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¦ aLE . —Prsuc 3 Ike 33 sg to Pbtoioh eihe ** Anvg ( Ieixasi )) ¦ Bill . *'— -On Son da j « lie 11 th insHait , this subject ttss bronght timnnber of persons assembled at the Council j 3 fc ft Joha-stree ^ Caldew ^ ate , hy Mr . J , am , "wio tpoke in a tetj animated manner nnmg 3 inflicted on Ireland ; and now , -when era » justly complaining of their grieTances , ^ QsmentTyere about to gag them by passing i »; I $ 3 t-a measure franght nith injnstiee , h ^ , and tyranny . A sabscripjjon was then tiao for the purpose of veiling ap a pnblic I pa thB following erening , and a committee B »_ s » ke thB necessary arrangemente . In E&rf Monday , lie iaDpinng hand-bill waB
f . iironghoBt the ^ tjz— "A-rvs Hrellsd ) !—A pnbhc meeting nlD be held fliis € Tening , Eij at half-past aTen ^ fclock , in the sP 3 » ce , hy permission of tbe- "WorshipfolAe 5 fe the purpose of petitioning Parliament f 2 isteniel Tmconstitniional , and oppressiTe siitirards the people of misffoyerned and 5 Mandf Soon after flie time of calling the feaprettjlargeassHiblage of persons were 4 " . : Hr . Joseph Bichardson iras nitsnj-I called on to preside . Messrs . Hanion , 5 , H'Gee , and Bowman seTexally addressed « mft -tries ihs following petition was iijihemeeSng , and was ordered to be fori -to !» . H . Howard , ^ . MJ > . for the &rar presentation to the fioosa of
Com-IwijbKb fte Cobmbow of Great BHlain and * odi * J > arlitmaii astaOded . ^ n of Hie Inhabitants of the Borongh of ™ e » Jn ihs eonrdy of Gnmberland , in public ^> 4 awmbled Jnne 12 th , 1843 . ^ r-2 hat jaat peadonera haTe htard - » ift i « alarm and indignation , thai a most crnel , * B l ^ MoiuStntional measure , ( bronght forward ^ UestthJTsmnsni } li noir before yoni Bonom-^ XBdahcnt ^ to ho passed into a lair , entitled . r Mihehnd ) Bin f aad-whieh your petitionera ^ l ^ acted upon , he snbrersiveof the Hber ^ y ^ ab ject , and ca 3 calated to distnrb the peace fires the poor tholic
^^ of <^ subjects hy dis-^ Wn . mfl leafing sizar eniusrrel j in the Twm ^' |^^ ni , anaffl-eondneted ^ Orangemen . ^ Bropea cannot see the necessity of sach an ^ JttasarB heing applied to Ireland , for as fer ^ " ^ nied , England is in a decidedly "Worse » Ir&ni 3 he nnmhet of crimes committed S- ? J » ""m S ^ Bl . In 1843 , 8 , 535 . The ** &n Jreland » as eight millions . In England » j » 5 M « 2 Smb . The mnnbtrof crimes according ¦ J" * j ** proporBon of ihe two populations ought i ^^^ bere Trare fonr times the amount of K ^ M « QmEngTandthan there -were inlreland . M ^^ 64 Ieason 8 &r&e necessity of this «« epobe tteasnre are sronndless and
-vrith-^ l ^ nEa therefore pray yonr Hononrahle g |»? Talne Ihe peace of that unhappy and *« w wmtry , jug TonH ^^ £ nd proteft y ^ ^~]^| B c ^ not to pass thepresent Bill ; hnt Sf ^*^ asfl ssln t » 7 mearores , as -wDl *•*« ana -wiiolesanis sorcnanent for the people gwpeffioners as in dn ! y hound = » ffl erer pray . F' ^ aeGmrman in behalf of thamettinz ,
t . Joseph Bichabdsds . PBtla ^ s-j ^ then giren to the Mayor , Geo . Rffif ^ 3110 ™* i he reefing to be held PLUl ToWn ^^ fte ^ ntranee * f £ | £ S 0 M * peakers were aDoired to address Egs ^ wehad written ont a Tery full report ^ "fs oeliTered on the occasion , some of jj ^^ able and eloquent ; hnt onr report ^ Tw ! ^ * « reat length , that it would 3 W 3 - ' ** insertion in the Northern q ** - « ttamfeom # ring some of the speeches ^^ , 1 ?™ ° ^ "ask on r distinction might
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The FxHirr of the lat Mr . Gatch ? ll , who was so recently murdered at Coole ^ enan , King ' s connty , we bean sewed with a" threatening notice , ordering them " toquitor he would be consnnied , ' and in conseqnenoe hare removed to to | m for safety , iJ ^^ 0 XSD OF "W "< wfaias incurred £ 2 U 7 S in bad debts on loans inlreland . They have ontstandnig on loan £ 155 , 528 , at 5 per cent , and £ 295 , 892 at ' iil !^ L 4 Jeil t ' 2 ° which sums thB interest due is Ario ^ jqy . ? . B ,. EmsjtN , Esq , hrother to the B . C . bishop ^ Uoglier , ha 8 been appointed stipendiary magistrate 4
= aLonghrea . ih consequence of the late attack onthelr feof ^ Mr ^ Booike ^ of ^ Tintrim , a magistrate of the «> nnlyof Gslway . ^ . tedoh . —Aipecial train came down the line on Tnsday night last , and juriYed at the crossing nearKelTedon church abont half-pa-t nine o ' clock ISO train being expected at that time , the gates -were shut and unattended . Ajoong maanameJ Godfrey , who iras passing at ihe moment , opened the one neares * *? e engine , but was unable to unbolt the cth S 2-J was > ™ ^^ seqnence , shattered to pieces , and the young man had a Tery narrow escape . — Essex Standard .
