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SGRAPS FOB RADICALS ., . XIX . X . T . CLlSCY . THE MOUNTAIN 2 TTMPH , LIBEBTY . J £ j Mountain 2 rymph lB a Wooming girl , Hercbanns like crescent "beams are soiling ; Her raven losks , and teeth of pearl , Set many a gay Lothario phung j Her bosonrt ^ n ambrosial bed > And Flora < jaeen of \ flo-wcrs xeigas o ' er it : 32 iere eonld I rest my drooping head , Sfer halcyon heart -would soon restore it xbera Sadding xoses tempt the sight ; Bat my- fell rival ? hath placed o ' er tkem I yt + searinels as black as night ,
"Wao shoot at all that stand before them . Then to the charge I tho' I may fall , Faint by my "Rounds in freedom ' s trenches Bain if condensed might drown as all ; BaS scattered mists can only drench us !
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? 0 B FREEDOM ! FOB GOD ! i AlfD FOB BIGHT ! 2 ! XX . Tea , tie dnngeon Bath chains for the patriot mind , Tho' eoid irons azsdglooin with him dwell ; His heait * B -sita the free , tho * his Trill be confined E ^ = n for life , in oppressions' damp call : ¦ When captive to darkness his soul can impart To his vison a radianee of light j A . "bright lamp of Tengesnee ! to cheer up the heart From the dnll dreams of slavery ' s night ; £ -i ? o ! d such be my portion of slavtsmaking laws , Were I doomed to ths prison this sight , Hy voice to ye bondsmen is " on in the cause " On , for Freedom J fcr God » 1 and for Eight !! <
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IMPBOMPIU . XXI . T"wo Qnskers cecs in Conferenc ? elate One wcT 3 his hat the other sat -without it To prove the hypocrite , sham friend , complete—j What two conld go a better -way about it ? Oae loved his spotless tils , and -would not doff Tie emblem of his cresd ; he feirned no baiter ; Tbe other less politely Ecanrpsrea ^ ff ; l&st his broad brim should cradle np the Chsrtei ! * Tyranny . + Church and State .
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IXSCBXPTIOX FOB A SGIEXIIFIC XECTHRE BOOM . The bright c ^ ssUal GodSess -worship'd here , Is Scssacs- loocr hearts and souls 80 fiear . She needs no priestcraft to uphold her nams , ?* or blood-stained altars to support her fame ; yer tities , nor-taxes , from ibi " pooi sfee draws , 2 ? or fiction Bte&s she to support her causa ; As man ' s best Mend , she fredy lends a hand To build Ms house or cnltiTAfce his laiid . Then lei ns rally round her radiant Bhitld ;
Hsr conquering ftather'd -wtapons let ns -wield ! Eershiildis trnth , her "weapons are our pens , Xst's icase -Biih . these tte tyrants from tiieir gens . That emd tyrant , Ignorance oft doth bind , Tiie reasc-nmg members of the daiken'd mind ; And stubborn prejudice Eke evening shade , Obscures the ^ ays that science bright bath sp read . Then let us hope "when with her Irisn&shiD blest , To ris = and soar above the vuli ^ r mist , Of eastom , prejudice , and ^ nsh iike things , Bow to tha Lord , bn : fear not priests rrii ^ ss . T . Rjlneis .
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GLOTJCBSTES LyDEPfDE . vr Order of TJsii £ D -eoxbebs , Leicesteb Umtt . —Oil Tuesday "week , a Lodge in connection with the order opened at Gloucester , being the second in that toira . On Wednesday , ( the nexi day ) another rrza opened at Cheltenham , on srlueh occasion twenty-three persons were initiated .
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Thibteex Cffcscnxs iaTe been bull ; in Manchester during ice last seren years . Thb Bishop c ? Loxdos has received £ 5 < K 0 from &n anonymntis donor , to be expended in building a church in licnooa . JIjss Phillips has given the munificent donation of £ 1 ( M ) O 0 . to the Weleh Society of Ancient Britons , -which supports upw&ids of two hundred orphans . Thsks Me ? while " dredging" for shrimps on Briscow Banks , near Boiton-le-Sands , were orerwhelmsd "b y the tide , on Than-day eTening * and were rwimeii -rriiiun a short distance from the shore .
Dr . Misrcs , the eMef sra ^ eon the Naral HospitaJ ai Ma ] ia , * r&d shot dead by a sentry of the 88 : h Bfgiment , as he was Etepplug oqi of ihe door of Hear-Admiral Sir John IJouiri , where he had been « n a profesaonal Tisit . 2 Skr « aase is assigned for the v . Tub To-ht . t Cocttctx . of Glafgow , by a majority of eif hl-een to thirteen , haTu pa-sed a vote of censure on Sir James Camphell , ttie Lord Provost , for pri--rstely negociansg with Ministers to hara the city placed nifieT a system of police reflated by Go-Terumentj jmd obnoxious to ths inhabHant 3 fenelaliy . Qs Wedsesdat last , a steam-esgine boiler barst at the fnrnaces of Messrs . Morns and Son , Tipiaa , wijereby one man lost Ms life . The boOer Was torn from iis bed and carried to a distance of fourteen yards , and was rent into shreds .
It was stated , in the Insolvent Debtors' Court oa Tnursday , by Mr . Baritelot , lately a hair-dresser in B ^ eDt-sireet , that his insolvency was attrlbnted to ibs recen ; change of fashion in ladies' hair . The ringlet ~ ( he said ) were the most proStable , and the ?> lii > i bands introduced by her Majesty tcere ihe ruin of hiir-dressers . It jhas been estimated by Dr . Thozna 3 Dick that Bsce ihe creation of the world fonrteea thousand i Euihan 3 of beings ha"re fallen in the battles which i IBM hi ? W 2 ., ged sgainst bis fellow-creature—man . If tht ; fcre-fb | prs only of these btics- ; were to be , laid : p a straight line thej would oat reach more , than 60 D Oi ) 0 miles , beyond the moon . Losd de Feetsx ha 3 become an exterminator Aecci-ding to the Rofcommon Journal he turned a * lot ri people near Longhlin hoaseles * upon the world ' l » 5 t week . Tba cabins -of the "wretches haTa been !
raised to the ground . These cases o ? hardship ara atrnbutei to bis Lordships ageats . He himself iso ' efcribed as a humane man . j The svx of Two- ~ pence is levied on each pedes- trian-wio may walk alou s his Grace of Buedensh ' s fplecdid pier , z . % Granton . A Gentleman ; t « E 2 inj ^ onnned near the shore for alms , hastily ' lephed . ** Iso , eo , I have jast g : ven my las : procy ' to the Dnke of Bucclengn , *• Ah I { replied the mendicaatj , is he upon the tramp too 1 " ' ^' atebfcsb . —The d ffi ? alty of collecting the poor lite cou inue 3 . There was a meeting of tbe auiho- ' Tines on Saixrrcay , vrhen it was agreed that the ' m 2 i ary should nos be called out to assist in the ' ' « o " evtTon . A large number of Giulrier men armed 2 ^ 0 > t'Cks paiadtd ihron / h the Pireeis of the city on Xn- _ « iaT , bnt witberat breaking the peace .
