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    • THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY, MAY S, 1841.
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      J *"" " ~ ' ~ CHABTIST BOXQ . BT B . X"EAD . TrjfE _ Ma « h to the Battle Field . £ vk ! tis the trumpet call Of liber ty ia peaVmg , jionse Britons , one and all , yonr " majesty revealing ; Bonse from your leaden sleep , ^) e&th is in your slumber , Bise like the mighty deep , Its billows loud outnumber . CHoars . pjea ronnd the standard , press , > Ver tor lacre barter , Tonr iriTes and children ' s happlnest , St&nd firm for freedom ' s Charter . Press round our standard true , Again , behold , tis flaunting , DeflaEce to the despot few , And ail their idle Taunting ; YTbig &cd Tory wrath we'll brave , And boldly bid defiance , To eonrUy fi ol and priestly knave , On beaven"s our sole reliance . CHORUS . press round the standard , press , ye'er yc'Sr free rights barter , X-B-Tersa happiness . It in our glorious Charter ! >' ou ? ti but freemen ' s rights ¦ we claim , All men " 5 rights respecting , liberty . ' thy sawed name . ' Thy shrine alms protecting ; SwesJ by freedom ' s holy name , By her to stand or fall man , Spurn a coward vs&s&Ts chain , "" your watchword one and all man . CHORUS . Press round the standard , press , ' jfe ' er your free rknls barrsr , X " r . ; TsrsU happiness . Is in our glorious Char ter !

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      ¦ ? ¦ OPE TO FREEDOM . T «? doE , I would not thy banner stain \ Hus one sicEie drop from a human Tein , jsfiSEii ' s Iratt cia ^' em to gain , " gjj . y . Qwer , her kingdoms three ; Oj ovr her tun-ired miliions reign , If tsnian life the pric * -would be . "So trcptifs I want fnm the battle field , yo blood loujbt tricrnphs war rah yield , 7 jee 5 ca , 1 would not soil thy shield With breath of dying -warrior ' s sigh ; 5 cu "ffouM 1 thy strong bulwarks build ' ilidft widow's tear 3 , or orphan's cry . Tgt vtrald I'd dared the deafliy strife , lid in that ? : ni « : g : e lost a l ; f--, Pregnant -sri . h woe and horror rife , Th-n like a felon thus to lie , SobVd of ny friends ami faithful wife , Condeir . r . c--i U > silent slavery . >¦ -- tiirst of ro'd , no Iotc of gain , TT : th oiae n : j c ^ r . srience tre did stain , jiosch traitors did a victim cain In as , by ccfcUs of knavery ; y ^ pnbiic sb 3 ce vn ' A brand thtir name , vri ' . h acts of foulest treichery .

      T : s trae I Britain ' s freedom sought , Aad freedom's ; i ; oral battle fought . Tu tree I sought to mend the lot Oi refferic ? hu . m 5 . city , AaJ driT ; oppre 5 s oa fr-.-m the cot , Of libra , toil , and honesty . 3 nilEsb , nsy muse , come clip your wing , Isr «* ea thy sorrows ye da e not sing , Xcr expression give to tho woes that -wring Thy breart with ansrriisia and with grief , Eacil : vice to thy sorrows might bring To thy KiSerings relief . f 2 £ tijughts of the slave are no longer free , i ' T nister ' 3 ejsd ! ate would reach even tb . ee , Qon rcart of iir . aartality ; Though free as the -svhitd sea foam , And meant bv thy Maker eieraaiJy to

      Though his boundless w ^ rts roam . Tctz&a , prend man ! woull trauimel thee , dan soul of loTe , life , an-1 liberty , Who art t > " » - " tide or wind more free , Bat proof of the power of G ^ d ; IDicutable thought I who would trammel thee , itey dread the Almighty's rod . 2 To more for ns Scotland ' s woods -will ring , TTith j . 'T awjied by the voice uf spring , Oi the livercck sweet in the welkin sing , Eis as'he -ji n : y breast to more , And esch frathti'd warbler his tribute bring Oi sjsg to freedom and iove . Ah ! dear to me Ssotiaad thy mossy riUs , Tiy sEect streams—thy htalfeery hilla , — fir rrlile svread ejms-tby sionoj fells ,

      Round whos « suiaa ; it the wild earn Boars , H » dreams of which y-et my bosom fills , With lore to thy roagh rugg'd shores . Bat deirer by far than thy rueged strand , ( And oh ! how dear U that mountain land , And tie memory b ' . est of h ^ r patriot band , That de £ « d e ' en toe piwtr of proud Rcnze . ) Tbst ifectienste heart , aod smile so bland , Ihat Wis mine in my hurub ' . e Hume . So Eore for me the Ixanteous Tsy , ¦ RTJl wind her wild and rum-. ntic way , Where of ; I EBTe passed the ier-lar . g day , Her wild w > jdland bar . ks among ; Oi iirten'd enraptured the ciayia ' s lay , Or the chfetriul laTerout ' s song .

      So Eorse in that pare monr-t'in ware My ipertive limbs with glire I'll lave , Tfii boyyant breast her billows brave , Which her yitlding watrrs part , Alts ' . I am eot ihat thing—a t' . sre . ' Widi a woful and breaking heart . Bui quiet my soul , nor dare jepine , Ibe ? e : s joy beyond the bourd- of time , Tin pitriirt ' s Gtd he still is ttine , Thy hiding place , thy gnar-J , and shield , Who his for thee happiness ij iriue , Far more than earth can field .

      He , who permits the rtonn to rave , Cjb stii ) the ocean ' s wildest w ? . vr , kzi inspire tiy sufiering Lrart to brave The tyrant ' s vengeful powtr ; J « bis Almighty arm is strong to save , In sorrow '* murkiest hour . Tfcozrh freedom ' s opening day ? o'ercast , Tacnsi £ e » ce the storm and iuud the blast , Tiii Eight of sorrow will not last , ETtn new there ' s a glorious morn ¦ i pproaehii-. g , whose brighi ' r-iug will radiance cast ThruGzh the ploom of the dismal tlsna .

