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' — - — ^ . - CANADA . Canada . —The intelligence from the seat of civil war is so contradictory , that it would only be wasting oar columns to publish the absurd statements , utterly r ^" ? * * - to each , other , which the Jm-elmgf rass is publishing . This is dear , that Upper Canada , npon which the people-plundering party had relied , has made a strong demonstration for democracy . Toronto , { formerly called York , ) in Upper Canada , had been actually taken by the boasted loyal people of that colony—thus showing that the opinion of Sir Francis Head , their Governor , that the upper province did not sympathise with the lower part of the colony is a delusion . It is alleged Toronto ha 3 been retaken , but this news is not confirmed . Several towns in Upper Canadahad hoisted the tri-eolor . As Upper Canada is settled
bv British descendants , and bounded by the western parts of the States of New York and Michigan , which are also all settled by the descendants of British men , there is a commui ity of moral sentiment between them , which is likely to display itself in a mutual outbreak of physical force . In Lower Canada the military have , ' of course , succeeded in capturing all the places within a ready march of the capital . This is exactly what occurred in the outbreak of the first American war . Ministers chuckle now , as did George the Third ' s servile took in l"rr . The result is plain—Independence foT Canada , or , sooner or later , a general war . Our reader ? must be prewarned that little truth can be expected from any Gazelle account * of Canadian affairs .
( From the Yindicator . ) SYMPATHY FKOM tfPPER CANADA . CHEAT ANTI-C 0 EBCIOX MEETING OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MARKHAM . Pursuant to notice in the county newspaper * , and by hand-bills circulated among the people , a puhlie mertiug-of the Beformers of Mtsrkham was held at erne o ' clock in the afurnoon of Tuesday , the JDth of Svpu-iaber . 1 S 37 , on the premises of Mr . William Ketrbum , in Mariham village About 400 friends < jf Bi'fonn were * present , and they chose Mr . Joseph TomHason , clmhirr , to be chairman , and Mr . Peter Milne , wojl-carder and merchant , as the secretary . Their procet-dimrs were orderly , every speaker was attentively listened to , the resolutions were calmly di * t-u ' s « ed , and although many came armed for selfdefence , there was no violence nor cau ^ e for viotesre . Iiiarkham sustained its aseient reputation as the alwaJe of a friendly people . "We do not encourage Orange Lod ^ e * and disorderlv characters .
After the u * ual preliminary proceedings , the declaration of their grievances , set forth by the Reformers of the city of Toronto , was read to ihc meeting , and it was R < " « . ) lwil , 1 . That the declaration and proon-u ; 'iirs of the Reformers of Toronto , dated 31 > t July li * t . havinji been published in the Xeim . an 3 this < iay read and explained to this ruvvtiug . we B'iopl ine same as the . < e « tinieuts of tlie Reformers of MarkiiRin , and agree to act upon the principles iLerein set furth .
Jlfs . » lve 3 . 2 . That according to an estimate , a * caremllv made as the nature of the inquiry would admit , the people of the connty of York are t :: xrd as follows . —[ lit-re follows a long euumerari . m-uf the fiscal impost * of which they complain , after which the resolution conrluded " in the followin g tenm . ]— We are convinced that to get rid of ibis organized s \> tem of oppression , we must depeud murV . more tin ourselves than on any man or set of men in England , and we see the necessity of establisuiiiE liefurm _ Soc ; eries of from twelve to forty . and trill proceed to thi'ir onmnization . Reiurm cannot proyper without popular " enthusiasm .
Resolved 3 . That the-imports we have named and otht-j- heavy taxation is deeply injurious to the seltled inhabitant * of the province ; because it withdraws fnun circulation tne cold and silver , substi * tatais i& "its plsee , by the contrivances of toe Cowniur and oi the . bank of Upper Canada , worthier pSjK-7 of bankrupt banks ; tieciuse it dralni ; onr province of its specie to t-crich individuals or associations in "Enrope , and discourares those homemade productions mid domestic manufactures which " are suited to this fine country ; becanse it lowers the value of lands and farming produce ; because it prevent * emigration hither and occasions the removal
\ a other lanus of many of our most estimable and wealiiiy settlers ; because a great « iiare of the ptocee&s and of loans raised in Europe on tne cre < in of our farms , are wasted uselessly , pilfered by eoverameut officers ,, expended in enormous salaries on rovernon : and other transient persons , who corne here in poverty cud reruru to Europe after acqnirirre forrnnes out of the proceeds of our active and iifrequited iudusrry ; and further , because many thousands a-year are ' expended in bribins the pr iesthoods of various creeds to raise strife , and debnte , nii . l trouV . e , nzi& ronfusioa in neighbourhoods where , bat for their interference , all would be friendship , "Unity , nnd peace .
Resolveu , 4 . That the governors and rulers of this colony have combined with others , our enemies , to prevent , as far as they dared , the education of our yr > nns men ; have robbed < vur common schools" of - 225 . 000 acres of valuable lands , secured to them nearly half a century ago upon tbe bonour of the Kins and tbe Government of Britain , have kept other 5 OJ . 0 G 0 acres of xhe same school lands a -wildWr-Jiess for forty years , so that no one child of Canada was ever eniL ' jeii to learn his A B C bv mean * of tbe proci'edi ?; the Govemmenr have aljo * crushed every eff < = n of the House of Assembly to make a ttrgr ; and snitable endowment for edncaiion , although absolutely necessary for the working of popular institutions ; and while the children o ! the pensioners and placemen at Ti ronto have a college and nKi * tt'r > which cost Upper Canada XIOO . 000 , those eminently useful men , the common school teachers , are grudgvii their miserable pittance of some £ 3 or £ 4 a lmlf
year . Acting on the same principle , the Briiu-L Government in Lower Canada have converted public sr .-mhiaries' of education iato soldiers" barracks , aud Shin up :: » i >; , e day 1 AX ) CDimnon acliools , bvreiu < ii )^ - tu alluwiLe IJotTmj of Assembly to appropriate tl . e Eee . iful supj . liw to nphold and maintain theK . . England is ptnerned by an Aristocracy of Whigs and Tories , and both arv enemies to tne pn > CTe > s of kno-. v ] etl « . In l > 20 there were millions in 'England who oiuld neither read nor wriie , and 3 . 5 »» parishes in winch not one sch « x ) l wa * to be found . And eteu now , with great per > everauce , Mr . Roebuck ha * been ' able t «_ -oLtaia only X 20 . U 00 a-vear from tbe i ^ tion to support national education , whicli vi . te T-v-1 reluctantly . Sucli a Gu \ ernmeut will hoim : u tlr' colonels and captains who teach man to kill his f-How . l . nt let tLe poor schoolmaster , who i * ci > atimmllv doing all the good he cm , pa ^ s tliroush life in obsraritv and indieence .
