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SCRAPS FOB RADICALS . L . T . CLASCT . NO . T . Whig pay , and patriotic perfidy I fib ! blame not the bard , if h 6 fly to the hewers , Where pleasure lies carelessly smiling at fame ; Be was bom for much more , and in happier hears His soul might hare burned with a holier flame . fbe siring that now languishes loose on the lyre Might bare bent a proud bow to the warrior ! dart , And the life that sow breathes bat the tool of desire , Might hare ponred the full tide of the patriofa heart
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SONG . No . ti . COMMEMORATION OF THE CAGED LION'S LIBERATION FROM YORK CASTLE . March , march , Marshals »! freedom bltw ; Breathes there a man who deems the read weary ? March , march , on in your might , and go Meet the cag'd Lion of Liberty's prairie ! Many a banner Tiew , Mocking the Rainbow ' * hue , Streak'd like the Dolphin , but floating more glorioui , Now the triumphal car , Mores to car polar star . ' Union and Eberty mast be -notorious .
Come from the scene * of > oar late agitation , Come from the woodland , the mountain , the rales , gonBd the load trumpet of glad proclamation , Tht pibroch of Scotland , the harp-string of Wales . O'Connor ' s appearing , Rapturous chetring ! 35 ioasands conoentr'd , light-hearted and airy . Joy smil'd on every aide , - . Peace , law , and order , Tied , ( greeting the Lion of Liberty ' s prairie . " New , hurrah ! for the fight ! " we hare wob the resistance ; See the old pack of bloodhounds in Liberty ' s glen ; Let as up with the Lion , nor mind in the distance The eiibs aad the cur dops that bark'd at his den . Who shall divide us , " Rads . " Union ' s our motto , lads ; Millions concentr'd , light-hearted and tiry ! Triumph must crown our joys , Down with dissension , boys ! long lire the Lion of Liberty ' s prairie :
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IRISH ABSENTEEISM . let parsons deafflnt on the joys of eternity , Misers find pleasure in Tiewing their store ; And Sxialisu talk of their blessed community Ramblers wander to some foreign shorn—Nothing shall hurry me , Vex me or worry me , Working for bread as I hare done before ; I will Vive and be happy , And laugh at the sappy , Who dare not a Tote claim because he is poor .
Many men praise the Italian scenery , Others must go to Vienna or Rome , To Holland or Paris , to show off their finery , Leaving their tenantry starring a ; home—To see things so fanny , And spend all their money , While commerce is sinking fast into the tomb Of things that has been , It will shortly be seen , Wheiher Irishmen tamely will welcome their doom . ~ F * - < not Erin ' s green meadows , her gardens , and wo » ds Sufficient attractions for freemen to prize , Or is there bo charms in her mountains and floods , To constitute beauty in Irishmen ' s eyes . Oh , who will direct jls , Support , and protect us , Unless we ourBelrea take the helm in our hand , And the Suffrage demand For each one in the land , Determined no more to wear slarery ' s brand .
Irishmen ! Ireland !! awake from your slumbers , Must liberty still be confined t « a claas ? What utility is there in boasting of numbers , As long as you ' re shackled by fetters of brass . Then off with the chains That on yon remains ; Let yonr roices be heard in one long loud hurrah ,. While demanding the rote , At your green banners float . ' Cry ncces to the Suffrage , and Erin go bragh .
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THE FLEET PAPERS . By Richasd Oastlbs . No . XL . ¥ e love to see native kindness and benevolence breaking out through the cloud of 3 good man ' s prejudices and party preferences . This is precisely the difference between the patriot and the political partisan ; and hence vre hare unmitigated pleasure in observing that , in his "Fleet Papers , " Mr . Oastler hesitates not to tell truth equailj as boldly to the Toiie 3 as to their predecessors . In his present anmber we find the following : —
" I am also asked , ' If I approve of the delay , which his been proposed by Sir Robert Peel , for five or six aonths , before the state of the nation is to be considered ? ' Unhesitatingly I answer , ' No . ' Delays are always dangerous—delay , under our present circumstances , will be ruinous . The inconsistency of Sir Robert Peel ' s first proclaiming lie national aSkirs to be in a most ruinous condition , and then demanding the immediate expulsion of those who had mismanaged them , and his own call to office , before he would propose a remedy ; and now , when in office , refnsing to attempt any restoration o : the national health until he has received two quarters' pay , as his prescribing fee , can i » eet with no defence from me . It may , or may not , be considered good diplomatic generalship , by mere partisans ; that is a qnestion to be settled between the two parties , and , as parties , I shall not interfere with them . Sir Robert was justified in keeping silence while the Whigs retained tfice , since then his silence appears to me to be indefensible .
" I object to any delay , because I know that the country cannot safely wait . These are not ordinary times ; Great Britain has , at this epoch , reached her most perilous day of trial .- she has been driven about by the whirlwind of faction—she has almost lost her reckoning ; waves and billows , and rocks and sands , still beset her course ; she has chaDged her captain , net to slumber awhile in this raging storm , but steadily to direct her track towards the haven from which the killows of party strife and false philosophy have driven her . If Sir Robert Peel has no meliorative and restorative principle to propose , I think that he would have shewn his wisdom by refusing office . True , -he has for the moment exalted himself and his party , but ¦ what can the nation gain , if the ruicota course of Whig legislation is to continue another mx month * ?