      £ fea now the genia « of freedom stands , ^ iin ? braTe oa her patriot bands , "fco yet wil ] free her favour'd land , From tyrant ' a chains and slavery , Asa hfcr mettur nag waTe o ' er tLe strasd , in free * L-: if s bloodless victory . la thoaght of home my bosom cheers , At UircEgb the mist of tedious years , *« ecom ' s aj . pruacbing day appears , TLat loag'J for day , stiil distant far ; TOtloads , and storms , asd doubts , and fears , The plevsaat prospect often mar . st ^ a that fond hops in my txxsoin bums , I &eain of joy that ne ' er returns , v . t hat loved oze whose fend heart monrnj ,

      For the hssband she vainly toils to save , * fc « e iebin ^ heart and fast wasti ng form , Will sLciier si >? n in the friendly gTBve . y ^ Qr > i decrees 111 glad obey , tei ihnSe en the mortal clay , - ^ eLetrfal win g my wiliinc way , „ ¥ ** fron ; this earthly realm ef night , * » bai in y , uncreated ray Of the Alnsi s hty ' s living Hght p great inrlsib ' . e is seen ^ e ^ cb fiowrtt swe et that scents the green , "* ell ts in yon t-jmry sheen , That gilds the arth of htaven , *« man * corrupted powers 1 ween , Are iiiii'd tj mnth with sinful learen ,

      * « ees not the great propelling power , fe 7 i l' ^ - roll , or thunder * roar , ***« no dfcign in each berinteous flower , That adorns the hill and the sunken glen > ifcmrii felt atd acknowledged that unseen poweij £ y all but blinded sinful men . ^ t he pure and regenerated soul , fr ^ d f rom passion ' s blind costrol , J « eodlesa ages orisekss roll , Xceii awful , everlasting flight , «« bo nders of love will engross the whole Of tii * soul ' s desires with fresh delight ?«* 5 ob's wondtrs it then shall scan , £ ** mercy admire in the marvellous plan , Bii ^ . taii oa brought to sinful man , ^ And , nijriujj ^^ ^ Cj behold *¦ & glery of God in the face of the lamb , « ao » e love for us can ne ' er be told . the

      * £ j * 111 welcome my love to that happy Bhoie , ^ a ^ sa vage tyrant ' s rage is o ' er , s ^ e enrs ' u oppression ' s voice no more , ^ 07 the lofferer ' B ear is beard , *«* . feskicg in IoTe unmixed and port , ^ s patriot reaps bis rich reward . ™^ Sow of Correction ,

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      AMERICA . -We have received a copy of the Neve York Sun , dated the 10 th nlt ^ from which we present our readers with the following : — The Fusebal op tus late American President at Washington . —The mortal remains of the late President were interred with appropriate honours oa Wednesday . The funeral was conducted with great propriety—with pomp and solemnity . A vast multitude attended . Uniform companies from the cities of Baltimore and Philadelphia , united with those of the District , and these , added to several bodies of United States troops drawn in from the neighbouring posts , made a very imposing military display . Several bands of fine musio led different sectioDs of the military array , and , with melancholy

      strains blended the sympathies of the people . The whole" procession , including a large concourse of citizens from the neighbouring States , filled the Pennsylvania Avenue to a very great extent . The houses immediately on the Avenue were for the most part huDg with black drapery , and the windows were crowded with fair faces . The day was soft and beautiful , enabling the immense throng ( a ereat many of whom were on foot ) to attend the remains they honoured to the place of sepakure , some _ two or three miles from the President ' s mansion . There , the last rites being paid , and the body deposited in the tomb , the scene was closed br the firing of cannon and volleys of small arms . Throughout the day minute guns were fixed ; and during the procession the bells of the city tolled .

      Veto o . n the Bank Bill . —The Hauisburg correspondent of the Pennsylvanian , under the date of April 8 th , writes— "The Governor has just &ent in his Veto of the Bank Bill . It is an admirable document , and elicits the approbation of friends aud foes . Messrs . Reed and bpackman , of the Ssuate , have spoken of it in terms of warm commendation . " United States Bank . —There was a tremendous meeting of the stockholders on Thursday . Resolutions were passed in favour of changing the name of the institutiOD , and reducing the capital to fourteen millions of dollars . A very extensive change was made among the officers of the bank , and it has passed almo = t eutirely iuto new hands . Suspension of Specie Payments . —The banks at Richmond formally suspended specie payments on the 6 : h April .

      Business of Louisville ketiying . —For the last ten days our streets have assumed an aspect of business aud bustle , such as has sot been kuown here lor the la ^ t three years . We are told by our merchants , that warehouses , which for that time have stood entirely empty , are now nearly all filled . 1 ; is thought that the sprivg stock of ^ ood ^ brought out by our mi rcha . nts vsill fall considerably short of the ciemandl Robbery and Excitement . —The Vicksburgh Seiitin-e ! states ihat the recent frai ; d practised in the Union Bank by Or . Morgan , the president , and Mr . Kearney , oua of the directors , in abducting a Treasury warrant ef twenty thousand dollars , and applying it to the ui « of Kearney , without the authority of the board , has produced much excitement in that city . The Scniinei says , *• there * is » strong dispgsiLioo acuon ^ oar citiicus to unite and go to C . unoa to compel the swindlers to return the warrant , or give them a taste of Judge Lvuch's code "

      rivz bats later from sew tore . Liverpool , Sunday evening , Ssven o'Ciock . The royal mail steam-ship , Acadia , has just arrived , by which we have received papers from New York to th » 17 th ult . The Acadia sailed from Boston ofi the 17 tb , and from Halifax on the Such , at noon , performing the voys ^ e iu twelve days . She brings seventy-five passengers . Up to the tia-3 of the Acadia's sailing nothing bad been heard of the Prt ^ nh-st st-eamer . The intelligence contained ia these papers is not of great iiHi-ariaiice .

      In Canada the elections for tie united province ? , which are the only subject of public interest mentioned in liesc papers , app .- ^ . r : o be so : a % in / avonr of the- Government or Coustituiiuijal party . In Lovrer Cauuda the French party ha < a n-ajjrity ot six , but iu the United . Legislature they are in & minority ef twelve . The whole number of members returned is eighty-four .