RfsohtnL'S . l"hat one great cause of the cnrii '' raernat and acricnltural distress now felt in Cmmda i » that cruel monopolising code of laws nwwie in Enn >} M ' . whervby all other nations except Britain are Kiut out from niree trade with the countries on the b-vik * .. f tbe St . Lawrence , wljle on the other hand , the t ' anadiniis are shut out from tlie use of the Ihid-»« : i by their ovm Government laying beavy and fctr-iensoir . e duties and taxes on thus- articles thev r « ul < l l ..--t purrlusp in the New Y «> rk market , aim j » T-. « % vni » -d by ( Jrt-at Britain and the United States In . m st-lline their staple articles ! of export to tLe best hli \\ antare . Ih-uib hemmed in on all sides by tut * autimir . njercial rc ^ rnktions of other countries , " aud ih- ^ .-le-ted and dt-s » iM » d by tbat power which ii tbe most
bound in houonr an < i * jnstice to hare cuaxded Canada ' s right ? . I nder these circumstances we will , to the Tilmovl of our powex , abstain from wearing the li ^ rj- of otb i r lauds , enconrnre the nee of Canadian cloths and other goods , and consume as little as po § - sible « f tbe mercbandi . « es wbicb ha \ e paid duties ftinl taxes to the Britisb or anv foreign Government . Re > olvpd , -fi . That we have looked with wirnest aitention to the course taken bv the Government of England , and by tba people of Lower Canada , and the assembly of their choice , and we condemn the atrocious resolutions moved by Lord John Russell for coercing tlie Canadians , and governing them by tie iron rod of colonial despotism . If their and out
money can continue to be taken from them and us without their and our consent , far base and unworthy purposes—b y resolutions passed in Europe , or bv legislative arte" made then ? by persons ignorant of Csitada—if bank charter * with vast powers con be , f rant ? d and sent ont to a few monopolists andfavoutiu- < b y a Qneen or Kinff from England , in defiance of the resolves of die popular branch of the Legislature and the requirements of tbe constitntion , ~ then » r » thoae . who submit to soch oppre ? sion unworthy of the nemo of freemen , and mint to be the depositaries and guardians of British or Canadian liberty . And we do hereby nominate as a committee , of vigilance and public safety for the township s > l i arkham .
^ Resolved , 7 . That being well assured of the love «* liberty and natred to oppression by which the Hon ourable Lonis Joseph Papinean and bis patriotic ooantrymen »> f Lower Canada are animated in their P" ** nt noble struggle , ¥ e « e detennmed to make common craw with them , and do hereby declare w » at we would rounder the redress of their grievanc e * as the best guarantee for the redress of Onr o » n , which object we rerfly beBere would have been otmuu ed had responrible executives , on the pmicig es kid down V Dr . Rolph , Mr . BaldwiB , and « e other members of the tiecuure Council of n 7 ' 183 a > **** conceded to the colonist * . Ilwolved , « . —That Messrs . Rolph , Macintosh , Morruon , Park , Gibson , Dnncombe , Moore , and other , of the nunontr of the present assembly , de-•« Te welrof the peopk for the noble stand they »« ie made against executive tyranny and oppression
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Resolred , 9 . —That with a population of 16 , 000 or . 6 ^ 00 gonlk , this riding is represented in Assembl y iylrat one muHiber , while other p laces , the population and property of which uuitea is less than ours send many members , whereby we are deprived of our just influence over the imposition of taxes , and our remonstrances as to trade and nangation nnheeded "ftTien such a man-us Mr . Ilagerman comes forward to declare , that it woull very greatly advance the commercial prosperity of Upper Canada if its merchants and traders were permitted to import by way of the United States suck British and foreign manufactures as they require , especially during those periods when the navigation of the St . Lawrence is closed by ice , and the inclemency of the season , " it is worth while for the British authorities to take be hint . _ _ ResolTed , 9 . —That with a pounlation of 16 . 000 or
Resolved , 10 . —That from . £ 30 , 000 to £ 50 , 000 a-year of the specie raised from our industry b y taxation will now have to be annually sent to London to pay interest on what 13 called the publicdebt , although from the expenditure of the money borrowed in our name , partly on pensions , salaries , bank-house-, Vt elland canals , war losses , and the like , we have reaped very little advantage , and scarcely any additional income . Even the £ 50 , 000 law for our roads , sanctioned by the King in council more than a twelvemonth ago , is forcibly kept from us by Sir Francis Head , and those who are solemly sworn to pursue an unbiassed and honest course towards the country ; and this is done in open defiance of the requirements of the statute of April , 1836 , for road improvements .
