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- 1 KB XEW " SHOT HOY . " AIB— " Pity Poor Jarvey . " Only listen tind friends , while my tale I relate , jjj . j I know when you hear it you'll pity my fate . jvj , jotn Aithnr Kjebuck , the member fcr Bath , 'V i ' no "s ^ s climbing to fame , but have slipp'd irom the path . I loot" d en the Chartists , -who on me loot seur , As the ladder by -winch I might clamber to power ; Sat alss I "was fated my climbing ta stop , Joj 1 £ ick'd it away ere I got to the top . CHOE . CS . Then pity poor Arthur , kind Tory lords pray , TTbo is ready and willing to enter your pay .
In the first Tory session / though then I was coy ) I shewed myself fiE for the new " Shoy-Hoy . " Jhe SnSrsge test I endravour'd to chocss , And when Crawford " mofd in , " J mov'd oui" of the House . On Sir Robert ' s new Budget I next play'd the toady , Which startled , you know , the " constituent body . " This put me in rathrr a longing condition Io have a foal slap at the " People ' s Petition . " I csli'd Tezrgns a covard , though he was standing by ; When I knew he could not even dare to reply . you'll admit 'twas a good plan to sare life and limb ; Though I own itprov"d J 72 £ what I dard to ca'l him
I confess I was shocfe'd and astounded to see Sacfc a gl&ricns moncnien-. got up without me . } Ij brain felt on fire and —y optics grew dim , I fdt quite " malignant" and thought it was him , lie TYhigs all disown me , each Chartist derid-s . And ssys I ' m rot fit to play " Jacfe of both sides . " 2 Jy speeeh was " the mountain in labour , " tLey Bay , Thtugh so well it was studied to mike a display . ' The XorJitm Siar , in its course Tv 2 becn vaiehing , It lias proved me a " bat" that is scarcely worth catching ; This surely of all is the most bitter piil ; Per the " labouring mount" to be S ^ or'd by the " Hill "
The Whigs down to Greenwich have sent D : cty Shiel , A pretty plain proof thsj had bosoms iofctl For Dan ' s pliant" tail , " who -were eagerly brnt On the interests of Ireland and not on the reni . In ccnc ' . Tisicn , then , pity your poor Shoy-Hoy ! Ser . d me out to a jab , it will fill me vmb jay . ' 1 st vhs Sil ' ry be good—my financts ars lovr -. D . n't say " go to Bath" pray , for there it ' s " no go . " Jou . v Trazzh , Limihouse .
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A BAUD'S ADDRESS TO THE CHARTI 3 IS . S 0 > "G II . CHABTIST 3 WZ ABE . Chartists , in Paine ai . d Cobhet read , Chartists , O'Connor long hath led , Welcome to yo ^ r servile bed Or to glorious Xiberty . crow ' s the day and nos ' s the hoar , S ^ e £ o ! d attrapt to gall ye o " tr , S = e the Tories now in p ^ wer . ' After years of Whi ^ gery . Hear ye how the tricksters rare 7 Manhood , G = n " ral , Co mplete Suffrage ! And would in their wiles engage To perfect slavery ?
Who would be a tra- ; or knave ? Who to wealth trouJd crouch , a slave ? Who their Charter now would leave ? With mushrooms to be ? We ait for equal rights and Iaw 3 : rTiited in the glorious cause , Well gain these , ard a world ' s applause , In glorious victory . By oppression ' s woes and pains , Behold us all in servile chains I We will drain our dearest veins . But we will , we will be- free .
Bear on the proud usurpers now—Xoraliy well beat the foe—Liberty ' s is every blow , Onward for the Charter we J . S—
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SCENES OF JOY A > D WOE . By Etes Hhyse . Scene First . The Blessed Ap- 'aritivn . London SimpMn and Marshall . Edinburgh : 3 I 3 Clachian and Siswarr . Glasgow ; . David ^ Robertson . 1842 . This is the £ rii of a serie 3 of tales illustrative of the joys and woes which chequer this changing * tate of existence , and produce the Trrid li ^ his and drep shadows of humati life . It will , as we learn from the preface , be followed by others cf a similar character , amrualiy or oftener , = hould this £ r = t attempt
Ee ? : tie approbation of the public . we know cot bow the public may receive the work , but Tve are perfectly satisfied hov ? it ought to be received . — Seldom indeed has it beea car sood fortune to meet with a tale so thrilling in interest and so correct in principle and sentiment as the one before us . It speaks at once to the head and the heart , and while iu reasonings and rtflections will be new to the generality of readers , we Tentcre to think that it will produce in many a throbbing bosom , elevations of thought , and gushings of affection unfelt and unimssir . ed before .
Love is in this delightful narrative divested of every crossness of earth , and robed in the pure drapery befitting her naiive skies . This is not the only charm of the tale . We have here the everwatchfnl care of Providence vividly portrayed , and parental , filial , and fraternal aft \ cr . on displayed in their most attractive tints , ennobled and sanctified by religions principles . We subjoin a specimen of tie anther ' s style : — "A 3 Haldane reclined on that silent grave , his thoughts became gradually more visionary and absorbinr . The place was very solitary , and there was no sound to { "dsturb his reverie , or break the current of his imagination , that flowed , stream-like , through many
a divions track . Ee thought of all these sweet days of sunny joy that were never to return—when ha was not alone on his earthly pilgrimage—when bright spirits were with Mrs os the way—bnt he felt it to be Enough that such j - > ys had once been , for their TcsaembTisce , lite the redness of an everlasting dawn , still glared before him . He believed besides thut those dear oac-3 , whose hands he had often pressed in his , ard whose beautiful forma he had embraced with his mortal arms would yet be his companions in Heaven ; for even on eaith hi 3 s-3 U . and tiicirs had discovered their congeniality , and betn partakers in the same love
and in ths sase faith . And now he fancied that he beheld that very home where the departed already were , and where he hoped yet to come . But it is only by earthly iinares , ths imagination can pocrtray the spiritual kk . guom . Ee conjured up eveiy o ' pj-ct that cos . d be snppi-scd to add grandeur and besuty to a krrcitrial paradise , and then half hidden in a tnmnlt of glorious clonds , on which they rsclired as they S bttd along , he tthtld EJzi and Jessie , clothed in whjte garments , clini-izg to trach otttr in a fund embrace , and tingirg , as he imagined them , in ths words of 2 J . T 8 . Hsnians : — " We hive loved with earth's escess—Past is now that weariness . We hava known the dreamer's woes—All is now ene bright repose . We hope the work tviII obtain extensive patronage .
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of the important subject on which he writes , —and what is much , better , able to communicate it to others , in term 3 that may be apprehended and understood by every mind of even the most ordinary capacity , without any preparatory education , and cumj-aratively -without exertion . ' Instpad of loading his woik , as is usual on such subjects , with aheap . of technical ] ties , which arc of necessity to nine-Tenths of ordinary readers mere j trgon , Mt . Griffiths conveys to his readers an acquaintance with most of the iinportiiiu bearings , many of the tninut je , and a gTeat number of interesting experiments ^ appertaining to chemistry , in a style which , while it involves none but words in most common nse , is yet as pleasing and correct in its construction as it is effective for information . We know not when we have been more pleased with a book than with this httie treatise , which we heartily c mmend to univtr .-al reading .