" It is natural enough to imagine that Sir Robert may sot be able , all at once , to arrest the confusion and ruin which , on the development of the grow oismanagemen : of all tha departments , must meet him at every tors : it would be unreassnabie to expect any man to be reauy wuh specific measures of relief for all that mass of misgovemment which the Whiffs have created . But there are general principles upon which the Whigs have acted , and which have resulted in the derangement of all our national affairs ; and I cannot hide from myself the necessity—aye , and the sound policy also , cr mi ¦ Roberts at once stating , ' My predtcessorsbave Drought the empire to the brick of ruin , because such and iuchhvre been the principles upon which they have * c >« " _ ; 1 thall hope to restore national prosperity , by jtmurg a very different lice of policy . I shall found . jT 7 meames of melioration and restoration upon hh& and Euch principles . > ly predecessors have fCTerned by fraud and force—jnstice to all .-ball be my aim
; they have stripptd the cottage , degraded the : throne , and desecrated the altar—my course will be the ' . restoration of the rights of all Meanwhile , I shall ' ¦ . require Parliament to aid me in a searching icquiry into ttie _ condition , the disorders , and the resources of the » nauoa . ' Then , Sir , it woal-1 have been wise and safe * <¦ k > bare kept Parliament together , to have inily inves- ' = «* -ed the whole state of the nation—to have searched " ! 2 L ! v 5 f Teal csn * o { * " stress , snri perhaps ire i QOttld have discovered that the very things on which ! we moet pride ourselves—the amount of our vast and ! SndrridBal masses of accumulated capital—the enormous ! ^ tension ef our manufactures—the -vast increase of j cor tntaxed machinery , and the unp&Ta . ' . lc \ ed amount of * cr foreign trade , were seme of the causes of our cahonai and domestic sufferings ; and that the very ' iea » dy which is proposed by the Whigs for our cure , \ ** ttW » if administered , only accelerate our national i insolation . " - 1
Sinee the above was written , we bare received No . ii' JS . w ^ c ^ we Pye the following remarks , by Mr . Oaitler , on the conferences between Mr . Thorn-Biil and the several deputations of Mr . Oastler ' s inenda , who have waited upon him for the purpose « soliciting Mr . OasUtr ' s discharge : — " It is impossible that any man can be more overcome BJ a sense of gratitude , thtn 1 am , to all my friends of every rack , but etpedwlp to those cf the working dosses , tat the innumerable proofs of strong and ardent affection which my imprisonmeEt has afforded them the opportunity of ihoweriag upon ne . 1 do thgr ) V them ! but tt « t I thank God , who has given them such hearts , and
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¦ who haa thus , by the © , " spread a table for me in prison . " My comforts h * re abounded—my cup has oxerflowed—my mercies haT 8 been " heaped tip , pressed down , and running oTer . " " This last proof of affection has almost unmanned me , I am thankful—I am grateful to those , my friends , of the working classes . And why ? Ah , Sir , the reasons why I am thankful to them press so numerously and so toucaingly , that I cannot speak them . To contemplate , that midst all their own unmerited and unprecedented sufferings and privations , they still think most of what they fancy are mine , makes my heart melt , its feelinp force my eyes to overflow ; my lips cannot utter what I feel , my pen cannot write what I think .
Hy privations are not like theirs—I have no sufferings ? This place , to me , is more like Heaven than a' prison ! I am wiser , 1 am happier , I hope that I am better for being here , I hare no wish to leave this cell , except in God ' s owa way . Should that day arrive , I could sot leave it without some feelings of regret Ten such happy months were never my portion elsewhere . The face of man has never frowned upon me—the harsh tones of his anger has never reached my ears—I have not seen a foe in all that while ! My friends hare clustered around me l Perhaps my health has suffered ; but God has never left me . I cannot give place to anxiety or fear , because his promises are faithful . I believed them so , before I came to prison—now , I know them to be true!—No , Sir , I have not a wish to leave ; and should I die , then the working men will see to it , that my remains shall moulder and mingle with my own Yorkshire ' s dust—I know that they wilL
" There is Sir , a priitcipie involved —/ am a prisoner for debt ! I do not rebel , I do not complain—I submit , but I protest ! If the unconstitutional law thus barbaioualy wantons with the liberty and the life ( for that law leaves men here to starve and die ) of the subject , it also ordains , that caption pays the debt ! It unjustly gives the savage murderous heart the power to choose body or goods , ' not both . I offarsd yon jrotb than th « law awarded , all that I had , and then my after earnings ! Your choice fell on my body : it is yours , the law says so—flesh , Wood , sinews , bones , skin—they are all your own ; and had I owed you all England ' s currency , the moment my body became your property , that debt would have been cancelled . Remember , you did not take my body , till I had given yon all the books — -books which the verdict could not award you ! They
, were not included in your claims against me , nor were 1 they yours . I trusted to your honour . I believed , from what I heard in Court , that we were friends . When you resolved to be rindictire , had honour retained her seat in Thomhill's breast , you would have returned the ! books , which were delivered up by me , under the 1 conviction that your anger was appeased . But , un-! happily for you , you were betrayed by those whom you I believed to be your friends : thus did the false i representation of nty enemies and yews , compel you to [ perpetrate an act , which , whsn reason resumes her ; wonted seat , you will regret much more than I . Your i prejudices now blind your reason , and force you to i " . reward me evil for good , and hatred for my love . " ' Time will remove those prejudices !—honour will once 1 more find a home in your bosom , then all will be well : till then , Sir , I am willing to remain your prisoner .
I "I can never ( until lam proved to be in error ) admit the principle , that after ten months' imprisonment , a detaining creditor has any elaim ^ n law but blood and boses , and sinews , and flesh and skin . I " I hope , Sir , that my friends will excuse me—I am ' praleful to them ; but I protest , on principle , against payment for my release ! I protest , in the name of the \ spirit of the Constitution , against my , or any English-] man ' s or Englishwoman ' s , imprisonment for debt!—1 necessity forces me to submit . I do so with some 1 degree of pride , knowing thai I sufer xcrongfully ¦ ' The hand which strikes me should have been the hand to ' noaiish me . I hope , however , that the mistaken ¦ kindness of my friends will not force me to submit to , and then protest against , my release . ! In reference to the Insolvents Debtor ' s court , Mr . ; Oastler writes thus : —
i ¦ " But , ' say you , ' why does not Oistler take the benefit of the Insolvent Dsbtors' Act ? ' An old friend of mine , a neie one of yours , says , ' that you wish me j to do so . ' Have you forgotten the birgain made between your attorney and mine , ' that Oastler was sot to ' avail himself of the Insolvent Debtors' Act ? ' You remember , that it was proposed by your attorney , and agreed to by mine . " Bat , Sir , had no bargain been made between our ' solicitors , I could sot " pass through the Court , " without sanctioning the barbarism which gives you the power to imprison asd starve me to death . ' I am too much of ; as Englishman to admit that that is justice , and I can never become a trilling party to that which is tyranny . : Were I to regain my liberty by submission to that' law , ' I should become its slave . I would much rather be an : unconsenting prisoner ' inside , ' than a consenting slave at large , "
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so much thirsts for and requires ; and being Burrounded by the most mournful examples of vice and drunkenness;—he has still , by applying his mind in an innocent , if not a profitable pursuit , succeeded in bringing forth a number of [ minor poetical effusions , which hare not only the claim of a purity of thought to recommend them to the acceptance of the reader , bat also one of chaste and well measured expression ; such as may well become " the tuneful Muse , " if not in her highest , at least in some of her happiest and most amiable moods . Haring in the latter end of the last year a wiBh to try his luck in London , two gentlemen conneoted with the press kindly promised that if he should
determine upon doing so , they would not see him starre ; but thai if he would be willing to " tarn hifl Land to anything" some small pittance should be forthcoming for him . With thiB proBpect before him , our author left his native town and relations , to mingle with strangers , and walked the dreary journey from Manchester to London , with but nine shillings in his possession . He aimed in London in the beginning of September last , and since then has been apprenticed to the trade of a printer . His master having had the kindness to lend him the use of type and furnish him with everything else necessary , he has composed and printed the present little volume in his leisure hour ? independently of his usual employment .
