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"" ~ TO THE REV . BAPTIST NOEL . THE BRITON'S FATHERLAND , to dry the difldless mother ' s tears , Betrfere the heart by grief unstrung ; bSb the witbMn * waste of Tears , Itato'er oar brightest hopes hire flanf •¦ h eir devPning influence ; there command , J ^ d well forget onr fatherland . fljtt ** * P ** ' . 11 P * W"t ' i breast , To bleed not for his country "! wrong ; ^ d * feu * the barest and the beet , jp besne and frinndii ¦ who ' ve wept them long . j < & fand aadvirtne bind Lalknd , pi ve'll forget © M fatherland .-gfluk Qj « exiled Briton , ere " js some some > tnnfe land onwept he die * , c-irhtnnhe breathes the sotl-felt prayer ; What tender thoognt invokes his sifhs . - ^ 0 there ni » with / ring look withstand , Jjpiood he cries « my fatber . aod r Botoek upon ttw meanest slave , 5 iii can'd oppression's , lam hare made ; ij d know th * only boon he'd crave , Jbo joy be ted and hop * decsy'd , u , fll to toil amid the band , Bat straggle for their fatherland . So , heartless dolt ! the bloed that toss , In nans like thine , no country own *; -Rnt tempt no more ota England's boss , fo te » ve their home , tbo" tears and groans , »« Wood ! be there , yet brand to brand Qgfn battle for their native land . JOHS A . La"W 50 H afield , > "ot . 12 th , 1 S 41 .
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SCRAPS FOR RADICALS . L . I . CLAXCT . Ko . TIL I ecrald tell thee a tale that would strike thee with wmf—yea , in fact , that would ehill the Tery blood in gy leins . —Romcutce . Poos Erin strikes her native lyre , Long alien ! and untuned ; list Briton * . ' list , and , sow admire , Her lay * * o oft impugned . Forgetful of each troubled year , Whig friends , or Tory foe *; She calls upon you now to hear The harp reaoend her -woes . 0 , when in danger who defied , The foeman'i foremost wing , Along with Briton * , aide by » ide , True to their cause and king . Poor Erin ' s sons ! full many a year , They fought old England ' * foes ? Tien are her , Britons , now you hear XSe tarp resosod her woet . '
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| No . YI 1 L ^ gna < no wonder that thou art complaining , TOale cormorant patriots pillage thy itore ; i > 5 ihaoaan&B of famishing serfs are sustaining On horrors of life by the weeds on thy shore > . ' ! into then , my Erin I too long thon hast slumbered ; Aid roll back the stone that entombeth thy lame ; fofeSiar which proclaims that thy dark days are umbered , Peeedas the glad snn-barst of liberty ' s flame . ' QSn . ' so -render that thorn art complaining Qydeep cup of sorrow has lasted too long ; iMSMiregs hare become so poignantly paining , Oat no rebel arrow can stir more strong . fijqnaff the vile goblet ; shall tyranny tell thee , & >« "fl of Fitsgenld and Emmett is dead ? &j peace with her olive can triumph to sell thee , isd cause thee'to worship the golden calf ' s head ?!!
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~^ A SONNET b be receipt of some letters from a gentleman of Tnirersity College , London , in which correspon dence he Tery feelingly informs me that the disease » nriw which I labour it curable .
TO TBS BTm ± XS A 1 TZ > BK * 5 T 01 KfT . I me day wrote a sonnet in the Star , Oa a " wheel-chair" that Mr . Smith had given ; Hate reeeiVd some letters with the leaven Qfkmdness ; in answer , why such a car Tm needed to propel me short or far , I told + < rm i -wsi pax » ljx'd , and riTen 0 ! hope , the yaangi to taste the air , m dxrrext 0 * in the chair ; my loss of power the bar Whereby I'm canfin'd . I've lost all feeling ; Action ' s departed ; * o I am immur'd hfiTing tomb ; I was not bom thus afling . As doctor writes that I may yet be cor'd ; 2 ti sach a sound to me is unavailing . Per loch of titans the blessing " * uninsur'd . James Tkksos . ScB&niohoD , Xov . SStfc , 1841 .
T »» Bust earnestly commend the abore teaching appeal to the notice of those to whom it is addressed"the humane and benevolent" The author is a poet of nature ' s own nursing ; but in the midst of j * rerty , enduring the heart-ski-en ing helplessness of paralysis . If , indeed , core be attainable , we bast that a Christian people will sot permit such a object for the exercise of the > r kindly feelings to hek the maan * . T—Ed . N . S .
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5 LASGOW . IitPoaiA 5 T Mebtlxg in thb -2 J » Cut Hall . —a large meeting of the trades of ° « gow ins held in the City Hall , Candleriggs , on ¦ ua& y night , the 23 rd inst ., for the purpose of Ojresang their sympathy for the masooB now on K « at the New Honses of Parliament , Nelson's «« s » ent , and Woolwich Dock Yard , and &lso to gR » their public detestation of the inhuman , * J »» » ad tjrinnic&l eonduet of Allen , the foreman , « tile snpercilions and OTerbearing conduct of **« . Peto and Grissell , masters . The majority f sBineetiag was composed of decent respectable ¦* a » trdesmen . belonzine to different Trades '
l ^ ffis , vrho all appeared to take s > deep interest in *« gert of the meeting . Shortly after eight o ' clock * t Hugii Graham , secretary to the Power Loom **« " Union , and a reteran in the cause of right JP ° s t might , was unanimously called to the chair . « o pened the business of the meeting in a neat , WjjMd effectire speech . He said he had often £ * W OTer large and powerful meetings of the rw ^ and the working classes in general , bnt in r ^ uon he had nerer presided orer a more imrjant meettag than the present , and fer a more gU » principle than the one they had met to con-¦« , mseuss , and decide npon . It was a question ¦»« most of the most fital importance U > eyery ^ HBgman in the emntTft . Mid rsmrired trieir mos t
2 ** consideration . He ooneloded by reading the J * « announcb g the meeting , and after calling WJttr . Hamilton , secretary to the United Stone-¦¦¦** of Glaf ^ ow te more the fir st reeolntion , he « town amid loud cheering . Mr . Hanulton began ffiMTag the indulgence of the meeting during the ^ waanoeof the task which had b « en given him "PWona , for he could assure them that nothing r * importance of the meeting could haTe induced rr . * come forward before so respectable and in-^ " * » meetin g of his fellow tradesmen . He " 2 * Krerred to the cause of their assembling tor * f i Wd the unprincipled conduct of Allen , the
SbST ° * ? ma 60 DS employed at the Hew oses of Parliament . It is passing Btrange , said ^» oogh anreagonable as the conduct of this man \ % 2 * h Jet ^ ** without friends , and will it be J ^ T ™ i eT « n among the working classes . It is ^^ ija bad omen of the times , and a eure proof we tyranny and cruelty of that indmdnal , when ¦ » we oompelled to strike at this Beason of the £ ** ¦ . ^ ™ en read over the different charges *^ n [ against Allen by the men now on strike , " ™* o » T 8 already appeared in the Star , amid the go » i execration of the audience . He also read rfv . vvakley ' s speech at the Crown and Anchor J ^ og , in which he described Allan as a fitter
£ «» n to inhabit a felon ' s cell than have a command HTavi "d industrious men ; in fact , said Mr . tk . z !? s PP e *» to be a proper tool to superintend IT&r ? - ** « s which are likelj to b « occupied ^« e n » t tostxace by persons deaf to the cries of j **?™* humanity and the Mtionil demands for . U **« i » d whose one-aided system of legislation wL ? rc * dr ru . aiBery , and desolation orer the ^ M tod breadth of our land . ( CheeA ) He oon-^« by reading the resolntion ^ - ""niat in the Jfwa of this meeting the masone now on strike ^ adon and Wool wich , merit the eympathyand jTp * of e ? try working man in'the country for the 2 *» » d maaly sund they hare Ukea against the IT ^ eraole arroganoe , de ^> otism , and tyranny of S" « i » -foreaian at the New Honsesot Paaiiajaeat . ' wj ^ Woonded b y Mr . John Gardner , Beeretary u » united power Loom WeaTers , in amost powertb Wi" ""^ y P eecil of considerable length . **« reeojatioa was put andjcarried unanimously .
