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AX IXTOCATION TO THE SPIRIT OF HOLBERRY . Eail ! mighty spirit of the dt&d ! O ! £ 11 each tyrant heart with dread . And freedom ' s sons inspire ; That they may gain the giorions cause " For which thou fell ' s , to class-made laws , A sacrifice so dire . Tho' burst thy chains , theu ' st not forgot , The proud man ' s scorn—the poormsn's lot Freedom thine eye once fired ! Injustice quail'd before thy gaza ; And monster tyrants stood zmzzid ; Whilst liberty admired !
In mercy Eure the summons came From high , to quench that noble flame , . When justice stood apart ; Thy godlike soul too strait cotfin'd , Fcr tach a bold capacious mind , 2 \ ow animates each heart . And may it still pursue its flight , Dispel the mists and gloom of night , - And shine like mid-day ' s sun , Till free-born Britons own thy worth . And shout , while despots crouch to earth ; Oar nation ' s freedom won . Edwis Gill Shtcdi
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I szid to my father b Chartist I'd be , EessJd if I -ras he "SFonld neTer own me ; " Fareweli then , " I cried , " to the o ! d house at home , Far aw ~ 7 o ' er the hiHs for the Charter I'll roam . " I le- 't all ay friends , who do ?? had tnrn'd f ^ es , I left my cesr love for the sake of the c : c -e ; There was neTer a tear , but a smile ia ray eye , For I thought of the Charter and sweei libJrty . I Et > oke to cur lada , and I Baid " come with me , Ton ' re been slaves long enough — 'tis tima' you were free . " Their eyes spark'd with fire , and it made my blood w « rm , So I cried oat , at once— " to arms , H 17 lads—arzn !' Oh ( rod , all I ask , before I do die , Is to strik - a good £ tr < -ke for sweet liberty ; " So come !—who'll bs rrit?— 'tis time to begin ; Come d .: * your good swords lads—coma draw and Etiikc in . " J . W .
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THE SCOTTISH PATRIOTS INVOCATION ' TO FREEDOM . 0 come like a soft br « Z 3 , embalm ' fl with the breath 0 / the pine-sctnted groTes of " the iand of the free ;" A garland of he ? ath-flswers our maidens shall wreath , A tribnte , fair daughter , of heaven to thee . 0 come not with war's b ! oDdy banners unfarlei . The grief cf the widov and orphan to sha-e ; To the dust , frcra his might , let the tyrant b _ hurled , Nor ack our fond hopes in the gloom of deipaii . No flowers of the " sunny south" garnish oar plains , Ho pale drooping lily the rade clift a-: lor -s ; Where nature eathron'd in iubiimity reiens , Wit ' a fie eagle's dark brood in ths region of st : rias .
Oar mountains are bleak , and our mocrlands are wild , Where the dun-deer unfettered bounds f--ar ! ess and free ; But the hands which ths bonds of the tyrant have foiled , Shall rear , lovely freedom , an altar to thee , No bugle shall wake from the heath-covrr = d cot , The sons of the monntsin to carafe ac * i bi-jod ; But soft as the sighs of love ' s vofry shall fi- 'it . The soul-stirring strain around freedom ' s abode . And fondly onr children shall kneel at the shrine , That their fathers ha § reared on the soil of the free , And smiling , the love-breathing maiden stall twine , A chaplet , fair daughter of heaven , to ihee , CLriiii . AU 03 , Apri ] , 1 S 42 .
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THE LADIES' HAND BOOK OF KNITTING , IvETiING , AND CROTCHET , containing plain directions bj which to become proficient in these branches of nseful and ornamental employment . By the author of " The Ladies ' Hjlvd Bock , of Fasct Needli . woke . and Embroideiu 5 g . " London : H . G . Ciarke and Co ., 66 , Did Bailey , 1842 . This little maual is a worthy sue ? -= * or to its companion , the LadiDs' Hasd Book of Fancy Neerilework , and promises to be of vtst utility . Tne formjr ¦ work has already reached it 3 second thousand , though i ; has cot been much more thai ; oue month before the public , and we doubt not U : that the Hand Book of Knittint ' . & . C ., will £ nU an equally favourable reception . The plan is one v : eil
calculated to effect the desired object , and the directions for the various kinds of work , plain , concise , and forcible . The introduction and the first chapter are also highly interesting for the amous : of general information they contain , and will be read v . uh interest , cot only by those for whose u = e : he cock is fipecially intended , bnt by others in more advanced stages of life . Oae feature in these littls works is peculiar ; the author considers thst si I accomplishments f-hould be directed to the attainner-t of some moral end , and in accordance with this v ; uw of the Enbjecs ho has introduced here and there moral reflsctions of an highly interesting charterer . The following extract will be read with interest by every parent who is at all anxious Tor : h - . improvement of cur race , and its advancement to a state of moral excellence .
" But there is yet a higher kind cf use to which we would apply them . We would have the yuung lady Who is becomicg expert find clever at her ntesUe , to rtflrct , aa the beautiful fabric grows beneath b-r forming hand , that her work , and the power and skill to plan and txrcuis it , is an emanation of the immortal mind ; of tfcit mind , whose creative powers are a faint , bat legible transcript of the omnipotent wisdom cf the Deity . This thought gives a permanency to ^ hat wou ; d , in any oth ^ r h ' , be only transitory es the summer cloud . It is omnipotent wisdom and po ^ -tr , which fcaa contrived and executed all the beautiful wonders of
creation ; and that wisdom and power were called into activity by omnipotent love . We wish to impress this sublime truth upon the mind cf our ' young readers , because we wish them to place their Heavenly Father before them , as their pattern and example , in all that they take in hand ; and , to remember , that as He formed the universe by wisdom , from love , so ell their actions sad elegant contrivances should be the result of judgment , guided by affection , that they may thus become like their Father who is in Heaven . " Indeed , it is only , when accomplish meets are rendered su ' -.-servitnt to the development of iroral eoctiness . that they become pursuits at all -src-ituy of an accountable beins . "We were not sent irto this world to nutter through life like the gaudy tuitcifly , only to be seen can admired . We were dtsitnea to '
nstful to our lellow-beings , and to make a : i cur potvera and capabilities in seme w ^ y or other cour . ucive to tl . e bappice £ 3 and welfare of our co-journeyers on the path of time . T- ; tkis end we wish cur fair country women to devote their best attention , and in it 3 attainment to exat every energy which they possess . VTe wish ttiem to make all the knowledge which they may acquire subserve some noble purpose , which will outlive the present hour , and to to this tte weU-spring of the purest afl ' rctions must be opened in the « ml ; and the elegant productions of taste and criuus fcscome Titalised and animated by the spirit cf k ts . Tens , and thu 3 only , can the occupations cf a " tisure hour .
