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      THE OLD TEAR . Slylocfes are grey , old . Pilgrim , Tiy mantle Ihin and bare , Cold i » thy cheek , d « tonn and ckmd Aronn& . thy forehead , are ; And Boon RToica will greet t&e ear , Proclaiming thoo art gone , ijid midnight -winds thy reqniem ring In » fld funereal tone . Thou once wart yotmg , old Pilgrim , And Itebt of step , and gay ; Thy brow bedeck'd witti choicest wreath , ¦ With roses strewd thy vay : ^ "ftTiile floated " far on Zephyr ' s wing . Swett scent and holy hymn , 32 iy besViiry smile at morn and ere ijrh&thand might hope to limn i

      Mn < & hast thoa seal , old Pilgrim , Much also bast thon beard— - The tow ef lore , the wail of want—The toil ¦ without re-wsHThe realm where foodleas thousands droop , ¦ jpj ^ ere plenty £ am would land ; Be * ffell Monopoly guards each port , And . frights her from the strand . Dnai to the dying Pilgrim , Ye fraud-supported crew , And drain the nsightymidnight bowl , And oath and league renew ! RV hour for league of muilaest sort , Per oath of fiercest tones ; Who -would . not wade through blood V uphold The " tyranny of thrones" ?

      Drii * i to the poor man s sorrow , The orphan ' s want and wail , The crime , the woe , the beggary , Thst in these realms prevail ; GiEDt Famine , Agony , and Death , Hedge "with exultant yell , TOi Beelzebub grin horribly . And demons laugh in helL Yes , traders in Corruption J Oppreasien ' s iron band I Quaff on—the hour is on the march Will sweep you from the land ; Kor "would our tears fall fast and long , Nor hopeless would we monrn , Though with the Pilgrim most of you Were pass'd the mystic " bourne . "

      Then fareAhee-well , old Pilgrim , Tby last sand is in sight ; Though which of us must first tale leave , Is hid in deepest night : And I will slander not thy name , Fcrtheu ¦ wert good and Mud , And dealt with bounteous hand to all—But tyrant-Sends combined , srth December , 1 S 11 .

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      " ^ CORN LAWS AND EMIGRATION . Has not ths British farmer equal still With foreigners the yielding earth to till Fears £ e fair competition ? No ; he knows He could gros" com as cheap 13 there it grows , And grew enough for all that want at home ; So thai no foreign corn need hither come * Why tfcen is British com so scare * and dear ? Because so much waste land lies barren here ; Our lords are locusts— " men of wealth and pride Take up a space , that many poor supplied ; . Space for their laies , their pari " s extended bounds , Space t-yt their horses , equipage and hounds !" Monopoly makes less and less our store , While copulation asks for mere and more .

      High rents rack'd farmers pay to swell the state Of little landlords whom we call the great ; And what is worse , they imitatethem tos , Do nought themselves , nor see that ethers do . Hunt , shoot , and drini—affect the country squire , Live high , and as the markets f&U lire higher ; GnzsfcJe a : times and seasons when they find Thtir me > ns fall short , and quarrel with their hinds . Thus tenants ape thei ? landlords—farmers live , Not as their fathers did , or they might thrive . More on themselTea they spend than on their land , Pastime obtains what labour should command : The soil -grows poor for want of management , It scarce prodnces what will pay the rent ; Wages are low but tithes and rents are high , Rites , cesses , taxes , buyers must snpply . No work . ' no money . '—when our trade is gone , Workmen must ; follow—buyers will be none . Johs Waixiss . 20 , "Upper Marsh , Lambeth .

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      BEXTLEY'S MISCELLANY , for January , 184-Q This rery attractire and interesting periodical leached ns Ia ~ i week ; bui not in time for notice . "We hare read it all through and advise every one else who can get it to ** go and do likewise . " The pictorial iliastrations are nnmerocs , and we need bnt say tha : they are ' oy the Cruiksh&nks , elder and yoanger , Crowqniii , and Leech , to pronounce a warranty for their being well executed and appropriate . ~ We must say , however , that the design of one of them—an illustration of a scene in the ** Th . e Razed House , ' a brigand story of intense interest—is act quite ?» happy as we could hare wisfced The expression given by the artist to the ecan ^ enanees of his persona chords ill in our

      estimation with the description of the scene in the book . The tale itself is a graphic and powerful j delineation of brigand life . M Save me from my ] friends" is a most serious comic recital of the irofs and Eiscries iuflicted on a young arjist , by the detencbiadoii of a couple of fussy old Eiaicen auiits ; from the cr . tmiTj ,. to " pnsh hins into notice" in town ; —axd who bring into play all their Tillage arts of finesse to the destruction of the poor fellow ' s j < r&dii -dB : ; 'he loss of his cash and connection ? . "Welsh ibbbjts , " by Doctor Magin , is a- capital story . " "Richard SsTajr" is continued , la the

      present cc-pier , Pc-r Od Ludlow escapes from ms \ tonnfntors '" thrcc ^ ii th ? icy po TtaL ' " The events j preceding , of , av-d i ™ m * ui :-ts ' ; y following * , his disso-1 krtea are oi gresr inter * sr / aad finely narrated ; j while the 4 ^ 51 sci-nc of Savass witfl his mother i ^ i deplKta in mo ? : * mpsirrlj style . The characters ] are drawn srd sustaiE ^ 'i to the life . "DickPafter" i is a - rriil-icld ras :: c storr of fcTeaxts likely enough to iaxe c-ceamd in actual ' lif ? , and -n-iich ' had it b ? en read by , Fic- ; din ^ , rnicht hare furnished the bin : i for his "Tom Jones . " There are many other pieces } ¦ wonh rcaoirg : scn : e of them Tery droll and &fflusins :. 1

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      JTOSWZCH —Steike r-F the Masons of Lcnbox . —va V . ' eciieidiy evening week , aecoiding to scnoiiscemrrt , » public Ef ci ' mg was hok ' en at the ¦ twjal BiZizr , t-j take : nvo coiisideration the circurn Ki ^ cfs reiatir . ; - to the Treasons' strike , and also to coas' .-cr the frcpritry o ; * or ; . aj : £ sing a delegate nit > t-^ S oi ihe trades o : 5 <" oriv ; :-h . At e'ghJ o ' clock iL ^ K-acians kuiloiD ^ te ^ an to Sii , which is buili in tii- ; - "Eps of an aiishuhesire . and brilliaaily lighted ^ Jithg .-s : Shoniy after . III . Robert Howes . i&cie ^ shtcffiiktr , Ti ^ s calk-d to the chair . He ° Pepea \ ht prcceeiin ? s tj reading the placard cgbenm ? & » ffiee : iEg ; afwr which , he ob erred that tjs Kasrcj a strike to raise - -be pro- of fallen ' j ^ sr : if i ; -srere . ihej thim- elfe ? " perhaps might ^ jetCuil ejaimsupon feciety at Ibthc ; but it is ; ae-jrn- . eh claims the FTirtpaihies of erery son of ^ ocnr , trnareicr be hi- casi cr his creed . Who is ' LiEre EEcrgsi vcu vriih .-oul so dead rhat would for » ssoEtni submit io t-j ihe cronchir . g slaT- of 5 ucb ' » n iroa-neartcd ta £ k ^ --ter as George Alien , the ^ reraaa of fae masoi : -, whose cold , pitiless heait ; rauia pesoh a mm foraiteading the o ' r ^ eqaies of bis Dearest acd deaitst Telsrire , the wifs of his bosom ? Sr l- ^ K " l 5 ie . wcrkiEK ^ sn of Nor wich would ! 'WJcflad tth&r cities an-d to was in FvmpatbinDg j * f « a the masons of Lobgod , wLo had so nobly i &T ^ , ward » '* eq resisted ijrsnnj and itjaA ; ( -ceersO Ke trus :- ; d trey would give ;

