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TjXES TO WILLIAMS A 2 TD BINNS , OX THEIR RETURN FROM PRISON . Welcome , ye patriots ! ye gems of creation , Tn-iaanted and free , from a prison ' s lone cell T Te vio have fongbt for the rights of a nation , And wept at the tale that oppression doth tell . ' Tbe tyrants shall know that the gloom of a prisonlie chain , " neafcb whose weight strengthibendeth . ita Daunts not those v&triots who / or justice have risen , EotbraUs not those souls who lore to be free ; - T * ar = that now spring at your coming ia gladness , «> T& : 1 iniptarl tie bright laurels your mem ' ries shall TThen ruy&'ty no more can rlni millions in sadness , . Sot rrrkimV threaten the brave with its chain .
Tea . ve . « : thanes shall totter to th' verge of oblivion , rain tra \» mankind , bnt as thingB that hare been ; Tr ait £ > irisa again ' Death the smiling of Heaven , ^ jrif reed from inj ostice , a paradise seem . Still ocvarJ t < fight : the tyrant 3 subduing , Till v . ctory proclaims " the people are free "—_ -yj j ^^ se-iKjrii oppressio n shall s ni into ruin , And i ^ n tyrants" slaves no longer shall be . Till thos" who have toiled until life's day is closing , Xo m - > re in a bastile their muery bewail ; Til ! palace bre i rogues , ami 1 plenty reposing . "Vu is ^ r-r " mtxkjrtedem ; onr right ; with a gaoL W . A . Thohpsox . BUfcopwearniCKitb , January , 1541 .
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A FRAGMENT . Those are not always of the lowest ranis Of Kj-. n , -wtoni cire mischance assails , or binds With p > veitj ' s uneonqnerable bonds . " 5 Vs 2 t for a time enthralls , bat cannot mar Or sis- - * the brightness of th' ennobled jnind . Bjnds . iS ' - 'h as thea , are but external ones ; ¦ Tis tho » = whom poverty sfflicts in mind , Althousii srraye 4 'with proud magnificence , And shielded from the rankling shafts of lank And pUe-faced penury ; those only feel The n : ter wsight of hopeless poverty . All oa ' . 'faid ¦ wa nts , if in tneir fiercest mood And jours ' , day , mast ^ Ield to time ,, vni close With iif = r ; iut when the m : nd is shactled with -Gaunt fetters , it wears the unbiov . ed mark Of a ^ Ti ^ h bonds ih roughont eternity . J . Yeb . no > South M- > iton , 11 th Janasrv , 1 > 41 .
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THE EIGHTS OF WOMAN : exhibiting - her Na '^ - ^ jC ' - Vir , aEvi Polkic ^ l Claims io a Share ia the L tr ^ ai . ve and Ext-cuiive P-jwy-r of the S :-itt » . By K . J- R ^ chard-on , Aujhor or" the Black Book , Blgh- ^ of Englishmen , &c . &e . Edinburgh : JoSn Djr . c-an , li-i , Hiab- ? : ree : ; Joha Cleave , Londua ; Hey - . Toua , Manchester . This :. ¦ = 3 Ti . ozX able publication . Tne various rious grjus-i -- ' , natural , civil , a : i ' i sacred , o-i TFaieft women . ; : o ^ l y may mi ou ^ st loiniertvre in poiitieai . if&iis _ n here set forth , vriih a iuciJiiy and clearness wh :-- -: > . i : o : rs : n ^ but vae mos t deieroiineti ubstinacv a- _ -j bi :.-iied > e S-hue ^ s w : ll b- _> able to resist .
The * wn '^ r , la the mosj forcible inauuer , falls back upon the Bible , and p-oTtr > from that unerring Standard of iru-a the natural ( . qialiiy t > f woman , and her bvaluabie rjjp : : o a co-ijr . iu rule with man or ^ r the Urn ; : * of the e ^ rth . He sSows that she is c / , by v ' ae D . riae insthuuon , pl 3 Ce < l under dominion » - a womin , cu ; ociv a = a wifp , and mat but in s Ilja . tei degree . HaTifj ^ e ^ tabiiihci her daims io t- 'js > : iiy from the liiri ^ ljw , fcestrei ^ 'iheca his posiiiuiT t »; . au appeal to ; be f : v : l law , aad by - * rgxtuieu'i wii . ch , for co ^ . ncy and lorcr . rauiio ; be surpas-ed . lis aa ^' . vers me que ^ rioa '" Un ^ hi -vvauiiji to intert' ^ ro iu tae pviil-ical a tf ^ iri of ihe ci-unirj !" in the afimutive , for ihe fol o «*; nic rea-o ^ s : —
" Firs- B-ejase she ha . ? a natnral right . " Ssconi Because she has a ciTil right " Third . Because she has a political right . " F--mta- Bica ^ se it is i da * . ; iaip = rii ; Te upon hei . " Fifth . Because it is derogatory to the divine will to neglect so iniperatiTe a duty . " All of which heablj snppons . We inrite the especial attention of our readers to the fife propositions by whicr , the third reason is supported , and which we here sabjsin : — " 1 st . Bccsase , by the anciect lavrs of the Eng'ish ¦ cOEstimtijn , she is admissible to ercry extcaiixe effice in the kingdom , from the monarch upon the throne u > the pariih oTexseer , the village & = iton , or the respozs ' . V . i t £ ce of post mistress , which is sull comuiun in » 3 iil ! to we * .
" - 2 nd . Bssiase , by the present law of tenures , of powers , of contracts , of bargains and sa ! e , of inheritance , of wills , and cTery Oder matter or thing touching the rgh ' . s of property sad tra'jsftr , wj ^ iin except iu ftmme corrrtj : « qualified to be , and , tkertfore , is a-imisdo ' . e , sj a ccntracting party , sare during her minority or a ward in chancery , th = n her affairs are invnsj-sa ^ y trusi . " 3 d . Bscaiise , woman i = re-ponsiWe in her own per-* 3 H for any breach of contract , for any off = nce against the peac « and laws of the land . In the cLurch , by the pso&itiis of iinpnsinment , exe-jminuaication , and premacire : in the state , by tine , imprisonment , banishttsnt , and death . " 4 ih . Beausa , she is tax&d in the some degree with others f-. T ihe miintenance of the state and its appendages under *]] creamstance ? .