be converted into efficient , ministers of gond , atd snch they wiil assuredly be found , if practised fr-m right motives , a ^ d p ' aced in cue Eufeorainatk .: i : o the r ' : cht exercise of more important duties . Let tL .-ti the yourg Totarcss of tha ncecle , ci drawing , oj of 1 . nsic , ever bear in mmd , -h : it the tiae employed in iL-- > e pursuits will be aceou-.. te'Jlos ; orimprov < dbytheiir . _? .: tiai Judge ofali , jn ? t in proportion as they have l .- ; a made to serve tbt ; pnrpo £ cs of selfish grati § cstioc , rr tr > minister to the development of an elevated mo . ul character , genercua ehq warm affections , and the cnl-. ivstion of tfcese virtnes , wfeich as esstntials of the Christian character , shall outlive the ravages of time , and qualify the soul fur all the beatitudes cf a coming eternity . "
The works are got up in an elcgantstTi ? , and will form appropriate presents as tokens of -n " :-c _ tion and esteem . We wish them all thf > success which their intrinsic value merits .
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Tzh ? £ baxce is & sober reality . If men are temperate they will be industrions—if indu ? triou 3 they will be economical—if economical they will save money—if they save money they will h : ; ve a wherewithal en a rainy day , indndiBg economy , industry and temperance , the exports will always regulate ttemselves , whatever the revenue msy be . Elsixore , Sept . 18 . —The ship Willis m , Captain Coppen , lrom Dundee , which cleared ont here to-day < m her voyage from Dundee to Narra , picked up , near Lisdesnas , nine Rnssian Bailors , part of the -Crew of a Russian s ! - ip of the line , who hsd been -drifting atom at sea for forty-eight bouts en logs 01 ' wood . The Captain saw the ship at the GL-tance of three mikr , and observed nine men , who hid clambered el- : he tides . A Isorwegian sicsiEer was going tu suie the people , but it was probsbls that the gTti ' ei part of the men eomposiEg the crtw were droTrned . —Hamburgh psper . ¦
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HtTDDERSFIEliD . —Ceickft . —On Monday last a match at Cricket came off on the Dalton Ground , near Huddersfield , between the Heckmondwike Commercial and the Huddersfield Britannia Clubs , for ten shillings a man . The following is a correct statement of the game . Heckmondwike went in first , and scored twenty-fiTa . Huddersfied next took the bat and scored fifty-one , when . Heckmondwike again teok the bat and scored fortyseven , leaving the Britannia twenty-one to get to win , which they did with nine wickets to fall . The day was cloudy yet favourable for the game . Only one event happened which tended to mar the pleasures of the day , and it wa 3 one of so aggravated a nature that to pass it over unnoticed would add to the crime . The front room of the White Hart
( belonging to Sir . G . Berry ) was occcpied by the members of both club ? , to which it was understood no other persons conld have access . It further appears that many members of tho Britannia had provided themselves with food for the day , and after the first innings they repaired to the room to partake of the same , but on examining their pockets they found all gone . Who the hungry visitors were could not be ascertained ; yet if none but players had access to the room , the conclusion is inevitable ; if , on the contrary , strangers were allowed , in the absence of any member or members , which was quite possible , then the proprietor of the house waa highly culpable for such gross neglect . However , as * " experience makes fools wise" more precautionary measures will be taken in future . —From a Correspondent ,
A Man fott . vd drowned —On Saturday morning , a man named Joseph Bentley was found near St . Paul's Church , laid on the ground , with his face in a well of wa-er . Life was quite extinct when he was found . An inquest was heid over the body the same day , when a verdict of " Found Drowned" was returned . BKADFOED . —Srsrors Acci-dekt . —On Friday an old man of the name of William Pyrah , of Clayton was going down his chamber steps wheu a dizziness took him and he fell head foremost thereby injuring himself in a shocking nanner . He now lies in a dangerous state . Robbery . —On Friday night last , the outhouse of Mr . John Riley , farmer , Clayton , was broken into and all the poultry was taken away .
BIUJNGHAM , > -ear Stocktox-cpon-Tees . — The inhabitants of this pleasant iittle village were thrown into a btate of great confusion on Sunday evening last , by the Rev . Gibson , vicar of the parish , being suspended from an ash-trea in hi 3 own garden . The Rev Gentleman read the service , and preached a sermon , in the morning , but seemed at a loss how to proceed ; in short , it was the leading topic of conversation in the parish in the afternoon . He said to some 01 tha inmates of his house , " I havf ) taken some pills , therefore , must go cut . " This
was about ten o ' cioek in rhe evening ; it , however , appeared clear enough afterwards thai it was merely a pretence ; ho had not taken any pil ' s . His brothers , in conjunction with his mother and sister , thought he wa . s longer than he need be in coming in , they , therefore , went mto the garden , and to their surprise and sorrow found him as above stated , quite dead . The jury sat- on Monday , and returned a , verdict of Insanity . The doctors say that tho insanity ha 3 been produced by too deep and laborious study , he beiug a man of but weak intellect . — Correspondent .
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The Kisg of Hanovek , who has recovered from his late attack , left Dusseldorf for his capital on tae 16 th .. It is said that the Queen and Prince Albert , with the infants , will go to Briiihioi at the end of October , to remain at the Pavilion for a month or six weeks . A Fire took Place at Whitbread's brewery on Wednesday morning , in consequence of the gasometer being o ' vercharged . It was got under after considerable damage had been done . At the Cou . vcil at Windsor on Saturday directions were given to the Archbishop of Canterbury to prepare a form of thanksgiving for the late abundant harvest and favourable season . —Standard .
Smoking—The moment a man taires to a pipe he becomes a phelosifer : it is a poor man ' s friend—it calms the mind , soothes tne temper , and makes a man patient under irouble . It has made more good men , good husbands , kind masters , indulgent father ? , and honesx fellers , than any otner blessed thing in this universal world . — Sam S ! i < k . Thb U . mkd States—The packet-ship Independence , Captain Isye , which sailed yesterday for New York , carried out more goods than any of the packetships for some time , yet her freight did not exceed £ 170 . With passace-money , however , Captain Nye would have ner . rly £ 1 , 000 ; a large Eum , as times go . —Liverpool Albion . We have heard that the military force in Canada is to be reduced immediately , and that , should the war in China continue , several regiments will proceed from America to the east . —Naval and Military Gazette .
