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      «» E&ATION OFlHE NEW POOK LAW . .-. - :: */ - . sr- - c * - » -..-:-: / i . "" * - ^~ ^ - ' ^ ' - " - "'"'¦ ' --P ;

      . L 3 lPt tfhefi ^ ddessSeld ' JLnfi ^ Poof ; iaw Meqttag , ' ^ reported in our last , a letter from JLarl Stanhope ; -: W lead-in Tbichrwere . detailed tha fbllpwine TJwtincHoj t&e ? working V ' ofttemeasure ^ The 3 ej ^^"< 3 l oar Tefrbrt prevented bur inserting them 3 «« r- ' « idc , feat ait' our : Teadera Jnay not remain ^ ttiw ui ^ flttfie specuilitetancetf of tieTjIesseteeM ^ t& % ieasuTe , wehi ^ irabjomthem : — - *<• .-' ^ WS 6 e ppc » i » ife % gjfeft with twenty-four < 5 ul-< aa ^^^ qwa , ih « tnth qr ;<» content -with their : wim i mr i which was just enough to . find them i&md , rarfjjteOld Poor Law ; but they had the ¦ at vuuoi

      \^ F 3 t ° ^^*! ' ^^^^ f ** " *^ o " " * ™ » - |»**» w -wucu «^ y < ad 3 fj | badiyn could get a nttie employment , . wjukjjfc enabled them to pay rent , bay clothe * , firing , J ^^^ a « ad * agjer Vwy ^ taken' advantage of by the jMaBsli ' officers , nor * any port of it deducted from ^^ har Weekly aUowance i / ' : '~ ^ Bqtiinder &e practice of the New- Poor Law , ¦^ iiy have never had bread enough for more than ^ S « t « ' nroiiayrcut « f lie ^ seven ; - and if they or ifiitt fianilier earned 6 d . or LC , " or 2 k , it was ¦ AiJBftgd from their very creel short allowance ; in 'Ajs ^ when two of the poor children had gone to work ¦ s aai earned only 1 * . 4 & ,. 2 s . was taken from her - ^ aallMrance , — -8 d . more , tnaa they had actually oaceired- from their , labour !; and thus they : were ^ acaewed down from time ' to time , until the , whole of

      - ^ a 2 Ukrae- « f their allowances were * takvn ; away , and ¦¦ flu * given them to * o into the prison-workhoDse . f ** «? a « t at the beginning of the harvest , when the c&Btjrdia&s knew they would suffer almost- anything ¦ waiter thaa go in , they , all found friends among afekjjoor neighbours , and mortgaged their gleaning ¦^ am . to find their children braad before they got it ; cmd one of-them , after harvest , had got four bushels ¦ which the whole iamily had worked early and late rfae , and lived ? erj hard all the time , which was -- * eused , with her ekek , for rent , and she lost the -wfcole i . and , in addition to this , her late husband ' s JkAet , nged ninety , lav at the point of death , in a -cettage not far . from new , and required , constant -attention . She had then cot work at 6 d . ner dav .

      3 * . perweekinthe fields , and the relieving officer . ¦ oaaeher give upi her work to attend on . the poor old ¦ San , for which he . would only give her is . She pleaded hard to be-paid as a nurse for -him , and « i * h e could , not afford to neglecther work and tote her 3 s . per week , and leave her children without ¦ 3 qea 4 ; buthesaidif ihedidnothTcetotakfirthe Is ., -4 e would get an order and send him to the work"i » ase , for they could keep him cheaper there , and ^ c faally stopped his scanty pittance for a week , and ¦^ osld have sent him en hi * death bed , at ninety , if -3 ke poor widow had not saved him , by-attending on ijm . i 6 r a month ibr the 1 & , when . he died . They ^ iase-been told the aged and infirm , and the widows - ^ a » d orphans , were to be better off than under the

      -UuLPoor Law ; but , in direct contradiction Jo this , jAcy have foand , to their sorrow , as well a * many Jumdred others around them , who are nearlv all - Seated in a similar manner ,, and , in fact , -they have been nearly half starred ; frequently , not had above half bread enough for themselves and -. families , ami Alt been able to buy any clothing for themselves -amd their youngest children since the New Poor Law &a * been put into practice ; auiif it had not been Smrihe little asdstan ( # 4 hey ^ received from the elder jaris of their families , they" must have been quite ¦ starved to death , although" they " themBelves wanted anther earned to keep and dotae them fairly and ^ eeenfly . -.- - ' ¦ ..-M Wien they have had only half the allowance "they used to nave under the " Old Poor Law . thev

      - ^ a&st not complain , for fear of being more' severely ^ seated , and having all their out-allowances stopped , - ~ amd orders given diem to go into the prisou-work-Jwose , which they have the ^ grea test horror and dread -x& imaginable . . . _^ One poor widow reports , she"had Is . 6 d : a week -allowed her under the Old Poor Law ; but since the 3 Sew Poor Law has not had anything now .- She is "aearieventy years of ase , and wants-it more ttinn = * sershe did . * She is obliged to sell some part of her A « nsehold goods to buy bread when she- cannot find -employment . . : - ^• . Another poor widow , above seventy , " "h ad 71 b . of 'Soar per week and 6 d- The Guardian of Ber parish ^» e ,. £ er two days * work , for which lie paid her Is .. "TtHIJ * > C fin ^ TW » T J ^ PT * . - « T »« 1 } io flT ^ 4 t » ' ^ Q / 1- W » ii" ««^ i »>« ixr *

      , ^ officer to take of the 6 d . that week from the poor * 3 d . widow . The Guardians ferm "was three-fourtks ^« f JShepari ^ and his share of the S 3 > ing was 4 id . « at of the 6 d . Seventy-ike per cent , of the poor ¦ Tate , mark 1 is a great object with every farmer , and ~* i » eie the principal -part of the parish is in the -Accnpaiion of one , two , or three grasping and ¦ griptng individuals , as is often the case , Jbr unadrnmately the great portion of those -svho were Aaeand liberal have failed in busihess , and man ? 'cf lie largest ferms are occupied by tiiose vrhose 3 Baserly habits have been saving money by-grinding 2 &d pinching every one . they hare anything to do Toth , when , of course , the poor under tkeia come in ^ sra foH idiare . ' - .- ¦" . "' Another poor old woman , at the age of 77 had

      , Serjialtry pittance of Is . and 6 d . per week taken -s * MUrely away , and lefixa starve for three months , to iannent and torture her till she -would produce her icsband ' s indentures , " who had gained Ms settifiment % ^ -beang apprenticed to a bricklayer above . 40 years ie&ie . Tins prored to be whatmosjtof these iinposiaons practised now upon the most helpless" pck > r -ate—only an excuse , or a mere subterfuge for saving ¦ the money ; _ as it was dearly proved- diat the whole -ef the principal , parishioners knew all the time that & £ r . husbandleft her with Ms tools . and indentures 4 . 7 ve 2 rs backj in search of work , and she never heard

      « Aim from that day to Otis : thus they knew the j > o » r woman was deserted by her husband , aid left wiii five children , whom she had brought up with bet very little assistance , &nd get them-all-off the 3 WErish entirely ! " - . ' ¦ V , ¦ "A poor agricultural laboHrer with a wife and tiefilre children , with seven of them at home , and ° x 3 u > under the "practice of the old poor law -was en-JfciSed-toemployment for . all Ms childrenth ^ t -were -= Me to work , or some allowance from the parish -oScers to assist him , wMch was only iust enough to " 5 bq them bread till he could find employment again 3 br Ms children . \ - " -

      "TMs man reports that he was told there was a ^ esr poor-law cominginto practice that would benefi t &e poor , ! raise wages , < fec ^ make them independent , ^ oc ^ and was deKghted to hear it . But soon after it -mis put into practice , his eldest son , aged- ~ 21 , and tro other young men , aged 25 and IS , could not get ¦ y otk , and-when they went for relief they were eent into the prison-workhouse , where they were half ^ starved and tormented with irksome treatment and driven ont again , and went for some time without work , wages , or food , except what " their poor-friends aad neighbours gave then out of chanty , and of ^ esrsethey were glad to get work . One was offered ^ Sa . 6 d . per week , wMch he accepted ; the second 4 s ., -aad the eldest 5 s . The two latter his master hired