      ^ J . Eia a fair and impartial bearics « e weald rot hzgi ? dttjin then , bni would intro if j Jroamor s ^ r . a delegate from the niaso-. is w London . Mr . Ironmonger xhvn stepped forward , y-Q in a c ^ eir and Incid msimer explained their prc-^ poanoa , and the hardships asder which tbev " r eared P / erious to tbtir strite , and in the course fL *^ dre £ S > "whick lasttd upwards of an hour , wqiseniiy ehcued the iiidigEant execration of his * "Qjence aeaiust the beartkss and oppressive conoaci o : George Allen . He was frequently cheered wu-oaghoiu an address which evidently told well "Pon nis hearer ? , and will , co doubt , efie « t much | w » a in tMs hi ; herto divided city ; he concluded bj ^ snng bis wiilbg readineEs to answer any questions

      r ™™ might be put to iiiia by any person in the « ee . mg ; but no cue having appeared , the chairman r ^ ied upon Jlr . Br igis , n . a < on , to propose the 1 st «^ nti on , Mr . Briggs said be did so with pleasure , ^ L *^ r T , COllTinced that the masons of London J ^ en-e ^ tbe suppor t of « rery working man in the wanaumty , and as they would be addressed by ^ e . ro who were more capable tban himself to io Jasnce to the cause , he weald content himself by ^ ang the followiag resolution : — That this meei-^ ¦ sympaibiEes with the masons of London for th eir «« uy aua Btraight-forward co&duet in resisting the

      *« empts of their feremaa , George Allen , in his "PpressiTe and tyrannic conduct towards themselves « w brethren at the works of the new Houses of fariiamen ; .. . Mr . Ciancy , on being called on to « eond this rejoloticn , said—It is a trite sajirg , « a a tree one , ' ¦ if ^ do sot assist ourselves , whu »» fiit to assist ifc ? " Tee na-cn's strike ouEhv to

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      come home k > thefire side , of ever ; working ^^ f or discussion ; if we allow Jheimtsons to bp walkod upon with impunity ; it we allow ttemltbtie struck down by the nplifiecF arm of Allen ' s iieartlesa tyraany are we quite sure that another , acd perhaps a more fatal . st&b will not be made & % the small vestige of liberty that we yet retain ? are we quite sure thai-what the Whigs hare oommencecl ; -the Tories will cot carry out ! past experience teaches us irat what has been done one day , may be done another . "We have it from Mr . Wakley that the Tories will attempi , in ihe ensuing Parliament , to introduce a measnxB to ernsh Trades' Unions ; let us , then , taen of Norwich , band ourselves together for the coming strugele ; 1 st the . women urge their husbands , and

      the children their fathers for the coming ' contest . ( Cheers , ) What "would you think if a bill was to be introduced into Parliament to obligeevery working man to procure a discharge from his last employer , and that yon should wear a badge of servility as the servants of the aristocracy are new obliged to do ! . You may tell me that they will not attempt Buoi . a thing ; but I tell you that they may attempt such' a . thing . Such a bill was once attempted \ lo be privately earned through the Irish House of Commons ; but ihe tradesmen of Dublin heard of the nefarious scheme : and what did they do ! they instantly called a public . meeting in . the Phoenix Park , ' from whence" they ma ¥ che 4 ' down to the House , aad demanded the bill , or the head-of its

      proposer . . ( Lt > ng-ooatmued oheenng . > Past experience has tanght . us that there is a cold-blooded inclination on the' part of our rulers to depnvo labour , or in other words the property W the working man , of the slightest protection from the avaricious graspings of the matier manufacturers .. Recollect , the sons of labour are eight millions seven hundred thousand ! land that they product annually the enormous sum of £ 737 , 140 , 883 . Yet with all this vast wealth , passing annually through your hands , are you not the most impoverished aud degraded serfs on the face « f the globe 1 Your new Houses ' of Parliament will oost you upwards of £ 170 , 000 . Alkn boasted that he had employed en its first works the flower © f the masons of England , but how did he

      treat them ! with bmtal contumely and scorn . He introduced blacks , who are spoiling the works ! One pieee of stone worth £ 40 was spoiled the other day , and your pockets by and bye must be picked again , perhaps to rebuild this edifice , all to gratify tbe caprice of this steel-hearted oppressor , George Allen . ( Loud cheers . ) Men of Norwich , think on this , and rally to strike down the monster . Let no false prejudice of names prevent you from coming forward in ; he glorious struggle . He ( Mr , C . ) would joiu with any party that would pledge themselves to assist h . m in crushing oppression . With the Whigs , or with the Tories . . ( A voicfe— " Or with the Chartists . ") Aye , or with the Chartists . What was in a name i "The rose would small as sweet if called

      by any other name . " The Americans were rebels , but tfeey happened to be victorious , and now they , are the free and independent cit ! t 3 cs of the world 1 let i > Ht the Charter become the law-ef the land , and in an instant the degraded Chartists were changed to the independent and noble minded men of England , ( . Laughter and eheers ) He would again ippress on the trades that the fate of their own existence was in their hands . A Provisional Committee sat every Monday evening , at the-Jolly Djers , Toznbland , tui ihe enrolment of delegates ; let but the trades come out manfully , and soon would we be able to tell Allen , Lincoln , aud the rest of the profit mongere , that their day of retribotution was at hand ; that they ( tke trades )

      were determined to assist m crushing the hydraheaded monster of tyranny and injustice . He concluded by seconding the resolution , and sat do - -vn amidst much applause . Mr . Walker , shoemaker , proposed the next resolution , which was in accordance with the foregoing resolution , We the trades of Norwich , pledge onreelves to use our best exertions to support the masons of'London is their present jusi and legitimate struggle , and that we open subscription sheets for ihe same laudable purpose . " Tbe resolution hail his hearty concurrence , and as tbe subject bad been so ably discussed by the preceediug" speakers , little remained for him to add ; be , however , with others , who spoke before him , would urge the necessity of uuioa to protect their

      rights ; he hoped too , as Mr . Clancy had said , th&t this was but the precursor of many other meetings which they would have to discuss the grievances under which the various bodies of trades laboured . The resolution was seconded by Mr . Holi , in a neat and appropriate speech . Mr . Atkins , proposed , the cexi resolution in an able and eflcient manner .: —*' That the best thanks of this meeting are due , and are hereby fciven , to ihe workmen lately employed at Keisou's monument , Woolwich Dockyard ^ aad Dartmoor Quarries , for thair noble conduct in r-efuiing to proceed wi ; h their respective works bo long as their brethren at the Parliament Hoases werj unjustly and oppressively dealt with / ' This resolution was seconded by Mr . Hiil , and ably supported by Mr . John Hurrel ] , weaver , in a speech of great length and ability ,

      castigating Allen acd bis associates in a masterly manner , which ealkdTorth ibe repeated plaudits of the meeting . Mr . " Laws proposed the next resoIutioD , eHiogisin ^ the people's press that liad so nobly taken up the strike of the musons . The resolution was to the following effect- — " Taat the foregoing resolutions be-respectfully sent to the Northern Star ior insertion , toge&cr with a brief report of this meeting ; and that the Dwity Sun , Scottish Patriot , British Queen , and Statesman bo requested to give publicity jo the same . " Mr . Hatves seconded this resolution , which , together wi ; h the foregoing three , were pas :-cd by the m-fcting without a dissentient voice . Tianks we . e prop ^ std to the chairman , av . d three rounds of che « rs triven for rho masons , after which the meeting broke up , all highly gratified wiia the harmony and good xellowship ihai reigned thronecont .