Snbkf-Taxixg akd Bxkr-Dbejxisg Extraob-^ iiubt . —We haTe frequently heard of gormandizers , who individually consumed as much of " the « pod things of this Itfe" as wonld more thaa satisfy the wants of an entire family of a working man . These men arewhat Cobbett would hare termed asort offnnhel throagh which good things pass and are wasted . These characters are not uncommon , particularly in the higher" circles . HoweTer , a noTel mode of aping the inordinate appetite of the " great " ones seems to be adopted by one of the " middle " class , who resides not 100 miles from Bishop Burton , near Beierley , in ^ his connty . Instead of ramming the tnbe of his outward man with meats and drinks , he excites his nasal sensation , or refreshes hisolfactory nerves , with an almost incredible qnantum of rappee .- The following maybe relied upon as facW—At sixteen years of age , he commenced feeding his proboscis with snuff , and has continued
to do so up Id the present time , a period of Sfty-tbree years , during which time the old practitioner has put , on " general computation , " 53 . } bushels of dnst into his nostrils 1 We think him fully entitled to the President ' s chair in the Honourable Society of Pinch-takers ! for he has certainly been no mean mpporter of those who flock to thB Treasury on quarter days . Another professional leading in the same place , and who has concerted his body Into , a sort of pipe through which Jo convey what the . Teetotallers designate ** Liquid Bell Ere , " has , in the space of twenty-six years poured down Ids thirsty throat no less than 725 , 904 gffls of ale in the aggregate , besides halfa-dozen glasses of grog per day ! He is still an hate old fallow , and seems determined to worship the "jolly god" with all his mind , with all his heart , with all his body , and with all his strength , until death stops the tap .
Mtjkderotjb Atiacr . —On Tuesday night , about half-past nine o ' clock , Mr . W . Bolton , fellmonger , of Cottingham , being on his way home , was attacked by four men at Crookstie Horn , about half a mile from the Tillage , on fee Hull-road ; and by whom , after some resistance ., he wa 3 knocked down , kicked , and beaten in a cruel manner , when the villains having turned his pockets out and stolen the contents , threw their victim into the drain in a Btate of insensibility . How Mr . Bolton subsequently got home we have not learned , but he describes two of the robbers as being dressed in sailor ' s clothes , and states that a third , who wore a smock-frock , he knocked down , and must have marked , as the blow was on one of his eyes . We are sorry to add that Mr . Bolton suffers severely from ihe brutal manner in which he was treated by the ruffians . —Hull Packet
The IiXjxxzby of Doisg Good . —How often are the truly benevolent at a loss to know the best remedy for removing the afflictions -under which the objects of thieir charity are labouring ; and from the numerous demands upon their bounty , superior medical advice , on account of its expense , being often beyond their reach , the luxury of doing good is denied them . To supply thi 3 , it behoves the priveleged bearers of love and good works to cast around them , and with the Prophet of old to " askfor the old paths wherein is the good way , and walk therein . ** " Is there no balm in Gilead , is there bo Physician
there I " , is a question easy of solution , and the affirmative to it is given , As there is the same unchange able God in nature , so are there the same" green herbs" in the field as at first , and for the same use ful purposes . I \ is the knowledge of their right application that we want , and to attain this we must return to onr original simplicity , and obedience to nature's laws . New f angled theories , which can only distract the attention , must be laid aside , and the wisdom of ohr fathers consulted—their precepts revered , and their practise followed . This will at once enable ns to Tealiza the same benefits which
accrued to them in the blessings of a long life of happy enjoyment , when grey hairs are the crown and joy of our rejoicing . To accomplish this , the fine herbal and invigorating medicine bequeathed to the world by the wisdom of OldrPaxr , must at once be adopted ; every family should possess i t , and by its constant or occasional use , render the services of expensive medical practitioners unnecessary . Maxice of ** The Times . "—An exposure of the " Secrets of the Chaxtibt Executive , " appeared in the Times about three weeks since . Mr . O'Connor
was charged with having accepted £ 28 tor lecturing and assisting at Mr . 3 . Sturge ' s contest at Nottingham whh Mr . Walter , sen . ( Mr . Walter is proprietor of the Times . ) He was also charged with hating demanded nineteen pounds from Mr . Rogers for . his services at the late contest at ihe same town , between Mr . Gisbome and Mr . John 'Walter , jsn , ; and though last , not least , with receiving from Mr . Sturge ' s committee the sum of £ 5 for an active agent , to whom he only paid £ 3 , putting the remaining £ 2 into his pocket ! In the Northern Star ( Mr . O'Connor ' s journal ) ihe following answer to the calumny appeared : —
** I hereby offer a reward of ^ 100 , to be paid at the office of Mr . John Cleave , Ko . 1 , Shoe-lane , Jleet-strest , to any person who shall satisfy any three men of any polities , all of whom shall be named by Mr . Walter , that any one single imputation in the above paragraph has any , the slightest , foundation in fact . Now , then , what will Mr-Walter say to that ! Mr . O'Connor denieB the charge j his accusers allege that they can prove them- The tribunal of three shall be all chosen by Mr . Walter , and he may be one ' of them ! u Ti >* TtGua O'Coxsoa . "
" Hammersmith , May 17 ih 31843 . " A barrister of eminence having been applied to , in reference to ihB charges against Mr . O'Connor made by the Times , retnmed for answer that tbe ^ matter was Hbellons ; and upon that answer Mr . O'Connor commenced a civil action for libel . From that moment the Times has persecuted him with vengeance and severity ; he has been bespattered with the dirtiest malignity and suffused with the foulest abuse ; and to fill np the measure of revenge , the editor actually , in consequence of the Government lawyers having omitted to lay the venue in the right place , in the late Chartist trials , recommened fresh indictments to be 4 rawn up , so that Mr . O'Connor might not have the benefit of an error which is always allowed even to the most criminal prisoner . Snch
has been ihe indecent conduct of the Times towards Mr . O'Connor : but something much worse follows . On Thursday se'nnight , Mr . O'Connor addressed a meeting at Manchester in favour of a B * peal of the Union- The Times reporter was present , and either designedly , or by mistake , or through ignorance misrepresented all that Mr . O'Connor said ; in fact he was made to utter such sentiments that , in Westminster-hall , in onr hearing , "the barristers coupled his late escape though the meshes of the law with hiB speech at Manchester , and deliberately set him down as a spy in the employ of the Government . On the appearance of this speech Mr . O'Connor immediately forwarded a letter to the editor of the Times , containing a correction of numerous false passages in it . bntnot the slightest notice was taken of ihe
