On this page
- Departments (3)
-
Text (13)
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
4rorttsn MUXli^cme
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
pcfttj)
-
%otal arm General ZttUTHwtite
-
Untitled Article
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
-
-
Transcript
-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.
Untitled Article
PILGRIM OF CHARTISM . SO 5 G ni . A spectre who stays in the Market-place cross'd me , As tho ughtful and proud by the Guildhall 1 preat ; jbe knavish man held up his staff to accost me , &a& proffered the station & fit place to rest Ah , nay , eoort-e-ons fawner , right onward f « me ; Ko resttill the Charter fiotk make us all free . Yet terry , said he , tin the mob by us passes ; And into the station for safety be led ! For the Magils , last night , did swear o ' er their glasses Ibe field where ye meet should be streWd with yonr dead . Ah , nay , court-e-ons fawner , right onward for me ; Ifo rest till the Charter doth mate us all free . 8 . J . Bristol .
"Written at Bath , May , 1839 , upon the following occasion : —The Chartists held a district demonstration according to announcement . Th % Reform Corporation and Magistrates , to their lasting infamy , paraded the police under arms in the Market-place , the pensioners in the Green-market , the yeemanry in other parts of the town , awaiting the slightest pretext to attack the people , but none occurred .
Untitled Article
_ THE PEOPiE-S CHARTER . ST DAVID TTRJGHT , ABERDEEN . How long will millions bend the knee , And bow before the " powers that be , " Whe starve the sons ef industry , And bate the Charter ? How long will mUlioBS sweat and toil , While tyrants plundeTiad beguile The people of the comiaon , w > il , ¦ V ¦ $ ndhate the Charter ? How locg will Britons starre and die , While tyrants proudly pass them by In mocktry , and then belie The People ' s Charter ? How long will pensioned Iordlings scorn The noble , though the humble , born ? How long will ir jured millions mourn
For Freedom ' s Charter ? Till every sane and honest man Above the age of twenty-one SnaD recognizs the noble plan And claim tie Charter ! Oh I when will peace and plenty reign Through Britain ' s injured land again ? When , oh . ! when shall we obtain The People's Charter ? Oh ! when will freedom ' s banner wave Triumphant o ' er oppression ' s grave , And Britain's children , free and brave , Renounce the tyrant ard the slave , And claim the Charter ?
When will the the prison doors unfold , And heavy chains renounce their hold , And Chartist victims , true and bold , Ths light of day again beheld And claim the Charter Oh ! when will we regain the lost , The noble Williams , Jones , and Frost ? Oh I when will they and millions boast Of Freedom ' s Charter ? When , united heart and hand , Freedom's sons throughout the land Resolve to conquer , and demand The People's Charter !
Then , Britoas , who would now dissemble ? Bouse ! and let the brave assemble ! "Unite ! and while the tyrants tremlile We demand the Charter
Untitled Article
SCBAP 3 FOR RADICALS . BY 1 . I . CLJLSET . 70 . XIV . egiac Lints on the death ofSamud HoZberry , ttAo died a Martyr to Democracy , June 21 rf , 13 i 2 , aged 27 , Peaccto thy shade ! immortal youth , Our Charter ' s martyr , rest ! Thy spirit ' s gone , but , like the sun ' s Diurnal in the West , Thy name « h « M lonj fllmne the lanS ; ATid when the sty—the sea , Are vengeful on this world of ouib , Then will I thiT >> on thee .
Peace to thy shade ! immortal youth , Deeply thy theme I sing j If or lone , in this repulsive world , Sighs to thy shrine I bring : The rose-bud weeps ; the lily pines ; Exh Sower and every tree Converges from the tyrant ' s grasp , And bids me think on thee . Peace to thy shade J immortal youth ! They ' ve chosen for thee a grave ; And every tongue that woishipp'd there Hath call'd thee true and brave ; Fer thy pure soul disdaia'd the boon Of dastard tyranny , Whose cold and callous heart ne ' er knew Twas eam'd from heaven by thee .
Peace to thy shade ! immortal youth ! And whilst thy mem ' ry dear ShaD honour'd be , by loftier strains , Will mine be less sincere Because the humble bard that breathes This unfeigned elegy Presumes to struggle for the cause Long battled in by thee ?
Untitled Article
THE STAR , Tune— ' The brave old Oak . " 11 Will some one write a song for the Star ?" F . OX 5 O 5 SOB . " Yes , O'Connor , I will , and dedicate it to yon . " E . P . Mead . A song for the Star ! the brave Northern Star 1 Which stands in its pride alone ! There ' s none in the land doth so nobly stand , If or sucn bright renown has won ! The millions all know 'tis the tyrant's foe And tae champion of the free ! Then , brave patriots , hurra for the bright XorthirnStai And the Charter of liberty !
In the days of old when the Barons bold Assembled on Runny Mead , Magna Charta to claim , in blest Freedom's name , They conld neither write nor read ; But the millions now , ol the loom and " plough , Far mere enlighten'd sre , For a blazing brand spreads through the land—* Tis our -watch-fire the 7 \ orOiem Star ! Though the the factions nniie to dim its light By their dark and misty lies , It still shall skine o'er plough , loom , and mine , Till bright Freedom ' s sun arise . Then knira for the Star , the brave Xorfh Star , That stands in its pride alone 1 And still shall ii be the pride of the free , When its foes are all periih . 'd and gone .
Ye Democrats brave ! eVry poor white slave 2 United , one and all , Must walk in its light , tis a beacon bright , _ Which defies each factious FqualL 2 \ o swords we draw ; peace , order , and law Are our weapons of moral war ; Then brave Feargna and Hill are our pilots still , And our compas 3 the Northern Siar . Then here ' s to the Star I may it near and far Shed foith its lucid rays . ' Till our Charter is law , 'twill keep tyrants in awe , And shine on their evil ways . Tis a glorious lizht on the dark midnight That priestcKift has spread around I Tb * n here ' s May the Star , the bright Northern Slar , With victory still be crown'd .
Untitled Article
KETTEE 1 NG . —A new court of Ancient Foresters was opened in Kettering , at the house of brother Thomaa Gibson , the Swan Inn , when the brethren of Onnd&le , Roilrwell , and Hiddleton attended in their splendid regalia . After the court yn& opened , there was a procession throngh the town , which was much admired by the people , at the close of which lie brethren sat down to an excellent dinner provided by the landlord . T-TTTTEff—Jutbkile Disorderly *—On Monday last , a very little girl , named Elizabeth Cbtdmck , whose age was stated to be 15 , was charged before ihe magistrates at tbe Court House , with having been found drunk in Kirkgate , on Sunday afternoon , and behaving in a very disorderly manner . The officers
Sated that her companions were girls of the town of the lowest stamp ; that she had ao mother , and in consequence of her conduct her father had deter * mined to have nothing to do with her . She was convicted of felony at the last borough , sessions , and has only been a short time out of the House of Correction . The magistrates expressed themselves in strong terms at her depravity , and being wishful , before adjudicating upon the case , to see her father , they remanded her until Tuesday , when she was again brought up , and , her father being then in attendance , alter seme conversation with the Bench , he agreed to receive the girl back again , and Ehe was consequently discharged after a suitable admonition .