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Mr . Dennis JTMillaiL , delegate from the dyers , moved the second resolution , "That this meeting approve of the conduct of the masons lately employed at the new Houses of Parliament , who stand against the tyrannical conduct of their foreman , George Allen , aad also approve of the disinterested conduct of those masons employed at Nelson ' s Monument and Woolwion Dock Yard , who spontaneously turned oat in defence of their brethren against Grissell and Peto , for their inhumanity in retaining Allen in their employment . " This resolution was seconded in a brief speech by Mr . James Wales and carried unanimously . Mr . Russell moved the third resolution . He pointed ont those persons who weat in upon the work which the masons now struck
had left , as destitute of either principle or humanity and exhorted the meeting to jom together in the holy bond oT union and brotherhood . u That this meeting expresses its hearty disapprobation of the base conduct of those Basons , who , in defiance of honour and equity , hare aided and abetted the proceedings of the tyrant Allen , by going in npon the labour of their fellowB , at the new Honses of Parliament , and call upon the public to stamp with execration , the conduct of men who thus violate the rights and interests of their brethren . Mr . Murchie secoaded tow resolution , which was pot and carried witbost ft dissentient voice . Mr . Malcolm moved the fourth resolution , ** That this meeting reprobate that portion of the press who . in the genuine spirit ofservuitv
and in justice , have refused all Btatenents furnished by the men , and inserted exclusively those of th « employers , whose interests it was to blindfold the public , and pledge themselves to support those newspapers who advocate the rights of the working mea . TMb resolution was seconded by Mr . M Quoen , a stone mason , and author of the " Muirland Minstrel , " and carried . Mr . M'Farlane , a cabinet maker , moved that a committee be appointed from that meeting to watch over the interests of the working classes , which was seconded by Mr . Miles , a stone mason , in a speech of great eloquence and ability . A oommittee was then appointed , and cheers were given for the masons on strike , and for the chairman , when the meeting dissolved .
BRlOilHCTON . —On Tharsday last , the members and "friends of the Loyal Order of Druids held their annual tea party and ball , in the large room belonging to the order , when ninety-seven persons Bat down to an excellent tea provided by Miss Beswick . Dancing . commenced at seven o ' clock and was kept up for many hours with great spirit . Several new members were initiated . MANCHESTER . —Christian Cokmumtt . — A meeting of the members of the above society and public was recently held in the large School Room , under ChriBt Church , Every-BtTeet , Manchester , which was freely granted by Dr . Scholefield , for the occasion . Captain Barlow spoke for upwards of an hour on the advantages of Christian union , and of
the community which is now being established on Chat Moss . A Bmall plot of fourteen acres is now in possession of the associated , who anticipate greater things as accession of new members to the cause is now of frequent occurrence . The society has been formed upwards of twelve months , but not wishing to waste the funds on speculative meetings , the public Ib not generally aware of its existence ; about fifteen members in the mean time have sabscribed about two hundred pounds , by far the greatest part of which is the subscription of working men , a sure token of their earnestness to get possession of the land , These are no frequenters of the traps of the destroyers of social and political regeneration , as I am sorry to inform you we have many
thousands here who do to theirs and others hurt , and who are the very men that are the greatest obstacles to the obtaining the People's Charter . Many thousand acres of England ' s best land would be in possession of the opentiTes in less time than our society has been in existence ; if they would but act as is their bounden duty and interest . The chairman , Mr . Sixsmith , read to the people the printed rnles of the society which seemed to be generally satisfactory , numbers of which were sold at the dose of the meeting . It is the intention of the associated to have meetings in different parts of the town to arouse the people to a mindfulness of their duty , and of their power , when united , to redeem themselves from the evil circumstances of this and preceding generations . —Corretvondtnt .
SOUTHAMPTON . —A meeting was held at the Royal Exchange , on Monday evening last , to take into consideration the best means to obtain such support as is required k > y the masons now on strike at the new Houses of Parliament . The meeting , although not called by any public notice , it being only preparatory to s > great one about to be holden . was nevertheless most numerously attended , and evinced a strong feeling in behalf of the masons . The following resolutions were unanimously passed ; and , if carried into eject with energy and perseverance , by the persons appointed , must ultimately end in doing of a deal of good , not only in eradicating the prejudice created by the venal public press , but in raising such subscriptions as areneeded . Mr . Weeks
havmsbeen called to the chair , made a few preliminary remarks explanatory of the objects of the meeting . He then called upon Mx . Turner to explain the cause and reasons of the strike , which he did in a dear and lucid manner , evidently much to the satisfaction of the meeting . The Chairman then called on Mr . Dew to move the first resolution , which was briefly seconded by Mr . Warran : — u That this meeting fully justifies the eonduet of the masons-lately employed at the new Houses of Far * liament , in having struck against the arbitary condnet of their late foreman , Allen . " The Becond resolution was moved by Mr . Watson and seconded by Mr . Turner— " That it is the opinion of this meeting that the masons now on strike in London
and at Woolwich , merit the gratitude and support of the country , in having so manfully made a stand against the cruel and relentless inhumanity under which they suffered . The third resolution was mored by Mr . Greenlaw and seconded by Mr . Alexander— " That . this meeting pledges itself to use every means in its power to render the masons that assistance which their exemplary conduct so justly merits . " The fourth resolution was moved by Mr . Hutchinson , and seconded by Mr . Hulbert : — " Tnat this meeting hold up to public censure the unprincipled conduct of a Mr . White , mason , of Southampton , in so far as he has willingly become the tool or agent to Messrs . Grissell and Peto , by endeavouring to procure masons to supplant our fellowworkmen in London . " The Chairman then introduced Mr . Bartlett to the meeting , to move the fifth resolution . Mr . Bartlett said , that when he entered the room , he was not aware he should have had to
move any resolution . He merely came there to listen , and obtain correct information as to the strike of the masons . He , however ,. was never backward to assist in a good and just cause , and therefore he willingly moved the resolution put into his hand , which be begged to read before he made any further observations : — " That a Committee of fire persons be appoiu-. ed , with power to add to their number , to correspond with the other traces of Southampton , relative to the best means to be employed to enable our brother operatives in London to bring to a satisfactory termination their present struggle of right against might , to receive subscriptions , and to make the necessary arrangements for a public meeting , in order to remove the prejudice raised against the n&sons on strike b y the venal press . " Mr . Bartlett then contained . He did consider it honourable on the part of the masons in having struck , because it would hare been dishonourable for them to have
remained at work under such degradation . It was highly creditable to the men for the moral stand they had taken ; it was disgraceful to the proprietors , Messrs . Gris&ell and Peto , in upholding the conduct of Alien . He could not help adverting to a fact , although it might be digressing from the purport of the meeting , yet it must be evident to all , that until they were represented they would be unprotected , and that they would have no shield from the like insult and oppression . ( Cheers . ) Until they obtained the People's Charter , which embodied the whole of their political rights , they never would be respected as men . After a few observations from Mr . Greenlaw , in-explaining the objects of the masons for fining a man for " chasing , " which be said was equivalent to a reduction of wages , and a vote of thanks having been passed to the Chairman , the meeting broke up , apparently much delighted with its proceedings .