communication ; and the harangue np to this moment , ha 3 gone forth as the veritable one delivered by Mr . O'Connor . This trick of misrepresentin ^ a speaker is not new to the Times . The practice of that journal has always been to make black appear white , when an adversary is in the case : and in ibis instance the trick is glaringly manifested . —For instance , Mr . O'Connor is made to say , that if Government came down with coercive laws : if they made it treason to speak of Repeal , he What
wonld commit the treason to-morrow . Mr . O'Connor did say was ibis :- " They talk of making the agitation for Beneal treason ; why , they would have made the agitation for Reform treason _ bad they dared * 0 do so . Treason , indeed ! What i a whole nation to be guilty of treaBoni If it was made treason to-morrow , and if nay conscience , my mind , ana my judgment , approved the treason , then should 1 be compelled to be an open teaiUi in -conjunction with my countrymen , peacefully struggling agamst « m » T « s ( on" Mr . O'Connor did not make _ a angle he did
allusion to the debauched George the Fourths not open his lips to speak of the Lord-iientenant of IrelandT nor of the Irish Secretary ; and yet the TimesiZpoxtahzs-pntin hlsmbnthobsenrafaons upon thosepersons ! MoreoTery-he concludes hareport by StineXt several jewlntions werepassed , "wtoreas nota 3 ngleone was 3 > w > pc » ed ^ emeeU ** . Jw £ body knows that our -principles , and those of Mx feawS O'Connor , an , in a ^ reat measnre . antago SJYWsr * identicalJ but we wollnoV dlow . ou bUterestibetobeTneljinalignedandii ^ preBented , Sine we ia ™ the power to throw ihe shield of protection aronnd Him . - to ^ JSSl ^ O ' Connor hasbeen scandalously tj ^^« f . ^ l ^ wuh « t * a nTmoTtmitv of cmng thelie to the speech
reported m ^ Times ' as the one deliTered by him It ^ as * Tidentlj € ot W ^ j ^ tow toiro *« OTfaTourable impression towardB Mr . V Connor—to set up another indictment against him :-hnt it haB l ^ fflfiy lafled , and weare glad < rf * . —WeeVs Dmpatch , t
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however situated on the verge of a large marsh , & , near a river ( so called ) which is in reality an arm o the sea , which divides the island from the main land . Here at Flushing are some excellent botanical and other gardens ; also schools for instruction in botany . The only objection to living in this place is the large marsh -which mast be injurious to health . Darkness overtook ns before we reached Mr . Cornell ' s father ' s , at whose farm we staid all night . f Wednesday , 28 th . —I rose at break of day and sot
to the topmost point In the neighbourhood . The surrounding country is rather flat , yet has a very Irregular and undnlating enrfate . I had a view of the east river with its sloping and wooded banks ' , and aUo of the main land , with New Rocuelle , aijd the handsome monument erected in memory of that prince of politicians , Thomas Paine , who , during [ his latter years , lived upon an estate here , given him jas a grant for his great services during the War of Independence , and who died and was buried at this place , from whence Mr . Cobbett removed his bones to England .
My lameness prevented me from accompanying Messrs . Bewcastle and Cornell in an early shooting excursion . They were not however very successful . After breakfast they took another tour , while I conversed with the family , which consisted of Mr . and Mrs-Cornell , with their only unmarried daughter , and Mr . C ' s . brother . They were plain in dress and demeanour , and withal very homely . The farm which they occupy consists of about 200 acres . Mr . John C , the present proprietor , who is sixty-seven years ! of age , did not knew how long the family had been in possession of it I felt great surprise to hear this in a newly inhabited country ; for such it must beiconBidered . The lacd seemed of a middling quality and in good condition , with , as is very general , a good [ orchard , and
pastuiage . The butter was equal to that produced at the Shaker ' s establishment , at New Lebanon , -which was the best I had until now tasted ln . ithe States . This farm was considerably cleared © f timber ; they only having what they considered ineceasary for fuel , enclosing , farming implements , building , < fec . After witness ^ ing their homliness , cleanliness , and comfort , seeing Mr . C ' s . brother dressad very plain , and walking in the garden at an early hour without shoes or stockings ; having a long tele a tele with Miss C . who is a very amiable young lady ; and ascertaining that fifteen bushels of whtat to the acre was considtred an average crop on this and neighbouring farmB , my friends )] drove me to take a glimpse at Mr . Cobbett ' a farm , which having viewed , and found our time would not permit me , as I had intended , to visit his friend Mr . Tread well , we proceeded by a new course towards New Tobk , on our way
passing several small villages ; the largest of which is called Jam ac ia . It has many fine houses , all of them above the general cast A little to the north of Jamaica , and to a considerable extent , is a rather prominent ridge , near the centre of the island . We crossed the city by the Same feiry fey which we had gone to the island . Toll was here demanded , a case I had not met with any where else . The " flrtf upon which we wete conveyed to and from the island is very commodious for foot passengers , carriages , and horses . It is so constructed as to enter the ends of the pier on both sideB , which being of wood , and made to rise and fall with the water , the point 1 b constantly level with the flat ; and while we were on the moving part , and some other vehicles before us , I imagined we were waiting for them to move forward in order to get upon the '' flit ;" when to my surprise the whole moved off , and we were speedily on the other side by the aid of steam .
In passing along from this ferry , say two and a half or three miles from Front-street , the number of grunters ( hogs ) were immense ; and such filthy hogs -were never before witnessed . \ . We arrived in the city abouv three in the afternoon , when I for the first time met Mr . Clarkson at Messrs , Crolias and Dugins , and I accompanied him to Mrs . Dngins ' s , his mother-in-law , where ] I met Mrs . C . and her little girl , who seemed to have inhaled new life . I also met the two Misses Dugins , who performed admirably upon the piano . I was delighted with the sweetness of the music , and the [ correctness of the expression of the language of somo of the Scotch songs , with which I had been acquainted from infancy . They also played some of the best English airs . An engagement compelled ] me to leave this charming circle , just when Mr . CJarkson was about to join in the music with his violincello .