Untitled Article
Robbery by a Sebvant . — -On Monday last , a young woman , named Charlotte Keane , who has been for some time in the service of Mr . Gilston , woollen draper , was brought before the magistrates at the Court House , on a charge of having stolen various articles of wearing apparel belonging' to Mrs . Gilston . A black lace veil and other property was produced , and , when called upon , Mr . ( J . stated to the bench that , from the girl ' s previous good character , and at the intercession of friends , who had undertaken to pay her passage home to Ireland , he did not wish to press the charge against her . Mr . Lupton remarked upon the effect which such leniency had npon others , and said that robberies by female servants were more numerous than most people were at all aware off , while , in a great number of cases the prosecutions against them were abandoned . To secure her being sent away by hex friends , she was kept in custody , until Tuesday , and then given up to them .
Stkaijsg Shoes . —On Monday last , two young men named Robert Holmes and Joseph Batty , were charged at the Court-House , with having on Saturday night stolen two shoes , from a stall in Briggaie , the property of Mr . James Whiteley . The shoes were produced by a watchman , who apprehended the prisoners , while running along Call-lane , in consequence of a cry of " stop thief f at which time ¦ Holmes dropped them from under his jacket . A person who witnessed the transaction deposed that he saw the two prisoners together ; who tried several stalls without success . They then tnrned into Boarlane , and watching an opportunity , walked quickly past Whiteley's stall , Holmes seizing the shoes as he passed-. The prosecutor identified them as his property , they being two odd one ? , and the fellows being still in his hands . They were committed for trial .
Henbqost Robbery . —During the night of Sunday last , the henroost of the Mis 3 Pawsons , of Seacreft , near Leeds , was broken into , and about thirty head of poultry were stolen . Ixforhatiox aoainst a Waggoxer . —On Tuesday last a young man named Charles Brown Fsrrer , of Harrogate , appeared by summons at Leeds Court House , to answer to a complaint preferred against him by Mr . Joseph Henry Qates , of Meanwood , for having , on the 30 ih . ulfc . * bsented himself from his team , in Chapeltown-lane , so for that he could not
have the management or guidance of his horses . Mr . Oates said his attention was first attracted by seeing the defendant and another man ( whom he afterwards found to be his brother , ) struggling together on the road , and though this comprised no part of the complaint , he must fay that he never in his life saw more brutal treatment of one brother at the hands of another . The defendant , on being called upon , denied that he was so far behind his horses as had been stated . The magistrates convicted him in the penalty of forty shillings and costs .
A Soldier ' s Frolic . —On Tuesday last a private in the 65 th Foot appeared at the Leeds Court House to prefer a charge of robbery against two men named Joseph Stead and Joseph Wainwright . The complainant stated that he had come from Boroughbridge with a recruit , and on hisretnra . on Monday , he called at the Chained Bull , at Moor town , where he found the two prisoners , who wanted to enlist . He laid a shilling on the table , if either of them ehose to take it . Wainwright took it up and ordered a half gallon of ale , which was drunk , and then they asked if he had anv more shillings . He laid
another on the table , which was spent , after which he laid his head on the table , as if he were asleep , when he distinctly felt a man ' s hand in his pocket , and on getting up , saw Stead withdraw his ; he had about 10 s . 6 d . in his pocket , the whole of which waa taken . On investigating the case , it turned out that the soldier was exceedingly drunk , having been at the Chained Bull nearly all the day , and there being no one present who could distinctly bring the robbery home , they were remanded till Wed-Desday , for the attendance of Mr . Johnson . The other witnesses were told they need not attend on Wednesday .
Gardes Robberies . —On Monday last , a young man named James Kneether , was charged at the Court House , with having stolen a quantity of peas , beans , onions . &c , from the garden of Mr . Benjamin Saxton , of Pontefract-lane . The prosecutor stated that he went to his garden , which is OTer the Leeds and Selby railway tunnel , at six o'clock that morning , and found the prisoner very busy at work ; he had got a quantity of peas and beans in a handkerchief , and "was just commencing ai the oniou bed . He seized him , and kept him until he could get an officer . He had suffered to a great extent by similar depredations . The prisoner , on being called on , said he had been driven to n by want—a statement which his appearance certainly did not bear out .
Mr . Lupton said the offence was getting very oommon , andmnst be put a stop to . He was committed to Wakefield for six months , with hard labour . The next case called was against an old man Bazaed Wm . Ambler , who was charged with being found at two o ' clock on Sunday morning , in Mr . Dawson ' s garden , at Cavalier Hill , helping himself to the cabbages , potatoes , < Scc . A watchman was the witness in tb } 3 case ; he was going his rounds , a&d hearing a noise in the garden , looked in and found the prisoner at work . The old man declared he had not eaten anything for four or five days , thatfeebadawifeand child whowerem the same eonditionrand that he had been driven to the crime
by hunger . The magistrates inquired where he belonged to , but this he could not distinctly answer ; he thought to Tadcaster ; but they said he did not . He had been to Mr . N 3 ylor ' s office , and Mr . Nay lor wrote a letter to the Tadcaster overseers , giving him two shillings to take it . It al ? o came out that he had received money from Mr . Naylor to fetch his uncle over from Church Fenton , who could prove his settlement , but that he had spent the money , and had not been to Mr . Naylor ' s afterwards . The magistrates told him he had acted very wrong ; and much as they might commiserate his distress , it was clear he had brought part of it on himself . They should make a difference in his case , and Eead him to Wakefield for three monthg .
Assaults on the Police . —On Monday last , a ferocious fellow , named Francis Ivenney , was charged with having , on Sunday forenoon , commenced a violent assault upon Police Sergeant Wade . It is only a few months Bince the prisoner was taken into custody by Wade and another officer , for another offence , for which he was punished , and since that time he ha 3 repeatedly " vowed vengeance . " On Sunday forenoon , aprostitutenamed Ann Preston , residing in Back George-street , and with whom Kenney lives , being drunk , persisted iu Eittin ^ outside of her honse , and it being nearly twelve o ' clock , Wade ordered her in . Whilst he was talking to her , Keaner came up , and made a stroke at fler with a stick , which missed her , upon which she ran in , and
Kenney followed , and struck her several times . On hearing her screams , Sergeant Wade foiced his way into the house after tnem , when Kennc-y who seems to have been driven nearly mad by liquor , rushed at him , and besides striking him , kicked aisd bit him in the most savage ma : ner . Several persons who were present assisted the officer , and one or two were struck by the prisoner ; Mr . Robert Wrjght , shoemaker , was one of these , and he corroborated the officer ' s statement in every particular , as did other witnesses . It was . shown also that the female obstructed the officer in the execution of his duty , and attempted to rescue Kenney whan he had ^ ot hinx secured . For this she was afterwards taken , and appeared in custody . Kemrey attempted to deny the officer ' s statement , and went into a rambling account to show that he was " more sinned
against than sinning . " This , however , only made his case worse , for it was &hown that every statement he made was false . The magistrates , after some consultation , committed the woman for a month to " Wakefield , as a lewd and disorcerly character . Kenney was fined £ 5 , or two months' imprisonment , for the assault on Wade ; twenty shillings and costs , or one month , for that on ilx . Wricht ; and in addition , at the end of these two terms of imprisonment , to-fir ? d sureties , himself ' in £ 20 and two bondsmen iu £ 10 each , to keep th * peace towards Wade and all Other persons for twelve momh 3 ; iu default of this to be imprisoned for that time . —BeDJamin Gelder , was at- the same time fined 20 s . and costs , or a month ' s imprisonment , for having assaulted , one of the nightly watch , in Ellerby-iane , at two o ' clock on Sunday morning .