      &r 10 s . a-week , and discharged him and Ms brother , - xsho bad seven children to maintain , as ^ well as himself who had each 9 s . j > er week , his master saying _ -tha * each of them having only 9 s . to maintain nine 'Qf -them , could hardly live well enough " to . perform 3 di labour , and he could get more work done by the ¦ two young men , because they could live better with 10 & . per week between them than the two men with 38 s-, because there were 18 persons to be kept with ^ Ije 18 & , and it was net Hkery he was going to paj .- ifaem 18 s , tiny longer , when he could getmorelabour vtaae for 10 * . -They then applied to the board of guar-< £ an » ( after trying all they could to obtain employ"laent , but could not , ) and were each allowed 3 i -atone ofnour ( 4 s . 8 d ^ ) and 3 s . in money , that waj to for

      3 * . Sd ^ &r nme ofthem live upon a-week , wMch -acaafeom time to tonescreweddown tol j stone of flour y ® s . 6 d ^ ) and Is . in money , making 3 s . 66 ^ , for nine of * 3 fcam to live upon Ibr a-week- Sometimes they . got "ttaikfor a time , and th * n again none , and when they ^> ohed for relief the officer told them there was work iaVorkdiireandl ^ ancaehire , 300 iQilesoff , andifthey inanld not fo 4 here , they must get work where they " - ^ oeold , "for % e lad nothing to do with them , they being able bodied men and independent labourersr ^ ej were not . entitled to any relief " under the new 3 *» 2 * Graciou 8 God ! ' these men exclaimed , 'is ~^ tts the independence we ¦ were promised—is this the ieoefitwe were to jeeeire ? W « independent

      la-Taosers inaeed : " atramore tnan ^ naif-starved , not Id . each per day for ^ omv famijiea to Eve upon being ^« ften without food fox . 24 hours , and . sometimes 48 irmci together 1 And ^ aH those who are sent to the jBison-workh pttse are told ftat they , cannot expect to lire eo well-in there as the independent labourers do - mKf * Ope of . these men has i ^ en a soldier , and . « epedhi 8 ;« ountry far fee years , and always main ^ taaaed his- -nsuaL ^ aod character , and ferr lately canld only obtain one day ' s work , la . fii , to keep jime-of them a week . , . He applied to the reaering << nfficgr , who would not grant nun an ord _ er , aa he said - . ihetokrdof gnardiaiuhadjiothing to dV with him , , : aai-ke also aoplkd to the overaeer ^ -churchwarden , uie uKZBie ine

      - ^ asanearesvjna ^ m nextpansn , but " 3 > e' eonld joot pbtam justice or reEef , or protection ^ "gaTtwr I 3 iy . crael © ppreswon . They tul told him he I ~ ~^ ° * t aroly toAe Soiri offoatdians , where they all { ^ wwr& would notbVaflowed td appeal , and mat ] ^" aj ^ affabltffcbdi ^ Biao ^ andoi ^ wurw an inde-*«> dentUb « criT , hewa » i » t € ntJtled to- any relief - ¦ rtotewer ,. In short , lhate two ^» oonSK » T ^ oitthat ^ fcey-are in a most deplorable state ; that tijfer new "S ^^ W . ai ^ ii ^^ df ^ ir ^ ki * ^^ js& ^ immte ^*** h&mi 5 ¦ ^ m ^ Bm ^^^^ mi ^ J m ^^ 1 ? ii HW taay natnakeov i I : r r > I

      ^ l ? ' " £ ^« ?' » an . ^ nail-- \ S m ^^^ ^^ pw * asuS ^ Siiiffois tibey possen I M ^ gJ ^^ W ^ r ^ PB jp ^ iad aadiakaft away ^ /^ jjgg" ^ ? ? 2 fW ? g : «?*• $ ? 3 * i » t ftar laV » . feffl iS ^ M ^ &f ^^ p *^ t _ - j ! jSgWiWSS ^ 3 ? T >* y . fj ** 1 ! 1 !/ " / " 11 * * w « o used to > pejwo-, ' Z - " '"W ^^ SS ]?^ * i P *** 'fc ° protection -waft ? ^^ ggolS ^^ kB ttemaelTes , nearly driven to destpir "* ' ' -j ^ fjHtijkoiffW ^ tua ^ and that their masters wfll all giro ^> ^ Chtp ^ clpiifctes At any time , and all tizva , for bem i ^^ t ^ - - ¦ : ¦ '¦ ¦;' - - ¦ . - .. ¦ . 11 , t I ; , . "; -

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      two : af . ti » mo » t stead yV Robert , industfotifcfcest labourers , jn England : and that they are ready and wflhng to prove the above facts on oath whenever they are called xipon to do so . ; = , . ' . - "And if this u the independence they were promised , and the » e are the boons and the blegsmgs they awf to continue to enjoy , Uiey take leave to pray to the Lord to deErer them from all these under the New Poor Law ,. « nd to reatore them to the state diey were in , and the treatment they received under the humane and good oia poor law . * . : « i

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      ARTHIJR G ^ CONNOR ; i The Examination tf Arthur &Omn or , before the Secret . Committee qf the House qf Lord * . August * Ae ? tt , 1798 . _ CojoirTTEE .--W " ere yon of the Executive of the IriihUnion ? O'Connor . —I waa a Member of the Executive from the time I became a Member of the Union ; Com . —When did the communication between the Union and France begin ? O'Coskob . —Yon , I suppose , hive the Report I signed and delivered to the Insh Government , in conjunction with Mr . Emmett and Mr . M'Nevin ? [ fhe Chancellor nodded assentj but none of the other Members of the Committee . ^ O'Conxor . —In that Report " jou will find the whole of that important transachon detailed . You will there find that the first alliance that was formed between the Unib £ and France was in the middle of 1796 . You wOl Bee that before the Execnfive

      entered into any alliance with Prance , or that it resolved on ^ reastance to the tyranny of the Irish Government , a solemn meeting was held , when , after considering the uniform system of coercion and opposition , which had been pursued from 1793 by the Insh Government against tbe Irish People ; aad finding that 1796 had opened with the sanguinary lawg , called the Insurrection and Indemnity Acts , whereby the most sacred rights of the Constitution were destroyed , and most gross violations of the laws by the magistrates were indemnified—that ' the expulsion of 4 tW 0 unoffending inhabitants of the county of Armagh , from their homes said properties , left no doubt that all protection was at an end , the Executive were decidedly of opinion , that by the principles of the Constitution , as estabushed by th » Revolution of 1688 , they were justified in calling in foreign aid , and in resisting a Government which had forfeited all claims to obedience . Com . —Yon arc under a mistake : the

      Insurrection and Indemnity Acts were not passed until the end of 179 b " . O'Conxoiu—I am confident ! cannot be mistaken ; for 1 know . these acts were what filled up . the measure of that oppression wMch decided the Executive to seek foreign aid ; and I am confident , it did not come to that determination until May ^ 1796 : and I also recollect that 1 left this countryin February 1796 ; and before I left it , the Attorney General had moved these two bills ; but if you can have any doubts ' , your Journals will clear them up . Com . —When did the Military Organization begin ? O'Coxxor .. —Shortly after the Executive had resolved on resistance to the Irish Government , and on aa alliance with Trance , in May , 1796 . Com . ——Were there no communications with France before the middle of 1796 ?

      O'Connor . —None . I can confidently affirm , that until the conduct of ( lie Irish Government forced the Executive to resist , wMch was , as I have stated , in the middle of 1 / 96 , no alliance whatsoever was formed between the Union and France . Com . —Did the Executive imagine the North would rise if the French landed ? O'Coxxoiu—We had uo doubt but the North was sensible of the tyranny of the Government , and that they would take the first opportunity Jo free thdir country . Com . — "VThenwas the first communication with France after the Bantry Bay expedition ? O'Coxxoa . —I was a close prisoner in the Tower , from February , 1797 , to August following it ; in August I heard of the first communication after ike Ban try Bay expedition . Com . —What did the dispatch contain ?