A brother of the captain of the Great Western joined the company a little beforejmy departure , Thursdat , 29 th . —I engaged a passage to Liverpool , on board the South America , one of the " Black Ball " line of packet ships . Mr . Woodman , who , with bis wife , three children , and servant ; maid , staid at the house with me , agreed to join in laying in provisions ; and it being now time to provide obrselves , we engaged a person to supply certain kinds . ; I received a letter and package by the hands of Mr . Edward Fowler , agent for the Shaker village , New Lebanon , from Mr / Daniel Fraser . The package contained also a letter to Mr . Oastler , jand one to Mr . John Harvey Sadler , together with a ! Shaker book . The remainder of this day was occupied in preparing for my departure . }
Friday , 30 th . —I obtained some important information respecting the manner iu which emigrants are treated by swindlers professing to be agents for shippers to the far west ; and haw passengers had often to pay double , and even treble fare , and this even twice over , in consequence of being imposed upon . Mr . W . L . Mackenzie called upon me and introduced me to a Mr . Chaloner , one of the exiled Canadian patriots , who having made his escape from Van Dieman ' s Land , had just arrived at this port He had been two and a half years in the penal , settlement . ' He is a stout man , and has a noble and graceful ! appearance ,, free and open in his conversation , and joined with Mr . Mackenzie
in a warm expression of kin . i wishes towards me . Mr . Mackenzie said that were he in 'England , Sir Robert Peel should have his best support ; and that the tariff and other measures passed since he took office were the best that could be devised under existing circumstances . He called the present " a strong government ; " and declared himself opposed to violence , because he said he know it would retard the progress of liberty at least a century : that nothing could possibly do so much injury to our cause as . a revolution in England . He spoke in terms of high admiration of Mr . F . O'Connor . He also deplored the apathy and lack of energy in the Canadians , comparing them to the people of Wales , who had sacrificed that excellent man John Frost
I may here observe that Mr . Chaloner had not Been Mr . Frost , they having been In different colonies . Mr . Mackenzie said that the Receiver General of Canada had recently visited him , and invited him to return thither , and told him that [ such men as he were much wanted there at the present time . Mr . M . also observed that the Government were now exceedingly anxious to conciliate the Canadians , for many reas&ns ; not the least of which was their contiguity to the StateB ; nor was the necessity forjdifawiDg troops off to the East Indies and China no trifling one . The British Government saw np means so ( likely to effect their object as a show of kindness towards the favourites of the people . j , I took tea and spent a pleasant tour at Mrs . Dugins ' s , and got pretty well lectured for not taking up my residence there while in the city . Nothing would have afforded me greater pleasure ; unfortunately , peculiar circumstances prevented me . .
I parted with the family under feelings of evident mutual regret , and of kindness , and of respect I received letters from Mr . Mafquereer for Mr . Finch , of Liverpool . Mr Dixon , formerlyfof Almondbury , near Huddersfield , called , and communicated some useful information . He took letters from me to Lovejoy ' s Hotel for Mr . Anderson , of Chicago , and Dr . Smyles , which Mr . Armourer , of Illinois , ! had engaged to take After a number of persons had waited upon me to pay respects . I completed my packing and other arrangements for the voyage . ,
Saturday , October-1 . —Slept , rose early , and got all in readiness for going on board . Mainish brought the biscnits , flour , rice , &c . ici , and conveyed other goods in his cart to the ship . Mr . Clarkson promised to procure me some important information respecting the transportation of emigrants ; his friend , however , was too busily engaged to prepare it—he having to send off a ship to Havre , in France , but engaged to send it after me . Friends from Bradford , Huddersfleld , Scotland , &c . accompanied me and assisted to put my stores on board . Thia done , we returned to meet some friends at the Sampson steamer , which was engaged to take the passengers from Whitehall to the ship , and to tug her out
of the bay . Wm . Asfeton , of Barnsley , hud engaged to come to England with me , but by some blunder he had paid to go by the Rochester on the following Monday . I also met Peter Bussey , who had just received my note in time to enableime to see him . Henry Jacobs , late of Huddersfield , with others , came to pay their respects . We left the quay soon after one , p . m ., asd speedily reached , and was lashed to , the South America , and soon hauled from ; among the other shipping , and proceeding on our way . The « iay was finej and vast numbers ctowded the decks , sides , and rigging of the various ships to witness out departure . Many a sigh was given , and many a tear shed at the separation of relations and friends .
My engagements being so multifarious and diversified , while in the city , I neglected to detail their mod * of auctioneering . ; The goods imported are generally Bold under the hammer ; of course , in large quantities , the auctioneers having premises suitable . Tee goods are assorted in lots , and a catalogue printed . They are all put in the best situation for Bhow ; and jto work they go from lot 1 st to the end , like dock work ; two auctioneers side by aide ; the one writing while the other's toDguo wags with such velocity that from five to ten minutes is the utmost stretch of time he c * b gabble , when be is
falily ran down . The one who has been writing , seeing his compeer at the last gasp for a' little breath , exchanges the book for the hammer , and bis . to » gue In turn is tostantly in motion , and speedilyjattainB an equal degree of -velocity ; and so en they go-the found of tbeif catalogue at railway speed . Of eonacae the goods are boW to merchants and drapers ot other ] tradesmen a * the case msy be ; the fact being , that many thouiand pounda or dollars , change hands in a Tery few short time . During the time that one of our home * knights of the hammer ate preparing an article for sale the Americana -would knock down ten . The operation must be seen , to he properly understood , | ; : On leading New York , we had a fine view of the city ; haiing the North or Hudson River and Jersey City or . the left , and tbe East River , with the Stites ' i
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Prison , Willianisbur ^ h , and City of Brooklyn on our right , with Gibbet Bedlows , an'l Governor ' s Islands , with thtir strong foitresses . Statin Island was before , us ; aud to the right of this was tee Qaarantine Station , Wl'ih the College , oi Hospital , to which all passengers are . cotnpelJed to pay a dollar when leaving Liverpool , as bt tota mentioned , which must rnse an immense reventt e , one tenth of which cannot be expended in aid of the Mck who enter the place . Great abuses ar « connected with tbe establishment j Situated upon this Island is a splendid building Called the " Sailors' Home ; " and on the heights is a . very strong fortification , called the Fortress of the Narrows , or Richmond Fort , with a large bastion on the ! water ' s edge , and a telegraph station . On the Point
of Long Island ; opposite , stands Fort Lafayette , with its bastions . It is a noble-looking plaee , and , in eonjunction With others , gives complete defence to the city , and imparts an air of grandeur most imposing . The Narrows are about two miles across . On leaving ! the Narrows , we soon crossed the Bar , and paasad Coney Island , on the south shore of Long Island , whicsh may be seen fupon the map . Being flat , and at a considerable distance , its appearance was to us uninteresting ; indeed , nothing of an ordinary kind could interest mo , after leaving the bay , Tiew of the city , &c j The captain of the tug steamer treated Mr . Rewcastie , ( whom he knew , and who accompanied mo as far jas the' steamer went with us , ) myself and others , to some excellent champalgne , of which I merely tasted the
state of my leg and the doctor's commands ibrbid-Ing rae to do more . j Mr . Roche . with his clerk and some of the passengers quarrelled respecting the berths && Tbe berths had been engaged , in many instances , by two or three patties , each of which demanded their right A-nd here I may remark that when I went to engage a berth the hatches were open , and every necessary means taken for a proper eurrent of air ; now I feund them choked up , with a very small and awkward hatchway by a ladder ; which was the only entrance to and the only aperture by which to admit either light or air ; and excepting at the bottom of the ladder , the plaee was a perfectly dark hole , crammed with luggage and crowded with human beings , apparently doomed to be smothered In a dungeon . A curse upon the owners , agents ,
ckptains , and outers , who treat their fellow creatures in a manner so inhuman ! Next a stir Was kicked up with some rogues who had hid themselves on board without payment of fare ; And while an attempt was being made to force one of them upon the steamer , for tbe purpose of being taken back to New York , he knocked down Mr . Roche ' s clerk , which caused a great hubbub , and excited such sympathy as to induce a number of passengers to open a subscription to pay the fare of this and another man ; this was done to the great injury of some and annoyance of us all during the passage ; for the fallow projvsd to 'be a complete ruffian , and robbed and plundered many of the passengers before we reacted Liverpool . Many such vil / aina make a practice of st » wing themselves among the goods and going between the ports for the express purpose of living on the plunder iand robberies they can commit upon tbe passengers . 1
At dusk we had reached Sandyhook , a flat point on our right , shaped like a hook , and which appeared to join the main land by a narrow neck . Upon this point are thres lighthouses ; which , to me was a novelty , having never seen bo many at one place before . We w « ie accompanied by the Mediator , bound ! for London . She was also tugged out by a steamer , which , as well as ours , was here detached . The friends and relatives of the passengers now bid us a pleasant and safe passage , and on leaving us a few yards they saluted us with three hearty cheers , which wet responded to . ponded to .