      FRANCE . ( Fresa . Ute Correspondent of the Examiner . J The Legitimist party has never recovered the fatal blow -dealt it in 1830 . All its hopes and attempts , at homo and abroad , haye / a > Jed . The Duchess of Berry ' s campaign aided ludicrously for her ana for her friends . Foreign powers fell ofi " , one by one , frota their attachment to the fallen dynasty , aud even Russia adopted a branehof the Bonapaxtes , instead of the . grandson of Charles the Teuth . The ciergy for some year 3 remained true to the memory and regime of the elder Bourbons ; but by degrees the old preJaies have died away . New men and a new political epirn bare got possession of the Gallican church , and ev ^ a Rome has become completely reconciled to Louis Philippe , nay , created -three cardinais of his choice . One of these is M . de Ronald , so re-uownui under Louis the Eighteenth for his philosophical writings , in which he sought

      to overthrow revolutionary creeds by sacer ^ ora ! ones , and the sovereignty of the people by divine right . 31 . de Ronald has come rouad to acknowle-ige- the divine right of the dynasty of July . Another relig-. ous writer in the time of the elder Bourbons was De Lamcnnais , who thundered at the revolutionary French for their indifference in religious mat : ers . De Lamennais has come round , not merely to Louis Philippe , but to the farthest point of the revolutionary compass , and whatever he preaches , be at least preaches no restoration . Ali the eminent civilians , too , whom one might expect to find . attached to Carlism , have either openly or covertly deserted it . Lamartine and Montalembert have completely rallied to the house of Orleans ; and if Berryer has not done so to the dynasty , he has at least accepted the consequences of the revolution of July . He supports Thiers , and may bo considered the political ally of the minister most hostile to the policy of xhe elder Bourbons .

      In this general decline and diminution of the Carlist party in France , it still , however , contains some rancorous spirits , whose object is not so much to restore the fallen as to avenge it , by ponring all the obloquy possible on Louis Philippe . Hence the letters , which have been attributed to him , and which have been published . The first batch , written when the Duke of Orleans was in the Mediterranean to the Count d"Entraigiue ? , have all the apj > earance of truth . The others , said to have been purloined frcm the cabinet of Prince Talleyrand , appear from the tecor to be false . The first were published in the G'izctte de France , and were allowed to ta ? s unquestioned . But when the second

      appeared , the Prociireur General ordered them to be seized , as well as the editors of the papers , against whom he commenced an action of forgery . On this charge he was able jo keep tbtm in prison for a month , but not being able to sustain it , he let them looi-e . But still the prosecution was carried on for hbel on the King . Now the only libel cr offense lay in the forgery , the proof of which was abandoned ; but still the Prccureur General went to the jury . The consequence was of course an acqaitial , a considerable scandale , and the great tr . umph . of the Cailists . The Court orgau of Paris threw the blame on the j'iry , but the Prccureur General was alone to b . i . iroe .

      This functionary will but ill repair his fault by committing the grosser one of a- crusade against the press . The execrable Sc-ptember laws permit editors of journals to be judged , in two or three cases , by the jadges , not by the jury . Thus , if a partial report is given of a trial , ihe ' presiding judge has the power to summon , Sue , and imprison the editors . This plan is now followed with tho Gaxelte de France , and is a bad sample of the rigour of the Peral school . The National is to be brought before the Court of Correctional Police on some similar prettxt . In short , that Fieschi code , which M . Thiers and M . Barrut wrongly tol ^ raied , can at any time crash the press , by depriving it of the guarantee of a jury .

      The Carlist party has shown its activity in another way . It lias publir-hed a manifesto by the Count de Yiilele , the o ! d finance Minister of the Restoration , accusing the Government , which orose iu July , 1830 , and which has continued since , of tremendous prodigality . These reproaches have , unfortunately , som ' e foundation in fact ; since the French annual expenditure , which was under forty millions sterling , during tlie Restoration , has risen to rrell nigb eixty millions . There are excuses for this uurplu * expenditure ; but there is certainly not enough to show in the way of gain to the French eontribuable for the enormous increase in his burdens . SeeiDg these lavish results , this disorder in the finances , the ex-minister of Charles the Tenth exclaims that

      the French are not iqual to the task of Eelf-govern-1 meat , and that the more the people meddle in S that task , the worse will it bo performed . The j Count is somewhat right , if Me remarks be confined to late ^ events . But France is Btill young in political j experience , and the experience of the last year will not be lost upon her . If M . Yiilele pleads that despotism 1 b a cheaper and better government , the \ Lonis Philippist will point out to him the results off Louis the Fourteenth ' s and Napoleon's reigns . M . ; de Villele would remedy all by universal suffrage , that is , by the peasantry electing the landholders ; for electors , and these electors choosing deputies , j He thinks , with same reason , that this double mode of election would do away with the nonsense of parliamentary government , and restore Henry the Fifth's

      . The Court h much chsgrined at the issne of tho ; trial of La France , but Lonis Philippe hicself has ] shaken off the annoyance : he has been visiting the j fortifications , laying the first stones of a variety of , bastions , and has been welcomed by the leud accla- j xoations of the m&ious and their men , aod by th « (

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      troops employed , who , of coarse , set an extra portion of drink on the occasion . The Bound of popularity was new to Louis Philippe , and delightful to him , and he hai drawn the happiest presages for hknselfjhis policy , and his fortifications , although in reality the applause was that of masons for the most liberal employer of masons that ever reigned . M . Guizot , through Prince Metternich , is hammering the Eastern question into some shape , and the Divan is about to confer upon Mehemet Ali the same dominions , power , and conditions which it had agreed to give , and he to accept , at the commencement of 1839 . Tha ? , after three years' Fquabbl . injf , and negotiating , and fichtinar . the Levant question

      comes back precisely to the same point at whicb . it was before the untoward affair of Nezib . PrevioHS to that , as we learn from the volume of State Papers just published , the Porte had agreed to offor to the Pacha the hereditary government of Egypt , provided he would give up Syria . France , England , Austria , and Russia approved of the terms , and Mehemet would have accepted them , when the affair of Nezib occurred . The affairs of Acre and Kalat Meidan have undone Nezib , and that is all . France with all her outcry , is no worse off in the Levant than she was in 1 * 39 , and England with all her triumph ? , is no better . The Pacha has had a check and fright , but in reality he ought to be very well contended , for , I repeat , he will get all that he could have hoped in March , 1839 .

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      Lord Brougham left Rome for Naples on the loth ult . Worse and Worse . — It is said that the new census will cost the country about £ 500 , 000 . It is not many years ago that the salary of the Chief Baron was £ 3 : 500 only—it is now £ 7 , 000 . An Island has been discovered between the Cape of Good Hope and Australia , in which there are valuable coal mines . The Earl Percy , loading at Maranhsm , for Liverpool , took fire on the I 4 : h of March , burnt to the water ' s edge , and sank . ExLCLTioNS . — In the year 1821 there were 114 executions in EngJand and Wales . In 1828 tho number was reduced to 58 , in 1836 to 17 , and in 1138 it was only six .