      O'Coxxon . —It stated that a considerable force of 15 , 000 or 20 , 000 men were embarked at the Texel , and that they would sail in a -week . Com . —What prevented their sailing ? O'Coxxon . — The wind continued directly contrary for several weeks after , and the changes-wMch tooJc place on the 4 th of September probably had some efiect on tie " expedition . Com . —Was it mentioned in the dispatch where the landing Aonld take place . O'Coxxoa . —It was not ; the Directory do not

      communicate such important intelligence , except to those to whom it may be absolutely necessary . Com . —Had you any intelligence of the invasion at Bantry Bay ? O'CbxxoR . —There was a messenger who arrived in November , 1793 } he said tlie French would arrive shortly , but did not say where . . Com . —Had you any other intelligence ? O'Coxxoa . —We received a letter about the time of this messenger s arrival , ( a French agent , ) which stated that the expedition was postponed ; this has never been accounted for .

      Com . —Was there a person sent in spring , 1797 , to France ? O'Coxxor . —During the time these messengers were sent off I was a close prisoner . Com . —Did you see Dr . 3 I'Nevin on his return from France ? - . O'Coxsoii . —I ' shaU not answer any tiling about Dr . MrLsevin , or any other person . Com . —Oh I he has been here . O'Coxxor . —If so , there is the less occasion for you to ask me about Mm ; I shall not answer any questions of any one . Com . —Did you see any person who returned from France towards the end of 1797 ? O'Coxxor . —1 did . Coii . —What intelligence did he bring ? . '

      O'Coxxor . —When lie left France , he was assured that assistance would be sent , though no time was mentioned ; but so considerable a change had taken place in France on the 4 thSeptember , 1797 , and our messen jger having left Paris Defbre that period , and not arrirag here till after , we did not know what measures the new arrangement might give rise to . Com . —Have yon heard that some conversation on Irish affairs had passed between General Vallence , and some persons of this countty ? O'Coxxor . —I cannot conceive that General Vallence could have any thing to do with the business ; he was aiiemigrant . Com . —Was ther * any connexion between the Union and the British and gcotch societies ?" , . O'Coxxor .- —The Executive carefully avoided any . Com . —Was there not some connexion between individuals ?

      O'Coxxor . —I cannot say what individuals may have done ; the Executive was careful to confine itself to the affairs of Ireland . As one of the Executive , I can say , I never had the most distant with any British Society ; nor did I ever interfere with the politics of England . Com . —DoyoU i knowany thing of a Loan being negotiated for with France or Spain ? O'Cox . nor . —Some of our agents were ordered to negotiate ibr half a million with either of these Powers . : Com . —Was your place in the Executive filled up when you left this in January , 1793 ? O'Coxxor . —My place in the Executive of Leinster

      was filled up . Com . — -W ere -rou not proprietor of The Press ? O'Coxxor . —I ! was , until it was destroyed by the Irish . G overnment . Com . —Was it not for the purpose of promoting the Union that you iet it up . , O'Coirs or . —The inculcating Union amongst my countrymen , was a principal object ; I had also in view to expose the outrages and tyranny of the Irish Government ; but it was not set up by the Union ; it was my own individual nndertaking ; it was ' undei my sole controul ; audit was set up by me on the broadest basis , for the rapport of the liberties of my country .

      ARTHUR O'CONNOR . The Examination qf Arthur CPConnor before the Secret Cbvmuttee qf the House qf Commons , l < oth qf August , 1798 . CoMMiTTEtr--Explain the first ? formation of the alliance between the Irish Union and the French ? O ! Coxs 0 R .-r-If you have seen the report I signed and denvered in conjunc | lon . / with Emmett and M'Neyin , it will not be nece ^ ary I should * go very fully into that important transaction ; "but if you have not peen it , I wifl explain it more fully . Com . —We have hot seen the report you allude to . O'CoTTXORVr-Sometime In 1796 \ 6 r « ie begiuuing of 1796 , a letter was received ^ y the Executive of the Unum team . France , ioiji ^ BomeiiididduaTs . of the Unkm , who iad fled from ... persecution ; ia which they mentioned , . that they had made uucharepre entation of tbi state oflrelanuV that

      ; ^ theyTjeKeved Ithe Trench would be indaced to treat withithe Union , to free na from the tyranny under wMch we np « ned . "; . TlJM ,-leU | W . w »»^ t ;; a 4 ed , upOn-by . fl » e £ x » cutive at th § time Itwai * received , from Wat ' unwiUmgnesa to £ we lecourae to foreign jiua , eicept in ttielast resort , and in the / hope , that' the ^ ecla onihepopular mind from the tyrannical meastires which Gotemment had pursued , iwioM nifaceaiein toiabaiiioiifluariaeasoresof ' coercion ^ a ^ t »« dofat 1 mrnMim * copgepial t tQ the-iJwMtea . ' y fb * t people . 1 Bnt when the £ ) Lecutixe saw ihe yeatl 796 jp pjen with the InganegaooBiDrrthat 4000 nno 6 ^ ndi ^| inhabitanUof the coving pi [ Ajmaghhj 4 ^ n ^ vf ? fi ° ™ their bxsae % on acconnt of tiieir ^ eligibuB ppinions , jbja ^ wleia hinditti , who . we »>" not onl y not ' re s £ autedhj Government , but atded and ^ angugted i ^¦ J « 8 g > tracy ^ and' th * ran act wa » pas » ea to of

      ' > 1 mdOTiMfT ^ mo « groaTiolation themogtfMred r laws by UieAgento and Magistrates of Governmeat . » f Rnuea sy these fresh instances of tyranny , the MExecuti t * of th « Union held a most important

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      meeting to cpniider the state of the country—to determine on what measures these- sanguinary tyrannical proceedings of Government : made it necessary for " us to adopt . The Tiews and conduct : of those : who . exercised th » powers of Government - were coolly and dispassionately discussed . The Executive were' convinced , and the same conviction was io every ^' im ^ di fixit' ft « ystem df monopoly and usurpation iad" absorbed ev ? rypartofth 6 . Q ) nstitutionwhich ; bel 6 ngedtothe pwDpte ' . that those who exercised the aasutnedripht of representing the peopl » of Ireland , were self ^ on-« tituted ; that they acted with the sole : view flf advancing their individual interests ; and that what was called the Emancipation of the Irish Legislature

      in 1782 , was nothing more than freeing a set of selfr constituted indiriduab , from the absolute control of the British Legislature , that they might be at hberty to sell themselves to the corrupt control of the British MioSij ^ jr . ; .. ' -ThV' ^ ^ Executive conuideredj which had the Constitution on their side , they who contended that the Hotise ' of Commons should be filled i with the real tepresentatives of the . people of Ireland , or those individuabj who contended ,: that it' should be filled with themselves . Thw was the greit point atissue , by which the past , the presenV and the future conduct of the Irish Government yras to be judged , without even appealing tothe imprescriptible right of a people to put down oppression ; Standing

      on the ground of the ConstituUon , the Executiw looked back upon the sanguinary , tyrannical measures , ; which had been uw-ariably pursued by the Insh Government and Legislature , under the con ^ trol of the Bntwh ministry from 1793 , they were convinced , that if the most faint connexion existed between those who filled the places of the people's representatives , and , the people , no Government Or Legislature durst commit such unexampled outrages as those which had been perpetrated , and indemnified in Ireland ; that no lawful or just Government could by any possibility be driven to burn houses , or to torture the persons of the people , to extort ( To be ' continued \ m ournext . )

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      Negbo Emancipation . —An excellent address on tMs ^ bject was published a short time ago ,. by Mr . James Richardson , of which we give the following extract . i' . The statute . - fbr- effecting Negro emancipation , stands prominently forward as an imperishable record of the gross ignorance of the members of the House of Common ? where it originated , and of the members of the House of Peers where it was passed . Every individual coihmbneii and ^ every individual peer , who did not protest against its weaknessand its wickedness , is a partaker of the infamy inseparable from this great legislative proceeding . If they did not read the bill in its progress , but relied upon the representatiphs of

      others , they sacrificed the freedom and happiness of eight hundred thousand British subjects to their indolence— if they did read and could not discover its inadequacy , the . same sacrifice was made to their ignorance . ^ •_ - The legislature having brought the nation into a ridiculous and absurd situation , having involved the slave-owners in much crime , arid the Negroes , particularly the mothers and their helpless babes , into so much wretchedness , the practical question is : What must be done ? The people must energetically and authoritatively demaiid—Justice for the nation , and justice for " the Negro The nation bought , and paid , for the freedom of the Negro , twenty millions of money . The Colonial