, Such are tbe circumstances under which these poetieal flights are introduced to us ; and they are themselves of a character to command attention and patronage . These circumstances become doubly to teresting , when coupled with the fact , that there is in this little pamphlet a considerable share of that most scarce article , genuine poetry and fine feeling .
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IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE FROM THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA . ARRIVAL OF THB BRITANNIA . The royal mail steamer , Britannia , Captain Cleland , arrived at Liverpool on Thursday night . She left Boston on tbe afternoon of the 16 th , and Halifax on the night of the 18 th ult ., and , notwithstanding easterly gales and heavy weather , has completed the voyage in fourteen days and a few hours . She baa brought only twenty-six passengers . The files of papers received by the Britannia extend over the long space of fifteen days . Their contents are interesting and highly important .
The New Fiscal Corporation Bill , the object of which was to enact the establishment of a national bank , passed the senate by a rote of twenty-seven to twenty-two . The president , however , refused to sanction the new bill , which be vetoed as he bad vetoed the old one . As the refusal of Mr . Tyler to sanction the bill had been anticipated , the actual refusal did not surprise tbe public , nor did it cause any popular excitement . He transmitted a message to congress , embodying his objections to tbe bill and his reasons for vetoing it . The House of Representatives took the veto message into consideration ; on a division , however , the bill was lost by 103 to 80 , the constitution requiring the concurrence of twothirda of the houss to carry a measure which the president has refused to sanction by hin signature .
The disagreement between the president and the majority of the houses of congress had caused the dissolution of the cabinet , which had enjoyed the coB&dence of congress and of the whig party at large . Messrs . Ewing , Crittonnen , Badger , and Bell , sent in their resignation on Friday , the 10 th ult ., to take effect at twelve o ' clock on Saturday . Tbey were accepted . The president immediately nominated in their places Mr . Walter Forward , of PiUsburg , Pennsylvania , to be secretary of the treasury ; Mr . H . S . Legare , of Charleston , South Carolina , to be attorney-general ; Judge Abel S . Upshur , of Virginia , to be secretary of the navy ; and Mr . John M'Lean , judge of the Supreme Ceurt of the
United StateB , to be secretary of war . Mr . Graineer also resigned , and Mr . Charles A . Wickliffe . of Kentucky , was appointed postmaster-general . Tbe gentlemen who had resigned are said to have adopted their courses without any previous concert with Mr . Webster , but not without previous consultation with Mr . Clay . Mr . Ewing , in a letter of considerable length , had stated the reasons which had influenced him in resigning office . Mr . Webster , in a short letter , assigned his for retaining it . Agreeing with the president on the foreign polioy of the government , Mr . Webster considered it Jo be his duty not to abandon office in the present critical state of the relations , it was surmised , of the United States and Great Britain .
Congress had adjourned , after having perfected and carried out all the great measures for which the extra session had been called , save only the bank bill . The senate had confirmed , by a vote of twentythree to ninetpen , the nomination of Mr . Everett as minister to England , an appointment which had given general satisfaction . Tht trial of Mr . M'Leod was appointed to take place at Uiica on Monday , the 27 lh ult . The panel of jurors made out for his trial cossisted , it was said , of several quakers and others , who would , it was supposed , be disposed to view the matter in a favourable light for M'Leod . Considerable excitement had been caused at Utica from information raid to
have been received by the sheriff , that some desperadoes , refugees from Canada , and others , whose exasperation again England and especially against the colonial authorities , knew no bounds , had entertained a design of carrying off M'Leod from the gaol at Whitesborough , near Utica , and hanging him , in the hope to render war inevitable . 11 was presumed , however , if the design was ever seriously entertained , that the measures- which had been taken by the local and state authorities would render any such attempt hopeless . A rumour had obtained circulation , that Mr . Fox had received , by the steamer , orders fo demand the instant release of M'Leod , and , if it was
refused , to demand his passports ; but the story was generally discredited . The detention of the prisoner had been the subject of debate in the House of Representatives . Mr . Adams condemned the course which the state of New York had adopted in reference to him , and praised Mr . Webster ' s letter to Mr . Fox . He referred to the conciliating tone assumed towards the United States by Sir Robert Peel in his address at Tamworth , and stated his conviction , that while the rights and the honour of the oeuntry would be firmly and fully maintained , peace would be preserved so long as Dauiel Webster was secretary of stale .
The city of Cincinnati had been the scene of lawless violence and sanguinary conflict . The riots which had disgraced that city had their origin in the strong feeling which the efforts of the friends of negro emancipation had caused . A mob of whites collected and proceeded to the negro quarter for the purpose of attacking the blacks . Tbe negroes , who , having expected the attack , were armed , fired on the whites , some of whom were killed and more wounded . The assailants immediately fled , pursued by the victorious blacks . For several days the city was the scene of riot ; but the civil power having been reinforced the rioting was quelled and great numbers of blacks apprehended . The House of Representatives had been the scene of a general riot . In a discussion on the Diplomatic
Bill Mr . SUuley twitted Mr . Wise v ? ith inconsistency in opposing the amendment of the senate , striking out of the list the mission to Naples , seeing that , last session , he had worked hard in favour of dispensing with the mission to Mexico , or , at least , in favour of reducing the appropriations for it . Mr . Wise remarked , that the mention of this matter was prompted by a spirit of " little malevolence . " Mr . Sianley admitted that the allusion was of malice aforethought . As soon as Mr . Stanley sat down , Mr . Wise crossed the hall to him . Words took place , the lie was given , and Mr . Wise struck Mr . Stanley . A violent coDflict ensued . The fight beeame general , members of both parties attacking each other with the fiercest determination . The
affair threatened for several minutes general bloodshed . Amongst those who were seen in the mo&t violent contest , each grappling at the other ' s throat , were Mr . Arnold , of Tennessee , and Major Butler , of Kentucky , Mr . Wise , and Mr . Stanley , the original combatants , were lost sight of amidst the now numerous conflicting parties . Order was at length restored . Explanations and apologies followed , and , on tbe following day , the quarrel between the two gentlemen , which bad threatened to end in a duel , was , by the intervention of friends , amicably adjusted . A committee of the house bad investigated the affair and reported on the subject , recommending certain Tegulavious for the future guidance of members during the debases of a personal nature .