Untitled Article
Ln 1827 Sir James Graham , the present Secretary of State for the Home Department , in tis book upon M Corn and Currency , " wrote thus : — " Whenever this country presents the spectacle of millions supplicating for bread , then will the people sweep away titles , pensions , and honours . " A Poser from a Child . —A boy asked one of his father ' s guests who is next door neighbour was , and when he heard his name , asked him i : the gentleman was not a fool . " No , my little friend , " said the guest , " he is no fool , but a very sensible man ; but why do you ask the question ? " " Why , " said the little boy , " my mother said , the other day , you were Bext door to a fool , and I wanted to know who lived next door to you . "
Thb Emkis Massacre . —Thirty-nine indictments for wilful murder have been framed by the Crown in the police case for the Ennis Assizes , in which each man of the thirty eight committed , is severally charged as a principal , the rest aiding and abetting . The Li verpool and Glasgow Steam Ship Apmibal . —This favourite vessel arrived here on Friday , after a remarkably short passage from Greenock . It is with pleasure we observe her
resume hex place between Liverpool and Gl * sg «> w , for , without disparagement to others , the Admiral is , to our taste , as fine a first-class steamer as is to be met with in this country . She is of the same class and description as the Achilles , and , from what we can learn , is of greater length of keel than the famed Boston and Halifax steam-BhipB . Although the speed , elegance , and comfort , of the Admiral are bo well known to travellers , we recommend every person who can apjeeciate a fine steam-ship to go to view tha Admiral . —Liverpool Albion .
Untitled Article
Dublin , Juhs 30 . —The clerks in the Post-office of Dublin , whose salaries exosed £ 150 per annum , have received notice that they we subject to the demands of the income tax , though resident in Ireland . This announcement has caused much surprise and chagrin among these functionaries . Lancaster Sands . —On the . evening of Monday week two men lost their lives in attempting to cross Lancaster Sands . The unfortunate persons were strangers . They were about thirty years of age , of middle stature , respectably attired , and had the appearance of journeymen engaged in trade . One had on a black coat , and the other a brown one .
Extraordinary Case . —On Saturday , an investigation was entered into before Mr . Wakley and a respeotable jury , at the Volunteer Tavern , Upper Baker-street . Portman-square , on view of the body of Mr . E . Farrell , aged 60 , a gentleman of independent fortune , who died from the effects of starvation , under the very extraordinary and peculiar circumstances subjoined . From the evidence adduced it appeared that the deceased had resided for some months past at No . 31 , Upper Baker-street , and possessed extensive landed property in the south of Ireland . He was a gentleman , of the most eccentric habits , and for the last two months had persisted in diminishing gradually the quantity of his food until it was wholly insufficient to sustain life . He became dreadfully low and ill in consequence , but refused at the same time to receive any medical advice . Ultimately he refused to take even
the smallest quantity of nourishment , and on Monday locked himself in his room , where he remained , and refused admission to any one for upwards of twenty-four hours , when the door was forced open . Dr . Walsh , of George-street . Portman-square , was immediately sent for , and found the deceased lying on the floor , in a state of frightful emaciation and exhaustion . Dr . Quain was subsequently sent for , and in conjunction with Dr . Walsh used every means to restore i im . Under their treatment he rallied , and was enabled to give an account of his connexions and affairs . He subsequently , however ,-had a relapse , and died on Wednesday , at twelve o'clock . Upwards of £ 100 in cash was found in the deceased ' s apartment . The coroner having remarked on the very extraordinary naturoof tho case , the jury ultimately returned a verdict , " that the deceased died from want of food . "
Two Men Scalded to Death . -A dreadful accident occurred at Dowlais Iron works , on Wednesday last . Two men , named Edward Burke aud Frank Smith , were cleaning a culvert under one of the blast engines . The engine tender . iuignorance of any persons being in the culvert , tapped a boiler , the hot water and Bteam from which descended into it ; the poor fellows , frightened at the noise of the steam , made a rush towards a ladder , by which they might ascend from the culvert . The ladder waa fixed in a winch , about fifteen feet deep , by the side of the engine-houso ; it was through this passage tbzt the water and steam from the boiler descended to the culvert . At the foot of the ladder they were
met by a stream of 6 calding water which continued to pour over them during their ascent . Burke ' s appearance was pitiable in the extreme , nearly all the skin having peeled off hisbody . Smith was not bo nvuch scalded , he being the second in getting up the ladder . Mr . Russell , surgeon , was immediately in attendance , aud did all that skill could suggest to ease their pain . Burke lingered in tho greatest agony until Friday evening , when death put a period to his sufferings . Smith survived him until Sunday morning , when death relieved him of all his pam ; he was a single man , about twenty-two years of age . Had they proceeded a few yards further into the culvert , instead of runn ' mg to the ladder , this sad event would not have happened .
A Wise Choice . —Highlanders have a great dislike to be hanged upon a fir tree—at least , they were wont to have . Whether they still retain this unworthy and illiberal prejudice we don't know . It happened upon an occasion when Tonal was condemned to be banged , either for some notorious breach of the law , or for disobliging "ta Chief , " that ** ahe was allowed to chose " her" tree . Tonal looked about and selected a very diminutive gooseberry bush , whereupon " she might , be justified " The finisher ol the law exclaimed with great indignation , " Tat tree wadna be lang eneugh for . fifty year 3 to hang her , " Tonal , however , was read y for the objection— " she was in nae hurry , Cot bless her—she wad just wait till ta tree grow . "— Scotch paper .
Curious Manuscript . —Besides the valuable receipt from whioh Parr's Pills are now compounded , there are several MSS . pieces , written in his old quaint style , on the value of health ; his opinions , though somewhat differently expressed , were , that the varieties of clime and modes of living made but little difference to our period of existence ; that the laws of nature are simple and easily understood , but they require perfect obedience . He deservi-dly denounced the siliy mysteries assumed by the medical profession , being fully convinced of the power of his discovery , to thoroughly eradicate disease and to prolong life .
