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A SO >~ G OF TSBEDOM . __ XaTSZ may sing of Ms Tafiys charms , i ii-the Bacchanal toast of Ms wine , , -frfdier may teQ of lea deeds in arms , * v £ l nobter theme shall fee mine , . jSsag of the joja thaifreedom gives , ^ exsver its blessiBgi are seen ; a there is not an hoosst heart that lrres , ^ rt -irill join in tie song I-ween . its motto for ever , and ever shall be , Saccass tothsfrlfinds ^ f the Mi and the fee
* m traitor may « off , and the tyrant may Bcoro , 3 42 i the lordlisg may sneer at my lay , -Tja bnrflen shall cheer the oppressed and iorlorn , ^ rritfi thebopes of a happier day ? j _ jl -vratea the slave to a sense of his wrongB , Sd his sonl shall-delight in the strain ; j jjjj teO the poor bondsman what to Mm belongs , kni teach him tsbnrst from his chain . 3 ly motto for ever and ever shall be , Saccess to the friends of the fair and the . free .
T roi debase Gad ' s image on earth , Er lsudiD 2 lhe despot ' s deeds , . jjjj nDt praise that as an action of worth , jar -which common humanity-bleeds ; t ¦ ffi cot rejoice at fonl rapine and "war , Vor csnli ° " er tie W 004 * t ^ t is -spilt ; 1 vsszt " * E 1 honour the conqueror's car , SoTg lorifj tflat "wiich is gnilt . X moSo for ever and ever shall be , giiccsss to the friends of tijs fair and the free ,
vy « eg a -shall praise the promoter of peace , It shall bless the benevolent heart , ¦ n jjail pray that prosperity soon may increase , ^ a that strife from the -world may depart ; t $ jiiaB honour the man of the generous mind , ffnesa bo 3 om "with sympathy glows ; Tj jhsll e'er admire the friends of mankind , ^ u £ despise their contemptible foes . 31 y motto for ever and eTer shall be , Success to the friends of the fair and the free . vsndiater . Be > -ja 3 US Stoti
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yAJTCHESTES . —Caxic © aitd Stcjt Block Pjjjxebs . —A Pubac Meeting of the aboTB trades Lsield on Friday evening , in the Large Boom of jjg fairSdd Inn , xairfield-street , for the purpose of ^ jsjoaing the Legislature on the evil tffecis of majgaaj . The large room wa 3 well filled -with -jaas and dele ^ aies from twenty country districts . Mr . ReWi M'Parlane was called to the-chair . He jad stars from seyeral members of Parliament , jaJnSng T- S . Daneombe , Esq ., " W . B . Taani , E = 5-i Earl Siaahope , and George jjaks , Esq ., ihe whole of which promised that J ihey psouoned the Legislature they would lender inen &U the assistance in their power . 55 > e Joflovrini : resolutions were proposed to the jeering . and unanimously agreed to : — "That it is
jjjs opauoa of this meeting that th » great distress QpenEicei ^ J the operative block pr i nters is solely to be attribntedto the nnzestriefcedscnon of machinery almost entirely superseding their labour and depriving them of ihe means of subsistence . ** "That the tm ! y remedy for lie removal of the alarming distress sill be a restriction on printing machines , as a pro-Tiaon of employment for those whose laboarhaa ieen superseded bj the machines . " "That apetijj © bs presented to both Houses of Parliament , aabodjing tie foregoing resolutions praying the Hoaoarable Membsrs to take into their most serions gmad » ratijra our unparalleled distress with a view ifijacoTettemiseries , we atpresent endure . " "That I . SDiiiCombe , Esq ^ bfrrequested to present it to fja House of Commons , and the Honourable Earl SoEbope to the Hos 3 e of Lords . "
BABNSLE V , —A large pnblic meeting of linen iraTeK residing in this town took place on Monday EPJ > » adopt measures to prevent an attempt at isdm-don of the prices given for Tick weaving , by a irn in iae town . Hesomrions to support the men j fcoixre turned on * were agreed to . Sins op Trade . —This town has suffered much bang she past week . Hundreds have been thrown C 3 of employment who will have to suffer all the larcis of destitution . The fancy < lrill trade is now IsiBy closed for the season .
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ilBBTEii ESA . 5 IISATI 0 N O ? THE LATE MB . CARL 1 LE . s *^ f ^ E > ecilon ° the ^^ y ° the ^^ ^ Wi ^ * ° me P * &l ! a ^ ^ o ordinary interest Ma ^^^ y the subject of sa attack or paralysis , ^ trj ^ v ^ aostion proved to have been cansed by ^• ? o ar cf i > lood ™ to a Ta 7 nnusual atuatton , * ' PoteT ^ 21 at ^ e base of ae brdn- 'ms fom iaaiBd « l Br ^ > J > e na ™ * & * proportion of nine in four ifcel iTT ^ *<* oniing to the calculations of AudraL *> 4 tsjZ , beErred » by all medical authorities , that saass « l 7 y fitaL 15
. ^^ i . ^ wriiio ' . —™" ' v LaL «^ -r ~ - f *»» proved not only tha t effoiion of ^ oa . «^^ q ?^' - ^ . may have been in Qub ^ e ^ -T ^ ^ being 1 ^ niediate 2 y fatal ; but with , ^« omn ^ x ? "" P ^ JityrwittioBt loss of eonsdouB- j i ** ia&i iC * CariDe * b *™ weighed Sib- 6 C 3 . and i ^^ i ia--J ^ . CSrebellmE « nonnted to 52 Z . 5 drs , ] ^ ^ j . I * ®* * ^ erefore , rf -the latter to the for-1 ^ b ^ » nine and a half . - The measnreHieDts j Jfc a 3 si £ - " «« Hie-wlia t exceeaed the average £ nropean j ^^ Jum 0 !* !^^ connected with the state of ) ^^ J 3 * * ° ra » ^ ere in the ceoditdon J hL ^ t ^ ei -rjf Bjpjjgjjgjgj f Q 1 gj e moBVpart j
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induces , the latter was somewhat enlarged , and loaded with a considerable quantity of fat _ Mr . CarUle ' s case is an rnBtract ve one to the physican and it must be a Bource of graUBcation to his friends that , by his bequest , an item haa been added to the treasury « f ussful knowledge . The above particulars were kindly furnished to our reporter by Dr . Thomas Williams , of St Thomas " s Hospital . -
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of material mutilation . My visit to the above place was performed on Monday last , the 28 th inst , pursuant to a complimentary privilege granted to me on the occasion , by Mr . Alfred Carlile ; and upon this respectful recommendation , I was courteously received by Dr . Whitfltld . whom I met without knowing him . until he acknowledged himself as the owner of the name I inquired for , at the door of the counting house , in the first area of the building . Having there told him tfee purport of my visit , he said I was perfectly welcome to the indulgence I so eagerly sought for ; but he would remind me that the body of the deceased had been there eight days , and was therefore , by tbattime , so much mulifat&d as not to admit of a recognition of any of his features , even by his nearest friends ! but ,
nevertheless , if my curiosity was . intent upon seeing the identical remains of Mr . Carlile , he would , on the recommendation of his son , most cheerfully oblige me . We then proceeded together across the next area ; and having arrived at a large avenue , on the left of which was the entrance to the dissecting room , the gentleman resumed , Here is the place wherein he is lying : but , before I open door , I would advise you , if you have never be / ore witnessed the interior of such a place , to forego your intention . Don ' t , for a moment , mistake my meaning : I shall think it no trouble to oblige you . I am only paying respeet to your feelings as a stranger to such a place . I will admit you , with the greatest of pleasure , if you think it will not be unpleasant to your
sight I replied that , I felt inwardly persuaded that I should not be unnerved . ThB door was then opened , and myself politely uskered inte the room by my dislanguished escort . The first thing" that met my eyes was , the body of a child lying on its back with its face excoriated , and its feet near to the wall on the right ; and a little farther on , nearly opposite , the body of a full grown person lying on its belly with the left leg off : while , to the left , as one enters the door , Ky the hacked remains of Mr . Carlile , with his head near to the wall I confess the sight wasmore unpleasant to my eyes than I anticipated ; bnt I will , nevertheless , sum up the resolution to give a description of what I saw as correctly as my memory will permit
The face of the corse was literally fliyed ; and a student , acting under the surveillance of Dr . Whitfleld , was chipping away small pieces of flesh neat the ear ( which was abo either flayed , or entirely of—lot , in the confusion , I really forgei whvh ) with a lance , for the purpose , I conjectured , ef arriving at certain veinB and muscles ; while on the left was a young gentleman ( also a Btudent ) leaning , quite ; collectedly , against the wall ( in which the door is ) with both hia hands in the pockets of a poncio coat , which was closely buttoned up to the chin . The room was spacious , and the walls ' .