. T-ee bobi of tee Poob Law collector of Dutefek , a _ tho cousij of ii-. ath , was iound on Sstnr-iay ia a czich ia tne neighbourhood of that village . He . tad ir&n iu-ned o death , and a considerable sum of j BiDnrj was loaad upcu ids person—so that plunder , was evidently m-t toe otjf-ci of his murderers . He " •^ as a ptrsan o / excdleni character . —Dublin Evcntn 4 M _ U . Bjj-. BA 2 prs Mrai > £ H Df TfPP = 3 ABT . —TheNenagh Gua-dian prcs the following particulars of the reccLt rt
niEr / i £ r r-ear that town : —Even on the eve Blo ^ rasszs , 2 jjd at tise concia ^ ion of that for the BOU ' U Tidino . an sir ^ eious and brniil murder ta ~ bfcea ^ pfcrp-trated in our ridinx . The cabin in which Ins > -irk dted was done is verging ihe read side . * B 5 r ^ ch wa » its appearance that at first sight we Ev ?~ - >~>? ed it to be a hovei for J > ig 3 . Into this den the dtcti ^ ed , Patrick Tierney , entered , for ihe purpose » f an- -king his pipe { as it is represented ) . The woman o . tae house , her two small children , and a girJ ^ Qyd Grady , about eleven years of agp , -were m'Jaa ; bw , the owner of the house was out to visit
a B 2 igbboar . After some time a young man named ¦ aie ^ iiLjiiTing about twenty perches distant—enters 2 ~ st down—smokes with thVdevoted Tiemey—and Bien retires . Almost immediately after a number of aen canu into the cabin , ordered Tierney on his sees , and broke in his skull with sticks , stones , and 3 > ades . The onfortunato being ' s for ehead was ^ Bs ^ sbed , and his hrain 3 burst out . The woman s » ssi 3 t hsi she ran and hid ner « If and her children fc&cer the bed—that she dia not lear the mnrderer 3 Of the murdered say anything beyond , Tierney , go « jonr kaees / and' 1 am ofi . What was the crime « r which Tjernej was sacrificed ! On the 25 : h nit ., ¦» - » » f c . » w * A * vj jj ( U SfKAAUVUU i \ Si ± »** w t + vm ** — - «]
» "was fired al ( as he swore ) within onehnndred jaxds of the spot » t wiich he subsequently met Ma {«» . Two balls perforated Ms bat ; and for tkat "wnjptoails life iwomenjEarned Michael Larkm , tea Thomas Gleeson , were oommijted to stand their ™« at Ihe present sssizs 3 . On iMs day the Bight -non . Baron ^ . Lefroy will visiV Nenagh , tor the pnr-P ° 5 e of opening the commission ; and it must appear Joyin g to Ms lordship that , on the very eve of the r ^ " jary being Ewora , a barbarous murder should f * pfcrpeirai-d within a few miles of our conniy ¦~* n ; ttd that , too , for the pnrpess of invaL'datmg a PKkefuhon for waylaying and attempting to shoot . ^ J ttq ^ it ^ 35 ij ^^ and a-Te-dicj of -wilful nmrder
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Who will claim < theh ?—The morning after Yaiemine ' s Day two letters were delivered from the Post-office , Warrington , to the letter carrier . One ¦ was addressed to " The ogliest woman , " and ins other to" The prettiest girl , " in Penketb . The postman must have found Mmself in " a fix . " He wiEely returned them , affirming that there was none of the formerj and that as to the latter , there were so many he did not know to which of them the valentine ought properly to be delivered . The " AsHOBiCADf" of Brest states , that a convict ,
named Lambert , has invented a machine by which in case of accident , the carriage of a railway train may be instantly detached fiom the tender and stopped , whatever be the speed at which they are travelling . This convict had previously invented a speaking trumpet , constructed on an entirely new system , capabb of conveying sound even in the midst of the noise of a sea fight . 4 n conseqnence of Lambert ' s good conduct since Ms confinement at the galleys , tne king has been pleased to commute bis sentence of perpetual imprisonment to fire yews of ihe same punishment .
The Lease of a Towsxajtd , the properly of Count de Salis , in the county Limerick , had expired . Coum de Salis refused to receive any man as a tenant unless he bound himself , in Ae strongest terms , to remove none of the existing tenants who were solvent . Lord Gniilamore , one of the largest landowners in the county , bce&me tenant to the entire tract , much to his own inconvenience , and has announced to the occupying tenants that they will have the holdings at his own rent . Honour to the heart of Standish O'Gra ^ y . He wants no title to ennoble him . He ennobles the title . Hia own words , assigning the reason for his conduct , speak more for him than a volume . ** 1 regard the small farmers of Rahin , " said his Lordship , ** not as tenants , but as friends and neighbours , the comrades of my yonfch . "
It is asserted that the apparently "D'opian project of aerial steam-vessel 3 is not impracticable . The Atiizs says , by glancing at the petitions presented in Parliament last week , it will be seen that Mr . Laboucherre begged leave to bring in a bill to enable the Aerial Gcmpany to purchase the patent right from Henson and Co . This so fw proves the troth of our former avowal ; and to further attest the fact which we then made known , we believe we shall be enabled , at the end of the pr ^ .-ent month , to farnisb not only an account of the * apparatus , but illustrations also of the machine in its progress through the air ; its interior , an 1 its general form and structure . " As Paddy says . " nothing beatB the invention oi man , barrin' the bee * . "
The following enrions instance of the feroc 5 f y of the rat occurred in Kirkaldy the other day : —Some piteous had alighted in a back court , when one of thfm having -tapped on a stone perforated with five or six holes 5 8-hs of an iach in diameter ( covering a small drain or sewer ) , some rats bent-atb got bolJ of one of its toes , and pulled its ) --gs thron ^ h one of the holes close up to its body . The owner , observing from one of his windows the bird fluttering ob the ground , ran down to ascertain the canse , when he found its leg held hard bj tne vennin bereaih , On pulling it up , the whole fleshy parts of the thigh were found entirely eaten away , leaving nothing bnt the'bare sinews and bone .
At Walton , neaT Chesterfield , the other day , as a farmer was in the act of devouring an apple pudding , made by the servant-maid , he suddenly discovered that he had something in his mouth more difficult of mastication than boiled apple : it turned ou % to be tie head of a mouse , which had been boiled with the pudding . The girl , for her mischievous propensities , was chai-ti&ed with the end of a rope . On the following day , the master went ¦ to his dinner , ai usual , and asked wha : she had coeked ! She told him " u > look in the pot . " Be did so , and saw nothing but the rope ' s end 1 " 1 had ii for dinner yesterday / ' said the girl , " and it inew only fair you should have it to-day . "
As ws Anticipated , an attempt was made to exclude the gallant Commodore Kapier from the Senior United Service-Club . The ballot took place on Tuesday last , when there appearf d no less than thirteen black balls against his admission . It is known that one black ball in ten excludes the candidate ; and it therefore follows that the gallant ofiicer mu ? i have sine times the thirteen balls , and over , in order to neutralize the efforts of the hostile clique—that is to say , he must have bad 118 white balls . For the credit of the c ' ub , we are glad to state that he was hailed on the occasion by an approving salute of 195 white balls . —Observer ,
New Method op Maexsg Type . —A patent is about ro be taken out for producing printing types on a new principle , without the necessity of casting , The amalgam of the metal trill be different to that dow Hsed , being harder , consequently more lasting , and better adapted for machine-printiBg . The cost , it is expected , will be rather lower than at present ; bat the principal economy will be in its durability . With the aid of the eiectrotypins process , some ingenious practical men in London are realising money by supplying small founts , and wbai are technically termed lines , sorts , and fac-similes , ai very reduced prices . —Magazine of Science .