• 5 th , and lastiy , becanss , the contributes directly led indirectly to the wealth and resources of the natisa by htr bbunr and skill " la the kusT paTi of the pamphlet we have a most appalling detail of the numbers of femiles who are emplojed in varioas agricultural , mining , and mannfieinnL ^ em ployment ^ , many of which are of a nakre so uittrij unsu ; tdd to the nature of " loTe ; y Tronjaa , " with all her fine and tender s-nsibilicies , as , if we were not a nation of apostate Christians , bowing down at the sarine of Mammon , would not be unrated for a moment . We give the statement of the eaiploymeut of females in mining depaitments ia frill , as weapprehend thefactiarereryiittieknown to a cajorjiy of onr readers . Oa a future occasion ve vf . u return to this important subject : —
" L = t ci examine the mining population , iLe ) those "B"hj prc > duce . by their labour eut of the bewels of ihe « r tt , a : i tee iron , lad , copper , tin , and other metals , beside ; coals , salt , slate , stone , &c . There are / ewer iemalvs employed in this department than either of the ¦ o thers , because of the greater strength of body and naad r » q :: red to undergo the fatigue and danger of dicing ; bz : I may fairly say , that one third of those ¦ eap . syed in mines are women , more especially in the « oal Jvl 2-=, which are the most numerous of any other . Is the coal mines of Staffordshire , Lancashire , Durham , * ad Northumberland , women are constantly employed the same as the men , earning from four t » twelve iMlvn zs pa week . It is no uncommon thing to see tbg n £ i 5 [> enried by a rope in the act of being loifercd
RTeraJ hundred feet below the Luce of the earth into &s mine , where they draw vxiqjotis laden unih coal to the bottom of the shaft ready to be raised up , and also ^ fcsre they aquat down on their kne « s , and sometimes a » r ^ if-rccliiang position , for the purpose of hewing ¦* i * Ji a HaaH pick , six or eight po'oad weight , the coal fc > a the seam , la nxaDj instances the seam or stratum rf « ai , being oaly fourteen , sixu-en , eighteen , twenty , <* t »< aty-f ., ur inches thick , and in this narrow space , * « 2 ea , tii- fairest and tenderest of Grod's creatuna , * re fjanl with a solitary candle , or D * vy-lamp , fc ^ t ebtd at full length , hewing out the coal , and this , too , foi little wagts ; as they are paid for by weight , <* coiasi , where it is so diffisult to get , lew will be S * - To see them at meal times rising from the mouth f
« the shaft , more " like demons from the lower deeps , " tsas thase angelic creatures , our poete call women , is a t 5 hj that would " hirrow up the souls of men , " if jhej possessed the feelings of humanity , and create a p ^^ ing of Gissu . it fur the institutions that can allow "^ onian , loTely woman , " to be forced , by poverty and j *** e « , from her domestic duties down these hell *) ° lts of cua 3 mines . And yet , such is the apathy , such &s eold , seinsh indifference of the women of these " ksis , that thsy will sit by their hearths , enjoy Ui » wmfort of that fire made from coals dug out of the owth of the earth by their poor countrywomen , and J « breaths no sigh of pity , speak no word of sorrow , 001 s * k of their husbands and fathers why are these P ° Q * collier women thna absaed , degraded , and enslaved oj thai country's laws ?
" IVho will say the poor women , who , at the bazird ? f their liTes contribute to our comfort when the iey wads of winter , and the cold biting blast of December 'fcspel / Ef to seek refuge from tfca cold in the artificial ****! arising from coal got by her hands , have no right ^* vote in the legislative powei s of the country ? ^ e ! not even the Bavage ; but , should one be found ^ ¦ siU dare to deny or wi thhold tJaat righ t , he jj less ¦ cm m 4 ji ) j ^ g jj ^ nothing . " ^' e sincerely hope th&t this unpretending little £ ** pMet may fiasi its w&y into » very cott » gei ^ w fle diss readficee , Jind pal&ce in tb » lxnd ; &nd •* tBeommend all those who sineerdy wiih % o P ? « t the truth &r God , rather th » n the fancies of ¦ ^ to take it with thtm into the pulpit , and for " * & seek » edify their flocks , by making them ac-^ tot * d with its important contents .
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world , the publication before us , not as offioial , but as his own Tiews on the designs of the African Society , and of S r Fowell Buiton , with whom it originated . We think Sir George haa at least the merit of placing before them a statement which every body who will m&j understand , and as we are confident that we owe an immense debt to Africa , we shall present oar readers with a . Bhort statement of the objects of this Socieiy , and advise all who take an interest in the qavtion to buy the book . The generous exertions , and the costly sacrifices which this country has made for the abolition of slavery and the slave trade , are well known ; but we , in common with all right thinking men , most regret that to a vast extent this generous effort of
"British benevolence has proved in vain . Sir Fowell Buxton , impressed with this fact , some time since published a book , calling the attention of those who had the power to move in the afiair to the subject , and the response to which was the formation of a Society embracing men of all political parties and religious creeds , under tue D&ine of the Society for the civilization of Africa . To this Society gome zealous parties hare opposed themselves ; fim . on the grouad that the first step to be taken , was the introduction of Christianity ; and second , that the plans of the Society are not clearly defined . To both these objections Sir George has , in this letter , undertaken to reply . He shews that from the nature of the enterprise much expence mast be incurred , and that a union of purpose and action was
indispensable to the insurance of supcess , and that from the conscientious differences which exist on the subject of religion , Fuch a union was altogether imposs . blt , that to have made the introduction of Christianity a leading object of the Society would have destroyed it altogether . On the other subject he shews that n would have been imprudent in the Committee to have laid down definite plans of action before they had ascertained exactly the positions they might be able to occupy , yet that their general object was well defined , and likely to" succeed . He also shews that the Committee had no intention of beiajc either a missionary or a commercial body , but that , by their effort * , they should , without question , prepare the way for all who feh disposed k > employ their energies on the African soil . ' Is it nothing ! '' he
asks" Is ltnothing to simplify the acquisition of language ? —to obtain for it a written character , and thus facilitate the circulation of the Scriptures ? Is it nothing to discover new means of easy communication with countries , to which even the missionary his not as yet "found access ? Is it nothing to promote the health , as well as extend the migrations of those excellent men , who , for ti . e love of God , expose themselves to the pestilence of the undrained swamj g and the uncleared jungle , careless of climate , and defying danger , where a soul can be found in darkness 1 or to provide the easy and sure suppiy of those Europt-an necessaries that ruay secure their comfort , and sustain their strength in prosecuting their arduous labours within the tropics ? And a > 'oye all , is it nothing to propitiate the unwilling ear , by drawing the African to us in grateful affection , as -the irstruments of his release from bondage acd the slave trade , and of his introduction to the intellectual as well as the physical advantages of civilised life ' •¦
That the civilisation of Africa , injured as her sons ¦ have been , is an object that ought to be dear to every British heart , there cau be no question ; and we cordially wi ^ h the African Society success . At the same ttme , we beg to tell them that a sincere and honest effort to extinguish al ! kind 3 of slave trade , in professedly Christian England , would be the most sure and effectual way to tecure cordial support tw their benevolent endeavours for the civilisation of Africa , or of any other portion of the globe .
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" A « bead of the Church , I further propose that the property of all chapters and cathedrals , all incomes oi deans , canons , and prebends , and of all livings , the excess above £ 300 a-year , be devoted to the same great object ; and a * it ia one of the first lessons which' the instructors ot youth should instil into their minds to o ire no man anything , ' and as tnit precept is equally true of men in their collective as in their individual capacity , I would suggest to the masters , tutors , and fellows of all college * and endowed schools , to surrender one half of the estates of such colleges and schools . ¦
" The property of the Lords Temporal , an * of all wealthy Commoners , I propose to set free from all entail , and , by an act of the legislature , to abolish the law of primogeniture ; aud I recommend that your Lordships vie with each other in the extent of propert y that you will dedicate t » this great object ; and let it henceforth be deemed a crime against the state for a wealthy man to leave property to those who are already wealthy , instead of bequeathing it to provide for the reasonable expenditure of the country to which he owes his birth , his many privileges , aud the protection of his property .