The " getting up" of the book is as creditable to its publi s her as the bor-k itself is to Us author . It is beautifully printed upon much better paper than ia usual , " and the illustrations C'jf which there are a great man ;) , though of the simplest kind , are well calcnJa ! ed to give an exact idea or" the experiments to which they refer , and of the apparatus necessary to be used in those experiments .
THE REGISTER OF PARLIAMENTARY CONTESTED ELECTIONS , containing the UKContt :.-ted Elections since ll > 30 , compiled by IlE > -itT S Smith . London : Simpkin , Marshal ! & . Co . ThH work , to those who feel an interest in the qa-.-i : on oi Par-iami-niary lif .-pre .-entation , or who d-.-sire to kr . ovr by which parry in the ftate tL- variou > counties and boroughs in England , " Wales , Scothiid ,. r . i : d Ireland , have been hitherto rtprestiii-d . i ~ a ao-t useful vide n . ccum It fun . islies , at a che ^ p race , and in convenient arrangement , a
vast ma-s of tabular informa'ion , comprising the r . amer ? of ir . e fucsessful and un > nrces = ful candidates in all con ? fsitd ejections since 176 C , with their politics ; and , riDce the first edition of the work was publi .-hed . it has been amended by the insertion or a ^ di'ion of the cames of the candidates returned without conte ? t siuce 1830 . It conraius also a list of the present Parliament . The compiler Glr . H . S . Smi-. h , of this town , ) has been at great pains in thv arrangement and use of his materials , and has rendered his work in every way worthy of general tucpcTt .
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Loss of a Ship by Fire . —On Wednesday aftercoon intelligence was received at Lloyd ' s of the total less of the ship Barbara , belonging to Leith , by fire . " The unfortunate catastrophe took place on the night of Sunday laM , in the German Ocean , about three miles from the Bell-rock Lighthouse , and tho fife is described to have rpxead with such fearful rapidity , that those on board , amounting to fifteen person ? , were unable to save any property whatever . Happily they escaped by taking to the boats , and reached Montrose in safety , though much exhausted , the following morning ( Monday ) . The fire commenced amongst the cargo in the hold of the vessel , but the circumstances under which it ormnated are at present unknown . She is stated to have- been a fine Eailing vessdj and is reported to ts fijfiy iseureu .
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Extraordinary Follt . —On Thursday last , Mr . J . Bennett , of the Pheasant Inn , Brampton , undertook for a wa . ? er of £ 20 to go in a sack from Baslowtohisown house , a distance of six-and-a-half miles in twelve hours . The sack was to be two-anda-half fees in width , and Mr . Bennett to be allowed to be liberated from his confined state six times in the whole distance , if he chose . At eight in the morning , Mr . Bennett , who is sixty-one years of age , started irom Baslow amidst a kr ^ e concourse oi persons who had collected to witness the feat . On arriving at Robin Hood ha restsd half au
hour . He then proceeded to Mr . Gregory ' s New Inn , and here , having time in his favour , ho rested two hours . StaTthig again on bis toilsome journey , under the scorching rays of a burning sun , he proceeded to the Rufford Iun , where he again halted half an hour for refreshment , aad io get his fourih sack changed . Ho then set out on the last stago of the distance , and arrived at home about five o ' clock , thus winning his wager , with three hours to spare . — Derbyshire Chronicle . MuitDEK . near Leominster . —The quiet and romantic hamlet of Westhope-hill , about four miles from Leominster , has been the scene of a fatal attempt on the life of a widow named Lucy Parker , who resided on the common , and kept a grocer ' s
shop , by the handa of her nephew , the son of her sister , all of whom resided together . The circumt-tances , as detailed at tho Coroner ' s Inquest , betray a course of gross depravity , and ifs fatal conscqnence- ? Tha deceased had , it appears , resided with her husband in London , where he carried on thu trade of a market-t'ardener , and amassed sufficient money to enable him to leave London about tour years since , and spend the remainder of his own and his wile's days , as ho hoped , in happinesss and ease . On his settiug down at We ^ thope , he purchased houses , &c , and as a means of ai ding something to his income , but more as an employment , ho kept a Fb . jp for grocery and other articles . His nephew , Wm . Powoll ( the accused . ) resided with his
mother , an aged woman , at Westhope , and shortly after Mr . Parker ' s settling there ho became jealous of his nephew , and , as subsequent events showed , not without ample cause . lu February last Mr . Parker died , since which period Potvdl and his mother resided with the widow , with whom f owell is said to have cohabited , and to whom , it , was said , he was to have been married on Tuesday ee ' rini ^ lir . On Sunday tnornin ^ , however , it was discovered that Mrs . Parker had been murdered , and the nephew was apprehended , to await tho result of th .-. j Coroner ' s inquisition , which was held , and continued by adjournment until Friday . From the evidence adduced ii appeared that the prisoner was seen on Saturday se'nnight in the room with the deceased wuh a pieca of papar in his hand ; blows were shortly atterwarc 3 heard to pass , and tho prisoner to say , " You should not have kept this from me . " The prisoner then went up . stairs , declaring that ho
would kill her . Mrs . Parker almost -. mmediateiy afttr rushed out oi tho Lack door of the house and called out " Murder ! " four or five times , but was pulled back agam into tho house by tlio prisoner . Un some persons going to the house the deceased was found to be qji : e dead , and the prisoner on being apprehended was found to iiavo blood about him . A post mortem examination of the body being made , considerable extravasation of blood was found on tho brain from the bruises aud blows received by the deceased , the general appearance of which indicated that they had b . en ilH ctcd " -vith some bluut instrument ; a hammer was found in the house , on which there were maiksof blood , and the bruises wertf declared by the meuical testimony to be such as would be produced by such an instrument , and were the cause ot death . The Jury , bdieving that thero had been a quarrel , returned a verdict of " Manslaughter" against William Powell aud his mother , both of whom were committed fur triu . 1 .
Tomfoolery . —The Lord Lieutenants of comities are row ordered to wear a unirbrm on Court days , and as ths coat is to be blue , with a little silver sprigging on tho collar , we need not say that they wih ba mistaken for Inspector . ? of Police . Hitherto these Lord Lieutenants , although civilians , have boen obliged to wear military dresses , because a Lord Lieutenant of a county is its military commander . These civilians at Court , in military uniforms , certainly cut the appearance o £ very odd soldier 3 ; but instead of dressing them as Inspectors of Police , why not abolish them altogether I In ancient times , under OUT baronial system , and wliea feuds between Barons led even neighbouring counties into . party strife or civil war , a military commander of a county , appointed by the Crown , niinhthave been necessary , bat now all such necessity has ceased , and the office
ought to be abolished . In war , when l \ io miiiua is out , the Lord Lieutenant , by way of patronage , has in his gilt , the appointment of perfoii 3 to commissions ; but even this ha 3 vanished , and with it very nearly has vanished his interference with yeomanry corps . There is not a singlo pretext for retaining these Lord Lieutenants . Tho business of the counties is done at tiio Horae-&fnV . e , and this Lord Lieutenancy , hke the chief Lord Lieutenancy of Ireland , ought to be immediately done away with . We have now military commanders of districts , whose duties entirely supersede those of the Lord Lieutenants . L is i . i contemplation to abolish tne title , with that of Sheriff , and why in tho _ interval should we have Court orders tor tho new uniforms of a class of nominal public servants which ii so speedily and so properly to bo aunihiinted ?