Resolved , ]] . That we elect members of Assembly , agreeabl y to the constitutional charter , for four years , unless it was sooner dissolved bv the death of the King or a royal proclamation . The act of the present Jjrii / ed , pensioned , and conupt liou . ^ e , sanctioned by that wretched state machine t ^ e Colonial-office , and by that pretended Reformer , Sir F . B . Head , to ont ; nup itself three vear * longer , is a violation of out right * , and we boil tbe acts of a leyimture so cuiisntnted a > imperfect and v . neor . stituuonal . . " ¦ -TLe following resolution was moved , but there was nn vote taken upon it : - Hesolwd , 12 . That we deeply regret to find that the hitherto peaceful character of this countrv has
bi-en staiued ; vnd t ;\ niisi » ed by a band of cowardlv ruiifans , by whomtoewr led on and abetted , who have brought into tue miite and orderly meetings of our brother fanner > sjnli-. discord , riot , \ -ioleiu-e , and bloo . IslieJ . and lified their weapons of utfeuce a _ aii > t the iuiiivfii ! . :. ivJ . and dt-fenct'lcss of our population , in the preMJiuH * of cojnmissionwrs of the pe : n ' -. " , and in open day . The biwisess of rhe J : » y was close . l by einng three he : ir : _ v vluvrs fpr Mr . Papiu ^ nn . and * the cause of civil r > nd reli-rioi's lilxrty i : ll over the world ; after w-iii-h the jntiple returned to their homes in friendship and peace .
JlwrxTY-TWo Hucsxs Cbcshed . —On the 31-r . of Dec . at five in the morning , a frightful accident occurred at Cadinet ( Arignon . ) A part of tbe rocky strata forming tbe plateau of the ancient castle of \ nucluse detached itself from the principal ma «> , -a ;; d in fulling crushed twtnty-two houses , wh : c"b , were chicrly occupied by industrious and inJijrc-nt families . If a child of » evcu years of ape had not awakened its mother , and she the greater pan of her neighbours , more than fifty persons would have perished . . Nine bodies have already buen dug out of the ruins ; three persons have been Wived . Many families are in consequence without home or food ; and it is feared that a ponderous wall of the- " old chateau , which was built on the edge of the rock , may momentarily give way . The rock ? in that direction are alarmingly . hoilowed at the bass , and Lave no sub ^ t-antial support . —Droit .
^ lEETlXr . AT THK Cr . OVTS AJID A " XCHOJl . —At the Crown nnd Anchor Tavern in ixvndon , on Thursday week . " a ereai ineeriua was bidden on the Canadian qrifstion . many speeches of supposed great men were made . Lut we select the following froin a working niiiu as the only one really worthy " of the attention of oxir readers :- — Mr . " Drrry wished to say a few worJs . In 1791 . wb » 'n _ tlie Canailian constitution was un . ler consideration , the Vi'hitrs . Leaded by Mr . Fox , had supported thD 5 o very rlaiin . * which * the Canadians now made . ( Hear , hew . ) Who ware in oflice now ? ( Hear . ) It wonld seem thnt what was morallv wross in 1791 ^ va «^ politically rinht in 1837 . ( Cheersj
It should be reuienibervJ that tbe Radicals were now vt-ry numerous in tliis country , and it would not be so easy to f \> rce this country into an unjust war . ( Cliee : ^ . ) This struck him—if they carried oh this war they wuiil . i be compelled to call out the militia . ^ u » w . Le would suppose the case of the man being called on to s ..-rve—he Tvfnsed , and was asked hi ' objections ; he said merely . ™ 1 won ' t , "' and declined giving his reasons . He ( Mr . Duffy ) was next called on , and on being asked why he would not serve , his answer AT-s a ' simple an 1 a " sLort one— " Because I was taxed without be : u ^ represented . ' This was no iiErnrin . iry rase , for he saw near him a persen who eave a silimar answer on beinir asked lor his
taxes . ( Mr . W . Lovett . ) The peopiu had tlie power iu t ' ieir own Lands , if they only exercise it . ( Cheers . ) 1 ho 1 Jisnse of Commons might inak >» Lt . t » , t , ut tb . 're was . a point bi-ymid human pndurauce to whicli thev could iw > t pusu them . ( Hear , hear , bear . ) There was a ijufsuon \\ liich he would like to a > k :. ; ny Hon . Gt ' j : _ tleinaii present who was a member of-i « e " Les : slatnre _ . and he woal-i p ' . it it to their respected chairruan himself . There were wvenl parties simgeling for power in the H . > : im « of Commons- ; amont ' -, t others , tbe Rauirnl * , of wh-..-m 1 ..- ( Mr . Hunu-j wns oni ? of the most dUthijui ^ ii ^ d leaders . ( C iu't-rs . ) The Radicals were striisgling _ to obtain a preatiT "share . of power for tbe people . They were , however uiirteittfl
, : '» : ; y _< o placed , there seemed to be some > traa £ e fatality over them , which olilige , ] them to sHiictioa many of the acts of a weak and rnrUlatiug ministry . ^ ( ller . r . hear !) They had draircei them on by little and 'little , until at mat they were coufumiiivd 10 knuw whether they were Whigs or Radi cals . ( Cheer ; . ) Now . he v , r . u " ! d put a plain ( juestion to any mt-mber of the l ^ -n > l : iture present . Suppose Li « rJ ., " . «> hu Russell were to propose a resoluriou in tin * liou » e of Conimous « : et-l : vni : ^ his-intention to push io extremities the war n _« : aiust Lower Canada , wen- lliey pn pared to jnve -ht-. r siirtion to that : How c ^ JulJ you , a ! UT that , support th .- Whiss , and believ them lo be the frivnds vl ' the people ? ( Henr . hear . )
i-uch a case mifiht arise , aivl he railed on the members - of Parliament w ' awwvre there ]> resent to give an ai ^ wer a » to what their conduct would l » e in auch a ra » .-.- Their conduct lor the last tw 0 years had beeir such _ a » to shake the confidence of the people in all puLLc men . ( Hear , hear !) They might think that ,- as Mr . YVakley said , they cuuld h ^ jcc / j ; somethin ? dui i > f ihe Whigs . !» ut "; i j ; l : iin honest course would enable them V > defv both Whigs and Tories , instead of ihe shilly-shally couw whiclx they had hitiierui pursued . 'Jhi-y had been playing hide and seek , and hunt the slipperwiih iiiein in ' the Honee of . Comaions . ( Laughter . ) They were with them one 4 ay sbout Ireland , an >! ihty opposed tht-m tLe next day about Canada . " ( Hear , hear !) There was no reason why they sli ., ull suffer tln-meelves to bp drrgthrocfch the mih