A Grasd Basquet to Sbarman Crawford , Esq . M . P ., and Joseph Stur ^ e , E-q , in honour of the principles of complete suffrage , will be held in the City Hail « n the 3 rd of October . Several members of Parliament , Mr . Vincent , and other friends of the people , will be present . Mr . Hame has likewise been invited , but no answer has yet been received from him . —Glasgow paper . Special Commission . —The Riotebs . —An official communication was on Sunday received at the Town Hall , from Sir James Graham , stating that a special Assize is to be holden at Liverpool for the trial of the prisoners now in custody on charges connected with the late disturbances in the neighbouring portions of the manufacturing districts . No day is named . —Liverpool Times .
The Rail a * d the Turf . —A hors 9 belonging to Lord Egiintoun ran at Donraster on Monday , was transferred to Leicester by tLe North Midland and Midland Counties Railways , and won a race at the races of that town en Wednesday , and was afterwards transported back to Doncaster to run a third time there on Thursday . —Doncasler Chronicle . The Kikg cf Prussia . —1 he King of Prussia has had a gold medal struck in his owa dominions , for the purpose of presentation to the most distinguished artists who may come under his especial approval . It is of solid gold , weighing 20 dwts ., and is very tasteful in its arrangement . Loss of a Russian Man of War . —A Russian ship of tho iine , a now " 4 , going from Archanj ; ti to the Baitic for her stores , was lost last Sunday week , on the Coast ot Norway , off Christiansand , srithabot : ' 4 u 0 men . The wind was a high northerly t ; a : e , iff the land , and it is not known whether she sprang a leak or was out of her reckoning .
O . v Saturday evening last , the crier at Wisbcch was employed to annonrce that a cerinin trade . ^ isau in tho town had received a quantity of forti ^ u pot'rdbeef , which he could sell at 4 % d . p * r pound . The crier had no sooner finished his rcund , than he was engaged by a butcher , to inform rhe public that he was selling good potted-beef at 2 Jd . per pound . — Stamford Mercury . Four Beautiful Spanish stallions arrived at Wiiidsor on Wednesday , presents from Isabell the Second of Spain to Victoria of England . They have lar ^ e heads and necks , flowisg manes , more than fourteen inches long , and very large and long tails , lho queen kept two , a crenQ-LOioured one and a .-kewbald one ; and gave two to lbs Prince , a bay aad a brown .
The French Papers said ] a ! ely that tberesistance of the natives in Algiers was almost entirely subdued ; Out the last accouuts , to the 10 : h instant , state that the autumn campaign will be ou an extensive scale ; a number of tribes who had made tbeir submi = sion having evinced hostile dispositions since they had secured their crops . Singular Accident . —About l . alf-past ei ^ . ht o ' clock on Thtjrsday night , Henry ^ ia : ue , a child two years c'd , whose fa : her is a refpeciatismssier baker , and resides at No . 7 , Chiohesicr-p ' , Gray ' s Innroad , attempted to shallow a halfpenny , whish sSuck in his throat , aud he vr . is sclzsd with violent convulsions , and became bl % : k in the face . It fortunately happened that Mr . Lister , the surgeon , was passing as Mrs . Mayne , was ruiUng info ihc street wi ; h the child in her arms , after many attempts , at length succeeded in extracting the halfpenny from the chila ' s throat .
Murder . — On Saturday the village of Hoagley , near Oikham , was thrown into excitement at the discovery of a murder of the rncst atrocious description . For some time past an old man , named Reynolds , who had no visible means of existence ( but was supposed to hava been , afarmer in the neighbourhood ) , had resided ia the village . His house was observed for several days to be closed ; at length it was thought advisable to enter it , when the poor old man w as discovered on the floor of his bed-room literally soaked in his blood . His face was so beaten as almost to defy recognition . Numerous articles of clothing were lying about the floor .
Desperate Conflict with Poachers . — On Friday morning , about one o ' clock , a desperate affray took place on Lord Gage ' s estate at West Firle , near Lewes , between two of his Lordship ' s gamekeepers and two poachers , named Day and Harvey , living 1 h two of the adjoining villages . Poaching having been carried on most extensively of late , in the preserves , the keepers had been instructed to keep a sharp look out for the marauders , and at the time named two of them fonnd the poachers in the act of taking game by means of nets . The keepers attempted to take them into custody , but mtt with a determined resistancs from the poachers , who laid about with their bludgeons in such a manner as to disable both tie keepers , one of whom , named Turner , has sustained snch serious iiijary that his life is considered in jeopardy . The poadwrsji ken made off .
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Hail Storm . —A dreadful hall storm , accompanied by thunder and lightning , visited the neighbourhood of Egglegtone , near Middleton-in-Teesdale , on Wednesday last . The electric fluid strnck the chimney of the tnrnpike-gate-house , which it descended , and forced out two of the windows . Eight members of the family which inhabited it it were in the room at the tim 8 , all of whom escaped unhurt , except a little boy , who was knocked down and suffered a slight bruise on the face . A dog lying by the fire-side was killed on the Bpot . Our cosrespondent adds that snow , eight or ten inches thick , was lying at the hedge sides at the above place yesterday- —Durham Chronicle .
Dover . —On Saturday last , a large anchor , weighing about nineteen or twenty cwt ., and supposed to be from a Dutch foundry , was brought into Daver harbour . It wa 3 found four days before , about fifty miles from this place , in the German Ocean , opposite the North Foreland , but at some distance out at sea , by some fishermen , in whose nets it became entangled . Having obtained assistance from some other boats , they lashed a cable to it , and it was finally brought on shore . From its appearance at present , it is thought to have been sunk for a period little short of twenty years . It is , however , still in good preservation , the arms , which ar « of wood , being apparently as sound a 3 when first cut . —Kentish Observer .
Singular Occurrence . —A few days ago , as a person of the name of Charlesworth , o ! Darley Dale , was crossing the moors on his way to Chesterfield , he stopped to rest himself on a heap of stones by the road side , dnring which time he chanced to cast his eyes on a viper or adder , within a few yards of his resting place , coiled up in folds upon the road . There being something , he imagined , rather singular in the manner of the reptile , he watched its movements for a few minutes . The trai ellcr ' s curiosity had nearly proved of serious consequence , for the poisonous vermin , having partially raised itself , darted at him with all Jts force , though it luckily passed over his shoulder , with only slightly grazing his hat _ , and afterwards escaped into an adjoining plantation . The people of that district of the moors denominate these attacks made by the adders as 11 adder bolts . "—Doncaster Gazette .