" 1 am credibly informed that the less respectable portion of the aristocracy are in the habit of vio : ating the laws , and committing breaches of the peace , by wrenching off knockers , breaking windows , and assaulting the police , for which the punishment which the laws provide is utterly inadequate ; I therefore proposo that a fine of £ 1 . COO for each offence be paid towards the liquidation of the National D » bt ; and if the offence be that of endeavouring , by bribery or intimidation , to influence an elector in the exercise of his franchise , that the fine in a : ich case be the forfeiture of one half of the estate to the same purpose ; and if the person so off niling be in his minority , or notconio into posse-sion of his estate , one half of the estate of his father , who has brought up a son ia principles and practices so dishonourable . "
We regret that the Rev . Author of this little work should be so indefinite a 3 tothe extension of the suffrage ; his heart ia evidently in the rignt plaw , aud wu think when next h" breams he will seo the propriety of recom a en ding Universal ijiiffrastc as the only one likely to secure a fair representation of the whole people . The various effects supposed to be produced by the delivery of this address are so graphically drawn , that wo cannot withhold them from our readers , to whom wo cordially recommend an attentive perasal of the work .
" This speech was delivered from the throne amidst the consternation of the selfish and the de ; ii ( ht of the patriotic : its contents were spread with railway speed throughout the kingdom ; the hearts if the people were brought back to their Queen as the heart of one man . The Chartist declared that he would wait for the Queen ' s promised Charter ; the Socialist that he would wait for the new order of things ; the Kepiiblican declared that even if tliere were a republic he would vote for Victoria as President ; but that with such principles , he should ba q . ute reconciW d to the monarchy : the proud priests and prelates frowned ; bat the words of Scripture , as in letters of fire , condemned them for their greediness of filthy lucre ; all faithful pastois anil their flocks rijoiwcl ; Enylund laughed in tvcry valley and on every lull ; every t « wn was illuiuinati d , and in th « midst of the shunts of ' God t-ave the Queen , ' ' Long live the Queen , ' I awoke and behold it was a dream !"
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( "Hie following were set for our paper last week but omitted for want of luuni . J HTJLlt . —Hotv . Catholic Guild . —The members and friends of thin important and Houri-shing institution celebrated their first anniversary by a public tea party and meeting , in the spacious Music Hall , Jarratt-street , on Wednesday evening , the 13 ih inst ., the Rsv . J . Render , chaplain to tne Guild , in the chair . The Rev . J . Conaty presided as vicechairman . Ttie room was decorated with various rich and beautiful banners belonging to the society ; and when lighted up , and filled w ; tb company , s largo proportion of whom consisted of elegantlydressed females , the &cene presented to the eye of the spectator was one of the most brilliant and
fascinating that can be conceived . The entertainment was provided under the superintendence of Mr . Bishop , of the public roor as ? and gave , irmh compels us to say , general dissatisfaction . Though we have had many opportunities of attending tea parties , we never met with one , the arrangements of which were so deSeciive ; the tea and itd appendages ( except the beef and ham , which were excellent ) were of the commonest quality ; and the quantity provided was not more than sufficient for 4 U 0 persons , and had to be shared amongst upwards oi tiUtt . We think a good substantial tea ought to have been furnished at Is . 3 J . per head , which was the sum paid to Mr . B ., exclusive of the hire of the Hall ; bnt , doubtless , the ruling motive
was a good one . The meeting was to be ot an intellectual character , and the provider doubtless has found out that an overloaded stomach is unfavourable to meutal enjoyment . We heard many persons remark , that the tea was a perfect contrast to that provided by Messrs . Glover aud Curtis , at the Victoria Rooms , on the previous anniversary . After the repast , the National Anthem was givtm in excellent style , by a most tffiuent orchestra , Mr . Sigmeut presiding at the orgm . During the eveniug the company were entertaiued with a choice scliction of music , both vocal and iiii-: rumeiital , Mr . Philips , and the Signors Valentine , having , in the
most nandsome manner , volunteered their gratuitous services on the occasion . No intoxicating drinks marred the pleasure of the evening , but as a substitute for toast 3 , the Rev . Chairman , after an introductory address , breathing the purest spirit of Christian benevolence , gave several appropriate sentiments , which were responded to by the Rev . J , Conaty , the Rev . P . M . Kaye , of Bradford , the Rev H . IVewsham , of Hedon , and Mr . T . B . Smith . Altogether the evening was one of the most delightful we ever spent in a public assembly ; all seemed desirous of contributing to the happiness of the rest . —From a Correspondent .
SUNOESJiAND . —Specimen of Magisterial Justice . —A tew weeks ago , a boy , while passing along one of the back streets in Sunderland , on an errand on which he had been sent by his master , was assaulted by a dog , belonging to Mr . G . Booth , one of the aldermen of the borough , and so severely bitten , as to be unable to work , and to be under medical treatment for a week . The father of the boy having in vain sought for redress from the owner of the dog , applied at length to the magistrates for a summons to bring Booth before the bench . On the application being made , Kidson , the clerk to the magistrates , who it appears is a relation of Booth ' s , requested the business to be lbft ia his hands , and undertook to effect such an arrangement
as would give full satisfaction to the complainant . To this proposal complainant readily acceded ; but hearing nothing , either from Booth or Kmson , called upon the latter , a few days afterwards , to ascertain if he had performed his promise , when he was received wiih a torrent of abuse , and told by Kidson , that he had something else to do than seek redress for such petty grievances . Next day complainant again appeared in the court , and renewed bis application for a Bummons , when he was called upon to swear that he saw the dog bite the boy . He replied that he did not see the occurrence himself j that all he wanted on that occasion was a summons to bring the owner of the dog before tho court , and that he would then be prepared , with competent
witnesses , to depose to the fact . Tne magistrates etisl appearing disinclined to grant the summons , complainant observed , that he apprehended the case would have been very diiferent , had it been the reverse of what it was ; if the dog had belonged to himself , and the boy to Booth ; upon which he was called a drunken , dissipated vagabond , and ordered to be immediately put out oi' the court . By this mean , arbitrary and illegal conduct , the magistrates , no doubt , imagined that they had quashed the complaint . Complainant , however , was not a man to bear tamely the indignity he had suffered . On the following day , he appeared at the Mayor ' s chamber , accompanied by a young woman who had witnessed the occurrence , and the
master of the boy , who stated that his boys had repeatedly been bitten by the same dog . Mr . Backhouse , one of the magistrates , who had not been present when complainant was put out of the court on the preceding day , stated that he had known the complainant tor a period of twenty-one years , and that he was a sober , industrious , aud peaceable man , the very reverse of what had been stated from the Bench on the day previous . The Mayor , R . White , Esq ., also observed , that he had learnt something of the complainant ; that he understood he was one oi the leading Chartists in the town ,
and that , no doubt , when he behaved himself so rudely m the court on -the preceding day , he had thought himself in one of the Chartist meetings . Mr . Backhouse indignantly replied , that they were not there to inquire into complainant's political principles , bat to grant him justice . After some altercation between Mr . Backhouse and the rest of the Bench , a warrant was granted for the appre ^ heneion of Booth . On Monday , the case came before the magistrates , when the facts being proved , Booth was fined 2 s . 6 d . and costs ; the complainant giving notice of hia intention to commence proceedings against the magistrates for illegal ejectment from the court .