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The Soubck of tbu £ Pateiotism . —There is , perhaps , no course of study calculated to afford in itself so great a degree of useful " knowledge , entertainment , and delight , " as that which makes us acquainted with the history of the rise and fall of ancient and modern empires , connected , as it inevitably must be , with the history of human passions , aad the effects of culture upon the human mind . It is not only a graceful accomplishment , without which young people of both sexes must feel oppressed by a sense of inferiority when in the presence ot those who possess it , but it carries out , with telescopic effect , a view beyond the limited circle of our own operations , and encourages us by examples of the past , to set about securing advantages for the future . Our indignation is roused by the sad monuments
left us of the tyranny which has been exercised over countless millions by a few wretched individuals ; we are told how blood , and treasure , ties of kindred , aad the holiest affections , treie hid waste by that few , in their hot tkirst for dominion , and trampled upon by . the galling strides oTdespotum ; bow enor * moos and d&zztfngly magnificent cities were built , pyramids raised , and rivers turned from their course , to grati % - the pride , or vanity , or caprice , reigning in a single breast , regardless of the myriads of slaves who supplied the costly materials , and performed the labour of achieving those and many other profitless wonders ; aad how even civilised Borne tamely submitted to the gross enormities of her Domitiaus , her Caligulas , and her Neroes ; our indignation , I say , is called forth by the numerous atrocities we read of , * nd in proportion to our knowledge of their perpetration and the means progressively adopted for their prevention , will be our love of liberty and consequent attainment of free institutions . —Parley ' s Penny Library .
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Wobth Knowing . —A chimney on fire was a day or two since effectually put out in the following easy and expeditious manner : —In the first place , a large pitchetful of water was thrown ir . to the grate , which of course generated a considerable quantity of steam . A sheet was then fastened Hp in front of the fireplaoe , in such a manner as to prevent a current of air from ascending the chimney , and in less than five minutes all signs of blaze or fire in the chimney h * d entirely disappeared . COHMITTAL OP TWO BiHKINS ClBEKS FOB FBlony . —The investigation into the affairs of the Chichester Old Bank , which ensued upon the failure of that establishment a few days ago , has led to a result which has vastly increased the consternation
and distress that unexpected event had previously produced , vis ,, the apprehenaien and committal for trial of two of the clerks of the late firm for defrauding it of money to a large amount . The delinquents are William Styles Goodeve , the chief clerk , and Mr . William Williams , a jroior clerk . It is understood that the frauds which have already been detected a ? committed by these two personB nearly amount to £ 29 , 000 . The means by which they carried oa their nefarious practices was the surreptitious reissue of the notes of the bank after they had been cancelled . & > recently as the 28 th day of October , Goodeve frauduleatly obtained by such means a sam of £ 5 , 000 , and on two former occasions sums of £ 3 , 500 and £ 8 , 000 . He always
bore , a high character , and was universally respected ; but he had , by himself and his immediate family connections , largely embarked in extensive mercantile transactions , which had ever been deemed inconsistent with the situation he filled of confidential clerk in a banking-house . Both he and Williams were appreheaded , and on Saturday , after an examination before Dr . M'Carogher , the mayor , and other magistrates , which was strictly private , were committed for trial . Bail to a large amount was offered for hit . Goodeve , but was refused . The whole affair of the bank and its failure seems to be involved in myBtery . Although a fiat has been issued , it has not been acted on , and the late partners are still in uncontrolled possession of the moneys , books , and other property of the bank .
Strange History of a Nebdlb . —A Fact for thb Faculty . —The following account of the re-appearance of a needle , after its having been upwards of sixty years in the body of a human being , may be relied upon as oorrect : — Mr . J . Bridges , solicitor , of No , 9 , Parade , Islington , aged 72 , swallswed , whilst at play , when between nine and tea years of age , a needle . The occurrence created great alarm in his family , and the most eminent medical practitioners of the day having been consulted used every effort to expel the needle , but in vain . The fears Of Mr . Bridges' parents were allayed when they saw him grow up to youth and manhood without suffering . Mr . Bridges arrived at the age of 60 , seldom or never suffering from ill health , but not
uafrequently he has felt great pains in various parts of his body , which have always been attributed to rheumatism . On Wednesday night last he had , as he thought , an attack of that disease , and retired early to rest , encased in flannel . About three o ' clock in the morning , a strange prickling sensation , felt about the right ankle , awoke him , and , putting his hand to the spot , he found protruding from the flannel a small bit of wire . In the morning he discovered , comparing all the circumstances , that it was the self-same needle he had swallowed 62 years ago ! A punctured mark just over the ancle shows where the needle has made its egress . The needle is a strong button one ; its colour a dingy blue , and the eye shows that it is of ancient fabric .
Thb Advantage of being Robbkd . —On the night of Saturday last , a poor industrious labourer was proceeding homewards over Kelvedon Common , with the produce of his earnings , eleven shillings , when he encountered four fellows with more impudenee than honesty , who plundered him ot the wh » le of his earthly treasure . Misfortune made the poor fellow eloquent , and he so strongly represented the evils of an empty cupboard and a supperless home . that he touched even the seared heart of hardened guilt , and one of the villains directed his companion with an oath to refund a shilling of the booty . This was dene ; the shilling was handed to the labourer .