in several places , were " hung /* not " with diamonds , " but with unsightly black skulls , suspended by ropes to pegs ereeted for that purpose . I was the only person in the place beside the professional gentleman and the two students , who seemed somewhat surprised at my entrance with their superintendent—seeing I was a stranger . You see , sir , " Baid Dr . Whitfield , ( pointing to the body of Mr . C . as we drew close up to it ) " he was a man possessed of fine muscles , and must have been strong and powerful , for a man of his size . " [ Mr . Carlile was corpulent , and betew the middle stature . " )
" And pray , sir , " inquired I , " what might have been the weight of his brain ?' " Tnree lbs . 6 . z . and 3 drs , " was the Doctor ' s reply . The trunk had evidently been divested of the intestines ; there wsb a hotrid aperture on its anterior , and a membrane , clogged with fat , was turned outwards , and was lying on the left breast ; and , as a surcharge of fet r « und ihe heart was said to have been one among the complication of disorders that accelerated the death of Mr . C , the greasy membrane to which I allude was , no doubt , the pericardium . Dr . Whitfield and myself then left the room , and proceeded together into the street , when we had some little chat . Hia conversation was chiefly professional : it did not turn
upon the subject of the opinions ( either political or theological ) of the deceased , whom he did not , in my presence , either laud or condemn . So whatever might have been hJB private sentiments—whether Chratian or sceptical—one thing was less equivocal : he was , decidedly , no bigot . He reflected , disparingly , upon the superstitious prejudice . 'that he Baid prevailed against dissection j and remarked , that my friend , whose corpse I had jast left , had acted rationally in tht bequest he had made of himself for that object But there were , he said , persons out of number to be found who were ever ready to Btab tne reputation of a medical man , upon the slightest error he might have the misfortune to commit during his attendance upon a patient ; and yet , those very persons , owing to the superstition
he reverted to , virtually denied him the opportunity ot knowing his profession , er , at least , of improving it We thtn parted in the usual way—the gentleman having previously given me his hand . The spectacle I had just witnessed , though it did not unnerve , produced , neverlh Jesa , a rather sm ^ ular effect upon me , and I wouid advise any persons whose curiosity , perchance , might direct tham to wend their way to a dissecting room , to dine be / ore they set but for that object ; for they will not , 1 apprehend , receive their dinner with any great rsst , a / Uncards . I speak from a close consultation with n . y own feelings upon the subject It was afternoon when I visited the hospital , and I had not yet dined , but intended doing so on my way thither , bnt , as it then occurred to me , that such a delay might cause me to forego the objtct of my curiosity , by making me too late for admission ,
I deemed it advisable to defer the receipt of my dinner —thinking that on my return from that place I could have it comfortably , and without that hurrying and confusion wbicb must inevitably cave accompanied an « ariier partaking of the same—I was , however , sorely disappointed ; for after what 1 had witnessed , as above descriDfcd , my appetite was completely 8 ft against flesh . It waa the first time I had ever seen any thing bearing a resemblance to meat , in human shape , and every butcher ' s shop ' , therefore , after quitting the place of dissection , presented to my vision a most hoirifie appearance , and caused an unpleasant association of ideas to occupy my mind ; and therefore with my imagination thus distorted , I betook myself to the nearest coffee rooms I could find , and there allayed the appeals of hunger . From that instant I Lave made bread , cheese , pastry , 4 c , answer all . the purposes of diet , and have sot touched animal food since .
Henrt sculthobp , 17 , Douglas-street , Westminster , Middlesex . 28 th February , 1843 .
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On Thursday night week , this monster master ducked the lad ' s head three or four times in a bowl of water , wetting hia shirt all over , and forced him into the celJar , where he was locked up all night , without bed , chair , table , or even a morsel of Btraw ! The same treatment was about to be praotised on Friday night , but he begged so pitifully for mercy that he was allowed to go to bed . Ou Saturday night , however , he was again forced into the cellar , where he remained all night . On Sunday morning he was brought out ; no breakfast was given him ; bat ,-,, as a further punishment , hia master suspended a heavy bag of iron round his neok and forced him ! to walk up and down the room under the terror of another flogging . Some cold which
porridge { had been left the previous day ) was warmed up aud offered him , but he could not eat . Hia master then left the house , saying he would look out for a good thick stick . The woman shortly after left the house for the purpose of fetchiug some water from a neighbouring well , and the lad being thus for a few moments left alone resolved upon trying once more to escape from a worse than African slavery . With great exertion he managed to loose the bag of iron from his neck , and made his escape into Grimscar Wood . From thence he stealthil y prooeedad to the old Copperas Works , where ; be remained till night-fall . During his concealment in the Copperas Works he heard his master seeking him . The lad , when referring to this circumstance , shudders involuntarily , saying , " I didtierable then . " Fortunately , however , he was not discovered . At night he proceeded to Eiland where a Charitable woman took him into her house
, gave him some coffee , and provided him with a bed . On the Monday he went to one of the constable ' s who took him to Mr . Joshua Dodgeon , one of the overseers , who was so struck at the shocking spectacle which the lad presented , that he resolved upon resuing him from his inhuman master . He was brought before the Magistrates on Tuesday , by the cuni > table , accompenied also by Mr . DodgHon . His back was exhibited and presented from the napo of the neck downwards one continued series of bruises , evidently effected by some solid but thin weapon . His risiht hand was also dreadfully swollen in attempting to parny off the blows . One part of hi s body presented rather the apptarance of raw , disc ased meat than of human flesh and ekin ! It was at first intended to take out a warrant for assault , but on conferring with the Magistrate it was thought better to take a summons for ill-treatment , with a view to cancel the indentures and release the lad from the liability to suoh or » el treatment .
