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SONG . Air—" Seois tofto haef By oor \ asn 0 'Oonnort zeal , In a bandaged people ' s weal , Bt the gatltode ire feel , We dun m be tree . Sj onr injsriei ud woe * , By » mnrdefd Clayton's throes , B y tba Bcorn we bear our foet , We ihiH all be tee . Long ve * re won the ervfla chain , goon shall it be boat ia twain ; goon shall we the darter gain , Tbea we shall be free
? ree from Uws , vajnst , unkind , FomVd tbe working ctisi to grind ; ffoil «* the gre » t ones ertr Sad Boom for tyranny . Long hrre we been paniTe led , Sending " Death the joke onr bead , E ' en whilst tyrants triumphed In our slaTery . Ignorance had closely bound Her dark searf our eyes around , Telling us , with words profound , We were amply free Bat at length a lucid light , prom the Northern Star so bright , Pawning on our mental right , SboWd our slaTery .
Then we saw stern tyrants stand , Wringing from ixdxstry ' t hand , For the wealthy ones and grand , The sore hard-earn'd fee . Days of ^ " ^«« , now farewell ; Broken ia the aomfcxe spell , By the Chartist ' s danatlfn * Tell , Who weald hare ni free Tfcongh no freedom ' s banser wares . O ' er na toil-degraded slaves , Long the dopes of titled knaves , Yet we shall be free . For the Charter meets oar Tiew , Sending eneigy anew , To each heart as we pursue The way from slavery .
Brother Charosis , onward press , For our wrongs most hare redress ; Equal laws , and nothing less—Chartists must be free >
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TO DEMOCRACY . « God said let there be light , and there was light ' Gen . 1 . 0 . ' who can stem thy giant tide ? Who beat back thy dashing foam ? Where is the mortal , Caunte-like , To bid thee to thine home ? like the rush of armed men thou corn ' s * , like the simoon gathering near , And the despot-heart , and the iron hand Are palsied with sudden fear . Time was , thoa wast a gentle stream , Meandering threngh the Tale ; With scarce a breath to stir thy course , With scarce a passing gale .
But the despots of earth would stop thy tide , They crimson'd thy placid brow ; The tears of the poor then swelled thy flood , And behold i who will dare thee now ? # ?• ?»• Where are th& mighty ones of earth , Who cuned thy cause of yore ; Who rowd thy hated name should be , A bye-word ever more ? 60 ! seek in yon Tanlt of marble , and stone , Emblazoned with many a crest ; Where the storied urn , and the trophied scroll , Betoken a place of rest
They are there ! they are there ! the mighty , the proud ! With the worm for their banquet store , Battling within the purple shroud , In the diamond wreaths they wore . But thou ! but thou ! art in spring-time yet , Pure and bright as the new-born day ; JJations may fail , and prond empires fall , Bat thon never -wilt know decay ! like the rainbow tbou beam'st on high , bringing hope to the fettered alaTe ; Thy mission from heaven aboTe Is raised tip to succour , to save .
Then joy ! then joy ! to the prostrate earth—But woe to the tyrant ' s power ; When thy gathering rage of a thousand yean Shall burst forth in an awful hour ! Rochdale . F
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LIXES . M * a is his own enslaver : if he wili'd , Free u yon soaring eagle , he could roam ; Then , would no Hybla sweets for tyrants be distfll'd ; And """» would lore his brother man , and make the world his home . Immaculate and free , """ from his maker sprung ; To adorn creation and obey his laws . He with wild nature lired ; and from her mighty tome Drew inspiration , happiness and bliss . How changed . ' Theeanse HI to define . Man neTer B >»« . ri be that which once he was .
0 what a doom is his who strives to better man's estate , And nobly in Philanthropy ' s frail bark does Tenture far ! Proud his beginning . ' bright his short career ! The heat , The enthusiastic heat , which spnrr'd him on , wars With the interest of the grovelling crowd ; clouds gather from afar ; The tempest lowers ; but where to steer , alas ! he knows not Man and bark driTe on : proersstinatioa throws her
Tc « unconquerable bar to Fre&dom , and perchance the cavse Sofa once again and leaves man where he was ! Habold .
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PITT'S TEX COMMANDMENTS . Put ir . Jo Verse ly John Home Tocke . Thou shalt not either read or write ; Thou shalt not hare thy hair made white ; Tcou shalt nst with thy neighbour meet ; Thou shalt not bread untaxtd eat ; Thou shalt not dogs er horses keep ; Thou EhaH not through thy wicdows peep ; Thou * hslt cot keep a watch or clock ; Thou ehzlt not auction off thy stock ; Thou Ehalt not "wine or brandy drink ; Item shalt not roeai or hardly think .
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THE FLEET PAPERS . No . 47 . In tie present pa ;> er . Mr . Oastler , leaving the deputation frum ; he Short-time Committees and " ^ o interviews Yri ! h the several members of Go-I ^ oear , resume ? his battle with the Poor Law 1 * rfil ; taking a keen , thongb hasty , and br ief f ^ ej of the neTer-to-be-forgotten speech of the ™* n ! ocs Whig sJacderfr , political mountebank , **» state pauper , Brougham , on introducing that *« Brsed Bill to the House of Lords . The tene of «* . O . ' s strictures , though perhaps quite as strinfptt as may be palatable to the ** rich oppressors , " 15 much milder trmn the occasion warrants . ^ SE BRE ATH OF LIBERTY . Respectfully dedicated to Feargus O'Connor , Esq . Bj Datid Weight . Aberdeen : G . Mackay Tnomson ' s Court , 61 , Broad-street .
A mail TOjome of Chartist Poems , by a yonth not jet nineteen years of age , and who makes no pretensions to trfcat is calJed u learning" or " educa-« on . Nature has , with our present poet , done her 0 Wli work unassisted , BaTe by tbe promptings of Porerty and the consciousness of thraldom . The Kuimsi&sm almoii necessary to the vonthfnl spirit emws itself through nearly all the pieces , in the exaiDiuon of a somewhat impatient spirit . At this we w not at all wonder , ¦ there is cause enongh j but we ° P&e that continued endurance and more extended Mfcerv&tion will teach our poet practical phflof ophy .