On reaching his cottage he flung down the coin upon the table , exclaiming to her who had taken him for ever and aye , with eleven shillliags or without" There is all I htve to give you of my week ' s earnings , " when , lo ! plebian silver , as if by a touch of the philosopher ' s stone , was changed into aristocratic gold ; and there lay a real sovereign . Th « fact was , the thief had been so accustomed to dip his hands into other people ' s pockets that he kept rather a loose aeconnt with his own , and b y a lucky mistake he handed over a sovereign instead of a shilling , leaving a balance of nine shillings in favour of honest lludge . —Chelmsford Chronicle
An Hospital for Drunkards . —An hospital has been recently opened in New York for drunkards who are resolved to reform . Throwing aside the inconveniences , in the medical point of view , attending a sadden change in the use of stimulating drinks , it is obvious that there is nothing more difficult than to renounce habits of indulgence ; and , as to leaving them off by degrees , it is morally impossible ; to indulge at all , is to relax self-control , and to abide the consequences of such relaxation . The only
chance for the confirmed drunkard is to change scene , change associations , to quit , as far as possible , the rontine of his life , bo as to weaken those ties which bind him to any particular habit . This iB bo easy task ; and without the advantage of an institution like that just established in New York , there are but few who can accomplish it . An asylum for the cure or amendment of bad habits in general would meet , we think , if skillfully managed , with more encouragement and success than might be at fint imagined .
Pile-dbiving Machine . —A very simple , yet very admirable machine for driving a double row of piles , has very recently been imported from the United States . It was built at Utica , and has the national name H Brother Jonathan" inscribed on it . It is now in operation at Smith ' s timber-wharf . Pedlar ' sacre , where it can be seen driving the piles for the causeway and abutment on the Surrey side of the New Hunger / ord Market Bridge , now in progress . The hammers , or weights , or , as they are more usually called by pile-drivers , the " monkeyB , " are elevated the height of thiry-five feet or thereabouts , along grooves in perpendicular leaders , by means of a locomotive steam-engine of ten horse power , fixed ou a platform , on which the whole of the machinery is placed . The power of the blow given by each of these hammers exceeds 600 tons , and drives a pile of twenty-seven feet lone , and as thick as the thickest piles used in embankments and for coffer-dams nearly its whole length into the earth in about eight minutes , or perhaps less . It drives two piles at the same time . A circular horizontal saw is worked by
the engine , which in a few seconds cuts the tops of the piles even , and enables the trucks , « r small wheels on which the platform is supported , to come forward as fast as the piles are driven , and cut them even at the top . The platform is propelled by a onehorse power engine . The power of this machine is absolutely astounding . It is an important application of steam power , likely to produce very benflcial results in public works , in the formation of sea-banks , and in all operations on a large scale where rapidity of execution and precision are required . The machine was used in America for driving piles for railroads , and travelled by its own power upwards of two hundred miles , driving piles and making ite own road through swamps and districts heretofore impervious . The machine has , moreover , the power of drawing piles out of the earth as quickly as it drives them in , and can be applied to the raising of blocks of stoQo and all heavy weights that require an extraordinary power .
Fibes at Manchester , —Three serious fires have occurred during , the week , involving the destruction of considerable property . The first was on Wednesday afternoon , when about four o ' clock , the oilcloth manufactory of Messrs . Hampson and Knight , Pickford-street , Alum-street , Great Anooats , was discovered to be on fire . The fire originated in some oil-cloths hung out of one of the windows igniting from the heat of a fire in the yard , into which some oil had been spilt from the boiler . The damage done was about £ 300 worth , but —as covered by an insurance in the West of England Fire Office . About half-past four o ' clock , on Thursday morning information was given of a fire at Messrs . Peter and Thomas Wood ' s timber-yard , Oxford-street ,
opposite the bottom of James's-street . The fire originated in an open shed , in which was a saw mill , and communicated with a building of two stories over it , used as a workshop for joiners . The roof and property in the upper story were destroyed , and the property in the shed , but there was some salvage in the story immediately ever the shed , and in the engine house to the amount of about £ 300 . The total loss is about £ 1 , 000 or £ 1 , 200 , including building , stock , and machinery . The whole property is insured in the West of England . The fire is supposed to have originated from the over-heating of the saws , by friction ; which having communicated ! with the saw-dust , it was supposed to have saftuKdered all night and brok , e out in the morning . 'Tne third fire broke out early on Friday morning , in the warehouse of Mr . E . Bancroft , straw bonnet manufacturer , which is situate on the north side Of St .
Anne s-street , at the corner of Baek ^ q uare . The building , which u four stories high , with a frontage of about twenty yards to St . Aan ' s-street , has recently been partially rebuBt' . The ground story was occupied as shops , four injaumber , and the ether three stories formed the warehouse of Mr . Bancroft , to which access was given by a door at the corner of Back-Bquare . The shops were in the several occupations of Messr * . G . Scott , and Co $ seedsmen , Mr . Brindley , fishmonger , Mr . Harrison ,, hat manufacturer , and Messrs . Dixon and Bell , cigar and tobacco dealers . Owing to the exceedingly fight combustible nature of Mr . Bancroft ' s stock , the building was Si tted and unrooted ib a very Bhort space of time , ad there been a proper supply of water from the fint , there is no doubt that most of the property would have been saved .
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A CocNTaY _ CRmc . —A countryman was shewn GtinsboronghV celebrated pietore of " The Pigs . " "To be sure , " said he , "they be deadly like ptgg , Tmt nobody ever s » w three piga feeding together but what one on f em had a foot in the trough . "—JetseU Gleaning * . Box IiwuwmcH . —What boxes govern the world t asks % New York paper ; and it answers the question thus :-The cartridge-box , the ballot-box , the Jurybox , and the band-box . Con . —Why has a clock always a bashful appearance ? Because it always keeps its bands before its face .
A Cektain Method to Remove Ink-stains from Papbb . —Dip the feather of * pen in muriatic acid , and gently paw it over the part of the paper whioh to inked ; this will turn it toaredcolour : afterwards dip tne leather in boiling water , and pass it over the same part several times , and all traces of the ink will be gone . TH « RorAi . AaTi 3 T . —The Queea , we understand , has already sketched a likeness of the infant Prince , which will immediately be lithographed . The resemblance is said to be perfect , and the circumstances under which it was made cannot fail of ^ ST , ? V ^ ' f * A ere 8 t Peculiarly its own .-Joftn Bull . —[ Fudge !]
Distress in Blackburn . —The situation of the poor in this town and neighbourhood is at present truly deplorable . Even when in full work , the condition of the hand-loom weaver is such as to excite commisseration ; but , at the present moment , when wages are unusually low , labour soarce or unattainable , and the season the most inclement , their sufferings appear to have reached the last stage of human , enduranoe . We are glad to learn , therefore , that steps are about to be taken with a view to afford them some temporary relief . A meeting of our more affluent fellow-townsmen ia about to be held , to open a subscription to alleviate their sufferings , and the prayer of thousands who are on the brink of starvation will ascend to heaven ia supplications for a blessing upon those whose philanthropy may lead them to aid in this good work . —Blackburn Gaaette .