ped- - re y the ministry . Where was fjeperello Evnn * to-day ? ' ( Hear , bear , and laughter . ) Vi as he ( ju we _ uudersUM-i ) preparing to go to the war in Canada r ( Hear , hear , bear ! and laughter . ) le ( Mr . DuiTy ) had se « - ; i the HonourableChairman limscif snpp » rting Lord Julia Russell since the latter brought larward his n-Nilutiuns respecting Canada . Now , lie ( Mr . Du . fy ) would newr ^ : ; pport the man who propped surh resolutions , whether he was nuht or WTi ) n ? . The R . idk-al "meinbers ought t-j meet and define the course of policy which they should- pursue in the House of Commons ; and though that there were but twenty of them , still , by acting in a .- "tr .-vighiforwar . l nnd determined manner , Uiyy could put both Whigs aud Tories out ut once . [ Hear . ] By thi-s . ^ means alone could a remedy be secured , nnd he had no hesitation in savins , if such a course was fc > be adopted , the ministry would soon « ng small . He trusted tbat be should received a
aistmct answer to a plain question , and that the Honourable Gentlemen would no longer act with a pjirty who , while they professed the j . rincii . l-s of Charles 1-ox , neglected to follow in his footstep * . ^ Cheers . ] r Melancholy Shipwreck ssd Loss of Lives . —The Ellen and ^ arah , of Spalding , on her passage to Newcastle , was lo > t off Scarborough in the gale of "Wednesday , the 20 th instant , with the whole of her crew , consisting cf Peter llovee master , leaving awidow and two-children ; Tho ' maJ Knoti , mate , leaving a widow and five children-Henry Moats and Johnson , single men . The vessel and cargo were fully insured . —Lincoln Mercury ,
Disadvantages or a Decent Appear-*»« . —On Tuesday , Thomas Leech , a young man of respectable appearance and superior address , applied at the Bolton Petit Sessions , for an order for relief against the Horwich Union officers , who had refused to allow anything towards the support of his" mother , who was very aged and infirm , and his sinter , who was subject to fits , and unable to assist herself . The applicant stated that on going before the officers of the Union , and stating their distressed situation , they were refused all aid
because he was clean and decent . In answer to tbe magistrate , Leech said that the famil y had nothing to live on but what was derived from his andliis brother ' s labour ; that they were wearers , and could not earn more than 5 s . a week each ! Tbe worthy magistrate said that he would recommend a reconsideration of the case , which was all he coald do , and intimated that the poor young man ' s respectable appearance and address rather deserved credit than punishment under the circumstance of the smallnes 3 of his means . —Bollon Free Frets .
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¦ A MiscHievowi l-ftouc—At tlieJVlaudou-hoase , London , on Monday , the Lordjfayor mid . that-he had received aletter upon a subject , the odd nature of Ifhich hal indoeed him * o vfithhold it from the pnbhclor some dayty in the expectation that some statement might be made throngh a source of indisr pntable nnthoritv relative to the matter of which it treated . The fduowmgis the letter :- — -.: " M the Kigbt Honourable t&e Lord Mayor . My Lord , —The writeT presumes that your Lordship win kindly overlook the liberty . he has taken in addressing a few lines on a subject-which , within the few _ last weeks , has caused much alarming sensation m the neighbouring villages within three and . ¦ A- MWBtwM « k »^ .. ^ ~^ Z ^^ ..: :,., .:- _; ^
four miles of London . , " II appears that Mine individuals ( of , as the writer beheres , the higher ranks of life ) have laid a wager with a mischievous and foolhardy companion ( name as yet unknown ) , that he durst not take upon himself the task of visiting many of the villages near .. ondon , in the three different disguises of a ghost , a bear , audadenl : and , moreover , that he will not dare to enter gentlemen ' s gardens for the purpose of alarming the inmates of the house . —The wager has , lowever , been accepted , and the unmanly villain has succeeded in depriving seven ladies of their enses . At one house he rang the bell , and on the sen-ant coming to . open the door , this worse than
brute stood 111 a no less dreadful figure than a spectre , clad most perfectly . The consequence was that the poor girl immediately swooned , and has never from that moment been in her senses ; bnt on seeing any man screams out most violently , — ' Take him away !' There are two ladies ( wluch your Lordship will regret to hear ) who hate husbands aud children , and who are not expected to recover , but . likely to become burdens upon their families . ** For fear that your Lordship might imagine that the writer exaggerates , he will refrain from naentiouiug other cases , if anything , more melancholy than those he has already related . * The affair has now been going on for some time
, nnd , strange to say , the papers are still silent on the subject . The writer is very unwilling to be unjust towards any man , but he has reason to believe that they have the . whole history at their fingers' ends , but through interested motives are induced to remain silent . It is , however , high time that such a detestable nuisance should be put a stop to , and the writer feels assured that your Lordship , as the chiefmagistrate of London , will take great pleasure in exerting yonr power to bring the villain to justice . " Hoping your Lordshi p will pardon the liberty I have taken in writing—1 remain your Lordship ' s most humble servant , A Resident of Peckham . "
The Lord Mayor , on reading the account , observed that as , our friends on the other side of the Atlantic were in the habit of saying , it was " extraordinary if true . " In his opinionit was not calculated lor the meridian of London , but if any trick had been practiced by fool * , he had no doubt the vigilance ol the policeinightbe depeni * d upon to prevent amioyarice . It appeared to him that the letter , which was written in u very beautiful haad ,-was the production of alady who might have been terrified by some bugaboo into this mode of obtaining retribution at the hands of th <* Lord Mayor ; but : is the terrible vision had not entered the city , he could not take cognizance of its iniquities .