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Ths AEnsrsoKG Lives Pills are recommended * s in Anti-bilious medicine , to every sufferer from « " » ns complaints and indigestioH , or from aniaat v ^ > aad are procurable at all Druggists , and « _ tie a crtkern Star office . It is only necessary to X ? tx *^ the stamp has Dr . John Armstrong ' s urtt Fnh" engraved on it in white letters , and to « t no one put you off with any other pills . N . B . —The Pills in ihe boxes enclosed , in marbled » t er ' " Dd maitt ( i B ., are a rexy mild aperient , M we panicularlj and iiBJTerEallj praised . They are admirabl y cdapred for fcportsmen , agriculturists , ™ a pf bismese , Earal and military men ; as they « mUiB no Eercury or calomel , and require neivieT 'WlfillMIlfcllt to the house , sor restraint in diei .
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CrlfcaSGOW . —The heart-rending cries of misery , destitution , starvjktioo , and despair- nag through the streets , lues , and suburbs of oar city . Thousands of hungry , naked , Bhirering wretches meet as at erery turn , and implore us with every look , asking us , In the silent ana impressive language of snffsriDg nature , where is humanity?—where i * jnBUce ! and what is CoristianUy ! Wat are we starring in a land teemiBg with erery luxury and necessary of life ! How is it that oar he&rtbs are cold , our beds in the pawn-shops , and our backs unoorered dariBg this piercing weather , aad that , too , while we toil from early morn to late at night ! And how is it that we suffer ourBefres thus tamely to be plundered of the honest fruits of oarTirtuous industry by the
iron-hearted souls of our legalised oppressors } Ah ! the reason is too obrious to be misunderstood ! The laws made by out combined tyrante bars proclaimed us glares , outlaws , and aliens in the land of our nativity 5 we crouch , we toil , we starve , we tremble while we tread on the ashes and graves of our virtuous , brave , and patriotio progenitors . The insane and peevish mutterings of imbecile hypochondriacs and the envenomed slang of traitors lull us to repose , and thus the enemies of liberty and man feed , fatten , and trinmph amid the stately ruin which their hellish machinations have created . Oar Lord Provost , and other municipal authorities , hare just now squandered upwards of one thousand pounds in treating their friends of the law , the army ,
and the Church , on what they call the " glorious event" which has given them a Prince and an heir to the throne of these realms ; while these same sage and Christian authorities , during last summer , could not afford the tenth of the above sum to save from starvation hundreds of industrious families , thrown out of employment by the gambling , fluctuating system produced and kept up by commercial pedlars , royal princes , hypocritical parsons , hired panderers , aristocratic pimps , legal plunderers , human tigers and reptiles of every form and description , whose various , propensities are fostered by a svBtem of laws the most incongruous and accursed . The man of humanity shuddered when he heard the loud Bacchanalian yell—the loyal scream of exultation which issued from the City Hall , oa last Monday night , while he knew that at the same moment thousands of inoffensive children in the immediate neighbourhood were shivering over the dying embers
of a miserable fire i and tearing with hungry avidity the scanty contents of a potato pot , the all which their class-ruined , heart-broken , and toil-worn parents could produce . When shall this infernal system cease to exist ' . and when shall we hail that glorious sun wkich shall rise and shine on our newborn liberties , and our chartered rights be proclaimed in city hall and village school , on mountain top and flowery vale ? Where is the man who breathes the heather-scented air of brave old Scotlandj that would join or mix with the miserable , crawling , trembling things , who , under the mask of thin-skinned morality , are aiding and abetting the cruel and relentless oppressors of the poor , and endeavouring ( though , thank God , without effect ) to paralyz 9 the generous efforts of one of God ' s own nobles of nature , in his powerful and unbought efforts to crash the tyrant , and rend asunder the shackles of the slave I—Correspondent .
VAZiE OP LEV 33 N . — Alexandria . —The state of trade in this place is really distressing . About three months since Mr . William Thoma&on gave an address in Bonhill , and urged the appointment of a committee to investigate into the state of the unemployed , and laying it before the heritors and ministers and manufacturers of the parish . The committee was selected and the following facts will give the public some idea of the state of the Yale , including Alexandria and Bonhill ; Cawdross parish is being canvassed by another committee . This statement includes twelve hundred and eleven perbodb , their wages were as follow . * , averaging a period of twenty-eight weeks . There were persons
Per day . d . Per day . d . 4 at the rate of ... 7 } 10 at the rate of ... 3 i 2 7 89 3 6 6 $ 31 25 11 6 . i 151 2 i 5 6 G 5 2 j 21 bk 135 2 11 ol 126 1 ? 13 5 128 1 } 14 4 $ 31 OJ 10 Ai 28 _ OA 11 — 41 9 01
31 4 65 0 96 . ' .... . ' . ' . ' . ' . ' / . ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . 3 | 1211 persons . This is a pretty vie ^ v of things in a spot fall of churches and chapel-epers ; our great men are turning away journeymen and filling their places with apprentices . In this way the hopes of many a family are sacrificed before the altar of Mammon . The worting men are beginning to see that they can have no shield of protection but in equal laws , and universal representation . Oar association is increasing in members .
ALEXANDSZA . —Another Victim to ths Gaxe Laws . —On Wednesday , the 17 th instant , the funeral of Mr . John M'Kinley took place . The circumstances were as follows : —On the evening of the 2 nd of November , he and a companion were standing in the highway , holdin ? a musket in his hand . Two gamekeepers , in the employ of Mr . Campbell , Tillichewen Castle , near Alexandria , came up -to them , and , looking deceased closely in the face , some altercation arose between the parties . Deceased , being irritated at the gamekeepers' interference , struck one of them with his gun , and broke the stock of the fowling-piece over the gamekeeper's irm , and used the barrel in self-defence , which was loaded . While scuffling , the nipple of the barrel , on which was a cap , hit the stone wall : tho masket went off , and the contents entered just above the
left elinm , passed immediately over the lower part of the back-bone , fractorinj !; it , and came out on the opposite side , just over the right elium ; the distance between the entering in and coming out of the shot being about twelve inches . He lingered in great agony until Sunday last , when death pat an end 10 his agonies . The day before interment the body wa 3 opened by two medical men , who gaTe it as their opinion that death was caused by the contents of the gun passing through the body . A precognition had been taken by the Sheriff of Dumbarton and the fiscal the day foliowing the aeciuunt . Being a member of the Rechabite order , a large procession of his brethren attended his funeral . A little before two o'clock they assembled at the Independent Chapel , about forty coming from Dumbarton and Renton , and about a hHndred members of the Order in
Alexandria . After forming three deep , cat-h wearing a white sash and black rosette npon it , they marched to the house of the deceased ; the streets of Alexandria were crowded with scores besides ot '_ the inhabitants and the acquaintances of tbe unfortunate youth . The funeral procession moved slowly to the . New Charch , Alexandria , attended by the abstainers in the above-mentioned Order . After arriving . at the grave , the coffin was placed upon the # rave side , and the Rev . Mr . Swan delivered a very impressive
prayer ; after which , the mangled corse was let down into the narrow house , to mix with its kindred dust amid the unbroken silence of the trave . Although not a year connected with the Kecha ' oite Order , and not enmied , by the laws of the boay , to the funeral gift , yet the Order had a meeting of its member ? , and , with a generosity which does honour 10 it , enterc . i into a subscription , and handed over £ 8 toward ? the funeral expenses . The event has mado a "deep impression , as the young man seems to haYt been gen ' -raii-v ann deservediy respected .