      The Glasgow Herald quotes from the Edinburgh Post a report of the disappearance of a government official , a defaulter to the amount of £ 10 , 000 . His income was £ 2 , 000 a year . A Monument to Lord Collingwood is about to be erected at Tynemouth . It will stand on a pedestal forty feet high , and tho top of the figure will be seventy feet from the ground . An insolvent , whose discharge on Tuesday was not opposed , had been lying fourteen months in Whiteeross-street prison , being too poor to pay the expenses of the application to be discharged . Syria is now finally evacuated by the Egyptian army , the last division , under Meuckli Pacha , havip . Z < mbarked for Alexandria at Gaza , on board a Tuvki'h frigate , on the' 27 th of February .

      Jesuits . — It has boon calculated that the Jesuits , before the suppression of their order , possessed in various parts of the world a revenue of U 73 , 0 Q 0 , 0 i ) W . The society comprised " 22 , 51 ) 9 individuals . The Execution eu Anticipated . —Edward Chubb > upon whom sentence of death was passed at the lasc Ruthiu asslz- 's , for the murder of Evan Evans , a gam- keeper , has expired in gaol . Death of Mr . Luke Hansard , pkinter to the House op Commons . —This gentleman breathed his la ^ t on Wedr . r . -day evening week , at about a quarter after seven o ' clock , at his country residence . Mr . Hansard was in his < 51 st year . The retcbns of the averaeo asgregateamount of notes in circukttion in England and Wales , by private bank *? an > l by joint-stocks , from the 26 th December , 18 J <» . ro the 27 th March , 18-11 , are— Private banks , £ ( i .. 822 , 579 ; Joint-stock banks , 3 . 644 , 258 .

      Prince Albert is said to have given manifestations of the mbst undoubted symptoms of consumption . He has ; -pit blood repeatedly , and is under strict re ^ ulaticus as to diet and exercise . Gover . nhest have it in contemplation to repeal the Pawnbroiiug Act , and in every locality iu Irelaud to substitute loan funds , by which the poor will bo accommodated with sums from' 2 s . Gd . upwards . —Limerick Chrvnicte . The Ntw Poor Law is London . — V statement of the number of admissions for one week to the Refuge of the West London Union Workhouse : — 1 aboveCO years of age ; 6 above 4 ' ) ; 14 about 30 ; 47 above 20 ; 241 under 20 . Total , 300 .

      Custom of the Country . —In a recent trial at Carnarvonshire assize .-, for loss of services , &c , the " custom of the country" in favour of courting in bed , was admitted to rebut the father's apparent want of caution . " It was not proved , " said Justice Williams , " mat the father had not shown that care and caution in the custody of his child , which Welshmen of his condition should take . " Just in Time . —A few days ago the wife of a man employed at the Lyceum of Majiheim , having , as it was believed , expired , and her death been duly certified hy a surgeon , who at . the same time pcactista as a barber , was ordered to be buried ; but at the moment of screwing down the cc ; fii : i ske opened her eyes and smiled ! She has since remained in a weak state , but is gradually getting better .

      Something New . —A Dr . Beck flatters himself with having discovering a method of propelling ships up and down the most rapid rivers without the aid of wind , steam , or towage . According to the plan the ships are moved by the power of the water alone with a regular degree of rapidity which may be increased or diminished at pleasure . Fmrs , London . —On Friday night week , the inhabitants of Albeniarle street were alarmed by the cries of fire , at the same time the numerous persons who were residing at Stewart ' s Hotel were rushing out . This splendid establishment , which consisted of two of the largest-sized houses , and close to the Earl of Mansfield's , was in one body of flame . It was totally destroyed . A fire was discovered on Friday morning week to have broken out in the Carltou Club-house , Pall Mall . It was soon extinguished ..

      Comparative Value of Life . —A letter from Akshehr states that a Turkish soldier having killed an Armenian , in a quarrel , was prosecuted by the family of the victim , before tho Shoura , or city Council , by wliich he was absolved under the plea " that a Mussulman must kill two Rayas before he can be convicted . "—An affray took place at Smyrna on the evening of the 7 th , between some Greek and English seamen . One of the latter having been stabbed with a knife , the police interfered , arrested several of the rioters , and closed the Coffeehouse ia which the dispute aroso .

      Sheep and Lambs Wool . — By a- return moved for by Mr . Baines , M . P ., we find that tho total quantity of sheep and Jambd ' -wool imported into tho United Kingdom in the year 1840 , wa « 49 , 448 , 114 Jbs ( including the Isle of Man ) , of which 21 , 812 , 01 ) 9 was imported from Germany . The total quantity of British sheep and lambs' wool exported from the United Kingdom in the year 1840 , was 4 , 8 \ O , 3 B 7 ib ., and the total quantity of woollen and worsted yarn , 3 , 796 , 6441 b . The declared value of British woollen manufactures exported from the United Kingdom in 1840 is stated by the above return to be £ 5 , 327 , 853 .

      Cost of Legislation to the Country . —The expenses to be paid by the public , for the executive of the Houses of Parliament , amount to £ 118 , 935 . As about one hundred and twenty acts pass each session , it would appear that the average cost of each is nearly £ 1 , 000 . If to this be added the innumerable expences to which individuals ars subjected in promoting and opposing bills during their progress , it will show that the process of legislation is even more expensive than is generally supposed . O . v Wednesday , the 28 th ult ., the Reverend Mark Waters was tried before three clergvmeu , as

      Commissioners appointed by the Bishop of Norwich , at Southtown , for attempting the ohastity of Ann Laws , the wife of a sailmaker . The case excited much interest in the place , and the town was crowded by the gentry and clergy of the neighbourhood . It was stated in evidence , that Mr . Water had caused a note to ba dropped into Mrs . Laws ' s basket at market ; and that she kept the appointment , while her husband watched . There was Eome contradiction between the witnesses ; and the Commissioners decided , that although Mr . Waters ' s conduct had been highly objectionable , yet there was not evidence to warrant furthes proceedings .

      American Presidents . —The federal Government , up to the 4 th of March , 1841 , has been in operation fifty-two years . During that period there have been eight Presidents of the United States , of which number three are still living , viz ., Messrs . Adams , Jackson , and Van Barcn . The following is the order in which they served , and the duration of their service , viz . -. — General Washington , of Virginia , eight years ; John Adams , of Massachusetts , four years ; Thomas Jtfferson , of Virginia , eight years ; James Madison , of Virginia , eight years ; James Munro , of Virginia , eight years ; John Q ,. AdainE , of Massachussetts , four years ; Andrew Jackson , of Tennessee , eight years ; Martin Van Buren , of New York , four years . To these is to be added , sine * the 4 th of March , General Harrison aud Mr . Tyler .