Discovery of another Suspf . cted Regicide . — Singular and Mysterious Occurrence —It appears probable that the Home-office authorities will hare sufficient " secret" investigations cui out for them , connected with public outrag ' supon the invaluable and revered person of our beloved Sovereign . Another would-be regicide ka ~ s been having some " bye-play " in the metropolis , and the i ; i ! t'rn : ation of his pranks has been forwarded to the Secretary of Stato , but up to last night his hiding place had not bern discovered . We subjoin a narrative of the facts a- ^ they were detailed by the persons whose names are introduced to our reporter , and add a -description of the rascal's person , with the view of bringing him to justice , and making him account for daring to
throw into a state of effervescence the loyalty oi her Maj-sty ' s liege subjects . —On Sunday night last , a young man of dashing rxterior , came to the bar of the Peacock tavern , Maiden-lane , Covent-garden , and applied for a gtess of porter , which on being sf rved him , he enquired for a bed , at the same time stating that he was a straDger in London , and bad just arrived from Liverpool . Mrs . Honey , the landlady , made arrangements for his accommodation , and upon his reachiug his sleeping apartment , he handed over to Mrs . Honey ' a sister a new pocket pistol , and a bullet mould , desirmg h ^ r to t : iko great care of it , as he should have parti u ' ar use for it on the morrow , Mrs . Honey ' s sister communicated to the landlady this circumstance , and the latter said that
if she had known the stranger had had fire-arms in his possession , she woul . l not have allowed him to sleep in the house . Her alarm , however , was abated upon her . sistsr stating that she refused to tako the pistol from the stranger until he first snapped it to convince her that it was not charged . This he did ; and Mrs . Honey ' s sister then took possession of the pistol and mould . Upon the following merning the stranger breakfasted with Mrs . Honey , and the asked him how he came to have the pistol in his possession ? He replied that he only kopc it for '" self protection , " ( These , it may be remembered , were the very words made use of by Oxford , and it is a remarkable coincidence thut the stupid fellow here spoken of , and Oxford , bear , according to the
description—a stroi ' . a ; resemblance to each ether and are about the same a ^ p . ) Mrs . Honey told him that there wa ^ not the slightest necessity for such a precaution in London . He then converS-d in » suspicious strain about the late attempt upon the Queen ' s life , and said he had the greatest curio-iiy to sec the man who fired at her Majesty ( allu'tiiig to Francis ) . Perceiving that he was exciting tho close attention of those at the breakfast tablt , he added that . h <> did not intend to fire a ; the Qjcjii , upon which Mrs . Hon ^ y remarked that if such a thought had emered his head , ha might depend upon it that he would not be treated as Oxford was , and expressed her opinion that Francis was sure . to be hanged . He made no replv but lefr . the house , and did not re'urn until the
Eub < e . qu « it Wednesday morning , when he stated that ha had been robbed of seven sovereigns at the Strand Theatre . Upon his second visit h > remained but a few minutes , and then hastily quitted the house . Mrs . Honey having consulted some rriends , gave information of the occurrence to the police , and Mr . Sandrack , the superintendant of the F aivi&ion , immediately waited upon her , and after inspecting the pistol aud bullet-mould , he took it to the commissioner of police , in Great Scotland yard , who , it is understood , promptly reported the circumstances to the Home-cffiue authorities . The pistol und bullet-mould were brought back to Mrs . EL-ney , and the superintendant requested her to mark them , and not sufTer them ty pass out of her possession . This shs did , and
upon our reporter examining them yesterday , he discovered that the pistol was a new one of Birmingham manufacture , and did not bear the name of the maker upon it . The bullet-mould has stamped upon the handle the figures " 38 , " and boih-were left in a blue and white striped worsted pistol case . The stranger has likewise left behind biao a mahogany walking-Btick , leaded at the tOD . He stated among other things to Mrs . Honey , that ho was an articled clerk of Liverpool , and that i . e had come to London on a " spree . " He is of gent ) emauiy bearing and polished address , " ho was attire d in lijjiis striped trousers , a black surtout coat , a ? id neatly a new
black bat , his complexion b fai ; .-, and he is apparently about 19 years old . The police are making active exertions to discover ibe placo of bis retreat , which cannot remain BecreV u- aless ho is a resident of London as he had no ieob ey with him when he called the second timeopeo Mrs . Honey . It has been suggested that if gre * f er care was adopted by the manufacturers of fire arms to ascertain the address of such juvenile mr . untebanks before concluding a Bale with theia » tly jre would be less danger of the public zaiud . being tf , stnrbea be the wicked and diabolical attempts tb * t hare lauc-riy been said to have been myAe . npor 4 the life of our august and lovely Queer . * . —Ztaas * on Paper' [ Fudge ! J
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Presents for her Majesty . —An Arabian man of war , tbe first that over appeared in English waters , came up the river on Sunday in tow of a steamer , and was moored in the afternoon off the Victualling-yard , at Deptford , On Monday she was towed into the St . Katharine ' s Dock . The pennant was flying at her main topmast head , and she had a red ensign hoisted at hermizen . This ' . vessel , which excited much curiosity , is from Zanzebar , and has brought orer four valuable Arabian horses and other presents , from-the .- King of Muscat , to her Majesty Quocn Victoria . The vessel presents a similar appearance to that of one of cur merchantmen of five hundred or six hundred tons burden , except that she carries ten guns .