Longevity . — "That wh'ch establishes on good grounds a hope for prolonged sxi ^ tence , will ever be welcome to the human mmd ; for notwithstanding ihe trials , vexations , and difficulties incident to this life , the love of life increases with our years ; ii is one of the innate principles of our nature , and cannot be explained away by any of the subtleties of the sophist , nor overcome by any assumed dignity derired frczn a fal = e pbiiosP-pay- We therefore Fay to thosa who arc suffering from ill health from whatever cause ; to those who are approaching what is now called old age ; to those who are sinking from premature decay , make trial of Parr ' s remedy , which has never yet faiied , —whieh is as certain to cure as the snn is to rise , —which from the innocence of its composition can never injure ; to each and all we again say try , and yoa will soon look upon Old Pannot merely as a curiosity on account of his great age , but as a benefactor to the human race , in leaving this invaluable remedy to the world . "
Disaster at Sea . —On Monday last , the Providenee , one of the Kewlyn fishing boats , landed at Penzince , Captain Lancaster and three of his crew , who sailed from London for Gibraltar and Barcelona in the Hope , of Hull , a short tiroe ago . It appears that the Hope enconntered a heavy gale of wind off Cape Finisterre , and was thrown on her beam ends , when the mate and one man was washed overboard : the latter fortunately reached the vessel again and was saved , wfailsi ihe- foracT , whose name "was John
Tincent , met a watery grave . Ultimately they were under the necessity of cutting away her masts , which had the desired effect of rigbtiDgher , and a jurymast having "been rigged , after beating about for some ^ ays , Jhey fell in with a French vessel fifty miles west from the Land ' s-end , bound to Newfoundland . Finding their vessel was making water rapidly , the crew abandoned the Hope , and got on board the Frenchman by fastening a line which ww thrown to them round their waists and jumping overboard . The fishing boat fell in with the Frenchman shortly after the men were taken on board . — West Bnlon .
The late Awful Eaethquake in the West I > "Dits . —It is a remarkable circumstance that , about forty-eight hours preceding the appalling earthquake which visited Gaadalonpe and other West ludia islands adjoining , a terrific hurricane suddenly broke out in the British Channel , whieh lasted several hoars , and which exwaded over a considerable space , both of sea and laud . There was also a very sudden and heavy fall of snow , which happened about the same time , in England , Scotland , Ireland , France , Holland , &c . Rapid changes of the meteorological instruments were also observed , 5 imuit 3-neonsi 3 , in various parts of the country , accompanied with extraordinary variations of the teniperarure . Taese phenomena were generally noticed at the time . From tha commencement of the year various extraordinary meteorological appearances have prevailed , amopg which not thj leas ; was an eruption of Mount Etna , which occurred in January .
Total Loss of the Ship Corxubia . —By the Acadia steamer , which arrived from New York on Tuesday last , accounts were bronght over respecting : he total wreck of the splendid first-class packetship the Cornubia , Commander Mr . W . Bell , belonging to Liverpool , during a heavy gale of wind , while on her outward passage to ihe United States . 1 'hs passage after leaving Liverpool appears to have seen exceedingly severe , the ship encountering a series of tprrifB .-: gales , and being more th % n once , in crossing th- Atlantic , nearly crushed to pieces by immense icebergs . Ail those difficulties having bee-D jvercome , the crew were in hi ^ h hope of gaining heir destination , Maranham , in > afety . But , alas ! Jreadful doom awaited the ship . At about two
clock on the morning of the 11 th of February she jcame a wreck , about seventeen miles west of Atail-jma Lighthonse . Directly the ship struck , the : ew exerted every nerve to get her off , but the sea ad wind , which were tremendons at the time , pre-; nted them , and she soon commenced to break np . he commander , Air . Bell , remained on board as ng as he possibly could . He had previously had te ship ' s boats hoisted overboard , and , finding there eie no hopes of preventing th ? destruction Of the 3 S 5 el , he Jeft her to the mercy of the tempest . In aking for the shore , the boat which he was in capeed , and the whole of those in her would have mritably perished bnt for the promptness displayed f the sMp ' s crew in tne other boats . By the time
tey were picked np they were al * nost exhausted , pon the British Consul being apprized of the saster , he forthwith directed Her Majesty ' s steamjgateArden to proceed to the wreck , in order , if tssible , to save a portion of the materials ; bnt on 5 airival , such was the position in which the ship y , that it was dangerous to go near her . Since ea , it is said , the vessel had gone to pieces and disipeared . Her cargo was a most valuable one , nsisting of merchandise and goods of every descripm , and is stated to have been worth from £ 12 , 000 £ 15 , 0 D 0 . Mr . Bell , the commander , arrived at ivtrpool by the Acadia on Tuesday . The total loss not far short of £ 20 , 000 . Tae ship and cargo are port-sd to be fully insured .
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A Negro no Person !—Judge Morrow , of Mb » - aonri , has lately decided " that a negro slave could not commit forgery , as , by the constitution s . n < i laws of the country , negroes are not rec--i £ nised as persons , any more than any other animals . "—AntiSlaverp Reporter . Slavery in America . —We copy the following annoancemeut , as disgusting as it is atrocious , from the Ficksburff Sentinel and Expositor for the 31 st of January : — " For sale , a lot of about thirty negroes , Consi-tiEg of thirty women , boys , and girta , all raised together % and not bought tip . for speculation . They may be seen at » he ferry landing , on the Louisiana side , opposite "Vicksbnrg . For further information apply at the Giidewell House . "
Extinction of Peeks . —Dcring the past year three peerages have become extinct , thirteen have descended to their respective heirs ( of whom two have not yet attained their majorities ) , while one English bishop and one Irish representative peer have died . Two peers who prc-viou-ly had seats in the House of Lords , have succeeded to higher titles , and the four Irish bishops are changed in the customary annual rotation . How to Find Out thb Owneb of a Dog . —At Chelmsford , last week , a tax-gatherer stated that there were 5 , 000 dogs assessed in his district . It was very difficult , he said , to find out the owners of seyeral dogs ; " nobody knew anything of them . " Bui he had succeeded in several instances , by giving a dog a cut with his whip , in passing . The dog howled . " How dare yon whip my dog ? ' cried tbe owner . And thus tho sreret came out . A clever dog , this same tax-gatherer .
Treatment of Criminal Lunatics . —At a meeting of the Governors of Bfthlehem Hospital on Friday , Sir Peter Laurie , tho President , being in the ohair , it was rroved by Lord Shafcesbury , and agreed to unanimously , that when visitors went through the "wards , & . o-, the attendants be ordered not to mention the name of any patient even if required to do bo by the visitor . All the criminal lunatics are dressed alike , and ao distiction is made in the treatment As Mr . Cook , an extensive cattle-dealer , livirg at Newnham , Bear Tenbury , was on his way home through Bewdley Forest from Birmingham market ^ his horse was shot dead under him , and tailing to the ground with the animal , he was instantly surrounded by a gang of four or five rnffians , who , afttr most cruelly and grossly maltreatiDg , him , plundered him of cash to the amount of sev « n hundred pounds , and then made off with their rich booty , eluding at present all trace , of discovery .