I had now an opportunity of witnessing the dreadfully crowded state of my department of tbe ship ! ( the second cabin ) and observed that in that small place four additional berths had been fixed which projected into the middle of tbe floor , and thus the space } left for provisions , luggage , and utensils of various kinds was so small that the floor was entirely covered with boxes , barrels , bags , and baskets , and piled to the roof in some instances , in others one , two , and three tiers deep so as to leave it next to impossible to get into our berths ; certainly , such a medley ^ and jumble I had neve r witnessed on sea or land . After a severe struggle , and aided by Mr . Woodman , I managed to get to [ bed ; any attempt to reach our provisions would have' been futile .
Sunday , 2 nd . —Morning fine , but a frightful scene presented itself on board . Luggage of all kinds as described above in a heterogenous mass presented itself as the glimmering light broke in upon us . Theairifrom the crowded state of animate and inanimate matter was nauseous , while bad the sea been rough death ] must feave ensued : as the mass must have been tossed upon young and old . Many loaves and other provisions were destroyed by crushing and otherwise . An attempt was speedily made at arrangement by a few of the active . I sat in my berth giving directions for a short time , and then get out to lend my feeble aid . All that could be , was hung upon nails just driven in : many boxes , &c were poshed underneath the berths . Much was jdone , not under protest , but threats ; the individual willjcould not be complied with in many instances ; every one
desiring that their provisions should be placed in that situation most convenient for them , which was impossible ; tbe roem not even admitting that a considerable portion ff the provisions could be placed so as to be accessible at all ; and all having equal right there , the solution of the difficulty was a matter of no mean consequence . It was within a bairsbreadth of being settled by force of arms . War was often declared , but tfortunately hostilities were not commenced until after ] information had been given to tbe captain that the carpenter had invaded and taken possession of a valuable portion of our territory , and had placed his property thereon , and sworn vengeance against anyone that pot anything upon it . The captain ordered its removal . The order was conveyed , but the gallant carpenter stood [ to his gun ; he refused to remove it I then advised the passengers to take it out , which they were in the act of doing , when the carpenter attacked them most furiously , jumping upon his large tool chest when half way
up the ladder on its way to the deck . He forced it again to the bottom , endangering the lives of I those below . I was at the top pulling a rope at the time , and instantly seized the fellow and shook him furiously . The captain , passengers , and crew , Boon surrounded us ; and after along parley peace was proclaimed on condition that Mr . Carpenter instantly removed and gave up possession of the disputed territory . It wis soon cleared and immediately occupied by three tiers of chests . j Underlings , it appeared , had been in tbe habit of imposing upon simple passengers . Some of ours even contended that this fellow had a right to plant his j box in our room ; and it was rather a difficult task to persuade them to take any steps for having it removed . ] They found , however , that we were not to be trifled with . Yet the removal only opened a more convenient passage for the cooked provisions from the galley to the cabin j which was no less an inroad than the other ; but favours conferred "upon a few caused it to be tolerated
After a hard struggle , about two o ' clock , Mr . Wildman managed to get us a cup of tea ; the first we had tasted from stepping on board , above twenty six hours before ; and this we bad to take in a very elevated position , with our feet upon one chest and seated upon another , our heads touching the deck above , j When we moved in this so-called cabin , it was unavoidably upon the first or second tier of boxes , hampers , or other luggage . Ultimately the wind being moderate and in our favour , the ship proceeded delightfully—the motion being very little felt I My '' cfttwn" was a Mr . Bla&eley , from FrankfoTt , King ' s County , Ireland , who seemed to be a sort of gentleman , and appeared very clean in his person . He said he had gone out on a mere journey of pkasute . He had taken two bottles of brandy on board , and continued sucking them until he was completely ] drunk . After going to bed be swore that unless silence was
kept he would get up and send them all to hell , and other horrible imprecations , which disturbed and alarmed many . I now found what a mess I had got into . | Monday , 3 rd . —Though the weather was hot , and I was close pent up in my berth , yet I slept well during the night . J I began now to see the advantage of the law of the States which restrains the number of passengers to the extent of room ; and felt sorry it did not apply to outward-bound ships , as well as tbe inward-bound ; ( for here we were in a frightful condition , they having crammed an Immense quantity of goods into the ship , and left very little room for the passengers . I determined to write to Lord Stanley on landing , to say that unless bis new act contained a clause to prevent the ] shipper from putting beyond a specified number into a certain space it would be quite imperfect ; and also i ' f it did not apply to both outward and inward bound ships .
Tuesday , 4 th . —We have had another fine night , with a favourable and stronger bretze , and we ran at the rate of nine or ten knots an hour ; our progress could not be steadier or more to my mind . I obtained some useful information respecting America find emigrants . We bad also much discussion on politics , and furious opposition from astrongjbody of Dan's forces . 1 Considerable dissatisfaction was manifested in consequence of some persons having obtained berths which had been engaged by others . One who was thus treated waB named Hitchcock , an aged person , of Old Bailey , London , author of a work on brewing , price one guinea . This gentleman bad been on } business to Ameriea , asd was entirely deprived of a berth . We raw two ships this morning to our right , also a brig beating against the wind , apparently bound fc * New York .