BIRMINGHAM . Maso . n ' s Strike [ fiecfiied too ( ate / or our last . ]—A public meeting , called by placard , was held at the Mechanics' lustkute on Wednesday evening last . Mr . Pettr Bishop was unanimously cahed to the chair . The Chairman opened ihe meeting in his Ufual clear anu perspicuous style , and introduced Mr . Boag , the delegate from London , to address the assembly . Mr . Boag gave a clever and highly satis factory description of the real cause of the strike of the stonemasons , and was warmly applauded . Several resolutions , similar to those passed at the Crown and Anchor meeting , were unanimously agreed to . Thu meeting was addressed by Mr&srs . Williams , Lloyd , Gosling , Bamfortb , Gray , Beck , Rjland , and Hinds , in clever and appropriate speeche ? . Eight pounds was handed in from the first society ot carpentera , £ 10 from itie second society of carpenters , and
Us . 6 d . from the curriers . Mr . George White addressed the meeting , and urged them to unite in the National Charter Association at ihe same time , notifying tbat a lecture would be delivered in the Ciiunisi , Room , Freeman -street , the proceeds oi which would be handed over to the fund for assisting the London masons in their Struggle against tyranny . Mr . Beck , the Secif-tary , then declared the sums received from the various bodies in Birmingham ( or the last fortnight , which amounted to £ 32 19 s . lid . Mr . Pettr Bishop afterward-Geliyertd a neat address , iu which be passed a high eulogium on the Northern Star , for the manner in which it had supported the mason ' s strike , "without waiting 10 be solicited , after which Mr . Gosling was called to the chair , and a vote of thanks unanimously given to Mr . Bishop for his upright conduct in the chair and for his zealous support oi the mason ' s strike . The meeting then separated .
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Mr . Egkkto * Smith , the founder and principal proprietor of the Liverpool Mercury , died , on the night of Thursday last , at the age of seventy-three . Distress . —The Mendicity Society of London have made an apptal to the public for assistance . They state , that at " this immediate period the applications are very numerous , being treble in amount of those at any himilar stason in former yesrs ; wh'lo the prospect of accumulated cases of destitution durin £ ihe winter has excited a degree of solicitude in tbe Committee regarding the adequacy Of their resources . "
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Dublin . —It is a enrioas fact , and though a trifle , worth notice , that the tailors and robe ^ makers of Dublin have not been able to supply the demand for court-dresses and professional costumes to be worn at the Levee . Many additional lands hare been employed in London , and large consignments of those articles have been shipped for this city . —Dublin Evening Mali . Reported Attempt at Incbwdiabism . —It is reported that a ball composed of some explosive material was thrown into the court of the Horse Guards , on Wednesday . It fell at the feet of » soldier , and exploded like a cannon . The soldier could see no one ; in the street tbat appeared to have thrown it . A similar ball was thrown , into the barrack-yard at Charing Cross .
Death is the Fleet Pbisow . —On Thursday evening an inquest was held in the Fleet prison , before Mr . Payne , concerning the death of Mr . £ . Baker , aged seventy- « i « b . t , who died in that prison on Tuesday evening last . Mr . T . Morton , assistant to Mr . Cooper , surgeon to the prison , stated that he had attended the deceased since May last . He was a very corpulent man , and had been bedridden for some weeks . He was afflicted with the usual symptoms attendant upon old age . Witness was not aware that he was in want of any thing . He had been attended gratuitously . There was no reason to suppose that death arose from any other than natural causes . Sarah Pearce , nurae to Mr . Baker , stated that she had livea in the service of the
deceased for many years . Her master had been in prison about fourteen years altogether . He was liberated after six years ' confinement , and was again arrested in May , 1833 . He had contracted a disease during his first confinement , and had ever since been attacked with dropsy and erysipelas . His only means of living lor two years past was 5 s . a week , which he received from a gentleman named Watson ; out of that he had Is . 3 d . to pay for his room , and witness herself had also to be kept out of it . She had received no salary for eight years , and had latterly waited on other prisoners for a trifle per week to assist in supporting her master and herself . He often complained ih » t he could not get food enough . He had a fall a few weeks ago , and since that time
had been unable to get out of bed . He had formerly lived upon his property at 42 , Broad-street , Goldensquare . Mr . G . P . Andrews stated that he was a prisoner at the time tho deceased came in ( 1833 ) , and had been acquainted with him ever since . Deceased evidently had not sofaoient nourishment to support him . The Coroner inquired of Mr . Oastler ( who had been sent for ) if he knew of any circumstances connected with the deceased ? Mr . Oastler replied , that he was not at all acquainted with deceased , and knew nothing of his circumstances further than having heard that he was dependant almost entirely upon charity for support . Mr . Oastler said he would ask whether it was fair in a Christian country
that persons should be incarcerated for debt at the will of others , and left to depend on charity for support . Tne Coroner said he agreed with Mr . Oastler that imprisonment for debt was an unchristian practice . Imprisonment was a punishment , and it was certainly to be lamented that a man who was anfornate should be punished for it . In the present case it appeared that debt was not the only cause of deceased ' s imprisonment . He would leave it to the Jury to say whether they thought confinement had any thing to do with his death , and if so they would express it in their verdict . The Jury , after a short consultation , returned a verdict of " Died from natural causes . "
MmDES AND SUICTDE BT A DEAF AND DlJKB MAN . —A dreadful murder and suicide were committed at Wincolmlee , Hull , by a deaf and dumb man , named Robert Hiokson . The wretched man had quarrelled with his wife , Sarah Hicksoa , about some domestic matter , upon which he seized a poker , and struck her a dreadful blow on the head , and afterwards destroyed himself , by cutting his throat with a razor . An inquest was held on the bodies on Friday night , and after being sworn , the Jury proceeded to view them They were found lyfng side by side ona slight raised platform , in a small , neatly-furnished room , in Owen ' s Square , New George-street . The Sight was a most appalling one , the throat of the man being cut from ear to ear , whilst the woman ' s skull was