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BISHOP AUCKLAND . —No PROTECTION FOR Property . —At Bishop-Auckland , some time ago , person of the name of Whestley Morgan , had an ass stolen from Wm . The other day he found it in the possession of a nan at South Hetton , of the name of Richard Walker ; Morgan not being able to obtain any satisfaction fiem W «\ ket , took out » summons , and had him before the Bench . Morgan wa » able to prove that the ass was bis , by marks which were to be found on the animal . Walker eoald not tell ot whom he bought the a ? s ; neither coald he tell ' wbcia he bad bought it , and tha niagiatratea very properly decided that Morgan should have the ass . But this was only conditional . This Walker not being able ( we presume ) to pay the expenses ot the summons , &c Morgan was
told that he must pay the expenses , amounting t » thirteen shillings and sixpence ! Now , supposing that Walker ( which is very improbable ) bad bought the asa of "he didn't know who ; " is it not clear that his negligence prevents all clue being obtained to the real thief ? Wby , then , ought he not to liave been niado to pay the expenses arising from his negligence , instead of the man from whom the ass was stolen ? But wliy , we ask , was this suspicious Walker allowed to walk off unmolested , without being not only made to pay , but also to take his trial ? When a thief is caught with stolen property on him , how often does he tell us
he bought the goods of " he didn't know who ! " What will the people of property think in this neighbourhood ? Suppose a shep to bo broken open—aud gutted by thieves ; suppose a suspicious character liko this Walker , were caught with the stolen property in his possession , and , on being brought berore tbe Bench , was liberated , because he said he bought the goods of he didn't know who , " aud the honest tradesman left to pay all the expenses ; what would they think ? Verily , this decision of the Bench , smacks of honour amongst thieves . They may have a head full of conceit , but they know very little of law . Can . any one tell us the tiiffdrence between an ass and a Just-ass ?
OLD HAM . —Fihb at Oldham —On Monday night , the 18 th inst ., a few minutes before eight o ' clock , a fire was discovered in the Commercial Mills , Rails' Gate , Old ham . The fire engines were brought immediately on the spot , from the fireengine station , and with great exertions on the pare of the work-people in tho neighbourhood , the fire was got out without doing much damage to the premises ; though it was the opiuiou of every one present , that the whole of them would have been burnt down , when first discovered . The workp ople received the thanks of the owners of the premises ' , Messrs . CoUinge and Lancashire , for their exertions . How the tire originated is not known . — ( Correspondent . J
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Dr . J . Borthwick . Gilchrist died at Paris on the iich , at an advanced age . The Royal Standard Theatre , from a licensed theatre , has become a duly regittered Baptist Chapel . It is said that Mr . Macready received for his services , during iho past season , at tho Uaymarket Theatre , the sum of lour thousand three hundred pounds . The next meeting of the Wesleyan Conference wilt 6 e held iu Manchester next July , and it is generally expected that the Rev , James Dixon , of Manchester , will be elected to tilt tha ofiiua of president . > DinujvG the past year the Wesleyan Methodists have erected no fewer than 130 chapels , at a cost of i' 8 u , 000 , and being a larger number than iu any other year during their existence as a body .
During ihc lute frost , the train on the Hull aud Solhy railway was ou one occasion two hours in running two uiileo 1 Fatal Accident . -Two poor men were killed last weik , at i uddiij £ ton , by lite fitiiiug-iu of the root of au oven upon them , The . oven had been built during the frosty weather , and therefore insufficiently ceuuuiied . Ui'Wakds of £ 40 , 000 has been made in St . lies this year oy the piiciiard fishery , tho ILb selling at from < £ 4 to £ 4 11 s . per hogshead . AfVTi-TtEToTALisM at hie Palace—Duriiig her Majesty ' s lotideucc at huikiu ^ liu-in Palace , the largrt qiia . ut . ity of 140 hoj » shia > is of strong boar is monthly forwarded irom Church ' s brewery , at Burbai : e . —Devixes Gazette .
Admiral Sir Robert Stopfobd has accepted the Governorship of Greenwich Hospital . Admiral Stopford is a member of one of the most Tory of the Irish nobla families—tho Courtowns . He is expected in England about March . IS ' ew Penny Pieces—Specimens of new coins have just been issued from the Mint , consisting of penny pieces . M . Zellar , director of the Agricultural Society of Darmstadt , in 1839 , planted two p lots of ground , of the same size , with potatoes . When the plants had flowered , tho blossoms were removed from those in one plot , whilst those of the other were left untouched . Tho former produced 476 ' lbs . ; the latter only 370 lbs .
Mr . Eliha BuRRiTT , of Worcester , Massachusetts , a blacksmith , has made him ^ slf perfect master of more than fifty lauguago ^ . He id not yet thirty years old ; but is thought to know sa much of the languages of the earth as any other man . Mvhdeii of Mb . Westwood . —It has been ascertained that the story told by Roberts , the convict sentenced to transportation from tho Hull Sessions , is a fabrication , having the doublo object of saving himself from transportation , and revenging himself on his paramour , who had been instrumental ia procuring his conviction . ABusim La . vgimge . —On Fridy , Robert Reed , a master blacksmith , wasfined in the mitigated penalty of twenty shillings , at the Lambeth-street office , under the New Police Act , for using abusive language a gentleman named Fisher . The defendant seemed quite astonished , and declared that tho new Police Act was a bad law .
Rah . w . iT partl y Destrovkd . —A part of the rails , on the Midland Counties line , near to Loughborough , was , washed away last week by the Hood . The station was also injured . Fatal Effects op Drunkenness . —A woman named Mary Ann Stones , drank herself to death , on Sunday week . The Jury , on the Coroner ' s inquest , returned the absurd and impious verdict of '" Died by tbe visitation of God . " Liabilitt of Cabmen . —On Thursday , in last week , a cabman , named Thomas , was fined 40 s . by Mr . Greenwood , at the Hatton Garden Police-office , for refusing to convey a fare , and using abusive language .
Fkmale Smuggler . —A "lady , " dressed in the first-rate style , haa been apprehended by the authorities in London , with a large bundle , containing black silk , and thread lace of French manufacture , to the amount of £ 250 , for which no duty had been paid . The suspicion of the officers was excited from seeing her in company with a known smuggler . Total Loss of thkPhilestrus . —Tho Philestrus , of Greenock , from N « vr Orieans , with a valuable cargo of cotton , and with a crew of nineteen men and three boys , has been wrecked in Dundrum Bay , on the Irish coast . The vessel was a perfect wreck . All perished save the second mate and two boys , who were washed ashore on a spar , to which they had lashed themselves . Fatal Accident . —On Saturday , a poor fallow driving a cart , in the neighbourhood of Limehouse , coming in contact with a steam-boi ' er , drawn on a truck , was jammed ia bttweeu his own cart and the wall , and killed .