      No Every-dat Things . —At a shop window in Fleet-street , a handsomely-framfd placard informs us that " the proprietor" keeps a depot for sharps , and to be obtained within " a medicine , " which is warranted to cure all disorders incident to the human frame . A few dcors from the above-mentioned place , the window of a fishing-tackle warehouse exhibits the perfect " anatomy" of a mouse , which was starved to death and found in a cane belonging to a fishing red 1 At the shop window of a gas-fitter in the immediate neighbourhood is the skeleton oi a rat , found in a small box in the ruins of the Royal Exchange . On the box is affixed a placard , of which tho following is & literal copy : — " This r * tt was discovd mong the runts , and is a curosit j— Only 10 ehillipgee . "

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      Sunday Railwat Travelling . —Tho opinions of Mr . Hume and those of Mr . Plumptre regarding railway travelling , verge to opposite points of the compass .. ) Mr . Pfumptre would stop * U the steamengines on Sundays , and make the entire population stationary on that day , for the purpose of maintaming the sanctity of the Sabbath . Mr . Hume , on the other hand , would have a clause introduced in every Railway Bill , making it compulsory on the directors of all railways to carry the mails on Suuday , as well as other uaya , and , of course , to carry also

      passengers . A clause like this would , of course , defeat the views of any particularly pious district , in which it might be determined to forbid the trains from progressing on that day , on the Jack Rag principle of nothing being " moving" but " stagnation' ou the babbath . So much mischief would result from the power to prevent railway travelling on Sunday—the convenience of the many would be so completely paorinced to the scruples of the few , that it would be iufiuitely better to make the directors " go ahead" on that day , than force the people to etay at home for the lack of public conveyances . —Satirist .

      Interesting Statistics . —Daring the debate in the Chamber of Peers one day lately , on the Customs Duties' Bill , the Minister of Commerce and Agriculture , M . Cunin Gridaine , stated some remarkable facts relative to the consumption of butchers' meat in Great Britain and France , which may not be unintcrestiug . " In England one-half of the land is devoted to pasture , or to producing food for cattle intended for consumption . In Franca one fifth only of the soil is allocated for that purpose . In England the individual consumption of butchers' meat is 1341 b . ; in France it is only 281 b .,

      to which may be added 181 b . of pork . In 1789 the individual consumption of meat iu Paris was 1384 b . and now that the population is nearly doubled , the aggregate consumption is diminished . In England each ox brought to market averages 8001 b . ; in France not more than from 400 ib . to 6001 b . In the production of cattle for consumption France is inferior , and means ought to be adopted to remedy this evil . It is the duty of the Government to submit tho legislative measures wiiich itcousiders necessary for that purpose to the Chambers , and it will fulfil that duty with zoal aud earnes ' . ness . "

      The Riguts of the Poor . —Lammas Land . — John Stauton , a costermougev , residing at Walhamgreen , was summoned to Kensington Police-office , o » Saturday , before Mr . T . 1 ' aynter , the sitting magistrate , on the singular charge of having fed a horse in a lane leading from Fulham to Walhamgreen . The summons , which was granted under the new police act ( 1 st ami 2 J Victoria , cap . 47 , sec . 55 , ) set forth that he " did on the 22 d of April last , in a certain thoroughfare in tho parish of Fulham , unlawfully feed a certain horse to the annoyance of the inhabitants then being iu the said thoroughfare , " whereby he had incurred a penalty of not exceeding 403 . The complaiuant , ( Mr . Win , Goaler , market gardener , of Fulhain-fields , ) deposed that while in

      his own grounds between six atid seven o ' clock in the evening of the day in question , he saw the defendant ih the lane adjoining , with a horse , which he held by a halter . Tho horse was feeding , not from a nose bai ; , but by cropping the grass at the side of the lane . He was there with it for upwards of two horse , and the samo horsohad been there with a bag in the afternoon , when it had damaged the fence . In answer to questions by the magistrate , the conip ' ainaut acknowledged that the lane was not his property , iioither had he the ft * simple . The defendant did not deny having fed the horse there . There were , he said , no inhabitants there to be annoyed . It was a parish road , where he had himself been in

      the habit of feeding his horses for the last twenty years , without molestation . It had been the custom to do so from time immemorial , it being Lammas land . He had for years known the ground thrown open to the poor every Lnramas-day , and ho had even seeu the gate forced off by teams of horses . He therefore only claimi d a right wliich he , as well as other poor persons in tho parish , were entitled to . Mr . Payuter said he could not make up his mind to convict under tho act in such a case , especially as the complainant had pet up no claim of right . If , howevtr , he allowed his hor * e to injure tho fences , he would be liable for the wilful damage . The summons was accordingly dismissed .

      TftYi . xG tiik Patience of Jon— "I tell yor agin I wcu ' t sittle it , but means to take it , into court . " — " You ha . < i better though , l ' or I means to swear that I ' vo fourteen kids to keep , and then they aro safe to put me down for OJ . a week . "— " You ' re willain enough to swear anythink , but I'll circunivvent you , young cockalorum . " —The above confab took place at the London Borough Court of Requests , on Saturday , in the rear of the court , between a knockkneed littlo man and a faded " swell" in a ventilatiug " four-and-nine" and dirly white " ducks . " Shortly aftrrnran ' s the crier called the names of ' * Small against Griggs , " which drew the two individuals alluded to up in front of tho bench . "Who is the plaintiff in this case , " asked the

      Commissioner . " I am , Sir , " replied the little man , who was small by name and small by nature . J-b Small , the plaintiff , stated his case , from whence it appeared that he followed the profession of St . Crispin in that salubrious region of tan-p ' : t « , Bermondsey . Now , as Job ' s family consisted only of himself , his old lady , and a torn cat , lie let out a portion of his house to lodger * , amongst whom was the defendant , wtio occupied hid "first floor down the chimney " ( ihe two garret *) at the weekly rent of Hi . € J . He had left a mouth in arrear , to recover which the present proceedings were instituted . Commissioner—Did he pay his rent punctually on former occasions ? Plaintiff—Oh yes , Sir , he only does thiB out of spite , ' cause I wouldn ' t let him stop in my house . Commissioner—What made you wish to get ridofhim ?

      Plaintiff—Why , he never came homo before two o ' clock in the morning , aud then I had to jump out of bed to let him in . In that cold weather it was enough to aggra-wate the devil and freez-j a red-hot poker . Commissioner—Or , more properly speakiug , to try the patience of Job . ( Laughter . ) Plaintiff—i cotcu'd tho influenza through it , aud my old ' oman , arter oney j ; st touching rue when I'd bin to let him in one frosty morning , tuck ill with a fie of the shivers , and I ' m blow'd if it didn ' t shake two of her teeth out . ( Laughter . )—Defendant ( lifting up his eyes in astonishment)—My eyes , what a " crammer . " Commissioner—Did you ever find Mrs . SnaaU ' a two teeth that were shaken out ! Plaintiff—Never , your vorrhip ; I think she must ha'swallowed ' em .