Waterspouts . —Sunderland , Sept . 12 . —Yesterday several waterspouts were seen off this coast about ten or twelve mi ! e 3 from the land . They assumed the appearance of inverted coues , and ultimately burst ; an immense body of water " fell from each ; the lower parts totally disappeared , and the summits amalgamated into a denje body resembling a thick cloud . Thunder storm . —This city was visited yesterday by a violent thunder-storm , which continued , with some intermission , for about two hours , beginning about half-past tweivo o ' clock , and being accompanied throughout with a tremendous i ' all of rain
and hailstones . Several of the flashes were extremely vivid , and the thunder burst immediately over the city , and at no great distance from the surface . The electric fluid struck a chimney on Summer-hill , and slightly shattered its wall , but we have not heard of any serious injury inflicted by it . The rain fell wi ih great force , aud some of the hailstones were of enormous size . We trust that tho fine weather which we have just passed was takea duo advantage of for the business of the harvest , as the weather would now appear to be effectually broken , and much dajnage must have been icflictcd by the hail and rain of yesterday on any ripe and heavy corn exposed to its fury . —Dublin Freeman ' s Journal of Thursday .
American Packets . —Three American packets , the Cambridge , the Siddons , and the Monongahela , arrived at Liverpool 011 Thursday . By all th ^ se vessels the number of emigrants returning to this country is very great . The Cambridge brought 200 steerage passengers ; the Siddous had 240 in the steerage and 34 in the cjbin ; and the Monongahela had 100 in the steerage . Tho return of these persons , many of them in a state of great destitution , is sufficiently indicative of the prosperity of the United States at the present moment , or rather the absence of it . The freights , from the same cause , are small in amount and iow in price , tho Cambridge having only brought £ 460 on freight , tho Siddons £ 420 , and the llonungahela a still more trifling amount .
Death from Htdp . cphobia . —Yesterday ( Friday ) afternoon , an inquest was held at the New Bailey prison , before Mr . Ruiitr , thecounty coroner , touching the death of William Tankard , of Salford . From the evidence adduced , it appeared that the deceased was imprisoned for one month for the non-payment of the penalty and costs for an assault , of which he had been convicted before two magistrates at Heap . On Monday last , whilst washing bi 3 hands he was suddenly taken with a shaking and shivering . He was taken into the hospital , and attended by Mr . Barton Stott , surgeon of the prison , whom he informed that ho had been bitten in the hand by a dog about six weeks ago . Mr . Stott ordered a basin of water to bo brought , and he was convinced from the shock which the deceased experienced by
the sight or it , that he was affected with hydro phobia . Mr . Stott procured the assistance of Mr . Jordan , and they administered some emst ! 03 to the patient , cupped and blistered him , and used every means in their power to afford him some relief . They vis-ited him frequently , and two of Mr . Stott ' s pupils remained up with him all Wednesday night . During that night tha patient was perfectly tranquil , and the paroxysms were slight , but he did not sleep at all . The medicines operated as the physicians wished ; aud the patient continued in a composed state till about half-past three on Thursday afternoon , when he was s . iz : d with violent paroxysms . At four o ' clock he was visited by Dr . Hulmeand Mr . Thorpe , Mr . Jordan having previously obtained permission of the naagistrtes to call them in . Mr . Stott and Mr . Jordan administered more medicine to the
patient after which the attacks became less violent . At a quancr-past twelve o'clock on Thursday night auotker revere fit came on , and he expired immedidiately afterwards . During Wednesday he took bread soaked in hot water , but could not take it in cold . He also drank ( though with great difficulty ) ceffee from a teaptt . During some of hi ? severe paroxysms it required six or eight men to hold him . He stated , before his death , that the dog that bit him had a chain and part of a rope about his neck . He appeared to have broken looso from his owner , aud when the deceased attempted to lay hold cf him . he bit him in the hand , a little above the second joint of the thumb . The dog barked afterwards at some children in running away from tfce deceased . Yerc'ict , * ' Death from hydrophobia , produced by the bite of a dog . "—Manchester Guardian .
Sekiocs Riot in Aibdrie . —On Thursday evening , a riot took place in Airdrie , which for a time threatened the most serious conseqaences . The military , it appears , were withdrawn from the town : r ; at forenoon , and during the day more bastle and excitement were observable in the streets than usual . No disturbance , however , was for a time apprehended , as the colliers in tho neighbourhood had partly resumed work , and , as no disposition to outbreak had been manirestod by the great body of them , still on strike , since shortly after the commencement of the uisputo . Still no breach of the peace had taken place , and all might have passed over quietly enough , but on the arrival of five prisoners in the afternoon , on their way to Hamilton gaol , in custody of a party of Sheriff's officers , who
had been apprehended at Ballochney for a breach of engagement vrkh their employers , or accused of intimidation—the story is told both ways—the excitement increased , and the shopkeepers , apprehensive of a riot , shut their shops . At this time a meeting of the idle colliers was being held at the lotteries , in the vicinity of Coatbridge ; numbers of ihcm were likewise congregated ia various parts of the town of Airdrie ; and it was , from circumstances which had been allowed to transpire , understood that the rescue of the prisoners had been resolved upon . Upon the prisoners being bronght to the town , application was made to have them lodged in one of the inns until they could be examined by the authorities , but this , it is said , the innkeeoer refused , from fear of the mob
destroying his premises . About this time a band of about 400 strange colliers , apparently from theeastappeared in the streets , and the officers in charge of the prisoners immediately took them to a public-house adjoining the inn . After some consultation amongst the mob the re ? ult was tkax a rescue was determined en , and accordingly the house where the pr isoners w ? ro confined vras attacked , and , as great resistance was offered , it , was some time before an c-ntranca was tffected and the prisoners liberated . The door of the house was torn down , and all the glass in tha windows broken . The premises were completely gutted , and the liquor , furniture , glass , &c , carried off or destroyed . Before this was accomplished the magistrates met opposite the place where the crowd—ultimately amounting to upwards
of 1 . 500—had collected , and read the Riot Act ; but as they had no military force at their command , they had just to look passively on during the time the disturbance was going forward , without being able to take a single effective step towards putting a stop to th ' e lawless proceedings . Several shots , we are informed , were fired by persons in the crowd during the progress of the riot ; and before tho house was gutted , the Sheriff ' s officers repeatedly fired blank ont of the windowB to intimidate the riotous assemblage . To this , however , they paid no attention , but proceeded determinedly to ( . met their obiect . While tbia was coins forward , the
Magistrates sent expresses for aid to the Glasgow roliceoffiee and to Sheriff Alison ; but before theSaenir , accompanied by Captain Miller , arrived , the rioters had dispersed and the town was quiet . The military did not arrive till yesterday morning . We are informed that tne secretary of the Colliers' Association was apprehended in his own house late on Thursday ui ^ ht , and committed to gaol ,, but we have not heard upon what charge . Tha town was quiet jesterday . Two of the policemen ^ who assisted the officers , in repelling the attacks of the mob were slightly wounded . Tho affair , we understand , is undergoing a mo 3 t rigid investigatioa . —Glasgow Courier .