Ireland . —Another Conflict With the police . —The Limerick Chronicle of Monday reports the following desperate outrage . It will be observed with regret , that this hitherto peacable oounty has latterly been disgraced by the too frequent recurrence of those acts of violence which has given to Tipperary so memorable a notoriety : — " Af > Headconstable Saanderson and five of the police stationed at Cappapore were patrolling on Sunday night last , they suddenly came upon and surprised several armed men , with their faces blackened , who a few minutes before had entered the house of a wealthy fanner , named Coffey , living on the estate of Sir John Ribton , and within a quarter of a mile of Castleguard , the residence of tho Hon . Waller O'Grady , in
this county . Head-constable Saunderson , with that z ? al and intrepidity for which he is distinguished , first rushed into the house , though a loaded gun was opposed to his entrance . A desperate conflict continued for several minutes in the dark , the ruffians having put out the light on the entrance of the police , during which the life of the Head-constable was providentiall y saved , one of the miscreants , who acted as sentinel , having presented and snapped a gun close to his person , which fortunately missed fire , but which , had it taken effect , must have been followed by instant death , as it was heavily loaded with swan shot . Constable Rourke also received a severe wound on the head , which
rendered him insensible ; and Coffey , the proprJQ-or of the house , a deep and painful injury from a bayonet , which passed through his arm close to the elbow . Four of the fellows were made prisoners , the rest having « scaped in the darkness , and wore yesterday transmitted to our county gaol , after a prolonged investigation , by Mesers . Tracy and F . W . Holland . The prisoners were followed through the country , on their way to gaol , by some hundreds , and presented a frightful appearance , which no doubt will have a salutary effeot , as they were sent in as they were taken , injiagranle deliclo with their faces blackened , to ^ e ' . htr with the captured arnn , consisting of two guns and a brace of cavalry pistols . "
Distress . —The unemployed still increase in Glasgow . Upwards of 1 . 000 " wrecks of men" wander about in want of employment ; besides these , 2 , 000 are daily fed from charity . In allusion to the dreadful distress that prevails in Ireland ,- the Archbishop of Tuam has addressed the following letter to Sir 11 Peel : — " Sir , —It would be criminal to delay any longer to call the attention of the Prime Minister to the . f-tarvinj ; condition of a large portion of her Majesty ' s p ople . I have made myself conversant with the details of misery , and though even a sense of duty would excuse my absence at this seasou , I have thought it , a more imperative duty to stay at home , even to encounter all the importunities of distress , and to soothe those pangs of suffering
which it is impossible to appease . There is no deception . It is no ^ on the awful tale which the tongue may sometimes frame to deceive , that 1 rest the evidence of this unexampled destitution . No , it is on the tottering steps of groups of creatures returning from the fields where they have been plucking unwholesome vegetables—their jauudiccd and livid looks bearing testimony to the scanty and poisonous nutriment by which they are necessitated to sustain their wretched existence . Amidst this heart-sickening misery the poor are denied the negative comfort of the poor houses , notwithstanding that the public funds have been so profusely expended on their erection . They are to be opened , it seems , after the pressure of this hard season
shall have passed over . Have the enormous salaries of the Poor Law Commissioners , with all the accumulated perquisites of travelling , &c , been also adjourned to the same period ! If we can rely upon the published accounts of the disbursements , it seems that Eome sixty or seventy thousand pounds have been already expended on those functionaries , and that other subordinate officers are entitled to pay , whilst , in many instances , not one particle of charitable relief has reached the poor of some of the most distressed localities . Express , therefore , no surprise at the deep-f eated anxiety of the Irish people tot an Irish Parliament under , an undivided Bway of an Imperial Crown . In their anomalous condition it would be more surprising if they did not steadily persevere in asserting their right to their only
protection against ever-recurring scarcity in despite of every discouragement . No honest politician can wish the country to be doomed to perpetual" beggary Were it blessed with ten times its present produce , and all the discoveries of chemistry already applied to agriculture to be exhausted on ita cultivation , its only effect would be by increasing our exports to increase the number of our absentees , who , by coping in luxury with the proud patricians of England , are rendered so needy that no increase of rents or price of produce can satisfy their rapacious demand ; and thuBj while the dishonest financier would be dedttotingfrom the exports of Irel and proofs of its prosperity , the looker-en might , alas ! at this moment , in many parts of this district , have to weep in silent pity over the slow but certain starvation of the people . "
Untitled Article
Dowation pkom Nkw YpRK .- ^ The handsome sum of ^ 304 . 63 . has been ireceived from New York , through Mr . Hugh Auohinolosa , being the amount of a subsenpuonjn that city m behalf of the Buffering poor . of certaiil towns ii Scotland . The money , which was ^ emitted undercharge , to the Hon . Sir James Campbell , Lort Provost , and Mr . A . Thornson , Amenoan Consul lnr this city , has been paid over to the chief magistrates of tho respective towns , m accordance with the instructions received from New York . —Glasgow Chronicle .
On Monday last , at the Sopthainptoa Sessions , during a trial of fourteen men fir a . riot , one of the Jurymen oommenqedsmokingja cigar . Tire Recorder , Mr . Sergeant Gockburn , was so indignant that he stopped the proceedings of the Court , gavo the puffing Juryman i severe lecture , declariug that his conduct was one of the groBsest - insults ever offered in an English Court of Justice , and fined liim £ 10 . On the assembling of the Court ih « following morning , the Juryman made an apology to the Court , and was exoused paying the fine .
Reprieve of Francis the Convict . —On Saturday afternoon , a messenger was sent down from the Home-Office to her Majesty's gaol of Newgate , with a reprieve for the convict John Francis , who lay under sentence of death . for his recent attempt upon the life of the Queen . Throught the clemency of her Majesty , whose benevolent wishes were consulted by the privy council , ^ by whom the fate of the wretched man was decided , his life lias been spared , and his sftutsnee is now commuted to transportatiou for life to the most penal settlemens of Tasmania . The prisoner received iho tidings of mercy in n manner whioh became his situation . Ho had become very anxious and despondingaa theday fixed for the execution of himself and Cooper apprpxohed .
The following particulars of a most murderous outrage and robbery , cbmaiifted a iew nights ago upon Mr . and Mrs . Webb , of Tormauton , Gloucestershire , were inserted in the Government Police 'Gazette of Saturday . It appears that as the persons alluded to were returning home from Chipping Sodbury , iu a light . -. ' spring ' .. cart , thoy were Btopped by five men , armed with formidable bludgeons , when oue of them struck Mr . Webb a violent . blow on the head , which Btunnod him . On recovering he found himself Iyniij in tho middle of the road , and several
of the party holding him and rifling his pockets , from one of which they stole a ¦'• p ' . ufse ' i containing about five pou mis in gold and silver . They also dragged Mrs . Webb from the cart , and robbed her of 18 s ; , and other property . The fclJowfli then got into the cart and drove off , and iho horse and vohiolo were subsequentlyi found within half a mile of the spot where the atrocious outrages were perpetrated A reward has been offered for ' the . apprahension of the villains , of twx > of whom a correct description has been given .
St . Rollox Chimney . —Thin great undertaking was finished on Wednesday , being that day twelve months from the time when th « first brick was laid , and the British ensign was , in honour ot tho event , unfsrled from its summit . The greatest anxiety was manifested by a numerous body of the citizens to get to the top of the building , as , indeed , has been the case for Bocue days past ,, alid . through the kindness of Mr . M'Intire , tlie contractor , ilio wish was very liberally gratified , Mr . M'Intyre himsolf acoompanying almost every bucket-load of visitors . Some hundreds have been hoisted to the top , and , dangerous as the enterprise may appear , all who havo braved it acknowledge that the risk was amply repaid by the magnifi penee of the prospect spread oat below them ; The chimney , as before stated , rises 450 feet from the ground , and at least 600 fcot , abovo the more densely peopled portions o ' t ' iao city and the bed of |
the river . In relative height , independent of the elevation of its base , it is little inferior to the loftiest superstructures in the world ; iii afeolute height ' 'it towers iuto the air incomparably higher . The great pyramid Cheops rises 498 feet , but this includes a base of 150 . Strasburfjh Cathedral is 47 * ; St . Peter's , in Rome , from ground to pinnacle , 450 , being exactly the altitude of tho mprisjre chimney . ; St . Paul ' s , in London , 370 . The base of thb chimney underground is 4 'i feet in diameter ; at the ground , 40 : at the too , 13 feet 6 inches . During all the time this prodigious mass of brick work has be' -ri orecting , not tho slightest accident has ; occurred , which is very much owing to the extremo caution aud attention of tho excellent engineer and his a- !> lc coadjutor , Mr . M'Intyre , tho contractor , who have thus raised a monument to their professional reputation the loftiest in the world . — Glasgow Chronicle .