From a PARLUMENTAnr Paper just published , it appears that the total annual cost of the ecclesiastical establishment , in the West Indies is £ 20 , 300 , and that tho aggregate amount since the passing of the Act 6 th George IV . is £ 341 , 261 , Loss of Life fj&om Bathing . —On Friday last no less than six persons lost their lives whilst bathing in the River Thames . Remarkable Escape . —On Monday last two workmen were engaged to repair the pump of the Stroud Union Workhouse . It wa 3 found necessary that a man should descend to the bottom of the well , a depth of GO yards , and also that , in order to keep up a . verbal communication , a ' boy should bo placed on sort of
a platform , fixed for tho purpose in the centre , \\ hen descending ( tho b > y being in the man s lap > . the rope broke at about 00 feet from the bottom . Tne man had presence of mind to try to save himself by putting his foot : against one . side of the wail and hi 3 shoulders . against the opposite wall , and this ho accomplished after falling a few yards , with a boy loycara old in his lap . Tho other workman , instead of applying to the governor , ran a couple o- miles in search of a rope , and before tho man and boy could bo rescued , that had . continued two hours in their perilous BUuution . When rescued the boy war , found to bo without the least injury , and the man only slightly bruised . —Bristol Mercury . :
Singular IVc / dknts— A few d ays ago a series of casualties which wo should be dtepojed to term whimf-ical , were it not ' -that ono of them at'least was attended with fomo degree of danger to life , took place at Greonock ^ quay . A stnarc , cleanlylooking servant girl , about to enter upon a- " new place , " appeared at the qrjy with a lar ^ e and heavy trunK , for tho ' purpose oi £ « iii £ on board a stearcor , which was about-to cross the'Gairiocli . The trunk , while being ; hauled on deck , by some means or .-other , got out of tho hands of Its custodicrs , and turebjed into the sea . This wa 3 casualty the first , and step 3 were promptly ) taken to remedy it . The trunk was raised .. out of / tho-watery and while slowly ascemiiui '
by the Et'j ' amer ' a side , it ? owner eagerly stretching . uit her arras to clutch jt , tho lid suddenly gavo way , separating from the body , and the trunk once more floated in tho water . With ' the-samo-promf'titiuio as before the devoted chest was seiz d , and ngaiu it was in the act of being swung on board , when , a ^ cssualty the third , crash went th 8 bottom , and into the sea tumbled , in " most admired disorder , '' the body habima ? nt 3 of the - . unfortunate serving-wench —here a Rown , and there a petticoat , here a shoe , and thero a dashing Sundiy shawl , with apronp , caps , stockings , and shifts of every variety—vyhile a large catalogue of ' small articles were covered by a huge blue umbrella , Which unfurled itself in all its
amplitude , a * if to protect them from the rain above , deeming them , no doubt , wot enough below . By dint of exertions , for which the half-framie maiden felt sho could never bo sufficiently thankful , the scattered articles of dr s . ° , including tho blue uinberelia aforesaid , were gathered up , and vvith the bottomless trunk , pui safely on beard . It-was now ho [; ed by tho bystanders that fortune had done h'T worst , af least for that occasion , on the ill-fated girl ; but no , a disaster moro serious still was in store f ;> r the hapless'Abigail . Tho steamer was about to sail , and onr heroino was standing on one of the wings adjoining the paddle-box , talking to a friend onshore , when a . sudden jurk of the boat threw b < r , in imitation of her trunk , right into the water . Tnid most
unfortunate of all t'e casualties which had occurred ' changed the current offeeling from laughter to alarm , and those who had been most amused at tho former mishaps were now the most '' active in rendering assistance when life was at , slake . Providentially , tho poor girl was-got . out of the water more frightened and Wot than seriously injured ; and h ^ re , so far as is known , did her misfortunes for the day termiuiite . The circuuvstauces ,. as uiay be supposed caused no small amusement on boar < i ; and those who witnessed thorn will not soon forget tho . scenes enacted by "the woman with the truuk , " which almost equal ,, in point of ludicrous eiFecr , the more fcme'd adventures of ¦ " the carpet bug . "—Glasgow Araus .
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HOUSE OF LORDS—Monday , Juris 13 . Lonl WilAiiNCLiFFE , in answer . to some observations by Lord Beaumont and the Duke of Cleveland , stated , tbat Government were about to ad pt some measure to facilitate tho exchange of light sovereigns tor those of full weight . AJuch imposition had bwu pract-sed upoa tl ) e niore ignorant holders of light coin , but from the avevage of that which had been received at thi ! Bunk , the actual deficiency in weight , apptare ^ l to amount to not mpre than from one and a half to two per eti t .
Lord Brovgham gave notice that he should to-day move the suspension of the 8 tandii- ' g orders to tacilit ito the passii : )? of tha Witnesses' Indemnity Bill , arid on the motion of tho Duke of Wellington , the second reading of the Income-Tax Bill was postponed ir / . til Thursiiav . Lonl Casipjjicll then , puisuant to notice , brought on his motio ¦ . ' -. or certain papers relating to tho trial I . Kfore Lord Justice C . ' ci'fc at the last Sttrliris ; Aasizes , on which the -evidence of tho pr (?< ecutor was , : it the
recoiiinieiiiiation tf the Jiidge , withdrawn as being unworthy t > f credit , o ; i the ground that the man w : ig an Atheist , and this t : io after he had succeeded in cltavins ; hini ' itdf . at least partially , of the imputation . The No'bleXorde . nt-ereil at much length into the suij ^ et of evidence , and after citing a number of authorities to pvov * that , the course' ¦ which had b ? en taken was contrary to the law both of this country and of Scotland , concluded by expressing his intention , if thare t 7 ere any ambiguity , of bringing in a Bill to remove it .
Th 9 Lord CiiAjrcEtlOR defended the coarse which had been adopted by tlve Learned Judges who had pitsidedat the trial , and after u , pnloaged discussion tho motion was withdrawn .
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HOUSE OF , COMMONS , FAday ^ June 10 . Sir H . Ikglis moved tfce isauiisg of the writ for Nottiagham . Sir Q . Grey objected that this motion was ono of those which had dropped on the preceding afternoon for want of a quorum , and that the convenience of the Koasa requiied a renewed notice . Sir B . Ibglis expressed hia readiness to eoniply with the general ¦ wish of the House , but did not believe that the House bad any general wish for the postponement . He saw no reason for continuing the suspension of this writ . Nottingham bad not been proved to be guilty > and was entitled to the benefit of the general rule , that till guilt be proved innocence must be presumed . ' As against that borough , the . House had
nothing to proceed upon but Mr . Roebuck ' s voice allegiDg corruption , and Mr . Roebuck ' s finger pointing to particular members . Sir G ; L-vrpent had , during many weeks , been confined to bis house by ill health , and therffere no unfavourable inference ; ongbi to be drawn from the fact , that for some time before the compromise he had heen absent from the House . If the mere retirement of a Member charged with bribery was fcnfficient to th ' ibo a preisumptipn that bribery was general in the place represented by him , a gpodly ' list of other boroughs ought to have bean included in the riference to Mr . - ltoebuck ' s Committee . These modern inquiiies into conipiomisa wero like the ancient ordeal by water , where death ensued in either event- —the accused be ' ng taken out and executed if his guilt waa evidenced ii' his s-vfiuiniiug , acfl icfg to ii ? vwa if to
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innocence was established by his sinking ; and so here , if the Member answered , he was convicted by bis own confession ; if he rtfased to answer , he was condemned by his silence . Many hundreds of the Nottitgbam electors expressly ; stated by petition that they had not partaken in any degree of the imputed corruption ; and they urged that tbe right of representation , as it was not given to them by a resolution of the House * qu ? ht nat to be taken from them"by such a resolution . This suspension' went to punish a hundred innocent that ten guilty might not escape . What he now asked was not a favour , but a right Mr . Gali . t Knight seconded the motion , and ridiculed Mr ; Roebuck as a person who was always telling the House that he was th , e real Simon Pure , and the only honest man in it .
Mr . Roebuck denied this with niuch . - bitterness . He had said net one word about . himself ; and that being the fact , what was Mr , G-. Knight's . statement worth ? As to the alleged want of ) ej ; al proof , he knew the value of legal rules in their proper piace ; but in that House he was not a lawyer , but a legislator , and would act upon moral evidence . Hu hau dtliberately absented himwelf from theiHt ) u . ? e on the preceding day , in order that he might avoid tho debato upon the issuing of the writ ^ -a subject in which he had nerer taken part . He fcnew not why he hr .: I bebu attacked : he had had no influerice in detei > unnicg the votes of the Hou « e upon any of the ' ^ wtta ; tht-y had been puided by Sir liobcrt Ptcl , Uiuir master , who , he rtouhted not , had acted sincerely , though , as tie thi > u ^ ht . not coasjatontJy . Mr . G , Knight explained , in tornis of courtesy , toward Mr . Itoehuck .