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Conflagration in Russia . —St . Petersburgh . Sept . 16 . —We have recsived here the melanoholy news that the greater part of the city of Kasan , has been destroyed by fire . It is stated that 1 , 200 houses _( 400 of which were of stone ) 12 churches , the extensive magazine , and the university are reduced to ashes . * The details are not yet come to hand . The Second St Petersburgh Insurance Company is a great loser by the fire . The shares which were lately sold at 410 to 415 rubles , are bow sold at 230 rubles . Several houses and forty warehouses , with goods , ! hava been destroyed by fire in the city of Jaroslaff .
Paris . —It is said that there has not been for mauy years past so few English residents in Paris as during the present summer . The hotel keepers complain bitterly of the absence of their besV customers ^ and many of the shopkeepers have no cause for rejoicing . The improved facilities for travelling on thei Continent cause tourists to explore Germany and the Rhine in prsferenco to France , and the 'war fever " caused by M . Thiers has not yet subsided sufficiently to induce the English to make Paris their abode as of old . The absence of our countrymen is , however , in some degree supplied ? y tne Russians , of whom there are great numbers in the French capital . They are not , however , very popular with the Parisians , their habits and customs being so widely different to those of our gay neighbours . —London paper .
An Uninvited Dinner Party . —A Staffordshire gentleman , or rather his lady , had an unlookcd for visit tho other day . When the dinner bell rang , some scoro or more of unemployed men responded to the call , and the master of the house being from home his wife was afraid to dismiss her unexpected guests . Dinner was therefore served up to them , and consumed with an excellent appetite . On the following day , encouraged by their good cheer , they again " answered the bell . " taking with them a number of their friends , but the husband was now at home , and sent them off without ceremony . —Gateshead Observer .
United States . —The New York packet-ship Cambridge has arrived and brought intelligence to the 1 st , one day later than that received last week . The papers contain a message from the President to the House of Representatives , which constitutes a protost against the report of the Committee of thirteen on the late veto . Mr . Tyler says that he holds the Executive Government in trust for the people : he shows that , however unprecedented the mode in which he attained ( he chief office , it was in a perfectly regular . course , and therefore he had not " usurped" any power ; and ho maintains , that however unusual , his exercise of * he veto was also performed in a regular manner , and in strict accordance with his sense of responsibility for the duties intrusted to him . He says , that had he been impeached before the Senate , ho would have mst the accusation with firmness ; but he protests against the unfairness and " unconstitutionally" of Mr . Adams ' s report , adopted by the House . Congress was to re-assemble in three months .
A Female Sailor in Cardiff . —On Thursday week , just as the Lady Charlotte was about to sail from Cardiff , attention was drawn to a person in a sailor's dress , who was exhibiting money rather carelessly , and expressing great anxiety for the sailing of the packet . Perkins , a constable , accosted him , and on refusing to give any account of how he got the money , or where he came from , took him to the Station-house . Mr . Superintendent Stockdale-, after asking a few questions , suspected the apparent sailor boy was a girl , and charged her with being so , which she resolutely denied . A woman was made to search ber , and the youug sailor turned out to be a pretty looking Welsli tfirl . Finding disguise to be useless , she gave an account of herself . Her assumed name as the sailor was Edward Williams , but her real cue is Mary Davis . She is twenty years of . age . She lived with her father , who is a decayed farmer ,
about nine miles from Metthyr , and between that place and Neath . Having a brother away from home , she determined to go in search of him . She had received a letter lately from him enclosiug £ 5 , and it contained a request that she should come to him ; this letter she had lost , and so entirely had she forgotten her brother ' s address , that she did not know whether the letter came from America , Australia , or Ireland . Her purpose in the present instance was to go to Bristol , aud from thence to Amerioa . She was takea every care of at the Station-houso , and visited by the worthy mayor and the Rev . T . Stacey , who , after hearing her statements , were convinced she was of weak mind . She was directed to be cent to the Union Housa , until her friends could be communicated with , and her money was left in Mr . 'Stockdale ' s hands . She cannot speak a word of Eaglish . —Silurian .
A Cargo of Wild Beasts . —Early on Monday morning the powerful steamer Monarch arrived at ht ; r moorings off the Custom House , London , her decks being almost covered with cages containing an extensive collection of wild animals , a trans-shipment from Hull . Among them wore a remarkably fine young lion from Zinzebar , a pair of striped hyaj . ias from India , a very beautiful pair of the Sasia antelopes from the borders of Persia , the horn 3 of the male nearly two feet long , forming a perfect spiral , a most interesting specimen ot the ^ nu antelope , from the Cape of Good Hope ,
called by the Dutch boors of South Africa the Baas or Mas : er , from his great strength ; and one of the most formidable of the monkey tribe ever brought to this country . Tho last animal stands nearly four feet high , and appeared to boa distant relative of " Happy Jerry , " of departed memory . He inhabits the mountains of Arabia , and is the Derrias or Wood Baboon , known by the Arabs by the name of " Rebah " , " or Child of the Sun . The whole of the cargo was landed at daylight , and forwarded in vans to _ their destined resting-place , after all their wanderings , at the Surrey Zoological Gardens .
Tinmeh's Strike . —A general strike for new prices , has taken place among the tin-plate workers in this town . We have not yet been able to make ourselves so fully sensible of themeri's of the contending parties as we could have wished . It appears , however , that , in 1825 , there was a general strike , in consequence of which a list was drawn up and agreed to by the men and masters . Since that period many new articles , not included in the list , have been made , and , it is said , a considerable depression in the trade has existed . We are informed that , there being no list price for these articles , some masters have paid for their manufacture at a higher rate than others , and all the workmen now claim the same price . Many of the masters do not consider themselves justified in Bigning the new list , and consequently , their men remain out . A similar strike exists to a considerable extent in Birmingham . — Staffordshire
Ex-. Accident by Lightning . —During the severe thunder-siorm on Tnursday afternoon a serious accident occurred at the Great Weston Cotton Works , St . Philip ' s , Bristol . At about twenty minutes , before five o ' clock the electric fluid struck the meter-house , and completely destroyed the large gas meter , the erection of which had just been completed by she company at a cost of £ 130 . Tha iron face of the meter was split in pieces , and the gas which was in the cylinder ( fortunately it was lurn . ed off at the main ) being ignited by the electric fluid exploded , and large pieces of iron , one of them weighing above 1001 b ., were thrown with such
violence against a wall twenty-five feet distant as to produce considerable indentations in portions of the ni jsonry . The meter house is erected in front of the weaving-room , in which between 500 and 600 girls were at work at the time . The main gas-pipe , which is attached to the meter , passes through the wall , and desc « uds beneath the floor of this room , and as a large portion of it was blown off it seems almost a miraclo that no lives were lost . As might be expected , the utmost consternation was produced ; several of the girla fell fainting on the ffoor , others rushed to the doer to escape from the factory , and all was confusion and alarm . We are happy to ctate , however , thai no one was hurt .