      G £ J&XtZSZJ 3 . —Great Distress ato Destitctio . n We &taic-d , last wte ' s , tbat a public subscription bad beea entered into , and a eommiuee chosen ior the purpose of ascercaicing and relieving tue present distress , which , vrc are sorry io find , exists to a most alarming extent . The ccnimittee to winch we have ju :-t 8 lladed , consisted of thirty gentleman , who it appears divided the the towu into nineteen d str : c ; .- and have published the following as the resultoi ihe -r ii \ q \ iiiies . Tia v - great pmav . on , dcSiJtutJCJK and niiirry wh " ch the couimirtee met with fir exceeds wha : had been auticipated . In the niiieteei ; districts which were examined , there appears to be 3 9 families , eoTisfsiTiiC cf 1 , 146 persons , who hav-n uo settled income ; 334 famiiie ? , consisting of 1 , 465 persons , recehiag less than one shuliBg per wctk ; 411 families , cousisting of 1 , 623 persons receiving less iiun one siiilling ssr head per week ; 257

      families , consisting of 692 persons rec- ^ i-Fing Ic-s ? than two shillings a-heau per week ; 14 ft families cenHistiDg of C 3 o ptrjo ^ s , receiriDg less than three shillings per head per week . Tim committee brought forwaru tbe foregoing as the result , of the ^ r irqoiries ; but in consequence of sererai cases of grt ;; t destitution havirg bacn brought before theizi , which , the ccmmiitse , wi : h all their carr , had overlockea , it was deemed exprdiem that a public meeting of the w&rkhig cla ,== i ^ chpuld be held for the purpose of forming a committee aaop ^ st themselves , for the pnrpose of aiding the committee already formed . In accordance with the ab- ^ -Ta resolution , a public meoting was held in th * Town Hall , which was granted for the purpose , by or ; x present wqnhy Major , G , G . Mounsey , E ^ q . At the time appointed for the m-etiuf , tk « bvey of th ; - Hallwas crowded to exec .-s : Mr . Jc / .-erh Brouai

      Han = ofl was nnanimousjv c » dcd to the cnair . rfo oT-suid tbe business of xbe EQeetinji as follows;—My i ' r : eiids snd fellow townsmen , within tbis fortrrzhl back , a gTeat nuu ; b-. r of the ii . iiaen : iai clzsce ? , who ' felt for the safferiflcs of tee y ~ oT , came forward with a view to relieve the i ; rea ? f-. i ire = s " wh : ch at present exists . A committee wss ic-TEsec . c ^ Tsistinc of thirty persons , who divided the ir-fn iirlo nineteen dist'ict ? , to ascertain the amc-a :: { of suff ^ rir . g . They found it to exist to a -Fery greu , exrect , acd their laqr ^ ies opened up such a scene of misery sod distress , which ia disgraceful to any

      GoverinEenr . We have Eet tonight . at the request or Mr . Dixon and others , who wished the a ?? iRtance of working men , whom they thought would asiist them by forsiina . tbems&lvea in-. o a committee to ava them in their mde&rouTS io find out nortby objecto of relief . It remains for jou , my friend ? , to form a committee or coibeihUc ? , and do all you can to mi : iga : e the jrreat sufferi ! : g that exists . Mr . Joha Arinsiro ^ g then came forward and said , Iw ^ not a"V 7 . rc of ibe jrt . sect zaeetirg BEtil about six o ' clock tLis evening . . It wili be necessary io form a comniitteetciDva .-tigato the extent of the suffering which ci pr-isea : exhts . Yea mast have men in each

      district , acd th s will be the best way to form jour : ec-mniHt . te . Mr . II . Bowuiau rose and said , 3 Ir . ' Chairman and i " rier-us , I beg leave to make one or tno ob- 'trvations on tbe snbjeci before the meeting , j I was of opinion whsn the existing commiiteo wasj formed , that it ought to have been mixed up with j w-.-rkirg men , who vrere better acquainted with the poveny of tha people , than those who at present formed the committee . ¦ I would have suggested the propriety of doing then , what you arc now about to i do , but as ^ the mcetiDg a ; which the committee was ' , formed wa ? composed principally of the higher ! classes , it might then have been considered presump- j tuous on m j paTt ; however , I am glad they have seen i the necessitv of such a step being taken , and I hope I

      you wiH now form-a large committee for the purpose j of taking a complete enumeration of the condition of i the working classes . This had been dope in Leeds , j one of the largest manufacturirg towns in Yorkshire , ; and one vroSd have thought , tha » owing to tie , woollen tradfe ' not having been so depressed as the ; cotton trade in general , that the distress would not ; hare been so great . [ Mr . Bowisan here read an extract from Kobson's " Poor Man ' s Companion , " whick contained a report of the " Enumeration Com- ; niitfe . " which htd been formed in Leeds , and which ; showed to what an awful extent the distress prevailed . ] Mr . Bowman proceeded to read frum the same work , the plan which had been taken at Leeds , with gome remarks of theJEJitor of the work , but j when ho goi to thst portion where it states , " that the i weekly income of the whole of the 19 , 936 is-only

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      Hid . per head , being less than . Ifjl . per head per Jay ! ! ' J and yet the Queen ¦ 'h as- 'for : her Ovrri : private nse ' the-mnnof £ 164 7 s . lOdi p ^ r day « Prince Albert has , for . 'tpocket money /* £ Wlypet faj ± . bo -was interrupted ; by soxne middle class-mao ., or ^ ristoorat , with a cry of " question , " " qhesiiou . " 'Yes / Csaid Mr . Bowman ^ this is rather away from the subject of the meeting ; bat it seems to bear very closely on the question , and until there is a material alteration in the condition of the people , there will be no pcaee in ihe land . - What availed the casual hand of charity ? Something substantial and lastip . fr must be done , or there would be a constant drain on the purse 3 of good and benovelent individuals , wlio had humanely come forward on the present tryiilg oeeasion . I will-propose , that a committee be now

      formed , for the purpose of taking a Complete enrimeration of the present distress , with a view Id ¦ report thereon , and assist the other committee .. Also , to furnish such information to the members for the Borough , for the purpose of bringing the same before Parliament . Some one in the meeting , Mr . James Arthur ,, we believe , seconded the motion of * Mr . Bowman , which , a / ter some discussion as to the difficulty of getting a sufficient number of working men to perform the duties incumbent on the 'Committee ,, without : some slight remuneration , themotion . was carried , and a committee ef thirty : ^ ei ght persona chosen . A Tote of thanks was then given to -the Mayor , for granting the " use of ifte Hall . ' Alsd , a vote of thanks to the Chairman , when the meeting quietly dispersed , . - " : .- ;

      Anticipated Meeting op the Countt ot . Cumberland , to Congratulate her Majesty , Explodt KD —THE : TofiIES AND WHIGS FRIGHTENED i ?^ OM THEIR LOYALTY , BT THE rMAGINAHY INTERPEBBNCE opjas CB / L . 3 X 1 STS . —rWeahtve . been mucli amused with a long string * of cqrrespondence , which has been published in the Carlisle newspapers , by the High' Sheriff for the county , James ' Robertson Walker , Esqw and which has transpired between himself , Mr . Haseil , of Dalemane , ohairman of the Quarter Sessions , and a Mr . . Matthews , of WigtO i . The bnrden of the song appears to be , that a respectful requisition had been got up and signed by many of the resident gentry of the county , to the High Sheriff , to call a couuty meeting , to congratulate

      her Majesty oa the auspicious event of the birth of a Princ * . The High Sheriff like a loyal and dutiful subject , readily agreed to call a county meeting for the above purpose , which was to have been he'd at Wigton , the usual p- ' ace of holding county meetings . No Foonpr , however , was this made known than Mr . Matthews takes the alarm , hia mind becomes oppressed with horrible visions of " routs , riots , insurrections , and rebellion against the peace of our Sovereign Lady the Queen , " and in his great perturbation of mind , he writes two letters to Mr . Haseil , beseeching that the said county meeting should not on any account be held at Wigton , for in that case " he was sure gome , of the leading Carlisle Chartists would attend , ' and

      move some amendments , which must be resisted ; in that ease , he would not be answerable for any breach of the peace which might be [ committed . " These letters ( so full of illusory fears ) so shook the delicate nerves of Mr . Haseil , that he too becomes dreadfully alarmed , and immediately writes to the High Sheriff , begging he will not call , the meeting at Wigton , but at Cockermouth , where they were not so likely to meet with interruption , ' and could , in cise of necessity . , retire into the safe keeping of theCourc ilouss 1 Bui the High Shi riff , like a brave and gallant officer , as he is , having withstood the thunders of the British navy , and for many years " the

      battle and the bree * , " heeded not the childish fears of these two old wom ^ n , but insisted oa ; calling the meeting at Wigton , as was the practice on all similar occasions . . In consequence of the High Sheriff's intrepidity , Jlr . Haseil and his friends requested bA : n to return the requisition , which he accordingly did ; aud so has ended , or rather never begun , the enacting of another fulsome and disgusting farce to loyalty . In consequence of the correspondence above alluded to , the following pertinent letter has been addressed to the High Sheriff by ihree of the leading Chartists of Carlisle , and will tend more fully io illustrate this ludicrous proeeediDg : — . .