The lad was subsequently removed to the workhouse , where he was put under proper medical treatment , and the most assiduous attention has since been paid to him both by Mr . and Mrs . Dyer . We understand that Joseph Whiteley , the lad's master , will be brought up before the Magistrates this day . It may be interesting to know that this unfortunate orphan boy is brother to the girl who figured in a wood-cut which appeared in the Guardian some time ago , illustrative of the cruelties and indecencies practised in the coal mines near Eiland .
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A VOICE FROM THE DUNGEON . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —I hope you will not think that by addressing you I im seeking for , notoriety ; my motive for so doing is merely to open the eyes of the hard toiling millions , that they mav know the misery we are suffering for daring to assert our right to a voice in the making of au agreement between the employer and the employed . I know full well that a letter from persons suffering under the cruel hand of oppression never failed to enlist the sympathy ; of tho working classes in their favour , and more especially if they were men who were suffering for advocating the right of the working classes .
I have for several years past seen , by great exertions in the cause of Chartism , that you have the good of your fellow-creatures at heart , and that you have been among the foremost in opposing and exposing the trickery and fraud of the woujd-be friends of the people , always taking the cause of the working classes as y « ur own by supporting right against might ; being aware of this , I fully rely on your candour for publishing to the country an account of some of the many miseries endured by us for daring to tell the haughty tyrants that
their evil was not good . I have often read wita surprise and indignation the cruelty that political prisoners endured . The letter , of O'Connor during his incarceration in York Castle , particularly struck me , and I must confess I thought they were rather exaggerated , but painful experience has learned me that all and much more was true ; no ono can form an adequate idea of our sufftsiings , unless they have been placed in a similar situation . You may judge from the following to what a state we are reduced -.
—We have a room about eight yards in length , and five in breadth , and oa each aide ie a door , two castiron pillars , about eighteen inches in diameter , which reaches to the ceiling ; a Btone on one aide With three slabs placed three feet from the wall , which serves fer tables , together with the same number ef forms , constitute the whole of the furniture , end this is what is called the day-house s and in this place is huddled together fifty-eight men of all ages , good , bad , and in-
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. i in ^»—aesi ^ different Should thb wind be in the west , the place is immediately filled with smoke , and in wet weather , wo must either remain in thy riiy-houss to be almost etiflod , or be drenched with rain in the yard j and we must also go In this state to a l&Tge room to pick wool , and if the quantity is not picked , in ill probability our dinner will be stopped ; and I am positive , that it is almost impossible to prick the quantity that is given to each man , for it is of such a filthy nature that the room is completely filled with dust and dirt , and the thorny burs that are in it often lame the fingers for two or three days , and wq migh ^ as well complain to tne stone walls aa apply to tfeoae who consta tly wateh over us while at work . If nny one is poorly we are almost afraid to apply to the doctor .
About the middle of November last , a man of the xmme of Clarke was sent here for the neglect of family . Shortly after his arrival he was taken poorly and was admitted into the Hospital . He had been there two or three days when the old Doctor came ( this was on Friday ) and in his usual blnstartng manner , thus accosted one , —Who sent you ?—The Governor . To another . Who sent you ?—The young doctor . Uoiph ! He then came to Clarke . Put out ; your torgue . — Hem , hem . —There Is nothing the matter with you that I can cure . It is nothing but Inzaess . t Nurse , give the man a dose of salts , and send him { to his yard . His orders were obeyed ; on Saturday he j waa sent to his yard . On the Sunday he was so poorly that he was carried to the hoapital a second time , and on Monday morning he was a corpse . Nee < l I say more ; the man came in strong and h-. arty and teas carried out dead . It is my Jinn oonvicCion . thai had C ' arke had proper attend ance he would now have been alive . There are hundreds who can speak as to the accuracy of this statement
Sir , this being oar situation , you may form some opinion as to the wretched ness of our condition—surrounded by men who are callous to the misery of thair fellow creatures , who thiok no more of the death of a human being than they would ot the death of a dog . I could furnish you with facts of a similar nature to the above that have happened within tbOae walls , but will reserve them for another time , thinking that the above will be sufficient to prove to you that our condition is far from enviable . 1 think I should not be justified in concluding this letter witbont giving you some accoiint of , * the food which is allowed to each prisoner , for some may think we have a sufficient quantity allowed ,: and that our confluement 1 b the only thing we have to complain ef , but those who think thus -tre greatly deceived ; the following are the rations per day : —
At half-past eight we get breakfast ; which consists of about 7 ob , of brown breail , and one pint of skilly , and that nearly cold , a rare breakfast for a man to tread the mill with ; at twelve we get dinner ; which U either 2 vz . of very bad bacon and something more thau one pound of potatoes , or onu pint and a half of what is called scouse , or , if neither of th «; 8 e , we receive the bread above mentio . ed , aud a quart of what is called soup , if possible more nauseous than the scou «; at four we get supper , and we receive the same fur supper as we get for breakfast ; at five we are ; locked up for the night . :
This is , if possible , worse than iany thing elsefourteen hours locki d up in a dark cell—then the wretchedness of our situation forces itself upon our minds ; friends , relatives , liberty and happiness , pasa before us in quick succession . To give you an adequate idea of our mind is impassible , and therefore it is useless attempting ; but , sir , I hope the day will arrive when I shall be . rewarded for all the misery I shall suffer during the two years I have to abide in this miserable dungeon . Hoping that the people will never relax their exertions until the Charter become the law of the land , is the ardent prayer of An ipj'jre' 1 Chartist , : James Williams , of Preston . Kirkdale Jail , Feb . 23 . 1843 .
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minds of their fellow men can become enlarged to tna objects they contemplate ; and this expariraent , in common with everything else they undertake , has been , as far as circumstances would permit , in accordance witn the knowledge of the system that the society who have commenced it could be induced to adopt In tracing Mr . Owen ' s progress from 1817 to the present period . it is curious to observe the manner in which various parties have from tima to time considered themselvea qualified to co-operate with him , and carry out his plans ; and also the modes by which they have supposed themselves capable of accomplishing toe same object by a much shorter and more direct route .
It is this belief , in my opinion , which , preventing a unity of purpose , has hitherto retarded a more rapid progress being made ; and I trust , in the course of this aeries of letters , without reflecting unduly on the pisfc , to point out that it is to the immediate and paramount interest , not only af every class , sect , and party in the Suite ; hut also of every individual of the human rice , t « lay aside all selfish , personal , aud sectional considerations , and , to join in one universal cry for the introduction of this system , the whole of the materials for which abound in superfluity around us ; and thus forthwith to place man in a state of permanently progressive happiness , increasing aa rapidly as his faculties and powers can be enlarged and expanded .
That such a course will be taken by all as noon as the subject is clearly understood I am well convinced ; and if through the medium of your columns I can succeed in laying before so numerous and puwerfnl a body of men as the Chartists of Great Britain , the benefits to be derived , and the ease with which they may be ob » tained , I shall have employed my time to a most useful purposp . Suffice it to say for the present , that there is now ready for every individual everything required for the happiness and well-being of himself aud all around him , and the mode in whieh this is to be obtained is easy and practical . I am , Sir , Your obedient servant ,
William Galpin Harmony Hull , near Stockbridge , Hants , February 13 , 1843 .