Sir R Peel disclaimed all influence on these judicial juistions , except that of reason . He did not consider tho decision of an election committee , to be conclusive on tho House rftspectins ; tho disposal of the borough , but only respecting tfjy title to the sent : But each case mus ; be deOi- ' cd on ics own Krounds , an *' , no one p . c-neral rule could be livid down fcr the-. regulation of all . la this instance , tUo tu-ldet : ahandimmcnt ; of the seat by fha member to whoai it had bsen adjudicated , and tho alleged deposit of a s ' nia of money in order to secure the return of a candidate entertaining opinions opposite to ' those of that jn-sj-rity by whom tho ( ate member vraa ekcted , did appear to him to require , for the s ; tke of the honour of the House , tbat further investigation should be nui . de btfore tho writ should issue . Mr . ' SiURM-AN CiuwroHD ¦ was for coRtiiiuu ' ig the suspension .
Mr . V \ VNN took the same line , and quoted a precedeit . : Coionel Rollf . ston , as an elector of Nottingham , expressed cm his o-vn v art aild that of a , lar ^ ts botiy of his brotht-r ' . electors , tkrir arxtoty that Mr , Rocfiuek ' s 6 nquiiy should procsctl seAViihingiy and sjieediJy . Sir K . iNGi . i ? , fi ) v himself p . nd many oVh-or-con . 'iorvntivo menibi : v 8 , denied Hie ri ^ ht of Mr . It > bbuck tu call any man thfir-master . Sir R . Peel explained , and the Houso divided— . Against issuing th » -writ ... 1 . Fur it ~* ... 41 Majority against the writ ... - —95
Mr . Roeijccic theu move'l the third rending of tbe bill for indemnifying ; witnesses who should give'evidence before his -Committee He urged that the oijict of the bill was not to punish for the past , hut to legislate for the futute svnd that , therefore , the ordinary ress . 'jis against compelling \ ritn ' e ? si : s to iinculpata themsulves vrero not properly applicable . The Attorney-General objected that this Bill went further than any . similar measure before it bad Rone , This B H offered indemnity , not only for all bribery committed by the / witness bimscif , but for the like acts of all persons whom the witness nv-g ' at inculpate ; audit indemnified t ' ae witness himself for all bribery , not only in the particular instances involved in
his evidence , ' but in all other instances at all elections whatsoever and whertsoeve ; . He feared such a Bill was more lifrcly to make witnesses than to elicit truth . He would not , however , oppose this nutasuto if limited tothe . objects provided for in former Indemnity Bills ; but ho yielded his assent net sq much to any fxperience or conviction of a y good ever effected by t ' tiesa -enactments ,, s . 3 to the coutse of tho prectidonts , which he enumerated by nanis . He would propose , therefore , merely to strike out the second clause , which contained the novel enactments '; -and if Mr . Roebuck should consent to this alteration , he -wished him ali success with his new and somewhat dangerous instrument . .
Sir R . iNG ' trs disliked the principle of a measure which Trent to change t )\ e general course of law , and to break through the . confidence between clients and . professional advisers . Ho doubted a good nttempt < 5 iV . by means bo bad . However , he felt that he was bcund by the precedents . Mr . Ha-EUV ohsrrycA , that ' .. by this Bill the witness , in order to be efFfctniiDy protected , must Ii ' . iva a certificate'from the Committee ; but as he could ngt be secure of that certificate beforehand , he would still ha'entitled to refuse-h is testimony wherever it should tend to criminate himself .
Mr . OCONNET . L admitted the argument of the Attorney-General to be unvv . swerable , ' and hoped Mr . Ilosbuck would accede to the Learned Member ' s nuggestion . He , howover , had no jjreat value for those rnles of law which so anxiously protect guilty men against criminating themselves . Mr . C . VV . Wynn objected'to the ceeoRd clause . Mr . Roebuck intimated his willingness to omit that part of the Bill . After a faw words frorn the Recorder , Mr . C . BiLLER remonstrated against the withdrawal of the second clause . Uiiusual powers were created for disclo 3 in , 2 to Parliament , with a view to legislation and not to punfsfiment . ofr-ndera ' not-, otherwise to have been reached . Justice , then , and the dicnity of the House , required that no new psril should be brought upon any cla s s of persons .
'Mr .- Dariiv qu'i 8 tioned tho expedifccy of this Bill . He be ) jov «!) tbat the act of last sewiov . for Mowing proof of bribery , without prnvi ' oa ' s proof of agency , would h ^ ve bi ; en a very effectual one , if it had been left to wovk by itse ' . f . Moreover , the present measure would have a vsry unfair offset upon persons who would be attacked - behind , their" backs , from th « animosity of local politics . The ptrsons so attacked wotlld not be beforo the Committee , and the ( Committee would be imposed upon by witnesses brought up at the Dublic exi ' finee , who would swear anjtiling and everythiiig , when the persona attacked were not thereto check ami ciT . 3 S-tx-imine them . Mr . Watson wa 3 favourable to the bi'l , and would have prpftrred the retention of the second clause . The bill having lieea read a third time . Mr . C . BULLEU proposed to include Bridport , which vras agreed to
The enactments whieh had been objected to were then struck out . Before the House went into Committee on the Customs Acts . . Mr . Hume expressed his hope that Sir R P- > el would reconsider the dutie 3 upon 'wool and cotton , as being upon raw materials . Sir R . Peel admitted the expediency of rfflucin- ; the duties on raw mate . rinla , but felt thnt be should not be justified in risking so large a revenue ns these duties yielded . ¦ ' The House then , re ^ olvinf ; i >? to committee ^ pTOceedtd with the discussion of tVetariff . ' Gn the article of thrown silk r . ot dyed , Mr . GRiMSDirc / r moved , asarrainen ^ ment , the continuation of the present duty , instead of the redaction proposed in the tariff' . Mr . BnocivtEHUKST sapondfd this motion .
Mr . Attwood contended tbaS the fiilk trade bad aufforfd under the 'band ' s- of tha free trade ^''" rist ? - He was desireus of adhering to the old principles oi protect-. on Mr , Gr . ADSTO . VE proved in flgu-rfs , tjii « t th-T filk trade had been moro flourishing un er tho jno ; I « rn retiu ations of Mr , Huakisson , th ^ n in tbom-ist prosperous y ' cara of the prohibitory systsm . Mr . STRUTT corroborated the opinJf . n of Mr . Gladstone . His own constituents lutd marie no objections to tha principlea of fs >; a tra . da m applied V > y thia ' tariffto manufaeturps . Thoy coinpliiiH ' fd only that the came principles were not applied ol .-o io articles of suhsistencs . . Af r ' -r a few words from Mr . E ^ erton ,. and some explanarions from Mr . Urockiehubst and Mr . Gniiwsditch , the Committee divided , ' nffi'nuiTisr , by a ypry large majority , tha duty as proposed by Government . '
The next item of discussion * vas th-a duty on manufactures of Mlk , which the tatiff proposes to raise by ¦ we ieht , but which Dr . Bowrlng nxi ^ ed to levy at * valorem . , Sir K . Peei . said , ths . t , t ; ivin . ? no opinion whethe ? the admission 6 J ?? vnch silks would be exnedifnt for this country without aonie recVprocal admission of British woods into Fiance , at any rate he stronnjly felt the benefit whieh w .- ^ iVd fl > w fyi > m reciprucity oi intercourse ; that reciprocity Enqlr . nd-was striviai ? to obtain ; and he trusted that the House- would not weaker ^ this hands of Ministers by pressing thetn hastily to concede tbe .- 'boon , without compensation . Mr . LABduCHEViE exhortad his frSesds to support tbe Government in this duty , ¦ with the view explained by Sir R Peel . Mr , Hume concurred . D . . Bow ring consented to withdraw bis motion .