FxrPAORDiXABT Economy . —We find the following announcement in a London paper : — " We understand that an order has been forwarded to the Police Commissioners by tho Home Secretary , directing that the fires in Police Courts and the prisoners ' waiting room shall bo discontinued from this day forward . " There is not much either of humanity or economy hero . As the financial affairs of the nation are by some people considered at zero , we presume the Home Secretary is desirous of reducing tbe atmosphere of tha police courts to the samu point . We should iike , however , to see him strike at higher quarry . Why confine his aiteutioas to Jhe miserable wretches who dance attendance at Bow-streev ? The cooling process should be tried upon a host of plethoric vultures who infosi ; the public offices in almost all departments , -who for their own sakes , if not for that of tho publio revenue , might properly undergo the operation of
blood-lettiug-A return has been laid before the House of Commons , showinjj the amount of gold , silver , &c , con tailed in \ etter 3 which have be .-n consigned to the dead-leUer offi ; e . in London , Edinburgh , and Dublin , during the five years ending 1841 , and which ha-1 been opened because the parties to whom they were addressed could not be found The amount in gold , bank notes , and silver , fouud in such letters , for tbe five years , was £ 28 . 893 for London , £ 696 for Edinburgh , and for Dublin £ 2 . 830—total , £ 32 , 424 . The total amount in bank post-bills , bills of exchange , promissory orders , &c , exclusive of money , was £ 2 . 053 . 341 . The amount restored to the owners was £ 167 . 179 , and that paid into the revenue £ i 34 ; but it is necessary to stale that the bills had all Deen restored or destroyed by the authority of the owners , and the sums recovered to the owners for the two last years cannot be stated , as tho " dead" letters had not remained three vears in the office .
Supposed Murder at Reading —Much excitement hi « been occasioned in R- 'adiujj during the last few day- by the mysterious circumstances attending the death of an aged man named Samuel Steers , who was found drowned in the Kcnnett , with his legs tied , and one of his pockets turned out , on Tuesday night . Deceased was a carpenter , and had lived in Reading nearly the wLole of his life , his sober and industrious habits , as well as bis general good character , having rendered him much respected . At about seven o ' clock on Tuesday evening he left home , previously telling his wife he was going to Mr . Ing ' s , a collector of pew renis , to pay for the las * quarter ' s sittings at Triuity Ciiurch ., which amounted to 10 s 6 d , and of which he then had a bill in his hands : he
added , that he should also call on one of the officers of a benefit club , of which he was the audiior , ou his way , but he should be back in time for supper . A ff w minuteB after seven be called at the Globe Inn , Horn-street , whero tho club meetings were held , and after waiting about ten minutes , went out again , appearing in good spirits , as usual . He was afterwards seen by a third pany near Katesgrove-lane , at the bottom of tne s > troet , " K < 3 ing in the direction of Mr . Ing ' s house . A few minutes after nine o ' clock , however , the same evening , he was met in Mill-bin ? , by a man employed at the mill , who states that he was then going towards How-street . From this time he was never seen until taken out of tho water ( at half-past nine ) , near Victoria wharf , about halfa-mile distant from the mill-stream , where ho was discovered by some bargemen in the employ of Messrs . Drewe , floating in the water . On being taken out and examined by Mr . Houlton ,
superintendent of police , he had nothing in his pockets , one of which had been turned inside out , and bis legs were tied together with a piece of tar twine . There were no external marks of violence , except a slight bruise under the left eye , a small cut under the chin , and two slight grazes inside the upper and lower lips , occasioned Un the opinion of the surgeon ) by their being pressed against the teeth . Early on Wednesday morning a labouring man discovered tho hat and apron of deceased concealed in a dunghill near the Jack of Newbury pablic-honse , on ' . ho side of the mill-stream . The apron and string were cat asunder , and some blood stains were on the former . On the ground , near the dunghill , some other spots of blood Wtre found , and also several screws and key 3 which had been in the old man ' s pockets , and some halfpence . — Globe ,
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EARTHQUAKE IN LANCASHIRE AND
CHESHLRE . It has been already roention&i . that tb . o shock of an earthquake had been felt on Friday woek last , about twenty minutes past eight o ' clock in the morning , in the neighbourhood of Blackourn , Roebda . V and the district to the north-eastward of Manchester , and that it apparently had for its centre tbe chain of bills which separate Yorkshire from Lancashire . It appears not to have caused the slightest damage ; bat ) it wa& remarkable as having been tbe third which has been experienced in the same range of country within the last few years . The fltat took place on the 20 th of August , 1835 , and the second on tbe 11 th of June , 183 . 9
We have now to mention , that another and a more violent shoes , or rather shocks , for in most instances two w * re felt , occurred a lew minutes before one o'clock on tbe morning of Friday last , and that in Liverpool , Manchester , Lancaster , St . Helens , Preston , and , in abort , in almost the whole of Lancashire ami Cheshire , from which accounts have yet reached , either one or both was generally experienced ; they followed each other in such rapid succession that to many they appeared to be simultaneous . In Liverpool and tbe neighbourhood they w ' ete very distinct , an interval of
from ten to fifteen seconds having elapsed between each . Several who had retired to rest , slept so soundly as not to have perceived the convulsion of the earth ; bnt others fait it so strongly as to create in them considerable alarm and apprehension . It was preceded by a rise in the temperature and a dimness of tne moon ; and tbe effects in all cases appear to have been similar in many respects—namely , an agitation of the floors , windows , and furuiture of houses , and a lifting np of the beds . Subjoined are the particulars of the visitation in several parts of Lancashire , derived from various
sources!—" We have , " says the Liverpool Standard , " heard the descriptions given : by indiviuuals who reside in different patts , but the most connected and intelligent we have been able to obtain have been furnished to us by the town-clerk , Mr . Radcliffe , who resides in West Dssrby , and by Mr . Whitty , tbe head constable , whose hou-a adjoins the central police station between Geerge ' s and Canning docks . Tho town-clerk stated to us that he had been writing in his room till half-past twelve o ' clock , when he retired . He bad been at rest a few minutes , when he was startled by the bed shaking , and tha furniture being agitated with considerable violence . This lasted for a period ef six seconds , or
fiomevshat longer ; and \ t -was fottowed by an apparent rumbling from beneath , and an indistinct noise in the dressing-room ^ adjoining . Some alarm was of course excited by these unusual circumstances ; and Mr . R . Rt' 1 cUff « , his son , having experienced exactly the same sensations , the conclusion was at once arrived at that it was the shock of an earthquake . The noise which followed the shock , for none was observed to precede ii , appeared to the town-clerk a ;; d his son to proceed frum north to south ; but there was neither time nor opportunity for marking tbe direction with accuracy , and it is probable there may be a mistake in this respect , as it does not correspond with the accounts from other parts . No damage has been done at West D ^ rby .