Distress in Scotland . —The iron-masters of Scotland have resolved to blow out for six months one-fourth of their furnaces . This is % resolution of dire necessity on the part of the masters , and will , of course , be felt with great severity by the numerous body of operatives in connection with this branch of industry in the west of Scotland . Again , the early severity of the winter throws completely idle , considerably before the usual period , that industrious body , the masons , and other outdoor workers in connection with them . The city missionaries , secretaries of the different charity societies , and clergymen in populous districts of the suburbs , are all soliciting aid of every description , to relieve the distress they daily come in contact with . The calicoprinting business is in the most hopeless state , and we are certain we do net exaggerate when we say that ia the west of Scotland one-half of the workers
are idle , and that the same Dumber of mas tors would be bankrupt had they not capital to fall back upon . As to the weaving population , they have for so long been reduced to a state of misery , and we have so frequently had occasion to state the helpless state they are come to , that we do not feel inclined to say more about them . The distress is now taking a general direction , and it is to this fact that we wish particularly to direct attention . The small dealers in many of the manufacturing districts now find their capital represented by debts owing by idle operatives , who are utterly unable to pay , and in these circumstances to realize money ot shut up shop is ia either case hopeless—they must " hold on " till both money and credit are gone , and then their next step is—ruin . How long this state of matters will continue is now the question asked by every one . —Glasgow Chronicle .
Attempt at Assassination . Birmingham , Saturday Evening . —Last night , between eight and nine o ' clock , as Mr . John Prince , of Tipton , in the County of Stafford , was returning home , he was met near to his residence by a man named Edward Bridgewater , licensed victualler , of this town , with whom he had had some money transactions , who presented a pistol at him . Mr . Prince struck him on the arm and the pistol fell upon the ground . Bridgewater then drew another pistol from his pocket and fired it at Mr . Prince , which happily did not take effect . Bridgewater made his escape and returned to Birmingham' This evening he was apprehended , and will be brought up for examination before the Magistrates , at Bilston , on Tuesday , morning . Mr . Prince is an extensive coal-merchant .
Bernard Cavanagh , the " Fastixg Man . "—The following is an extract from a document from Mr . Bulley , the surgeon of the gaol at Reading : — " Friday morning , twelve o ' clock . —Bernard Cavanagh , at this date , completed his ninth day of entire abstinence from food and drink . After the closest watching and the strictest care on the part of myself and the turnkeys of the prison to prevent the possibility of hu clandestinely taking f « od vl feel satisfied and convinced , in my oira mind , that Bernard Cavanagh has not tasted food or drink during the nine days he has been an inmate of the gaol . He remains , notwithstanding the privations he has voluntarily endured , in a state of perfect bodily health , and I cannot detect the slightest alteration in his appearance or spirits . He is extremely anxious to undergo any trial I may think fit to make of his powers of abstinence , without regard to time , and expresses himself as unwilling to leave the prison
until such fair trial has been made . "—Saturday Night . —This evening completed the tenth day of Cavanagh ' s imprisonment . On Thursday aad Friday his pulse declined , and this morning a small quantity of the gaol allowance of gruel was missed from the vessel m which it had been placed , while the whole of the remaining quantity was much thinner than when it was sent in . Hi * frame had become evidently weaker : his pulse Very feeble ; and this evening Mr . Bulley , the surgeon , was called in . He ordered some gruel , with a glass of port wine in it , which Cavanagh gladly swallowed , as the means of restoring him to health . He was dearly in a state of great exhaustion , scarcely able to move one toot before the other , and much alarmed at his sinking state . Whatever Cavanagh ' s powers of endurance may be , it is clear that he cannot exist ten days without food , aor has he that retentive power over the secretions to which he pretended .
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- ^ ^ FT *^^^^^^^ - ^ ^^ ^^ NOMINATIONS FOR THE GENERAL COUNCIL .
MANCHESTER . —SHOEMAKERS AND TAILORS . Mr . Andrew Bren , cordwainer , Myer ' s Court , Back Queen-street . Mr . Samuel Pemberton , cordwainer , 80 , Hardman-street . Mr . John Fletcher , cordwainer , 2 , Auatiu Court , Cumberland-street . Mr . Edward Drummond , cordwainer , 28 , Back Quay-street . Air . Richard Dunson , tailor , Holgate-street , Chairman . Mr . John Joynson , cordwainer , 80 , Hardmanstreet , treasurer . Mr . Andrew Melville , tailor , 11 , Silver-street , sub-Seoretary . BURNLET .
Mr . Benjamin Southworth , blook cutter . Meadows . Mr . John Burrows , weaver , Keighley Green . Mr . James Crabtree , warper , Lane Bridge . Mr . Emanuel Beaumont , weaver , Lane Bridge . Mr . Edward Riley , blacksmith . Royal Read . Mr . Thomas Hartley , weaver , Club Houses . Mr . James Gregson , printer , Weatgate . Mr . Edward Pate , Bethesda-street , Treasurer . Mr . Christopher Webster , currier , Rodney-street , sub-Secretary . '
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THE LAST CENSUS . The total population of England , according to the census jurt completed , U 7 , 321 , 875 males ; 7 , 673 , 633 females—total , 14 , 985 , 508 ; that of Wales , 447 , 533 males ; 463 . 788 females—total , 011 , 321 ; that of Scotland , 1 , 246 , 427 males ; 1 , 382 , 530 females—total , 2 , 628 , 957 ; and that of the Islands of Jersey , Guernsey , Alderney , Sarfe , Hera , Jethon , and Man , 57 , 598 males ; 66 , 481 females—total , 124 , 079 . These numbers , including 4 , 003 males , and 893 females ascertained to have been travelling by railways and canals , on the night of June eth , make the grand totals 9 , 077 , 436 males , and 9 , 587 , 325 females . The population , therefore , of Great Britain amounts to 18 , 664 , 761 persons . The returns include only such part of the army , navy , and merchant seamen as were at the time of the census within the kingdom on shore .
The increase of the population , a > compared with the returns of 1831 , is at the rate of 14 . 5 pet cent , for Bug land ; 13 per cent , for Wales ; for Scotland , ll . l ; for the Islands in the British seas , 19 . 6 ; making the increase for the whole of Great Britain 14 per cent , being less than that of the 10 yean ending 1831 , whioh was 15 per cent In 1811 the increase during the previous 10 yean in England , was 14 j per cent ; in Wales , 13 pw cent ; and in Scotland , 14 per cent In 1821 , the increase for Eng land was i 7 jperceat ; for Wales , 17 percent . ; and for Scotland , 16 percent , m 1831 ( no increase was for England , 10 per cent ; for Wales , IS percent ; for Scotland , 13 per cent , and for the Island * ia the British Sew , 15 . 8 peroent
The number of houses In England is , Inhabited 2 , 768 , 895 ; vniafcabited , 162 , 750 ; bolldinff , 25 , 882 . The number in Wales , inhabited , 188 , 1 W ; uninha bited , 16 , 133 ; building , 1 , 76 ft . In Scotland , inhabited , ( 05 , 357 ; nninhabUed , 24 , 307 ; building , 3 , 780 . In the Islands of the British Seas , 19 , 153 inhabited : ; 865 uninhabited ; and 320 building . Grand totals for the whole ot Great Britain , 3 , 464 , 007 inhabited ; 198 , 061 uninhabited ; 36 , 631 building—altogether 3 . 683 , 699 houses . In 1831 , the number of inhabited houses was 2 , 866 , 595 ; uninhabited , 133 , 331 ; building , 27 , 553 ; total , 3 , 027 , 479 houses .
