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TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ . F earless , firm , and faithf ul , too , E yet -watchful , ever trne , ^ ccept this meed of praise from me , jj jc& in its pare sincerity ; Q rest , grand , and good , Jet one aad all U nite to stand , or by him fall J g obs of toil , and -watt , and -woe , 0 award "with yenr champion go ; C ease not till Truth and Justice roams 0 '« our land and in our homes ; N obly on your chieftain smile , U obly share his glorious toil ; O n with him your rights to claim , B ejoicins in bis honoured name . F . & ., STOtEEBIDGE .
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10 3 IT INFAIfT DAUGHTER . They » y & ** t * 1011 " * liie me ~~^ ** so ' perchance so mncb the -worse for tfcee , my child I Unless thy fate be diff Tent ; for defiled ¦ My nundhas been by sins that rise from -woe : But these fchoa kntw ' st not—may ' st thou never know Wistfal thy looks are , artless , bright , yet mild ; And som etimes , like a little wave , thy glee Makea thee all noise and motion—now they ge ! ljias legs , and eyes ail dancing merrily , 3 b tune to thy glad heart—Bad ! come to me , And I will cradle thee within my arms ; Or would st thon rather ride ? -why , thea , my knee Shall he thy horse . —Behold thy mother , there , G « zr 3-with jjy on tbee , e ' enmid ' si her household care
My classic babe , wordless as yet art thou , Bat words are wanted not ' twixt thee and mo ; Per , in thy eTery look and act , I see A meaning more than language e'er could show . Ibon tryst to Epeak my name , as on thy brow , I print the kiss of my paternity . Now-in thy grasp I feel my fingers press'd . Ah , little reci ' st tfcou , my young Alice ! how Thy sire is txil'd , octlaWd , and proscribe , Btcaase he loves the truth and lives unbriVd ; But , " spite of pain , one comfort still has blesa'd , That thy small needings are not circumscrib'd ! Thy mother comes to busn tbee to thy sleep , — One kiss!—now go—¦ while 1—no , tyrant * ; TD not weep . Battersea . J . "W .
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ONE AKD ALL . " One asd all , " is Cornwall ' s cry—One and all , let ns reply ; Hand to band , and heart to heart , Lrt us act a nation ' s part ; L-1 us fr = e our native isle Prom the rule of despots Tile ; And send apostles o'er the world TVi-h the Ciartist flag unfuil'd . One isd sil , let us proclaim He who bears a bondman's name , And seeketn not to cleanse its shame D ^ rves to live in scorn , and die "With the vilest things that lie G . -oTeiling on their mother earth , ¦ Mid stthe spawn which gavethem birth Earth will curse the dastard grave Of the mean and cringing slave .
One and all 1 let tyrants quail Now ttat sound is on the gale . Who dare meet a nation ' s frown . ' Who can ke ? p a nation down ? Millions cT ^ tt ! their rights as men Millions brave corruption's den ; Millions shcut , from sea to sea , " One and all " tre vi" be free . '
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ilEKRY ENGLAND . ' Qzci thou wert " ilerry England ; " and , when Providence did Wess , As a bride decked for her marriage , thou hadst on a fplrodid dress ; Thou wert thtn thy people's glory , and the poet ' s biihsst boist , And the shouts of " Merry England" did resound from coast to coast . Once tfeon wert " Merry England , " but thy dress was laid aside , Ana the bard who once sang of thee songht another source of pride j Atd the millions * who delighted thy illustrious fame to spread , Save left their mueh-lov'd father-land , -or repose amid the dead .
Once ikon wert "ileny England / ' and thy imitfil soil Was bliSt ; Thy daughters then knew happiness , and tby Bons had food and rest ; The blighting gusts of poverty and want were then unknoTm , And the p-asant seemed as hippy as the monarch on his throne . Once then wert " Merry England , " hut that time is pass'd away ; . And were it not that nM-ery reveals a happier day , "We wauld not for ence imagine then wert anything bfcJOTF , Bnt an isle of mortal wretchedness—an emporium of woe .
Thoa ' rt no longer " Merry England "— fairest island cf the earth , 3 > at a by-word to the children to whom thou gavest birth ; The jport of wi ' y statesinfn , and a prey to inward foes , While thy neighbours look with pleasure on thy heaving besom's threes . Thon"rt no longer " Mtrry England , " but a spectresaitten f jrm , "With thy bossm left uscover'd to endure the piercing storm ; ¦ While chills of -rant and misery are breathed in ererj gale—The widow'd and the fatherless their hapless lot
be-Thon ' rt no lencer " Merry England ; " for thy merry days are fled ; That cry is weak and pow'rle £ 3 while thy children call for " bread ;" And though eisploytd , as Gcd directs , sis days cat of the seven , They cannot get that Gcd ' s reward—the food allow'd by heaven-. Tbon ' rt no longer " Merry England ; " who would dare to call ihee so , "Would bnt meek thy painful sufTrings , add thereto another throe ; Tet thy sons , though toiling fruitless , would conceal tb 9 gloomy truth , Whilst thy dangttcrs in the fact ' ries spend for nought the hours of youth .
Once thou wert " Merry England" —wonld that thou irtrt so now ; Thit the damp : cg storms were past away , and the denes from c 3 " thy brow ; Then wenidst once more robe thy gay dress—be again the poet ' s boast , Aid the ihouts cf " Merry England" wo old be heard frcm Ce-aat to cozst .
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THE FLEET PAPERS . Vol . 2 , No . 23 . Oastler goes gaiiy on with his good work- of scourging scoundrels . His present and gome preceding numbers being devoted to a consideration of Sir Robert Peel ' s tariff ; he has been led into a dissef tation on the tendency and effect of free trade principles . He shews mosfc clearly that their inevitable tendency is to make honest men into thieves . We state , the case rather moreubluntly than he doe 3 , but such " is the fact . Mr . Oastler adduces some pretty anecdotes of middle class "honesty" and *'• religion" as illustrations of his argument ? , We give one or two of them : — " Thus far had I written , when I was interrupted by a valued and CiiTistian friend . I read the foregoing to him , when he saisl , ' How contrary are those principles to the Truths of God . Wr . at havoc do such theorks produce in every Cliristian church !' " Ha then exemplified his meaning by two anecdotes , i which are so yerj mnch to tte purpose , that 1 must ; detain you whilu I relate them . j " My friend , who is a highiy respectable , intelligent , ; and " very influential Wesleyan Methodist , said , 'The ! proceedings of some of our wealthy tradesmen are wicked in the extreme . I was ence transacting busi-; ness with a persen who had formerly been one of our
member ? . , When we had settled our business , he pointed to a pile of ribbon-boxes , about a yard high , and told me , * Those boxes contain ribbons which we sell from one shilling and threepence to two shillings a yard . We generally give from ono shilliDg to one shilling and eightpence a yard for them—I bought those to-day for threepence a yard . ' That bargain is worth . £ 600 to me . ' 'Now , he must have known . ' cortinntd my friend , ' That no ma ;] conid affcrd thtm at that price , and that he was , in tffiCt , buying stolen goods . ' If too many ribbons , under the circumstances , had not been produced , such a robbery could mt have bren committed under the plea of trade .