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From the London Gazette of Friday , Feb . 24 . BANKRUPTS . William Russell , of Kingston-upon-Thamea , Surrey , innkeeper , , March 3 , at half-past two , and April 7 . at haU-paat twelve , at the Court of Binkruptcy , London . Mr . Pennell , official assignee ; Mr . Chester , solicitor , Parsonage Bow , Nowington Butts , Surrey ; and Messra Walter and Demainbray , solicitors , Kingstonupon-Thames , Surrey . John Harrison Curtis , ef 2 , Soho-square , bookselk-r . Match 4 , and . April 7 ,, at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . Pennell , official assignee ; aitd Mr . Robson , solicitor , Clifford's-inn . Mr . Joseph Pickering , of Bedford , upholsterer , Morch 3 , afc two , and March 31 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . Belcker , official assignee ; Mr . Dinfecrtuld , solicitor , 68 , Chancery-line ; London ; and Mr . Brinton , solicitor , Kidderminster .
Jwnea Imray , of Old Fish-street-hill Upper Thamesstreet , and of the Minories , City , stationer , March i , at ten , and April 7 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Lmtlon . Mr . W . Whitraore , 2 , Basinghall-street , official assignee ; and Mr . R . Wollen , solicitor , 30 , Bucklerabury , London . John Hagua , of Rotherhlthe , Surrey , engineer , March 6 , and April 7 , at twelve , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . T . M . Alaager , official assignee , 12 , Bircbin-lane ; and Mr . Ashley , solicitor , Old Jewry , London . John Thomas Linford a ; id Jehn Weeks , of Canterbury , chemists-, March 14 , at one , and April 17 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London-Mr . Edwarsl E > Jwards , official assignee . 7 Frederick ' s - place , Old Jewry ; and Mr . Baker Peter Smith , solicitor . 17 , B . isinehall-street , London .
Edward Morris , of Brighton , Sussex , Tunbridireware manufacturer , March 7 , at half-past one , and March 31 , at two , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . George Green , official assignee , 18 , Aldermanbury ; Messrs . Freeman and Co ., solicitors , Coleman-atreet , London ; and Mr . Benson , solicitor , Brighton . Mr . Thomiis Wrigley , of Halifax , Yorkshire , silk waste spinner , Mnrch 14 , and April 5 , at twelve , at tbe Court of Binkruptcy , Manchester . Mr . John Fraser , official assignee , Manchester ; Messrs . Makinson and Sanders , 3 , Em Court , Middle Temple , London ; and Messrs . Atkinson and Saunders , solicitors , Mancbes er .
George Gobb , of Nottingham , licensed victualler , March 3 , at one , and March 31 , at two , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Birmingham . Mr . Richard Valpy , official assignee , Birmingham ; Messrs . Johnson and Co ., solicitors , Temple , London ; and Mr . John Bowley , solicitor , Birmingham . Jesse Tarns , of Shelton , Staffordshire , earthenware manufacturer , March 3 , at half-past eleven , and April 7 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Birmingham . Mr . Richard Valpy , official assignee , Birmingham ; Mr . Warren , solicitor . Market Drayton ; and Mr . Hodgaon , solicitor , Birmingham . George Seaborn , of Berkeley , Gloucestershire , baker , March 6 , and April 13 , at one , at tha Cmitt of Bankruptcy , Bristol . ' Mr . George Morgan , official assignee , Bristol ; Messrs . Aston and Wall is . solicitors , New Broad-street . London ; and Messrs . Bishop and Wells , solicitors , Darslcy , Choucastershire .
George Ntjwmarab , of Nottingham , dealer , March 10 and April 3 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Leeds . Mr . George Young , official assignee , Leeds ; M r . J shn Bowley , solicitor , Nottingham ; and Messrs , Johnson and Co ., Temple , London . D . ivid Duncan , of Derby , dealer , March 6 , at eleven , and April 1 , at half-past eleven , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy , Birmingham . Mr . Thomas Bittleston , official assignee ; and Messrs . Huiah and Co ., solicitors , Derby . James Wright , of Woodside , Yorkshire , dealer , March 7 , and April 4 , at one , at the Court of Bankrutcy , Leeds . Mr . Charles Fearne , official assignee , Leeds ; Messrs . R > binson and Barlow , solicitors , E . ssex-Btreet , London ; and Messrs . Ward and Son , solicitors , Leeds .
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . Richard Yatea and John Huggan , of Preston , Lancashire , lineutirapers . Edward Baynes and Richard Bayoes , of Lancaster , and Austwick , Yorkshire , corndealers . John Jones . Henry Cartwright , and Ellis Jones , of Rochdale , Lancashire , linendrapera ( bo fer as regards John Jones ) John Holt and Thomas Holt , of Manchester , plumbers . Joseph Newton , John Taylor , ana John Smith , of Leeds , flax-makers ( as far as regards John Smith ) . David Beynor , Edward Hughes , and Robert Jones , of Liverpool , joiners . John George Schott , John Casper Lavater , and Edward Buckler , of Mancbester , merchants ( so far as regards Edward B'lokler ) . John Moore aud Co ., of Pudsey , Yorkshire , clothiers .
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From the Gazette of Tuesday , February 28 . BANKRUPTS . Frederick Jobn Manning , money scrivener , Dyer ' sbuildings , City , to surrender March 7 , and April 7 , at two , at the Coutt of Bankruptcy , B&siughall-street . Mr . Belcher , official assignee ; Messrs . Tippttts , solicitors , Panoras-lune ; London . Lionel Everet Parkins , chemist , Bicester-market-end , March 7 . at twelve , and April 7 , at half-past one , at the C- urt of Bankruptcy , Baeinghall-street Mr . Belcher , official assignee ; Mr . Maugham and Kennedy , solicitors , Chancery-lane , London ; and Messrs . King and Sen , solicitors , Buckingham . William Harrup Swain , draper , Farnham , Surrey , March 9 , at half-past one , and April 11 , at twelve , at tho Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street . Mr . Whftmore , official assignee ; Basingbali-street ; and Mesara . Reed and Soaw , solicitors , Friday-street , London .
Mary Eyans , John Evans , and Thomaa Howard Evans , paper-stainers , O ' . d-street-road , Middlesex , March 10 , at two , and April 11 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basingball-street . Mr . Alsager , official assignee ; and Mr . Woollen , solicitor , Buoklersbory , London . James Earp , victualler , St . George's-place , Camberwell , Surrey , March 9 , and April 25 , at twelve , at the Coutt of Bankruptcy , Bisinghall-atreet Mr . Green , official assignee ; and Mr . Turner , solicitor , Southampton-buildings , London . John Wellington Jones , tailor , Calne , Wiltshire , Mirch 9 , at one , and April 10 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basingball-street Mr . Turquand , official assignte , Copthall-court , London ; and Mr . Cox , solicitor , Picner ' s-hall , Old Broad-street , London .