literally smashed to pieces . The floor was deluged with blood , but partly covered wiih saw-dust . Immediately over the corpses was a portrait of Hickson , painted in oil by himself . In another part of the room was a painting of Christ , in the same style as the portrait , and executed by the deceased . Selina Hickson , daughter of the deceased , deposed—I am going on for eight years old , and lived with my father and mother . They quarrelled yesterday about marrying . My father went out soon after breakfast this morning . He was deaf and dumb . He came back at twelve to-day , to bis dinner . He came in dripping wet , and mother said she was so poorly she could scarcely wash for him . He was angry because there was not a dry waistcoat for him to put on . Mother
talked to him with her fingers . Father seemed in a passion when they were quarrelling , but I have seen him worse before . We were getting our dinners , aud so was mother , when he came iu . He took up a poker from the fireside , and struck mother four or fire times . She fell down on the hearth , and I never heard her speak again . Father teok a razor from the cupboard top and cut his throat . Then I ran out . Hickson was in the employ of Mr . Binning , a coal merchant , as a coal porter . It appeared , from the evidence of Mr . Binning and other witnosses , tbat he had latterly becoma . jealous of his wife , in consequence of a man named Charles Richardson having been seen walking with her . Mr . Binning bad spoken to Richardson on the subject , when he said , " He had walked with Hiokson ' s wife , and
would do so again . " On being called before the jury , Richardson said that Hickson had once accused him of being connected with his wife— " but very little . " He had never repeated the accusation , and he ( Richardson ) never met her at Mr . Binning ' s stables . Had spoken to her in the street , but nothing more . Never met her by appointment , and had only walked the length of the street v . ith her when they met accidentally . Several jurymen said this witness was morally guilty of the deaths of the deceased . The jury , in the case of the buicide , returned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity , " caused in their opinion by the improper conduct of one ot hia fellow-workmen with reference to deceased ' s wife . In the case of the murder , the jury returned the extraordinary verdict of " Excusable Homicide . "
Egregious Rejoicings . — " Richard has best deserved of all my sons . " The authorities of Glasgow have "done the polito thing" to the new-born Prince after the most delicate fashion . As soon as the tidings of her Majesty ' s accouchement arrived , " Captain Millar convened the joyful news to the authorities . In order to acquaint tne Lord Provost wjih the / act , the city-waits were put in requisition , and took their places opposite his Lordship ' s door , where they serenaded his family with the national air of * Goid Save the Queen . '" Sentiment must bo progressing when this romantic method of insinuating glad news is adopted by the chief thief-catcher of a Scotch town in his communications to his
tuperiurs . The next refinement will be to announce to condemned prisoners the approach of the hour of execution by sending the city-waits to serenade him with " Macpherson s Ram . " The Lord Provost , however , seems to have been rather obtuse on the occasion—to have proved himself a sort of Triptolemu > Mucdlework ; for our informant , the Glasgow Jrtjus , add ;— " This circumstance ( the serenade ) apprized his Lordship that something unusual had taken place ; and certain intelligence of the event was immediately afterwards conveyed to him by a sptcial messenger . " The allusion was too refinedthe musical head of the police had to call in the aid 0 : aii interpreter . However , to do " his Lordship ' justice , after he had been got to understand what was Koiug forward , he displayed his loyalty most
valour .-ly . The reformed Town Council has been somewhat lax in its observation of loyal ceremonies ; but the Provost has not forgotten the days of his youth , when " George the Third was King , " and Magistrates drank the lloyal health on the Royal l . rihday id the open air at the market-cross . He remember ? , too , the showers of dead dogs and cats with which the rabbJo used to salute them oil tuch occasions . He therefore took due precautions before proceeding to renew those public expres-&ic ; : s of devotion to the throne . "According to an arrangement made in the course of the morning , the Tenth Regiment of Foot and two companies of the Seventeenth Lancers marched into the vacant > pace in front of tho Public Offices , and formed
into square . Two pieces of artillery were also in attendance . " Moreover , the front of the Courthouse was '' guarded by a strong detachment of Police . " And thus supported , the Magistrates and Sheriff , " greatly daring , " drank the healths of the Duke of Cornwall and his mother at a range of tables fitted up under the portico . On Monday evening , the same functionaries entertained the elite of the city a . a great banquet in tho City-hall . The City Marshal promulgated beforehand a series of regulations "to be strictly observed ; " some of which , we nnie » » take the liberty to remark , are scarcely in keeping with the Arcadian character of the city serona < ie . Gentlemen having ladies with ihem are requested , " after conducting them to the eastern stair , to return and pass into the hall ; " and they are told that '' gentlemen accompanying ladies
to the eastern stair , will be supplied with tickets , which they are requested to preserve and produce when they return for the ladies . " A ceremony of this kind is observed with umbrellas and greatcoats at the entrance of the National Gallery and the Librery of the British Museum ; but it does strike us a 3 treating ladies with slender ceremony , to deposit them in an antechamber on entering a festive hall , to be delivered up again to their conductors when they leave , " on producing tho ticket . " Do the modem Bailey Jarvies still take "Mattio and the lantern" with them when they go out of a dark evening ! and is this startling arrangement made ior the accommodation of the handmaidens while waiting to light their masters home i Mattie might iu one sense have been called a lady : " she was good blood—first cousin to the LairJ o ' -Ximmerfield . "—Spectator .
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Death fboh Machineey . —At Bold factory , near Crawsbawbooth , a boy received a severe Injury , from somejpart of the machinery , one day last week , from which he died on Saturday evening . " -. CoMi hvsion of the Thakes Tunkel , —Oft Thursday , tins stupendous undertaking may foe said to hamreached completion , the enormous bore being ended by the arrival of the Bhield at the shaft on the Wappjng shore . The shield now ^ thewfere , has performed its work , and henceforth the'opertrtiona will be confined chiefly to the formation of tbe approaches on land ' fat the general traffic Ponr feet and a half of tunnelling were completed within the last week by means of the shield . Turkish Advertisement . —( Prom the Djeridee Havadts of the 13 th October . ) M For sale , a black female alare , who is unique for playing the fiddle , lute , niandolina , and dulcimer j and is , moreover , a beautiful dancer . Price 3000 piasters ( about 427 sterling . ) Apply » &c .