A more minute account of the " Boene" is given by the reporter of the Intelligence , as follows : — While Mr . Fiilmore was in the midst of a sentence , the reporter ( who nad noticed Mr . Wise cross over to the seat of Mr . Stanley , and had observed those two gentlemen in conversation , apparently of a very excited nature , ) s&n Mr . Wise raise bis band violently , and aim a blow at tha face of Mr . Stanley , who as instantaneously met or returned it . A violent fight followed , and in less time than it can be described in thifl report , a eeene of mingled uproar and fight , such as the reporter in maDy years' experience has never witnessed oa the floor of the house , ensued . Messrs . Wise and Stanley were lost to the Bight » f the reporter in the general rush , while Mr . Arnold , of Tennessee , and Mr . Butler , of Kentucky , were noticed in a violent personal struggle , striking at and grappling with each other . Mr . Dixon , H .
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Lewis , and Mr . Gilnser , and others , were seen in the midst , endearouring to quell the disturbance , which had now reached a point at which it eeemed impossible to arrest its progress . The members bad rushed from all parts of the hall , some rushing over , and others standing upon , the tables , literally piling themselves one on the other , and several canes were seen by the reporter raised as if in the act of striking . The speaker during this time had resumed the enair informally , but no one paid the least regard to his voice , and he called in vain on the officers , none of whom were observed by the reporter , with we exception of the doorkeeper , who was endeavouring to close the doors and windows against the crowd from without , who attempted to rush within the hall , Tae general melee ( of which the reporter was taking notes ) continued for about three minutes . It thf n subsided , though by what direct process the reporter could not understand ; but he heard the voice of Mr . Wise , who had returned to hia seat , addressing the chair .
The director of the bank of the United States had made an assi gnment of most of the valuable assets to the following gentlemen : —James Robertson , president ; J . S . Newbold , a director ; Richard Bayard , Delaware ; Thomas S . Taylor , cashier ; and Herman Cope , assistant-cashier . The coarse now adopted by the board of directors had , it was understood , been rendered necessary by the great number of suits instituted against the bank . These events were absorbing the funds of the bank , and it was thought that the directors had consulted and protected the interests of the noteholders and stockholders by the course they had followed . With this si
asgament the banking business necesaarily closed . The shares in the institution , which sold at 13 on the 1 st ult ., had fallen to 6 J , and were offered freely at that rate . The assignment of the property of the bank had induced holders of stock to realize at any price , the universal opinion being that there would not be enough property left to enable the bank to pay its debts , and , consequgntly , that the stockholders will lose everything . The notes were selling at from 30 to 35 per cent , discount . The exchange on England , per the Britannia , was 10 &i , at which a fair business had been done . On Paris , the rate was 5 f 20 o ; Holland , 40 £ ; Hamburg , 36 £ to i ; Bremen , 78 * to 79 .
The intelligence from Canada is of a painful kind . Lord Sydenham had been thrown from his horse , by which accident he was severely bruised , and his leg broken in two places . The latest bulletin of his excelleneyVhealth was not favourable ; he suffered a restless night , and had shown symptoms of returning gout . The House of Assembly , with four dissentients , had voted an address of condolence to his Lordship . The Canada legislature had rejected , by 40 to 29 , the Governor General ' s project of a government bank . The session was just on the eve of closing .
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A Man killed bv a Tobacco Pipe . —An inquest was held on Saturday forenoon , at the Cumberland Head , City Road , before Mr . Baker , the Coroner , on the body of George Joliffe , aged 29 , a shoemaker of Graham ' s Buildings , St . Luke ' s , whose death was caused in the following singular manner : —It appeared , according to the evidence of Mary Joliffe , that on Tuesday night , the 21 st ult ., she was following the deceased , her husband , home from a publichous « in Twister ' s Alley , St . Luke ' s , when he accidentally trod upon his boot-lace , and fell forward on the ground . He was smoking a short tobacco pipe at the time he fell , and when he arose he bad great difficulty in pulling it from his mouth ; but she Sid not then know that it had been , by the force of the fall , driven into the flesh , and that a piece of it remained there . The following morning he ate a hearty breakfast , and in a short time afterwards
was interrupted in his work by a pain in his throat . The pain increased , and recolleoting the circumstance of his accident , he went to St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , where his mouth , which was by that time greatly swollen , was lanced , but he was not even then certain of the cause of the pain . On Tuesday last , she took him to St . Luke ' s Workhouse , where he was immediately received , put to bed , and attended by the surgeon . The swelling in the mouth and throat gradually increased , and on Thursday last he died of strangulation . Deceased , at the time he fell , was intoxicated . Mr . Thomas Ranee , the workhouse surgeon , said that he opened and examined the deceased ' s head , and , without much trouble , found in the back part , near the throat , a piece of tobacco pipe , about two inches in length . That was sufficient to cause death . Verdict , " Accidental death . "
Mail Accident . —On Sunday afternoon last , . ' as the mail was on its way from Snap to Kendai , aad to that part of the road called Huck's Brow , owing in not having the drag on the horses got into a gallop , and the driver , Thomas Marton , in rain endeavoured to pull them up . The passengers becamo alarmed , and one gentleman , Mr . Mare , scrambled orer the luggage and dropped down at the back of the coach . He was severely stunned by the shock he sustained in coming in contact with the ground , and was obliged to stay for some days under medioal treatment at Kendai . After Mr . Hare had dropped from ; he coach it proceeded about 100 yards further to a turn in the road , when one of the wheelers fell . The coach was at this time upon part of the wall bounding the road , and it is thought that if the wheeler had not fallen at the very moment it did ,
the coach would have been precipitated orer the low wall into the valley below . Its legs were broken , and it was thought proper to kill it immediately . The other wheeler was also seriously hurt , and rendered comparatively of no value . They both belonged to Mr . Richardson , of Shap , who it is said , will sustain a loss of upwards of £ 40 . Two other gentlemen leaped from the coach the moment the wheeler fell , and sustained no injury , as it was at that time nearly at a stand ; the one leaped upon the other . The coach was driven to Kendai by one of the guards , and the driver was ieft on the road . On the same day , in the same coach , and with the same driver , another horse was seriously injured by coming in contact with a cow , upon the road between Plumpton and Penrith . The driver is the same person who was thrown off the coach at Lancasterbridge and seriously hurt , some months back .