      TO -JAMES ROBERTSON WALKER , ESQ , HI « H SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY Of CUMBERLAND . Six , —You have onr unfeigned and hearty thanks for publishing the very curious and important correspon-. dence , which has laktn place between yourself , Mr Hasfcll , of Dal ^ m . iine , Chairman of the -Quarter Sessions , and Mr . Matthews of-Wigton . The publication of this correspondence was a < lu * y which you owed to yourself , as High Sheriff of th . y county , and as a loyal and dutiful sufiject of her Maj-aty . You have thus placed the blame on the rigbt shonl-• dera—those of Mr . HaEell and Mr . Matthews who , from their i lusive fears , have-been the sole cause of preventing a ccurty mei-ticg beintr held , for the inhabitants of CrnntefeiiaiDd , to testify their loyalty to her Majesty , on the auspicious event of the birth of a Prince .

      Mr . Haseil and Mr . Matthews speafc of the temper of the lowerordtrs" and " lower classes , " terms , by the bye , -which tln-ir goo 4 sense © ught to have suppressed ; for the espression of them will only tend to still farther convince the people , of the great want of sympathy wliich prevails , on the part of the wealthy portion of society , towards the poor .

      " The rank is but the guinea ' s stamp , The man ' s the goud for a * that " > Ir . Matthews deems it probable , if the eounty meetinij should be held at \ V ?< non , that the leading Cariis !" Ciiartiste , would attend and move some amendment , ¦ which must be resisteiL 11 sppears , then , that a numerous body of her Majesty's subjects are to be placorl Tpithont tbe pale of tbe constitution , and notta allowed to express their wants and wishes to her Majesty ; but tbat a few magistrates and others of the wealthier cla 3 » es of the country are to meet unmolested to pass f ulsome and adulatory addresses to ier Majesty and Prince Aibtrt , and not allow tho working classes , who are the teal ^ weaAth . and support of the Btato , to txpresa tht-ir ffct- 'ir-CT and slate tht-ir real comiition .

      Are Mr . Ha *' il and Mr . Mat'hews igcorant nf the fact , that vrhTst the cottage is desolate t' < ere is no security for the throne ? that whilst the grtst body of artisans , mechanics , and agricultural labourers are suffering abject want , there will be eo sa ' ety for property ? Then why disguise matters ? Let her Majesty be pui in full possession of the real cfijdition of her people . Surtly it cannot be disrespectful nor tiitioyy ) to remind ber Majesty , that wliiist her Mtj « .-8 ty and Prince Albert revive daily , for pocket BKBey , the enoimous turn of £ 268 7 s . 10 a . ! there are i-.-ras uf ihousauds of he * Alaj « t , y ' a industrious subjects conipolieu to live on one penny three farthings her heatf per day ! Ought this state of thines to bs continued ? m ; ouM the- < e horrible disparities be allowed lonter to

      tx-fel ? Should there be , cr can there be , either peaca ur content in the lui-d until tb . 9 condition of the people be improved ? Mr . Mattiitsws anticipates a breach of l ; : e public p ^ ace , pioviding the Chartists should be rtiisted , as tLsy must be , he says , if they shuulu movu auy Muenaii-tuti st the county meeting . What sort of resistance uoes Mr . Mr-. ttLsTs tonteaipiate ? If l " . e mtans pK ^ sicai T&s stpftcs , then his forebodings might pn . ve bat too correct . Jf iif simply means mental resisianco , by hirn ? e ! f and bi 3 fjjauls , er , aeavc > i } jing i » carry their ^ iflrtss , in spite c : " the acticipiied Chartists' amendment , then he niu . y r <_ st assurtd that hia fears , aa to a breach of tae peaci , are quite ilJasory ; and that the Chartists tbiniPelves ¦ will take npon thtm tbe preservation of tie puluic peace , either as Carlisle or Wigton . How is it thst Mr . Ru 5 sell and Mr . Uat' . hews consider the Cliartista bo disicyal ? Tkf-. y ougbt to be aware tv . at the Chartists of Carlisle wtre the &rat and foremost in the

      fit Id to move a congratulxt < vry address to her Majesty , on tb- r . ur-picious evtnt of cue birth of a prince ; and that ad'ireis was as Tesp-jctfui , though perhaps not so fulsome aiu \ adulatorv as theirs conld possibly be . The cildrf ^ s aiiuded to was passed at a public meeting of the inuabitints , conv ^ -uod in the Town Hall several weeks ago , and that meetiDg was conducted in & peaceable ar . d orderly manner . L ' - t the magistrates anO others fi ? 3 t do their duty as conservators of the public psaee , by caiiics ; public meetings in order to ascertain the amount of distress and sufivring which now prevails among the working ciastes , with a . view to remedy the same , and then they may hold their public meeting to pats &i , Ueiiv < g aduresses to her Majesty , in quiet anil without the slightest uioleslation . H . Bowman , J . Arthur , J . B . Bowman .

      LEEDS . —A > 'NivEns . vTiY Dinner . —It being customary R'ith Messrs . Dunn and San , cornfactots , oi ibis town , to give their workmen an annual treat , they , of course , provided an excellent dinner on trie 30 th u ' t ., . at the hou-e of Mr . Wition , Parrot Ina , Gall-hne , when thfr . ' y of the workraen satdovra . The dinner refketfd great credit npon Mr . and Mrs . TVmcn , v . ho are becoming celebrated for their " good providing . * The evening was spent in the , greatest harmony and good fellowship , and many excellent Eongp , toasts , and recitinons enlivened the party . The example of the Messrs . Dunn , ought to be more generally adopted , as nothing can have a greater tendency to generate a good feeling butvreen the employed and the employer . The vrorkmen , who highly respect their " good masters , " conciuded the procetdiDgs by giving three times three for their emplovers .

      BISHOP ATJCKlAfTD . —Loyal Order of Ancient Shepherds . —The officers and delegates of the Lodges of the Loyal Order of Aneieirt Shepherds rouiid Bishop Auckland met on Friday , the 31 st of December , at the house of brother William Hall , tho Shepherds' Inn ; they yrere met by the officers of Ossett district . They proceeded to busines ? at ten o ' clock in the morning ; and at three they sat down to an excellent dinner provided for the occasion , vrhich gave great credit to the worthy hostand hostess . The day > vas gpect in harmony and irood will .

      On Saturdat , tbe 1 st of January , the members of the Jacob ' s Ladder Lodge , held at the house of brother Ralph Lawsoa's , Hermitage , met to cekbrafe their first anniversary . At three o ' clock , upwards of forty members &ai down Io an ample ; repast , which , gave Batisfaction to a : l present .