A gentleman stated to his Lordship that the servant girls about Kensington , and-Hammersmith , mid Ealiug told dreadful stories of the ghost or devil , who on one occasion was said to . have-beaten a blacksmith , and torn his ne ^ h with inui claws , and in others to tear the clo . thes from the backs of females . Is ' ot one of the injured people had been known to fell the story ; perhaps they did not live to tell it The Lord Mayor believed that one of the seven ladies who had lost their seveu senses wag his correspondent . He hoped shs- would do him the favour of a call , and he would have an opportunity of getting from her such a description of the demon as would enable him to catch him , in spite of the paid press and the police .
PiwisiiMEXT . OF Poveiity . —Sarah Gill , an elderly woman , who appeared to be in a starving condition , aud stood trembling whilst-at the bar , wa « brought up , at Hatton . Harden , by . a-policeman » f the G division , charged by George Willis , gate-keeper at tlie workhouse of the united parishes of St . Andrew , Holborn , and St . George the Martyr , d : c , with ha ^ ng knocked at the gate , and creating a disturbance . - ¦¦ -.. Willis being sworn , stated that on Saturday night the prisoner , knocked at the workhouse gate , and requested relief , and ori-refusing to go away , she caused several persoue to assemble , and she was giveu into custody . Mr . Rogers asled her what she had to say ?
Prisoner ( cning)—I belong to the parish , and I merely went to ask for relief , but . I deny having caused a disturbance . Mr . Rogers—Where did you sleep last ? Prisoner—In "West-street , Saffron-hill . She had been servant at the Crown and Anchor Tavern , Strand . She was in great distress , and knew not what to do . Mr . Rogers—If you want relief you must apply for it in a proper manner . Inspector Penny , of G division—She has been in the station-houBe ever since Saturday night , your worship , and * when she was brought in she . was evidently in a starving state , and 1 gave her some victuals , which she ate ravenously . 1 could tell she was huniirv bv the "rumbling of her stomach .
Mr . Rogers said that > he had undergone sufficient pu . iishment , and directed that she should he taken to the workhouse and relieved or passed to her parish . ^ he subsequently returned to the office , " and « aid that nothing had 1-et-n done for her , but she ' was to apply tn the board on the following day , and until that time she did nfet know what to do " for food or lodging . Tue Eons in Lent . —In Ireland regulations for fasting are differently arranged in different parishes—in some- eggs" are forbidden to be used , or even milk or creuin in tea on stated days . In a parish in the County Kildare , eggs were prohibited , and , in confession , Paddy Blake , the son-of , a"
celebrated cock % hter , deposed to having infringed the order . Upon being told by the priest that those ejig .-s might have contained chickens , Paddy replied , " Och , no , your riverenee , sure they were biled . " "No matter , " said the priest , ¦ " they might have had chickens all the same . " The priest considered the offender ' s age , aud pardoned him , with a remonstrance . His rererence wishing for s-une of the fine breed of Paddy ' s father ' s cocks , asked Paddy for n clutch of his ' best eggs . Pat promised to obey , and in a fevr days returned with , the egsis ; - they were duly placed under-a-careful hen , and " at the end of three weeks , the usual time allotted for hatching chickens , inspection ' was made , 'but riot a single egg chipped ; a month passed , and no chicken .
At length , after five weeks , the priest ' s patience was exhausted , and curiosity led him to . break . one of the eggs , when , to his astonishment , he found it was boiled , and hard as a bullet ; he went through the cereniony of breaking the whole clutch , and having discovered that all were alike , he sent for Paddy , and thus accosted him— " You little rascal , the eggs you brought me were all boiled . " " Och , yes , your riverance , I was afraid I'd smash them if I brought them raw ; and , sure , your honsur tould me there might be chickens in them just the same .- ' Learned or intelligent as most certainly the community , now are , comparatively with the state of society in former times , still there appears to have been one essential matter overlooked in the search
for intelligence and happiness . ^ How often do Medical men recommend exercise to their patients for Indigestion , Liver Complaint " , Costiveness , Sick Head-aches , &c . Females leading an inactive life , and thousands of both sexes aTe , through their sundry avocations , debarred from that exercise in pure atmosphere which is essential to health ; to all such therefore , we would recommend the occasional use of that excellent Family Medicine , Frampton ' s Pill of Health , ' which as a restorative , a gentle aperient , and a promoter of a healthy action of the system , stand * unequalled in public estimation .
Destitution and Death . —Ou Thursday Mr Carter held an inquest at the John Hull , near Lambeth workhouse , on the body of John Cox , aged CO , who it is believed died from want and exposure to night air . The unfortunate man had been in a most wretched state , and compelled to sleep in tbe streets several nights . On "Wednesday morning he went into the tap-room of the Queen ' s Head , Lambeth , to warm himself , and the landlord was so struck with his deathly countenance that he sent to Mr . Dunn , one of the relieving officers , who had him removed to the workhouse , where be expired in less than two hours . One of the parish officers stated that deceased had received , foT some time , from that parish Is . 6 d . per week , which a juror observed it was impossible for any man to exist upon . Verdict , " Died from inflammation of the lungs . ''
Relative Height of the Caspian and Black Seas . —The" trigonometrical survey of the country situated between these seas , undertaken "by order of the present Emperor of Russia , has now been completed . Several interesting results derived from this survey have been communicated in a letter lately addressed b y the celebrated astronomer Strove , of the University of Dorpat , to M . Von Hnmboldt . Among other disputed points which the engineers engaged on this work hare established , is the relative height of the Caspian and Black Seas . They have ascertained that the Caspian lies lOlRussian feet ( 94 French feet ) below the level of the BlackSea . A fuUreportia shortl y to be published in th » Bulletin Scientifique of St . the Petersburg Academy .