Mr . Williams mad © some observations , of which tbe tenour whs not distinctly heard . lord Howrcii questioned whether England would accojiiplish so good a result by making bargains about rec ' prpcal duties ' , as fey acting on an- indept-cdont principle . Aft ** tbe declarations already made by Sir K . Peel in favour of the principle of cheap purchase even without reciprocal remission of duty , France would see tbfit she bad only to be obstinate enouji ; h in order to secure her object without concession in rtturn . But if , after a full reduction on sur part , she should still continue to keep up her duties the smuggler would stop in to correct her error , and circulate English manufactures throughout France ,-at a heavy loss to the French exchequer . Mr . MaKqles wished for some further reduction upon the &Uk manufactures of . India , to which Sir R . Peel briefly objected . Mr . Brocklehurst said a few wordB , and the duty passid . m giopostci bj Gover-uitRv . ¦
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On the . articles of ladies *; 'presses , on which , hy the tariff , the Customs officers have an option of chjiriiBg an ad va ' ortm duty of 40 per cent , Mr . Hume had the momKbtary gallantry to . proposa a reduction : but he aiade no fight , " and ths ladies were left where tha tariff had placed them . : The schedule of Bilka ' was pHssed , and the Cominittee aojounnJ .
Monday .. June 13 . In compliance with-- t ' ae recommen'iation sivea by Sir R < ibert Peel oa Friday evening , the House be ^ an bnsiness half an hour beforo its usa . il time , and wfnt into Comiiiutey on the tariff by five o ' clock , when Mr . ¦ Mitchell , the nwiabt't f » r Briripost hnvitig a ' pet protection f-ir hisown conatit . uer . ts . muved that the duty on f' ; rejyn cordage should bo eight shillings iDstead <; f fvix shiliings , ! in « i tho riu ' . y on foreign t' ^ ine twentj . ' -hillincs , instead of ton shil-ings . air . Gladstone exhibited hia aeeus . bvnied iviwabiliiy . Mr . A . Cbapm . iri and Coloni-1 Wood , of MHdksfx spoke ' shortly .-the latter , ns far as cpuld-be , caS . b . « re ' d a . in , d tbe v . oise " of a < V . s < wdtjrlyllou . se . -c . iunsc-liing Mr , Mitchell . to withdraw liis motion ; 1 ' uS Mr . Mitcbrf ! , so far from firq'iie-cinff , made asfcoTi'd speech , and was worsted with due form by a maumty in . a division .
When tho co / mauttwi arrive ,- ! at the-schednio . Teiatins ; to stones , briiks , and tiles , Jlr . G 23-. nk < - -s « nade a stm ^ ftls for ; tho Porthinrtcr" ; ursine ; tlw Hous ^ to continue the-existing protection upon Portland ' t . iane ; - on the prouml that it v . "S not an article entering into tha consumption < f the poor , and that it . furr . iyhpd lahi ur tp a happtlv -circumstUnoed popul : ti' > n of almost two " -thousand pcrsuns on tha co ^ ist of Djre&tshire . . -. '¦' . Mr . Christie suppor ^ d t ' iH reduction proposed-. in tha tari ^" : aud' stated . t ' . r-t tne population vc ' sis n ^ e arn ^ ng WiKch > t ! ie truck sjb . tdiii was exttriiivuly p ? cvaler . t ' . . ' - . - . '¦ After n f'W tror .-ls from Lor ;! Asb ' . ey ,
Mr : GLast-. jNe p ^ b < . > p : ni- > n th'it tne proK-c ' ioa proposed in-the tariff T 7 ; -: > - quite sufHc ' ent , . ani < jii ; itjn « f , as it did . to an ad v . doicm duty of tea per cou > ., the prrsprit duty vras t'vtjity p > r cent ., which ho thought too much for so rude a r . ; aTeria ! . A little more convers-i' ion ensued , and then 31 r . L ' AXKES , adverting to the -ill-success of aH tho former attempts to'alter , the ratsi proposed by the Gjvemmcnt , withdrew his motion . On the aiticla of fv . rc ^ n c-ffee , Lord HowiCK . raoT . e'd . ibiit the import ; duty , sot down in the -tariff at 8 ii . per pound , ebould bt- redvicoi ^ to "» U At 81 . per pMir .:- tbo b- 'ttor kinds of cAPa from foreign -pla-ntittions would pay about oi'O hundred per c >; nt ,, -and the inferior kinds a vastly- 'h . rser per ccntSirs ; fine ! these
¦ Wfrn dutioa uijon an -p . rticle enterin : ; "largely n , to the consump'ioh of the yon-r . Thia high impvat could not h > j < iStin % 4 on the scitc of discouraetnv- ^* to fees ' nva tra- 'Ia ; for the Pte'ii foiv'on cofT ^ e ' country ¦ vrrjs that .-of Hriyti . -wjiich is cuiMvat ; d by fr . 'o iaLiotir . lf-t ! ' 8 . 5 rit-. ' -. t were to biK-ifit < . v « r plaiit ^ Vd , b < z -wcu'ld say that the peopfe of this-country would not ioug endura suchl < i c > st f-r such an ofjact ; and tho sooner our colonists arr . v / i a * ; a mi > r « natural state cf thinas , the bett . pt would it b ? even for t-huKistflvea . Th « rci ' uctipn he how souijht , Ix-ing only one per . ny per pcund , could not hv irnivortjuit to the revenue—nay , fee be-H- ) ve'd it wcuM bd i ' u ' . iy maie « p--by the ' -increa * " * of consurnptton , to say nothing of the aiivantaga vhich would bo produced in the discouragement of adulteration . ' " '
Mr . Gladstone v . r ; rd the House to malntam the hi , 'her ' duties fov tl-. c ptw ' iit mainly on tho ground ' , ? hat in some of ths nii « r ; : i ;; i ( i : iii ; treit ' . sa \ vith fortita staiea , tiie remission . of these duties mi ^ ht be made tho cojsm " - dirat ona : for important concessions to tha trade of thia country . . ' . ' . - -. Mr .. ' ITUJI . K - . thouithttbat a smaller duty than S ' . vrnrild still ! e : iv « this country strong enough ia- ' in-gotiatiun with , fort > £ ¦;> . >?<> . - . - ¦' . . . Sir KeuERT Peel admitted the great advantage of encourntiint ; coffee as acaicst spirituous liquors . But he entreate-l the Home iiot to'throw , aw . iy to t > . jibs-rally all in * trn ' ment 3 ; nf -negotiation . Nvxt to tho ohj-ct cf Cheap > iiini { pricea to our o " . " n consuvm-ra vras that of extoniling our own mrrkpt * . Our nr ^ uTiients of mere