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      , THi CpTJHTT op Cobnwall ia so extensively- nnr dermined ^ thatoharchea aud churohyards , mansionhouses tod hoatelrieg , are many of them suspended over * twkawggalf , and in danger of ^^ crashing the Jives out of some ecoresiof adventnrouB miners . i : The Cornwall Gazelfe , f > f ; last week , gives ; tho following " narrow escape ? : — -J * On Tuesday , iat Illogan , t as the wife of a . labourer called Dunswne vfg , s crossing her kitchen , the ground suddenly gave way . ' 4 nd stag was left suspended- ..-by he ? arm over a . shaft , bdtfortunately was rescued from 'her perilous situation without any injury , ?'—Falmouth Packet .

      Old Chichester BANKi- ^ The failure ha 9 caused a complete stagnation , to business in Chichester , and numerous eases have ooouired where parsons ia comparative affluence are reduced to the most abject distress . Amongst them may be named two aged maiden ladies ( sisters ) named Elizabeth and Nanny Fowler , one of whom is a eupple . They proved for £ 1969 ls .: 4 d . They are left without a shiilinghave been compelled to apply to the parish for relief and . are now in the receipt of a miserable weekly pittance . Another case was a farmer with a large family named Smith ; he had £ 295 16 b . 6 d . of his own money , and borrowed £ 1000 for the parposa of taking a large farm , ihe whole of which he deposited in the bank for safety a few days before the stoppage .

      He has by the occurrence been reduced to beggary . The largest creditor was Mr . Kent , 'training groom to the Duke of Richmond ; he proved for £ 4595 16 b 7 d ; the savings of m&nj years' servitude , intended for a large family . Such was the confidence placed in the bank that' naniberp , particularly females , deposited evorypoundthey Assessed in ; the concern .---By the way a correspondent calls our attention to the fact , that no one banker will take another ' s notes For example , a Ml becomes dtfe-n-the banking clerk preBtntsit for payment—yon tender him notes , and unless they he ihe Bank of England he refuses to take them ; and unless they can be converted into gold , " your bill may be h"ted . It would ' seem that those men are wiser than the public .

      Death prom Sxarvaiion . —On Saturday night , an aged female * ' about 60 , w » 8 found sitting on the lower stair , No . 31 , White Hart-street , Di-ury Lane . When spokea to , with the utmost difficulty- she said she wanted the common necessaries of life / .- ¦( heir awful countenance showed the fact ); aud sho added , " If I could only get to the house of Mr . Short , a tavern-keeper in the Straad , opposite , Somerset House , he would give mo some '' . . victuals / ' ., i ; The deceased was lifted up from the stairs , and a surgeon was in instant attendance , but in a few seconds the poor creature dropped dead . A Mrs . Johnson j who resides in the neighbourhood of White Hart Yard , had often afforded the deceased shelter and food , but on the present'occasion advised the deceased to proceed to the Union , which it is supposed she declined .

      The Great Western Railway . —A most diabolical attempt was made on Wedacsday night to cause a further accident on the Great Western line . The mail train was on its way from London , and when within about three miles of Bath ' , ; the signal was given by the engine driver of something wrong , and the train was stopped w | th , all possible dispatch . On investigation it appears that some villain had placed two large stones ( oho on eaoh rail ) with the view of sending the engine ! . off-the line , but which did not take place . One of the stones was crushed into a thousand atoms , and flow over the driver and stoker without doing them any serious injury ; the other stone was forced on one side by the sword , or frnard , which is placeil . befard : ' the . wheels , but both tho guards were put out of their . place , and much bant and twisted .

      The Recent Frightful Accident on the Great Wkstkrn Kailwat . —Reading , Thursday , Dice . 30 . —11 is with esrrc ' rab pain we have to announce that the catalogue of those whose lives have been lost in conBequence of the lamentable catastropha in the Sonniug-hill cutting on Frid' -. y week , is increased By the dnath in tho Royai Berkshire Hospital , of Richd . VVoolley . It will be remembered , that the unfortunatu-sufferef was admitted an in-patient , and the injuries were described in the hospital books " compound fracture of the Bkull . " Tjie unhappy . patient underwent the operation of trepanning , and was proceeding most favourably until Monday nighf , when erysipelas presented themselves , and though they were coiubjfcted tvith some success by the medicai attendants of the hospital , Woolley died on Wednesday afternoon about half-past three o'clock . On inquiry at the hospital / tofday , we learnt thiit all the accident' patients remaining tntae in number ) are

      progressing favourably ; with the exception of Thos . llmkins , Eliza !? arnes , and Thoina 3 Hughes , with regard to whom a change for the worse had taken place , and these three unhappy sufferers now lie in a most precarious ftite . On Friday , an-icquest was held on tho body at the Royal Berkshire Hospital , before Mr . J . J . jBiandy , coroner . The verdict of the Jury was that Richard Woolley came by his death from a fracture he received on the skull , ' caused by the eiiginc , called the Hccla , coming into collision with a mass of earth , having fallen from the slope of a tutting on fie Great Western Railway , at Sonniiigv in this couuiy ; a nd tLey aro of opinion that tne accident might' have b / eti avoided , ' ha'd there been a Kight police , or watch in the cutting . They , therefore , placed a debdand o ; i tho engine and train of carnages of the sum a liundred p > undf . Aud further , they recommend that the pnssenger trucks be in future placed further from tho engine .

      13 OV 5 LED TO THE COMMISSION OF CRIME BY WGlKQ RtjrsED V / oitKiKirsE Helix * .- On Thursday Tiionias Jones aud Richard Eaves , two ragged boys , wore chargtd with stealing a piece of bacon from a shop ia the neighbourhood of'Uuion Hall .. Sergtaat . Logan , of tho N division , stated that on the preceding afternoon the prisoners called at the Station-house in the Sviuthwark-bridgo-road , and begged to be admitted , saying that they were without food or shelter , and had nowhere to ^ o lo . He directed them ; to proceed to ' the workhouse ' , * where * -he' told them , they wotild bo temporarily reiieved , ' aiid they ' went , but returned in a short tima afterwards , baying that they lud been refused auy assistance , and threatened with' the . cane if they did no' ga away . Tho sergeant

      then ( old tho t > oys that they would not be admitted into the S ' atioa-uouso , wiiioh vyas only ior the recopuou of ofiVnaor 3 , aiia they both walked away . In less , however , tiian a quarter of au hour atLerwards the same two boys were Keen in the act of stealing a piece of 'bacon from a shop window , and being pursued , botn of them were taken into cu&tody , and the one upon whom the bacon was found was ia the act of gnawing it when the policeman went up to secure them . Tho owner of the bacon , on hearing , the circumstances under which it was stolen , said that he Lad no wish io press tins chsu'gd against the two unfortuaate boys . Mr . . Gotiiugham questioned Jones as to tne causo of his present appaveiytly destitule condition ; aud his account was that his father and

      rao : her were dead , and that for . the last geven yearg he iiad been travelling about the counti-y ^ in company with a man selling bootlaces arid other mu . \ l artioles ; " ihui' ou . Wednesday . morning .-ho ¦ avrivtd in town tiom St . Alba& ' s , and . that the man with whom he went about left h ; : n suddenly , ' and . he liidkcow where he was gone ; and that , being without fooo-or money , ho went with the other boy to the t >; a-i : ou-houso-i 6 . a ? k ' iox -shelter ; that thuncethey both -wcitt to tho workhouse , and having described ihcir sitK'iiion , and that they ' were starving , the roan at the * door teid t : joi that he could do nothing for $ aem , buc-desired th . ju to stay till the master came ; that they wared ior souse time , untii at length a man made his ap ;; Larance , and p . n-seoiHg tlieni he . ux ' ciaim ' ed