Rascally Treatment op Emiqbants . —On Thursday a party of emigrants , eleven in number , from Stroud , in Gloucestershire , waited on Mr . Ballantine , at the Thames Police-office , to complain of the conduct of the people connected with the ship Himalaya , Henry Burn , commander , then on her weigh down tbe river to Port Philip and Sydney . It appeared , from the statement of the emigrants , that their passage was engaged on board the Himalaya , and they went into the St . Katharino ' s Dock about eleven o ' clock , as the ship was about to get under way , and were told they could not como on board then , and must wait a little while , although there was no reason why they should not hare gone on board at once . Soon afterwards the ship began to
haul out of the dock , but no notice was taken of them , nor werq they allowed to enter the ship . They then went ro . uud to the lock entrance to mett the ship as it was coming out , and upon the swivelbridge being opened , the vessel remainod in the lock some time , close alongside the quay , and they could easily have stepped on board , and were preparing to do so , when they were forced back by the Captain and others , who used tho most gross language towards them , and declaring they could not come on board until the ship reached Gravesend . A married woman with her child was , however , assisted on board by a relative , and had no sooner got on deck than she was rudely assailed , and a man laid hold of her , dragged her along with brutal violence , and
forced her outside the ship . She stood upon tho rail and clung to the rigging , screaming violently , while the fellows upon deck , unmindful of her perilous situation , endeavoured to shove her back upon the pier , and one man held up her child with the intention or throwing it to the people on \ he quay , who hissed , hoo ; ed , groaned , and called out" Shame shame ! " A Ecene of the greatest confusion ensued , in the midst of which the ship made a sheer off , rendering the situation of the poor woman still more perilous . The Captain of the vessel then called out , " Let her stop , I'll serve them out for it , " and she was dragged npoa deck and pushed about in a brutal maner . The applicants could not succeed in reaching the vessel ; and
after meeting with a good deal of abuse were told to join the Himalaya at Gravesend . They had , however , no means of reaching that place , or sufficient to purchase a meal , and they humbly implored the magistrate to assist them and to interfere in their behalf so as to secure thtm from ill-treatment during the voyage , which they were fearful might be exercised towards them after the threats made use of by the persons in authority on board the Himalaya . Mr . Ballan ti no said the poor emigrants must not be left behind , and he thought more kindness might have been pursued toward numbers of individuals about to leave their native country for a distant land . He asked who were the agents of tbe ship . The emigrants handed up a card , from which it appeared that Masson and Hoggins , a very respectable firm in Lime-street-square , were the agents and bankers of the Himalaya , and it was
stated they were not likely to tolerate such misconduct as that complained of . Mr . Ballantine directed Blaby , the chief ueher of the Court , to take charge of the emigrants , to see them on board a Gravesend steamer , and pay their passage , give them a dinner , and present to each of them 6 d . to pay a boatman to convey them from the steamer , on her arrival at Gravesend , to the Himalaya . He also directed Bhbj to wait upon the agents , and inform them ot what had occurred . He expected that no harshness would be exhibited towards any of the emigrants in consequence of this complaint . The applicants , consisting chiefly of young men and women , expressed their gratitude to the Worthy and humane magistrate in a way not to be misunderstood , and left the Court with the officer . The brutality exercised towards the female who nearly lost her lifo , was witnessed by one hundred and fifty people on the quay , and the police . The dock-men and others joined ia load expressions of indignation .
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The Irish Distillum . —The distillers of Ireland hare bad a very large meeting , which continued two successive days—Tuesday and Wednesday last —for the purpose of bringing before the Goveramest the depressed condition of their trade , arising from the state of the law as regards the intercourse between England , Ireland , aad Scotland , and also for considering what steps should be taken to obtain redress . Sunderland . —Poor Alderman Thompson , so recently the idol of the Tories of Sunderland , has fallen under the ban of his old worshippers . His political flirtations have grave names applied to them by the Tory magnates of that venerable borough ; bis portrait is no longer to ornament the
Exchange Buildings ; nor are his arras to direct the thirsty traveller to where the best treble X . is to be obtained . The Tories of Siinderiand do not like being jilted by such erery-day catches as the Alderman , and they show the bitterness of their mortification by removing from their sight everything calculated to remind of a connexion not over and above crediable to any of the parties concerned . Thus at a public meeting of the Sunderlaud Tories , held on the 19 th ult ., the following resolutions were unanimously adopted : — "That this meeting are of opinion , that the conduct of Mr . Alderman Thornpeon has been unconstitutional , and highly detrimental to the interests of the borough . " — " That the portrait of the Alderman be immediately withdrawn
from the Exchange Buildings , and that the same be submitted for sale by public action . " — " That Mr . Horner be instructed to remove the Alderman ' s Arms from hia building , and to adopt the title of Homer ' s Commercial Hotel . '" These resolutions were advertised at the expence of the meeting , but as we would not have the character of the Alderman among the Tories confined to the Conservatire Journals , we insert them for nothing . The picture , with two hundred engravings from it , are also advertised to be sold ; but as there is nobody in Sunderland to bid a penny for them , the borough had better make a present of them to Lord Lonther . All parties are now sick of the Alderman , whose person and picture are equally a drug in the Tory market .
Tkpe Conservatism . —A truly popular Parliament we conceivo would be the most ; strictly Conservative body in the world , for it would make the foundation of all its legislation rest upon preserving to each man his own . It would put down all inroads and invasions of another man ' s property , securing from all attacks whether of force or of fraud , the fruits of man ' s labour whether of head or of hands—and most surely would it examine into the nature of all impositions , shams , humbugs , quackeries , and pretensions by which society is now gulled , and by which so much that is idle and worthless usurps the place of reality . " Money for money ' s worth , and vice versa , " would be a law which would reduce to nonentity many a lord , bishop , agricultural game-preserver , Whig patriot , lawyer , doctor , able editor , idler , &c . " Let every herring bang by its own head , and every tub stand on its own bottom , " as honest » Sancho says , and we have no fear that the world will be given to anarchy . —Cheltenham Free Press .
Death op a Wealthy MrsER . —On Monday morning last Mr . Robert Smith , who was by trade a smith , died at his late residence , No . 12 , ' Great St . Andrew-street , Seren Dial ? , in tho possession of funded , freehold , and leasehold property . it ia stated , to the amount of nearly £ 400 , 000 . He was of the most singular habits from early life , and was left a considerable sum of money "by his father , with which he speculated in the funds and in building houses , his speculations turning out almost always to advantage . In the neighbourhood of Morningtoncrescent he built between 150 and 200 houses , besides having many other houses in different parts of the town . His property in the funds is believed to exceed £ 100 , 000 . He was born in the house in which he died , and resided in it throughout his life , be ng
about seventy years of age . Though possessed of this immense wealth , his habits were most penurious . His mode of living was scarcely sufficient to support nature . He bad ne servant , but a woman used to come occasionally to char . His neighbours knew little of him , as he had no associates . His house exhibited the appearance of a tenant not provided with the means of keeping it ia decent repair , and the windows were cleaned about twice a year . He has left a brother and sister . The former will inherit the property , as he has left no will . The latter , who was early " crossed in love , " was allowed by him £ 1 a week . She is a woman also of the most eccentric habits . Mr . Smith once held the office of overseer of the parish of St . Giles , in which , he was a resident .