- " My mend also said , I remember , that one of our memberSj who was shopman to a member of our society , one © told me , that' be should be obliged to leave his situation , he could stand it no longer ; ' and then he related the foilowiEg facts : — ' Our master has a rule , that a certain sum ought to be Liken in the shop every day ; if less than that sum is taken , we are employed , aftet the shop is closed , lo look over th 9 invoices of goods which are not paid for , and we deduct from them , fcr short leEgths , until we have made up what our master charges as a fair sum for the profit on the amount we are short in ths day ' s sal . s . When the day is very rainy , and we have no customers , We not only defect ' . ct sbcrt Jer ' gths , bat we make abatements for liuliS wliicb never existed in the go-ads , until the amount of profits fixsd for the day is made up . '
" I remaiktd , ' Do not the sellers of the goods resist inch impositions ? ' My fritnd answered , ¦ The goeds are bought from agents , who cannot affjrd to ofiecd punctual payers . They prefer to make tx . uses to their pr ccipals ir . the country , who are generally persuaded to be . ' . utuStd . ' " I have fcince seen a very respectable LonJon fhepkeeper , vsho assures me , ' that th 2 systtiu of making up profits by such deductions is very common iuJetd . ' The rtcital of this fact will explain to many a poor
Weaver the reason why his master is so often enraged and Etorming about ' the impossibility of obtaining a profit , ' and urging bis takcrs-in ' to increase abatements and fines . ' This knavery in the roguish shopkeepers not only prevents their heneat neighbours frcm thriving , but it cestrcys all proper feeling between the manufacturers and their woik-people , and renders the whole 3 ysiesn one of unblushing viilany and of crael oppression , for see , Sir , how the manufacturers contrive to throw the fruit of this thievish system of the London ghopketpers upon the poor operative weavers .
"It is a singular fact , bnt it is . true , that a few daya before the conversation I have just related touk place , 1 was called upon by a very respectable operative , who is th « first cousin of an Earl , and whose uncle and grandfaihfcr were also Eails . ( When my poor friend told me . his pedigTee , I thought of Earl Fitztfiiiiam , his grand-children , and the coal-pits . ; This aristocratic labourer was intending to emigrate , being sick of the oppressions and viKanies of the manufacturers .
He infezEied me , ' that he bad left his last place , where he was a taker-in , [ whose occupation is to examine tho co-. tvn calicoes as \ hey come in from the weavers 3 He was was required to make up , in abatements , a certain sum per week . His conseienca would not allow him * to da so . His master expostulate with Mm , and urged upon him the necessity of compliance , saying , 1 That before be came , the bate-books , of which he had many , were always , on an average , nine shillints a week more than he ( my informant . ) had made his . " "
Such are the evidences of sympathy with poverty—Ench the proofs of high-mi . 'idednes * and principlegiven by the parties to rrhom the " intellectual " brawlers for union are so anxious to hand o ? er the ptople and theii movement ma * , for very spleen , because not allowed to do it—ihey move heaven , and earth to split up the union already subsisting among the people . '
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CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT , Friday , June 17 . The trial of John Francis came on this day . The court was full , but not over-crowded . Chief Justice Tindal , Mr . Baron Gurney , and Justice Pattcson , took their seats at ten o ' clock . The Attorney-General , tha Solicitor-General , air . Adolphus , and Mr . Waddington , were counsel for the Crown ; Mr . Clarkson for the prisoner . Colonel Arbuthnot , Colonel Wylde , and some other officers of tho Household , had seats on the Bench . Francis was respect-. ' ' "
ably dressed in a dark frock coat and trousers . He was dejected , and much altered since his examination at the Home Office . The indictment charged him with shooting at the Queen with a pistol loaded ¦ pith gunpowder and a bullet ; and other counts put the charge in various ways , —such as , that the pistol was loaded with gunpowder and certain other destructive materials unknown , and simply that the pistol was discharged in an attempt on the life of the Queen . He pleaded "Not Guilty , " in a very feeble voice .
The Attorney-General opened the case , laying down the law on the subject , and briefly stating the facts to be proved in evidence . He understood that no plea of insanity would be set up ; but that the prisoner would be admitted to have been in the full possession of his faculties at the ^ ime . The purchase of the pistol , and a previous intention of employing it , would be proved : but the Attprney-. Gencral acknowledged that he could not prove tho purchase of a bullet ; nor , a 3 it had bsen fired towarda an open space , could it be found . But thera weTe
thousands of substances that would serve the purpose of a bullet , —as a pebbje , a child ' s marble , or any irregular piece of lead . If it were argued that that gave the prisoner the benefit of a doubt , neither tho life of the Sovereign nor that ot' any one else would be safe . It was , he understood , to be allegod iu defence , that the act was a mere frolic : but the prisoner was adnntied to be sane ; and no sane persou could be guilty of s < ich heartless vrickednejs for the sake ot a joke ; while to admit the plea- would desiroy all safety for people's lives .
The first witness called was Colonel Charles James Arbuthnot , one of the Queen ' s Equerries . Ho ^ ave tho most distinct account , that has yet appeared of of the event of May 30 th— " My general position is about £ ve yards in the rear of her Majesty . Before we left the Palace on Monday , I had received an intimation which induced me to ride as close to her Majesty s . s I could ; and Colonel "W yldo , Prince Albert ' s Equerry , rode in the same position on the other side . Between six and seven o'clock , we were coming down Constitution Hill ; when , about halfway down the . biil , I observed the prisoner ; and on the carriage reaching him , he took a pistol from his side and fired it in tho direction of the Queen . As quickly as I could , I pulled up my hcrse and gave the prisoner into custody . Tho prisoner had before this caught" my attention ,-as appearing anxious to
see her Majesty . " The Colonel went on to" bay , that tho utmost distance from tho carriage who ?) Francis fired was seven feet . The pistol-was fired just as the carriage was ' passing . .. Tha cor : ' e £ o had been Koingat-the rate of eleven miles an hour ; but tho Colonel had given instructions at this spot to go faster , and the postilions were driving as fast as " . the horses could go , and he should say at the ra ' to of twelve or thirteen miles an hour . The Queen was sitting on the back-seat of the carriage , oa the sido nearest to the prisoner . The pistol stiuck the witness as being pointed in the direct line of hi r Majesty ; he heard the repoit , and saw the smoke and lire emitted from the pistol . A policeman stood within three yards of Francis ; the Colonel txclaimed , " Secure him ! " which was douo ; and he galloped on and resumed his post at the Queen ' s side .
Henry Allen , a private in the Scots Fusileer Guards , said thai he was twelve or fiiict-n paces behind tho carriage . Ha had seen the prisoner leaning on the pump just b-jfore ^ and as tho carriage came up he saw him step forward and present a pistol at the carriage ; he heard the report and saw tho flash . He had been ih the Army eighteen month ? , and had experience in firing with ball and blank cartridge ; and ho should 3 ay that the pistol was loaded with ball—it make 3 a sharper sound than a blank cartridge . Cross examined by Mr . Clark ? on , Allen said that he was a tailor before he was in the Army .