      Coinmio&ioucr—Very likely . Then it was because the defendant kept bad hours that you wished him to leave . Plaintiff—Yes , and then he was safe to be drunk , and used to kick up sich a precious shindy , singing and hollering , that nobody could sleep for him . The Commissioner inquired of the defendant what he had to say ? Job Small s ci devant lodger informed tho court that he was a lawyer ' s clerk , and further that he had made a very fair offer to tho said Job . Tlie Commissioner asked what that offer waa ? Defendant—Why , Sir , I told him I'd pay him at sixpence a week . Commissioner—Oh , that won ' t do at all , you must pay two shillings per week at least ,

      remember tho inconvenience you put him torn letting you in at such unseasonable hours , bendes there is tho lo . « s of Mrs . Small's two teeth . ( Laughter . ) Defendant—To tell the truth , Sir , I don ' t believe tbat Mrs . Small has had a single tooth in her head for . eouao time past . "You ' re a good for nothing scandalizing wagabone ! " exclaimed an elderly female on a large tcale , who turned out to bo Mrs . Small . Commissioner—It is quite clear that you owe the money . 1 shall , therefore , order you to pay it at 2 i . per week . Defendant—Well , if it must be sc—it must ; but as I ainhard up just now , 1 shall require the assistance of an individual who occasionally takes an interest in my

      affiirs" Who cheers the heart with ' money lent , ' When friends are cold and all is spent , Receiving only cent per cent—My Undo . " Commissioner—I advise you to keep better hours in future , and don ' t again " try the patience of Job . " The parties then left the court , Mr . Small abusing the defendant lustily in consequence of hisinsiuuating that she had no teeth . Rltolting Charge . —At Hatton Garden Police Office , on Saturday last , William Davis , who described himself aa a gentleman , living at No . 11 , Cloadesley-streot , Gloudeslcy-square , Islington , was charged with decoying children , under circumstances of a most revolting nature . Police-conetabla Bray ,

      of the N division of police , said that on Friday night , about ten o ' clock , he was stopped by a very respectable woman , who informed him that a man was going about intuiting females , and the prisoner coming in sight almost immediately , she pointed him out , fcaying , " That ' s the wretch . " Witness then watched him , and faw him go up to a little girl , of about the age of ci ^ ht . and talk to her , aud eventually he took her by the hand and led her to a bye-spot behind some timber , close against the back of White Conduit-house . In the course of a few minutes , witness went quietly to the spot , and saw the prisoner in a state which left no doubt of his intention . Witness immediately collared the accused , who made a desperate resistance , but lie overpowered him , and led him off to the station-bouse . While they were struggling , the child ran away crying , and he had not been able to find her out . ' Defendant— " I will Bwear that what the officer has

      said is altogether false . " Mr . Combe ( indiguantly ) — *• I have no doubt you would . You would not have the slightest objec . ion to add perjury to your other infamy , I am sure . " Prisoner— " I thought the child was distressed , and I merely offered Her some money . " Mr . Combe— " Don't talk to me in that manner . Wretched , horrible fellows like you , deserve the severest punishment ; but , uuluckily , in this instance yon will escape it for the want of further evidence . Why did you asaault tkeeonst&ble ?" Prisoner— " I thought he had no right to touch me . " Mr . Combe— " If I fine you £ 5 you would readily pay it ; but that is no punishment at all ; and it win not do for me . The law , I am happy to say , enables me to punish for an assault to the extent of a mouth without £ oe , and this is my decision—that you be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in the House of Correction for one month . " The judgment of the worthy Magistrate was much applauded .

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      Jm along Joset—This is the new * crack comic soDg of the day , and it will be found , both words ( eight verses ) and music , iu tbat popular and cheap work "The Fluto . mcon" for May , No . 90 . See advertisement in another part of OUi * paper . A Giani in Trouble . —At Barnard Castle Easter fair , pn Wednesday , there was a caravan which contained some rari ' s of the human species , but it had sustained a great loss , owing to an untoward circumstance in this world of change . It appears that on Tuesday the said caravan was journeying from Darlington to Barnard Castle , when George

      Mallison , of Yorkshire , one of the " great ones of the earth , " espied some linen drying in a field near the road , and not properly distinguishing the laws of" meum and tuum , " he just selected a change of linen therefrom ; hut ' s person residing near saw the transaction , and went and informed the police officer at Piersbridge , who followed the culprit and apprehended him with the linen in his possession . The result has been that the said giant is committed to DuTham House of Correction lor three months hard labour , as a rogue and a vagabond . ^ Gateshead Observer .

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      THE " NEW MOVE . " TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . " Here point your thunders—fare exhaust your rage . ' " Pope , Dear Sir , —The name of John Cleave has been so frequently adverted to in your Journal of late , in connection with what you are pleased to designate the " New Move . " that in justice to his character , to the motives influencing , and to the right glorious cause advocated by him , he cannot longer remain silent under ( he begs leave to assert ) unmerited reproach ; nor permit grievous misrepresentation to pass unnoticed . He appeals to your impartiality , —nay , demands as a Radical that " fair play" bo shown him—aud as a man claims tho right of being heard before a verdict either of acquittal or condemnation be pronounced ! How runs the indictment against him .

      1 . That he has attached his signature to a certain " Address to tho Political and Social Reformers of the United Quecndom , " calling upon them to discuss the propriety of establishing a " National Association for promoting the Political and Social Improvement of the People , " in unison with a plan therein submitted for their consideration . 2 . That to this he has been influenced by , and held communion with that great political apostate , Daniel OConnell , aud others of the like "kidney . " And furthermore , that he seeka to destroy a previously existing Chartist Association , > fec . What is the conclusion thereupon hastened to by some with " a hop , step , and jump V Why , that the aforesaid John Cleave is unworthy of further confidence , and he be denounced as a " political humbug , '' " liar , " " damnation , " and " traitor to freedom , " &c . &c .

      What is tho sentence generously proposed to be pronounced against him 1 1 . —That his reputation be for ever destroyed . 2 . —That every means bo resorted to , that may hereafter embitter his existence . 3 . —That his business , " the very means whereby he lives , " be as far as possible doomed to certain destruction . A most terrible " Bill of Pains and Penalties " this , in all conscience ! But , Sir , notwithstanding all this , give we leave to aver most solemnly that I am ignorant of having done aught that can justify such serioua allegation-, or call for such fearful denunciations .