Unrolling of an Egyptian Mbmmy . —On Thursday a female mummy , presented to the Natural History Society of Shrewsbury by the late Dr . Butler , was unrolled in the presence of about two hundred highly respectable spectators , a great part of whom were ladies , it having been stated that there would be nothing whatever indelicate in the interesting operation . Mr . Birch , from the British Museum , superintended the uniolling of the mummy , previous to which be described the process of embalming among the Egyptians . The outer coffin in which the present remains were deposited announced thac it contained the body of " Tennor-en-Rhons , Priests of Amon , " who was " dedicated to Osiris , Presiding in the West , Lord of Abydos , that he would give Offerings for the sake of the deceased . "
Tho lecturer began at the feet of the corpse to untie the linen bandages which enveloped it . These consisted of several hundred pieces , of the hue of washleather , but capitally woven cloth , and in some parts not much discoloured , and pretty strong . On one of the pieces was an inscription stating its age to be twenty-one years . On tmlappiBg the bandages round the neck , the head fell off , and was found quite perfect , several of the teeth in front being still fixed in their sockets , one cf them loose . The cartillages of the ears were perfect , the dried flesh having the semblance of dark gingerbread . The body wai diselosed with a vast deal more difficulty than
the head , the etnbalmers having dipped it into the bitumen bo long and bo frequently as to destroy the flesh and render the skin and its envelope one mass . Gradually , however , the toes appeared , all perfect , except the nails , the feet being small and very attenuated . The muscles and the skin of the legs , and the cap of the knee next became visible , and the hands , crossed on the abdomen , were traced after great labour . The hip bones ,, the shoulders , and the ribs ,. were exposed one after auothsr , till at last the full ? developed fraiae of a- human being , 3 , 000 years old , lay exposed to the gaze of the oompauy . Upwards of three honx 3 were occupied in the process ..
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Death of thb Marquis of Welleslev . —This ovent took place at his Lordship ' s residence , Kingston-house , Brompton , between three and four o ' clock on Monday morning . Early Rising . —In the will of the late Mr . Jas . Bryan , of the borough of Leicester , is tho following singular clause : — " As my nephews are fond of indulging themselves in bed in a morning , and as I wish them to prove to the satisfaction of my executors that they have got out of bed in tho morning , and either employed themselves in business or taken exercise in the open air , from five till eight o ' clock
every morning , from the Sta of April to tao lOih of October , being three hours eaoh day ; and fiom seven till nine o ' clock ia the morning from the 10 th of October to the 5 tb of April , being two hours every morning ; this is to be done for some years ; duriug the first eeven years to the eatisfacriou of my executors , who may excusotbem in case of illness , but the task must be made up when they are well : and if they will not do this , they shall not receive any share of my property . Temperanee makes the faculties clear , and exercise piake 3 them vigorous . It is temperance and exercise united that can alone insure the fittest state for mental or bodily exertion . "
Tralee . —A fire broke out in Mr . Walpole ' s hotel on Wednesday night week , by which a gentleman stopping at the hctel has suffered severe personal injury , Mr . Richard Walttr Agar , solicitor , of Killarney , who arrived that evening . The family of tho house had all retired to rest , and in the middle of the night , between one and two o ' clock , Mr . Walpolo was roused from sleep by loud screams . He at once jumped out of bed , and ran in the direction of the screams , which he found to proceed from the room occupied by Mr . Agar . The door being locked on the inside , Mr . Walpole burst it in , and by the force of the concussion knocked down Mr . Aj ? ar , who , it would appear , was unable , through fright , to unlock the door . Mr . Walpole found the bed , the curtains , the chairs , and all the furniture in the room enveloped in flames . Mr . Agar has suffered sevtro injury by the fire , his chest , face , arma , and hands boing extensively burned , but there is no apprehension of fatal consequences ensuing .
The Blessin 63 of Peel ' s Income Tax . —According to the Act of Parliament , strict secrecy is enjoined on the commissioners and subordinates appointed under this inquisitorial law . A striking illustration is afforded by the knowledge that the ' West end" collectors are to ba heard freely canvassing the returns of the " city" merchants , instancing that a well- known firm have returned their profits as £ 60 , 000 a year ; two others at £ 40 , 000 ; and several more at £ 30 , 000 ; abo , that a highly influential body have stated their average
profits to bo upwards of half a million annually 1—So much for secrecy . Another practicaliliustration is given , by the fact that an old and respected inhabitant of Pimlico has very recently broken up his establishment , dismissed his servants , and sold eff his household furniture ., alleging , as the sole reason , tho criiel operation of Peel ' s odious income tax . His income ranges to nearly £ 200 par annum ; and he is now compelled to retire to furnished lodgings , with his family , and to debar himself of many comfons which he had previously enjoyed .
The Birmingham Railway Church . —A church , the first of ths kiud in . connexion with railways , is to be erected on a site of ground near the London and Birmingham Railway , for the religious instruction of the Servants connected with the company and the neighbouring population round their central station at Wolverton . The proposition was first made at a general meeting of tho shareholders in 1840 , when it was resolved to establish a Church of England chapel at Wolverton , so soon as the sura of £ 4 000 . required to erect it , should be raised . Within £ 300 of that amount has already been subscribed , including £ 1000 from the Railway
Compauy . with an annual endowment for tho minister ; £ 2000 from the Radcliffd tru-tees , and sundry ether sums . A temporary reading-room , capable of holding 200 persons , licensed by the Bishop of London , has been opened until such time as the church shall be erected , which it is expected will take places early in the spring . It is to be built in a plain , substantial style , and to contain 600 sittings . There is to be a burial prouud , with a house for the residenco of the Rev . Georgo Wright , - . the minister , who has been appointed to officiate as Chaplain . Mr . Glyn , the chairman of tho railway , has presented the trustees with a handsome communion service of plate .
Dreadful Death . —We regret to learn that an aggravated and fatal case of assault , if not a case of murder , took place in Calton of Glasgow on Wednesday last . It appears that on the day in question two men , named Robert Campbell and William Smith m the employment of Mr . Neil , nailor , in Main-street , Calton , had had some difference or quarrel , when Campbell seizad the red-hot rod of iron with which he was working , and by thrusting it against tho abdomen of Smith inflicted several severe wounds or burns . In consequence of this assault the unfortunate man died on Thursday afternoon . Campbell has been apprehended . —Caledonian Mercury .