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The population of the English counties is respectively at follow * . —Bedford , 95 , 483 ; Berkshire , 145 . 389 ; : BwfHHghamahif , 146 , 529 ; Cambridgeshire . 143 , 955 ; Cheshire , 334 , 891 » Cornwall , 300 , 938 ; Cumberland , 169 , 681 1 TJetey , 237 , 170 ; Devonshire , 494 , 476 j Dorsetshire , 169 , 252 ; Durham , 853 , 918 ; Essex , 317 , 407 ; Glwiaeatev 387 , 019 ; Hereford , 111 , 211 ; Hertford , 143 , 341 ; HnnilDgdonahlre , 53 , 102 ; Kent , 478 , 155 ; IiMICMbat , 1 , 336 , 854 ; Leicester , 197 , 003 ; Lincoln , 317 , 465 ; Middlesex , <' 1 , 358 , 390 ; Monmouth , 98 , 130 ; Norfolk , 390 , 064 ; Northampton . 179336 ; Northumberland , 22 i , 912 : Nottinghamshire , 225 , 327 ; Oxfordshire , 152 . 166 ; Rutlandshire , 18 , 385 ; Salop , 222 , 938 ; Somersetshire , 404 , 200 ; Southampton ( Hampshire , ) 314 , 280 ; Staffordshire , 410 , 513 ; Suffolk , 296 , 317 ; Surrey , 486 , 334 } SuMex , 272 , 340 ; Warwickshire , 330 , 610 ; Westmoreland , 65 , 041 ; Wiltshire , 240 , 155 ; Yorkshire , 1 , 591 , 584 ,
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FRAUDULENT WEIGHTS AND MEASURES . — CHEATING THE POOR . The following tradesmen , residing within the parishes of Hammoramtth . and Folium , have , during the past weekbeeh summoned and convicted at the instance of Mr . P . Reeve * , one of the County Inspector ! , before Messrs . Flood , France , and Button , County Magistrates , sitting in petty Beations , at Kensington : — William Balton , a large marine-store-dealer , in Kingstreet , Hammersm ith , for having two It lbs . two 41 bs ., and two 2 lbs . weights whioh were unjust It appeared that one Of the 14 lbs . was two ounces light , while the other was lib . ISfozs . too heavy ; as wss also one 4 lbs ,, I 3 £ oz& ; another , 7 £ oz 3 . ; and the 21 bs . two ounces heavy . The Bench said it was a very bad case , and fined the defendant 50 s ., and 6 a . Sd . costs .
Mary Warren , eoal-dealer , of King-street , Hammersmith , was charged on two informations for having a false balance of lS ^ ozi , by which every urchaser ef 141 bs . of coals lost a pound ; and also with having two 28 lbB . weights and two 14 lbs ., one of which was lOozs . ngbt , making , with the false balance , 25 ^ 023 ., or nearly a pound and three-quarters . Tne Bench fined her 10 b ., aad 6 * . fid . costs , for the false balance ; and 20 s . flue , and 6 s . 6 d . costs , for the light weights . Thomas Lewis George , of the White Hart beer-shop . Brook , Green-lane , Hammersmith , for having two quart and five pint measures deficient , was fined 35 s . and 6 s . 6 d . costs . William Weatherly , of the Jolly Gardeners , Kingstreet , Hammersmith , for having two pints and one half-pint measures deficient Fined 15 s . and 6 s . 6 d . cotta . Hercules Wright , of the Old Ship , Water-side , Hammersmith , pleaded guilty to having two quart measures deficient , aad was fined 10 & , and 6 a . 6 d .
Thomas Gore , of the Cross Keys , St . Peter's-road , Hammersmith , for having three deficient quart and three pint measures . Fine 30 b . and 6 s . 6 d . costs . John Rainbow , of the Black Lion , St Peter ' s-road , for a similar offence , was fined in a like penalty . Charles Moore , of the Square and Compasses , beershop , St Peter - s-road , for having three measures deficient , was fined 16 s ., and 6 s . 6 d . costs . William Browngobie , of the White Hart , Hammersmith , for having six measures deficient Fined 30 s ., and 6 s . 6 d . cost * . Henry Bray , keeper of a beer-shop at Starch-green , Hammersmith , for having four measures deficient , was fined 20 a ., and 6 s . 6 d ^ co sts . William Shepherd , of the Three Jolly Gardeners beer-shop , Dorvtlle ' s-row , Hammersmith , for having eight deficient measures . Fined 40 s . and 6 s . Cd . costs .
William Taylor , of the Seven Stars , Starch-green , for having seven measures deficient , was fined 30 s ., sad 6 s . 6 d . costs . Sqoire Pegot , of the Swan , Broadway , Hammersmith , for having two quart and six pint measures deficient Fined 60 s . and 6 s . 6 d . costs . Thomas Farlow , coal dealer , Brook-green , Hammersmith , for having a talao balance weight , gavellozs . against the purchaser . Fined 6 s ., and 6 s . 6 d . costs . James Sears , provision and coal dealer , Portlandstreet , North-end , Fulham , for having eleven weights , all of whioh were deficient Fined 22 s . and 6 a . 6 dcosts . Thomas Clark , lead merchant , Hammersmith , for having seven weights , all deficient Fined 35 s ., and 6 s . 6 d . costs . Henry Porter , of Waterloo-street , Hammersmith , coal dealer , for having a 71 bs . weight lOozs , deficient . Fined 6 s ., and 6 a . 6 d . costs .
Sarah Eames , coal merchant , Hammersmith , for having two 251 b . weights light Fined 10 s . and 6 s . 6 d . costs .
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MISERY OP THE PEOPLE . The wall of distress throughout the manufacturing districts , becomes louder , and yet louder still , and will , we hope , awaken even a Tory Ministry from their slumbers . In Nottingham , the unemployed operatives , whose frames and machines are standing and rusting , are forming processions at noon-day , and exhibiting their meagre forms and tattered garments in the public streets , to exoite the sympathy and commiseration of their fello v-townsmen . The Mayor and Magistrates , and toe Clergy of the town , have held meetings ; the distressed operatives have also met , and another meeting is to be held « n Monday next , to devise means for
the relief of those who are deprived , by unjust laws , of food and workf The relief list at the Union workhouse contains 3 , 600 recipients . The house itself has 300 inmates crammed within ita walls- Dr . Macauley , who is stoppiug within a mile of Nottingham , has addressed a letter to the meeting , advising the same plan to be punned as at Edinburgh—namely , to establish a large soap kitchen , whioh will cost about £ 100 per week . Besides those receiving parish relief upwards of 3 , 000 are starving . Distress and gaunt misery haunts the whole town . Trade is dead—not a single master employs full hands .