Aristocratic Amusements—It was but the other day her Majo . yty , surrounded by acrovrd of heramtocratic parasites , enjoyed the pleasure of reviewing a portion of the Household Troop * at Wormwood Sorubs . and , in all propabUity , while so occupied , little thought of the abject condition of the fine fellowB mancevring before ;; her— -little imagined that among tbe gorgeous host there was scarcely one who , by tho brutal regulations of her service , was not liable to be called out from the ranks , tied like a rabid dog , and whipped till tVie colour of his lacerated back should rival the hue of his oont ! and yet , such is the fact , ancl such is the insulting and dangerous position in which the Spven i ^ n is placed with reference to the Military and Naval service of
the country . It is said thar . discipline cannot be preserved without the la ? h — then let the : oat-o-nirifltaijs become at once thcacknowirrfgfid symbol of the British service—ibe borne on its colours vand emblazoned on its appointments . If wo roust , continue to flog men like vicious brutes , let it be done openly and man ' uHy , in the flight of the indignant people , by whom the ranfcs of the army are filled ; If thero be no sin in thr act , there should bo no shame in the performance , and the test of its propriety would be speedily found in the expression of public opinion so elicited . On Friday se ' nhight a private of the 2 nd battalion of Fusileer Guards was coiKlenmed to this most degrading torture , and in o / je of tho secret
recesses of t he Pouman-street Barrack ^ received 150 lashe ? , or 1 , 350 lacerations , foi-somo petty offence to his . superiors , who , as sho world kob . ? , seem to have , in our service , no better way of showing their superiority than by occasionally condemning their fellow-creatures tp ^ thiY degradation . Again and again we have said , if fWgina ; is « o absolutely necessary for the soldier , why i ^ it hot had recourse to for delinquent officers ? or are the latter not , to be considered soldiers ? Surely the discipline of the service shouH he equalised , as well aa tht ? danger , and if only one or two of the tiitnperin >/ ManinetR that strut about the parka was txjiosed to the infliction by way of example to their fwliow fops , we should soon have the cat driven . ' front oi > r service .
Singular Phenomenon- —Wrdni'Sday forenoon , a phenomenon ot most fare aii-1 . xtryordinary character was observed in the immediate nrizhbvurhood of Cupar . About half-past twelve o ' clock ; whilst the sky was ciear , and the air , as it had been throughout the morning , . perfectly calm , a girl eniployed in tramping clothes ii < a nib , f » n tho piece o ground above the town , called the Common , heard a . loud and sharp report over hi-wl , mcc'trdfl by a ami of wind of most extraordinarv Vt ix- ' niciiCH . and of only a few morneuts' duriition u » . looking . r <« ur- < t she observed the whole of . ilu : clothes , sheets , & . i , lying within a line of a ctr am bnadih , ¦ sitnsicniiig across . the . the green ,, . dtivi-n almost pe . rpermi culurly into the air . Sonio . hc ' iiyy '¦ ¦\ yn > . t , ' . sheets , blankets , and other articles oj ' - ' a ! iU « na dvo , af ' er being carried toa great height , felli-pquift' ih the adjoining gardens , and some «> n the' h » K » - r >> ad , nt several hnndivd yards' diatan .-M ; Mi . oihtr pM-ti .
of the article . * , however , cpnsim ing of a qjjaiiiity oi cartainn , and a number of sm-. Uior articles , '< veru carried npwards to an immeiist lu-itrht . k > as -to " . bo almost lost to the eye , and Kra'riually casapiHiared altogether from sight in a fcoiHh-ta-oiei'ii drrecion , and have not yet been . heard ot . ¦ At th « nv . t ' m « r , t . of the report which preceded tim wind , tho ,. cattle in the neighbouring meadow . w-i i ^ obBi-i ' v ^ ti runnnit about in an affnghttd state , ana . Vr ¦ - «»« : * : ¦' . ifiis aJ ' ttr--wards they continued : cowervr . & . r-ofceilu . r in fviiicm terror . The violence of the-wi '< . '( v&wi-nah th « t a woman , who at the time Wi-ts , i « lduii ; a blanket , found herself uuable to retain hrr hald ., and ri-. tjnquished it in the fear of being ca •¦ riccl up ; in . i !^ wuh ill It is ic . tnTiTkaWo '' -yhat , . \ 'vh \ l . a vy ¦ ¦ •> . v ¦ . - - ' >• .:. ¦ . i ? hi articles were stripped off a bt ^ if , atr-it w < -r-. ' riucing across the gireeri , and while i ho loops . ¦ - ' si vi-ra . i sheets which wurepiiiued down wore t > u , ' p : < , L ^ hc article ' s lyinj ; . loose' on both M ( ies « . f t' ¦ rif t wtr n 6 verEoved from their positioij . —i'V e l > t •( Ad .
. Texas and England . —Th . . r' . if . m : ; t . KJ . ^ <»; '^ a lon ^ 'pending treat ea between Gre : i i Uri '" :. ;'' n and Tt-xa . 3 were exchanged at . tivo o ' clock * 'U I ' . ,, -c-i the 2 { Jlh inst ., by the Earl ot A ^^ iei ' . )¦'* "' - ; ' ' .- tiary of Great Britain , and the iiy ; . As' " J ^ - ;{ - "> plenipotentiary of the republic .-oi T . \ : . T- ^ e treaties are three in number j—a- tr < m y "f ntn'ty , navigation , and coinmcrce , —it t-tt - -u ' ty '" uu > wi >; i mv mediation by Great Briiain betwocu uu- ; i . t ^ vb < --i . cs ol Mexico and Texas , —and a : ti'Haty . . «' ra : i * , i ; . > j i C ( "' ^ - rocal right of search for the suppi-i ^ i . !• < ¦ ' 'ii ' African slave trade .: They weie i »« n ' oc . ia-. f r m 18-10 , and concluded in November of that y « af , *» j y lscc-utu Palmerston aiid General Jaii / as .. Hamiitoii . The powers to ratify the two first have been a . ron > idoi aWe time inEnglahd , but their ¦ cottp ' itt-o ' . i , has been
very properly delayed until the . ' . iatifi . « 'a iiin . - * of the treaty granting the right of sea-roh -couli ) bM bimiiltaneousiy exchanged . By the trc&iyy n-Aa ovo ,-to Mexico , Great Britain offers her niediat-ion . oouweah Mexico and Texas , on the following cv >» vt \» u : —^ Texas to assume one million ateriing of ihi ; pm-lio debt of Mexico , provided that atato reco . ; ;? os the independence of the new republic ,: and . stives to a satisfactory adjustment of the bbwndarylin- between the two countries . The proffered nieuiaiipn of Great Britain between Mexico aud Texas will , it is to be hoped , be productive of iirimed-iatr- -p- aco between those countrieB , and of an early exrhacge of amicable relations . The prosperity ot tither is seriously retarded by the hostile' posi ? ion tttey have again assumed towards each other , and tho iuterruption of trading facilities between 'Europe and Mexico can only be protenged at the cost . -of Eiiglish ntercsts .