Whdnesdat , * tb . —We haTe had a favourable breese all the night , and the ship skips nobly along . In a warm political contention , this morning , the Irishmen maaifeitei much spleen ; especially a tall , powerfal man , named Macluakey , who formerly kept a public howe in New-iteeet , oiBrigg&te , Glasgow , and in Main-street , Gorbals , also in Glasgow , Ha bad been to America for the purpose of selling watchas for a Mr . Wilson , all of which he had disposed of in Philadelphia and its neighbourhood . The Irishmen having charged me with the crime of being a ChartiBtr , a cabin passenger , who stood by , inquired if it really was so ? and being answered in the affirmative , he said he hoped I was the only one on board . I replied that if [ such was his hope , I hoped be would be so kind as to show me something better than Chartism ; or at an ;
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rate to show what there wai bad in it , that I might know my error and be beirefitted hy his superior wisdom . He said that the Cbartista had recently excited the working classes to turn oub against their employers , and had so far misled them as . to get them transported or imprisoned . I told him I had information quits different to what he charged against the Chartists ; which was that the Aati-Corn Law League bad so arranged matters that a turn-out should take place , to drive the Conservatives from power * and by thia
means return the Wbigs to place , pelf , and power . He said his information was very different ; I replied that it might be so ; but I now wishei to heir what evil there was in tbe Charter . Instead , however , of answering my question he enquired what the Charter was ? I told him that to give him the history of the Charter would be a mere waste of time , since be bad condemned that of which be knew nothing . I again told him I wanted bis information , but failed to draw ont that which was not within him ; and he slunk away without saying good morning .
Mr . Moses Fieldhouse , farmer , North Prairie villa , Milwalkey Connty , informed rae that Judge Boty , governor of Wisconsin , was appointed by President Harrison , and obtained money to > build the capital at Madison , which he failed to do bat robbed the territory of 7 , ooo dollars . He established Mineral Point and Green Bat Banks , both of which failed . He tnen made over all bis property to a friend , or friends , and is now Whig Governor of Wiscsss-in . Doty was one of the first settlers at Gbben Bay , near the he . & of Lake Michigan . 4 iJ £ S * sga 2 It is a rather curious circumstance that the same
pecsons who cheered us with their music from the Swanton , which accompanied the Albania up the Irish Channel , should return on board the South America , to cheer us on our way home again . They wtre persons who had been employed o . t some iron works , near Crompton , in Derbyshire ; and after going as far as Pittsburgh and Cinccinati , and failing to find employment , were returning home again . They stayed at Kaox ' s , 16 $ , Front-street , directly opposite Mr . Rewcastle ' s ; and in the evenings we generally had a musical treat , as they kept tbe windows open . I shall have something to say of this Knox in another place . Let him be avoided .
Robert Anderson , and Earnshaw and wife , who sailed from Liverpool to Boston with me , stayed at Knox ' s in going west . They attempted to play them a trick . A psrson named Gordon in the same street professes to supply passengers with stores , and , in their absence , to put them up honestly for them ; but takes care to keep back the most valuable portion . This I was informed of by several who wer « sufferers . Another discussion took place this evening , and some of the cabin passengers came to listen , in order to have a laugh at our folly . They , however , entered into it , with the kind intention , no doubt , of setting us right . I went through the Foreign trade question , the Factory question , Protestantism , or High Gburchism , and the
effects they prednced upon the country , in my humble way . Some of them said that tbe Catholics placed their earnings in tbe power and often in the bands of the priests . This afforded me an opportunity to remark upon what the country was when under Catholic rule , and what it is under Protestant rule . How tbe foimer kept the poor , built and repaired the ehurchea , and kept establishments where the weary traveller could rest , be refreshed , and sleep free of any charge ; but now the working-classes had to erect and repair tbe churches , keep the poor ,, dec , while the Duke of Bedford , and other noblemen aud gentlemen were rolling in luxury drawn from . tbe proceeds of the property which if it belonged to any church it must belong to the
Catholic church ; that the 8 th Harry had disposed « what was not his own , because the Pope refused to sanction bis murders and other horrible crimes ; and that those who supported tbe wife-killer and bis crimes were as bad as himself . One said I waB a Socialist . I said I was not ; but that I was acquainted with Mr . Owen : and as I was with him some time before I left England , I had taken with me a letter of introduction to bis sons at New Harmony , but not having been in their neighbourhood I had not delivered it I told them I considered Mr . Owen a mi > st benevolent gentleman , but I was not one of his disciples . Our discussion was kept up at great length , and with very considerable interest .
Tbe remarks made by me on the Catholics brought me into considerable favour with those of that religion , or rather reconciled them to me . The cabin passengers were now in disfavour with the Hibernians . I was now laid up with sickness from the effects of bad air , which was dense ' to a frightful degree ; this , with tbe boisterous weather we had , and bad habit of body from unsuitable food , &c , confined me to my berth . ( To be continued . J
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It will be recollected some three or four seasons since a desperate affray took place at Egham races between the privates of the 45 th Regiment , then quartered at Windsor , and the hordes of thimbleriggers and other thieves wjio are the invariable frequenters of gatherings of that character . The thieves , however , at that time , gotlcorisiderably " the worst of it , " and ever since that period the same respectable fraternity , whether at Egham or Ascot , have omitted no opportunity of getting up a row when an opportunity has offered with any of the privates belonging to either of the two regiments in garrison at Windsor , who may be permitted by their respective Colonels to visit the races either on Egham mead or at Ascot-heath .