      Legislatures might have passed a code of laws' which would have secured that freedom and really prepared the Negroes for complete emancipation at the termination of the apprenticeship , Having taken the money , the colonists , have cheated us out of the article purchased , by the most barefaced and impudent evasion of the law . The whole nation is bound to . erect itself into a Court of Equity , and to do justice to the Negro by decreeing , that slavery under the name of an apprenticeship , shall cease at once and for . ever . Demand that the Imperial Parliament shall pass such a law , direct , tangible , and operative in its nature , as shall render every Negro a freeman absolutely and unconditionally—a complete and perfect charter of freedom , without any dependency upon the quibbles " of - lawyers , or the doubts of

      magistrates . Hunting Extraordinary . —On Tuesday week , Lord Lonsdale ' s hounds threw off at Byball , when Reynard , after a short run , took refuge in the kitchen of a public-house , where he was followed by the hounds , horses , &c . These unwelcome visitors behaved very ill , doing as much mischief as the bull is reported to have done in the china shop , and literally breaking the whole of the glass , earthenware , and china in the place . The lox again escaped ^ and after a severe ran the scent was lost , but the fox was found dead from exhaustion on the following morning . —Lincolnshire Chronicle .

      A' Counsellor in Difficulties . —^ A tall elderly man , of respectable appearance , who said that his name was Tike , and that he was a barrister , was brought before the Lord Mayor of London , charged by Mr . Francis , the proprietor of the European Tavern , opposite to the Mansion-house , under the following circumstances . " Mr . Francis stated , that the prisoner entered the tavern on Saturday last , and after having dihed and taken tea , said he had no money to pay the bill , which amounted to 3 s . 6 d . The waiter having called

      witness and communicated the fact to him , the pri- * oner said in explanation , that he expected to see a gentleman who would supply him with the means of defraying the trifling expense incurred . Witness , however thought that the case was one with which people in his line of business ought ; to be acquainted , and lodged his . awkward customer in the Compter . The prisoner had sent to some respectable persons in the city for a little pecuniary aid to get Mm out of the scrape , but nobody seemed disposed to ' acknowledge his claim . . - .- ¦ ¦ ¦ ' '¦ ¦ ' .. '

      The Lord Mayor . —What have you to say for yourself , sir ? ' , Counsellor Tike . —I certainly did dine and drink tea , but I had been there before , and I never owed anything before . I expected two sovereigns in ai letter , which is now probably at my lod gings and I ' shall pay what I owe out of that . The Lord Mayor . —Oh ! then you want to make this a debt do you ? . . ¦ " ' •' Counsellor Tike—I can ' t see how it is possible that any one could mistake it for any thine else . ( Laughter . ) . v The Lord Mayor . - I amafraid that you are in the habit of doing thingg of this kind .

      Prisoner . —Oh dear , no . I assure you it is quite otherwise . It would not be very , creditable in a man of lnyage . It was full y my intention to pay this bill , and it is so still , although this is a very unworthy proceeding . . ' - .: ' : . .-. ' . Mr . Francis said that he bad no doubt it was the counsellor's intention to step out when an oppor- tunity might offer . : ' t The Lord Mayor . —What means have you of payingthebill ? , . . . , ¦ r Counsellor Tike . ^—I receive a guinea a week from my agent in town , but it is payable on Wednesdays , and he has a prejudice against advancing a farthing . ( A laugh . ) I have besides the interest upon £ 500 . at-Masterman ' s . 1 am very weU known I assure you , my Lord . ( Great laughter . )

      The Lord Mayor . —Yes , I have no doubt of it . Pray how long is it since you were in the Compter upon a similar charge ? :, : l Counsellor Tike . —In the Compter " ? The Lord Mayor . —Yes , in that prison . " Counsellor Tike . —Oh , yes , I was there , and I am notatall aahamedofit . v The Lord Mayor . —I don't think you are . ( l Councellor ^ Tike . —Certainly not , certainly not ., I cannot see why I should ; but it was most improper to detain me in prison on this bceasionj and I do protest against it \ The Lord Mayor . —You think that they were not justified in the course they adopted towards .

      yon Counsellor Tike . —Most decidedly they were hot . I was called to the bar 30 years ago , and I must know enough of the law to know that . ( Laughter . ) The Lord Mayor . —Pray did you ever pay Mr . Lovegrove whajt you ran up at his house ? ! Counsellor Tike . —AtFladong'sjyou mean ? The I ^ rd Mayoh—No , hut I « ee that several can be alluded to . I mean the London Coffee-house . CottnseUorTike . — -It has escaped ^ y recollection that I oweany man of that lumea ferfhinc : tX , i

      the , least notion of such a flung-. ' Let Mr * Francis but wait till ySTednesdayj and I shall discharge my aebt . tB him , upon my honour , if Hive . , - ; ' -The Lori ^ M « j- © r . - —WeU , r Mr . 'Franeis , will ybu tak « Mtb »^ edtiemSa ' s : order ^ fbr th * amotmt upon M * & ^ frj * WvmW ^^ Y ^ w y ^^>^^ ^ ^ u A- / nt . ^* r ^ diH ^«^ my 1 S 6 r ^ i nkve-no * m ± Dative . ¦ 'r > 'u -- = ¦ ¦ ' . ' - - " - " : ; -: i ¦ ¦ - ¦ ' ¦¦ . •' . - ¦ ¦ : . ¦ -...- . ~ .-: > yj . ^ ivl ^ t ^ 4 ^ a ^^^^ l ^^^ ^ law » rw ? tore ,. v 'VIV- ^ - ' - ^ Z ^ fr ^ J

      rCw ^^ rj ^ t ^ . - ^ y ^^^^; i ^^^^ . mtlmahef Urrigtere to . how . thatthe iw # etiMto ^ thing mort than a mere debt , andl am « fure I hiH ' ** -. ' ;>™ "Wi * i > ncutrencc in my sentiments / ( Laaghter . ) ,.. s '¦ . ¦ ¦¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ : ¦ - ¦ ¦ . - _ ¦ ' \ ¦¦¦¦' . ¦ ¦ .. ' , - . ,..- : \ "¦ : - . , - » > , T i' ^ - «« »^« r ^ fflin ^ f signed the order fi , r the v-f ^*^ wo ** , ' wj h ^ py at bis release , after ' haying-lodged two nights \ n the Compter | but W stated upon leaving the bar that the citizens w * re nuflerably behind hand in the knowledge of the law of iebtor and creditor , to which his ease was alone referable , :

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      MORE HiESsnsrqs Of ^ thb kew ^ . W ' -:- r --yi :: ^ :. ^ Mr . Valentine , an Inspector of the K Division pf -poilipe , ; a : cc 6 mpanied by ^ Mr ^; Befiioni p silrgeon . in ' High-street , whp ^ 'as the parish docto tilSt ^ Jqfih , Wapping , befbre the ^ iHtrbd ^ ctionof thp Tseyr Pobr Law , and is riow one of the medicsil "officers ^ of the Stepney Union , related ; to Mr « Broderip , at the . ^ Thames office , London , / on Tuesday hwt , a case of eeyere distress which had come . under their .: notice .: The inspector -was bound , in the performance of his duty toinfbnn the Bench that a woman , whose name appeared on the police-sheet , as > Upharl 6 tte Spriggs ^ aged JO , found in a destitute condition , httving , no place of abode , " could not be brought to the office in consequence < of her being in a ^ dyittg state : and he added that it was with creat

      difficulty he procured her admission into : the . workhouse , wheire she then was . : '¦¦ : :. ¦ ' r Mft Valentine stated , that abMt seven o'clock oh Tuesday morning , two ¦¦ unfortunate women found the . woman lying on the pavement of Blue Gate-fields , Shadwefl . She was in a state of insensibility and extreme sufiering ; They brought the poor creature to ; the station-house , and mentioned tothe police . sergeant , No . 2 r K , who was : fliere , where and iniirhat state they had found her . Sergeant Derrick immediately ordered James Roqke , a policeman , "So . 245 K ; ^ b convey her to Wappiug workhouse , and s ! Vjarried there on the stretcher . On knocking at th -. teethe porter said his master was not up , hut he ould not admit her if he was , yrithbut au order from the relieving officer . On