      True is it , that in the exercise of that right of private judgment , and freedom of opinion for which I havo ever contended , —cheerfully made m-uiy sacrifices , —endured pers-cenVion , imprisonment , aiiil fine after fine ; and for which I am even at this present time in heavy bonds to our " San-reign Lady the Queen , " 1 have signed the Address referred to . " The head and front of my offending hath this extent— no more . " Having done so , I will not shrink from the responsibility of the act . I did so from a sincere detire to advance and not to retard the cause of " Equal

      rights , ana equal laws . I am not , however , to sfnpidJy vain as to arrogate to myself infallibility of judgment . It may be tnat heroin I have been mistoken , but at any rate I claim the merit of sincerity . If my head has deceived me—my heart is untainted . I am no political Cranmer , to sign a document today—abjectly disavow it on tho morrow , but again to relapse , aud at the lasc childishly slobber forth " Oh , this wicked ha' -. d—this wickeu hand . " No , no , if I believe myself in the right , I will abide by it : —if I am to be condemned to tlw stake , let my whole body be consumed . I will the rather glory in , than cowardly denounce the hand that signiiig but obeyed tho dictates of its master

      heart . Sotting aside for awhile all controversy as to the policy or impropriety of promulgating the address , kt us see whether or no the spirit pervading it , be such as to warrant tho application of th « term " traitor" to all those who have thought proper to sign that address . What sayH it ? " Tracing most of our social grievances to class legislation , wo have proposed u political reform upon the principles of the People ' s Clnrter j we havo made it the polar-star of our agitation , and bave resolved by all just and peaceful means tt > cause it to become the law of our couutty . "

      Does this denote the plightest departure from the principles of the Charier ? No , it declares th © " Charter , the wholo Chirtcr , and nothing less than the Charter , " as tho " polar-star of our agitation . " Why ? Because " wo believe it to have truth for its basis , and the happiness of all for Us end !' There is no shuffling , no cunningly devised sophistry , no humbug in this . It is a plain spoken , and BOt-tO'be-mistafeen declaration of principle . Again , it does not insult , the people by calling upon them to abate one jot of their just demands , or to slacken the agitation by and for themselves . So far from this , they are earnestly entreated to become more energetic and determined in the resolve to work out their own salvation from the atrocious bondage to which they are now subjected . It bids them rely upon themselves alone , ana cautions them against being made the dupes of any other body of men . Juat read the following confirmation of this : —

      " If , therefore , you will escape your present social and political bondage , And benefit your race , you must bestir yourselves , and make every sacrifice to build up THE SACREl ) TEMl'LEOF YOUK OWN LIBERTIES , or by your n ( . gleet and apatby bequeath to your att "* pring an increase of degradation and wrong . You cannot suppose that those who revel in the spoils of labour , and live by the wretchedness they have created , will be instrumental in promoting the political and social improvement of the people . They may talk of liberty while they are forging jour fetters , may profess sympathy while they are adding insult to wrong , and may talk of instructing you . while they are devising the most efficient means for moulding you into passive slaves , but they will contemptuously spurn every proposal for establishing equality of political rights and social obligations —the enduring basis of liberty , prosperity , and happiness . "

      But , O ! I have been " influenced by , and held communion with , O'Connell , " &c ! I hardly know how sufli jiently to express the disgust—the very loathing of soul with which I contemplate Buch an accusation . " -Held communion with O'Connell " Psha—the assertion is false , aye , " as false as heaven itself is true . " Yes , if any man deliberately asserts that to my knowledge and belief , O'Connell had ought to do with the document in question , I hereby brand him as a most foul calumniator—as a cowardly liar . I will not in this retract a single epitfiet . I repeat , that the man who , unswayed by passion , especially after this declaration , deliberately affirms that I have held correspondence , either directly or indirectly , with O'Counell or any of his clique , is a coldblooded villain '

      Let me not be mistaken . Mark , I do not apply this to any honest democrat , that dissenting from , is angry at , the course pursued by me . I mourn ovev that difference of opinion . I pray that when animosities engendered by misconception shall have subsided ; when passion shall have spent its iury , something like a good understanding will spring up , and we shall exclaim one to another , " Come , let us reason together . " O ! how I pant for this . Hovr I long to behold Radicals combined ia tho brotherly fraternity of democracy . Convince mo by fair and honourable argment that I am wrong , and frankly acknowledging it I will endeavour to walk in a better path . Let others , however , display a like disposition . When that wished for moment arrives , I ' am sure that whether now right or wrong , it will still be proclaimed that tt John Cleave is ho traitor ! "

      For the present , let it suffice that I remain fervently devoted to the principles of the Charter , and something more . I have never sought to exalt myself above my fellows . I will not run over the history of the persecutions and losses endured by me . My past life , with all its merits or demeritsits sufferings or successes , I thought was by this time known to all . If forgotten , 1 will not resuscitate the remembrance of them . I aepire not to leadership , but am well content to serve in the ranks—to stand by " my order , " the cruelly oppressed " workiea" of Great Britain .

      But I must briefly advert to a misconception that appears to havo taken possession of the minds of mwy honest and true-hearted men—namely , that the * new move" ( as you t # rm it , although first published aa far back as the release of Lovett and Collins from Warwick Castle ) is intended to eupplarit and deitroy the combination based upon the " Manchester plan" of organisation . Now , 1 re * lljr 4 o net believe * aj snob , intention ia contemplated j

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      at any rate , / disclaim it ; and if there feu one among the -signers of the disputed addrfw ? Unu actuated , ho is not known to me—be is do friend of mine . The very last paragraph of the address appears to me to prove the erroneousaess of such » conception . It runs thus : — " With no disposition to oppose the associations already formed , but with an anxious desire to see all those in . terested in the social and political improvement of their fellow-men united in one general body to effect it , / we propose that such an association be established . "

      Apprehensive of having already occupied too much space , I will hasten to a conclusion , omitting much that I would otherwise fain add . That I havo honestly dissented from tho Manchester Plan" is undoubtedly trno ; but if that constitue 3 me a traitor to liberty , " I know not what democracy is . Paine , Cobbett , and other master minds—nay , even the Editor of the Northern Star himself—have taught me falsely . I have , then , tot years pursued a " Will-o ' -the-wisp , " and called it the " right of free opinion . "