Untitled Article
¦ : ' . : HoRBlBtB CASB ^ i-rYlOLAXlbti OF A CHILD BY ITS 0 WN Fathe ' h .-t William $ inampnds , a labourins ; man , Was ^ on Saturday brought before T . Twining , Esq ., at Twickenhapi Police Court , charged witb . having violated his own qhild , only -twelve years of age . Jane . ; Simmonds , a pretty Ipo > in 8 and intelligeni child , detailed the fall particulars of her father ' a inoeatuougprioceedings , in jv manner which left ; no doubt df the truth of her horrible talp . It also appeared that he had acted in a similar manner to her some weeka before , which She had notjdivuleed at the time from fear of
his threatened beating . — Sergeant Allaway deposed that ou ascertamg the truth 6 f the offence haying been ! committed , he fetched in , a eurgeoa to examine tha chila , and he took the prisoner into custody .- —Dr , I / itchfield , of Twickenhamj felt confident , from the examinatjpn he had made , that the capital offence had been com ploted . He had found considerable inflammation , although , from the , appearances , he was of opinion that it was not the first time the child had beea ; sd treated . —The prisonej-, who denied the charge , was fully committed to Newgate to take his trial .
4rorttsn Muxli^Cme
4 rorttsn MUXli ^ cme
Untitled Article
India and China— . OyeblaNd Mail . —The French telegraph conveys the following news brought by the Indian , mail , whi ^ H left Malta the 26 th , and reached Marseilles the 29 ch . On the 16 th , General Pbllopk joined Sir R . Sale at Jellalabad , re-establisHing on his march the authority of Thorabaz Khan Sullpoora . . He was to march on Cabul as soon as ho was joined by Colonel Boulton . General England had re united troup , ? , forced the . passes , and joined General Nott at Kandahar . Captain M'Kenzie had arrived at Jellalabad , with offers from Akbar-Khan to release his prisoners on conditions . The answer was not known . Elphthstone died on the 23 rd of April . China news is of the 19 th . Ou the ( Oth of Mai-ch the Chinese , 10 , 000 or 12 , 000
strong , tried to retake Nihgpo , while another force attacked Chmghae ; In Jjoth . instances they were repulsed with considerable loss . — - General Piollock s arrival at Jellalabad ( an event rendered probable "by the intelligence by the last arrival ) is now placed beyond doubt . The Gallant General will , moat likely advance upon Cabul , which is not in a state to offer resistanco to his approach . The moyement ~ ? seems to be anticipated by Ahbar Khan ; who , it is reported r is desirous to treat for the release of his prisoners ,-and has made overtures to this effect through Captain Mackenzie , who had reaohed Jellalabad with his proposals ; General England ' s having effected a junction of his forces with those under General Nott , is well received
here , as on tho successful accomplishment of his attempt depended the extrication of both Commanmiera from positions of immense peril . Their combined force will enable them not merely to maintain their position , but to prosecute offensive operations with effect , and thus cooperate in the general objects of the war . The war will , doubtless , ba prosecuted with vigour . The lessons taught by the reverae of tho past winter will not , be lost upon tho&e who ate especially bound to regulato their course by experierice . Our troops may storm forts , capture towns , and take possession of proyiuces , whJio tho seasoii fivoura enterprises of daring yalour but a northern winter , to the comparatively effeminato natives of the more Southern climes , is a
tearful test ; to , which , if privation ot hecessary supplies hnd exposure to the inclemency of the season in forced marches be Bupcradded , their powers of euclurance may prove ; unequal . We shbuld be well Batisfied to know that the past had induced a determination on the part of the British Government to refraiu from risking tho conseguences of an attempt to retain possession of Affghauistan . The war in China progresses in the way in which an expedition , undertaken against a nation so populous , and yet ; so feeble ( because so ignorant of and unacquainted with any means of encountering and rebisting tho powers of European warfare ) must
progress . It is really painful to contemplate the slaughter which artillery , directed by the Bcienc « of britibh engiueers , must cause when directed against dense bodies of inexperienced anti apparently unconscious people , who appear paralyzjd by the effects of our engines of war , of which they know nothing until they find themselves placed within their range , without the power of resistance , and without the ineana of escape ; This appears to have been , the case at Ningpp , to retake which from the British , a force of 10 , 000 or 12 , 000 Chinese was employed , most of whom , it would seem , were destroyed by our guns , or drowned by the Bwamping of their warjuncka .
An Extraordinaky Express from Pans , dated Monday , Btates that a Commercial Treaty is almost ready for signature between the French and Belgian Governments . The Belgians reduce the duties on French wines , Bilks , and salt . . The French admit ; Belgian thread and linen . The Belgians still hold out , for some concessions on iron ; but thel Treaty will probably be signed thi 9 week . The Madrid Gazette publiBheE ) a circular of the Minister of Marine to his subordinates , in which he promises to place the military navy of Spain on a res peotable footing , which would enable it to afford an efficacious protection to her transatlantic posse 3-sicas . ¦ . . ¦ ' . ¦ ' ¦' ¦ ' : ' . "
The Barcelona Conslilucional of the 27 th ult . states , that five Carlo-Christino bandits having been captured by the National Guard of Escala , three who had been taken with arms in their hands , were immediately shot , and the two others were transferred to the competent authorises . The Leipsic Gazette ^ publishes a private letter from the frontiers of Italy , stating that arrestsi had been made lately at Pisa , in the kingdom of Naples , and in the Pontifical States . Although numerous bodies of troops are quartered throughoHt the Peninsula , symptoms : of serious disturbances manifest themselves on all points . The Swiss troops at Naples inspire nofearw ,
Ocr AccoDNTS from Beyrout are of the 10 th ult . An apprehension was entertained that a general rising would shortly take place in the mountain . On the 8 th Emir Abdalla , with his two sons , sought refuge on board an English frigate . On the 9 th the St ; raykier Mustapha and Izzet- Pasha waited in person on Colonel Rose , to demand the surrender of the Emir , The Colonel returned a formal refusal . The Pacha eaid that they would carry him off by force . The Colonel replied , pointing at the frigate , "He is there ; take him if you can ; " On the tenth , twelve Sheiks retired on board the same frigate , having been informed , that they Would be arr ( B 8 ted in the course of the day . Several others who did not avail themselves of the caution were actually apprehended . The Turks had arranged a . plot , for seizing by a coup de main the Catholic patriarch ot Lebanon .