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onfortupate : Irighin ian ,. n ^ ed ' . ISri ^ th » . WM ''( ih ' aj « ed a few : days 8 mee > at the Ma ^ ra B ouse Londfci * , with haring broken a pane of glass in a baker ^ a shop . He smashed the glass ; taA afterwards npon getting rorae hresidj' he 'deyoure ^ fil ^ Mt- ^ a his eyes before he thrust it into his mdoOi ; where it was most rapidly disposed of . ^ ; . ' "¦" ' ¦ " ' ¦ : ; ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦" : ' : ;' . The Lord M-AYOB .- ^ Did he take lie bread when he broke the glass ? : ¦^¦ - '" "f ; : '¦¦¦ : - ' . - ¦ " ,- . . V ' . ' > Ofncer . ~ No , ; inylord . He- 'id ) d ;^ 6 t-. t ( ilacli'it , ' . but he stared at it . 1 hear so good a chara ^ r of him , that I am sure , although ^ tarTing , h > would not have taken a morsel of it . ; The Lord Mayor . —You gave him something to eat yourself then' ? .-- . V ' .. ¦ - . " » ^^^^^^^^^^ ^
Officer . —I did , and he fell to most ravenougly . There could be no . mistake about it . The Lord MayoS . —Why did you break the g lass . ?; . - -. ¦ ¦ ¦ . -: ¦ ' ; . .. ¦ .. - , ; . ¦ ' -.. ' ' ¦ ¦ :: •¦¦ ¦; . ¦ _ ' _ - ' ; . - .. ; -, ' . ' . - ' : ' :.. - ' " : ' Prisoner . —I was dying for want of bread and sleep , and I thought I'd get a night ' s rest , and a morsel of Bomething . I h ? id not had anything for three ; day ' s and three night 3 . . The Lord Mayor ( to the omcer . ^ You tell me he did not take any bread from the shop . Prisoner .- ^ N 6 my lord . XJod forbid that I should Steal . ' - ¦ ¦ . - . - ;; .. ' . - ¦ .. " "¦ - ' -. - " ; ¦ - ' ;; . ¦ -:.. ; ' . _ :.. ' ¦ The officeir repeated that the man made no attempt of the kind . ; : . The Lord Mayor . —IIj is most extraordinary that a man with so good a character could not get employment . 1 - ,
Prisoner .- —I am unable to work , my lord . I am full of wounds and soresj or I could get it to do . The Lord MAV ; bRi--Hbw did you get into so dreadful a condition B . Prisoner . — -Fighting in Spain . The Lord Mayor . —Under General Evans ? : Prisoner . —Yes , I am quite useless ; not able t © do anything for a morsisl ofYictualsi The Lord Mayor . —What is your wish now ? I am willipg to wrve a poor ; fellow in such melancholy circumstances . ' Hav « you got any friends in . Ireland . ? . - .- ¦ - - -. ' " -: ¦ ;" -. ' . v . - "" ; ¦ V " Prisoner .- ^ I don't know , my lord , that any one I know there is alive * I have been twenty-five years awayfromit .
The Lord Mayor . —It is lameritable to see a fellow-creature in so destitute a ponditjon . Let him be taken care of in thecompter forafew days , and let his necessities be tenderly administered to , and we shall then see ' what can be done for him . " Nixe Lives " f nailed fo f he Wall . —Paddy O'Grady and Juh ' a his wife ^ a rosy-haired daughter of Krinj were recently ! charged , at Mary-le-Sone police office , London , with , creating a disturbance in Gratton-court , in the vicinity bf the office ) and of assaulting , Ghnrles Howe , their countrj'man i a single young inan , lodger in the jsahie court , also a native of the " Krst gehi of the sea . " .
Mr . Rawlinson . —Tell your . story . "¦ ¦' , ' Complainant . —That I'll soon be after doing . Well , your honour , that lady in the red curly locks was in ould sweetheart of mine ; buf . bad . luck to her , she gave me , the slip t ' other day , and got married to that Paddy O'Grady , the biggest blackguard in the peaceable and respectable court . Welly your honour , the next " morning ' , ¦ th ey fell out , ar id had a regl . ar . battle ,, and I was called upbn to separate the pair wot the priest had just made ; one . So , kase
1 would nt let ' em fight , theyve owed me a grudge ever since ; and on boxing ; night , '' I metts Paddy O'Grady near the gin-shop in the court , and without saying by your leave or with your leave , lie catches me a smack on the earv "How do you lika that , " ciys ' he . "Not at all , " says I ^ - « bad manners to yb ' u ' i" and I runs'away ; so ho knocks me down stone dead with a brick-bat . wot hp had in his hand . So I get * up again as fresh as a kitten , arid with that his Wife comes to his : assistance , and she nailed nitt face against the wall , whilst . Paddy screwed me
nose . Mr . RAwuNSox . —Nailed you against the wall ? It was boxing night , indeed ? Coiriprimiant , — -Yes , yer honour : and after that they threwine down , and there was a . general row , and there was Paddy G rad y and his wife , aud another Irish gintleman , all dancing on me body at once , one after the . other , till me breath ; was clane gone , and then I screamed " murder" so loud that the police heard me , and came to me assistance , and suwd me from being further kilt by the likes of them . : -. . ¦ ' < ¦ . •' . ' -. "' ¦' : . ' : " : ' " ¦ ; - ,. ' . ' . .-Mr . Rawlinson .- —What are you ?
Complainant . —Only a single man , your honour . I loads a single life . ' ¦ j ' Mr . Rawunson . —A single life . Why you ' ve as many lives as a cat . I suppose you had all been drinking ? Complainant . —Yes ; we had taken a drop of the crater . ' . ' ''¦ ' . . ,.. ' < r ' .. : ' ¦ . -..- ¦ ' . v Mr . Rawlinson ( to defendants)—What have you to Sfty . ? ' -, - . :-. - ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ .. ' ,. ' . '' . ' .... ¦ ¦ '¦ Defendants . —Wh y he began the row first ;! and he ' s a disgrace to the respectable court . VVe want St . Patrick there to banish all sich vannint from the place . ' .. . ;¦ .- ¦; The defendants having called two witnesses in their favour , the case ' was dismissed , ana the belligerents shared tke costs between them .