" The narrative of Mr . Wbitty is uiorp in detail , and from his situation at the time will probably be found on a comparison of all the accounts to be the most generally accurate . He was in the parlour of his bouse t » king a cup of cofiae , when , exactly at flvtj minutes to one o ' clock by the poiico time , he suddenly heard and felt a violent agitation of the windows of the whole house , and of the floor in the room in which he was sitting . Being accustomed to hear loud bxplosions from the works in Albert dock , now being excavated , which is at no great distance , he was not much surprised at the noise ; but at the same time he observed to Mrs . Whitty that he thouglt tho ex > ta vators had purposely caused the explosion to take place underneath his windows . In less than a minuto
aUirwaies anoth .-r shock followed , infinitely more violent thoa the first ; tho house here shook from top to bottom , aud a violent rumbling noise was heard under the house ; just as if a dozen railwuy trains had been ruuning through a tunnel . The shock and the noise were so loud and violent as to awaken all the family who had rfctirt-d , and , if by consent , they assemble . ! on tbe stairs in a state of great alurm . Having quieted them , Mr . Wbitty went into the street , and the policeman on duty at St . George's Dock bridge tuld him that he was leaning against one of the pillars there , when suddenly he thought he heard s carriage run rapidly across the bridge , and the ground rumbling and shaking all around him . This officer perceivtd two shocks . The policeman on duty at tbe north end of Canning Sock was next questioned by Air . Whitty , and he stated that he first heard
aoiue caBks , which were lying on the quay , move as il they were alive ; they tumbled and shook , he added , as if some mon were concealed in them . After this the house was examined , and it was found that tbe windows on the second floor ( French ) had been forced open by the shock , and some furniture had received a trifl iig displacement , but no ; damage was done , and the alarm soon subsided . Mr . Wuitty added that the shock appeared to him to proceed from east to west , and that noihiug could bs more distinctly perceptible . The first shock lasted from three to five siconds , the second from seven to ten seconds ; and at first it appeared as if the tower of a church , at some distance , had fallen down at one crash . Not the le . ibt remarkablH circumstance was tho agitation of the horses in the stables throughout the town , particularly in the south division . No damage has been done to the buildings in any part of the town .
" In Dcane-street , Kensington , and the district adj ~ iningtfee Botanic-gardens , two shocka weie distinctly felt . ' In K ^ rkdale , and especially at the House of Correction , the shock was very distinctly felt . Mr . Amos , the governor , was up at the time ; and he states that Urn minntes before one o ' clook the porter's lodge , and several parts of tha gaol , shook and trembled greatly . The difference in point of time of the shock being felt here and at other places is probably owing to tbe variation of tbe clocks . The house of Mr . Appleton , which adjoins the Court house , felt the trembling of the earth in a , still greater degree .
" The shock was felt with considerable severity on the Cheshire shore , opposite to the north part of the town , and extended ( more particularly as far as we can yet kear ) over tbe surface in the Wyrall Peninsula , on its east side , contained between Wullasey Pool and New Brighton . This includes Seacombe , Egremont , Liscard , the Magr . znes , Wallasey , && In Liscardand Egremont , it was distinctly folt by many persons , nearly or precisely at the same time ; namely , ten minutes to a quarter before onu o ' clock . " Mr . Matbie , a gentleman in the employ of Messrs . Gibbs , Bright and Co ., and who had before witnessed
several earthquakes abroad , was awakened by the shock at a quarter to one o ' clock by his watch He heard the internal rumbling noise that generally accompanies such phenomena and sensibly felt his bedroom shake . The crockery ware on the washhand-stand made a considerable rattling . The house , was not , however , shaken so as to crack the walls . There could , he says , be no doubt but it was an earthquake . He got up and dressed . Several persons i ;; the neighbourhood also rose from their beds in alarm—the greater part not knowing whut to make of it . The windows and doors of many of the houses shook and rattled . A young lady in one bouse was so alarmed that she rau from her owu bed into that
of her sister-in-law . " Mr . Griball , in the Customs , says he was asleep at tbe time , but bis wife , who was awake , sensibly felt it and awoke him . She went to the window , aud their first impression was that some accident from explosion bad taken place at the Magszine . More than a diz n respectable gentlemen in the neighbourhood felt tne shock in a , nearly similar manner . " In ' Mulberry-street the shock appeared to have been felt severely . It is in the highest part of tbe town . It was also fe . t distinctly in Abercrombysquare , in tbe ssinie neighbourhood . " At the police station in Brick-street ( south part of the town ) , the resident keeper , David Wilsonr who was above in bed , became so alarmed that he ran down stairs , where it had also been felt by Samuel Tuck , of the police , who thought the building was shaken by the cart that sometimes comes to the station .
•• We have the names of many highly respectable gentlemen residing in various parts of the town , as well as in Liscard , Egreruont , dec . ; bnt we do not deem it necessary to furnish them . From their concurrent testinicny , no doubt can exist but that a commotion of tUe earth took placd in this locality about the time stated . Happily it was not so severe as to injure buildings or endancer their lives ; yet , taken in connexion with the recent , sight shocks felt in this country Vast week to the norih-eatt of Manchester , as ¦ "ell as with the fearful and destructive earthqa .-ikes in soma of the West India islands , it has certainly created great interest in some , and apprehensions , never , we hope , to be realized , in others . ( Earthquakes of fatal efiect , in this island , are not , we believe , to be foiand on record . '' ,
( From the Liverpool Albion . ) We find , by the papers which reached this town on Saturday , that the shock has been felt , with precisely tbe same cnaracteristica , over a large extent of the neighbouring counties . Though it is observed , that individuals who were up and in motion were generally unconscious of the occurrence , yet to this them are gome striking exceptions . 'Jn one or two instances , the guards of railway trains and Btage-coacbea were distinctly sensible of an uc usual motion . The
extraordinary sensation felt ov the Holyhead aud Chester mail caused much alarm , to tbe guard and passengers . It appears that the sb / ock was very generally noticed is Wales . The Livsrg ool Chronicle gives the statement of a correspondent , who slept at Holy well on the morning in question , -who avers that his bed was violently shaken , aa , if a strongman had suddenly exerted his strength niponit . We have also heaxd from anotber source , that the agitation of some bouses in Holy well was so . great as to cause tbe bellB to ring for several seconds .