I philos-phy , sound as t . hi-y mi ? ht be , would not weigh so . fcffe . ctf . aliy with some foreign statc-s , ' as ' cur-. pospesaion of a quid pro quo . It waa vtry matyciaV'that ' we shoti . ' rl make it tne intiresfc of various ( lasses abroad to ! press their own Government , for a relaxation of their I- restrictions j Mr . IT AWES oVjected that the effect of the per cerifrige ! proposed ia ( . h-a tav ff would be to K-t the rich have i their coff ^ y at a lower prpporticnate duty t *; an the I poor . A . still greater reduct'on than Lord Howick -had I proposed w ' ou id ba quite safe to the revenue ; for it would- increase rb 3 consuinptiori el- ' lh ' a gennine articlo- ' vuich ,. p : i ; s duty , and diminish the use of the ingrwilietts eniplojed in adulteration , which pay no duty at a ! t . ¦ ' ' - ¦'¦
D . ' . Bowbikg was persuaded , thdt m order to coacUiat « F ; iincs . tho best instrument vre could use wcinld be a dipiiv . ution of the duty on her wines . Mr . Baring said , he 6 h-juld havo understood Sir 11 . Pehl ' s argument about neeotiation , if he had let coffye alone . altogether ; but Sir R Peel had taken tiff 2 <* ., which he sesmed to th ' . nk quita harrnieDs to his diplomacy , and yet entertained a great apprehension from the one penny which Lord Howick desired to reduce . "¦ ' ¦ .- : Mr . YiliLTEBS apprehended , that we shoulfl iilwaya have sufficient power in ne ^ otiatioDt by siicply threatening to reimpos « our dutie ? . T ^ e best way to begin was hy settina : tke example of free trade . L ir : l tiowicK did not believe thct the bargaining sy . st ' . 'in hid been found to answer ia practice . Of ' -th ® rtdnotion proposed by Government , tbe chief bertfifc would gs . ' -to the growers and hoiiera of cuSse , and not to < hu co' : sumtrg .
T : i >! c- ) inni . 'tti . e then divided , rejecting Lord Howicfe ' s ainnndmc-nt . Lord Sa-n'DON moved that certain allowances should be made on the stock of naturalized Coflde now in kond , or on its way to this country . Those stocks , ho said , had fallen greatly in price , and would suffer heavily frt-m Uie reduction of duties niide by thia tariff . Mr . Gladstone considered the fall in price to have arisen only from oTer-specuiation in that particular branch of 1 Jje coffee trade . Tho change in th » duties might be disadvantageous to these holders ; but so it must ba also to the holders of very riiany other kinds of stock , vrho , nevertholesff , must submit to iTjc'ividnal in ? onveniehce for a measure of generjl benefit . Ha intimated , however , that as Lord Sandon had altered the ; language ef his tnotiou from the form of this notice , the subject might be farther considered by Government . ¦ :-
Lord .-Sandon said he did not wish to press for a division at that moment . Lord HowiCK r < : nmrked , that the ssneral olj-ction to al . ' ovrancss on stocks in band , which was the dnnjeer of fraud , did not apply to that . . ' stock-which .. waa actually in bond ; and even that which was in iransilu seemed to him to deserve favourable consideration . ¦ ' ¦ -. - ' ¦ ¦ ¦ . : ¦¦• ' Mr . D ve ' tt , and Mr . Mart Phillips , a ^ d Mr . Hume were in favour < f the motiou ; but Mr . Uuin ? saw no sufficient'distinction in favour cf these particular speculators . .
Sir B . Peel Paul . tr . at the specalati ^ rj , thcu , 'h not literally illegal , had been contrary to tha spirit of tho law . and ; that so long since as in the -Session of ISiO there lia-i been public notice that Parliament intended t ») correct the slips in tha statute ci' which these tr&deTS had tr . ken advaritnge . Many other clashes df dealers , pHrticularly in tbe timber trade , were affected by this tariff , who had no such two years' notice to get rid of tlioir stocks , and he could discern no valid ground fi .. r an exception in fa / cur of this particular advfntnrs . Several , other Mevabra added n , ffi'v words ; and the Committee dividing , negatived thfi motion of L ; rd S ; in <' . ar . ' . . ' . ' ¦' ¦ ¦
Mr . Li > rSAY and Mr . Ma . vgles- pressed S : r P . Peel to coi'Miler the practicability of lowering the duty on tea ; but Sir R . Peer resisted that suggestion on tiio score of revenue . On the article of books . Sir R . Pjsjel , in answer to a question fnim Dp . BoWking . expressed his intent-on to recniisidor the dmy with reference to its eiFsct upon copyriqht .. Tiie item of tallow canf'Ies attracted the attention of Lord u ' onsley , who begced that the protection , ins'tmii oMO ' s . per cwt ,-riiifiht be 20 s . ; but -Mr . G LADS 2 o- \ e afihered to th ' n lower sum . Wiiea the comnviUce eame to coik Equated forroundinT . -
Mr . T Puncombe proposed tbat the duty sboald bf . retiuced from 5 d . per pound to the riominal duty of 1 * per ton , for tbo ? ske cf --protectingtho industry of our Dt ' . tivsi Qorfe-cuthtrs , ~ ho , without suon a reduction , would , be deonied to se ? i the raw niatrrial carried wholesale into Franco , and with it'the-tta . de they lived by .-Mr . Gladstone declared tbe sincere desirs of the G ' . iT&rnuiant-to b « sto . w on the covk- ^ utters e ? e ry advantnge cpt repugnant to senerai principle ; .. but aAded his belief that the duties to be levied under this tariff were such as fully to consitt with the prosperity cf thvir trade . He entered into various details of . the business , for ths purpose of illustrating bis opinion , Mr . -Baking supported the motion of Mr . Pancombe The latter addressed the committen by way cf repiy ; aiid shared , on a division , the fate of all who had preceded faira in resisting any item cf the tariff .
Dr . Bowring pleaded for an adva ' orem of 20 per cent on straw ; bats and platt'ng—a refduction due , in his opinion , to Tuscany , whence these articles are principaily imported . v Mr , HtraiE supported this motion . ¦ ¦ ¦;< ¦ ¦ ' Blr , Gladstone -admitted ' ' the liberality cf the Tuscan Government ; but felt tLat something was du& to the friendless and hopeltEsttcte of tbe borne labourers in this '• branch , Still , Spy-ever , a very large boon in the shape of reduction on these articles was given to Tuscany by the present tariff .: > : ; Dr . Bowhing forbore to press his ameDdrnsnt ; On foreign wines and spirits Dr . Bowrisg asked fpran assurance from Sir R . Peel , that when France ahould indicatesreciproc . il spirit , the Engjish Government would accede to a a diminution of the duties . Sir R . Ptel had eo difficulty in giving this assuranee . At a few ^ ininutes ' after ' midnight , the committe © adjourned .