_ Wigaw . —Much curious gossi p has been caused in Wigan by the extraordinary circumstances attending the death of a person named Mary Aspull , who lived by herself in Seholes , never having married . Upon the death of the old lady a search was made by one or two persons who were next of kin to the deceased , they being , however , only second cousins . These parties , with one ar two other persons who bad been requested to attend them , found in their search , in the most obscure and unlikely parts of the
house , no leas than £ 5040 ; the whole of which , with the exception of about £ 40 or £ 50 , consisted of guineas . The deceased was with some difficulty prevailed upon to make a will a few days before she died , wherein she directed that all her property shall be distributed in equal shares to certain parties therein mentioned ( her second cousins , ) and to all others who are equal , and nearer , iu degree of relationship . Of course many are the claimants , one of whom is Mr . John Roby , of Rochdale .- —Manchester Guardian .
An Ambricait Patriot . —•* Feller-citizens I said an Arkansas orator , who mounted the stamp a short time since , '' Feller-citizens ! didn't I aid in ridin Bill Poker , the blackleg , oa ft rail V " You did I you did ! ' said his auditory . "Didn't I , fellercitizens , lick that big pedlar from the Jarseys , as spoke disrespectfully of our state ? " " Yes—you did ! yon did ! " unanimously shouted the meeting . "Feller-citizenst when Jim Jenkins was prosecuted by his political enemies for horse-stealing , didn't I , as foreman of his jury , write his vardict * Guilty of assault and battery , ' recommending him to mercy ?" Cries of "You did r you did f—you ' re a buster !" " Is there a man in this crowd , feller-citizens , that doesn't owe me a drink I" " No , not one . ' *• Havn't you always seen me willing to stand treat ?" " Always , always ! you ' re a horse . " " Well , now , you all know I voted for old Tip and Tyler , at the last election ; but if ever I do it again , I'll be ! Let ' s liquor . " —New Orleans Paper .
Ereob of supposing the Whale to be a Fish . —The whale , though an inhabitant of the depths of ocean , and invested with amazing power in swimming and directing its course , with bo legs to walk and no capacity to exist out of water , its proper element , —the whale , notwithstanding these fish-like qualities , is not a fish , but belongs to the order of mammalia—of animals that bring forth their progeny and suckle them with milk ; and its fins differ in a singular manner from those of fishes ; they nearly resemble the human arm , and terminate with a hand , having four fingers . The whale is thus enabled to clasp its young , and carry them in its arms , and perform many of the acts of dalliance aud
affection for which the mother is distinguished amongst terrestrial animals . The tail of the whale is also a curious combination of mechanical powers ; and , in addition to the great strength bestowed upon it , the muscles allow it tv * be turned any way , with as much facility as the human arm . The blood of the whale is warm , like that of terrestrial animals ; its brain is much larger in proportion than that of tbe fish ; its eyea have a remarkably intelligent expression ; and its sense of hearing is so acute as to increase very considerably the difficulty of approaching it near enough to inflict the stroke by which its great strength is finally overcome . —Parley ' s Penny Library .
Alleged Discovery op Valuable Jewels at the Exchequer . — Our readers will remember that a few weeks ago certain mysterious whisperings were current concerning aa alleged discovery , at the Exchequer , of jewels to a very considerable amount—jewels it was said , which had been empawned to meet the exigencies of tho extravagant King Charles II ., and had lain there so long that their existence had been forgotten , and that their disoovery was the result of accident , a bit of good fortune , a sort of set-off against the defalcations ia Exchequer Bills . The matter was delicately alluded '' to in some of tho papers , but all seemed to lack information on the interesting subject . One paper did , however , venture to confirm the report , but to say that the matter had
been exaggerated . Exaggerated , indeed , it was . In fact , the affair was what is vulgarly called a " mare ' s nest . " A belief had , however , existed in a high quarter that property to a large amount had lain by for a long period , the value of which it would be desirable to ascertain . It appears that in the year 1797 a box containing jewels had been sent from the Exchequer-office to the Bank of'England , to be deposited in the Bullion-offlce ; and an order was recently sent down to the Bank to have the mysterious casket examined . A day was accordingly appointed , and the governor of the bank , Mr . Marshall , the chief cashier , and several gentlemen connected with the Government , assembled for the purpose of
making an official inspection , and reporting upon the same to head quarters . They were , moreover , attended by several jewellers called in professionally to decide as to the " water" of the diamonds , and the value of the other gems it contained . The conclave assembled—the box was brought in ! But to the surprise of all it was nothing more than a lozenge box tied with a red tape and sealed on the top . It waa opened aud found to contain a pair of diamond earrings , and a garnet brooch . A general laugh was excited by the appearance of the ridiculus mus , and one of tho jewellers said he should be sorry to give £ 40 for its contents . These are the simple facts of tho matter , which excited much merriment among those engaged in the investigation . —London Paper .
Fire in Woolwich Dockyard . —On Saturday morning last , about half-past three o ' clock , one of the dockyard police , observing smoke issuing from a building used for the purpose of making Grant ' s patent fuel , on a close approach to it , found it was in names , and immediately gave the alarm . The dockyard engines were promptly brought to the spot , and tha alarum-bell being runs , the engines of the royal marines , royal artillery , and royal sappers and miners , were soon present , and an excellent supply of water being obtained from the basin almost close to the building tho spread of the devouring element to the engine-honso was prevented , but no exertions could tave the wooden building in which the fire originated , and consequently it was burnt to the
ground . The fire is supposed to have originated from one of the iron pipes under a portion of the wood having become overheated on the previous day , and that the wood had , from that cause , such a degree of heat communicated to it as ultimately to i ^ n ito . It ia worthy of observation that the fires used at this work are always put out about four o ' clock in the afternoon , immediately after the convicts leavo work , so that thefire , if it originated from them , must have remained twelve hours undiscovered . During the fire a fatal accident took place in the basin . A young man , seventeen years of age , named John Johnston , a seaman on board the James and Elizabeth , of Sunderland , schooner , lying in the rlrer alongside the wharf wall of the dockyard , delivering small coal for the purpose of manufacturing Grant's
patent fuel , on hearing the alarm of fire came oh ehore , and the fog was so thick at tho time that he walked into the basin , and striking his head , it is supposed , upon an iron chain , was so stunned , that , although a good swimmer , he was drowned , and his body was not recovered until about half an hour afterwards . Two marines also fell into the water from a Bimilar cause , but they were promptly taken out . The officers and orewf of the Devastation aud the other vessels in her Majesty ' s service in the river and in tho basin were promptly on the spot , and by their able assistance were of great service in checking the spread of the fire . The loss will not be very great , as the building was only constructed of wood , and , fortunately , it was in a manner detached from other parts of the yard .