Untitled Article
IRELAND . Special Commission in Tipperary—GlonmeL , June 28—The special comtnissiun was opened : here tnis morning , before Chief Justice Peiinefathei ' and Gtiiet Justice . DohertVi The town was veryMnuch ori ) wded by the gentry and peasantry of the county , the cro « h having Buinxnoned as jurors upwards of 600 ' genckineh , coiiiprising all the magistracy and landed pro-V . ru tors of Tipperary , and largo bodies of ; the country people having come to witnesB the trials of their friends and relatives . The case , which excited moat interest was that of WiHiam Kent , a comfortable farmer , charged with having conspired , with two other persons , to murder the late Mr . Hall , one of whom , Patrick Byrnes , was this day arraigned as principal . The Hon .
Francis Aldboro Prittie , and twenty-two other gentlemen of eminence in the county , were BWom in as the Giand Jury . The Chief Justice charged them at godsitierahio leniith , in ah able and eloqueiit address ; in the fourso of which he eaid they had met upon a very solemn , a very important occaBio- ' .- ^ -to endeavour to triinqniUise this unhappy country , by giving protection t- n the well-disposed , by putting down disorder and ynilfc , and bringing to condign punishment those men upon whom the desert of their guilt ought to fell . 16 was a notorious facfc , that a very great portion of this fine countiy—^ the north district of itr-was in a lamentable state of disorganisation and insttbeTdination to the laws . It was shocking to hnmanUy to be informed of the Ontrajges : that almost daily occurred in
that part of the country , in which neither life nor property wero secure ,-ho m ? tn could consider his life safe nor bis property his own while assassination pervaded U : a land iu open day , and when the murderer hardly ! f .. iugUt the advantage of concealment from the darkue ' fis . of niyht . ' Property was as insecure as life ; no ; iiuui could be said to be master of his own . property ; a iimn cowid not cboose his tenants or hiB servants except » . * tiib peril of his own life and the lives of those whom hr ini ^ ht think proper to euiploy . All that part of the cuuiitry fieemed to combine in one universal system of outrage , for the purpose of beating down all law , and achieving some ' ends which could not be defined . It was a beartrending . fact that neither rank , nor station , nor cbaraeter , nor property , nor sex , ner age , were any . protection whatever against theUwlesH violence that existed . The ties of society were dissevered , the benefits conferred were forgotten , and every thing waa thrown aside or not thought of ,
except the lawlessi edicts that came from midnight legislators or unlawful Associations . . His Lordship read the calendar , wluchflhewed an aggregate ef 125 cases of violence , committed within the three months ending tbe 10 th of May last As this violent system covered a district of three baronies , it was conclusive that ifc could not proceed from , nor did it originate with , the conduct of an individual landlord ; it was too general for th&b . Thieabate ot things muBbbestopped by the strong arm of the law , and : the perpetrators should be taught by practical experience that the laws of God and man were not to be violated with impunity . William Kent and Patrick Byrnes were placed at the bar , tbe first charged with conspiring : to murder the late Mr . Hall ; arid tbe second with being a principal in the murder of that gentleman . Several other prieonere were arraigned , and the Court ad journed for the day without entering on any trial . At ten o ' clock on Wednesday morning , Chief Justices Pennefather and Doherty took their seata on the bench , and tue Jury
Untitled Article
( ten of whom were magistai ^ BS ) having been sworn , the trial commenced , . the ^ prisoners -pleading "Not Gamy . " Tho Attorpey-Geneiai stated the case for the prosecution , and proceeded to call the witnesses , the principal one being ^ EinWHogan ; the approver ; * bo Bworetothefact . of Mr . Kent having incited him and twoother labourers to mordei ' Mr , Hall , and to having seen Byrnes shoot that gentleman . -After the . examhiation of a number of witnesses , the Court ad journed till Thursday , when , tbe ease for the Crown having bean concluded , Mr . Haesard addressed the Jury on behalf of Byrnes , and Mr . James Dyer for Kent , bothnfentfe men contending that this Was a conspiracy got up for the purpose of obtaining the large reward offered At five o'clock the Lord Chief Justice commenced to charge the Jury , and finished about eight . Toe Jury found Byrnes Guilty ; Kent Not Guilty . Sentence was not passecL-V- - . ; . '¦ . ' ••; . ' - ' - ¦ ¦ . ¦¦ ¦ . '¦¦'¦ .. -, ... } . ¦ " - ¦•> - ¦ ¦ . - . ¦ ' '¦¦/¦• ' . ¦
Murder . —Timotty Woods ; alias Quilty , waa placed at tho bar , charged with having wilfully and maliciously murdered one Patrick Laffan en tae 18 th of May last , by shooting him with a pistol , and inflicting a wound oa the neck » f which be died . A second count charged a person unknown with having inflicted two woonds witB a stone on the deceased * and the prisoner with aiding aad assisting , dec . The Attorney General , in stating the case for the prosecution , said that the short narrative of the murder now about to be investigated was , that on the 19 th of May tost , about the hear of six o ' clock in tha motning , two aa » a « s * iMi dragged the deceased man from the house of a person , Patrick Cummins ; one of thein fired a pUtol-sbbfc , which they supposed to have caused his death , but the
unfortunate man had strength enough , though mortally wounded , to run a short distance after he was fired at . The two assassins first thought their victim was actually dead , but , perceiving he was able to move , after they discharged the pistol , they pursued him alongtheroad for the distance of 250 yards ; they overtook bim ; they made a second attack on him , fractured his skull by blows , sufficient of themselves to cause his death , and fled immediately after the unfortunate man fell on a dunghill , where he was found , and where he remained for several hours without tho common offices of humanity . These statemerits w « re corroborated by evidenc 9 i and the prisoner having been found guilty , was sentenced to be executed on the 16 tb instant . ¦ . - '¦ ¦'¦"¦ . . ¦¦ - '" - ¦ : "¦' ¦ : ¦ .. ¦ - \ r -. '¦¦ - ; ''¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ •'¦ - ' -
Cornelius Flynn and Patrick Dwye * were next iri » dieted , the former for having on tha 29 fch . of May last , at Carrigagonn , in this eouhtyVi assaulted George ¦ M 'Donnell , by drawing the trigger of a loaded pistol , with Intent to disaW © him ,- and the latter for aiding and assisting . There was a second count , in whicU both prisoners were charged -with an assault , with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm . Tha prisoners pleaded '"?' ¦ Not guilty . " The jury returned a verdict of Guilty against both prisoners . . John Pound was indicted for naving on ttie niaht of
the 15 th April , at Coole , in this county , discharged a loaded gun at Bridget and Patick Cormack , with intent to disable them . There were other counts charging him with intent to do grievous bodily barm , for malicionsly injuring the dweiJing-house of Patrick Cormaek , and for appearing ; armed by night The prisoner pleaded " Not guilty . " - Mr .. Hassard addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner , and produced witnesses for the purpose of proving an -alibi . Chief Justice Doherty charged the jury , who brought in % verdict of Guilty without leaving the box .
Daniel Kelly was given in charge for having , on the SOthof May , at GMryglass , in this county , demanded firearms from Rebecca Hodgens , and feloniously struok her with a stick -with intent to disable her . An attempt -waa made in this case also to set up an ¦ alibi for the prisoner , The jury found the prisoner guilty . The Lord Chief Justice , in passing sentence , said that the thirst for firearms among persons of his class was one of tbe foundations of tho disturbances in the country . What sould persons in the class of which the prisoner was ' a member want with firearms , except to carry out unlawful purposes , and perpetrate those crimes by which the conntry was overrun ? His Lordship then sentenced the prisoner to two years' impr !« sonment ., to be kept in solitary confinement for the first and last months of that teim , and be kept to hard libour each alternate month .