      hearing thi 8 Rooke left the woman at the G reenbaiik station-house , adjoining ^ theVworkhousa , and sent for Dr . Belsbu , who : lived close : by . The dgctor promptly attended ^ and , on seeing the wouian , said it was a severe case of distress , and the woman ought jib be placed in a warm bed directly , llooke procel'ded to tte house of Mr . Serjeant the * relieving overseer of the Shadwell and AVapping district of the iStepney Union , and , stated the nature of the ca ^ e to him . Mr , Sftrjeant said he could not give an erder ^ ^^ foir the admission of the woman without he saw her ; and that Phillies the rhaster of the workhouse , poiild adniit her if he thbught tit . Sergeant Henham , 18 K , was the bearer of" this message to Phillips , who . said he wouldnot take any person in , unless it was a case of great emergency , \ vithout an

      order . . Hcnhamrepresented the alarming ilinesi qf the woman to Phillips , who refused to alter his determinntion . Henharii finding the wbrriaii getting worse ,. 'sent a messenger : to Mr / Serjeant , and requited him to call at the station-house . The Relieviiig Officer shortly after attended there , and Henhatn bbser ^ 'ed , " This' is a very bad case , Sir . Mr . Belson says it-is ii very bad one , and that she quglit to be put iu a t ^ ry warm bed as soon as possible . '' Serjeuiit , after looking at the woman , said , j " Dr . Belson and I don't agree in that . ; 1 thought wiieii 1 came here I came to see a ttirribly vbad case—4 can't adniit her / ' Henhani repTeseiited the propriety of affording the wqinau a better asylum than the , station-house , and Serjeant ed sho

      a ^ khiih . \ vliere was fouuil . Heilham made answeriuBlue Gate-iit'lds ( a , naiTO \ vlaneleading out of High-street ^ Shadwell , oue side being iji St . Paul , Shadwell , and the other in St * Ueorge , Middlesex . ) Serjeant tisktjd which side , and on being told it was ¦ tU 6 ,: 'Shadwe , irhid ^ not put over to the other side , and . let other people Uavejthe trouble of her ? I shall give no order tor her admittancrV . '' . The relieyiivg officer left the woinau iu th ^ station-lioiuse about ten o ' clock , and by-his ( Mr . yalentine ' s ) directions whi ? ^ tis . allowed to remain before l | he h ' re , nnd wua utfended with the greatest carb b y Henham and other officers . She continuiid uuwell all da y ^ jibiisbn of soup , which wjw seiit from the workhouse , was applied to her lips , but she was unable to . swallow ^ it .: A half-pint of porter was seut for her by-Mr . 'lJt'ison , which she sNvallowed , but

      her stomach was so weak that she could ' not retain j ihe"tiquor , and rejected it : About halj-post teii o ' clock at iiiglit , tliu con ' ditiou of the woman became so alarming tlirit Henham sent to Mr . Belson again , requesting his immediate attendance , for the purpose of devising som ' e ' menus' to get the woman into the workhouse . Mn Belsqn promptly . attended , and he said the -woman was so very ill that ; he would use "his influence to -obtain her admission ^ He left for a short t ime , and on his return direeted thu . woman to b

      Mr . Broperip went over all the . facts of the case , as idetiiiled above , and directed tlie inspector to represent the whole matter to . the Police Commissioner ^ who would net as - . they Shouldbt ; udvised , to prevent the _ police being take'li ¦¦ nway iroin their , legitimate duties ,, aiid if any change for the worse took place , as regarded theuiitortuiiate woinaii , who hetrustud would receive every care and attention , he bugged that he might be . inibnned of it as early as possible . The . inspectoir promisod to comply with the directions of the > vprthy Miigidtrate , and here the mutter ended . —Sun . '¦ ¦ '¦"¦ ¦

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      ^ luu iQER of a ; -Child by its Mother . — The ) fqllqwing . distressinjuf occurrence took place iu ' the family of the Hew j . L . Crawley , at Nether-Heyford , Nortljaniptonshire , oh the night of the 2 lk ult . -Mr . Crawley was called froni his bed by Ann Cleaver , Ins hbusemaid , who stated that she had beqn dreadfully alarmed by the cries of a child in the room in which she and the cook , Sarah Parish , slept . Mr . Crawley searched under the bed , when Ann . Cleaver pointed to where the cook was seated , and said , " She is sitting upon it . ' - He desired her to move , notwithstanding she : insisted that Cleaver was dreaming , and he drew from between the mat * tress and the Dedstead the ; dead" body of a fuU-groWn

      ma . ie-child . ; l . here was no \ vdunds or marks of violence upoii it , but ; the head wasi greatly flattened . The cook when taxed with being the . mother looked pale and ' ghastly , and : begged iiot to ¦ be exposed . Parish , is upwards of forty years of age , and we understAnd . ' has ' admitted that she had twins before she cairie into Mr . Crawley's service . She is not a married woman j and no suspicion' of her pregnancy was entertained . ; A coroner ' s inquest found a verdictof [ l Wi / / ul Murder" against her . Ann Cleaver , the jhquseinaid , has been in an alarming state ever since . ' . ' It was with the greatest difficulty" that hei- evidence was taken , during a succession : of fainting fits ' . ,

      A Merry Chiiistmas . — -An . elderly- man , of forbidding aspect , -whose . qDliquity of vision ¦ wa ^ frightful , entered Marylebone Police Office , London , a few ; days ago , t 6 ask advice how to proceed under the following circumstances . He stated that his name was Franklin , and he resided in Liquqrpond-streei A short time ago he became acquainted with a girl . named ' . lioberbj , aged eighteen to whom he paid his addresses , arid he was iu the habit of taking her to church ,: "treating her to . plays , concerts , and balls , and fairs , and the tender passion obtained such " sway over his heart that he proposed , marriage , to which she consented ,, and it was agreed that the

      nuptials should be pelebr ^ ted . on Christmas Day last . The Ting was purchased , andit was arratlged that they were to dine together . with her friends after the ceremony , and he provided-a : goose , a joint of pork , and a plum pudding , and she promised to meet him and proceed to church ; The day before he received ^ a letter from , his intended , beginning V . dearest ; lttve / -V ' a ^ satisfaction at the anticipation , of the happy hour that would -dub . her Mrs . Franklin , and reqaesfthg him to reflect deeply beforehand upon the event which , would either make them happy pr miserable for ever ; . During theit coTreapondence he had made her 'Various . presents , and he also purchased furniture , which he placed in her possession ;; but , alas on the atmal of Christmas Day he arose from his

      bed , : prepared for the " joyous repast , " and the arrival of .. Miss Roberts , ; and : he ordered the dinner to be got ready by twb o ' clock , after which he waited in the greatest suspense for several hours , but » he ( aid not arrive , and after proceeding to the church , thinking that she had gone there to meet with him )* and making . further inquiries , he was obliged ito return hqrae and dine alone ;¦ and on subsequently meeting with heir cousins , they laughed at him , I and calliBd him a tool , and he found that they had done him butof his property ; Hewisa ^ d to Jcnojr ^ hetKer ^ thy ^' jB ^ btra' ^'; ed ^ ld ' : ^ asf 9 ijs ' t " hiijft , ^ jii Imn ^^ heni to ; justice . ' T hf » pj ^ cant'Wtt ? in ^ r ' sbed that he , mpt apply - ^ , ian : atto , m ^ , and bring bis action againat t ^ e pa % aa tlie jnag ^ trates cpuldre ^ pr hlnii n ^ . a ^ istance ; on which h ^ spi that . it ; Waq cruel ^^ treatment , ^ d qmi ^ SUiJw ' qffiee with * woeful countenance .- , ^^ ' : -J ; . ' , '; ' ;¦¦ ' ¦ '