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NOMINATIONS FOR THE GENERAL COUNCIL . STRAND-STREET , MANCHESTER . Mr . Lawrence Dunn , weaver , 8 , Boothlc-street . Mr . William Walker , printer . Mr . John Bavanalgh , spinner . Mr . Thomas Orrid ^ o , carder . Mr . Joseph Eastforth , cordwamer . Mr . Duncan Bean , printer . Mr . Lawrence Money , printer . Mr . John Redfern , porter . Mr . John Jones . Mr . Bernard Quinn . Mr . Matthew tiuttiff . Mr . Joseph Lomas , weaver , 14 , Thompson-street , Secretary . Mr . John Smith , weaver , 18 , Love-lane , Treasurer .
FINSBUBY . Mr . William Balls , 13 , Back Hill , Hatfcon Garden . Mr . Richard Cameron , 10 , Dorrington-street . Mr . Philip Johnson , 6 , St . John ' s-square . Mr . William Martin , 1 , Charlotte Terrace , White Conduit . Mr . James Knight , 39 , Baltic-street . Mr . Daniel West , Si , Chatham Gardens . Mr . William Mcody , lliB Brittania-street . Mr . John Carey , 14 , Pear Tree-street . Mr . Henry Smith , 11 , Aylesbury-street , sub-Treasurer . Mr . John Watte , 17 , Graham-street , City Road , Bub-Secretary .
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LIMEHOUSE . Josiah Hornblower , 18 , Margaret-street , Commercial-road Samuel Squiers , No . 3 , Limeklin-hill , Limehouseholo ; WUIiam Bassage . No . 3 , Cottage-street , Poplar ; Isaac Wilfcins , Engineers' Arms , Mill Wall , Poplar ; Thomas Pearse , 44 , Park-street , Limehouse ; Henry Squiers , 1 , Prospect-place , East India road , Poplar , eub-Treasurer . Thomas Spencer , 1 , Victoria-place , Commercialroad , Limehousti , sub-Secretary :
BILBTON . Joseph Nioholls , screw-turner , Green Croft ; James Mosely , shoemaker , Pipes-Meadow ; Michael Jaffa , tailor , High-street ; Joseph Evans , miner , Hall-street ; George Dudley , tinplate-worker , Proud ' s-lane ; William Smart ; miner . Hall-street ¦ John Davis , ditto , High-street ; Francis Ferreday , furnace-man , Walsall-street ; Samuel Draper , miner , Pipes-Meadow ; John Fenton , ditto , Hall-street ; John Stiran , grocer and tallow-chandler , Green croft , sab-Treasurer ; John Cadley , ooadwainer , sub-Secretary . HERS , WILTS . Henry Mills , weaver . Stephen Mills , ditto , sub-Secretary .
DAVBNTRY . James Lawsone , tailor , High-street . William Askew , nordwainer , Victoria-street . Thomas Norton , joiner , Dog-lane . Daniel Dawson , green grocer , Brook-street . William Tallet , cordwainer , Church-lane . Thomas Webb , cordwainer , sub-TreasuTer , Unionplace . George Ashwell , cabinet-maker , sub-Secretary , High-street .
SOUTH-SHIELDS , BANKS OF TYKE . John Douglas , shoemaker , Waterloo-vale . John Strickland , ditto , King-street . William Cory , bootoloser , Salem-street . John Bunn , bookbinder , Waterloo-vale . William Dalrymplo , shoemaker , East-street . William Wilkinson , shoemaker , Thames-street , sub-Treasurer . Thomas White , cabinet-maker , Dairy-lane , sub-Secretary .
MONCKTON-DEVEBILL . John Maelen , Brixton-Deverill , labourer . Noah Pranglen , ditto , ditto . Peter Payn , Monckton-Deverill , ditto . Thomas Ganet , Kingston-Deverill , ditto , sub-Treasurer . Stephen Tudgey , Monckton-Deverill , cordwainer , sub-Secretary . LONDON EAST , STAR COFFEE-HOUSE , GOLDEN-LANE , Mr . Prior . Mr . M'Carthy . Mr . Piots . Mr . Richards . Mr . Langwith . Mr . Waters . Mr . Smith . Mr . Kenns , sub-Secretary , pro . tern .
devonport . John Gin , cooper , 35 , Clowance-street . William Edwards , shoemaker , 37 , Tavistockstreet . Joseph Grose , ditto , Sambell ' s-court . Sampson Randel , ditto , 9 , Doidge's-well . Richard James , ditto , 5 , Cross-street . William Edwards , jun ., ditto , 37 , Tavistock-street . Benjamin Cane , labourer , 23 , Geak ' s-alley . William Trimblett , shoemaker , 32 , Queen-street , sub Treasurer . Andrew Cummings , whitesmith , Stafford ' s-hill , sub-Secretary .
HVTHOLM-HOVD . William Greenwood , weaver . John Ferror , ditto . James Pollard , ditto . Samuel Magson , cordwainer . Samuel Crowther , woolcomber . William Bobertshaw , sub-Treasurer James White , sub-Secretary .
cLiTHEROE . John Slater , block-printer . John Birch , ditto . James Robinson , ditto . John Johnson , hatter . James Dewhurst , weaver . John M'Cann , gardener . Thomas Smithies , block-printer . William Pinder , sub-Secretary .