The accoantr , from Manchester show the phenomenon to have been -experienced with precisely similar characteristics to t ' jose which marked it h « re . The variations ns to tims ' are the same , and the general evidence is the more strikingly confirmatory from the very fact of its agreement even in discrepancies . Some persons who
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were up , awake , and doing , keard ; nothing to make them aware of the visitations ; others oi . ly remembered to have noti' -eil something extraordinary when told afterwards of the © ecnrrfnee . Manj heard a strange noise , but felt not the vibration ; while others both felt tbe shuck , and heard the noise , though in various degrees of intensity . The Manchester Guardian of Satnrday says— ] " We have not heard of so many persons experiencing the shock in the centre of the town as in the suburbs ; which , however , may be accounted for by the fact that comparatively few persons who would notice tbe phenomenon reside in the centre of the town . We have received aoiuu accounts , however , which coincide in every respect with what was felt and heaTd in other localities , end which leave no doubt that Manchester
as well as the suburbs was subject ] to this visitation . We find that various police couatableain tho C division , though they felt no shock , heard the violent rattling and shaking of the windows and doors of houses in Ardwick , New , Islington , Robert-street , Fairfield-streefc , Upper Brook-street , 4 c , and in { several instances listened , suspecting thieves were inside ; but they seem to have experienced nothing which led them to suppose it an earthquake . In some instances the inmates rose in fright , dressed themselves , and walked in the street till morning . In Plymouth-grove some of tbe residents asked the policemen if they had heard a loud noise like the report of a distant cannon ; but the policemen bad not . A . gentleman in Lower Mosley-atreet was awakened by the shock ; and two gentlemen in Quay-street , in different houses , also experienced it . ' ¦
At Strangeways , Brou ^ hton , Kersall , Prestwich , and the outskirts north of Manchester , the shock seems to have been very distinctly perceptible ; and it is stated that there was scarcely a house in Brought on-lane in which the shock was not felt . At Suspension-bridge a lady , terrified from an apprehension [ that thieves were in the house , opened the window and called the police . A policeman , wko was near , assured jher that she need feel no alarm as to tbieves , as it was only an earthquake ! At tbe Woodlands , HighoV Broughton , one gentleman , awakened by the shock , sprang out of bed , which he describes as swinging gently to and fco , from side to side , as if slung on ropes , the direction of this lateral motion being about east and ; west After this swaying or swinging of the bed , which continued a
few seconds , had subsided , it was succeeded by a very rapid , though slight , tremulous motion , which soon ceased . This gentleman found the time to be about five minutes before one o'cl ck . He could not at first comprehend the cause , and threw up the window to Bee what was the matter . He noticed that tbere was a slight breeze fro&i tbe south-east , and that the moon was partly obscured by a passiag ilond ; but it was quite light , and all without seemeri ; still . One of the servants was up sewing ; she felt bs ? chair rock under her . and heard the stairs and furniture cn-aking ; and , becmina alarmed , shu opened tbe window , but saw or
heard nothing more . At Kersall-moor the shock was folt by Bev .-ral residen t s , one of whom -was ttirown into a pevsp ' ration by the strange and unaccountable sensation , while another , awaking , and finding himself fihaking very much , concluded that it was an attack of ague , and took physic to ward off what he supposed was the approach of the disorder ! j At Prestwich , a gentleman was awafeened by the shock , and experienced sensations similar to those described , which at the time be ascribed to an earthquake ; but , as no otber member of tbe family had seen , beard , or felt anything , he attributed it t *> imagination , till he reached Manchester , and found the earthquake the topic of
conversation . At Ardwick , Lon ^ si ? ht , Plymouth-Krove , and the distr'cts south of Manchester , the shock was felt , accoHinij to the accounts with somewhat less violence * A gentleman in Smedley lane felt the floor vibrate , and next morning he observed that the dust was in a heap in the centre of the room , aa if drifted t-gether . It rto <» . B not apoeai that ' . Tie shock materially damaged any of the buil lings in Manchester or the vicinity . ¦ The MancJiester Guardian , in the account it gives of ttw earthquake , makes the following remarks on the statu of the atmosphere as well as' of the barometer about the time the event occurred : —
" Almost all the parsons who noticed the time concur in stating that it commenced from five to three minutes before one o'clock yesterday ( Friday ) morning , and in one or two instances , we have heard of a sensation being experienced for an hour previously of an oppressive beat and closeness in the atmosphere , There was but little wind , and that from the moutheast . So far as we can learn , tho barometer exhibited no remarkable fluctuation . Mr . Roiichetti , who resides in Sa . ford , found his self-registering instrument , at eight o ' clock the preceding evening , to indicate 29 90 ; and , after reading till about two o ' clock in the morning land he never felt or heard anything of the shock ; he eet the instrument bef-jie retiring to rest , and it was then 29 70 . We also learned that 'Dr . Dalton ' s barometer showed no unusual variation and all the instruments of which we have heard appear to have
gradually fallen during the nit ^ ht One circumstance may notice , which may or may not be connected with the earthquake . Ab < ut an hour previous , we observed that the moon , which was full at ais o ' clock on Thursday morning , although shining unclouded , presented a dull and filmy appearance , as though a thin veil of cloud was drawn over her wholo diac . In connexion with this fact , we may also mention , that perhaps an hour before the earthqmka which caused so much alariti in the town in September 1777 , occurring about eleven o ' clock on a Sunday morning , and causing the people to rush aflV : Rht * : d out of the churches and otbei places of worship , the sun , though shining in a clear unclouded shy , was observed to be so dim as to be looktrt at steadily who tho naked eya without duzz ' . ing tbs vision , and imnitiiiatf-ly after the earthquake the sun shone oat agaia with great brilliancy .
Tbe rumour mentioned in one of tbe papers of Saturday last , that several houses had been thrown down in Preston , iB destitute of foundation . It appears evident , by the accounts from that quarter , that tbe ehock was somewhat more violent there than here , and it was felt about the same time—namely , a few ! minutes before five o ' clock . Its approach was intimated by an unnatural buzzing noise , gradually increasing ; louder and louder until the moment when the subterranean convulsion passed a givtn point , and then the sound and the effects produced on the instant became veryjalarming ; windows and doors rattling , nay , the very houses apparently staggering to their foundations . The watchmen of the town and the public f . ftkera on night duty describe the sensations which it excited an awfully appalling , the ground appearing to them to be sinking under them , and themselves feeling aa though they were descending to a great depth . The bells rang in aevera houses , and great alarm was experienced in many families .