      : y Aw"D t ,: ; ¦ EPFECT- ' ; :: -OB' / iNtBUPBHAKOE . - ^ Mr . Alexander ifohnson , ; who had been stt ^ ng fof sbitie ] d ^ B 1 * ift « r « ed Littn , L ; oug h > o ^ an ^ h « Te * e ;> had ^ n alinoit alway s i ntp rica ^ i : On t ^ feday wfeet , ' jdeswe ^ iiht chamhermaidi to bring him a fid ^ ii-a ^ tl'i ! caiyi » g knife , which tiie girl ^^ hroUghtj hefore' ^ e 'mMfaevib ihe room the nuserahlsinan . ful ^ j ojf his stodt , held his ; head orer .. the tiasin , anddelihe ) ratelycttt his throat . The chamherraaidseiied his hand , aTjdrafter a siruggle suecwded » m depmirig him of the knife . She thea informed her master , and ran for a surgeon , who immediately attended and sewed up the wound j but the deceased expired the ; next day . On : Thursday a coroner ' s jury returned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity , brought on b y ^ intemperate habits . ' ^ iei ^ ertir Jburnak

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      The Storm . — -The ^ erican pa ^ et ^ sMp )? reSi : dent , which- eatered inwiards " on the 2 ls iust ., was detaoned fifteen : days off tb ^;^ tt and cbntrary , winds , aad narrowJy escaped - shipwreck . Ai ; a ;' : testimony : of their r sensed of :, the captain's assiduity and seamanlike conduct during this trymg time , the cabin paasen ^ ers , consisting fof t ^ rp clergymen of the American ^ episcopal ; , phurch , and six : English gentlemen ^ pre ^ ted him with a valuable silver tankard , ^^ suitably inscribed , adtog an elegant silver snuff-box to each of the inateW ? ; : '¦ ¦¦[ ReKts . —We have heard it stated that ; the

      princely fortune of the Duke ; qf Buccleugh fs about to receive an augmentation of ^ £ 3 , 000 a year , ; by the leases whicli have been recently taken of his grape ' s properties in the parishesiqf ^^ Sahguhar and KirKeohnell in this county . The climate of the district in which these properties are situated is cold > nd darapjf several of the farms , however , are suse ^ ptible / of' / oahr siderable improvement | and the whoie , by means of a judicious management ^ it is tq ^ be hqjped , will remunerate their respective tenants . ^——Dumfries Times . ' ¦¦' , " ;¦ : ¦ ¦"¦' ' '¦ ¦ : > : - \ ; : : " ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦• -- / . ¦¦ . >

      SiNiauUii ApyENtttRE of A # 100 Note . —A / circumstance which should operate as acautioriragainst destroying ^ papers , without carefuU y examihing- them , has occurred . -at Lane-endi . A person who had : a superabundance of capital , ^^ hid ; a . . Bank of Epgland note for £ 100 under an old box in hisrbbni , yhich had riot been moved for fipmb time , tuiiiking . that if thieves . broke ; into the house , they would not look there for money . He lately weut from home for a few days , a » d during his absence his sister gav ' e " tlie room a . ; goqd ; ' . cleaning , in the : cburse bf which she moved ' the bqi ,. and ; seeing some old papers , iiot being able to read ,:.-She ^ threw thern bn-the ash-heap . A neighbouring boy , Who is an . idibt v fqund tjiebillj and was playing with it ,-when his father seeing the piece of paper , arid ; thinking it looked like ' -a ^ ^ bill , got hold of it , but riot b ' eirii ? able to read , he took it to

      an honest barber , '" .-Who told him it was a Bank , of England bill for £ l () 0 , and that , no doubt , enquiry would sbon be made about it . When the bvviier :. bf it . returned , he went to his hiding place and found his note gone . The reader iriay ; imagine bis chagrin on learning froni his sister whathad pfbbablybecqriie of . it , for she recollected having thrown some ^ rubbishing old papers" away , though she had-pot observed the money among them . The sister being uneasy at the loss , sought the sympathy ; , of her neighbours , by whom she was informed of the manuerin whicli the riq . te '; hacL been rescued from ¦ : '¦ destruction' . The barber was then applied to for the note ,, which he cheerfully surr 3 iideredjha \ ing retaiued possession of it until the owner should be found . ' . The ' , discqverer vras preseflted with a pound % the . bwner / - ^ ISirmiiigham Paper , v : - ;

      Wrong CoNriCTipNi- —At qur last Assizes , two prisoners , ;^ Tho pas Vfilinot ' . anii- 'A-brah ' am " . Brain , ' were convicted bf a hig'hivay . robbery on the person of Mrs . Elizabeth Williairis , of Bittbri , on the , ' l 8 th of February , and had sentence of death . recorded against them , which was subsequently- commuted tq . transportatiori for life . ' . The > circumstances of the . robbery , as stated at . the trial , \ yere , that Mrs . Williams was iri the habit of attending -Bath market , and on her return from . thence in a ' . light cart , about ten at ¦ . ' night .,- , she was stopped at a , place called . Coward Hill ,. by Wilinotajid -another mafi , whom she stated to fee Brain . 'Wilmot sprung op to the cart , arid with sonie sharp instrument cuta , 'hole

      through her great coat and gown , and obtained possession of her pocket and money . His accomplice stood by the horse , and after the jobbery was effected they both ran away togetlier . " , After the cbn . vie tiori Wilmot made a delihcnite statetnentj acknpwliedging his guilt , but declaring . that Brain was , not the person who ; was concerned with him j and . Brain himself protested : that he was at Salisbury , when ., the offence was committed .. Mr . F . Brown , of this ' cify , \ V'hq managed the defence of the prisoners , in con- ; sequence oi * the above disclosure memofialized the Secretary of State on behalf " , of Brain , arid his application has been successful in . obtaining iqr- "thsit prisoner a free pardon .- —Gloucester Journal . ""'

      Splendid IIuin—Destruction of a Pjo Sty . —IVIr . ^ Greyes , a worth y knight of the thiraV ble , recently preferred a complaint at the . ' . 'Police office , Hull , . against Isabella ; Sharah , Isabella . Darby , and John Sharah , for malicious damage done by them to an out-hbuse , a building which Mrs . Sharah hz . d rented of the complainant ^ who had lately given her warriing to quit the premises . Three witnesses appeared to mrdntain trie complaint , arid five for the defence . The Complainant laid -the damage at £ 5 . and called his son to prove the case . Lemley Greves deposed that tbe building referred to wasun out-house , and that it fell down ori ' Friday week : his father hid given Mrs . Sharah notice "to

      ojiit , and both herself and the other ' defendants had been heard to say , that the same building should never be occupied , by any other -tenant . On learning that the building was down , he went to pick up the broken bricks , John Sharah came to himj and said , it is a pity that this building should have fallen ; to which he ( witness ) replied that it " was but he hinted I knew it would fall : it was sure t » do so when I had cut the beariu : The witness ^ : subsequentl y exjiniiried the beam , and found thnt it had been cut . Jessey " Greves swore that he heard both females say the building should never be occupied by another 'tenant ; in other respects he gave the same testimony as the formev witness . The ^

      staEement was also borne out by the evidence of Pete r Bodley , a , youth , who was queitioned merely by the . court as tq whether he understood the nature of : an oath , and returned the most satisfactory replies ; John Sharah and the , other dei ' endiiiits denied the charge , and Mrs . Sharah said it was all spite , arid mailice . Ttiey ' closely cross-questioned the witnesses , but failed in the . ' .. ' slightest pointto . " ' invalidate their evidence . Mr . Parker hearing so inuch about the house the . building , &c . inquired what soft of a building it was . Mrs . Sharah : Why , sir j it was a Pig-sty * . ' ( 'laughter , ) and it has been fit to come down these twelvemonths ; nobody ^ vouid take it but * me , and I took it because I had got a pig to put in it . Mr .