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Harrison , who admitted he received large sums of money for his brutal employment , and was now undergoing two years imprisonment for liorse stealing ; he would ask , ought such good men aa Peddie , Holberry , and others , to be hourly murdered on tho evidence of such a wretch as this ! ( Load cheers . ) Bat we demanded the Charter as a remedy for ths existing evils , distress exists through the length and and breadfh of the land . M We are indeed a numerous people , and want strength . We hare an excellent soil , and are destitute of provisions . We are active and laborious , and live in indigence . We pay enormous tributes , and are told they are not sufficient . " We have tried the Tories for a century , and become worse ; we had mock reform , and tried tho Whigs for ten years—our miseries and wretchedness increased . We have now discovered the enemy that devours us . to be class legislation . ( Loud cheers . )
Yes , we find the ) % w makers and administrators well fea , well clothed , well housed , while the unrepresented , although their labour is the source of all wealth , have nowhere to lay their head . ( Cheers . ) We demand , then , the abolition of clas 3 legislation , and the substitution of tbe People ' s Charter , —( loud cheers , )—and when every party and class sha ? i be thus fully and fairly represented in the Commons ' House of Parliament—then , and not till then , will a national remedy be found for the national disease . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Sfeallwood then ably refuted the cry of danger , and appeased the fears of the timid ; then , said he , let us have the Charter—that education may be promoted—industry fostered—copxmerce increased- —wealth protected- —morality shielded—happiness engendered—and our fatherlands of England , Ireland , Scotland , and Wales ,
rendered-r-" Flowers of the earth , gems of the sea , At once great , glorious , and free . " Mr . Stall wood resumed his seat amid the most livel and enthusiastic demonstrations of applause . Att immense number of cases of distress watoe reported . Upon the motion of Messrs . Cordeux and Crofts , it was also agreed to call a meeting of the unemployed and distressed , and thus disabuse the minds ei the public functionaries of the city . Mr . Cooper maved and Mr . Judson eeconded a resolution : —••* That tho thanks of this meeting are due , and are hereby given , to Mr . Stallwood , for his talented , per ? vering , firm , and consistent advocacy of the rights of the industrious millions . " Carried by acclamation . A vote of thanks was { hen moved and carried to the chairman , and the meeting dissolved in peace .
Knaresborough . —On Wednesday , the 17 th inst ., notwithstanding it was fair-day with us , no sooner was the announcement made that Mr . Stallwood , from London , would address the people , in the National Charter Association-rooms , than thither flocked the people . Mr . John Doaker was call-, d to the chair ; and , in a brief , pithy , sensible spr-ech , introduced Mr . S to the meeting , who , in a speech of considerable length , vindicated the claims of the industrious millions . His efforts were crowned with the most triumphant success . Another visit was earnestly requested ; and a vote of thanks unanimously passed . The petition will be more numerously signed than ever petition was in the Borough of Knaresbro ' . The brave lads have determined to wait on the Members for the Borough , and request their support ; to the petition .
Malton . —Although the rain poured down in torrents , Mr . Stallwond arrived ; the news spread like wild-fire ; a boy was sent out with a placard , aad a bellman set to work to anounce the glad tidings that the means of our political salvation would be preached in the evening ; thanks to the enthusiasm and kindly feeling of the middle classes in this close pocket-borough , a large granary was engaged , and an audience of at least 600 collected together . Mr . Stallwood addressed them in his usual convincing strain , much to their satisfaction ; at the conclusion , a large number of Chartist publications was disposed of , several members added to the association , a . 'ood sum collected at the door , and it was announced that the lecturer would be with them again on the 30 th . O'Connor and Vincent would meet with aa enthusiastic reception here . This will , in a little time , be one of our very best Chartist localities .
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BERNARD CAVANAGH , THE TOTAL-ABSTINENCE KNAVE , CAUGHT OUT AT LAST ! Reading , Saturday . This fellow , whose plausible and successful dupl- ' city completely deceived some of the most eminent scientific and medical bodies in London , has , at last , been detected in his imposture , and he is now serving out the term of his imprisonment of three months , with hard labour , at the treadmill in tbe gaol of this town , . 13 a rogue and vagabond , to which he has just been sen * tenced by S . Chase , Esq . the mayor . Cavanagh arrived here on the 12 th instant , taking up his quarters at the sigh of the Block Boy , u publichouse ia Broad-street , accompanied by the same man , named' Tiernan , wh » assisted him in pursuing his various sj sterna of hypocrisy and imposture , while be was levying contributions upon the public in Lonaon . The knave , immediately after his arrival , issued a catching hn . ndbill , of which the following is a copy : —
" EXTRAORDINARY PHENOMENON . " The celebrated Bernard Cavanagh ( from the county of Mayo ) , who has excited so much attention from the medical and scientific world , on account of bis excessive powers of abstinence , which are attested beyond all doubt is now in this town , and invites all inquirers into the cause of so singular a phenomenon to pay him a visit at the Slack Boy , Reading , during his stay . A few of his philosophical friends in London , wishing to gain some additional light upon this case , have advised him to give this general invitation , and make no distinct charge for admissions ; but as the expends of travelling about the country with his brother { who eats like otter men ) will be beyond their means , any friendly donation ' s will be thankfully received . "
Things went on swimmingly for some days , and tne fellow and his companion were reaping a pretty plentiful harvest , although there / wns nothing charged for admission to see the " fasting man , " the impostor leaving tbe gratuity he looked for to the " liberality of the eurkus ; " and there is not the least doubt , had it not been far the timely and , indeed , extraordinary discovery of the . cheat , that he and hia worthy coadjutor would , before they left the town , have walked off with a very handsome sum gathered from the numerous visitors who flocked to the Black Boy to see this " eighth wonder of the world . "
He was apprehended with his " Man Friday , " Tiernan , on Thursday , through the instrumentality of s Mrs . Ha . tt , the "wife of a labouring man , residing in Crown-street , by Mr . Houlton , the Superintendent of tho Reading police , upon the charge of being a rogue and vagabond , and a rank impostor . He was then taken before the mayor , and the following evidence was produced against him : — Harriet Hatt being sworn stated , in substance , aa follows -. —On the preceding evening , she went , accompanied by some friends , to see the fasting man , at the Black Boy . She asked him several questions ou the subject of his abstinence from food , -which he answered very unsatisfactorily , except that he stated he had not eaten a morsel of any ene thing for the last five years and a half . Witness bought one of his books , contain ing an account of his life and abstinence from food , fox which he was paid Gd ., and her friends gave him another 6 d . before they left . The next morning witness
had occasion to go to a chandler ' s shop in Southamptonstreet ( which is a long distance from the Black Boy ) , and while she was sitting in a room behind the shop she saw a man enter , wlio , notwithstanding hi ? dia « guise , she was certain was the r ^ oner . He had a handkerchief tied round his forehead which nearly covered his eyea , and a lar ^ e patch upon his nose . As soon as . be came in he asked for a saveloy and a quarter of a pound of bam , which he particularly wished to be cut pretty fat , and a small loaf . He was served with these articles , for which he paid , and then went away Witness then directly proceeded to the Black . Boy , where she discovered that the prisoner had been gone out a short time before , to take a wa'k ; and after waiting there for upwards of an hour she saw bint return , but he had then doffed his disguise aad appeared as usual . She mentioned her suspicions to the landlord of tbe house , who then communicated with the police .