Total Destruction Kinmel Hall , the Seat of Lord Dinorben . —The mansion of Lord Dinorben , at Kinmel-park , near St . Asaph , was totally destroyed by fire last week . We understand that soon after ten o ' clock on Monday night it was discovered that her ladyship ' s dressing-room was on fire , and that the flames had already gained some height . Immediately after the discovery an alarm was given throughout the mansion , and happily none of the domestics had retired to rest , so that they all directed their efforts to quench the flames , but , we regret to > dd , without effect . The fire had obtained such an ascendancy as to bafHe all their endeavours , and from there not being any eagines fot many miles around , nothing could be done to arre 3 t the
fury of the flames , which continued their devastating ravages until five o ' clock next morning , leaving tha superb mansion and its costly furniture a heap of aahes . The inhabitants of Lla n St . Siors , A ber ^ eley , and St . Asaph , were greatly alarmed , the conflagration illuminating the country for many miles around , and althongh hundreds of persons were willing to render all the assistance possible , all their exertions could not prove of the slightest use . Tho furniture and other property saved is comparatively small to that which fell a sacrifice to the flames , and we understand the family plato is buried in the rains , as aJso her ladyship's jewellery . The greater portion of his lordship's valuable library and MSS . were rescued at an early stage of the fire , as we are informed . Lord and Lady Dinorben have been
obliged to take up their residence at his Lordship ' s land steward ' s , Mr . Murray . Lady Gardner , who was staying with her noble father , has lost everything , and is compelled to sleep at the dairy for the present . The servants of the establishment have had all their apparel consumed . The fire appears to have originated through the carelessness of her ladyship ' s maid leaving a candle too near the furniture of the dressing room . Their royal highnesses the Prince and Princess of Capua were to leave Richmond early in the cusuing week for the purpose of staying several weeks with the noble lord and lady , and other visitors were also invited . It will be a serious loss to his lordship , for it is said the -whole of tho property was uninsured , and it is computed £ 35 , ( 500 will not cover the damage done .
Attempt at Murder . —St . Alban ' s , Monday , Oct . 4 th . —This morning the town was tnrown into a state of great excitement by a report that a youR ^ woman had been murdered at an obscure public-house , called the Boot , by a soldier , with whom she cohabited . On inquiry it was found that there was but too much foundation for the report , for although the girl is not dead , the injury she has received is so great that but slight hopes are entertained of her recovery . At twelve o ' clock , Mr . Rumball , the mayor , and Messrs . Lipscorobe , Coles , Osboldiston , and Kindar , borough magistrates , assembled at the Town-hall to investigate the affair . The accused party was in custody . His name is Jabez Kirk : be is about 18 years of age , belongs * j-k ika 7 JtV » MAtytmanf nf F * nnfr . ar \ t \ nrocAnt . Afi A . most . &&
% f ^ VllV # ^ «* * - * ft llll ^ ilMU . VA ^ ** V V ^ * B *»^ M F' * V » J V *» w-w *» w >^— »^* w unprepossessing appearanee . The following evidence furnishes the main facts of the case : —John Lacy , one of the borough police , proved being sent for , about a quarter before seven o'clock this morning , to tho Boot public-house , in the Abbey parish . On entering the house , the landlord informed him that a soldier had committed murder ia hia house . On going up stairs to a bed room , the prisouer met him at the doot and said , " Lacy , take mr ; I have cut her throat , " pointing at the same time to the girl rearce , who was lying on a bed in the room the prisoner came out of . Witness immediately seized him by the two wrists , and sat him on another bed in the Bame room . He trembled yery mach , and the tipper part of his person waa covered
with blood . He had no shirt on , only his trousers and shoes . His face was so much covered with blood that he could scarcely distinguish his features . There was no blood on his trousers . Witness a ^ ked the prisoner what he bad done it with ! be replied , with a razor , and that it was on the bed where the woman was lying . He looked among the bedclothes for the razor , but could not find it , when Jane Pearce pulled the bed up a little as well as she could , and between the bed and mattrass he found the razor ke produced . [ The witness produced therajsar , which was covered with blood ] He aBked the prisoner if he had any reason for committing th » act , but he shook his head and made no answer . The prisoner also pointed out to witness his shirt . On being
produced , itwas found to be covered with blood , and very much torn . The quantity of blood on the left side was the greatest . The prisoner washed himself in witness ' s presence , but had no wounds on his own person . He saw Jane Pearce lying on a bed with her throat rery much cut . There was also a cut on tbe right arm , another on the right hand , and seje ™ more on her left shoulder ; while th « bed and the room bore ample traces of the prisoner lenme . Robert Thorpe , a private in the 7 *_ Fool , prored that he and the prisoner were statioaed with a recruiting party at St . Albaa ' s . He lent the ra » r , produced by the policeman , to the prisoner for him he had lost his
to show on inspection , as own . He knew it to be the same * as it bore hi » regimental mark and number—vis ., E 78 , 320 . Mr . Webster , a surgeon , residing at St . Alban ' a , prored being called in about a quarter before seven this morning , to attend Pearce . He found her in bed with her throat cut and other injuries , and it was evident to him , from the nature and number of the wounds , that they could not have been infiioted by herself . He found two or three wounds on the left shoulder , one on the cheek , and a wound upon the left ear , obliquely running to tbe right side of the neck . It was deep and jagged , and had evidently been infiioted during a violent
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straggle .. This wound was seren inches long , and had divided the muscles of tha jugular rein , and wounded the trachea , without , however , cutting it through . There had been before his arrival considerable hemorrhage , which had subsided ; it again , however , took place to such on extent that he had been fearful of the patient beiiig suffocated ; it bad again , however , subsided . He also found that the twndons of the inside of the right hand had been cut . Mr . Webster concluded his evidence by stating at as his opinion the girl was not in a fit state to be examined . The magistrates then committed the prisoner for further examination . It was stated in the court that the prisoner is a runaway apprentice from Coventry , and that he has been in the army nine months . No probable motive has been assigned . About six o ' clock the prisoner came down stairs , and took up a pint of beer for himself , and a bottle of ginger beer for the girl .