William - E'ien , printer , Queen-Btreet , Cheapside , London , March 10 , at two , and April 12 , at twelve , at the Court of Bi&kruptcy , Basingball-streat . Mr . Johnson , official assignee , Basinghall-street ; and Mr . Grafter , solicitor , Blackfriars-road , London . James Stufebs , coach-maker . Worthing , Sussex . Mareh 7 , and April 5 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Baainghall-street . Mr . Lackington , official assignee , Colenian-gtreet-buiWinga , London ; and Mr . Williams , solicitor , Alfred-place , Bedford-square , London . John Todd , ship-builder , Hylton Ferry , Durham , March 8 , at eleven , and Ajwil 11 , at one , at the Court f Bankruptcy , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . Mr . Thomaa Baker , official assignee , Newcastie-upon-Tyne ; Messrs . Kidson and Sons , solicitors , Sunderiand ; and Messrs . Meggiaon and Co ., solicitors , King's Road , Bedford-row , London .
Joseph Burghall , ooal-desler , Rowton Bridge , Cheshire , March 9 , at eleven , and April 10 , at eleven , ub the Court of Bankruptcy , Liverpool . Mr . Bird , official assignee , Liverpool ; and Messrs . Harper and Jones , solicitors , Whitchurch . John Stephenson and William Haste , machinemakers , Bradford , Yorkshire , March 14 , and April 1 , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Leeds . Mr . Hope , official assignee , Leeds ; and Mr . Blackburn , solicitor , Leeds . William Yates Norton , retail-brewer , Blrcn Hills , Staffordshire , March 9 , at twelve * and April 3 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Leeds . Mr Bittleson , official assignee , Birmingham ; and Mr . Brewn , solicitor , BiUton .
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— m 5 o Ffsteb than six fires occurred in Manchester fcsng the past week . Ihs Atpucasis at the Manchester "Workhonse » 743 weesly more than than thi 3 time last year . Sets is ihe di 3 tbes at Stonrbridge , at the presitaae , tfcas 2 , 124 persons are dependent on the ] 0 B-ate 3 of that place . 1 st Ccckoo was heard in the the neighbourhood J ^ Hnddersfield & few days ago . Ihs Clzrc Journal states that so mecatile , which iacDeai se'Zid for poor rates , were off red in the town dTaDa , last week , for sale , but no one could be infceed to bid for them i they were therefore returned a Us owners .
At Bitb , a number of poor men out of employment Be endeavouring to obtain a living by drag ^ ng liwnt , and offering for sale , waggon loads of coals . ( huhewag ^ oBS are chalkxd the words "Coabfor ale by poor men oui of employ . " Is 17 B 5 s&ere were upwards of 200 , 000 persons emjikjjed in the operation of wool-combing ; in 1825 skj ware reduced to 90 , 000 combers , and now there rs not more than 30 3 OO 0 engaged at it . The Coai Pbofbiktojis in the neighbourhood of Vi&nsre redncin / j their establishments , and the sEera complain ihat their condition is fast apjnaeiing to that of the hand-loom weavers .
A Try Dat 5 ago a Black pony died at the Bat age of forty-xhree years at Haburgh , near Brwiksbj . A 3 ExiBAOBDEiABT Bxs . op Ixo 3 . —The largest ie of iron ever made was rolled at the Cyfarthf hra-irorks , near Merthjr Tydvil , on Saturday last , Ed is , we are informed , for a house in Holland . It s » able boltj 25 ft in length and 6 in in diameter , Edwoghs about 2 , 4 D 01 b . The p'ile from ivhich it * xa rolled vras abont 7 ft long by 12 in square , and * = £ > ed np-rards of 2 . 6001 b . The pile wa 3 taken r aja the heating furnace and pnt at once into the ^^ jost in the same manner as they roil bars of an w&ary-aze . It was rolled nnder the able snperin-2 fikaee of Mr . Robert Crawshay .
. Good Apmim— The tonic properties contained a ? aSE 5 LIFE PILLS , invariably jestores the So aaeato a healthly louging for food ,-or in other T ^ , ii produces a good appetite , so much envied , * ss ) seldom enjoyed by the invalid ; the gentle f ^^ acn ; powers it possesses assist 3 the stomach soproperl y digest the food it receives ; the balsamic j ^ fe aii bestows on the system produces that dejprau feeling of good spirits so Tery desirable , and "sposseothniinQ and boov to healthv exercise : under its soon
^^ iisi itflaence wears a joyons *^« , aad the various duties of life are performed * w > JKEjtsare . It , in addition , contains a fine . seda-** s qa&iirj , and instead of long and weary nights , F ? Lj * nnd and refreshing sleep . If the stomach *^ MT rels require i ; , it aeis as the mildest and ?*»> £ reeahle purgative , and by its cleansing r * = ? 2 totally eradicates a redundancy of bile 5 and jgpteij rcffioTes all obstrncaons of the intestinal
Bir ^ C 'f ^ ' ^^ BMAGE TO PfiTSCESS 07 tje ^ v ; ffi 3 I zi 8 £ e was , it is well known , long y ™* i * Uxpit- indeed , so long , that many supposed * Kd < inot be accomplished . Bnt how , it may be ^ ecnld Don Carlos , under his peculiar circum-^ - ^ nst Portapal , —more particularly a 3 he tj ^— j j" *™ ** rheumatism , in consequence of % T ~? *»? &' air dnring M 3 military marches 1 g- f ^ n projected was , to remove the Prince ' s T *^! : —tni hnjr ?— That - ^ as the rmpstinn !'
K 7 J ® * f PPened that General Philippo Gtrvalis W ?* ' tllal cfeifebratsd preparation called HolixlL V 1111115611 ^ in his M& , and by applying it * or four tones to ihe Prince ' s joints , a most i ^ C * "" S « ff-eied , and the Prince was , of 'S ^ iS " travel , and to meet his charming JS ^ dS , ^> lb pkee ofTmde ^ - Tbe General * rJTrf face ' s portrait stt in gold as a token -. graunsde : and the ointment has since that g Jr ™ enipiojed in Northern Spain for the cure tfcta J * P * lJ oT diseases ; such as scrofnla , > £ 2 ^ * - ^ , eupiaii 5 in we have named , ) paraHsi ? , & e ^ f m &Bcs , &c . It i 3 gratifylEg to * Ssr * YV £ DIUT ersai is the employment of this ** ° Jataent to all external disorders .