It is said that the Portuguese Government have concluded a contract for 2 , 000 sets of saddlery , 12 , 000 sets of accoutrements , and other military stores ; and that the English Government has agreed to give them on credit a large quantity of muskets , pistols and other a . Tms . i-London paper . The Troth . —At Sheffield , the Chartists have both strength and organization sufficient to impede the proceedings of any public meeting , in which they choose to take part . — Weekly Chronicle . English Taxation . —We ar < s told by Bulwer , iu his work on England , that the taxes in that country amount to just about one-third of the earnings of labour . A skilful mechanic , who earns £ 60 sterling
a-year , or nearly 300 dollars , pays to the government £ 20 , nearl / fOO dollars . —American paper . Remarkable Occurrence . —Dunug the past ten days two or three whales have been Been in the channel , one of which , described as being sixty feet in length , was so near Plymouth , that a trawler was in great danger of losing her nets by the huge mass becoming entangled in them . —London paptr . Suicids of M » . A . Grant . —Mr . Alexander Grant , of Carnousie , the Ministerial bandidate for the Elgin burghs , committed suicide on Monday last , the 18 th instant . Deep speculations in tea are said to have turned out unfavourable , and to have prompted the unfortunate gentleman to this rash act .
Butikg tub Cinders . — We hear that certain contractors have sent in , to the vestry of Marylebone , tenders ( which have been accepted ) , to th&amount of £ 4 , 150 , for permission to cart away the cinders ( breeze ) of the inhabitants . News prom China . —It is averted that the Government is ia possession of important and favourable news from China , which is kept back either for announcement in the speech from the throne , or to give effect to some explanation or statement from one of the Ministers . —Hampshire Telegraph . '
Mb . John O'Conneix at Liverpool . —Oh Saturday evening the repealers of Liverpool inyited Mr . John O'Cennell to a publio dinner , at the ' Qaeeu ' e-Tbeatre , in that town . It was a poor affair , and as regards numbers and respectability a wretched failure . The company broke up at midnight . : Corpse fou « o iK th * Thamks .- — -On Saturday morning last ' , a oorp » e was fouuA floating in Ihe Thames , nc . r tbe Towar , which is supposed to have been that of a murdered seaman , from the cats and injuries ^ apparent on the body . Various other articles were found upon him , and the boots , with cloth tops , wew marked , " Captain Collins , Leith . "
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Cruelty to the Poob . —The poor of the parish of Combe , in the county of Hants , had the right of cu ' . ting wood upon the common of the said parish for upwards of sixty years . The Provost and fellows of King ' s College , Cambridge , to whom the parish oalongs , tried the eajdrig&t with the poor , ana were beaten . The College then gave five families notice to quit their houses . The notice haying expired , they got a notice from the magistrates under the lo ?! *™? 1 " Aot > On Monday , the 4 th of January , 1841 , these five families were turned into the road , and their neighbours took them in , or they must have perished from the cold during this inclement season . One woman has been in fits ever since , and is not expected to recover . A great deal of iheir furniture was on Sunday , the lOtbinst ., still ia the road , and nearly buried in the snow .
Ikcbeasiwo Distress among ihe Poor—At the Marylebone Board of Guardia&s , on Fridiy , the master of the workhouse stated that 10 , 471 lbs . « f bread had been given to the out-dmr poor during the preceding eix days , and that the total quantity of bread given to both out-door and in-door poor , daring the above period , was 166 cwt . 3 qrs . S ' . bv , or nearly 5 , 000 four-pound loaves , ft would , it is apprehended , be somewhat difficult to carry out , Under these circumstances , the New Foot Law test of poverty—namely , no relief except within the walls of the workhouse . Besides , there are , at this moment , nearly two thousand persons ia tho workhouse . " Physical Force" Arrangements . —We are happy to hear that our army is to be increased to the extent of 10 , 000 men . There is also a rumour ( how true we know not ) that an addition ia to be made to the Marines . —Brighton Gazette .
Shipwrecks . —We learn from Bilboa that , on the 5 th inst ., tho steersman of the English ship , Jemima , laden with cloth , wishing to get over tho barr and misunderstanding or disregarding the signal of the port pilot , struck upon it , and was lost . Oa the same day , a schooner , called Le Jeune Ruffiu , was wrecked on the shore near Guecho , aud the captain and one sailor were drowned . A female pa ^ enaor got to the main-topmast , and there clung . Two young men of Algarta determined to save her , and succeeded , although they had no other means than by swimming to the . ship at the imminent risk of their own lives . She is said to be the wife of a soldier quartered at St . Ander , whom she came to join . — London Paper .
Effects of Cold—The effect of cold on life in poverty and want is thus exeajplifijd : —In the week ending November the 28 . h , vhe total number of deaths from all causes was eight hundred and sixtytwo . Just at this time the temperiture fell to thirty degrees , at the Royal Society ' s apartments ; and the immediate effect ot' ita descent below the freezing point was an increase ia the weekly number of deaths from eight hundred and sixty-two to one thousand and eighty-seveu , being the greatest amount registered this year . The next week presented a similar result , the total of deaths being one thousand and fifty-nine . [ Think of this , ye who bave soft beds , warm fires , and food enough }—Atlas .