Dreadful Accident on the London and BRiGHtON Railway—Four Lives Lost , and many p ersons Dangerously Wounded . —On Saturday about twelve o ' clock , an extensive train , propelled by two engines , left Brighton for London , and proceeded safely until it arrived at Hay ward'a-heath , where from some cause not ascertained it met with the following upset . The first engine got off the line , and drew after it the tender and four carriages belonging to the train . The engine was dashed to atoms , and the engine driver and the engineer were killed on the spot . The tender and the four carriagewere knocked to pieces , two of the passengers were also kilied , three others were dangerously wounded , and many more , it is stated , have received severe
contusions and wounds . It is stated that owing to the great fall of rain during the past week , the foundation of the railway somewhat swelled , and hence the rail , in a slight degree , bulged out of its proper position . Under such circumstances an accident would most likely ensue . The passengers by thi ^ train , which ought to have reached town by half-past two , did not arrive at the terminus until eight o ' clock , p . m . The sufferers were removed to Crawley , another places for medical assistance . The place where the accident occurred is about 17 miles from Brighton . At six o ' clock the superintendent dispatched an engine to ascertain the case of the non-arrival of the train , and upon its return with the melancholy intelligence , some of the Directors immediately started to ascertain the real cause of the mishap . One o _ the proprietors of the first , hotels in Dublin decamped in the early part of last week , lo&ring the late owner of tbe house in question minus £ 6 , 000 , besides owing large sums amongst numerous other creditors . The absconding party was hitherto deemed a person of strict probity , and has carried off property to the amount of £ 21 , 000 , leaving his creditors minus that amount amongst them .
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CORPORAL PUNISHMENTS IN PRISONS . SIXTH REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF PRISONS FOR THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN DISTRICT . [ Extracts ] to the most noble the marql / is op norman-it , the secretary of state for thb home department . Strand-on-the-Green , Aug . 17 . Mr Lord , —I hare the honour to submit to your Lordship my Annual Report upon tbe state of Prisons , visited by me in the Northern aud Eastern District of England , in 1840 . * * * *
The manner of inflicting corporal punishment in gaols appears very objectionable . I am of opinion the nnmb « r of lashes , the time of punishment , and the instrument should be defined , and the attendance of a surgeon rendered imperative by legal enactment . The consequences of such not being the case are , that the keepers of prisons have nearly absolute power in the execution of this sentence ; and that tbe method varies in almost every prison , at least in the great majority of tflose which come under my observation : for instance , ia one the whipping of prisoners is carried to the utmost extent of severity , and to tbe number of eight or ten doziu lashes ; in another not more than ten or twelve lashes are given , and with a lightness which makes the sentence nominal . The time when the sentence is to bo carried into effect is also generally left to the discretion of the keeper . In one
house of correction punishment takes place the day previous to a prisoner ' s discharge , a practice which I nave strongly recommended to be discontinued , more particularly as the whipping ordinarily inflicted there is severe , and must therefore greatly add to the already too numerous obstacles in the way of discharged prisoners obtaining employment In some prisons the scourge in use is similar to that in the army ; in others to the nary ; in another it is a simple school-rod ; I bare occasionally found these instruments improper from their weight and s 5 _ 9 , an _ have considered it my duty to recommend the use of others less serere . The fact of ¦ whipping being now almost confined to delinquent boys , many of whom are little abore tbe age and appearance of children , appears to me to call for the exercise of greater circumspection in the infliction , and which , from personal observation , I am satisfied it
requires . I haye most particularly to solicit your Lordship ' s attention to the sabject of juvenile delinquency ak Liverpool , and to the remarkable testimony it coatoina of the serious consequences . arising from the low and debasing character of the publio amusements which are provided for the entertainment of the humbler classes , and particularly fur those of younger years . I cannot too strongly recommend the extension of the powers of the Metropolitan Police Act , to towns containing a large population , whereby some centroi may be exercised orer these sources of corruption . William John Williams , Inspector of Prisons .
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From the London Gazette of Friday , OcL 1 . BANKUDPTS . William Broome , Oxford-street , linen-draper , Oet 15 , at eleven , Nov . 12 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Basinghall-street . Solicitors , Messrs . Turner and Hensman , Basing lane ; official assignee , Mr . Greom , Abchurch-lane . Julius Cassar Mott , Lsughborougb , Leicestershire , wine-merchant , Oct . 16 , at one , Nov . 12 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Baainghall-street . Solicitor , Mr . Michael , Red Lion-square ; official assignee , Mr . Edwards , Frederick's-place , Old J ^ wry . William Webb Ogbourne , Honey-lane . Cheapside , commission-agent , Oct . 15 , at two , Nov . 12 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street . Solicitors , Messrs . Beaumont and Thompson , Lincoln ' s-inn-SeldB ; official assignee , Mr . Edwards , Frederiok ' splace , Old Jewry .
Charles Henry Thompson , Liverpool , music-seller , Oct 15 , Nov . 12 , at one , at the Clarendon Rooms , Liverpool .. Solicitors , Mr . De Mina , Crosby Hall chambers , Bishopsgate-street ; and Mr . Kent , Liverpool .
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . M . Lonsdale and S . Rawlinson , Barwick-in-Elmet , Yorkshire , schoolmistresses . R . Richardson and G . Smithson , Leeds , linen-drapers . W . Boutcher , W . Mortimere , and S . Branscombe , Liverpool , hide agents ; as far as regards S . Bianscombe . . J . Shepherd , J . Green , and . T . Hatfield , Sheffield , common-brewers , as far as regards T . Hatfleld . J . Judson and R . W . Slack , Manchester , calico-printers . T . Tattersall and W . Clare , Liverpool , cotton-brokers . J . Wrigley and W . Wild , Bury , Lancashire , bleachers .
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From the Gazette of Tuesday , OcL 5 . BANKRUPTS . Augustus Johann Hoffstaedt , merchant , Billiterstreet ; to surrender Oct . 9 , at twelve , and Nov . 10 , at one , at the Cecrt of Bankruptcy . Belcher , Official Assignee ; Jones and Son , Siw-Iane . John Corke Knell , cattle-dealer , MlUbrook , Southampton , Oct . 9 , at eleven , and Nov . 16 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Pannell , Official Assignee ; Piercy , Three Crown-sqaare , Southwark . John Heywood , cotton-spinner , Heatoh Norria , Lancashire , Oct 19 , and Nov . 1 « , at ten , at the Commissioners'Tooms , Manchester . Coppock and Woollam , -toe-port ; Coppock , Cleveland-row , St James ' s , London . John Barrett Carey , lace-manufactnrer , Nottingham , Oct . 2 Q , and Nov . 16 , at twelve , at the George the Fourth Ibb , Nottingham . Tallop , Furnivart Inn , London ; Parsons , Jan ., London .