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FUNERAL OF RICHARD CARLTLB . fWriUen txpressly for the Star J The above ceremony teok place on Sunday afternoon , at Kensal Green Cemetery , irhere . in acco dance with the request ol Mr . Carlile when living , tbe burial Bervice , or " priestly ceremony , " was to have been wholly dispensed with ; bnt , in this expectatien , the friends of the deceased were disappointed , as the sequel will shew . The Psocessio > - having been announced to start from the house of the departed at two o ' clock , a number of respectable . gentlemen bad , agreeable to the announcement , congregated together , in Bouveriestreet , and also in Fleet-street , near the entrance of that thoroughfare , at tbe appointed houramong whom
, Mr . Watson , the publisher , ( late of City-road ) and other Liberals of long standing , were distinguished . The hearse and mourning coaches ifive in number ) did not , however , arrive at the honse until abont three o ' clock . - In five minutes after , the corpse was brought out and put into the hearse ; and in about ten or twelve minnles after the arrival of the Tebieles , tie procession started for the place o ! sepulchre . The rente it took was , through Fiaet-street , Ttmple-bar . Strand , Charingcross , Cockspur-street , Pall-mall , Waterloo-place , the Quadrant , Regent-street , and Oxford-street ; then along the Edgeware-road , [ via Tyburn-gate site ) , Harrow-road , and thence to Willesden , where the Cemetery i * situate ! The mourning coaches which accompanied the hearse were filled with the male friendg of Mr . Carliie . In the s&e attached to the hearse were his three sonB ; on the light sat Richard Carlile ( the eldest ); on the
left , Alfred { the middle son ); ana , in the rear , sat the youngest son , Thomas Paine CarliJe , beside of whom , and in whose care , was a respectable-looking male child , apparently about eight or . ine years old . Amons the mourners were , Mi . B , D . Cousins , the Radical printer and publisher , of Duke-street , Lincoln ' s Innfields , tni Mr . Allen Davenport , the veteran writer and bard , who has been so many years known In the ranks of Republicanism ; and it is a pleasing fact to record , that , notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather , about two hundred persons ( males ) , admirers of the deceased , accompanied the procession on foot the whole distance from Bouverie-street to KenBal Green , a distance of little , if any thing , short of six miles . Every one of the followers was decently attired , and some were strikingly remarkable for their gentle ' manlike exterior .
THE ISTEKMENT did not take place till about a quarter to five o ' clock , a few minutes after the arrival of the cortege at its destination . Tha coffin having been lowered into the grave prepared for its reception , the bye-standers commenced looking anxiously around them , expecting the arrival of some gentlemen who , they conjectured , might have been engaged on tfea occasion to speak Mi . Carlile * funeral oration , as was done a few years ago , at tbe funerals of Thomas Hardy and John Gale Jones , at Bunhiil Fields , especially as they were inwardly persuaded , and had even heard , that the deceased had constantly reiterated it as his desire , that at his burial , no priestly ceremony" should be observed , if it could be possibly superseded . In this expectation th 6 y were , however , disappointed ; and
were morever Informed , that the corpse would not be allowed to be covered over until the rite to which they objected had been gone throngh ! whereat great dissatisfaction was evinced by all present . The multitude assembled were kept waiting round the grave for about a quarter of an hour , without , anything being done , in consequence of the clergyman , ( the Rsv . Josiah Twigger ) being professionally engaged with several other funerais which had preceded Mr . Carlile ' s in arrival . Shortly after , the surpliced pastor arrived at the foot of Mi . Cb grave , with an open book ( the P ^* alter ) from which be was about to proceed to read the burial service , when & scene not very customary at a funeral , ensned : Mr . Alfred Carlile , on the part of his father and his surviving family , stepped forward towards the minister ,
and firmly objected to the performance of the rite in question—( hear , hear ) . The Rsv . Gentleman replied , I bibs * perform my duty . " Mr . Carlile , jun . observed , " Sir , we protest against the performance of this ceremony . Our late father lived and died in opposition to priestcraft of every description ; and we , therefore , protest in his name against the service being read" —( hear , hear , and good , good . ) The minister here observed that , he ceuld not help the aversion on the part of the deceased and his family ,- and intimated the ground whereupon they stood being consecrated , the performance of tie accustomed duty "was imperatirx—adding , that if they had given previous notice ot this their objection , they might have fead their father interred in " the oUw ground" alluding to some spot contiguous , not
consecrated , and , consequently , less holy ! Another son of the deceased here remarked , " This , Sir , is our ground : we have purchased it for our family ; and we do not require the service to be read—it is a mockery !" Tee P > stor then replied , " It was a mockery then , Sir , to bring -him here . " The third son notr stepped forward and said , " Then , Sir , since the service is to be performed , we will have our way thus far—we will retire , and not listen to it . " { " Hear , hear , " and a loud bnrst of applause from all sides of the grave !> Tbe Rev . Gentleman here remarked , with great sauvity of manner , " That , of course , gentlemen , is as you please —I have no wish to interfere with your determination upon that point ; bnt yoa mnst bear in mind , Gentlemen , the consequences of any determined opposition to
my sacred duty . " The Messrs . Carlile and the mourners , one and all , then left the grave with contempt J The clergyman then commenced : " A man that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live . He cometh up , and" At this moment , a voice at the head of tbe grave exclaimed , " 1 move that all Mr . Carlile ' s friends immediately leave court '' ( Hear , bear . ) Some others rejoined , "Yes , let us fellow the example just now set us , and not stay here to pay complaisance to this mummery . " ( Hear , hear , with loud applause . ) This suggestion was simultaneously acted upon ; and , in less than one minute , the minister was left to read tbe funeral serviee ( which he recommenced ; to only the sexton and one or two isolated individuals who were standing on tbe clayey mound that had been raised by the spade of the grave-digger ! The ceremony over , one
of the deceased ' s sobs addressed the spectators to the effect that the rite that had just then been performed over his iate father wss without their concurrence ^—that he , in conjunction with his brothers , had done all in his power , to prevent it ; but their efforts had been fruitless . For taeir own part , they disclaimed it , in act and deed . He then thanked him , as friends , for their prompt attendance on the occasion ; and , thus concluding , bade them a social farewell The Rsv . Gentleman displayed no bigotry on the occasion ; and I consider that he was officially consistent with order when we look at it in a bnsiness-point of viewleaving religion out of the case . The coffin of the departed waa topped by a large brass plate , I should say , about fourteen inches square , bearing the following inscription , engraved in bold Roman characters : —
" RICHARD CARLILE , Bobn 8 th December , 1790 , Died 10 ft February , 1843 I have ltarned this morning , from respectable authority ( Mr . Cousins ) that Mr . Watson had asserted to some friends at the burial gronnd , that if he had been appealed to ( and that sufficiently early ) he would have been prepared himself to deliver an oration over Mr . Carllle ' s remains ; and that Mr . AUea Divenport , as it was , would fain have obliged tha company present in that way , bnt for the apprehension he was under of having to walk to town , as the performance might cause him to lose bis conveyance—for the coaches were
in a hurry to proceed , after the mourners had left the grave to the clergyman and sexton . The Times of this morning—with its accustomed predilection for hyperbole ^ -asserts t hat during the burial service , the pastor was interrupted by " ribald jests . " Now , I can vouch for the utter fallacy of this statement . There were no persons present of a character at all likely to indulge in ribaldry . The Times must look for ihat in Ha own circle—the aristocracy—who patronize the gambling table , the turf , and the prize ring ; and not the society of the intelligent and moral admirers of liberty and free discussion , who by-the-bye , have neither time nor money—like their patrician enemies—to sacrifice at the shrine of voluptnousness and " ribaldry . "
There were , to be but * , two gentlemen standing at a little distance from the grave ' s head , who , by their smiles , indicated their utter disregard for tbe ceremony under performance ; bnt no " interruption" of the same was attempted . One of them , when tbe clergyman came to that part o ! the service relating to a " sure and certain hops of the resurrection to eternal life , " certainly remarked , to his friend , { but in a tone to be heard by no ether person th * " myself , wfeo happened to be near to them ) , that he dia not consider there was or could be any surety or certainty upon tbe subject . If , Mr . Editor , yonr readers , to whose reason and judgment 1 appeal in the matter &t issue , Bhould decide tbat the above noiseless utterance of sentiment on the part of one person to another , was tantamount to " ribald jesting , " the offending parties must certainly plead guilty "to the charge ; and I myself will not go out of my w » y to palliate their crime , by endeavouring to
screen them from the imputation thus cast upon them by the " Tnt £ 5 , " whose reporter , by the bye , or any other person there present , could know no more than merely that , by the motion of their lips , they uttered something . Having thus minutely detailed the particulars of Mr . Carlile' « fuBeraL by a more careful , and consequently more accurate account than will , I apprehend , be given in any other jaurnal than ihU , I will now , with the leader ' s permission , revert to a scene in Thb DJSSECTisfG Boom at St . Thomas's Hospital , in the borough of Southwark , where the body of the deceased was retaised , for the benefit of anatomical science , exacay a fortnight . The day after its receipt thereinto , toere were , it appears , a few select parties admitted by tickets only , to view the corse ; bnt this was either prior to , oi at the commencement of tbe dwsection . I believe myself to be the only person ( except tiw ^ professional *; who » w Mr . Carlile jo a Btate
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— » •—~ BARBAROUS TREATMENT OF A COLLIER BOY , NEAR ELLAND . ( From the Habfax Guardian . ) It is this week our painful duty to record one of the most revolting cases of barbarous treatment that it ever fell to our Jot to notice . The case affords another illustration of the cruelties practised upon children doomed to slave-labour in a coalmine , and we beg distinctly to observe tbat we have understated rather than overstated the treatment of the wretch whose name we Bhall shortly introduce .