The meeting at Derby on Thursday next , of the merchant * and manufacturers of the midland counties , will be attended by 100 each from the towns of Nottingham , Derby , and Leicester . Important revelations will will then ba made . At Belper , the stockingers have determined to petition the Queen to cause knee-breeches to be w <> rn at Court , so that a particular sort of hose may come into fashion . At Leicester , trade is horribly dull : in short , if something is not done shortly , the consequences will be frightful .
The sound of distress from Paisley has gone through the length and breadth of the land , In Stockport , the work of depopulation is proceeding with rapid strides , and numbers of the honses are deserted , unoccupied , and shut up . In Sheffield , there has been a public meeting , in which the lamentable condition of the workmen has been bewailed by both manufacturers and artizins . The iron trade is so bad , that the masters are about to blow oat every fourth furnace , and to reduce the wages of their workmen , from utter inability to continue any employment at the present rate of wages . From every quarter we hear complaining in eur streets ; and it ia impossible to deny that the trade and commerce of the country has arrived at a most important crisis , and that unheard-of and unspeakable distress
pervades almost all branches of our commercial industry . A meeting was held at Manchester , on Friday , attended by men of different political opinions , and presided over by the Mayor , for the purpose of making a public manifestation on the birth of an beir to the throna The difficulty was how to manifest their joy , when thousands around them are starving , and they resolved — " That in place of the usual festive demonstrations , considering the present depressed state of the poor of the community , by which we are surrounded ; it is desirable that a loyal fund , as commemorative of this joyful event , should be raised , to be expended in the purchase of warm clothing , for distribution amongst the po « r of this borough . " Yes , it has come to this 1
the rejoicing ia subdued and smouldered by the loud wail of distress ; the rejoicings and bonfires , the illumi . nations and sheep-roasting , are all put aside , to provide clothing for the perishing ! The wealthy men of Manchester very rightly judged , and under the desperate circumstances of the case , made an extremely wise choice . Bnt what a state of distress does this bespeak ! To provide warm clothing for the destitute is an excel lent thing : we only wish that the gentlemen at that meeting would have followed their humane aad benevolent plan , by calling upon the Government to repeal the taxes on food , and to abolish those commercial restrictions which prevent the poor man from earning warm clothing and a plentiful supply of food by his own exertions .
The Tery great reduction of wages during the present period of scarcity , affords the best refutation of the doctrine so confidently broached by the Tories during the summer and autumn , that the price of food determines the rate of wages . It appears from a paragraph in the Hertford Times , that notice has been issued to all the workmen engaged in the ironworks of South Wales , that a further reduotlon of wages must take place . The extent of the reduction is not named , but it is supposed that It ' will ' be at least ten per cent .
At Oldham Petty Sessions on Saturday , upwards of two hundred persona were summoned for poor-rate * ; with the exception of a few aged poor , the parties were all required to pay as soon as possible . Oa Monday , upwards of one hundred more cases of poor-rate defaulters were heard . A great number of new summonses havo also been granted . Poor rates were never before known to be so bad to collect as at present A respectable correspondent has informed us that a day or two ago he was in a retail shop , In that borough , and saw two persons purchase five vtioles , apparently to make two meals from , and that they only spent 23 d . npon them . That sum was , no doubt , every farthing tbo poor suftjew from the famine tows possessed . The first expended her mite in the following manner :-Meal , id .: pepper , | d . ; onions , $ d . ; bread , jd- — H ^ The second had simply to lay out , in maal , Id . These , though thus noticed , are by no means singular ot solitary cases . ¦ _ . : . ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ , ; . ¦
^ .. A large and influential meeting of gentlemen connected with the Yale of Leven , in Dumbartonshire , was held in the County Buildings , to devise means for alleviating the destitution and distress now for some menths likely to be prevalent in -that populous valley , among ite operative population . At a meeting of the parish of St Marylebone , statements were made of the alarming distress consequent on flyiftt n g Cora and Provision Laws . Mr . Sodon said
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they had now upwards ef 1 , 800 persons in the parish workhouse , and sickness amongst the poor bad increased to such an extent ibat there were 1 , 700 more doctors * orders issued from the parish infirmary than at the corresponding period last year . Persons who had formerly been most respectable ratepayers were now reduced to seek relief at the parish workhonse . At Bradford , spinners do not work after dark , and prices de not decline . At Boltbn prospects are more cheering . The trade of Holmflrth gets worse , and the number of unemployed increases . At Leicester the demand fot goods is slacker , but prices remain tta
same . At Manchester the cloth market has greatly declined , prices are fearfully low , and the gloom Increases . At Middleton not one-half of the sUk-weaveni and dyers are at wort , and , indeed * -in every direction twenty miles round Manchester , distress and starvation prevail . There are no fewer than 1 , 751 paupers la the Cork workhouse at present It was stated , the other day , to Mr . A : H . Wylie , the gentleman sent from the Home Office , to make inquiries into the distressed state of Stockport , that in 1836 , there were fifty manufacturers in that borough alone , thirty-six of whom have since become bankrupt , or have given over manufacturing altogether . —fTceWyDfsjwfcA .
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FRIGHTFUL PICTURE OF THE FAREHAM UNION WORKHOUSE . The following frightful picture of the Fareham Unioik Workhouse , has been sketched by amost respectable gentlemen named Ekless , residing at Buraledon-bridge . Mr . Ekleas dares the authorities to come forward and strip the picture of its colouring . Mr . EklesB , it - appears , wrote to the Guardians to be supplied with attested copies of certain examinations . The bearer of the note was ordered to wait , and the Board replied , there was no answer . "I will therefore , " says Mr . Eklesa , " give the public a faithful statement of two cases from memory and notes taken on the examinations , taking especial care that the allegations are substantially correct 1 dare him to the proof . "
First comes the case of John Hughs , late of Porchester , who was 93 years of age , when taken into the Fareham Union-house , afflicted with rupture . About the middle of last August , the bed on which ha lay was accidently found rotted through the covering , and ——of several days' accumulation found amongst the "hulls " of which the bed was made . It was taken away and buried , and H . Smith , of Southwick , ( who buried the said bed ) says , that " it stank worse than dnag ont of a pigsty . '" At a subsequent period an inmate of the house saw Hughs crawl out of his bed , found it ins most filthy stats , and the poor creature so sore and the filth so congealed on him , that he could scarcely bear to be touched . A few days after this scene occurred the same man was called to assist Hughs , who had fallen
out of bed , who stated "I found him between two bed * steads , on bis hands and knees , maggots were crawling over his person , and the bed on which he had lain was swarming . " This was on Saturday , the 4 th of Septemb'r . He continued to get worse , the stench became almost intolerable , and on the Tuesday following , when put into a bath to be cleansed , pieces of flesh dropped from him , which one of the witnesses described as having the appearance of " carrion which dogs had been gnawing ; " he was put back to bis bed , mortified , and died on the following day , Wednesday , the 8 th . Whatever attention might have been paid to tho unhappy man the last four or five days ef Ms life—pre vious to that time no regular nurse attended him . 'Til
true John Dunaway , an afflicted imbecile old man , ot filthy habits ( as . Dr . Ricketts , of Titcbfleld , can testify , ) who " happened" to sleep in the same room , now and then " happened" to attend to him , bat in what manner , one of the witnesses for the defence will best describe , who said , " I have known Hughs lay oa bis bed for three days and nights in his dotkes-without getting out" The Board , after hearing the evidence , decided that the officers of the house were blameless in this affair , but not unanimously , for one gentleman , a British sailor , Lieutenant G . T . M . Purvis , honour to his name , with that humanity , the characteristic of true bravery could not agree to that decision . This case was heard before the Board , at the house , on Friday , October the 15 th .