      Parker : And a very gbod reason too , ibr taking a pig-sty ; . but I think-. you used : the pobv . pig very ill to put it in to a sty where , it was so likely to be killed ' ( Renewed laughter . ) Yes , we . did , sir . ( Shouts of laughter . ) Mrs . Sharah then entered into a lbriv address about seamen ' s caps , &C . &C , which had nothing to do with tlie chiirge ,. and which Mr . Parker at len gth cut short , saying , that he ; thought he had : sat like a patient victim , long enoiighV ; John Sharah said , he only took his own ; lie lraii put up ¦ a oeairii to nail the door toj and he thought he had a rigfit to , take it away . Five witnesses were called for the

      defence , who prqvedthatfpr aconsiderable . tim e that the ' ¦ " building" had been in a decayed state ; The court taking all the eircumstarices into * consideration , sentenced the male deferidants to pay £ l . * and 10 s . costs—the females to be discharged . Before the ^ court : rose , Mr . Greves applied to the magistrates to have the females bound over'to keep the peace , as , they had declared " that they would pye his liver out . " Mr . Parker , however , declined to accede to his request ,, as ^ he did not think it likely they would put their threat into execution . " Yo u ^" said he , " are not in sq dilapidated a state as ybur pig-sty , and quite able to defend yoUT 3 elf . ''

      Novel Species of Intimidatiqn . —A clergyman who happened to be a passenger in one of our mails , recorded the other day the following anecdote : ~ A person , ' residing , in the pariah . of ——^ - havingi&llen under the ban of : the Kirk Session , was duly cited before the proper tribunal , and , after admission or prqqf , sentenced to stand a public rebuke . Theoftender was a soldier , and often as he had done B ? f a # , 7 in ; -.-a different arena , the idea bf exhibitmg himself before the assembled cbngregatibh was so appalling that he secretly : determined to get out qt the scrape ^ with the best grace possible ; With this view he went early to church , d ^ s » dm-reg mentals , and carried his gun along with him , which , from the by-paths he took and the hour ; of the

      the morning , he managed to secrete -without observation . In due time the worshippers assembled , and after the services of th » day had been ended ,, the soldier wasi called on to stand up . This summons he instantly obeyed , arid by Way ' -of suitinir the action to the ; word , presented his : iira £ Ket at the head of the clergyman . An exhibi-Uon so novel and uneaqiected , astonished and petritied every spectator ; the minister hinuelf looked unutterable things , and after pausing and chanrintr colour ; he timidly inquired ^ " What ^ uvdb % 6 u gean- by that ?^ ^ 'Oi ^ said the oth eV ^ oS ¦ ¦

      tiiri « ww ? a a - « T » : ° 8 P . peopie thought thaman . mad , and as there lano saying what amadman will do , no one . seemed willing to incur the retopngibih ^ of ^ curing i ^ d ; disarMng » q desperate * if ^ i W » ^ i fe ^ jng ^ e ; miiuster symna-° ^ M m * i * $ m »> ttl « taae eowerea dow ^ In thp Wi * » 59 fc : io jbe out of the reach of a weapon , ^ ffi ^ rMiauait he knew , inight be charged with padl or , deadl jslue . Thebelligerentdoggedly main-¦? W ? i ?* : ™ !; pounds and , without relasaijg a muscle , k , P ° Wtmg ¦ ¦ ¦ 'it the pulpit ; as uhearriiigly is thS 7 uic

      * rr , ~ j Hifww poie . ' J ? qriap 8 ua « wui'i « iimmui «» fv *^ t -- il ^ j ) P ^ tip ^ % a > ' .-pai ^ f ^ ; -. a | to .. wioch the clergyman called out from Wfe place whereihe h ^ enBconc ^ himself ; >* is the fellow away yet ? A ^ Noil ^ said thft preceator , >> h » V still staading . ii wesatpt bit , with the , gun , ia his haucL ready to we . " / H ^ en teU ;^ p iii f bi » , 1 p takehim ^ lf o ^ - ' ajad I'll forgivei .-nilni ^ his time ';'' an arinonnc ^ ment , which ehcitjjd a general titter , during which the recusant retired as proud , as he said himself , as bis ain cousin ir as when ne captured the standard at Waterloo /' Durnfriet Courier *

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      ^ LisTON ^ -iA stonv / comfeaianjf whose health - JW' ^ or a ^ length of rime ^ been ; m iyerypreeariou > ^ M ^ U ? ± ' *** ¦¦ ¦ ^ fonaed , ' cpmptetely ^ Tecbyered . Mrs , iiston arid , he ; 'arei' -stilf residing at ? the ^ 1 . ^ « j * e of : Peny in Buckifighamsbire : they - punnse returningto Xoridpnint January , for ^ about * month qr , si ^ weeks when they will again departfbr another part of the . country . uListqn Has left die stager lot " ¦ ever , m the' possesaioti ; of ia ampie fortune , ^ he ^ result of a successful r theatrical ; career and ireat prudence into the bargain . ; V , ; ¦

      ; Count . D ^ pBSAX and Lobd Mobpeth . — Upon the appointment of Lord Morpeth to the ^ hief-secretaryship' of Ireland ^ a discussibn ' toot place , as to the . £ tness ; qf ; th * . ' I { oble Lord for the " office at a party of , which D'Oraay mad « one : after various opirnonsha ^ d been ^ ' given , 'i the Count was appealed tq ^ who with much gravity said , 1 never did ; see him but one day in the Park , and he may do if he will only change his tailor .

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      THE LEEDS WORKING MEN'S ASSOCIA-¦;; ¦;¦ .. ; ' ¦ -: ¦ ¦ - ; ' - : ' : V v ; TlON ,: : ; . ;;; - . / : ; , '' : ¦ : / : : ; : ; ¦ , . r To tlie Birmingham Political Union , and the fVwktrig Men , and / Forking Men ' s Associaiions qf the United Kingdom , ' : ; : _ -FELtowr-GousiTRYiiEJf , ^—The ; noble ^ riifestatiqns of principle wliich ; are daily emanating from the vanousPoliticallJniqiis and Associations inttieUriited Kingdomr ^ -shboting forth their " mental light , ; lika beacon tires , throughout the dark and dreary hbrizqri . which tyranny has drawn around the sons' ot labour ^—afford to all men a certain presage that the time for a decisive movement is at haud . ^ There appears to be amongst us , it is true , a . calm ; but it is not the stillness of rtpathy—it if •; .- only that momeritary , caliuness which follows resolution , and precedes action . ' - ¦'¦ \ - ' * - ' ¦'¦" '¦ : ¦ ' ¦ ' ' :- - ¦'¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' .. ' ¦'¦ '¦ '' 1 ' -: - ' <

      . .. When we look to the records of former ages- ^ -whea we place , side by side , tiinepast and . tiine presentwe cannot but be struck with the uniformity which has ever prevailed in respect to popular discontentment , ana governmental hostility to change . There has always been a struggle between ; the rulers arid the ruled- ^ -between the spirit of Anstocracyv and the spirit of Democracy—and .--the efforts of the last to move onward , have ever been retarded by the endeavours of the first to keep things" statioary . This unnatural warfare is not ' .-. a necessary consequence of goverrimeut , as such ; ; but it owes its origin to government by the few instead of by the jas . riy- —to the possession of political power by apart ^ instead of by the whole—to the substitution ot the ' ¦ ¦' .

      Anstocnitic principle of hereditary perfectibility , for the Democratic and commbn-serise bractice ofcapability detenniiied and eleqted ; and the nature of the case admits of . no reinedy for the wrong 3 qf the governed , except the remedy whichl will flow naturallyfrom the destruction of the cause which has produced these wrongs—that remedy ¦ vvhieh niz / sf ; arise from the total subversion of all power that is ,: exclusive and irresponsible ^ and the establishment of a self-governing authority based on the broad principle of Equal Rights ^ /¦ . ' ? : ' ...- ; ; : ; . - ,:,, : . t The conduct of . the present Whig ' ministry- ^ -in aljaiidoriing their former professions of reformj ui obstinrctely resisting mental improvement at home , . 111 ( 1 in Pliflin . 'nnfinjr . hv fnrnp . tn rn'tarA fKii iv :-ncn-nBo

      ofliberty abroad—is only in accordance witk the conduct of every ministry thus constituted , and thus independent ' : bf popular coritrol . History is fulPof suchabandonmerits of principle arid . of the . people-r such promises broken ^ arid : -. hopes deferred—such barefaaed impositions < m n confiaing iuid a patient . / nation .: It has always been tliusj when aristocracy has been trusted to . •¦ -. . ¦ : ; ,, ' Z : 'V ' : v \ .: ; - \ -J :: / Irresponsible and half-responsible . governments , so farii-orri taking : the lead in discovering truth and establishing justice , do all in their povver , by arbi- . ; trary enactments , and unequal laws ^ to prohibit examination and discussion of every kind j arid keep ; the le in the

      peop . impenetrabie atmosphere of ignorance . Wherever a forward irioveinerit has been made , it has been solely by the people , and ' they < . have always dons it attheir perili 11 i « a lamentable lact , but hundreds' of instiinces prove its correctriess , : ; that . such governments have ever been more . readily operated upon by fear than by reason . In almost- ; , every instance where the people of a nation thus governed have obtained - a measure beiiericial- for them , ^ they have qbtainsd it by tbrce , or tlie threat . of force ; and . there will always be revolutions , or occasions for ^ them , so . ¦ 'Iprig as goveriraients act by ¦ inight instead of by right—so long as government is : a mere cqritrivaiice to beneiit the lew at the expense of the nYaiiy . : . ' '\ J : _ ¦ : ¦'¦; - ¦ ¦ : .. ¦ ' - ' :.:: ; ; . ; , w . ; . :., ;' . ;