James Whiteley , a poor orphan boy , about seventeen y-ars of age , waa apprenticed to Joseph Whiteley , collier , residing at Blackley , near Eiland , about seven years ago , as a hurrier . He was then only about nine years of age . From the first day of his apprenticeship to his cruel master , he ha 9 been the subject of the most severe and harsh treatment . Tiie labour to which he waa put in his mere infancy was the veriest drudgery , and when his limbs failed to do their duty , a huge strap , or not ( infrequently a thick piece of wood , was most inhamanely applied to bis person . Six o ' clock in the morning waa the usual
hour at which this poor boy was sent into the pit , and at the same hour in the eveniDg—but not unfrequently eight or nine o ' clock—he was again submerged , his only subsistence being a muffin , or some other such eatable , aad the water in the pit . The cruelties practised upon him have b"en greatly increased since his inhuman master was married ( about two year 3 since ) , the woman it appears having taken a dislike to the poor orphan lad . Asa sample of the barbarities which this collier boy haa had to undtrgo , let the punishment he has experienced during the past fortnight suffice .
It appears that the severe flogging which Whiteley received caused him once or twice to run away from his master . A short time ago he was so beat with a hurrier ' a strap , and a heavy piece of wood ( piece of an old cradle ) , ihat he a ^ jain resolved upon running away . He did so , bnt on Tuesday week he was brought before the Halifax magistrates by his master , charged with disobedience . Through the threais and menaces of the cruel tyrant who had treated him so barbarously , he was stating the whole factB of the case to the bench . The lad had intended showing the various wounds inflicted upon his person enough , however , was said to induce the magistrates to reprimand the master , and the boy was ordered to go back again , and the master
warned not to ill-treat him in future . ThiB warning , however , was neglected . The same day he administered a most brutal castigation to his victim , which he repeated every day while the lad remained with him . Our readers may imagine that the harrowing details which are to follow are tinged with an air of fiction . They are facts . The poor lad went down in the pit , was beat with a stick , and between each stroke the instrument was dipped in water . The lad ^ a back became one mass of sores , and it was impossible for him to lie in bed , While subjected to this inxUiman treatment , he was allowed three meals per dar of thin water porridge
only , and in consequenoe ] of his 1 brutal treatment boils broke out in all parts * of in ' fl body . Frequently was he sent into the pit without breakfast , and obliged to perform the whole of h is drudgery . What made this the more painful was the fact of his labouring under tbe effects of a severe woutid inflated upon his right knee some time since . Oir that occasion while beating him with a hurrier ' s str . tPi the master took hold of the end opposite the buck'Je ( which is generally a tolerably large one ) , thus causing a more severe punishment ; in one of tho strokes the buckle caught the poor lad on the right knee and t ore away a largo piece of fiesh ! The lad , however , vt&b etill foreed to work .
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DISTRESSING SHIPWRECKS . LOSS OF FOURTEEN LIVES . Hartlefool—Thursday , Feb 23 . —It is our painful duty to relate one of the most melancholy occurrences that have taken place near this port ( llartiepool ) . for many years past . The brig X . L ., Captain Hindes , belonging to London , from Antwerp for Hartlupool , with a general cargo of merchandise , came on shore near this place at five o ' clock this morning ( Thursday ) , during a strong breeze from about S . E ., with a very heavy sea running at the time . It is believed that Captain Hindes was a
stranger to the navigation at the spot where the lamentable catastrophe happened , and having made too free with the land , let go his anohor , but unfortunately too late , and consequently the unfortunate brig X L ., was driven upon the . rocks . Every assistance waa rendered by the officers and men of the coast-guard service , aided by the inhabitants , but unhappily without effect , tho vessel having , in about two hours , gone to pieces , and all on board , with the exception of a young man named Kymn , aged seventeen years , perish ' . d . The number who thus met with a watery grave ( including tlia captain ' s wife , who unfortunately was on board , pisseneer ) was ten .
Dkogheda , Feb . 21 . —Yesterday ( Monday ) , the brig Margaret , Captain Paton , belonging to Irvine , N . B ., bound from Ardrossan for Dublin , foundered about twenty miles east of Dro ^ heda . Five of her crew were saved by getting into the long boat , and cutting her adrift . There waa a tremendous sea . running at the time , and the Margaret in a few minutes disappeared , and with her Captain Paton and two apprentices . About five hours after the vessel founoered , the boat , containing the five survivors , was picked ap by the men belonging to the coast-guard service stationed at Clogher , and towod in there . Plymouth , Thursday , Feb . 21 . —Yesterday , the Rosa , Captain Fwh , from Liverpool for Yarmouth , put * in here ( Plymouth ) . On Saturday * she waa struck by ahea ^ y sea off the Smalls , which washed one of the crew , named Rivers Gosling , a native of Yarmouth , overboard , and he was unfortunately drowned .