The phenomenon appears to have been felt generally with greater severity in the north than here . At Kirkham , Blackpool , Poulton , Flw-twood , Whitehaven , Kendal , Ambleside , and Keswick , the shock was very sharp , and seems to have caused considerable consternation . \ The shock was experienced at Turton , near Bolton , and its neighbourhood , with considerable force . We have not heard of it having been perceived to the southward of Ashton-under-Line : but & correspondent at Ashton states , " Whilst awake in bed I felt four distinct oscillations , or rockings of the bed , from east to west . " From the following paragraph , which appeared in the Blackburn Standard , it will be seen that the shock on Friday w-ek was felt at Slaidharn , ' a village situated about eight miles to the nothwaril of Clithero : —
" About eight Oclock , on the morning of Friday last , a person who was working in Slauiburn church was suddenly alarmed by perceiving the ground uuder him to be shaken , and at the same time hearing the cracking of the roof ; while the whole f . tbric of too church , with the pt-ws , seemed to be trembling together Tae chandelier in tbe centre of the cijursh was so much agitated , that tbe chain was heard to rattle from which it was suspended . This was preceded by a noise outside the church like the rattling ofi carriages ; and the workman at flrot supposing that jit arose from this cause , actually ran to the door to soo if any were passing . The effect lasted for about half a minute , and was probably a alight shock of aa earthquake . The workman , ori healing the roof mack , and seeing the trembling of the church , wa 3 apprehensive , as tha church is a very ancient structure , that it was giving way , and that the whole fabric was falling to the ground . "
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THE EARTHQUAKE IN WESTMORELAND . On Friday mov ning last , the I 7 th instant , at twenty minutes past one . o ' clock , the infeabitantg of Kendal , in Westmoreland , we / e thrown into the greatest dismayby an alarming earthquake , the effects of which were distinctly felt through oat tbe town and nei ghbourhood * On the previous evening the air was sultry and tho clouds lowering , and tbs night was so unusually dark that to speak in comparative terms it might be likened to a total eclipse of the moon , although a full moon rose at four minuses past seven o ' clock on the sama evenL g . After the shock the darkness still continued , ami theve was a yellowish blaz 3 in tbe elements , acsompanied by a strong rush of wind . The violenea of the shock was so great as to cause the inhabitants to
suppose they were rolling out of bed , and all agree ro the testimony that the doors and windows of their habitations rattled as shaken by u whirlwind , and the furniture of the rooms , especially those of a light brittfe description . Were so agitated by the collision of one mece against another as to be truly alarming . Numbers of persona simultaneously arose from their beds , vrht > had become suddenly awakened by the rumbling of thd earthquake , and the tremuloDs motion of their houses , and many lay in profuse perspiration from the greatness of their alarm . About two miles from the town of Keudal , and at a village called Sedgwicfc , are extensive powder mills , and several soothed themselves with the calamitous consolatten " that it was only tbe powder mills tbat had blown np ! " an occurrence which
is by no means unfrequent . According to the inquiries made on the subject , the following will be found the leading facts connected with the awful visitation , leaving out all which seem to be exaggerated by fear or a taste for the wonderful . A highly respectable medical practitioner avers that b » felt a slight shock about half-past ten o ' clock on the previous evening , and when he retired to his bed the thought of it prevented hrm from sinking into repose before the second shock occurred , so that he was fully alive to the cause of the a ! a » m h © then feit . He deseribes hla situation thus—that his btd m 6 ved longitudinally three or four inches several times , and gave it the swinging motion of a hammock , and that was momentarily succeeded by a tremulous motion of tha house , attended by
a loud rumbling sound . A scientific meteorologist agrees with this " , and says he fait the precise motion , and . describes the rumbling as of a loaded waggon , but too short ia its duration to be mistaken for it , and immediately concluded that it was the shock of an earthquake . At the King ' s Avms Hotel several of the inmates became ao alarmed as to msfte a sudden egress into the street , and when the amse of their fright could not be ascertained were se z ; d with tha utmost fear and dismay . At the Nelson T . * vern the proprietor tod family had not retired to rest , and wlien about locking up the shock caused the greatest terror . The decanters and wine-glasses which were on the shelves began to dance and knock o -. ; e against another , causing a jicgling discard , to their deep consternation . At
several of the otber inns the belin Were Bunueuly rung to the discomfiture of the family who had retired to rest . A policeman says , that he w < as standing near to a large carpet manufactory at the northeast end of the town , when he heard a rumbling noise at first resembling very distant thunder , which immediately assumed a louder tone , when tha ground began to shake beneath him , and the rumbling then diad away , like the cadence of a large drum . Tha glass of the windows of the manufactory was agitated , and tbe noise created by it might have been heard at a great distance At an extensive farm , called Oxen Holme , about a mile and a half south-east of tbe town , the shock was felt most severely , and the inmates rose en masse . But here , again , the consolatory thought
passed their minds •• that it was only the Sedgwicfc Powder Mills that had blown up . " The machinery of a large woollen manufactory at the southern extremity of the town was set in motion by tho shock throwing it into gear . In a sh » rt time after the earttquaSe had subsided , many Of the streets in Kendal presented a semi-illumination , from the chambers of the inhabitants becoming lit up . Ou the following day groups of people were to ba seen in tha streets , conversing about their previous alarm , which became more intense from the circumstance of the news having arrived of the truly awful visitation which had befallen tha West Indies . There is no historic il fact te show that tho town of Kendal was ever visited with eo strong and so alarming an occurrence of the kimi . Tho weather since that time has been calm and serene .
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MR . FERRAND AND THE HALIFAX BOARD OF GUARDIANS ( From , the Hulifux Gunrdian ) On Monday , Mr . Fermnd moved in the House of Commons for returns of the proceedings at th 8 Halifax Board of Guardians on the 1 st instant , when it will be remembered that a resolution in condemnation of tfce Honourable Member ' B xvmarks was moved and adopted in presence of Mr . Clements , the As 3 is f ftnt Commissioner implicated . Tha motion shared tho fate , however , of its predecessor ; and for tbe same reaaon , viz .,
that it involves a question of breach of privilege . la vain did Mr . Ft-rrand assure the House that if his motion were carried "ho would take no steps to bring Mr . Clements to the bar of the House . " The Heuse and tbe Government ¦ would run no aucb hazird ; ancf the question fell to the ground . We are no sticklers for tbe " privileges" of tbe House of Commons , which ate , too often , rather a scandal to it than otherwise . But as Mr . Fdrrand distinctly disclaimed any assertion of privilege we regret hia ill-success , since the papers could hav 6 done harm to no one . and might have elicited the truth on this most mystifying subject .
Mr . Hume and Mr . York jsade some pertinent allusions to the' instructive coincidence , that the introduction of a " wheel" and the exclusion of the press , weresimultaneous resolutions of the Board , " Under such circumstarfces , " said the former member , "inquiry became incumbent . " And the latter acknowledgedthat the exclusion of reporters of the public press * combined with the evident sjmptoms that the Boardmeeting of the 1 st of March was a packed ene , and that the resolution had been previously concocted * induced him to vote for Mr , Ferrand's motion , though on tbe former occasion be had voted the other way . Mr . Waliace , Mr . S . Crawford , and Mr . T . Dsncombe also supported the motion as one of necessity i but the Hon . J . S . Wortley augge&tad another form of motion , to which the Home Secretary promised his acquiescence . The return to such a motion would , however , hftV © been nil ; and it has not therefore been marts .