A Live Snow Ball . ' —On Sabbath erening last , while going through one of ihe squares here ( . Glasgow ) our attention was arrested by an immense Bnow-ball . We at first thought it to be tho handiwork of boys , but , on a closer view , we were truly astonished to see a man ' s head peeping out from the centro of the ball ! We cotild scarcely credit the evidence of our senses . It certainly was an outlandish sort of a creature we had stumbled upon . After a very cautious scrutiny , we , with some assistance , and with a great deal of difficulty , got the young gentleman divested of his snowy nhelJ , and so far recovered as to learn from him where ho resided . He was immediately conveyed home , and
every means used to prevent any fatal effects that might arise from his l ying in his snowy mantle . It appears that a ; number of young men had been enjoying themselves , and partook of more Gienlivet than they could well carry . For a "Jark" they had thrown down one of the party , covered him up with snow , which stuck to his clothes , and then proceeded to roll him round the square , till tho immense mass which had attracted our ubax-rratiou acouinuLueJ . Iu this miserable plight they left him , unable to do anythiug for his own preservation , and but for our timely notice , he must inevitably have perished . We are happy to learn that he is nearly recovered , and blesses our curiosity a 3 the means of extricating him from his coffin of snow . —Glasgow Paper ,
DisGvsiinQ Treatment op a Child in a Union Workhouss . —Tae cruelties recently perpetrated in the Hoo Union , by Mile . " , the Governor , and tbe rascally treatment of » female pauper in the Eaton Uuiou Bastile , were sufficient to excite in the breast of every iiuiaanc man , a thrill of horror . But we have met with a parallel case ; and that the miscreant involved in the business may not escape exposure , we lay the particular * before the public . It would appear that some time since , a fellow , named Thomas Totmau , ( to call him a man would be a degration of the title ) , was appointed to superintend the education of the children in Warwick
workhouse ; aud this scoundrel was on Monday taken before K . Greenway and Richard Hiorns , Esquires , at the Court-house , charged with misconduct , in ill-treating a poor , friendless child , named Thomas Hetvins , aged about two years and a half , the son of a widow at Budbrooke . We are not su squeamish about things as to prevent us deicribing the nature of the offence , for so gross an instance of inhumanity ought not to be concealed from any false delicacy towards Totman , whose own delicacy may be estimated by his actions towards a poor , helpless , and unoifeiiding infant . The child in question was a temporary inmate of the Bastile ; and , unfortunately , was placed under the cace of the monster Totmau . The child wa 3 in the habit of" dirtying itself , " most
probably its bowels being affected by a change of dice , or from natural causo ; and for this , what does the reader suppose was tho remedy inflicted on tho poor innocent by this infamous scoundrel ! It is vmh \ uter disgust lliat we describe it ; the child , an iufaiit two years aud a half old , wjvs punished , by having ita own excrement forced into iti mouth The beastly act was made known to the master of tne workhouse , who communicated the affair to the Guardians , and the schoolmaster was dismissed from the office he had thus disgraced , and the Board ordered him to be taken before the magistrates above-named sitting in petty session , " to be dealt with according to law , " pursuant to the 93 rd clause of the New J ' o&r Law Act . When Totman was ushered into the presence of the Justices , he held
down his head , and looked as sheepish as a convicted felon ; aud when the chargo was read , he , in humiliating tonen , at once admitted his guilt . Of course , the magistrates visited a sin of such vast magnitude with severe punishment—of course , they held the filthy blackguard to bail , to take his trial for the offence ! No , they did no such thing ; they treated the case with leniency ; they made the crime an affair of the breeches pocket . Instead of obliging him to pay the penalty for so detestable an offence in person , Totman was fined 10 s ., with 10 s . costs ; and being thus set at liberty , he may get appointed to some other Union , and repeat his nasty practices , seeing that persons without characer are now elected to the control of those places . — Weekly Dispatch .
Thief Hunting . —An occurrence of rather a ludicrous character took place at Watford on Monday . Two fellows , strangers to the town , watched an opportunity , when no one wa ? in tbe place , to go into the shop of Mr . Fulwood , ft corn-chandler at Watton 1 , and they were in the act of rummaging the till wh > n the servant accideotly came in , and a-ked them what they wanted . They made some evasive reply , and attempted to get out of the shop , and , when the servant endeavoured to stop them , they forced their way past her , aud ran off An alarm was immediately given , and West , the constable of Watford , soon came up , and , having ascertained that the two men had gone down the town in the direction of Rickmansworth , bo set off after them , accompanied
by about forty or fifty men and boys , dogs , < fcc . Tne fugitives took to the fields at the back of the town , and ran , for two miles , like deer ; they then began to fUg , and , hearing the pursuers close in their track , they doubled back again , and endeavoured to conceal themselves under a hedge . Their followers , however , were too keen for them ;—they were quickly driven Out , of course , and they again started towards the Hempstead-road , and when they came to the fencing round Cashiobury , the Earl of Essex ' s seat , they sprung over and teok to th « wood , hoping that they should be able to conceal themselves in it . The constable , however , was close upon their heels , and when they had got some distance in the wood ; thev took separate paths , and
the officer followed the one nearest to him , and just as he was in the act of climbing up a tree , be caught him by the legs , and pulled him down , and secured him , in a nearly exhausted state , and he was ea-r corted back to Watford , and safely lodged in the cage . The prisoner waa ^ ubiequently taken before the Rev . Mr . Capel , a magistrate for the . county of Herts , when he < ave his name , William J >* wkuwt and said that be came from Windsor to look for work . The charge of felony was clearly made out against him , and tho magistrate oounHted him . to St . Alban ' a gaol tor trial . The fellow ' s companion succeded in getting away from his pursuers . > ! Worth KNOWiNa . —On Friday agentleman named Walker , a solicitor in Lincoln ' s-inh , appeared befort £ 11
the Excise Court to solicit the return of W , being Auction Duty on nome property aoW under the following circumstances : —Mf . Schenoergi » foreigner , died a short time ago / ieaving anumDer of leasahold houses , which he ** eoted should : be sold , and the money wring from such Bale toibe equally divided between certain relatives ^ we property was sold by publio audtion , and fetched a very large enm ; but the purchaser refused to complete h » bargain , by taMce of ^ Counsel , a . * e ground that the deceased had not been naturalized , and consequently could not bequeath property of the description specified . The Court held the objxstion of the purchaser ' s Counsel to be good , and tbe Commissioners returned the duty .
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GaKEBRBUBY . — Novel Purr fob Detecting Theft . —A . person not far from here , being much Annoyed by frequent depredations of his fences , and , unable to discover the offenders , resorted to a novel expedient to satisfy himself . He had some large hedg-e-atakea perforated with an augur , and theholea filled with gunpowder . Xike many before , the stakes wfc . re stolen , by an old offender , wo suppose , and eu lit tiff time brought intelligence that a certain person ' s c&& ? nney-piece had been blown out . and the furniture disarranged , much to the alarm of the inmates of # ie house . Inquiry convinced the owner of tb « stakes' xho had ? toien them , nor was the fright produced to the offender on the occasion of his mantel-piece wnaments d&ncing about the room without effect .
The Catholic Church .-Contrast between the salaries or sums now paid to tho dignitaries of the Catholic Church ia France , and those paid to the archbishops and bisheps of the Church of England : —The Cardinal Archbishop of France has 25 , 000 francs , or £ 1 , 041 13 s . 4 d . a year to live npou ! The Archbishop , of Canterbury has annually to live upon £ 15 , 000 ! A French Catholic archbishop has annually to live upon 15 , ( 00 francs , or ^ 625 . The Archmhopiof York has annually to live upon £ 1 & , 0 &O ! A French Catholic bishop has annually to live upon 10 , 000 francs , or . £ 416 1 . 3 s . U . An English Protestant bishop has annually to live upon £ 5 , 080!—True Scotsman .
The Ice turned Bihd-cascher . —The inhabitants ° * swat . Just Antoigne , and other communes along the tanal de la Dive , in the Maine et Loire , are aecustomed , at this time of yea . ry . to catch an immense number of larks on the plains , but had been deprived of their sport by the fall of enow . The Preeurseur de I Ouest , of Angers , relates that a slight thaw coming on some evenings back , the sportsmen went out the following morning , assured of finding plenty ot their small game . To their utter a * ioua&yiment not a feather was to be seen—not the sound of a wing . ' not a chirp was to be heard . Sareadiut about to ascertainif
, possible , what had become of their mtended victims , the mystery was solved by another still more surprising , and altogether without a precedent . They found hundreds of birds safely encaged under their feet by a net-work of ice * sufficiently strong to retain the little flutterers , but not to resist the force of their own hands , and they were able to take aii many of them as they pleased without using any ot their usual arts . The fact was , that , while the poor birds were busily employed in seeking their food ' thiousih the snow , a cold breeze came on and frtzs them inio the small cavities they had maie in order to reach the ground .