Here Cvhnel Arbuthnot was recalled and examined by the Bench as to tho sound of the report—'" The report was sharp and loud , but I did not hear the tvh ' z of a bail , in consequence of the noise of the carnage and eight horses . My opinion is that the pistol was loaded wiih something more than the powder anu wadding , from the sharpness and loudness of tbe report . That is a mere matter of" opinion . I do not think tnat powder only would made such a sound ; a blank-cartridge 13 a mere evaporation ot powder . This was : he report of apistol well rammed covrn and charged . " Mr . Patrick Fiiz ^ erald , who had served in tho Spmish 2 nd Portuguese armies' stated that he sitz .-d Francis on the kit as the Policeman sir zed him on tho right . Just as the carriage came up , he taw the
prl--ont-r raise his ri ^ ht arm , point a pistol at the open part of the carriage , and tire : he saw the flash and heard the repor ; . Colonel W y 3 de , Equerry to Prince Albert , corroborated Colonel Aibuihcol ' s Btaiemenfc . He stated that the Qaeen always sits on the same , the ri ^ li ' fivie of the carriage . lie stopped his horse waen Francis fired , and alighted j saw him in custody , and ordered hiua to bo taken to tho Pa-aco Lod ^ e . ThtTe the pistol wa 3 shown to the whness— "It wa « taken from the prisoner in my presence , and I am able to recognise it . I nm oi' opinion , from my knowledge of firearms , that it would carry fiuy or ?; xty pace ? . So good an aim could not bo taken with it as with a ! ar » er pistol , but at a short distance
it would be equally destructive . " " Allowing the distance at which it was discharged to bo seven itet , n'Gulil the wadding of rhat piswl be competent to do any person a mischief ?"— "Certainly . It would decidtdly wound the skin or face , or the eye , and h wouid be very likely to set Sre to tbe clothes of tho person at whom it wa 3 discharged . From the report there miut have been in it some very strong wadding to compress the powder or a bullet . That of cour » is only a matter of opinion . " "If it had not been a bullet , but merely an irregular piece of Vart or a Ftone , would that be calculated to do equal mischief ? "— ' Certainly ; more , perhaps , thaa a builet . " Francis appeared firm ; there was only a 3 ! i ^ h 5 agitation about his nose and l : p . When asked his name , he wis tdlent .
Williaui Trounca , a Police-constable of thn A division , had seen Francis loitering about for half an hour before the occurrence . He observed that us he looked at him , Francis went behind a tree . Tn-unce W 3 s not more than eno yard from the prisoner when he he ^ rd the report of a pistol ; he looked round and taw Francis in the act of preseutiug it . He fe : z- d binj at once . Mi- ^ s La-vinia Blanchard , of Union Place , Lambeth , saw Fra > ici 3 about , a- quarter of an hour buioro in earnest conversation with a young man . William Richards , a shoemaker , also saw the prisoner in conversation ; but was not sure that he taid any thi ng . James RouFsel ' , the inspector of police , searched the prisoner : on 1 im wert ; found an old inemorandum-book , a penny , and a little gunpowder . The pistol was still warin .
Other evidence rela ' ei to the previous movements of the prisoner . < Jc-i-r-e Pearson , a wood-engraver , saw h'm pre .-t- ? . t a pi .-tol a , the Queen on theSm- ' jHy , js the was reuir ' . iiig fr . ;; n the Chapel Royal : iiu exclaimej , " Tiny may tike me if they like—1 uou ' i care—1 was a fu < W J csui iiut t-ho ' ot htr ! " Ji > -eph li-jbf . vi Sin-et , shc ^ iaan to Mr . Havener , a pawnbroker in Totl'iil Sutet , sold to the prisoner Hit .-pistol tha / had bfc ^ n produced in court , on the 27 ih . Maj , iur 3-:. ' e p > iU for it . with rhrue fourpui . uypieces , r sixptnee , ; n-J the rest in Copper . litciiasxi
Pritciard , an oi ru ^ n m . Lower Laton S-ject , Piinlico , sold hiiu a fl ai on the same aay . Thi-mas GouiU , of Yt-rK ^ i < t-r . , Westminster , gold him a haitpsniiy-woith « . t ttnij > owder on the 27 ? r . ; ana Anne Briss ^ k ;» : c ! hini an ouccc on tho 30 ih , iu Hrewor S . reet .: i ) f- pj- d twopence for it without asking tLe price . LYc-iia Fors : tr , > aid thai Francis ha > J jjiid hair u bit ] . n h-. r . house , 1 C 6 , Great TiciiiitJu St ' . c-, tor 3-. a win !• : : he It ft ln-r loogng on tht , v 7 ' -h May ; havjn ^ been out of work for some time before .
Wiihara Gore , one of the Queens Gnu-m ^ , who had bu-u sumtnon' >< tiut not examined by thi-c u : ;?<; i for tlie Crovrn , v > -a ~ pr » j-s examined by . Mr . C ) ai > . ~ ou ; i : o bani that Ik- hv- riding six or seven yards btiiind Coiunel Arbu ; biiui . The pistol was tiis-charged Ot ' . wecu them ; an-i it seenied to him to be pointed u : tne hind-wiifrl <> t' the carriage . For ihe oti ' iuce , Mr . C 3 arksun commented on the evid :-. ce with a view to prove it inconclusive of lh « charge . ¦ He exj / rt-. —eel some indiguaiioii that he should have be-, u supposed capable of sngfcesiiiig that the pistol ha-J b t-u fired as a mcre / cudc joic : was not the ca ?> - cij-gusting and abhoneiii tiiov . ^ h without that ? Fruucia ' s previous distress , and his
courting deu-CF . on slVr the attempt , would yrove his in ti . t . Had iiie pistol been loaded wiih any destruciivo mi ^ le it was impossible that it could have been discharx ' . d without injuring the Qu ^ cn , Colonel Arluthuoi , oi his horse . Two years a ^ o the rnoroid-feeling and vanity of another person had induced him to crDmit the desperate act of firing two loaded piston : he had been taken cart ? of and provided for : a < id was it imposfcible that the prisoner , in the di tressed slate in which ho was proved to be , unatm to pay his . iodging , with only a penny in his pocket , should have committed the act iu tho hope of Dwug provided for in a similar manner ? He reiud on the clemency aud mercy of the Jury .
