , let go his anchor , but unfortunately too late , and consequently the unfortunate brig X L , was driven hpon tne rocks , livery ussistauoe was rendered by th , e officers and men of the ceast-gua ^ d service , aided by the inhabitants , but unhappily without effect , tho vossel having , in about two boura , gone to pieces , and all on board , with the exception of a young man named Kyffin , aged sevouteen years , perished . The number who thus met with a watery grave ( including tho captain ' s wife , who unfortunately was on board , passenger ) was ten .

      Drogheda , Feb . 21 . —Yesterday ( Monday ) , the brig Margaret , Captain Paton , belonging to Irvine , N . B ., bound from Ardrossan for Dublin , foundered abont twenty miles east of Droghoda . Five of her crew wero saved by getting into the long boat , and cutting her adrift . There was a tremendous sea running at the time , and the Margaret in a few minutes disappeared , and with her Captain Paton and two apprentices . About fivo hoars after the vessel foundered , the boat , containing tho five survivors , was picked ap by the men belonging to the coa » t-guard servico stationed at Ciogher , and towed in there . Plymiuth , Thursday , Feb . 21 . —Yesterday , the Rosa , Captaiu Fish , from Liverpool for Yarmouth , put in here ( Plymouth ) . On Saturday , she was struck bv a hea \ y sea off Mm Smalls , which washed oneortha crow , named Rivers Gosling , a native of Yarmouth , overboard , and he was unfortunately drowned .

      Grim ? uy , Feb . 22 —Captain Woolney , of the regular London trading sch-jouer Providence , arrived here yesterday , and reports that , on Mouday last , he passed a vessel punk in about eight fathoms of waUr , Haisboruugh Light beaviug about S . S . W ., about six miles distint , snd the north end of Haw borough Sand Light bearing about E and by N . The masthead was painted green , and was about eight feet out , of the water , with the boom and gaff floating alongside . Captain Woolsey supposes the Wreck seeu by him to have been that of a billy-baoy . On Monday night , about eightVclock , Spurn lights bearing W .,

      from twenty to twenty five miles distant , the sloop Naucy , Cap ain Lott , belonging to Gravesend , was iu : i down by a schooner ( namo uuknown ) , supposed to be bound for the north . Thu schooner hove to , and showed a light , but owiug to the very heavy sea , aud the darkness of the night at tho time of the accideui , tney were unable to render the Nancy any assistance . The smack British Hero , also belonging to Gravesend , fortunately came up shortly after , and succeeded in rescuing Captain Lott aud his crew . Tne Nancy sunk about half-an-hour afterwards . The strange schooner proceeded northwards .

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      HARMONY HALL . TO THE EDITOR OF TUE NOflTtlRIlM STA . R . SiR—In the last ietter I wrote , I stated my readinsss to forward a serie . s of lottfcrs , " expiao . it > ry of what ia contemplated by the S > cialists in this « xperinient , and the degree of progress they have hitherto made . " The puMic mind iu now becoming aroused to tide importance of the l ; tn <) question , and it will require all the t-nen ? y , zeal , and talent of every indiviilu il capable of treating it broadly and justly to supply the demand for information respecting it that is being row rapidly created . With these preliminary remarks I proceed to point out to such of your readers as are not well acquainted with the xuhject , that the S > cial body are associated , for the object ot removing , at the earliest ; possible period , all the causes which produce vice , crime , and misery in the world ; and of substituting in their place the causes which produce the greatest amount of permanent bapniness to every individual of the human race .

      They found their expectations > f baing cnabl d to do this upon certain fundamental facts or l ; iws respecting the nature and organ zation of man which have been hitherto overlooked in toe constitution of society ; and from thuse facts - * > r laws they i'JeducB two distinct but most important sciences , namety , the science of human nature and the science of apci ty . By the former they know that exp ° naTice w ; l ! enaWe thorn to ln / truufc thoir fjllow men . In auch a knowledge of their org ^ iiizitions , aa sh . iU completely change the present current of their idraa , arid c mvinc ' . them th . it the actinns of all men : ir « necessitated ; that the feplin . gH and convictions of all we produced independently of any will they ta . iy have on the suVgect by the circumstances in which they are placed ; and that either these feelincs or convictions , or bi > ih of the'u united , will