A Law Suit for a Penny . —At the Sheriff Court , Edinburgh , the following case c » mo on tor trial , before Sheriff fait : —A farmer's wife and daughter had lately occasion Co come to Edinburgh , which they did inone of thei r own carts . The carter , to prorect the clothes of the ladies , took the precaution of strewing ihe bottom of the vehicle with two small bags of straw , for which , on entering tbe city , Messrs . Boyd and Latta . thetacksmen , insisted upon chargiuj ; one penny iti name of custom * which was paid . The farmer , however , being persuaded of the illegality of the charge , brought an action before the
oraall Debt Sheriff Court for the recovery of the peimy . Tiie c * so wa * argued on both sides at great length . On the one hand , the ta . ksmen contended that !« traw was an article subject ; to custom , however small the quantity ; that even a straw seat , or a chaff bed , was liable ; in support of which they handed tip the new Act oi Parliament , which the Sheriff carefully examined . The pursuer , on the other hand , maitunhied that straw was only subject to custom , if brought to the market for sale . The Sheriff was clearly of the same opinion , and adjudicated for the recovery of the penny , with expenses . —Scotsman . '
Prison Humanity . —A married woman was sent up on the 14 th from the New Prison , Clerkenwell , to the Thames Police-office , to be examined on a charge of receiviHg stofen property , fourteen days after her confinement . The poor woman begged to be allowed another week , saying phe was very ill ; the matron of the prison also interceded with ihe doctor , but the fellow was inexorable . The matron sUted that during an experience of eighteen years she has never btfvre known such a case . The doctor ' s name ia Wakefiold .
A Washing-tcb Rebellion . — Monday week being the washing-day at the Chesterfield union workhouse , seven female inmates began to wash at the usual hour , and continued their work until about eleven o'clock in the forenoon , when the governor sent them a > small allowance of bread and cheese , ready cut and weighed . Monday was a soup day , and the women not being satisfied with their fare , refused the bread and cheese , and insiantly " struck ;" the consequence was that they were all of them locked up by the governor , all reeking from the wash-tub as they were , in the refractory hole , where they continued till about seven O ' clock in the Evening , when they were released on several of them promising not to offend again . There are nearly 250 paupers in the house . -
Mr , H . Vincent . —The Marquis of Normanby signified , on Friday , to Mr . Serjeant Talfourd , that he had advised her Majesty to remit the remaining term of imprisonment of Mr . H . Vincent , on condition of his finding security , himself in £ 100 , and two securities in £ 50 each , for his good behaviour for the period required by his sentence . " It will be recollected that Mr . Vincent is now in Oakham gaol , and the report is , that Judges' warrants from the Wiltshire magistrates are lodged there against him . Will th 8 se now retain him ? We shall see!—London paper .
Inquest ox a Mother and hbb Child . —An inquest was held , a few days ago , in London , on the bodies of a woman and her child . The following evidence waa elicited . The woman was a widow , and had been seduced by a milkman , reaideut ia Noel-ttreet . She had lived about five months with the landlord of the Horsely Down , as housekeeper ; and nothing was known of her pregnancy , though she had had for a few days before her death , medical attendance , ' for a sore throat , of which she complained . The body of the child was discovered in her box after her death . The surgeon stated that he had made a post mortem examination of the body , and was of opinion that over-excitement having produced conjestion of the heart , was th <> cause of death . He believed the child had never breathed . Verdict as to both , " Natural death . "
A Church Struck by Lightning . —On the 13 th instant the church of Prayssas , in the Lot et Garonne , was struck by . lightning . The covering of the steeple was almost entirely , torn off , and immense bloeks of stone were thrown down into the body of the church . The electric fluid , after damaging the clock and its tower , descended into the nave , nearly destroyed the Jligh altar , and then , returning to the tower , made its way out by the aperture which had been covered by the dial . The commotion was bo violent that not only all the windows of tbe church , but those of many surrounding houses , were shattered into fragments .
Joseph Ady and the Post -office . —Sir Peter Laurie and the press have nearly put an end to Mr . Ady ' a benevolent intentions of informing persons of " something to their advantage , " for the trifling fee of a sovereign . Like some other publio benefactors , his name had become somewhat notorious , and of late nearly all his obliging letters have been returned . The Post-office authorities , finding a great accumulation in the returned tetter department , directed their solicitor to take the necassary steps for compelling Mr . Ady to take back his letters , and pay the double postage owing thereon , which waa found to amount to £ 230 . Several
applications were made without success , and Mr . Peacock , the solicitor , probably conceiving that legal process would be equally unavailing , the suit has not been pressed , and the Post-office abandoned the claim , upon Mr ; Ady's promise to prepay all his future correspondence , thus insuring to the department a considerable increase of revenue , and relieving the public from future annoyance . Ady complains bitterly of Sir Peter Laurie for having impounded his books ,-owing to which circumstance he asserts that he has already lost between £ 2 , 000 and £ 3 , 000 , whilst ; many other individuals have lost tbe opportunity of succeeding to handsome fortunes .
Wholesale Plunder . — Abscondmknt of a Whole Board of Directors , with £ 200 , 000 . — At the Mansion-House on Wednesday , Sir Peter Laurie read a , letter which had been sent to him by the editor of the Scotch Reformers' Gaxette , a . t Glasgow , respecting the abscondment of the " West Middlesex Assurance Company , " with £ 200 , , which they had obtained from various persons who had purchased annuities and insured their . lives at the Company ' s office , and are now rained .. The offices were in Bakerrstreet , Portman Square ; and ft seems curious thai the ^ announcement of th « flight of the'Directors stacfold come via Scotland to the Manflioh-hoase ; It ' appears , howaTer ^ that the Seotch paper ,, Saving some knowledge . - p f the parties , had previously exposed them : whea actions for libel were brought to vindicate their eharaotera . The proprietors oT the R $ / brmer »* GaMeiii \ aA Bent «» * & * nt ftaik filascow to London to insfitute tha
closest enqmiV ; and it had been ascertained that all the Directors' had absconded , taking away with diem upwards bf £ 98 , 000 ' of annnlties , cash paid to tbem , exolusiTaUltoke ^ her of the amounts pud for policie * for fireWd life aissuranc * , tbe whoW amounting to not lefe than £ 158 , 000 . Alderinan PSrie said , he understood the * Direct ' ojrs of the Company bad lived in hanAwifle ^ hotisei aa < rke ^ t J up I apleTidia eatabliBh . - ments . ^ r ' Peter Laurie WMwirte « t \ that he bid not tWopportonity Of punishing ifiemi But te hoped thtt ^ xposure ^ woaia at ftaitr « &hri A % wfcVoios to thtjwfclic . There are , he e * i ( fc seyferal flishwUblishments W London ft * the pretw&t t&ft « , obtaining large Bums of money fnradttltfltly .-- * fi » West Middlesex Assurance Company" pretended to have been established in the year 1696 , with a capital of £ 1 , 004 , 000 , having really existed no more than four years , daring which peried it was engaged in plundering tb « public—Spectator *
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THE CHARTIST WARBLER . By Thomas Haig , Kinross , Perth . Printed at the Chronicle Office . 1841 . This is a collection of patriotic sonjj ? , recirations , &c , by a Sootch Chartit-t , who is desirous that ju--tice and truth should be universally diffused . We hope the prrsnu gtiirration will karu to discard the foi > li .= h ditties which have hiiherio been th-i appcudage of tliK nur ?> -ry ami the workshop , and substitute for them the tffusions ot' men who write and live to promote their country ' s gocd .