One feature' in the debate we cannot omit to notice ; it is so instiuctive an evidence how party debates are carried on in the House . We last week noticed a similar feature in the former debate ; to which we will first refer in proof that we were not then too candid and generous to tbe accused Assistant Commissioner . In that debate Mr . Clements was the party implicated ia llr . Ferrand ' s censure . Mr . Ross , therefore , thought it necessary to defend his friend ; and did so in a style perfectly satisfactory to the House and to himself , but by no means complimentary te Mr . Clements . We last week candidly declared that we disbelieved Mr . Ross'a representations . Mr . Ross , on Monday , " apologised to the House for having been perfectly wrong in . what he had said about Air . Clements the oSher Hiebt . "
On Monday night the main object of attack was the Board of Guardians and their intended " in-door test " This " rotatory , wheel , " said Mr . Ferrand , in effect would not only be panishment to the sinews , but taazudoua to the lives of the in-fioor paupers . Something , therefore , must be said in reply . Mr . Gaily Knight gallantly undertook tv > say that something . " He had had a conversation with Mr . Clements , " he said , " the day before ; and Mr . Clements told him . Shat there was neither a tread-miH nor a tread-wiieel in tha union ; but there was a hand-mill , which had not then been introduced for the first time , but had been there for severel years . The labour ai ii was by no means severe , and it was found to be the best mode of employing able-bodied paupers , more especially as it was difficult to find labour f ^ r them which would not interfere with out-door employment . "
Well said , Mr . Gaily Knight . Well done , Mr . Clements . If Mr . Ferrand lifts his head in Parliament again after this straight-fcrwaid and complete contradiction , he will indeed be invulnerable . Then ia no now treadwheel—no modem rotatory wheel—only " a handmill" which had been there " for several years . " And as for the hordnssa of the labour , no such thing could be complained oi— " it was by no means severe' * —nay , it was found to be the beat mode cf employing able-bodied paupars . '' All this may . do wry well in London , Mr , Clements-AU this may tell upon the House of Commons , Mr . Gaily Knight Bnt we can tell you both very candidly —it won't do in Yorkshire . It won't do in . the Halifax Union . The fast is , Mr . Gaily Knigbt--incleed it isthat all thia statement from Mr . Clements is a
hum—• we use that ward in preferance to any other trisyllable ,, aud because-we are willing to believe that Mr . Clements is on this , as well as on other subjects , most ignorant . The fact iB , VatA there feno nandmill in Uie workhouse ^ — that consequently there , ia .. no labour at itr-that therefora the ** can be ao mipeilatfte excellence in this nonexistent mode of employment ; and the whole of the statements of , Mr . jdlemente in . this respect are therefore altogether , utterly , andeniirely false . Sonie years statd a hand-mill fox grinding . coin iras introduced , but " it was found to be the worst ' mode of employing aWe-bouiedpaupew , " and was therefore rem oved out of tha vroxkkouse , and n » w rusts In deserved neglect at tbe Police-office , except when thokeoper of the Vagrantoftice meets with some tramps whom he thinks proper to pat to it
Looting at these mistakes and nnV-tatements we cannot help regretting , for the sake of tbe Halifax Board itself , that Mr . Ferxand ' a motion was rejected . As to tbe tread-wheel , or rotatory wheel , it inusfc bd borne In mind that it was only in contemplation—not actually introduced . And after these two debates , in Parliament we are inclined to think , it neve ? will be introduced . If it be not , the poor of Halifax will have to thank Mr . B . Ftirand . fox tusix . d ^ Uveiaavft from it
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THE WELSH COLLIERIES . AeeRDaE . e . M-AKCH 17 . —In wy last communication 1 stated that I should proceed to Aberdare . On my arrival I found that the Scot ' s Greys , having made a demonstration in tfee neighbourhood , returned to Cardiff , under the advice of th » majjistrati-s . In Monmouthshire the whole of tbe colliers still continue on strike to the number of about 5 , 000 , and continue meeting in various parts of the hilla . In Glamorganshire the works on strike were Mr . Powell's of Gsiley Gaer ; Mr , Beaumont ' s , Gclly GieT ; Mi . Hensell ' B , of Pont-y-Prt-ed ; the Duffryn works , and two others . The strike in Monmouthshire having ? iow continued for tsn wefk 8 , _ a number of the Monmouthshire colliers , to thu nnrahsr of about 700 , came from Monmouthshire , and having crosssd the Taaf V-iie Railway , they compelled tbe men of the Duffryn Aberdare woiks uod the G > - ! ly G ^ er worts to strike , and from this the strike extended itself to the ether collieries . In this staee of things
constrieraojtt alarm , of coarse , spread throughout tbe county , and meetings of the magistrates , &c , were held for the preservation of the peace , and the proprietors of the Gelley Gar and Daffryn Aberdare works procuredmen from D jwlais . who were willing to work , and placed them at the collieries ; This , however , not suiting tha refractory colliers , they , on Wednesday proceeded to the works , headed by a number of women ( under the supposition that the women might break the law with impunity ) , and proceeded to drive the workmen from the pits and levels . The agent having remonstrated with them , his life was threatened unless he immediately discharged tbe men , and snowtra of stones were thrown . Shortly after , odo of the police having taken a man into custody he waa immediately attacked ; he , however , succeeded in retaining his prisoner . Under these cirenmatmess tbe Scots Greys were sent for , and the 72 d Foot , stationed at Dowlais , were ordered to hold themselves in readiness . No further actual outbreak took place .
Some of the men having subsequently gone into work , a deputation of the Monmouthshire colliers came over , and a meeting was held yesterday at Linvabon , wtre about 400 colliers attended . After a long discussion , the Monmouthshire men reproached the uthers with a breach of faith , and tbe meeting ended angrily . A Iarg 9 meeting was also held at Cross Penmaer , Monmouthshire , on Tuesday , when they were met by Mr . Owen , attorney , of . Monraoutb , who promised to Jay a representation of thoir grievances before lie magistrates , and after addressing them for some time , advising them to be peaceful and orderly Mr . Owen adjsuraed to the inn to await the deputations fiom the several collieries , forty-two in number , who were to
draw up a list of grievances . On tbe same day , some " volunteers * bad been procured by Mr . Powell from the neighbourhood of DowJais , but on their arriving at tb » Dufixyn Aberdare Works they were met by the men and their wives , and attacked in a violent and riotous manner with stones ; fee , and driven off the ground . Warrants having been obtained against some of the ringleaders , Captain Napier , chief of the county constabulary , proceeded tbe same night to apprehend three of the men and two of the women , who are now in custody and will be brought before a special meeting of the magistrates at Cardiff on Saturday , whence I shall forward you a report of their examination . I understand 51 r . Owen has accepted a general retainer from the C 0 > lexs and Tnll attend on tiifcir behalf . —Times ,
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Flbetwood-on-Vere , March 17 . This plac ^ waa visited last night by two shocks of an . earthquake , the former at eleven p m . being so slight as to be scarcely heeded , but the jlatter , which took place at Sity minutes after midnight , being so violent as to cause considerable alarm and to induce several persons to quit their houses at that lute hour . During the whole of yesterday afternoon the sky presented a gloomy and lowering appearance , so as to call forth the observation , " How Hkd the approach of an earthquake ;'' the air was unusually cl' > se and a dense haze hunz over the sea to the N . WJ At the
commencement of tbe shock last mentioned the watchman at the lower lighthouse heard a rumbling noise from the east , which soon appeared to approach the spot , and was immediately succeeded by a considerable vibration from below . A sound resembling subterranean thunder accompanied the tremulous motion of the ground , which lasted several seconds , with which the houses of tbe inhabitants were so shaken as to- wake almost every inmate , and causa every wine bottle , &c , to fall from tba shelves . The apper lighthouse in particular , a high isolated column , was fait to rock quite sufficiently to alarm the Uahtkeeper . i
The sea roso unusually high , and the Prince of Wales steamer , wbicb was . on her voyage from Belfast to Fleetwood at the moment of the shock , encountered a suddenly boisterous sea , for which the captain could not account , as the shock was not otherwise felt on board . The day is now extraordinarily fine , and the temperature has risen te rj degrees since yesterday , as will appear . ' from tbe following extract from a register kept on t- ^ e spot : — ; Temperature . deg . m . Barorjgter . " "Match 16—Nooi \ .. 45 0 ... 29 985 9 p . in . 53 2 ... 29 895 March 17—9 a . m . 49 o ... 28 831 Noon 55 0 ... 29 817 . "
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The Isle of Man . —Castljstown , March , 17 . — This morning , at a quarter to one o ' clock we experienced a smart shock of an earthquake , lasting about five seconds . The undulation appeared to pass from southwest to north-east , accompanied with a loud rumbling sound , somewhat similar to a tempest of wind . We have not as yet heard of any damage sustained further than the falling of plaster from ceiUng 3 , though confiidprabta alarm was felt from the visitation .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 25, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct795/page/3/
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