John Croaker , the landlord of tho Black Boy , stated that the prisoner came to his house very late on Friday evening , and inquired if bis brother ( describing Xiim as a man who carried a pick ) had arrived . Witness told him tbat a man , answering that description , was in tne house and in bed . He then shewed witness oco of his bills , and said that he was the man it related to . He asked if he could be accommodated with a bed , and he was told he could . He and the man Tiernan had been living in witness ' s house from that time until they were apprehended . The bill witness saw in the room ( exhibited by the prisoner ) was placed there without his consent The impostor , upon being called on for hia defence * said it was of very little use his saving anything , as after what bad taken place he supposed ho should not be believed ; and therefore , perhaps he had better say nothing . At last he said , " I did eat , fot the Lord caused me to be hungry . "
The Mayor then addressed the prisoner , pointing out to him the disgraceful conduct he had been pursuing in deceiving and gulling the public by gross artifice and imposture , and telling him that it was his determination at least for a time , to put a stop to his deceptions upon the public The "fasting" impostor was then sentenced te three months' imprisonment and hard labaur , as a rogue and vagabond . The fellow ' s worthy colleague , Jofcn Tiernan , vasalso ssutenced to ene month ' s imprisonment fox hawking without a license . The man with the pack , whom Cavacagh called his brother , had , very fortunately foi * himself , taken his departure from Reading , and thus escaped , very probably a similar punishment . It will now be seen if the tread-mill will not bring an appetite to the " fasting" man , and , at the tame time , tbe Impostor to bis senses . What will the Times say ?
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EAST AND NORTH RIDING LECTURER . York . —Charter Association Rooms , Fossgate . —On Sunday , the 21 st inst ., Mr . Stallwood addressed a , numerous assemblage ; Mr . Cooper in the chair . At the conclusion a vote of thanks was unanimously passed to the lecturer . It was also moved , seconded , and carried unanimously , on the motion of Messrs . Gill and Crofts , that Mr . Stallwood be recommended as the most fit and proper person to fill the office of lecturer for the ensuing month . Thanks being passed to the chairman , the meeting beparated .
Important Proceedings . —On Thursday , the 18 th inst ., the Lord Mayor having pledged his word to grant the use of the Guildhall , to the industrious classes for a day meeting , a most respectful requsition was drawn up by Mr . Burley , aad signed by a large number of householders and freemen , and presented by a deputation , consisting of Messrs . Demaine , Inglis , and Burley . His Lordship having read the requisitiou , said , " We congratulated the Queen on Monday last . " Deputation— " No , my Lord ; your address and resolution were lost by a great majority ; we are desirous that her Majesty should be made acquainted with the sentiments aud wishes of the industrious ciasses . " Lord Mayor" You introduce politics , in which I differ with you .
I might talk on this all day with you , and then be beat ; you have your representatives in Parliament . " Deputation— "My Lord , we are unrepresentedthat is our chief complaint . " Lord Mayor— " Your requisition speaks of distress ; there is no distress in the city of York , aud you have nothing to do with the distress existing elsewhere . '' Deputation" Your Lordship is wrongly informed ; great distress at present prevails in our City . " Lord Mayor " I cannot grant the use of the Hall for such a purpose . " The deputation then retired , and drew up a handbill , containing the original and the amended address , a copy of which was forwarded to the Mayor , and each of the Aldermen , and widely distributed through the ciiy .
A meeting was convened by the requisitionists , originally intended to be held in the Thursday market , but in consequence of the severity of the weather it was held in the Association Room , Fossgate . Mr . Halton was called to tho chair , who , in a few brief preparatory remarks , called on Mr . Ssallwood to address the meeting . Mr . StaUwood rose amid the most cordial greeting , and said , we are told we are disloyal and traitorous . Had wo not exhibited our loyalty ? Had we not offered , in our amended address , to congratulate her Majesty on her safe delivery ! Had we not shown our loyalty by giving to her Majesty daily tho turn of £ 164 . 7 a . lOd . wrung from our own sweat and blood ,
besides the use of four splendid palace ? , and the immense grounds thereto attached , and this too at a time when the wives of our bosoms and the children of our affections jvere dragging out a miserable existence upon a wretched pittance ot' less than threepence per head ? ( Loud shouts of hear , hear . ) Yes wo had shown our loyalty to the sovereign , although her Majesty had broken through the Mahhunan philosophy of the Poor Laws Amendment Bill—got married when a giddy girl—and had two children without herself or her husband having the means of supporting them . ( Loud cheers . ) We had exhibited our loyalty by paying in hard cash to oar monarohial executive £ 449 , 885 . ; while in America
where loyalty was paid to the sovereign people , the Presidential or Republican executive only cost £ 15 , 000 per annum . ( Hear , hear . ) We carried our loyalty still further ; we found her Majesty ' s husband penniless , and wo gave him £ 30 , 000 per annum and a commission in the army , while we toil and sweat in rags and wretchedness . ( Hear , hear . ) Another proof of our loyalty was the giving to her Majesty ' s mother the sum of £ 30 , 000 per annum , white our toil-worn brothers and sisters existed in a miserable garret or wretched cellar spoil less than twopence per head per diem . ( Shame , shame . ) Our address was offensive to the authorities , because it asked for itercy for Frost , Williams , aud Jones ;
if justice had prevailed , they never would have been transported ; had not Frost '? talents , virtues , and patriotism won for him the affection of a grateful people—had they not loaded him with honours—had they not made him councilman , alderman , lord mayor , and guardian of the poor—had not my Lord John Russell recommended him to her Majesty as a fit and proper person to be a magistrate i But , alas ! Frost loved the people ; ho was a tonder father , an affectionate husband , and a faithful friend , an upright magistrate , and an excellent major ; he was beloved by tho people for his many virtues , and for the same hated by the Wh'gs—( loud cheers)—and
denuded by them of his omoal robes . ( Shame . ) Williams and Jones were alike respectable and respected ; they came into Newport inhopes of saying the patriotic Vincent from the fangs of his merciless oppressors —( hear , hear , )—and were entrapped by the Whig spies ; by the machinations of spies was the Newport affair brought about , and by them were we deprived of their services , but only for a time , we were determined to have them back again ; we would never cease our exertions until we had effected that object . ( Enthusiastic applauso ) We also asked Sor the release of all our political victim ? . Let thecaee of Peddie suffice ; he was convicted upon the evidence of tho felonious wretoh
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 27, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct963/page/3/
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