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CHEMISTRY OF THE FOUR ANCIENT ELEMENTS , FIRE , AIR . EARTH , AlSD WATER an Essay , founded upon Lectures delivered before Her Most Gracious Majesty the Qneen , and dedicated , by special permission , to hei Majesty , by Thomas Geif ? ites , Lecturer on Cnemistry and Medical Physics , at St . Bartholomew's Hospital . London : Samuel Highley , 32 , Fleet-street . ^ This is beyond all dispute the best popular scientinc treatise that we haTe yet seen . Simple and niipretending in ? tvle ; without any parade of erudition , iht auiLor pr ' vTwS auiisli so t « pcxfeetly mai-t&r
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i THE FACTORY SYSTEM , ILLUSTRATED j IN A SERIES OF LETTERS TO THE j . RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD ASHLEY , j M . P . By William Dodd , a Factory Cripple . j London , John Murray , Ajbemarle-stre-jt . i The author of this little work , himself a victim h to the hnrnb ? e sy-tem of whirh it is a very mild and : unexat'ijerated expo e' is well able , from sorrowful ' -experience , to combom-3 many of the appalling ; facts ^ iven as the re .-uk of his personal observation . : lu t ' p .: ? ? : mple narrative cf a tour through the rnanu-- faciurir . ? districts in 1841 , ihere is no * ffur £ at
tfiect ; fac ' . s are simply stated a 3 they came to the ; acqnaiiit ^ nce of the writer ; but they tt ! l a :-J-. to -. make the nVsh creep , and tbe biood curdle . We ! defy as _ f rnan of Christian principles to read this ; beok w ; t ' : iout shudatring at the picture of cold ¦ hearted ,-bloodless , f-ouaened selfishness which it t-vtrywLtre nnintentionaliy exhibits of the middle ; Cjas ? , mwjicd , rcaDu . 'actuni ^ " ; cormorants who have-; so ionx eaten up evtry grenn thing upon the laud , ! anl destroyed our national resources , and pulled : down me greatness of our character , and filled our I 2 JLQ -n-iih -weepiii ^ , and desolation , and wretcheti-; m-5 , thai they mitjht make ui ^ to themselves weakh from the spoliict ? of thu poor .
Mr . Dodc s book ought to lie upon evcy rich : man's brcaifa .-t 'ab-e . to remind Lim of hh duty to society to extit his influence and power for the ansi-; hilation of a system which destroys his couatry and ; rflust nliiroately make his wealth a curse 10 him- Is . should be conned bj every poor man , and sp ^ ll ^) by ¦ every poor man ' s child , to chow them that they S have no . hope , humanly speakine , but from them-| selves ; and that tho system , of which a few features are here lad beforo them , all revolting as it is to con : eicplate , must and will con : in : ie to grow worse and worse , and more and more horrible , until ihe exercise of theirpawers temperatelv , wisely , niildlv ,
bm firmly and unanimously directed , shall bid the sordid monster cca ; e to prey . It should lie upon the pulpi . ' -sheif of every minister of God ' s word , that the sin of covetousness , in al 1 its speciour but damnable forms of social arrangement and " commercial ecitrpris-e . " may ba constantly rebuked by him whose holy cfB . ; e leads him to " maintain the cause ^ of the s ~ fR . cied and the rijihj of the p ^ or ;" that He may deliver his own fouJ by ihe war ?) i :. g of the wicked and the uplifting of his voice against those whose hands are full of blood , and because of whom the land groane ' . h under the visitation of a rjghieous . Gsa's displeasure .
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THE LONDON PHALANX MONTHLY MAGAZINE , No . 1 . Thi 3 periodical , the organ of a sect of philosophers and philanthropists , deserves io be exttnsivJy known and read : we question , however , that th ? spirit oJ the ate 13 as yet capable of appreciating gm- rai . y its calm reasoning and deep investigation and inquiry . There is an air of bold benevolence in many 01 its disquisitions , which would not merely startle , but horrify , what is called ihe religious world ; wliile there is a becoming reference to spirituaiitie ? , and a sober estimation of tbe powers and tendencies of human naiura , not le ? 3 offensive to the seif-styled Socialists and Rationalists . We are net by any means prepared to assent to all the
teachings of the Phalanx , while yet , a ? the organ 01 a sect , we cannot but admire its charitable and conciliatory tone , as well as the deep thought of many of its articles . One thing , however , will militate greatly anainst its s-uccess as a magazinethe utier absence of light reading and poetry . A monthly magazine is usually expected to be a sort of literary feast , in which a variety of dishes shall bo served up to suit the differing or changing ta-tes of those to whom n it presented . The Phalanx is a succession of ~ di .-hes ail of one sort . The grave , tne philosophising , the investigating , seem to be alone sought for as it 3 readers . We question that it will find enough of those to sustain it ; though we heartily wish it may .
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S , O 2 J"eTOitf . —At the Catholic Church of St . Gregory , Lougton , two sermons were preached by the Rev . J . Boardman , from Manchester , on Sunday last , for the bem-fit of the day and Sunday Schools connected with the above church . COVBNTSY .-On Monday last a public meeting was held to petition the House of Commons not to include this city in the Poor Law Amendment Act , but 10 lei ihe poor be governed by the local act ? , as has been the case for the last forty years . " BRADFORD . —Water . — -A correspondent complains that there 13 a great scarcity of good water in Bradford , and he hopes those persons concerned about the new water works will lose no time in getting them finished .
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PKOSECUriONS FOH IiLA . SPHE . MY . TO THE EDIT 9 R OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —In the Star of last week appeared a Ittter from Mr . W . J . Cuilton , of Hiriuingh ; im , giving an account of the arrest of Mr . G . J . ¦ ¦ Hylyoako , and Ilia committal to Gloucester Gaol on a charge o : blasphemy . In tbat letter your reaiiei 3 wutj informed that Mr . Holyoake was arrested without a warrant , and on hia committal was deipatcked to Gkmccitur hunclattFcd , a
la Chartist ! To . this 1 n-. ay add that his Christian (?) persecutors , having " cJutcatd their victim , intend to make suro . . game of him : to that end they refuse bail , unless tendered by parties they deem sufficiently '' respectable . " residing within s- ^ ven miles of Gloucester ! Poor Holyoake is friendless in that part of the country bail therefore on such terms is not to ba thought of . This : a not all ; they have deprived him of his baoks and papeTS , thus debarring him of tho means necessary for preparing his defence . Truly , tho tender nisrciaa of the saintiy wicked aio cruel ! , .
Mr . HoJyoakc ' s trial will take place at Gloucester on the 29 th or 30 th of the present month . He has a wife and two children , whose unprotected situation el ' uims the sympathy and assistance of all friends of freedom . Having thv iionour to rank oa the list of Mr . Holyoake ' s personal friends , I can b-jar iny testimony to his high moral worth and sterling--honesty of heart . The Chartists of Sheffield- know how ever ready Mr . Holyoake was to servo them while a reMuent in this town ; so " tar as they have the means , 1 believe I may bespeak i-hbir sj inpathy in his behaif . I am , dear Sir , Yours , faithfully , ' -George Julian Habney Sheffield , No . 11 , Hartshead , June 13 ih , 18-12 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 18, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct893/page/3/
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