On Thursday last several of the privates of the 2 nd Regiment of Life Guards , and nearly balf of the prh ates comprising the 2 nd battalion of the Grenadier Guards , had leave of absence to proceed to Aseot . In the course of the day several soldiers got robbed and plundered ( having only themselves to blame for ' . heir folly ) by hundreds of thimbleriggers with which the course swarmed in all directions . A considerable number of rows , upon a minor scale , consequently ocourred during the days , but ^ the police being present , these comparatively little emeute ; were soon suppressed . In the evening , however , shortly after seven o ' clock ( the police having been just withdrawn in consequence of the departure of all tbe respectable portions of the visitors ) , a quarrel
took place between a private in the Life Guards , who was quietly leaving the course , and a Gipsy ^ which ended in a fight , and in the Gipsy ( who was the agressor ) getting a deserved thrashing . This was the signal for the assembling of some 300 or 400 of the greatest scoundrels upon the heath , consisting of the keepers of thimblerig-tables , whose numbers were quickly augmented by a large accession from the hordes of Gipsies " in camp" at that portion of the heath . A desperate conflict then ensued between theso parties ( who began the affray ) and the soldiers belonging to the Coldstream and the few who were on the ground attached to the 2 nd Life Guards . The soldiers were all unarmed , while tbeir opponents were well supplied with the sticks used for snuff
boxes and other formidable weapons . A wooden fence or paling however , being close by , enabled the soldiers to procure some sticks in their defence ; and , after a conflict , which lasted for nearly an hour ( during which time many of tbe Gipsies and low vagabonds were deprived of their weapons , which were turned against themselves ) , the " coats" came off the victors , but not until the limbs of several on both sides had been fractured . One strong and powerfully-made Gipsy , known as King Jemmy , had his arm broken between the wrist and elbow , and his jaw severely fractured . Several bystanders , who took no part in the affray , got terribly mauled and knocked about b y the thieves , who managed to effect several robberies
in the immediate neighbourhood . Two youDg women , who made somo resistance , were knocked down on leaving the vicinity of tbe heath to proceed to Winkfiold , and were robbed of their purses and shawls . Several of the Foot Guards were beaten ( overpoweredasthey wer 6 by numbers ) tillthey Were totally insensible . One , named Wilson , had bis leg fractured by a Wow from a heavy stake , and he is now , With five or six others of his comrades :, in the hospital at Windsor barracks ; two others , named Bushneli and Webster ( a pioneer ) , are also so dreadfully beaten and bruised ( having been most cowardly kicked in the ribs and other parts of the body , while struggling with their assailants on the ground ) , that ii will be a long time before they are fit for duty . It appeared to be the object of the scoundrels , in tbe first instance , to single out individuals ( and every person with a red coat , whether taking part or not
in the row , was equally subjected to their brutality ) , and , surrounding him with some five or six of their companions , to beat him with their thick staves until he washalf dead and incapable of resistance . At last , however , the soldiers managed to collect a portion of their scattered forces , and drew up in a line on the confines of the heath . This movement put & stop to any further attack on the part of the thieves , who then left , and thus the affair ended . Had it not been for the disgraceful disturbance on Thursday a great ' number of the 2 nd Life Guards would have been permitted to visit tile races on , tht 3 day ; but Colonel Reid very judiciously , under the circumstances , refused to grant " leave of absence" to the great majority of those who applied to him for that favour . Those few who were allowed to leave Windsor for Ascot yesterday i * a& strict commands not to be absent from the bar / acks after seven o ' clock last evening .
A large body of the Coidstieam Guar / Js had leave to attend the raceB this day . We know th » t a large party of th © swell-mob and thethiiaJblerig and . E . O . table frate-rnity remained in Windsor during the whole of yeEterday , being afraid to venture on the course as soon as they learned that about 200 of the Oildstream remment had leave of absence to attend the races ; tnese fellows wisely , perhaps , imagining that as they would most likely get their deserts , ft was far better to make themselves rather " scarce" iu the vicinity of the course , than to risfe another questionable Tictory . "Discretion , " & such a case , "is indeed the better part of valorjr . " It may be , perhap- d , but an act of justice to mention thaUhe two regiments above referred to JSWg ^ " ^^^ during the period they have been quartered at W&fd- * nn sor , conducted themselves in the most eoldSstiJjfc \ and praisewo- f thy manner . ~ T *' &k . - * . C ^ u " 7 ^ 3 F * s ^ 0 ly §'
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WHERE TO , AND HOW TO PROCEED . . —— . ' - HOIES OF A TOJJB THROUGH A POKTION OF JJAKADA , AHD SEVEBAX OF THE STATES OF ; JK > KTH AMERICA , J PaXTICUIAKLT THE STATES OF MASSACHUSETTS , HHODB ISLAND , MEW I 0 BK , PEHHSTLVAHIA , OHIO , MICHIGAN , ; fttlNOIS , TVISCONSlKi AJTD KEW JERSEY ^ UNDERTAKEN "WITH A TIEW OF ASCERTAINING THE DESIRABILir ? , OB OTHERWISE . < JF EMIGRATION ; AND TO JUDGE OF THE BEST LOCATION , POR ENGLISH EMIGRANTS , FBOM ACTUAL- OBSERVATION . ' BY LAWRENCE PITKETHLY . of Hudderfifield .
( Continued from our last vseeVs paper . j JOTJRNAl ^ -DESCBIPTION OF THE COUNTRY BETWEEN HAMPDEN-LANDING AND NEW YORK , ALSO OF LONG ISLAND , WITH A PORTION JOF OBSERVATIONS MADE ON THE HOMEWARD PASSAGE . We soon reached Phillipston . Pickskixl , Coldwell Landing , and Cboton , from whenceihe water ia brought in -what they term an aqueduct , but which ia in reality a ] Mna of level pipe , arched at the top and bottom , -wijh sides sloping outward ,, and would very probably ba called a canal in England , ! or other-¦ wise . a pipe , i > r -waterwork . It is formed ! of brick , cemented together , and covered with a thick coat of composition , irhicb , as I was informed by a scientific gentleman on board , time renders more hard .
Colonel Courtland lives near the meuthof the Croton Creek , or rather where ittras ; it being now entirely conveyed in the newly constructed canal to New York , a distance from the source ef about forty-six miles—the canal having valves , by which toadmit the air at proper distances , and , ! being on tbe bank of the i river , -we could distinctly perceive it , in its whole length , until we reached near New York . From the Catskill Mountains to Croton the scenery is lofty and truly enchanting ; from thence it becomes less lofty , but continues most pleasing to the eye . ;
Sin g Sing .. ; is an immense States * prison , and is built clo&e upon the liver's edge , it being three aud a half miles across at this place , and xre being near tbe opposite bank , the prison bad a peculiar appearance in the distance . I was told that a large portion of it was built of if bite marble ; and its white appearance seemed to corroborate the information . This prison , which in its extent and appearance bespoke on the part of its projectors and constructors a knowledge of the low Btate of morals , and consequent extent of crime in 1 Mb country ( called freel , iB truly horrific , particularly
• when taken in connection ¦ with the immense Western States' prison at Auburn , and those I had also seen on the east river [ on tbe opposite side of NeV York . In proof that they had not calculated -without their host , I was told that there were -within the -walls of Sing Sing not less than 766 males , all employed at their several trades . Those -who have not been tanght any trade are instructed in some useful branch . A large building , at some distance from the male prison , has been recently . erected , and is called the Matron ' s house . The matron had under htr instruction and charge seventy-six female prisoners .