Untitled Article
THE GOLD PANIC ! A " panic" has come again—a golden panic J The people are rushing in crowds to the bankers and money * changers to get rid of their gold for paper ; tradesmen make it a favour to receive sovereigns , and postmasters will hbt take them at all , if they be too light by a feather ' s weight . •'' ... . •; . '¦ . - '• ¦ .. •' . ¦' . It may well be asked , what can all this " pbthel about sovereigns mean ? The history of it stems to be this :-T- , - - ; : - v >; : ; . : ¦ ¦"' ; , ¦ . . . ' . . : . " ¦; . ¦ ¦ ;; \ . - ' v . - ¦ '¦ ¦ : ¦ :: :. ' - . A number of sovereigns of the reigns of Geo . III . and William IV . have become lighter from wear , and the Government having in its wisdom discovered the fact , sent forth a proclamation explanatory of the law , and stating that ; light sovereigns will not be received in
payments at the public offices . The consternation tbia occasioned was indescribable . Scales for weighing the coin were in instant requisition in every part of London ; tradesmen were afraid : to receiye the Queen ' s coin , and on Saturday night the confusion was increased by the mebbanics and others , who bad been paid in gold , finding great difficulty to get their Eovereigns changed . In some places shopkeepers would not take them at all ,. whilst in very many instances ; the humbler classes were shamefully robbed by persons telling them that a sovereign wias worth from only fifteen shillings to eighteen shillings v for which amount , being anxious . to provide food for their families , these poor people consented to part with them . ¦¦ : . ¦¦ ¦ ¦''¦ . - '• ! -.- » -V ¦ ' - . '•¦¦ ' - .. : ¦ : . '¦ ¦ ¦' . '¦ " ' - .
The London papers differ as to the extent of the loss which has taken place on the gold coinage , some magnifying it to a large amount , some regarding it aa trifling ; but whether the loss on the sovereigns arising from legitimate " weaTaM tear" be much or little , it ongbt not to have been thrown on individuals who honestly received the money in the regular course of bnainess . - ; ' , '¦ ¦ ¦¦' - .: " : ' . .: '' '¦'¦ ; : ¦ " \ ¦¦/ ' : ' ' ¦; ¦ . ¦ : ' ¦¦ ¦! - . ¦ ¦'¦ ' ¦ It is the prerogative of the Crown , as the trustee of the cation , to issue coin of proper weight and fineness , andlit is stamped in order that the jpeople may be certain that the piece of gold bearing the impress of Majesty is not only genuine , but that it is of the proper weight and fineness . Gold , like every thing else in circulation , will wear out—it -will become " light ;" but it is the proper business of the Government to take
care , when light money comes into Its hands , —and it is calculated that all , or very nearly all , the circulating medium passes through the Government offices at least once a year , —that it is not re-issued , and to direct every light" sovereign to be thrown into the melting pot , and new ones issued in their stead . It will be said that this would be attended with loss . To be sure It would ; bat wbat would % Xak tuatter ? It would not be to a considerable amount ; and , whether it be greater or less , it is a loss which every country must and ought to Busi&in . 3 u . t our very wise Government neglected to do this ; they ire-issued " light" sovereigns as fast as they received them , and , when an outcry was raised against them , they increased the fuss by sending put a proclamation , the only good tendency of whioh iSr-to cause some thousands of persons to be shamefully robbed . ';; - ¦ ¦' ¦ ¦ - ' : - ¦¦¦' .:-- . '¦' ¦ . "¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ . ;' . '
The Morning Herald ^ talks about sovereigns being " sweated , " and we have heard of their being "plugged " also ; but we never yet met with a ; person who had seen one " plugged , " nor do we ; believe any such practice has ever existed . If they be" plueged , " it cannot be very difiifiult to detect them , but we have heardof no such detection . ¦ A sovere / gn , we ^ believe , is worth about 19 s . lOd . ^ -that is . in order to prevent their being melted down , their intrinsic worth is rather below the value at which they circulate as coin . Now , to " plug" ' ¦ . a sovereign- so as to obtain a profit on the operation is no very easy matter . The sovereign must be fixed in : a yice- ^ -a very fine drill' must be very carefully used , and- when sixpennyworth or a shilling ' s worth of gold dust is drilled ont , the hole must be
" piujjged" again with some inferior metal , and the aperture in the edge be very carefully concealed . -In all this there is care , and trouble , a « d risk ; for a sovereign may be entirely ; spoiled in tbe operation , and the pi ugger , instead of getting a profit , may have to pop the sovereign into the melting pot , and sell it as bullion for less than it would pass for as coin . Besides , he may chance to get detected , and then , instead of reaping wealth from pluggery , he would , in all probability , make a trip to the Antipodes . We have little belief , therefore , in the ' stories about plugging , and not much more in the " sweating '' business . What is understood by sweating -is" this :- ~ A number of sovereigns being put into a sack , the sweaters each take hold of one end ,
and shake the sack to and fro ; and it is supposed that the sovereigns coming into cpllisicnj wear off some grains of gold . After the sweating operation , which must affect the sweaters as well as the sovereigns , the sack , worth Ss . or M * — for it must be . a good strong one —is burnt > arid , the gold dust is then scraped away from the ashes . We douot ytry much if sufllGient gold could be obtained in this way to pay for the sweating of the sweaters and the sack . If it be done , we believe it is to a very trifling extent . No ; the lightness , of the sovereigns comes from their wear and tear , and this is proved by the date of thei sovereigns . All , ' , or nearly all , the " lights" are twenty years old , whilst those of a more recent date are of the proper weight . . ;
Why ; then , all this V hnbbub" has been Taised , we know not . Is there a scheme on foot for establishing one bank of issue ? to issue small notes again 2 To prepare the public fer this , was it deemed necessary to raise an outcry againflt gold , , and to bring it into dispredit ? Or do the Government expect a war , and , in oxiet to proiide gold to carry ifc on irilk" TigOTa , " ^ to use Uw flaah term of 1816 , —have they not only kduced the Bank to hoard some seven or eight mil lions in her cellars , but are now determined , to drive the eorenigns out ot drculattoa , thereby to decrease
the circulating medium , and reader distress , mote uni versal , in order that the public may be induced to demand another Bank restriction , and a free circulatien of small notes from one bank of issue ? ; All these things are ; spoken of ; but , though it is diflloult to tell wo&t object the Government has in view , of this we feel certain , that all this fufls about light" Sovereigns , which are refused at the post-office , and received by private bankers , has not been made without a motive , and that motive we Bhall Bee revealed before many weeks have passed over dor heads . — ¦ BrigWmUenM *
Pcfttj)
pcfttj )
%Otal Arm General Zttuthwtite
% otal arm General ZttUTHwtite
Untitled Article
THE NCfiTHER |^ lfc . . . ;¦ . ; ;; />^ : him ^
-
-
Citation
-
Northern Star (1837-1852), July 9, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct896/page/3/
-