Charge against a Policeman Samuel Much , a fiery | ittle fellow ,, whose mighty soul appeared sadly cramped by ( he restricted powers of his body , appeared on Thursday week , atlhe Police Court , Hull , to prefer a charge against Police Constable Higgins , No . 71 , a huge fellow , more than sixfeet high , for an assault . Much said he was looking at a glass exhibition in the Marketplace , and had not been standing more than a quarter , or from that to half a second , when the policeman Cjame up and ordered , him to move on ; he said piye me time to breathe , upon wliich No . 71 , whose . . steam y said Mtidh , was very much up , boiled over , or he would have burst his boiler . —( ltoars of
laughter , " in , which the Bench joined . ) He took me by my two shoulders , and with great force , threw me off the flags ; there were only two or three persons present ., Mr . Jii'Manus was proceeding to cross-question the complainant , when ^ in a voice of great wrath , he exclaimed ,. "Are you an attorney , for'if not ,, I cannot allow you to speak .- ^ - ( Laughter . ) No , your worships , I cannot allow it ; the Secretary of State has sent word down that only an attorney , or an attorney ' s clerk , is , to address the magistrates . " — ( Renewed laughter . )—The court overruled the objeetibn , and Mr . Much admitted at last that he must confess thnt he ivas , perhaps , rather abusive . to the policeman . He then called two -witnesses to prove the assault , one of whichprove nothing , a-nd the other said , that the foot
path opposite the exhibition was -certainly obstructed , there been more thana dozen persons standing on the flags ; the complainant was requested to go on , but refused , and told the constable , that he paid for clbthiug . such fellows , as him .: Mr . Gleedow , ironmonger , in the Market-place " , and Mr . Joseph Thurley , an officer in the Custom , voluntarily came forward and spoke in favour of the Police-man ; whose conduct they described as mild and conciliar tory in the extreme . Mr .. Thui-ley said the abuse given him was of the most abominable description , if the officer had done any thing wrong , it was in not taking the complainant to the Station House . The bench thought that the officer had only done his duty j and deserved thanks rather than censure . Complainant dismisstd .
Not used to it . —Mary Clarkson , a smart dressed female .-who appearedto be heartily ashamed of the predicament in ¦ whi ch she found herself , was . charged a ^ the Police Office , Hull , last Saturday week , with being drunk . A policeman stated that , on the previous evening the prisoner ^ with a crowd of boys and girls at her heels , was very , drunk in Highstreet , she fell against a window and broke it , aud as he found she was incapable of taking care of herself , he tiok her . to the Station House , and secured her property . The prisoner in her defence
said , that she came from a place between Hull and Gainsborough , and had a husband and six children . She comes frequently to Hull on business for her husband , who is a butcher and farmer , and on Friday having taken no breakfast , she felt herself sick and faint , and got three pennyworth , but she was not used to it and it overcame her . Mr . Bardon told her that she appeared in a most disgraceful situation but in the hope that this was her first offenice , and that it would not be repeated , he should discharge her . —Discharged .
Murder and Suicide . —On the 15 th ult . the daughter of Diggory Goodge , who resides at Wooton Fitzpaine , Dorsetshire , a fine child only three years of age , was found in a room at her father ' s house with her head nearly severed , from the body . The poor infont . was rolled iii feathers fronii out of one of thebeds . ^ he shocking fact spread a feeling of the greatest consternation in the neighbourhood , which was heightened to the most ' painful extent on its
being discovered that ; Mrs . Goodge , the child ' n mother , had been the : perpetrator of the horrible deed . The unnatural parent was taken into custody- ' to await the verdict of a coroner ' s jury , but she had contrived to swallow a dose of poison , of which sh ^ i died on the following morning . . The inquest sut on the body of the child , and afterwards on that of the mother , but as the latter inquiry stands adjourned we refrain from giving the verdict on the first until that on the unfortunate woman be given . — -Dorset Chronicle . '
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-F *** * * -- ^ Thomas Crisp schooner , J . Crisp , master , arrived at Bristol oa Sunday Isit afteiva mostdi sa ^ n ^ voyiige . Ske left Cardiff ^ laden with uon , on the 20 th _ May last , fcmndtoConstantinoplei and , on the 2 iHh June , brought up in the Dardanelles , about tvro miles from the Tillage of Yeneehea , set the watch , and went to ; bed without the least apprehension of danger ; about 10 . 30 p . m . the watch W alarmed by seeing a boat under the : bovr filled with armed men , who / immediately ; jumped on deck and pursued the man aft - the skylight was off , for the purpose of giviiagair and the man jumped down in toi&e cabin , but while in the act of doing so , one of the ruffians '
struck him - ai blow witii a cutlass , which nearly severed his arm from his tody . The captain Was awoke b y the cries of the wounded man , who rushed into the state room crying ^ Pirates ! pirates ! eaptain ! get yoar gun ; they are aboard , sir ; I am wpunded- ^ ihey have nearly cut my arm off . " The captain immediately seized his gun and made towards the . door ^ which was burst open by thepirates , whoseized the captain by the thrbat , and demanded his money shouting "Danari ! danarii " There was no alternative—defence was impossible ; he made them understand that he would comply , and proceeded to get down a box containing a number of dollars which they Immediately seizedand demanded
, more his watch was next delivered to them . The captain ^ wife , who had gone out for the benefit of her health , was-. vgll ; this time standing trembling , and nearly up to her ankle * in the blood of the unfortunate man they had so barbarously wounded : they then took her cabinet , containing--a- considerable quantity of money and jewels ; but they were not satisfied - loud and vociferous Were the demands , with pointed blades , for more money . While this horrible scene ivas being enacted in the cabin , others f the
o piratical party had seized the fire arms and had pinioned the mate and all the others of the crew who canie in their way ; they then ; brought the cabin boy into the cabin , and after passing a knife round his throat , in order to make him confess if there was more moneys but to no purpose , they decamped . The man who had been so severely wounded was left in the country ; and about a week before the vessel made the land , on her passage home , one of the crew fell from yard arm on the deck , and was killed on the spot .