Astronomical Clock . — After four years labour the repairs of the astronomical clock at- Strasburgh are completed , and it will be set in motion ou the meeting of the Scientific Congress on the 28 th . In this curious piece of mechanism the revolutions of the sun , the moon , and the plantts arc marked down with scientific exactness . Seven figures represent the seven days in the week , each appearing on its turn on the day allotted to it . The tour ages come forward to strike the quarters , and the skeleton Death strikes the hours . At noon tho twelve Apostlos advance in succession to bend down before the figure of our Saviour , who &ivc 3 them the benediction . At tho same moment a cock claps its wings and crows three times . It is paid to be one of the most curious pieces of clock-work in Europe .
Destructive Flood at Aberystwith . —A few days ago this town was visited by a tcrific flood . At eleven o ' clock in the forenoon , a noise was heard resembling that of distant thunder , and the inhabitants were soon apprized of the cause by a tremendous body of ' water rolling several feet above the wateis of the river Rhydol , carrying with it cavts , wheelbarrows , forks , rakes , and various implements of husbandry . On its reaching the harbour , the force was so powerful as to raise the shipping which were lying a-ground , and dash them on each other with such fuTy as to smash the masts , yard ? , aud bowsprits of several of them to spliaters ; others sunk to their anchors , and were nearly covered ; several boats were instantly dashed to the bottom and hurled to the ocean . The waters continued to increase for
upwards of two hours , stripping the fluids adjoining the bed of the riv ^ r , of hay , wheat , oats , and barley ; and although the waters were increasing and coming down , dashing and foaming headlong , yet the children in Trefechan were to be seen up to their middles in the midst of the stream , endeavouring to catch the spoil borne on the bosom of the apparently infuriated element . The most singular circumstance connected with this phenomenon was , tha' although the wind was blowing west , with a tremendous heavy sea , yet the waters of the river forced tho ocean back to the apparent distance of a mile , filliDg the bay exteading from Graiglas point to the pier with fresh water , and for upwards of eight hours no amalgamation of the fresh and briny elements took place , the bay remaining as free from salt'as if it had been a mountain lake . —Hereford paper .
Belper . —Death from Fighting , —We have this week to record the awful death of another victim sacrificed at the shrine of drunkenness and pugilism , who has been suddenly sent before his God , leaving to penury an industrious wife and several children . The persons examined at the inquest : were Martha Stone , J . Green , John Walker , Matthew Hunt , and John Spencer , who deposed to the following ;—Tbal on Saturday night last , George Mills , the deceased , and James Troth , were drinking together at tho Maltsters' Arms , at the Gutter , Belper , with several others . Some angry words having passed between them , about half-past eleven o ' clock deceased got up and went towards his home ( which is at the Whitemoor Hall , near Belper ) , aud when he had proceeded about B 0 yards , James Troth came up and struck
at deceased , but hit one of the witnesses , Martha-Stone , in the face ; he afterwards procured a stone , aud , it was supposed , struck deceased with it , which caused a fight to ensue in a channel leading from a gutter to the Derby road , and afterwards in a field near that place , belonging to Mr . Litchfield , called tho Homo Close . About thirty , or forty rounds were fought , and the manner of fighting was this , James Troth for the most partbuttiDg with his head , at the same time using his fists , and always ( until the three last rounds ) having the rising ground . The deceased fell several times with the back part of his head on the ground . After the fight had continued about an hour deceased was butted down with great violence , and was taken up insensible . Means were resorted to to restore animation for more than
three hours , but to no purpose , and about four 0 clock he died . A post mortem examination of the body was made on Monday morning , by Mr . Evans , surgeon , of Belper , and several ounces of coagulated blood were found upon the brain , and nearly a pint of blood in the back part of the head , which was stated to be the cause of death . Mr . Evans stated that he believed the repeated knocks down the deceased met with enlarged and filled the bloodvessels of the head } until at last they burst , and insensibility and death would immediately ensue . The man being in a state of intoxication at the time materially facilitated the fatal event . After a very
careful inquiry and patient investigation , a verdict of manslaughter was returned against James Troth as principal , and Edward Troth and Jeffery Jowett as seconds . Four others , named Samuel Parkin , John Robinson * Edward Ford , and Samuel Laader , were proved to have assisted , and will be prosecuted for trespass . George Mills , the deceassd , was in general a hard-working man , and bore ^ a good character , but being overtaken in liquor , he has paid his _ life as a forfeit for his indiscretion . The principal , James Troth , has absconded ,, and the other two were committed to Derby County Gaol , and will take their trial at the next March , assizes . —Nottingham Review .
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Sir , —When men have , a great object to attain , it is usual for them to endeavour to ob :. « in that object by whatever means present themselves ; and , although ic ' . n-. ay be more consonant with tho better and higher feelings of humanity to uso nou-i but thoso which ave strictly honourable , still , if the parties with whom wo have to do keep no measure of faith ; if they resort to anything or everyhing , 110 matter how tricky or base , to prevent us obtaining our just ends ; 1 think Ihe end would sanedfy the means , even if we did return the contents of tha poisoned ehalieo- to their own lips , and hoist them from their unjust position by means of their own petard .