The Solicitor-General replied ; contending that though there was no direct proof of the pistol ' s being loaded , and the Jury could come to mo other conclusion ; whatever Francis's motive , he jnusthave had a criminal desigD . Chief Justice Tindal summed up . He told the Jury that , if they were satisfied that the pistol was
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loaded with a bullet , that would be proof of the criminal design ; or even if it was loaded only vyith wadding , but fired so close to tho Queen as to do her sf vero bodily harm j an overt act of high treason would be in ade out . : ThO Jury r ^ red aUwentyralnutes to fow 0 ' cloClC They returned , into court at fivo minutes past five ; and the foreman stated that they foundthe prisoner " Guilty on the second and third counts ; not that the pistol was loaded with a bulled but rhafc it was loaded with some destructive substance besides the wadding and powder ; When he heard that statement ,.-Francis- turned very pale . Being asked what he had to say why sentence should not be pronounced upon him , ho madonoreply . i
Chief Justice Tindal , after a brief address to the prisoner , pronounced the following sentence— " That you , John Francis , be taken from henco to the place from whtnee -you , canaej that you be drawn from thence on a hurdle to the place of execution , and that you be hanged by the neck until you ho dead i thai your head be afterwards severed from your body , and that your body be divided into four quarters , to be disposed of in Buch nianner as to her Majesty shall setm fit . And the Lord have mercy on your soul !" At the conclusion of the sentence the prisoner fell fainting into the arms of the gaolers ; and he was led away sobbing piieously .
Satutday \ Juner 18-TRIAL OF THOMAS COOPER , EOR THE M-UR . DEIt OF DALEY , THE POLICEMAN . Thia being the fay appointed for the trial of Thomas Cooper , who stands charged with the wilful niuTAer of Timothy Dsley , a policeman of the N Division , the Court was crowded long before the usual hour of comin ' enciiig procee'ding& . Precisely at tun o ' clock the Learned Judges , Mr . Justice Patteson and 51 r > Baton Garuey took th « ir seats on the bench , and tho prisoner was immediately placed at the bar . . : He appeared to be still very weak from the effect * , of the poison ¦ which h « ha < l taken . His cwi . teDaiice wis very p ; ile , and on bis first Pntering tte Dock , he looked rather anxiously round the Court . He sat down , for a short time , - between two of the turnkeys , but stood up "when the Clerk of the Arraigns proceeded to read the in ^ ictmenta .
The flr ^ S imlictraent on which the prisoner was arraigned w . i 9 the one which charged him with having , on the 5 th of May last , in the parish of ¦ Sfc * Alary , Islington , feloniously discharged a loaded pistol at Chatle 8 Moss , a poVictnian , with intent to kill and murder him . Thure was a second count , which charged tho prisoner ' s int-nt to be to prevent hia lawful , appreiien&ion . To this mdictinent the prisoner pleaded not guilty . He was next arraigned on a similar indictment , which
charged him with having feloniously discharged a loaded pistol nt Cb .-irles Mott ( the baker ) , lo which ha also pleaded Not Guilty . He was then arrai «?! ed on an indictment , which charged him with thu wilful murder of Timothy Darloy . i a po ^ ceraan , by firinq ; a pistol &t Lim loaded wich ball , au . l tbeTOby-ii . fl . ctiri ^ a mottal wi , und , of wh : cb he p . ftww ; irds died . ; T / ie prisoner aguin pleaded Not Guilty ; and lastly , he was arraigned ¦ T / a tne Coroners Inquisition , which charged him with the-wilful murder ot Daley . To this he also pleaded Not" Guilty .
Tho Jury were therefore eharged , and tfco first indictment proceeded with was thtit which . charged the prisone . with the wilful murder of Timothy Daley , the policeman . The prisoner , after having been given in charge to the Jury , was allowed to resume his seat . Mr . Bodkin then rose , and stated tho case on the part of the prosecution . He comiuoncad by imploring tbe Jury to dismiss from their minds any Statements wliich they might havo previoiisly heard or read res : pecting the c ; iso on which it would th ' . t < 1 ay be their Gjtfy to decide , and to bo guided only by ths evidence which it woul ' -l be bis duty to lay before ihetn . The Learned Counsel then stated the facts of the case at great leng > h , !» Bd said he li . id reason to believe thiit thera was no intention on the part of the priaoner ' s
Counsel to dispute any ono of those facto , but . that tbe defence , -which w ;; s intended to be set up fur him ¦ was , that he was not in a sound state of mind at the tiiiie ¦ when ho couuui ' teil tho several offences inijjuted to him . Should euc ' a be his defence , it must not rest on mere assertion , but must , in order to hava any weight with t !« Jury , be clearly and satisfactorily proved by witnesses . In conciuion , the Learned Gentleman said he had heard that . the ' part ' . of tha defence iutezided to ba set up on the part of the pmonei was , that the iiec >; ased constable was not authorised to take the prisoner iuto custody at the time be attempted to do so , on a mere runi ' ur that ti ; tJ prisoner had fired at a pilieeman . He ( vir . Bodkin ) vr ; ts confident that the . Le : i ) ' « t ; d Judges would be of opinion that there was no tfround for fcuch an oi'jtction . After some further ebpervations the Lenrned Counsel called the following witnesses : —
Ch . irtes Mew , 162 of the N division of pilica , stated tb ; . t ou lbe 5 th of May , in ths afternoon he was on duty nc ? . r Hornsey-Wood ,, whuiv lie saw a RH » itl « nian wa'kins in a lan-: > there , who wore a lTiassive fiuntih of pold seals , chain &c . He waafoliowed by the { jrl * i , ; n « r , of Vrhom ¦ witntB'J t'wk particuiar notice , suspverin ^ that it wns his i . ter . tion to rob the srontleman , and lie wiis the ' more induced to do this bica « so ho h ; wi Ttceived infonuation tbut some ' gentlemen Lad Vrry recently been stopped in tbatneifihbouriiiiod , and rubt'td by a ptrson answering the dtseription bf tlie pi-honer . The prisoner maiio no attempt to re > b the ^ i ? < itUman , but went into au a < ijoinit'K field , and witness followed him , and seeing that ha had a pisU > l , asked what he ¦ was ( loin * thero ? to whion he repiieil , nptbiox particular .
Witness told him that , unless he could p-. v « \ i more F :: titfactory account of hiniself he shonld f ^ el it to be lus duty to tako him into custody . Upon "which the prisoner presented a pistol at him , and which , oa witness ^ oicg towrnis him for tbe purpose of appiv-hending him , he discharged , and thereby ' wounded witness severely iri ' -tbtt arm . Ho laid hold of the prisoner , hut soon found : 'himse lf so "wtak that he wa « compelled to let hiCT go again . Tne pTisoner then waiked -xway , tut witntss f : ) 116 * . vrd ¦ l ; im , calling loudly far assistance , on which the prisoner iminediateiy presented auother pistol , Bn < l aai i he would shoot witness di-ad if he followed him any further . Netwithstftndnif < thia threat witness followed him across the fields as fa . st as ho was able , . in « l the- prisoner thereupon < ir >) W a large carving knife apparently from his trowstra , and said bo wouid do fur witness if ho followed him any further . Witness continued to call for assistance , aiid followed
the prisoner until his excessive weakness prevented him from going any further . S : > me persons , h <> wfcrer , beard his cries , anrt went in pursuit of the prisoner . Several witDtssts were then called , who proved that , on ht ; inng the alarta givtn'by Muss , and seeing toe prisoner running away without a bat , they went in pursuit of him across the fields , a distance of nearly two miles . au 6 that whi ^ e so following him , they saw the prisjxier s * op and re-load one ot his pistols , after which h « contiuued his flight , and they at length came up with him at a place calltd Highhury Park South . ( This ponton t f the evidence it is unnecessary to give at -length . ) The next important testimony was that relr > . tivo to what occurred at Highbury Park South , on . -arrival ' at which place , and whin nearly opposite the : house of a senUeman named Warri . 'n , the prisoner placed himeeif with his back against a-nie pailings , and pulling out u . brace or pist > l 3 . and holding one iu each hand , civrod any oi bis pur ^ ui-rs to approach him .