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THE DOOM OF TOIL ; a Poem , by an Ambassador in Bonds . Jssinderland : Williams and Binns . - This is an cffjrt of the imprisoned muse of one of tbe'besi hearted Chartists of whom we know any thing . A man any who has large claims upon the graiitcJe vi his couuirymen , having persevered in a cour > e of va'rioiism against opposhion , through much persecution and at tbe cost of much suffering and lo « . Its poetic merits are not on thewhole equal , we-ihmk , io some shorter pieces , which we have seen from the sajne pes , and some of wbichhave appeared in the Northern Star ; yet are tha sentiments such as become a patriot , and it has many passages which would sadly shame many of the " educatea" and " higher" class of poetasters . In reference to the cursed Factory System , be exclaims : — My curse npon the mercenary soul That climbs to wealth , regardless of the means ; May heaven ' 8 thunder o ' er him wrathful roll ; And dash to duet his base ambitious dreams . Tiiere'a cot a child , however r * ee'd and bare ,
Whose early years sre spent in yonder mill , Bnfs dearer than the wealth that s gather'd there ; Thottgh eVry brick ¦ weregold , &ad © Vry wheel . The tear that falli in eilent sorrow there Is register'd by God ' B unerring eye ; The poon si slave ' s despised , neglected , prayer Will some day seal the doom of tyranny . Ye murd " rir . g Cains . ' ye avaricious f « w . Who flourish o ' er your wretched country's grave , A ' "ay of ftarfiil vengeance loon s for you , From ¦ which no tyrant ' s arm nor Bword can save . There is a just estimate of circumstances , as well as the expression of a natural preference , in the following lines : — Is there no flowret on the mountain brow - A-s sweet & * grows vipon iorbiilueB ground ? Is there no maiden in the cottage row
With charms as winsome as in palace found . * Yes . ' there is one who re 3 ts within this breast . Whose flowing ringlets I delight to curl , Whose ruby lips I oft bave fondly preat , Without a crown , she ia a queenly girL Let gaudy gems around a monarch bloom . Give me tUat lovely eye ' s enchanting hue ' . We think it the duty of the people to support talent in their own " order" under any circumstances ; aad if so , the circumstances we have stated give the au ; hor of " The Doom of Toil" a . double claim upon them , which we doubt not they will readily acknowledge .
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THE SUNDAY SCHOLAR . Published Monthly Heywood , Manchester .
This is a new candidate for public favour , and , as far as we can judge by a single number , is calculated to do considerable service in firing a right direction to the minds of tho » e for whoa © especial benefit it is intended . It contains " Little Willy , " " The wrong step , " " What is death V Poetry and the Scrap Bojk , containing various articles . Tho work is for the- most part of a practical tendency , and ia free from thai sectarian bias by which similar publications are frequently disfigured . We learn from a note by the publisher , that 3 , 000 copies are in circulation . The work is printed on a good paper , and with a clear type . We wuh it all the &ucces 3 it merits .
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THE CORN LAWS , AND THE NATIONAL DEBT ; or the Parson ' s Dream , and theQ'ieen ' s Speech . By a Som&esetsbjre ClehgymaJJ . London : John Green , 1 * 21 , Newgate-Street . 1841 . This is a well written and sensible little pamphlet . The worthy div , neha 3 evidently thought much upon the subject upon wnich he treats , and has not been induced , like too many of his airphced brethren , to discard the precepts of the Bible for the infamous doctrines of modern expediency . The author states that his attention had been especially directed to ihe gnbject of the injustice of the Corn Laws , by reading an . extract from our old friend Tait , and that that , in connection with other matters , gave rise to , a vivid dream , in which He imagined he sent a statement relative . to the mischievous operation of those law ? , to the Q / aeen , and that , in reply , he received the following communication from Windsor Castle . We sincerely wish that her Maje 3 ty would be as attentive to the real appeals of ier subjects , as the parson ' s fancy represented faer to be . " Windsor , January 14 , 1841 .
" Rev . Sir , —I thank you for the extract from Tait I was not previously aware of the injustice practised upon my people . I laid it before the Privy Council , but my Lords declare that in consequence of the Nation&lfDebt , domestic agriculture cannot compete with foreign agriculture without the protection of the Corn Laws . My Lords tell me that the empire over ¦ which I reign is a mortgaged esUte ; and that fcJgh prices and high rents an necessary in order to enable them to pay the interest « f the mortgage . I will direct my attention to tbe'subject of Free Trade ; in the mean time I will impose a task upon yon : —Write for my inspection the speech which you would desire me to deliver from the throae , on the opening oX the ensuing Session of Parliament . "VlCTOElA . "
In obedience to this royal request , the Rev . Gentleman transmitted to the abode of royalty a speech such as he conceived it would be her Majesty ' s duty to deliver from the throne , and which certainly does credit both to the head and heart of the wnter . In it there breathes a Bpirit of pure benevolence and genuine patriotism , such as we fear will not , for some time , be found either in royal speeches or in royal hearts . Palaces , revenue , and the trappings of royal foolery will , we opine , be long preferred before the comfort , happiness , and prosperity of the
people ; and if the so-called National Debt be never liquidated till the means recommended in this visioDary speech be adopted voluntarily by the Qoeen , her illustrious pensioned relatives , and the mushroom nobility , who fatten npon publie plunder , we believe the time for the removal of this incubus from our shoulders is very far distant indeed . We should indeed rejoice if our costly chief magistrate would be thna careful to secure the nation ' s interest , and Bbsll ^ e glad to see the day when the following royal recommendation shall be carried into full and practical effect : —
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* SECOND LETTER TO THE RIGHT HON . LO RD JOHN RUSSELL , on the Plan of the gt oety for the Civilization of Africa . By Sir *^> rge Stephen . London ; Swmders and Otley . ^ &s very able and well written pamphlet is in |* P J to " Remarks by an anonymous writer , " who , « seems , is not inimical to the objects of the African ^ netj , but dissents from the plans proposed by Sir " well Baxton and the Committee . To shew the gkafj of the anthor of the H Remarks , " Sir George - ^ paen , one of the Committee , has given to the
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 30, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct842/page/3/
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