Such , I contend , is tho situation of tho working classes in regard to the two great factions which , at present , rule over the desiiyies of thi 3 country . Let them disagree upon whatever else they may , they always , agree upon the great point of insulting and trampling . upon that class which produces all the wealth , in which they wallow . If the working clas 3 attempt to reason with them , and tell them that God has made all equal , and that therefore they hava a right to have a voice in the making the laws by w lich they are to bo governed , one of the factions laugh in their face , tell them at ones there is no right but that of conquest , and , with all the modesty imaginable , point to the bullet and bayonet as the tenure of their authority . If not sati-siied with this , they toll them that , at least , as they hava
produced all the food , theyha » e a right to . what will keep body and soul together in sickness or in age ; the other faction , more wily , but not less deadly , with all the canting hypocrisy of a Maworm , tells them that " Nature's table is full , " and that" none have a right to food but thoso who have got patents for it ; " that " they must practice moral restraint ; " that " they must taka care and not breed faster than capital has occasion for them ; " and that they will , by those means , prevent the over-stocking of the labour market ; bufc that abova all things they must " prao . 'icn frugality , " and "accumulate aa much in health as will laain . ain them in sickness or age ;" . and that by ihoso means
they will become '' independent labourers " and that when they have become more ' educated , " and consequently , more "intelligent , " they will bo fully competent to understand these sublime-discoveries of political economy which prove that misappropriated machinery causes more labour , ar : d c . insiqti . ° iitly better wages ; that taxe .-i , although Uiey take a third of his earnings , return in fructifying t-howers : and that a repeal of tho corn lawa would make a complete paradiss of this country . Uut let tho working class once appear to doubt these beautiful theories , and talk about having controul over tho products of their own labour , thi 3 hypocritical faction point with evident gusto at tho bullet and the bayonet , aa the last reason in / AeiVpoliucul economy . «
Such beirg the situation of the-working classes , and it being evident that tlie ns : < l'ilo clash's will not assist the working classes to obtain that voice in tha making of the laws which alone can permanently better their condition , uritil they , the middle classes , become alarmed for their own situation , I contend that it is the duty of the working classes to endeavour Ly all means within their power to bring about a consummation so devoutly to bo wished . And I contend that one of tho greatest of those means , which would make the middle classes alarmed for their own situation , would be the repeal of iho Corn Laws ; as it is their own pet moas'irf—as they expeot
from it to have prosperity ! or af . es— aa they hopa by it to get their test permanently upon our neck ? , and as it will ( I am as certain ofwas I amHhat Jire burns j assuredly trundie them into the streets—lot us by all means assist them to obtain it . By that course we should obtain one of tw-j good things ; cither the thing would bo sa at rest , or , which is move probable , ( as in my opinion the Repealers are not sinoere , they , knowing too well what would be the result . ) they wou-. d give up the agitation at once , terrified at their own prospect of success ; and thus wo should put them to- a test which would settle the matter either one way or the other .
But you will eay how could the Chartist assist tho Repealer ; or how oouhl wo advise them to it , seoing that both the Chartists and wo have repeatedly denounced the agitation ? It is truo that you both have denounced it when proposed ' aa-a-measure which was to bring effectual relief . But I * advise the Chartists to assist , iho Repealers aa a measure which weuld either test the lleptalers , or which would greatly add to the mass of ruin and discontent . To the ruin of the manufacturers there is not the Slightest doubt but it would add the ruin and discontent of * the . agriculturalists .- Therefore , although y . Mi may be satisfied , that the repeal of tho Corn L-dws would completely fail s . 5 a remedy for our . nalional difficulties , still that does not prevenS tho Chartists as-- ; s ! ifig , or you from advising them to assist , the agitation , provided that you bo convinced that is would either test one set of enemies , OR HARASS BOTH OF THliM .
But it will bo said , that it would ba unjust to the agriculturist to repeal the Corn Laws with the present amount of taxation . I grant that it would be unjust , if the taxation was at all necessary to the security of the country , or if the present debt had been incurred for the service of the people . IJufc what are the facts 2 Fox- what , or how , was tha debt .. contracted i The only ostensible object for which it would be pretended to be contracted was the- protection of property . Thus it is decidedly unjust to tax a whole community for the paying of that debt which was avowedly contracted for tho beiitfit of a few . If foreign produce can bo brought into the market at half iho present price in England , that would cause prices hero to fall to tho Continental price ; that would cause the farmer to be uuable to pay their present amount of rent , wages , and taxes , which would ruin the farmer , humble the aristocracy , a , nd add vastly to the muss of discontent , and cons ; qucntly causo all to cry aloud for the Charter .
But I shall very probably be told hero that the repeal would give such an imprtus to trade that it would cause our capitalists and labourers to be content with their situation ; in short , as one of them said to the writer , " it would destroy all agitation for the suffrage , by causing us to have prosperity for ages . " Never was idea more fallacious ! How could it causa an increase in the consumption of manufactured articles ? It is easy to talk in loose and general terms in this way ; but will they tell us how it ia to effect . this ? By causing the prices of all articles of consumption to fall , say fifty per cent ., it would cause the recoiverd of taxes to receive double the amount of goods which they now receive for the same nominal amount of taxes ; bub how the deuce that is to bo a benefit exceeds my
comprehension . But still this is not telling us now this repeal is to cause an increase of the consumption , of manufactared articles as a whole . This still remains to be proved . I shall bo told , in loose terms , that there will ba a vast quantity more corn imported , and that they will tako pay in goods . This , even , is contrary to fact ,. however pretty in theory ; for the Repealers themse 2 res have complained tha * the ciuse of oar difficulties has been that we had to pay the foreigners for their wheat in gold . But , however , I will admit the fact , that they would take pay in goods , for' the sake of coming fairly at the argument . Then how should the Repeal cause us to want art extra quantity of corn ? Suppose that we had been yearly receiving a million quarters to make up our deficiency , how would tho Repeal cause us to want a
greater quantity ? But suppose that wo import even two million quarters , O ! what foreign trade it would create ; but should we not want one million . lesB from the home grower ? And suppose that we have been exchanging a yard of cloth for a bushel Of wheat , and that we had been in the habit of givng one million yards of cloth for the ono million ; bushels of wheat which we got from the home grower ; and snppose that , by way of ' * extending our commerce " we got our million bushe ' 13 of corn from the . foreigner , for which we give him the one million yards of cloth we had used to give to the home grower , how , pray , in this case , had we increased our commerce * Ah ! the whole thing is fallacious from begining to end . The thiDg would produce nothing but misery , and consequently discontent , as long as the present taxes remain . But it will bo said that we are inconsistent ; that we are making a sacrifice of principles : that we **
have pledged ourselves to " the Charter , the whole Charter , and nothing but the Charter . " True , we have ; and I would stand to that pledge , name and all . Bat what then ? Are we bound to follow one course in order to redeem that pledge ! Can we make no bye-play ! Are we to make no diversion ia favour of our objeot ; or even are we not to take advantage of diversions when made by other parties ? Let us not play such a foolish part ; bnt let us rather take advantage of the mine themselves have sprung , and by it blow both factions at tho moon . Then if they should commence an agitation agaio , let us push them on to the obtaining of the meacure , or compel them to recede , terrified at the prospect of their own success . But let as not give up our own agitation : let U 3 persevere with that in order that we may form a public opinion to be always ready when the day of trial comes in order that we may be able to take advantage of every circumstance which offers in our favour .
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ON THE PROPRIETY OF THE WORKING CLASSES JOINING THE CORN LAW REPEA . LERS AS A MEANS OF OBTAINING THE CHARTER . Mowlray . —Is this proceeding just and honourable ? Westmoreland . —Ia your assembly so ? York . —Will you thus break faith ? Lancaster . —I pawned yon none . Second Part , Henry IF .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 1, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct907/page/3/
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