      — " Thectf are the ycung scampa wiio were here befo-fe ; fetch me Urn cauo and I'll eoon send them about their caEiHC-a ; '' thai en Uvui ' ma this threat they ( the boy ?) raa away , and on passing . a * sli . ' p they took a piece ot bacon uut of the xviridow , as -thjey were 3 t !* Vvii- . > t . Mr . Cottingham having sent for tho master of the v ,-crkhou « enh ? i-e tho boys made , the applicatioa for telitf , is the parish . of ' Cluistclwirch , dfscribed to- that person the circumstances under which they were brcug-ht before him , a , nd ( -aid that his refusal to give them temporary assistance ! , aud throa : eiJc « theiu besides , ltd " to t ! ie commission oi the ofionce ior which they-wero brought before him . Tne Magiitratc then-asked . the master of the workhouse for h ; s explanation o ? the transaction , but he

      referred to the p 6 . r *' er , who , it appeared , Was the person of whom the boys made application . The portei admitted that he refused to j 4 ive them relief , because he had , on three 'different occasions , relieved them before , aud ih . ; t on seeing them oa the evening in qjifcstionho-saiJ , " You are tbe young rascals who h ' avo been here before . " On hearing these wqrds they , both went away , but ho-made no threat of using the cane . Mr . Cotthighani said that tho boy Jones dtciared ho had ouiy trrived in London the samo morning , aud tlitrefure he eouldnoiJiave been at . the workhouse previously , according , to his account . The poiter , hovrerer . positively denied the truth of Jones's statement . Mr . Cuttingham said that he was bound to rely upon tho testimony of the persons

      belonging to the different " -workhouses- that Jones had been previously relt-iived by them , aud therefore the probability was that the account he gave of himself was utterly without foundation . Tho Magistrate added that Mr . Pearson , a , ship-owner , who had heard the previous part of itho case , and commisseratcd the : apparent state of destitution of tho prisoners , had humanely undertaken to place the boy Jones on board cue of his vessels as ' .-aa apprentice . The facis , however , which had subsequently como out in the course of the inquiry would have the effect of doing away with that aet of kindness , and

      instead of being sent on board ship , Jones should stand committed for three montha to gaol . The other boy was ordered to bes passed to bis parish . In the course ef the magistrate ' s observations he paid , that ho was determined on enforcing the provisions of tho New Eoor Liw Act as far as related to the cases of destituto persons who were cither sent from that court or taken by the police to the workhou ? G of the district for temporary relief . Jn the eveno of Euch persons being refused such assistance ho ( the magistrate ) had made up his miiid to inflict the lull penalty of £ 5 on the party so ictufiiug . . . '¦¦ ¦ ¦

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      ^ bb LxvLosxp ^ ow Bristol Gwu ^ CE 3 TKR R'AiLWAT .--Gfe 6 rge Colliha , another of the sufferers by the explosion of gunpowder , nea ? Wick ^ war , Gloncest ^ rfiihiTe , died m the Bristol lafirmary , on Thurssday Mghtl ) i ^ t . /;;; Tbj 0-makes : thtf'fifth . ' ^ xtL-¦ ¦ ' -. Inpaiipus Fai . se AiiRM . — . At twelve o'clock ort Christmas night' a fellow on 'board the Monarck steamer , then ; bii th ^^^ passage from London to Hulli caused a fearfnlalarm among the other passengers , of whom thwe were Beyeral of both sexes , by stamping on the d ^ ck over the fore cabin , and bawling out " All * hands © a deck , the ship ' s op fire , '' The consequence was a' general consternation among the fore-cabin passehgeri , dilring which a mau , jumping from an upper berthi fell on a bench beneath , whero

      the wife of a soldier in the S 8 th regimoat was asleep , and fcoibg far ^^ advanced in pregnanoy a serious result might be anticipated . ; All rushed to the laddor ; but few gained the deck- before they discovered the infampus hoax , and that there was no cause for alarin . The fellovv , on being told he should bo given into custody on artival in Hull , threatened he would give any one two inches of steel who dared to lay hands on him *; and this , probably , deterred the summary punishment which many of the passengers were disposed to inflicii Wp fear the Jaw does not enable the owners of th ^ Te 3 seV to punish bo heartless a wretch ; bub our informant received a ' . 'Satisfae . ' toiyassurance frorii them that care should bo taken to prevent a recurrence of such disgraoeful conduct in

      > n y passenger , v .:-. .. . .- ' /" , * :. * ¦ * . . .- .-, Fop ! , HNs-TEi . iiNG in LiNCASHiRF / . —Our Middleton correspondent gives us a long account of a visit which he and two other persons paid , on Friday last , to a conjuror pr fortune-teller residing in Buruloy-lane , North Moor , Ghadderton , ' ostensibly to inquire into the fate of an old man who has been missing since the 13 ohl > eo . janc | is supposed to have been drowned On his way homo from a funeral , but really to ascertain by what means ho and his brethren have succeeded in impressing a large portion of the population of Oldham , Middleton , Chaddertou , Tonge , and other places in the vicinity , with a :-fir ' taJaith , iu their kriowlediJie of things past , present , and to come . The " w ise man" went through a good deal of mummery , and fished very adraiuy fyr information whereon to found his oracular responses . He

      was purpo .-ely misled , and made the , most ridiculous bluaders , and of course tho visitors only learnt for certainty what they shrewdly suspected before—that the € onjuroi * wss an arrant cheat . Our correspondent fays that there are seven persons of this de ^ scription in OMham and the neighbourhood ,, one at Collyhurst-bridge > and several others neary Manchester ; that there are thousands within ten miles of Manchester , aftd those not confined to the lovrer classes , who believe in fortune-telling ; and that one old jade has made an independent fortune of her own in the business . . Can this be true of any part of enlightened , civilizaa , and Christian England ? ... If it be , i how fearful is the responsibility of those who hive spent hundreds of millions in war , and nothing for the education , of-the people \^ - ~ Liverpool Mercury .

      Fatal ARBiTRAMENT .-r-My ancient enemy and I now confronted each other ; a loaded pieco , whic !\ he usually carried , rested across his arm . We / gazid at each other ip . aiuaaemeut for soicae time , until a * . length he stepped back a paco or two , cocked his gun , and told me , if I did not quickly walk before him as his prisoner , he would shoot me . I felt hot blood riot in my veins , and told him to turn the tauzale of his pieoo from < me ^ or I mi ^ ht settle in deadly sort , the loug account betwixt us . He advanced upon me as I spoke , and thrust the end of his weapon against my breast . I staggered from

      the force of tho blow ; but seeing mo about to ? pi'iu ^ upon him , ho raised the piece to his slsoutdorand fired . The charge fehuttorud one side of my head , and arrested my impetuous course for the > inomsnt I then seemed to look at him through crimson flimo , but I still saw him—through blinding streams ot blood , he was still palpably before me , —but he took advantage of tho Btvere check ho had given ; and seizing his piece by tho barrel , he aiined a tremendous blow at iriy head with the butt-end :, which I received with my left hand , and rushed in upon him with a Wild shriek Of maddened infuriation . fie

      was in an instant upon the ground , my hands grasping his throat , and his effort to force we off ri&s terrible ; but I tightened ray fatal hold until his chest ceased to heave beneath mo—his arm dropped —the limbs slowly contracted , and then—I '* saw that he was dead !—Parley's Peti 7 iy Library , An Ingenious Devics . —Thomas Hogel was on Wednesday last charged at the Liverpdol policeoflioe by a recruiting sergeant with having practised a ssingular imposition . It appeared tbat the prisouei ' was extremely anxious to enter the service of the

      Ea . st India Company , but being one-eighth of an inch undet the standard height he fixed to the crown of his head a ball of wax covered witlv hair * Having by this means elongated hirnsalf to the required dimensions , he was passed on Friday week , but being ordered to attend again on Sunday , the ingenious device was detected . Mr . Ru ^ hton said he knew of no law Which condemned a man to punishment for such an act as that committed by the prisoner . He Was cautioned not to repeat the offence ^ and was discharged .