On Friday , Oct . 29 , the caie ot the boys of " weak intellect" under their treatment for the itch , came on at the same board in the presence of the assistant Pool Law Commissioner , who took the evidence of the differ ent witnesses on oath . They were put into the " probation ward" with the itch ; they were locked up , their food put in at window , and not looked to for several days , until their neglected state excited the sympathy of the inmates of the house , who , having procured a key , went in company with Carter , the soboolmaster , to see what condition . they were in , and fannd them , in such a wretched state as ' would be too disgusting to describe j but which may readily be conceived when by reading the evidence of Emery , one of the witnesses , who deposed that " they never had nothing done for eight days : 1 mean to say that the room was not cleaned out foe that time ; and that no ointment was rubbed is the
eight days , towards the beginning . " They were still kept in this-place and casually attended { bat not by any express order from any one in authority ); for , after the " stuff" had been all used , aad application mad for more , none was famished for several days ; and these poor helpless creatures of " weak intellect' * were kept under this wretched treatment for nearly a month * left entirely to the voluntary and casual attendance of the paupers in the house ; for the master , when cross * examined by the Assistant Poor Law Commissioner * reluctantly and hesitatingly admitted— " I did not visit the boys erery day ; I visited them about—about—about five or six 01 seven times s I trusted entirely to the paupers to attend them ; I never told the schoolmaster to do so ; I candidly state that I might have erred from a mistaken sense of duty , and I do , therefore , throw myself on the clemency of th « Board , and promise , should it be looked over , that nothing of tbe kind shall
again occur . " Such are the brief and correct outlines of these disgnating cases ; but , shocking aa they are to tbe commosi feelings of humanity—disgraceful as they are to maa aa a Christian , philosopher , or citizen—they fail short of the moral turpitude of certain doings in that " house , " the details of which are far toe disgusting to meet tbe public ear , could such revolting effects of inhumanity and neglect have befallen these hapless victims of this centralising , brutalising law , had they been under the guardianship" of their ancient legitimate protectors , within the precincts of their own parish , where they would have been , accessible to not only the sympathies of tb « ir relatives , neighbours , and connexions , but under the management of men who wonld feel a due sense of their individual responsibility ; and , above all , within reach of those consoling and comforting attention * which the wisdom and piety of oar forefathers had secured and made imperative on the pastors of oar " poor man ' s church ? " Incredible ! Impossible I
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EAST AND NORTH-RIDING LECTURER . Mahkkt Weighww , Wednesday , Nov . 24 , 1841 .. —Tli e bellman having announced that Mr . Stallwood would lecture at the Black Horse Inn Market-hill , at seven o ' clock a considerable number of person 3 of both sexes attended . The subject wa « " Fallacies of the Cora Law Repealers . " Mr . S . Luister was called to the chair . A gentleman of the repeal side attended , and asked , previous to the lecture , a number of questions , which Mr . S . very readily answered . Durine the lecture the sreatest
attention was paid while the lecturer tore to shredH the fallacies . The above-named gent ., at ite close * did not ask a single question , or make a single observation in favour of repeal ; but , offering hia hand to the lecturer , he said—well , I hope you will soon get the Charter . Mr . T . M'Kenning then read and made some excellent comments on the National Petition ; a great addition of signatures was obtained , and several new members enrolled . The newly opened reading room is well ^ attended oa Sundays .
BHiDLmoTOJf . —After a walk of . twenty-eight miles , Mr . Stallwobd arrived here on Thursday , the 25 th inst . The magistrates were in terrible affright . Despotism followed their fears . Orders wera issued to the publicans , that if one of then , dazed allow ihe Chartist lecturer to lodge in their hout . he should lose his licence . The constables and specials were all ordered to be iu readiness to keep the peace . Mr . Trotter ' s large school-room being engaged , a lecture on the principles of the Charter was announced for Friday evening , at six ofaloek At that time , notwithstanding prejudice , threat &c , there was a large attendance ot both sexes , and a sprinkling of the middle classes . The lectarer mounted the gallery , and rivetted the attention OS his audience for at least one hour and » hdf . As ita conclusion , he- , was loudly applauded . _ H © ia »
vited opposition , but none was © fterecv U 0 tneo read the petition ; after whioh he thanked the meeting for their patient herring , and said he was sura he need not ask a meeting , consisting as it did of majority of total abstainers to retire peace ably and orderly to their homes . Several of the friends being desirous that Mr . Stallwood should remain and deliver a second lecture « B Saturday night , funds were quickly supplied to meet expenses . The bellman was sent round OB Saturday . The prejudice that had prevailed at the lecture of the preceding night appeared fefaaw b « ea allayed , and notwithstanding it being MartinwM Saturdaya good meeting was the result . The
, . lecture was on the absurdities and fallacies « f tiat Corn Law Repeal , and the Charter as m remedy . It was listened to with awe-inspwins ; ailenmvaad at the eoneloaioB greeted with ju > elamatiaM-rf l * - plause . Discussion wa * « mted , but no eae euM forward . A vote ofthanki 1 wastiTeB ^ anaj ^ MsjsJr to the lecturer . Three ^ w for ti » < a » rt « r J three ditto for Fw » t , Wmwrna , aad Jones . A large quantity of Chartist Publications wa » sold A larger quantity of signatures wore also obtaiaei to the Petition . Thus is the democratic JbUMe fairlv unfurled in Bridlington . The Chart Sian ' dard stands erect . Pull it down who can .
Scarborough , Sdwdat , Nov . 2 ? . —No sooner had Mr . Stall wood arrived here , than a large moetinK was h ^ ld in the Dample-fltreet room , when he ^ delivered a pleasing and animated discourse on fist necessity of a political , moral , and nodal change , to an admiring audience . A lecture was announced for the fallowing evening .
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THE YOICS OF THE PEOPLE . Tu the voice of the people I hear it on high , kpeals o'er the mountains—it soon to the sky ; SroBch wide fields of heather , it wings its swift flight ; lib thunders of heaven arrayed in their might Braces still on , lire the torrent ' s loud roar ; lid bears on its surges the wrongs of tbe poor . St shock Kfr » tbe earthquake shall fill with dismay , Be hearts of the tyrants and sweep them away . W . H . C . __ ^
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 4, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct871/page/3/
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