      prompt them to action and form the will . By the latter they expect to be enabled to construe 1 ; a system of society capable of producing , not only a due supply for the physical wants of ev ^ ry individual , but also every requisite for his happiness , by the ! full development of ev ,-ry faculty and quality he may possess , physical , mental , and moral . : f It is on these two sciences , as laid down by the Rational System , tba * all the i proceedings of the S-cialists are based ; and although there ex ' sts , even among the body who have aassciated themselves together to carry out the principles , a considerable difference of opinion as to what those rprinciplya really are , and a still greater as to the rammer in which They are to be reduced to practice—yet , in propjrtion as the truths of the system become manifest to the minds of the disciples the progress of their introduction will be made .

      It has appeared to many who have looked superficially at the subject , that failures have heretofore taken place in the development of the plans for introducing the National System of Society into practice ; but if we rtfl"ct , that in the year 1817 , Robert Owen first annouueed to the public , that he , without any other assistance than tho truth from which he had compiled bis system , int-wded to destroy every institution of society , and make it give placd to a new and superior mode of human existence , which should gradually be made to be desire 1 by all ranks and classes , and see ihe progress wtiich has been already made towards the attainment of this object , we must come to the conclusion tlut ihe iassbrtiou was no id la boast ; but that what has been done is must astoniaaiu « , and the whole will most assurtd ' y and speedily be realised .

      What are the relative positions-of the various p irties concerned in this declaration rvt tho time it was made and the present period ? In 1817 , believing that Mr . Owen was about to iutroduce soinuihing which would minister to tha preconceived notions and prejudices of Uia various ranka , classss , sects , and parties , and that by hia assistance the existim ; order of things was £ . b ^ ut t-J be prolonged , uctler sjina sii ^ ht niodiiicatious ; b& was , for a time , the idol ut those who were satisBea and contented , and wus dreaded : for his conservative principles by those who foil that some great change was

      necessary , which change th « y thought could be < -ff-j-ted by violent opposition to the exist ' ng powers . No sooner , however , had Mr . Ofith made the memorabi .-declaration which he did , at the City of Loadon Tavern , in that year , that there existed much , very much , of error in every religion in the world , and that nothing short of an entire revwlution in every institution ami custom of society , and a reconstruction of the elements of which it was cosiposed on jan entirely different basis , would enable him to proceed with his designs , thau he found himaslf more or less opposod by evory individual in the world .

      From that period to the present , Mr . Owen has undeviatingly pursued his course , and it must be left to future generafcv ns , who Bhall have taken a clear conception of the wholy of Lis vaat and comprehensive plans , to do anything like ad . q late justice to the consistency with whkh his coutus h&d bw-. n pui&ued ; it is sufficient f . » r me at present to remark , that from the opinions of a single iadivkiual , opposed to , aiid oppuseJ , by , every power , ! nw , and custom , by which the affairs of man have bL « n hitherto governed , we flLd the principles are now not only the regulating standard for a body of men , who have come forward opeDly to

      declare themselvts disciples of ; the system , and are prepared to devote themselves- ! entirely to its introduction in practice , and who have formed a society for that purpose more strongly organized than any that has hitherto existed ; but theyj have also made the deepest impression on every rank , class , sect , aud party , not only in tL ; 3 country , but throughout the civilized world ; and the fundamental doctrine which they contain , on which every superstructure must be based , namely , that the character of man is formed for him and tot by him , is now ] almost universally admitted , and must soon become the moving impulse of al ] human nation .

      1 an > . aware , with some of your readers , I shall I considered as travelling beyond the object I proposei niuveiy , that of explaining what ia contemplated b tar . Socialists in this experiment , but it is necessary I s ' aew that in all our transactions we have the universi and permanent happiness of the whole of the huma race in view , to account for [ what woald otherwii appear the delay which takea [ place , ia immediatel putting together , as may otherwise be easily tlone , small economical association ot , men , c > nnnad solely ' the supply of their physical wants , and held togeth by strong coercive regulations . ¦

      Ta » grand " leading object of the Socialists being put in operation a system of society such aa I have givi a : i outline of in the above remarks , tiiay have ha and they will have , to process in proyortioa us tl

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 4, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct792/page/3/