A little lover is the depot of the intended railway by the sontbern part of the State , in a north ! -west direction , to Dunkirk , on Lake Erie , abont 100 miles southvrest of Buffalo ; and -where tbe interest in the line from Albany to Buffalo , by" the citizens on the north and those of the'south of New York State , is likely to cause an alarming collision : and it is ( as observed in a former part of this journal ) generally understood , that those only who -will pledge themselves to use every means for carrying forward this immense undertaking have any chance of being elected to the House of Representatives , "whatever be their talents or politics . ; This depot is carried a great distance into the river , and presents a novel appearance . It is twenty-six miles ; above New
York . Whether it is intended to carry it to the east banks of the 'Hudson I could not ascertain ;; tbe probability is strong that it -will be so continued , and onward tothexity . S A neat cottage on the verge of the river -was pointed ont to me as I the residence of tbe famous Washington Irving . Near to thia iB an elegant house , the residence of Judge Cousins ; and opposite to those , on the right bank of the iivor , stands Ferrytown , in New Jersey . Here the PalliB&does commence ; -which are a range of perpendicular roeks fronting the river , and extending several miles , "being , in some parts , from 300 to 400 feet in height , and continuously on the verge of , and as if overhanging , the river . ' ;
: A person Ion board named Johnson , from ay neighbourhood , and who knew me , tut who bad been a number of years in the States , was very useful in pointing out anything attractive . He directed my attention to one of the passengers , a Mi . Powell , who from a cabin boy , be said , had become the richest man in tbe States . He informed me that he was the owner of a number of steamers and other ships ; that be was proprietor of one half of Newbnrgh , besides other extensive and valuable" property . We soon reached the termination of the Palisadoes , and got opposite tee commencement of the Island of New York , fifteen miles from the city , to which extent tbe whole of the Island is laid out in streets , avenue ? , Ac , as described In this journal when speaking of New York and its vicinity . '
We passed Manhattonville , about eight miles from New { York ; also Ball's Febrt , on the New Jeney Bide and near to Jersey , which is situated partly on an elevation and partly on a marsh . Itlias a delightful appearance -when seen in going down the river ; but in consequence of the marsh the inhabitants are subject to fever and ague . We landed in New York at six o'clock , and I fonnd , at Mr . Bewcastle ' s , a package of letters , newspapers , patterns , 4 c , from home , breught over by Christopher Tinker ' s -wife . I then -went to William Bradley ' s , who informed me that Tinker ' s wife bad gone westward ; and that Christopher Wood and his wife , from Honley , near Huddersfield , had arrived the day previous . A man went with me to find them . Taey "had , howevar , proceeded on their -way to Albany by the packet , -which started at five o'clock , and which of course passed us in tbe river . We met a number of vessels coIdr upwards . ;
William J Fraser , by direction of hia brother Daniel of the Shakei village , New Lebanon , called upon me , along with ; another Scotchman , nearly us soon as I arrived . Sunday j 25 th . —I occupied this morning in the perosalof iny -letters , && , brought from home . After dinner 1 went to visit Mr . W . L . Mackenzie , of Canadian revolution notoriety , to whom I carried a letter of introduction from Dr . Smyles ; but tbe Institute being closed , I did not meet witb him , not haying any other directien whereby to find him . I then want in search of Mr . D . Clarkson , who had arrived from Bradford
during my western tenr . Here again I was unsuccessful . I left a note at Worswick ' s for Peter Buss « y and the Messrs . HowarthJs , from Manchester . Mr . Worswick and others , amoW whom was Mr . Bowartb , came and spent the evening with me , and I found the latter gentleman to be a strenuous Corn Law Repealer . He had brought me a second packet of letters , containing a foil accsunt of the proceedings of the iturn-outs , the plug drawing , the riots , AzC ., in Britain . I first beard ef these occurrences when at Bcffalo ; and when at Rochester , I saw a copy of the Manchester Guardian , which contained very little else but an account of the disturbances .
Monday , 26 th . —I received a letter from Dr . Smylea , informing ine that he had received two Northern Stars from John iLeech ; and he would have sent me them , but could not spare them . He also said that one of the said Stars contained some inqniries respecting me and my tour . The ; letter iDclosed on «) from John Leech , addressed to the Doctor ' s care . I called with the Doctor ' s letter of introduction upon Mr . Mackenzie , and found him exceedingly polite ; but having then little time , ray visit was short . He , however , made me promise to repeat it the first opportunity . I jnext went , by appointment , to meet James Walker and George Rodgers , who had come from Wappinger ' s Creek . I got an order from Walker upon James Haliday for a specific purpose . After Borne explanationsi they proceeded homeward by the steamer . Halliday had gone to Canada with a few others , who had each obtained a grant from the English Government of 100 acres of land .
I next made a fruitless attempt to find a friend , late of Hnddersfield ; however , in my way I bad the pleasure of passing through Fulton market , and over a fine portion of tbB city , which I had net before had an opportunity of seeing . This I considered full compensation for my disappointment . I then again called upon Mr . ! Mackenzie , and spent two very pleasant hours with that far-famed gentleman , whose deeds in the late -struggle for lndependeLce -made by the Canadians will be handed down to the latest posterity . As I anticipated , I found him a well-informed man , and pure 4 emocrat : fully aware of certain English
agitator ' s quibbling politics , tuid possessing a clear Snowledge and ! perfect abhorrence of the damnable Malthusian doctrines . However , in requesting me to convey some letters to them , he stated that while they were in a position to afford him or his country any valuable aid , it would be impolitic , to quarrel with them . To nis view 1 most cordially assented . Instead of quarrelling , as Mr . Durand , at Chicago , said Mr . Mackenzie and I should , I mast say tha ; t I never in my life met ai gentleman with whom I found a greater uniformity of opinion . He approved'iof Mx . O'Connor's politics and proceedings ; had beard him speak in the House of Commons , and wm much pleased with him . I - ] ¦ Tuesday ., 2 ? th . —I wrote letters to Boston and Chicago , and also to Dr . Smyles . At three o ' clock Mr . Bsr&ck Cornell , a wise and spirit imercbant , in the « ty , droye Mr . ReweasUeandmyselfiin his ' buggy to Lon g Island . We crossed the east ] river at Wil-LiAitSBUBGH , where Mr . Bewcastle introdu « ed me to some people recently arrived from Hnddersfleld . Proceeding onward we crossed some marshes , but in general the land was tolerably good , and well cultivated . We passed near the shore of tbe east ] river , tb& shore was most irregular and formed some tne bays . The opposite I shore had a rich diversified appearancerather flit . Flushing ia a neat little place , being
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Serious Affray At Ascot.
SERIOUS AFFRAY AT ASCOT .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 24, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct938/page/3/
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