J ha \ V . Yt >« tJf , ' , a waiter at Hornsey Worn ] Hcuso , stated ihat on bfuring the alarm given , ho and others followed tbii pvis'intr , aud at length camtup with him at riiyuburj-piirk Smth . Among the puthums were Howard , a baker- Alott , another baker , Turnbull apd Smith , two gartities , em ployed in thoneighbourhood ; and ail of whom were subsequently exaiiiined as witnussies , and their tvidtneo , which did iipt vary in the sliiihtest degrpe , vcox to this effect that ufttr tl . o prisontr hud put his back to the palings , and pulltd out the pitta is , Dil ' V , vt . o d » ceused , caVU . duivou him . to iiirnuuer , but wliich . however , horofused to i ' o . . That Dal-y the p . -iid that he did not then think the pihtcls the prisoner hart in his hands were loaned , on which t ; e prisone said that they were , and that if any pereon he
t ^ r . ct . ed Mm they bhould have t ; coiiteuta . Tua , t ¦ iiott , tbe b , ; In'r , btooped down , and rut > he < i upon the prisoner , apparently with the intention of sea ; n ^ him by the leps and throwing him down ; but btfore Mott succeeded in lajins hold of him the prisoner ili-ed . one of the pis ? ,. ild at . ' Him and wounded him m . vei-cly iu the arm . That hereupon . ; tho ' -. deceased . ruabed on the prisoner , for the pus pose of eecuring hitiu wlvn the prisoner dtliberat ) y aimed another pistol at hiia , rind shot hiiu through * -the body . . That tho policcinan fell acd died aim' tt iKinu-dutely , and that as soon as the prisoner bud flrtd the second pistol the bystanders closed in upon . In ' in . ' ind sccuivd him . -Having , doue so knife which ii
they took iroin iiii .-i a iar ^ o carviDg « had iu his Uuuavis . On bting disarmed , the prisoner said , " now you Uava tukea allmy weapons from E \ ts ,,-t will make no f urther iesirtance . I EurrciicJiir . niystlf , but don ' t use mo ill . " After being secured and tied in a niarner tbat prevented all possibility o ' i tsciivt ) , the prisoner w * s cuiiveyt-a to the ttation-hnusa on lyllmjton fireen , and on the . way there , belng ' -a ^ kedby ' .-Turntiulii . how bu came to no &uch a thing , he s > i < l . - ' I would hilVd aerv « d you [ he same . " Tho evidence cf Air . Prury , a surgeon , who-. examined . 4 ho decfcascd , aud who also attended the wounded peispns . Molt and irloss , concluded the case on the part of the prosecution .-. ' .. ¦ '•' ..-. -- -, ¦ ¦¦ , ¦ ¦ •'¦' : ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦¦ . ' ..
Air . Horry then rose , and addressed the Jury on the part of the pribontr , and after some preliminary reworks , said tbat the defence he had to urge on his behalf was that 11 e mB insane at the time he committed the offtnee with which he stood charged , indeed , he should contend that the vezy act ifceif was . a proof of insanity , viewing all the circumshmees under wbittb , it was committed . In many cases a suicide where the object was to protect the goo < 5 s of the self ' murderer from being forfeited to the Crown , very slight evidence indeed had been admitted as proof oi insanity , and surely in a case where the life , and not merely the property of a fellow-creature was at stake , the jury ought to be satisfied with that evid « nce which hid been deemed fcufficient in the cases to which he had alinded . The Learned Gounsel then alluded to the evidence in the cases of Lord Castlereagh , Earl Munstor , and other persons wno committed euicida , and asked whether any distinction as to proofs of insanity ought
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to be drawn in the cas 9 > sf a man / who murdered himself , and he who murdered any- other person , and said if the Jury were allowed to come to a charitable conclusion in the one cass , they ou ^ lit to ba allowed to do so iii the other . "He then alluded to tbe sligLt proofs of insanity tbat hnd been admitted and acted upon in several ; ca 3 es whera Commisaions of Lunacy had been issued , and said that he was prepared in the present case with much stronger evidence as to the insanity of the prisoner . ? heLsarned Counsel then went through the evidence adduced on the part of the prosecution , ^ nd said that the conduct attributed to the prisoner by the several witnesseH showed more clearly that he was not In a sound state of mind . After some furlher general remarks npon the waole case , the Learned Counsel called .
Mrs . Cooper , the prisoner ' s mother , / who deposed to various acts on the part of the prisoner , which indicated that the prisoner was insane , . but a-3 her relation to the prisoner might be supposed to influence her evidence , wo prefer giving that of other witnesses , by whom it was con&rmed . Hannah Soathall stated that she had lodged with the prisoner ' s mother about eighteen months . Ho ' wasof a strange bshiiviour at times , and did not act at all like a sensible joung man . He had many childish ways with hinii : Sihehad frequantly htard him csmplain that he was weary of his life . She knaw of his having taken laudanum for the purposa of destroying himself , and saw his mother give him some castor oil and walk him about th « room , for tke purpose of recovering him . Hi was ill for a fortnight after . When the prisoner had any money he spent it foolishly in pastry and tarts , and such things , andnotas a sensible person would do . He once bought a silver watch , and after taking it to places , sold it to a Jew for Is .
El'zi Lloyd said she had known the prisoner ' s mother for about eight .-years . ' - ' Had lodged in the same house with her two . years ; that was abotit four ysars ago . Knew on one occasion the prisoner tried to hang himself . Witness afterwards saw him lying on bis mother ' s bed , and q . uite blacii in tho fa » e . He was insensible for a long time . WKon fie recovered , and was asked how he came to do it , ho said thaS he was weary of his lifo , and wished to destroy himself , ihe prisoner was much affected on the death of hia father . On heai ing of tbat event he faivj ted , and was i ; sensible for severalminutes .
He afterwards said that La hasl setn his fathar come out of his ^ r . iva . U itness recoliect ^ ii sevin % tko prisonep burn two Dutch elock ? . He said that they were castles which had been eatrustet to him to defend * and that he wou ' . d net allow any one to approach theim Witness s , % id tliat if she were his mother she would not permit him to be st Jarge . Hn , i heard him say that he had been converted , and thtt he was a child of God . . Cross-examined—Did * ' uos know of his going to any chapel . Hq was an industrious young man , and would work when ha could get it to do .