Grimsby , Fub 22 —Captain Woolsey , of the regular London trading schooner Providence , arrived here yesterday , and reports that , on Monday last , he pusped a vessel sunk in about eight fathoms of water , Hais . borough Light bearing about 8 . S . W ., about tix miles distant , and the north end of Hai . borough Sand Light bearing about E and by N . The masthead was painted green , and was about eight feet out of the water , with tWe boom and gaff floating alongside . Captain Woolsey supposes the wreck seen by him to have been that of a billy-buoy . On Monday ni ^ ht , about eight o ' clock , Spurn lights bearing W .,
from twenty to twenty five miles distant , the sloop Nancy , Captain Lott , belonging to Gravesend , was ruu down by a schooner ( name unknown ) , supposed to be bound for the north . Tho schooner hove to , and showed a light , but owing to the very heavy sea , and the darkness of the night at tho time of the accident , they were unable to render the Nancy any assistance . The smack British Hero , also belonging to Gravesend , fortunately came up shortly after , and succeeded in resouing Captain Lott and his crew . Tae Nancy sunk about half-an-hour afterwards . The strange schooner proceeded northwards .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR , Sir , —I have had two interviews with Mr . Duncombe ; and although he thinks nothing can be done for poor Ellis at present , yet he pledges himself to use every exertion in tbe poor exile's favour as soon as the trials are over , and tbe political ferment arising out of the trials has subsided . Mr . Duncombe evinced tbe deepest sympathy with the undeserved sufferings of Ellis , and listened to toy narrative of our conversation in the dungeon with manifest interest . I regret to say that some one fend made an unfavourable impression respecting poor Ellis upon Mr . Doncombe's mind , prior to my seeing him . That I have removed it , givea me inexpressible satisfaction . My vow , or , at least , the more important part of it , is now fulfilled .
I address my Shakspereans , by way ef farewell , twice in the Leicester amphitheatre , next Sunday . The following SuDday , I have engaged to deliver two addresses at Wednesbury , where I hope to have the melancholy satisfaction of seeing M rs . Ellis ; and the next morning I shall be at Stafford , ready to present myself , once more , at the bar . I am , dear Sir , Yours truly , Thomas Cooper , London , Fob . 28 th , 1843 .
P . S . I am Borry to say that I muBt disappoint the friends at Giiusborough , Newark , Arnold , dec . I cannot now make them the visit 1 promised .
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HARMONT HALL . TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN STAB . Sir . —In the last letter I wrote , I stated my readiness to forward a series of letters , " explanatory of what is contemplated by the Socialists in this experiment , and tbe decree of progress thuy have hitherto made . " The public mind is now becoming aroused to the importance of the land qiiestiou , and it will r < -q-. ure all the enerey . zeal , and taleut of every indlviriuil capable of treating it broadly and justly to supply tae dt-mand for information respecting it that is being now rapidly created . ;
With these preliminary remarks I proceed to point out to such of your readers an are not well acquainted with tbe subject , that tbe S ciai body are'associated for the object of removing , at the earliest possible period , all the causes which produce vice , crirnij / and misery in the world ; and of substituting in their place the causes which produce the greatest amount of permanent happiness to every individual of the human race . Thr , y found their expectations * t' being enabl d to do this upon certain fundamental fauts or laws respecting tbe nature and organization of man which have been hitherto overlooked in the cvnstj ' iition of society ; and from these facts or laws they deduo two distinct but most important sciences , uaraely , the science of human nature and thi science of fiat-ty .
By the former they know that experience will enable them to instruct their follow men , ia ; such a knowledge of their org . ir , izitions , as atrill completely change the present current of thoir ideas , and convince them that tbe actions of all men ure necessitated !; tbat the feelings and convictions of all are produced independently of any will they may have on the subject , by the circumstances in which they aTe placed ; anil that either these feblings or convictions , or bolh of tbcm united , will prompt them to action a , d form the will . By the latter they expect to be t-iubi ^ d to construct a system of socfety capable of pr ^ iucing , r . ot only a due supply for the physical wants of every individual , but also every requisite for his happiness , by the full development of every faculty and quality he may pysotss , physical , mental , and moral .
It is on thuse two sciences , as laid down by the Rational System , that all the proceedings of the S ¦ cialists are based ; and although there exists , even among the body who huve associated themselves together to carry out tho principles , a considerable difference of opinion as to what these principles really are , and a still g'eater as to the manner in which they are to be reduced to practice—yet , in proportion as the truths ef tbe system hi come manifest to tbe minds of the disciples the progress of their introduction will be mad p .
It has appeared to many who have looked superficially at the subject , that failures have heretofore taken place in the development of the plans for introducing the national System of Society iuW . practice ; but if we reflect , that in the year 1817 , Robert Owen first announced to the pubric . that he , without any other assistance than the truth from which he bad compiled bis Bystem , inttmued to destroy every institution of society , and make it gire p ! .: ce to a new and superior mode of human existence , which should gradcally be made to be desire' ! by all ranks and classes , and Bee ihe progress which > has betm already made towards tho attainment of this object , we must come to the conclusion that tha assertion was no idle boast ; but that what has beea doneis must astonishiug , and the whole will most assuredly and speedily be realised .
What are the relative positions of the various parties concerned in this declaration at the time it was made and the present period ? In 1817 , believing th&t Mr . Owen was about to introduce something which would minister to tho preconceived notions and prejudices of the various ranks , classes , sects , and 1 parties , and that by his assistance tbe ex-sting order ot things was about to be prolonged , under some slight modifications ; he was , for a time , the idol of those who wt < te satisfied and contented , and was dreaded for his conservative principles by those who felt tbat some great change was
necessary , which change they thought could be effected by violent opposition to the existing powers . No sooner , however , had Mr . Owen made the memorable declaration which he did , at the City of London Tavern , in that year , tbat there existed much , very much , of error in every religion in the world , ; and tbat nothing short of an entire revolution in every institution and custom of society , and a reconstruction of the elements of which it was composed on an entirely different basis , would enable him to proceed jwith his designs , than he found himself more or lessopposed by every individual in the world .
From that period to the present , Mr . Owen has undeviatingly pursued his course , and it must be left to future generations , who shall have taken a clear conception of the whole of his vast 4 nd comprehensive plans , to do anything like adequate justice to the consistency with which his course had been pursued ; it is sufficient for me at present to remark , that from the opinions of a single individual , opposed to , and opposed by , every power , law , and custom , by which the affairs of man have been hitherto governed , we find the principles are now not only the rtgulating standard f « r a body of men , who have come forward openly to
declare themselves disciples of the ; system , and are prepared to devote themselves entirely to its introduction In practice , and who have formed a society for that purpose more strongly organized than any that has hitherto existed ; but they have also made tho deepest impression on every rank , class , etct , and party , not only in ttria country , but throughout the civilized world ; and the fundamental doctrine which they contain , on which every superstructure must be based , namely , that the character of man is formed for him and not by him , ia now almost universally admitted , an& must Boon become the moving impulse of all human aetion .
I am aware , with some of your readers , I shall be considered aa travelling beyond the-object I proposed , namely , that of explaining what is contemplated by the Socialists in this experiment , but it is necessary to shew that in aU our transactions we have the universal aud permanent happiness of the whole of the human race in view , to account for what would otherwise appear the delay which tabes place , in immediately putting together , as may otherwise ! be easily done , a small economical association of men ; confined aelely to the supply ot their phy&ical wants , and held together by strong coercive regulations . j
The grand leading object of the'lSoclallBts being to put in operation a system of society such as I have given au outline of in the above remarks , they have had , and they will have , to progress in proportion as the
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 4, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct924/page/3/
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