      An Affair of HoNoun .- ^ An affair has just occurred in a covsaiu northera city , which has occasioned some amusement to tlie Uea ; e 8 . A . young gcutieman belonging -to the beau tnohde , was ambitious to become possessed of a pair of whiskers , and made application to a friead to whom nature had been particularly bountiful m regard to thao article , to be instructed its to the mothod of furnighins himself with the desired ornameufc , Tho friend promised to comply , and presentod him with a , pot of ointment with which he was to anoint the parts ou which he wished ; to raise a crop . The ointment was used ' accordingly ; and produced—not whiskers , but "blisters . - An offence of this heinous description nothing

      but blood could atone . A challenge was giveu and accepted- ^ -tho parties met—and , somevvliat abated of their first ardour t faced each other with mortal intent , and weapons loaded ivith cork ; though it is due to their valour to mention that they believed them to be charged with a lieaviermiitorial . On ihe word being given , shols were duly exchanged , and one of the parties , -. 'the challenged , fell oyerpo-ivered by deadly terror . The second * , to continue what th > y intended tor a joke ^ buc vehicii v *' as -certainly carried a little top far , applied a handkerchief staiiied with red ink to his side . At this eanguinary epeciacie , tho chalRnger , believing bo haa douo murt / er , took to flight , and was with difficulty so much re-assured as to appear aga-iu in ^ hlia . —Edinburgh Witness . .

      , Old Year ' s Night at the Hanwell Lunatic Asylum , —Oil Friday ' evening , th « last in the old year , the above"institution , for tho reception of * lunaticpaupers belonging to the different * parishes within the county ot * NliUdleacx , exhibited an extraordinary and pleasing-instance of the ^ raiiiyirig effect of the humatio system at present puvoucd in that establishment , -. whereby coercion has boon doi : o away with , and corporeal restraint uo longer-f p ' Tms u pait in the treatmeet of the ihsaiit * . ir-has been the practice of tho last year or two to , aivo the female patients an' evening ' s t-mortainaien-i as tho close ot the year , and to pvep-iro for that jovous ocaasion , the patients had bcea for the week previously bu ? ily engaged in decoraung tlie ' r wards with laurel , hoiiy ,

      and otiicr e \ Trgrcens , wnich v » 'ert ) most tastefuiJy and ' ¦ fancifully displayed oa tho walls of their rogms , in varipns devises , amon <;¦ ¦;¦; \? : iich ware tho initial letters of the Qiecu . " V . E .. " of . Prince Albci's , " P . A ., " and of the illustrious infant , the future Sovereign of tho united empire , "P . W ., " with cvowiiR and Pricce-of . 'Wales ' s feathers , &c , the whole- forming an alcove of upwards of seventy feet , in which : the utmost trtMiquillity prevailed . Soon after five o ' clock , tho patients , had assembled , to tho ;; iitobar of nearly foiir hundred , who had ranged them ? elv-c 3 on each side ou form- ? , which had been provided for ihp occasion . At that time scarcely , a word was to be heard , and the

      . off-jet thjo . scene produced was most striking and pleasing . T < a and caSse wjerethen served out to the patients , by the matron , Miss Conolly ( the superintendent ' s daughter ) , ami the uur 3 as , by whoBi ' after-Wards were played on a pianoforie many . ' cUesriul and enlivening tunes , to which the patients commenced . dancing , which they , kept up with much spirit - ' and ; glee for upwards of an hour . On their again resuming their seats , they wero each presented with half an orange , after which dancing again commenced , and w . ; - cori'inued with music at intervals until eif , ht o'clock , when supper was servad , and at tho conoluaion tee pationts retired to their several apartments , aj-parentJy much deligiifced with their evening ' s entertainment .

      True wisdom . — -A tviso general , on tho eve of battle , makes » proper disposition of his forces beforehand , arid does not wait till tho enemy has made an attack , and thus , by forethought and due preparation , reasonably expects a victory ;—thus , he who hias a desire to attain a healthy , and , consequently , happy old agia , does not indolently wait for tho attack of the enemy , which is sickness , but is constantly oil his guard against his insiduous approaches , by paying proper attention to the stato of his health . Many would fain occasionally use medicine to assist nature iu her opBrations ; but like a nsariner at sea without his compass , knowing not whore to -Btecr , they first try this , and then that , and meet with nothing bat aisappoinimejit ; to these , how welcome musr be the imporfant fact , that Parr ' s Life Pills are now proved to be all that is required to conquer disease and prolong life . " : ;¦

      The Abmstuong Liveb Pilis are recommended asi an Aisti bilioaa medicihe , to every sufferer from bilious complaints and indigestion , or from an inactive liver , and are procurable at all Druggists , and at the Northern Star office . It is only necessarj to see that the stamp has " Dr . John Armstrong's Liver Pills" engraved on it in ' -white letters , and to let no oue put you off with any other pills ; K . B . —¦ Tho Pills ^ in the ; boxes enclosed ia marbled paper , aad maikod JB ., are a very mild ' . aperient , and are particularly ; and universally praised . They are admirably adapted for sportsmen , agriculturists , men of \ bisiness , naval and military men ; a 3 they contain ho mercury or calomel , and require neither confinement to the heuse , nor restraint in diet .

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      The . JExcHEQUEK Bitt Foboery . — On Monday ¦ m orning an order < was sent to Newgate , from the Home-pSiae , for tho taaaoval of Edward Beaumont Smith to the bulkSj in pursuance of his sentence . He was accordingly pJaced in a carriage and conveyed to ^^ Woolwich , whsre he Wa ? placed on board the usual receiving hulk . ; ' ' V "¦ . ¦ , "; - [ AmOTHEB CAtAXIT 0 V 3 " FlBX IS MaKCHKSTEK . — i On Friday evening last , ^ Ksut aiae o ' clock , an alarm of fire was given , and which was found to be at the weaving ; mill and calender '; honse in Bolefflan ' sbuildings , Man cheater . . The fire commenoed oh the part occupied by the late Mr . E . Dickinson ,

      calenderor , &o ., and which raged with such ifaiy . thai in about an hour thati'pai 4 .: of the preiniscsj six etories high t was a complete ruin '; not anything worth no ice was saved . The loss wifl probably wa about £ 5 , 000 . There were two rooms over the calender room filled with looms which were all btirnt . Tho princisal part of the weaving establishment , being tepafated from the premises burnfeidownj by a wail , did -not reoeive much injury ; hut , as the steam engine was much damaged , all the hands employed will , necessarily , be thrown ont of work for some time to come . No lives were lost , nor is atiy dae injured . . . ¦¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦; . . . * . -. ¦¦ ¦; . . - * .- - *;¦""¦' ' . - .. "¦" . ' . ¦ . •'

      Effect of Gompetijion . —Tap compatitipnin . the slop business is almost ruindusitd a nutaerous ind industrious class , of woHien at the east end . of the metropolis , who iaanaged to support themselvea deceiitly by their ; needle . A few years , ago , when , shirt ^ makinff was reduced to three shillings a dozQ ^ t it was '' considered solovr a price thiit it was impossib'c to make a bare existenco at it . Yet from . that price it became gvadually reduced , and matiyof the Iarg 3 Jewslop-seileEs . at present pay butnineponce a dozen , hi thr 6 efarshiDgs each shirt , for . thein . If tnree shillings was a , price at , whicH theS 6 poor women could iaake a * inerd existence , what must he the effect of tho present allowance ? And yetlthou sands are to be found even glad to get such work 1 .