Mrs . Sutah Bowdler aUtted tlsat shehad lodged at the house of tbo prisonpy ' s mother , and that oa one occasion the prisoner told her that iio would hang himself . She replied , " Why , you must be oiit of your mind to thizik of such a thing . " He said , " Never you mind if 1 am . " He on another pecasioa asked her to lend him sixpence ta purcbase sumo arsenic , in onftv that ho might raako away with liimsblf . Witness refuseci ta Itt biai have tho nirtnoy , np ; . n which he said that he would get it from somebody e se . SbehJidfi-eqneutly heard him say that he wa 3 weary of his life . Once , when ho was ill , he-said tlia . t the Devil was coming to fetch him .
Robert Bowdler , a son of tho last witness , stated that the prisoner had requested him t ) purchase arsenic for himi but he refused lo do so . Oa one occasion be produced a pistol , and asked witness to let him , shoot at himi . ' He was frichtened , aud ran away , oh which the prisoner said , "I thought you was not game enough to let me tlo it . " Crosa-exaniihed—I never saw the play of William Tell performed , where a father shoots at an appta on his son' / hta / J . Had frequeiulyseeu tliepri .-oneryutont a cindle with a piscol loaded vyith powder only . E . lward Coopar , a -brother ; oJ the prisoner , aged eleven y 6 aM , proved that tho priaoner had attempted to destroy , himeel by taking arsenic about four months before ho was apprehended on the present charge . '
James Cooper , another brother , stated that the prisoiwr had once attempted to commit suicide by hanging himsf-lf ; tbat was Rbou » five year 3 ago . A . boat six months sincd witness sas ? tlio prisoner suddenly drink aqoii thing out of a bottle , and say on haying done so that he bad taken enough to destroy his life , His brother gave him some castor oil , which prevented the poison froai taking tfi ' uot . Had frequently seen him with pistols in his possession . He has cfcen threatened to shoot witness without any provocation . Mr . Boflkin roplied upoii this evidence , and contended at great length , that there was nothing in it
that would warrant the Jury in coming to the conclusion that . the priswnsr was insanu ? bat in addition to this ; ha said he had witnesses to prave , not only thst thii prisonor u-ns perfectly sane at the time of the ' commission of th « offVn&rt charged against him , bnt that he had been ho fcr soaie time previously , and had so continued since ho had bten in custody . The Learned Counsel then called two i . idics , who had b ? .. n stopped by the prisoner near Homsey , shortly before his appreheasion on ttw present charge , and who swore that he present , d a pitij . at tfceui , : iud demandad their money . They did . not consider that 2 ie exhibited aay symptoms of insanity .
Mr . Mncmurlo . tho surgeon of Newgate , i > tatcd that he had attended the prisoner daily sines his commitment to tb ' iit prison for trial . Hts had watched liis conduct narrowiy , ana had never observed any symptoms of insanity about him . Ho bad no reason whatever for supposing tbst tne prisoner was a person of unsound mind . . Crms-cxtmined—Had watched the prisoner more particuliiViy eincb be knew that his defence was to be that ho was ii ; san . e . Mr . Cope , the Governor of Newgate , stated that be ha . 'i'visiUfd . tho piiaoaer daily sii . ee fee had been ia Jjis cbsrg' ? . Had nev « ir observed tbo elightesfc symptoms of inyiiiity about him .
George \ Valdington , the jailor of the Clerkenwell Police-court , stated that the prisoner had been in bis cusU-dy Bevev'vl times on various charges . He b : id ?! ever observed any thing irrational about him . Prisoner was placed under his care when apprehended on the preseut charge . He was very talkative to witness , end when witness remarked that tlie present was a bad job , acd tho worat tin ) prisoner had ever been engoged in , the prisoner replied it was , but that , if he ( witness ) had aUemt-ted to tako him into cu ^ tady , he would have sbot him at occe . II « afterwards said that be wished that it had b ^ -n the Inspector Penny he had shot instead cf Daley , tUo piiliceman , because he ( Penny ) had once dona Lih ( prisoner's ) mothLT an injury . Witness on a Kubstqueutoccapiontold him that
MotL had euITered much from a quantity of grass remahnh . ' ? on his wound , on which tae prisoner said that h « . wa 3 obliged to load the pistol with grass instead of wadding , because he had got no paper about him . The prisoner ' s mother was present at this timo , and she advised him to pray to God for forgive : ess of his sins , upon which he said to her "Don't bother me , I have had prtacbing enough already . ' Crosa-examined r—When the prisoDCr waa iu tbe . lock-up he endeavoured to take down a sword , but witness prevented him , and asked him afterwards what he intended doing with it , whtn he replied , that he intended to destroy himself , adding , " I would have killed you , George , if you Jh ^ . d tried to prevent , me . " Mr . Horry replied upon this evidence , after which . Mr . Justice Patteson prccevdecJ to sum up the whole of the case , and in doing so his Lordship said , tliat the facts of the case were very sh- rt . The rosin question f jr the consideration of the Jurj waa , the state of tiie prisoner ' s mind at the
time when he committed the offence imputed to him , and on that point they bad btfore them the evidence of the prisoner a mother , and sevwal- other persons who ba'd known him for son ; c consiritrablo time . Hia Lordship read over the whole tf this tyitience , and coinineotod upon the various portions of it as he proceeded . And , with regard to . i remark that the prisoner ' s Couu-8 fe \ fcavi mude , that the very act whicb the prisoner had committed was a . proof of insanity , his Lordship said that it would be a most dangerous thing to society to iiifttr . insanity from tho ; itrocity : of mtn ' s action ? . His Lordship then adverted to the manner in which the pTisomjv had conduct « a himseif throushput tho entire transaction , and asked if thtre waa any thing in that confiuct indicative of insauity . His Lordship concluded by telling the Jury , that if th ^ y entertained any reasosable doiibc upon ti '/ e rostter , it waa their cJuty to give the pvisoiitr the benefit < f it ; but if they did not , it was their boundsii < luty to flnd the prisoner guilty . . ' ' . ' ...