      I certainly thought that the basjs of the Manchester Plan was riot such as to ensure stability , nor its mode of action effective . I also thought that it was not so legal a 3 I could have wished to see it . The recent adoption Of au amended plan but confirms this . I have not , however , been influenced by cowardice or faction . I was anxious only to act up to the maxim which teaches U 3 how to " make n . « e of the law to destroy the law tbat injures up . " So far from factiousiy opposing the plan , I believe more than one of my London friends , who are associated in accordance with that plau , can bear testimony to my having always willingly rendered them such co-operation and aid as my circumstances would permit . It wilt perhaps be said that to talk abcut " making use of the law to defeat the law" sounds strangely from one of those who fought the battle of a free and unstamped press , in

      open defiance of all law . Now , a second or two's reflection will evidence that there is no inconsistency in this . In warring against tho " Gagging Laws , I acted as John Cleave only , and not as the member of an Association . No other man could be persecuted for my action . Those who then aaiiantly fought with me , did so upon the sime individual principle . I am not a whit more enamoured of those iniquitous laws in the making of which I have no voice , than I was at that timo . Show to me how an individual actof mine can accelerate the triumph of Chartism , and I am prepared again to break through , and laugh the law to scorn . I am not , howeverj prepared to endanger the safety of others . While I will net tremble at the consequence to myself , I have yet somehow got it into my " noddle" that the advocates of , tho good cause will better serve it by their active exertions out of doors , than by being cooped up and languishing by hundreds in Castle dungeons , and Whig erected " model prisons . "

      in conclusion , I sincerely regret the existence or so much acrimonious feeling , misrepresentation , and delusion . Tnis is not the way to obtain , but to retard the Charter , of which it will ever be my proudest boa « t to have been one of the concoctors . For my part I would cry out lustily " Peace , Peace , among the friends of freodom , but War , War , to tho enemies o' man ! " I indignantly repudiate the tides of " thief , " " liar , " " rogue , " " apostate , " and " traitor ; ' but , at the same time , set my face against low recrimination and abuse . I will not denounce a ' man as a " humbug , " merely because he dvffers with me . I believe that / am right , but ,

      after all , the judgment of others may prow superior to my own . Be it so—ba it so ; but lor henveu ' s sako let us have dona with disgraceful vituperation . Let us hear no more of this man's dishonesty , nor , on the other hand , of tbat man ' s arrogance . Let us have no vaunting * about "rfrawiiig the sword , and casting away tho scabbard . " If , we differ as to the mode , let us at least a ; iree , to pursue the end all profess to hold dear . Let us uot unnaturally slaughter one another ; bat let eac ' a man , following the dictates of his heart , uplift iris ana for the strife ; aud point the sword at tiie powerful , because organised phalanx of despots , and not against his brother slave .

      Whatever be my fate , I am content to feel , that I no ^ v live , and , with the blessing of God , will die , » Democrat—one that will nut tremble al danger , nor disown the name of John Cleavk .

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      ' EMIGRATION . The folhrring paragraph is " going the round" of the " Establishment" : — " While so many families and individuals are at present leaving this for America with the view of being employed in the manufacturing establishments , we conceive it our duty to remind them that in America commercial affairs are at present fully worse than even-at home , ai . d they have been in this state for some months past . The following f eutenco is extracted from a letter received from a townsman iu Lowell this week . It

      states—Ihere is no s gn of any betterness with the carpet weavers as yet , but there is some hope that it will be better this summer . ' In a previous letter , received from the same individual a short timo back , he mentions the name of a native of Paisley , wW has been for some years in America , and who had arrived at Lowell in quest of work , after a journey of 400 miles from this manufacturing establishment be had been previously employed at . People . should think seriously before thty throw away their means to have themselves transported to a foreign country , to suffer such" privations . "—Glasgow Chronic e .

      What ! and does not " Emigration" do note ? The working people , when they complained of their severe and unbearable privations—when it had been proved by evidence , taken by a Select Committee of the House of Commons , that a million of hand-loom weavers were on the very verge of absolute starvation—that . hundreds of thousands of them were living on less than 2 ^ d . per head per day ; and when they asked for relief , —were insolently told by " ihe House" that no relief but " Emigration" could be aff jrded them . " Emigration , " in fact , has been held up as the great panacea for all our evils ; and scheme after scheme has been devised and

      entertained to get the working people to em igrate ; * some of the plans actually proposing to mortgage the poor ' s rates , to enable the parish officers to transport the labourers to gome distant clime at the public cost ! But , now , it seems , when the working people are in reality " emigrating , " " Emigration " will not do ! How is this \ How is it that it is now deemed a portion of " our duty " to caution the emigrants , that " in America , commercial affairs are even worse than at home ? '' How is it that "people should" be reminded to " think seriously before they throw away their means to have themselve 3 transported to a foreign country" I How is it that this should be the tone of those who have continually preached up " Emigration" ! What's in the wind , now 1

      O I wo see I It is only to the " many families and individuals who are at present leaving TiU 3 for AMERICA" that tho caution is addressed ! It is only thoso who aro going to tho United States who are called upon to " think seriously before they throw away their means / ' Not a word to those who are going to Australia , Swan River , New Zealand , ' or to the Canadas ! Not a word of caution to those who are going to increase the value of the estates ef tho Ellices , the Molesworths , the-Thompsons ! the Wakefields , aid the other holders of " property ' in " our colonies ! " Not a word of caution to those who are willing to be " transported " to any of these sinks of corruption aad death ! It , is only to those who are "feaw \ 9 Tins / or America" that these cautions can be afforded t The reason of this is

      obvious . The working man , when once safely landed and settled in America , is beyond the reach of our suck-bloods . He is out of their clutches 1 They lose by hita . But if he will only go to any of " ou * Colonies" we can "have it out of him , " if he either work or eat at all ! If he work , our estates aro improved ; and ifheeat , his food helps . the taxes , and tee eat them ! O , no I working men ! don ' t « o to Ameiuca 1 go to New South Waxes , or to Botawt Bat , or to Hell , —if we can only make a

      bargain with the devil for the fat that Mm out of * you : but don ' t go to America Don't go thsre I There wb have dox » wich you .. There wo can nake no moM of you . There you are out of our fingers . Pray " think seriously before you throw away your means to have yourselves transported to ' a foreign olimo" I Don'tthe working people see through this I Don't they see that , if they are to " emigrate , " America is the place to go to 1 And don ' t they see the reason why 1

      The working man who intends to- " emigrate " and has the " means" to do 80 , is a fool if he stirs on * inch towards any place but tho Uhited States of America ; and he will also beat consult bis own comfort and interest by going out in on Amerieam thijt .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 8, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct854/page/3/