      Tliere is a bqundary ;; beyqnd . which human en ^ : durance of oppression cannot go ; : That bouridary was overstepped by a British Gq-rernment iii respect to its Amencan colonies in 1 ? 75 , and the United States Republic arpse in \ -indication of the rights : ot mail—that boilndary was passed by a French . Government in 1793 , and itsutter annihilation , arid the shedding of rivers of blood , -, follqward ; the . trans- " ¦ ¦ gresiion—^ that boundary is just noiy being passed by the British Government in regfird , to-eanada ; arid the disgraceful defeat of " all attempts at coercion , and . the triumphant establishment of Democracy upon the ruins of Aristocracy ^ in thatcountry , must be the inevitable result , if there be . : any power in like causes to produce like eftects .

      J t is well ; m me mteiininableprogressioja of events , v every ocenrrence has its particular place and time of riction specified— -tlie common destiny of things Iriust progress , ' and wherever the might and the oppressor is met hand to hand by the might of the oppressed- ^ whether it be in Russia or in France , in Poland or in Canada—we Say to those who fight for truth arid liberty , "Go on , arid prosper ! The bearta of the people of Great Britain are with you ! " ; v . Men become tired of eternally begging and praying and petirionirigfqr " those political rightsi which tfve . theirs by the very condition of existence j and ut iaij

      n-u wqrus , iney are apt to betake themselves ta blows—as didthe-people of France arid America . ' = 1 he small pittance of power doled but to the people of GreatBritaiiiby the Reform Bill , in return for V the petitioning aud the patient forbearance of half a century , affords butlittle ^ encouragement ^ to a continuance of the practices-more especially when , so many examples of successful resistance to arbitrary power are before us . These examples haw a strong moral effect upon an oppressed ^ and impovenshed people ; who at length come to consider - it as . an established rule in political matters , that nothing good is to be obtained without fiKhtine

      From a knowledge of the prevalence of ' -these ' - ' -, opinions end desires , and a perception , likewise , of the incalculable evils -which , a revolution would Uinict upon the people of this country , we would draw attentionifcom the remedy of force to the remedy of reason . ; : We would '; urge our fellOTreformers of all classes again : to form extensive unions and associations , for the purpose of obtaining those live great essentials to self-government > - Uiuversal Suttrige , Yote by Ballot , no Property ynalihcatibn ,, short Parliaments , and the payment of ^ mbers ? for , until thiese be obtained , agitation shau . know no rest , dissatisfaction can . never cease * revolution willvshow ^ itsrdafk iide -to ^ us in vaiit belf-government we must have . iWe will obtain it peaceably if we are suffered to do sb : but we will HAVE ; iT . ' . ¦ . " . - ¦ ¦ . " . '¦• ' ¦' - : . - : ' :.. ' ¦ :. - ¦/¦ . . ¦ ., * -. .:, ¦ •¦ : ¦ ' ¦ - ;

      ] Ve and purs are ; eighteen milUons of human beings—having , one common interest , suffering one cpmmon . wrbng , . audbouiid together by the strong bet of fellowileelmg ; and weVrbuld ask all wte have the power , and yet want . the ^ ill , to assistus m , ° 0 ta « ung poldcal justice . . 1 What is it that we ' ¦ J ° * l ; ^ ey as rulerij fhaVe Sometimes -done , seek political power as a , means to pliinder- ^ -do we wi 3 ti to possess it it as an instrument whereby to oppress , and shed the bipod of our fellow-inerir-do w W jw it as -an objectvwhich will : enable us . to retard the progress of knowledge ^ andthe practice of ^ taorality , and the - ' pvanocmeat : of " hufflan nappniess ? No ! Wef seek fornttsupremacy-- { br no ^ ^ exclusive power—but for Equal " Rights and Equal liaws . Let our enemies show- us ; if they can , in whatour . demarids are nnreasonable , in what unjust , m what destructive of the power or the welfare of thenabon ! , . ; :.. - ; - . ¦¦' .:: ¦ : , ¦' .- ;< . y-i \ -..- . •¦ : ' ... ¦ ¦¦ -.. ¦• ¦ . - •"

      * i , H ^ - ^ i ^ BlrtnanghainI menof ^ ^ London J men of tbe Unit ^ JKingdonv at large ; we have alL in former oays , entered : ^^ mto cqiiaict ^ ith , anQ beaten back , the ^ enemiespf 4 he peojpl ^ , when they were called tv j *^* ?* * be ' W e' ^^ i ^ o ^ : tha ' t they are called Whigs . The bloodless war of agitation must once mofb , lie : entered > into , and ! again' wfll ° enemies bednyen ^^ from ^ authority ;¦ ' followed by the nnivereal execrations of the people they havedeceived and betraved . Let us no w ask for all that we want ^ fpi ? . the foU measure ; of that political poWer which has hitherto been possessed , by ,: and exercised for , the exclusive benefit <> f , a Whig ^ d Tory aristocracy _ We will no longer w-aste oar time and our iewsiijty w seeking for those insignificant but cunninelr

      devised dribblirigs of justicelwhich arejjiven ^ only lib divide us into fections—that intemaf dissensions may accomplish that which open ' tyranny . : dares no longer attempt , x * He whoiis no * withus is against xuf jandhecannotI » e 1 bif'ftjB peoplewho is not alsofofUniversal ^ uiBErage . Popular ^^ liberty and a restricted , franchise cannot ' co-exiat : nor can Democracy wua the ta ^ e , % J 51 e ; Hflio reins " held b y Answracy . - ' . \ . - . ' - ; . ' . ^ ' ^ : . C ' '¦;¦ : ; ' - "i ., ¦• : ¦ ¦ . , . '' c- ; :- ' . ' ^~ v . . Wittx : Ja firm faith m the ultimate triumph of truth aiidjU 8 tice , and a strong Tfeliaride on the zealous e ^ ojwBratioh of all kindrea ^ feionsj w * haver taken oil * atiaa on ^ ^ flfrAeld ^^ moral sword oJF fprqafdiile , ^ and ^ ¦ : fluowo ; away the -8 Sabbapd ^ C ' . i- 'i * 5-iiy- - ; r 5 isY '• % ¦ , ' ) ~ v > i V . ' ^ .. ; ' . ' . - . : . \; .- \ . ' :,- . ' :- v : " --: w . The Leeds IKoBUKa MEMs'AaMciATioif . v } ^ o ^ ne 4 by tbe . Coinmittef t . ¦ : ¦ .. : ; ¦ ;¦'; : Thoius , W ^ tk , Bano ^ e « to clMBtaker t R ^ bi ^ ve : W 4 uaR , Cloth « uiannfecturer ' ¦ : ' K ^' 'A ^ irB » 'M ^ jr » Pria ^ i ; " { - ' il-. " : ' - ^ ' . '" -. / . : / - . •'• • " ¦ ¦ - ' : Joshi / a Hobson , Printer . -vVv ,. ^ V-: '" -- ; - : - " - \ Thomai Wauczr , Cloth-dresser . . Robert Mabtin , OperatiTe , Secretary . ¦ J . FvBbat » Prater * Treasurer .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 6, 1838, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct987/page/6/