      Death from Starvation .- —On Monday night an inquest was taken before Mr . Higgs at the Edinburgh ; Gaitle , Strand , on the body of Charlotte Clbsson , aged 63 . Debeiah Johnson , of 31 , White Hart-streat , deposed that she-knew the dec 6 jisedw About three weeks since , she saw deceased in the street . It was raintngat the time , and the . deceased , crying , said sine was very hungry . She ( witoesa ) took her homo and gave her something to eat , and she appeared grateful for it ; . She called several times since , aud on Wednesday last called and ap » peared very ill . She gave her some tea and allowed her to sit by the fire . ' She called again pn Saturday last ,- and had the appearance of being in a dying stato . She was very bad , and said M she htfd haa

      nothing to eat the whole of the previous day . " She beggod of her to give her soma tea or she would di'v She borrotved-6 d . and gave her soiae tea . She offered her some bread ' and herring , but she could not eat . She asked her tho ¦ reaspnshe did not apply to the workhouse , when she replied M that ' she would sooner die in the sti ^ et than enter the workhouse . " Deceased having a . siste-r in the DoveToroad , she sent her nephew to her reMdcnce tor some relief . The deceased said she kuew Mr . Short , of the Straiidj and conld she get turfe * rjeviironlfJ give her relief . She ( witnct 3 s ) av . d her nieco assisted her down stairs , and on getting ; into the- ' passage ah ' e died . The deceased was in the habit of sleeping in public-houses ' , and on one cold rainy night she came and implored

      of her to give her 6 . d » to pay for her night ' s lodging . Her clothos were thin and wretchedi She was very ttuu and en ; aciated . Three "doctors attended ^ By the Coroner——The deceased ' s sister sent bacfir some bread and meat and a note , on which was written , " Penitent sinner , to-day on earth * to-morroAV in hell j ; seek pardon and delay not . " The deceased was much hurt on reading it . I ciiHed on the sifter on Sunday , who said that the deceased was a very bid porson , ; atid had let ' ; her husband thirtyfive years since , whs is- ; still living at Harwiclu Frnm other evidence , it e-ppeared that deceased wight have been ^ yell off , \ t \\ % ior her conduct , having had a graat deal of money left her by her father VerrJic ^*— "D ; ed from \? anty brought on by her own stubborn temper . " : ¦ : - •; ' ; .

      PLYMOvm , SvNDAT i Jan . 2 , —Thisi afternoon ihd Conway , 2 G , Captain BethuBO , from China , having oh board two millions .- " of . ddllars v anchored in the . Sound aboui six o'clock . Her desu ' flation . was i oriHiuputh , but a change of wind having taken place , she was compelled to come in here . She entered at the eastern end cf the Breakwater , and it beih < j after sunset -she did net . salute the Admiral's flag . She . brin ^ a home many invalids from the sqaadrouin the China seas / She . was at the Cape of G od IJope on . tho 1 st of October . It 13 reported that she will be paid off at Portsmouth . Of course ehp brings no iatelligence that has not pi-evioubly reached England . ;

      The PiiiLipsTowN MuKDEEi ^ The horrible mnrder o ;' a- poi > r ' idiot-, by a party of gentlemen who ¦ were Fojonrning at a country seafc in the immediate vicinity of Philipstown , and to which we adverted on Tuesday last , ha * been considered 1 as wholly ihcrediWe . So horrible aro the fact ' , that scarcely auy pefeon is wiiling to -believe , that such barbarous criselty could be practised by a party of gentlemeii ia a Christian couutry . 16 is pur duty , however , to reiterate our stateipent . The horrible murder did take ¦ ¦ ¦ place \ but we have ; reccirod additional information , which states that the idiot mnrdered wa ' s not a boy but a man . He . was besmoa . red ovar with oil and turpentine , and literally roastad to : death . An inquest was held—a mick one , wo are led to believej from the fact that one of the parties engaged ia

      the lmirdor . eai on tho inq'iesU Money-has been Equandered in profusion to hush the matter up j almost all the parties have decamped to England or olsewhero . ; The majority of tfiem were officers , aud , we suppose , are now vr | th their respective regimentr-ti What will the Government do in this matter ? ~ We call upon Lord : Eliot to send a stipendiary magistrate to the spot to inqaire in the matter— ¦ we . ask . Colonel M'Greg' r Whether the police in the district made . any report to him on the subject 1 —wo call upon the . Governiiient to make the proceeding ;? of the Coroner ' s iriqaest public . A most foul and barbarous murder haa been committed , under circumstHiiccs of aggravated barbarity , unequalled by the horrible atrocities of Indian cruelty , andnosteps have been faten . to brinir the savags porpetratora' to justics . —Dublin Monitor ^ ' ;

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      DISTRESS AT STOGKPOR'f . The following statement has been published by the authority of the Mayor of Stocfeport : — . It i 3 well known that the coUoa inatiufacture of this kingdom has been long aud greatly depressed , and . that numbers of persons en-jaged in it havebeea thrown out of eraplojraeht , aud great distress occasioned in the Various towns and districfa of which if is the sli&ph m&uaf&cliure . ; Thoboroa ^ ti of Stockport , the woi-kiv . g populatiou of ¦ which is enffaeed

      almost exclusiviily in this manufacture , has suffarod iu commoT \ with other towns , from it ? general and long-continued dopression . The distress so occasioned has been increased tb an extent , it is believed , beyond thrit of any other t&wa by Epecial and peouliar circiiaistancos of a Iccal influorics . ; We allude to the cntiro stoppage of Borne of the largest estaWishmcntsi in tha tr-vyrv and nei ^ hbourhoad , by which several Iivoiiiauii persons have kzou thrown out : of employrazni ; vvho still reaiain withoutstny prospect of being able ta returnio it . ' ¦ ' -.- ^ ¦ " . -: * : :

      Of the establishments at work , a great part are so only partially ; and th ? working of short time ( that is of four day ' s per week ) has been continued to a greater or Jess extent sinca May'last . Upwards of ¦ one-third of the horsa-power in the town : and neighbpayhaod is unemployed , which , if at work , would give employment to more than 4 , 000 persons . It ia bolieved that there are , " altogether , about 5 , 000 operatives oi ' vavious trades unable to obtain employment . The eousequeBce of this suspension of labour are ¦' exto ' iwrye loss and Euflferiag among all classes depsnuesit npan trade , and unexampled distress and privatiou among the working population . This didiress , liei » htenedas it now is by the severity

      of the weather , ha 3 arrived at a pitch of which it is impossible to convey any ^ adeqoate idea by mere stitistlcaiinformHlion . The Poor-rates have regti-Iarly increased , and ^ are now become a serious draia upon the diminished resources of the comparatively few w-Jio are able to pay them . . Faniiliea , two or three together , are crowding into one house , or leaving their cottages for cellars : some are q'litticg their native land : humbera having exchanged aU but the last atticles of their wearing spparol for the moaus of sustaining life , ar ,-. on the vcrgo of destitution . Honest to

      mon ^ willjn . ^ work , are compelled , with their entire fatniliea , to become street mendicant ? , or to live , day by dayj oh the picearious charity of their neighbours ; and , besides , aa increase of disease , arising , in » great nleaaara , from a de&oteney : of food ; many , it is to be feared , are literally starving to death . Of 15 823 individuals , inhabiting 2 j 965 houses , lately visited under ^ he direction- ' - 'of a Committee sppointed" for the pnrpoge . l , 204 only were found to be fully employed ; 2 , 866 partially employisd , and 4 , 148 , able to work , were wholly without employment . Tho remainder 7 , 605 persona wereniiaWeto work . ; : . " -. ¦' :. ¦

      The average weekly income of the aboTel 5 ii 25 persons was Is . > 4 Jd ; each ; ¦ The average weekly wage ? ofihosefolly emploved were 7 b . 6 W . etch . The average weekly eamihgB of those partially employed were 43 . 7 ^ d , > v The Committee appointed for the purposes of the relief now to be afforded , teibg fuHy conTinced tntt all the e&irta that can possibly bo made in the towa and neighbourhood mil be utterly inadequate to meet the pressing necessities of the oasefJr o&rjK solved , under the direction of the mwiinjflfwmS ^ A PRX they were appointed ,. to make an spD&XW * 4 kofer ^ ££ countrymen generally , and especiallfctQ « ai ^ ffi | M ^ e , \ A dividuals and classes of society who * S ^^« ttM §! , m ^\ presRure of the times , or who are fdgfc ^ ffi ^ W m «| fear of personal soierinaand Pri ^» ffiUr ^^^^ l' £

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 8, 1842, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct875/page/3/