Mr . Harker , the u ^ her the Court , having in the usual manner said , " Consider your verdict , geutlenieri , " the jury rose , ^ ronped togethtr for an instant , and then resnmed their sftata . The clerk ef the arraigns said , ¦ . Gentlemen , are you agreed ? " The foreman answered ¦ ' Yes , '' and delivered a verdict of " Guilty . " The prisoner was thea ordered ta rise and stand at the bar . He did so with a louueing swing , and looked towards the bench With 3 aavage scowi . ¦ ' When asked by the cleik of . the . arraigns ; in the usual form , vshat he had to say wliy sentende cf death sfcoulcl not be passed upon him acc-Jtuing to law ? he made Bo KpJy . ¦ ' .. .- ¦ . -. . - ¦ . ' . . : ¦ ¦ ¦ .:- ¦ ¦ " . ¦ - ¦ • ¦ - : ¦ ¦¦• .:.: ¦ . The judges tfcen put on tha black caps , and Mr . Barker made the proclamation ebjjining . silence upon all persons in tbo caurt whpe sentence of death was passing upon the viiBoutr . ¦
Mr . Justice Pattison then , addressing the prisoner , Baidt—Thomas Cooper , the jury , after a long and patient investigation of your casOj have found that you were in a sound state of uiind when you deprived the policeman , Timothy Daly , of life ; and no person who has heard tfle evidence given this day , and has attended to it with the same care 6 r attention that the jury have given to ifc can for a moment doubt of ^^ tfeeir having coina to a right conclusion . With reBpect to the facts of the case itself , it appears tbat : you went out on the 5 th of May last , arnied with loaded pistols , whether for' the purposes of robbery or not I cannot say ; but you appear to have before committed two highway robberies , presenting pistols at the parties , robbing and threatsninig ; those persons" iiyes . ' Whether you were out on a similar errand on tfee 5 th of May , I cannot say ; but it appears that on that occasion you met with the policeman ftlosp . Oh seeing him you ran away , and upon hia following you and expressing hifl deter-
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mination to " take y * a into enstody , yon threatened to shoot him . A struggle took place between you , and when he attempted to take you into custody , you fired a pistol at Wm . -and wounded him seriously . Tou tnen at * . empted to escape , but being oTertaketa and surroohaed by tho parties who followed you * . amongBt whom was tho unfortunate deceased , you fired two pistplB , with one . of which . you severely wounded an individual , and with the other you deliberately elict Daly dead The culprit , yrhp had been leaning on the bar and scowling avthe judge , heriB looked round the ^ ooorti and seeing Inspector Penny standing near the * witnegs-bax , juat under the dock , he suddenly leaned over the bar . Penny , however ^ was out of his reach , and the turnkeys who had been standing behind him , immediately closed np , and laid their hands upon him at each side . He gave the inspector a most ferocious look , and shook his flat'viulently at him . v w
Air . Justice Pattison gaz 3 d at the prisoner for a moment in sileDce ; and then said , Yon had better listen to me . Ton had better listen tame , pri 3 Gr , er , instead of shaking your fist at any one there . As £ have before said , you wounded one of the persons who attempted to appehend yoa , aad yoasenfc the policeman ; D 3 ly , ont of the world on a sadden , unprepared to meet his Maker . The act yoa have cotnmitteii was one of great atrocity , one to thei commission of wtitch yo . oi have baen led bya long course of dissolute habits , and you did it with the intention of resisting the officers of justicewhen they were about io tike you into custody . Yen said to your mother , when she told you to pray to . ( Jod to pardon your bouI , " that you did riot want to be bothered with any more
preaching ; you had bad enough of that . " Whether you fcavp come to any better state of mind since that I do not know ; but I recommend yoa , ' during tho short time you have now to live , to do so—to address yourself to femnt prayer , and tt > try to obtain mercy and pardon from God , through the merits of our Lord and Saviour . Your life has bien forfeited to your country , and I would not be doing my duty wcie I not to tell you that there is no hope for yoa of receiving pardon ,. I think it right to tell you that yoa huvo not the slightest hope cf pardon ^ I fear you-are not in a proper state of mind at present : but I trust that you will try to obtain , by fervent prayer , the
pardon of your Creator in another world I earnestly entreat you to apply the short time Which you have now to live in supplication ta the throne ef the Aimightyy who sees and knows all things . It only now remains for aie to pass upon you tha awful sentence of the law , which most undoubtedly will be carried into effect It is tbat you be taken back to the place from whence yon came , and that you be takeu thence to the place of public execution , there to be hanged by the neck until you are . 'dead ; that your body be buried within the precincts of the gaol ; and may the Lord have mercy on your soul . '' , /; - .-. ¦ ; ¦¦ - .. '" . ... ' : * ' ¦¦ .. ¦ ' '¦ : . The ueber replied , * 'Amen . "
At the sound of . the ' ^ amen , " the prisoner , with a look in which the most demoniacal rage and ferocity seemed to be concentrated , grasped the large-ffioraliat * bottle-which is screwed upon the bar o ! tho dock , and made an effort to wrench it off . What ; his object could ha . 78 been , wa are , fortunatelyi . nnasle to tall ; for , luckily for , the personal safety of tlie Learried Judges , or whoever else may have been destined for the salute , the iiikbottie was securely fastened , and the tarnk&ys who had kept close to the prisoner from the momaHi of bis threatening action towards Inspector Penny , imiraediately removed him from the bar . , The trial Listed a few minutes more than thirteen hours . ' ' . ' , ' . '¦'¦ . ¦ ¦ '' .. . : . -- - ¦ ' : - , . , . ¦ : -.
Mr . Justice Paltison , after tbe prisoner had been removed , intimated to the counsel for the prosecution ^ that by / a recent Act of Parliament , the Judges ware enabled to award a sum cf money to the widow and orphans of persons who had loaf their lives in the performance of their public duties . They would therefore order the sum of £ 50 to be given to the widow of Daly He regrttted that the law did not recognise the ii £ -ht of Mess , theother policeman , as he had no direct authotity for the arrest of Cooper in the first instance Howover , tke great courage and praiseworthy cotiouct which he and tlie baker Mott had both exhibited were such that ha ( the Learned Judge } had no doubt but tbat an applicAtio : to the proper quarter would have the effect of procuring them each a handscnia reward , which wafl duo to them both for their admirable conduct , and for the severe and tedious sufferings they had endured .. . . * The Court then broke up .
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DESCRIPTION OF THE NAVAL ATJTOMATO- \\ iuTtnted by J . A . Etzleb , and lately Paiented in England , France , Holland , Bslsus , and the ' United States of North America .
Ibis inTeation is a system fey "crhich—1 . One man is ei ^ bled to manage the Bails in an easy . qaick , and certain mode , on any vessel , by tie poTFci of the wind itselL 2 . Tha -waves propel the vessel , pusp oat the water , and do the other heavy wor £ s ( a new motive power , much tnperiDr to any ef steam ) , requiring but a cheap and simple machinery , and no fuel , ri'Ji further sttenoance of man beyond that if the man st the helm , —applicable to the Bmaliest as well as the greatest vessel . 3 . The same power may be joined to those of wind
acd of Bream , and vessels may be propelled at tbe lowest average rale of twenty miles per hoar . 4 . lbe game poorer is an infallible means to prevent shipwrecks , by driving the vessel from dangerous places under any circumstances . 5 . Is affcrded a new motive power , { which costs Birthing but a simple contrivance ) , of any amount desired , even of thousands of horses , within the coHpaas of fifty feet , to drive all sorts of stationary machines ( millB , factories , && } near the coaEt .
london : 'Wilson and O ^ ilvy , 57 , Skinner-street , &io' » } iIIL Tiie tide of this pamphlet is so full thai we need * dcl nothing to it as an indication of its purpose and watenis . Not being practically versed in scientific natters we hazard no opinion on the weighty matters npon which it treats ; but the snbject is one of » 3 aoch importance to the public generally that we * wBk it the imperative duty of all who are capable 5 « forming an opinion of its merits to examine and aspect Mr . Etzler ' s plan .