Ebonezer Bayly , straw bonnet-dealer , Exeter , Oct 9 , at one , and Not . 1 « , at two , at tbe Court ot Bankruptcy ; Pennsll , Official Assignee , PaKcm-lane , Bucklersbury . Henry Bosbridge , livery-table-keeper , North-place , Gray ' s-inn-road , Oet . 15 , at one , and Nov . 10 , at eleven , at the Court ef Bankruptcy ; Gibson , Official Assignee , Bas-tghall-ktieet ; Catler , Bell-yard , Doetox * 8-« omm o __ Robert Chilver , -phoUterer , Ipsvkb , Suffolk , Oet 9 , at one , a _ d Nov . 11 , at eleven , at the Coart of Bankrnptcr . JohnsoB , B _ si _ gb _ ll-street , Official Assignee ; Overtona-d JfeSery , Old Jewry . Edward Cooler , Edward Peter Cooper , Benjamin Cooper , aad John Alexander Cooper , oiolbiers , Trowbridg « , Wiltabiw , O « t . « , and Kor . If . at two , at the WhiU Hart Inn , Chippantam . HeatiMnate aodHelmon , Coleaan-streel . ¦
E _ ward Wileock , GeorgeiTeMdale , amd John Turner , paper-manufacturers . Uiveratone , Oct 10 , and Nov . 16 , at eleven , at the Commercial Inn , Kendai . Wilton andHani-OH , Kendai ; Addiaon , Meakleubttrgh-square , London . . Joseph Gratton , brick-maker , Newbold , Derbyshire , Oct . 26 , and Nov . 16 , at twelve , at the Rutland Anns Inn , Bakewell . Hall , New Boawell-oo _ rt , London ; Charge , CfaestotflekL
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MEMOIRS OF ROBERT EMMETT AND THE IRISH INSURRECTION OF 1803 , with the Trial of Emmett for High Treason , his memorable Speech , &c , &c . London : Cleave ; Manchester , Heywood ; Leeds , Joshua Hobson . This is a reprint of some nervously written papers , comprising a memoir of the celebrated Irish patriot , originally published in the English Chartist Circular . We have no doubt that all will wish to have it in its present portable form . It is embellished with a very superior engraving of Emmett , on steel .
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FARLEY'S FENNY LIBRARY . London : Cleave . In introducing this cheap and elegant little substitute for th ? slipslop novels which too often occupy the reading hours of yoang people , we shall borrow from the publisher's address the following prospectus : — " We propose , though the medium of Familiar and interesting Co > vzRs _ Tio > s , to elicit incidentally such traits of character as require correction , together ¦ with contrasting exhibitions of the nobler qualities ; and our Tales and Legends , our Poetrj and Dramtic Pieces , ¦ will supply antidotes ¦ which , wkile they exhilarate the mind , enliven the imagination , and enlarge the understanding , will neutralise the inrredients of many a poisoned chalice , at present so indiscriminately circulated . Bnt these constitute by faT the least consequential portion of onr scheme . Strenuous endeavours will be
directed to the formation o : a ngerous taste—to tbe . creation of a just perception of what is really beautifnl , in contradistinction to tha preraiiing rage for unmitigated indulgence in sanguinary horrors on the one hand , and gross buffoonery or maudlin sentimentality on the other . The rich and costly stores of the Greek and < Roman classics , of the very existence of which vast j nuniben of the youth of both sexes never heard , will be popularly presented to our reader * by an occasional ' prose an&Jysis of some celebrated author ; by which many even of those who have dog ' s-eared a school \ Ovid , and subsequently arrived at the distinction of ' applying their wretched latinity to tho exposition of Greek , will derive more knowledge of the classics from one of our humble numbers than could be gathered frem all the disjointed and fragmental lumber which they have heaped together in the course of their too ' generally worse than useless studies . "
We need only add tbat we have seen three num- ' bers , and that so far the Editor has well kept his ' promises . We may also say that it is the cheapest ' periodical we ever saw .
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A VINDICATION OF THE RIGHTS OF : WOMAN : with Sirictures on Moral and Political Subjects . By Maky Wolsto . mcraft . — Third Edition , R-. vised and Re-editei . London : John Cleave , 1 , Shoe-lace , Fleet-street ; Man-. Chester , Heywood ; Leeds , Hobson . ; This is a very carefully revised edition of a woTk j which has been most appropriately styled " one of ] tbe most extraordinary productions of tbe time at j which it appeared . " The size is poi table and con- : ¦ venient , the paper and print good , and the price , low . Every advocate of female emancipation should ; bay and read it .
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TAIT'S MAGAZINE , October , 1841 . Tait opecs , as migh ' . be expected , with a whip at : Sir Robert . He is of opinion that Sir Robert is ju ? t : as wise on the most of his future plaus and purposes j h . 3 ali the rest of tne world : and , faith-, we believe him to be right . In auewer to the question , " What ' will Sir Robert Peel do V he say ? , in the commencement of his article : — j " This question is likely now to remain for a Christ- ' mas pr . w'Aj or to furnish a hint for sorae sudden and wonderful incident , or unexpected tranbformation , by ) one stroke of Harlequin ' s wand , to the mechanist and ¦ wit who contrives the Pantomime . Sir Robert Peel's I
pertinacious silence has in the meanwhile g : ven wide scope to all manner of conjectures , a few of the more probable ot which we may particular ze . The truth is , poor Sir Robert is himself as much at a loss about what he is to do , or more correctly , about what he may be able to accomplish , as any one of the guessers . He has surrounded himself with a Cabinet , some of whom are as difficult to drive in the right direction as Tipperary pigs . Even with the Duke of Wellington for an auxiliary or whipper-in , several of them are likely to prove utterly unmanageable ; and Sir Robert ' s best hope , at present , seems the old Whig trust—tbe chapter of accidents ; the unknown something that may arise during the respite which he craves . "
Then follows another chapter of the " Tho Ta- ; lented Family . " We have then a stave on the Corn ; Laws , which , in one shape or other , prose and verse , j insinuate themselves into almost every cranny of ; the "liberal" literature of the present time . The bes . t thing in the number is a lengthened notice of ; D'Israeli's " Amenities of Literature . "
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THE POETICAL FLIGHTS OF A FACTORY YOUTH . By Joseph Kiekham . London : Cleave , Shoe Lane , Fleet Street ; and all Booksellers . Price One Stifling . In a simply written kind of autobiographical preface , the author of this little beok informs us that at the age of nine years , he was placed in one of those dens of disease and rampant vice , a cotton mill ; where the body and mind of youth become alike oorrupted and destroyed . Surely no place could be
more unfavourable to the development of poetical talent than a cotUm-factory ; for there the mind is rendered callous to improvement , by the ov 6 rexertion to which the body is doomed . Yet , under the depressing circumstances of such arduous toil ; the want of the common necessaries of life ; tbe ^ deprivation of tbe Eociety of those who might ( from having received the advantages of education themselves ) , have been able to impart to him a portion of that knowledge which the budding mind of youth
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 9, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct865/page/3/
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