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THE VISjON OF MYCHENOB . ( Adapted from the French . ) * *¦*¦*¦ Oppressed T ? ith the iabongrsand fatifjaes of the day ,-I threw myself down to rest , and behs'dl while yet sleeping , the feilowing vision appea ^ di unto met ^ - * : " ' ; ' ¦ ; - . ¦ ¦' . ' ¦' ¦¦ : ¦¦ ; ¦ , -- - . ¦ ¦ .- '" . " . ' ¦ •; " ' ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ Mcthcugat I stood by a wide extended plain , throngej by an iwriiensa multitude of fturnan beings ; old men , grey with nets-, striplings , and children of a year , were there ; and fr : > m . out nf thei whole of this vasVmultitnde arose one 2 roaa ° f suffering , one voice of weeping and lamentation , and my eyea were filled with teara at seeing taeir g&unt and bony forwB , End the cry of their complaint entered into niy soul , and I turned to an a ^ ed uir . ri who leaned mournfully .-.-upon a staff ;
wherefore , fitter ' , said I , do these people nioorn ? la th-fr-kfng 'deai'l ' ? . '" ¦ Do they weep for a chieftain , ot cpiiquiiror ? But the old man shook bis hoary locks ; aud raising hia hand , pointed towards the south . And behold I a mist , aa it we ' re , fell . 'from niy eyes ; and afar off , I beheld a mighty Form standing : before a nit'tintam ; and the Form ' s hsigkt was ' even from the foot to the- summit thereof . And passing through tha . crowd , I flrow near unto it , that I might look upin the canse of the people ' s sorrowing . And I saw the Form was haajan , and had features like unto man ; and he wora an iron crown and on hi 8 forehead was writton * " Gjverument ; " and hia eyes shot flre ; and in his h ; m < 3 s he held a whip of scorpiona , on which was
written " Laws ; " and his aspect was terrible to looK upon . And behold , as I drew nfearer , I discovered that the For'ii hal tvro face 3 ; and looking towards it , I beheld the second face , and its features were pkasing to behold , ' and it smiled sweetlyy ; and the tones of ita voice were . bland and mnaic . il , and the gsza of tha second face was directed to the mountain top . And ! behold , in the mountain top were gathered together a few men an d a few women , and a sumptuous repast was spread bi-fore them ; and . plenty seemed to abound ! with them ; each was dressed in purple and fine linen , neither seenied there any end of tbeir dJamonds aad jewels , and I htard no groans or lamentations from them . .. . . '¦' - . ' ¦ ¦" . :- ; : ¦' .: ¦"' . ' . " . ¦ '¦ ' ,
Audmcthought , seeing -these things , I was ptzzTad , and astonishment kept me silent And behold , g ; z ! ng again upon the multitude upon the plain , I saw all were not prostrate and weeping , some hero and there were gathering together into groups , and organizing themselves , ad throughout , the whole extent cf the plain were signs o * f a mighty movement And looking ; I flaw a great river running by the side of the mountain ; and niany laden ships were on it , and the people looked anxiously towards ; them , but * the river was chained across , aud the Form took half of all that passed . And gszing . more attentively I perceived that the hands of the Form were iron , aad its feet clay , and I saw written on its breast in blood ,: " Glass LegiBlation . " And behold , iu a short time , the features of the Form .
were convuised with agony ; and forth from its brain arose an infant child , and it stood on the iron crown , and its appearance was hailed with joy from lie mountain , but from the plain no sound of joy arose , and the Formseeing this waxed furious , ; and brandishing his whip , he spoke , " Slaves , behold your future kiDg , fell down and worship him . " And behnli suddenly I heard Srcm one exiremity of the plain even unto the other pue loud l&ngh of derision , arid turniutt . I beheld the whole people gathered together and p ; z ' cg : with looks of haSre ( l and contempt upon the Form , and the people were calling for lea ^ rs to show them how to overthrow it . And the Form seeing this , trembled , end said within itself , ? ' If the people c » mfcinuB thus !¦ : am undone * I must divert ihehf eaz 8
from my own deprayity . " Sayicg this , the Form sent cunning . men amongst the people to Ehew them the eause of their misery and they lectnred . them , and strove to make them believe that too many people lived in the land ; end they published books , and talked of pas , and emigration . But the people hooted thum ont from the midst of them ; and would not evtn so much as listen unto thens ; Then the Form sent mild and meek-faced men to teach the people ouedktwe ; and these men went forth , and spoke of poverty and misery as beEeflts from heaven , sent from i'bpva to prepare them for another and a better world . Ttsc-y eaid itwas sinful , and wicked , to complain ; and that " thfi powers " that be , are ordained of God . " But the pepplti scoffed at these things , and made reply , ** jl ye think poverty such a benefit , come share it with ' : ns , why itifss ye in purple and fine linen , and fare sriinptuously every 6 ay , ,-whilst we are starving ? Ye are hypocites and false teachers all . Depart out from
amongst ns . " Saying this the people united more closely . Then did the Form tremble with ( dismay , [ and gave 'himself up for lost ,: and in hiai peril he took counsel of those in the mountain top , and behold in a short time X hpard a voice frnm the top , eaymg , " Divide tba people : spread disunion , and yon will conquer . " And presently I beheld many well-fed men going amnngsfe the people and striving to direct their attention to . the chain across the river , and they said , " Take that chain offour tradoand all will be well . " But the peeple returned , " What will be the nse of taking off the chain Has hot the Form power to put it on again ? We will deBttoy the Form / ' ; Then' did the : mnltitudea advance vrith palm branches in their hands , and singing songs sod hymns of jubilation , and at their head were five men , and the tramping of their feet shook the earth , and their cheers resounded to the very heavens ; and as they approached the Form they became invisi ble to me , and a pealing ehoufc , as of victory , woke me from my vuion ; ! Rochdale , June 11 , 1842 . ;
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Government have isBued a Special Commission for the trial of persons accused of outrages in T / pperary ; and the Commission has been addressed to Chief Justice Fennel ather and Chief . Justice Doherty . Life is inexplicably dear , even after there is least left to enjoy in it ^ more especially whiBn the ques-t tionable boon of existence is BOugfit to be foitoibly wrested from our grasp .
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* THE NGRTHERN STAR . , ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ , ; -. ¦ /¦ ¦ , ;* .. > - 3 ^ ' - r ' " . . " ' ' . '¦¦ . ¦¦ ,-. — .. . ¦ _ . .. . ¦ -- ¦ - - - — --- ¦ - ¦ — .- ¦¦ - .. — t ; " ' y- ^ a \' j ^ fftim * mZmmin ' J 2 kmmM 7 mmumimimmSSmStSr ^^ imr — ^ ^ 1 — 13
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 25, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct894/page/3/
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