Fire . —On Tuesday evening week , about six o ' clock , the posting stables belonging to the Royal Hotel , Manchester , situatedin Back : Mosley-street , were discovered to be on fire . An alarm was instantly given , and the horses , twelve in number , were got out , with the greatest-difficulty . Three of them vvere severely burned . The fire was occasioned by a-candle falling amongst the straw , which had been incautiousl y stuck in the wires of the lantern , and left there by one of the men who had gone out of the stable . Fortunately the fire was go t under without doing any serious damage .
Singular Discovery of Theft . —Some snort time ago , the house of Mr . Pauld , Croiv-ustreet , Aberdeen , was broken into , and some plate and jewellery carried off . Mr . Charles Dawson , town-sergeant , while examining the room from which the plate had been stolen , found the half of a horn button on the floor , and conceiving that it might be instrumental in identif ying the . thief , ha carefully preserved it . Dawson having suspected a lad of the name of Farquharson , kept a sharp look out for him ; and having found him the other
day , instantly applied the half of the button , and strange as it may appear , he found a corresponding half on the trousers of the lad ! Dawsoii was now confident that he had hit the-nail on the head , " and took care to secure the prisoner . The neit inquiryvvas in regard to the stolen property , and here again the theft , or receipt , was brought home to Farquharson—a considerable quantity of the plate being found in his possession . He then was committed for trial , along with Thomas Hunter , who , it appears , had also been concerned in the theft .--Aberdeen Herald .
House Breaking . —On Saturday night week , the house of Mr . Charles Tee of Pindar Oak ^ near Barnsley was entered by some thieves , and a quantity of hams stolen therefrom . No cluo has yet been found likely to lead to the ajjprehension of the depredators . : ^ 'Found Drowned . —On Saturday week , near Kirklees mill , the body of a lifeless corpse was drawn out of the water ^ near the above place . It was taken to the Black Horse public house , Clifton , to wait the result of a coroner ' s inquest . Upon the person was found three or four packets of needles , arid a pack of cards , but no traces remained by which to know who the person was , or from whence he came . It is supposed that he has got into the water during ( he late flood .
A DoNATiON .- ^ -Mrs . Horsfall , of Bath , has caused to be transmitted to the Rev . J . H . Greenwood , the handsome donation of £ 10 , for the use of the Church Sunday School , of Thustoh , near Huddersfield . No ufe being Honest . —Two -boys , . ' named M'C . ormtc arid Hadlam , were , a few days since , brought up , at the Mansion House , London , charged with having stolen as much lead as they could carry from premises occupied by the workmen of Mr . Chadwick the builder . :
An officer saw the two prisoners moving along under their burdens , and asked them what they carried . They replied without hesitation that they were going home with potatoes , and M ' -Cormac spoke with so Irish an accent that he almost gained credit for what he said . He , however , had something about him which the officer did not consider to be . genuine , and a more particular inquiry Avas the consequence . . The Lord Mayor said , that he had seen the boys before at the bar and was afraid that although very young , they were experienced in thieving . ° ! M'Cormac , who is only thirteen years old . said
, "Please you , my Lord , we did ' t sack the lead . I'll tell you hovr it was . This boy and me were going along the street near a gateway , and I spies a man wot was looking about to . see how . the land lay . So I knowed he was after no good , arid I says stop a bit . So I looks at him a minute , and tie tried to sit over sL-summut to hide from us what he kad , and I looks at-him again , and then he seed that I knowed how the land lay ; and he says to us you won't tell nobody ,, will you ? No , eayV we , we don't want to tell nobod y ; but I kept looking at him , and then says he , you may have this bit , and" so we tuck a bit apiece , and that ' s how we got it . "
The Lord Mayor . —I shall send you both to Bridewell for two months ; for if I discharge you , you will begin to thieve the moment you . get out . M'Cormac . —No , we won ' t , my Lord ; we never means to do anything but what ' s right again . It ' s no good to be gping about prigging . _ The other boy said that asi .. they giv'd ' em the stuff it could riot b « said that they " prigged it ; but he supposed if they bought it , it wouid ' be all the same , and as that was the case it was no use to be honest . They were then committed to BridewclK Seeking a Job . —A man named John Meadows was charged at the Mansion house , London , a few days agounder the following circumstances : —
, _ . A gentleman named Cooper stated , that about nine o ' clock yesterday morning , he was told by a person in his employment , that a man who was hot known , had walked into the warehouse with a candle in his hand . About a fortnight ago a person had walked in and stolen some gas fittings , and it was : suspected that the man who had ; thus lighted , himself in was the thief . , He addressed the stranger , who turned out to be the prisoner , and who coolly answered * that he came to see if the main pipe leaked .
A clerk of Mr . Cooper stated , that he saw the prisoner go from the street up to the ¦ warehouse with a lighted candle in his hand , in the morning , and suspecting from the man's back that : he was the person whom he had seen a fortnight before about the premiees , just before they were plundered , asked whathe was about . The prisoner safd that he was sent to see whether the main gas pipe did nptleak . p \ The prisoner . —So I was . I meant no wrong , and having left my place I go about looking for jobs ; °
The Lord Mayor . —And you thought it so necessary to get one that you took the candle to look for it ? ( A laugh , ) > ^ he prisoner said ; that one of the Gas Company ' s men toldhim of the leak , and he accordingly went to see whether it was not the case . :. '"; A gas-fitter , for whom the prisoner had lately workedf stated that he found it necessary to dischargethe prisoner a few days ago . The Lord Mayor . —Why did you discharge him ? - /¦ ¦ ¦ v ? ¦ : ; - . ' ¦ / ¦ ¦ : , ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : " ¦ : ¦¦ . . " ,
Gras-fitterw—We were rather slack of work . The Lord Mayor .- —Anything else ? _ Gas-fitter . ^ --Why yes ; we missed two or three little things , and we thought he knew something about them . -. "¦ ' . '¦' . ¦ ¦ : ' ' ' ¦?'¦ ¦ .: ' ' " ¦'¦¦' ' , The Lord Mayor . — -Well , I have no doubt he waa on the premises with intent to cdmniit some robberyj and I shall send him to Bridewell for * month .
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^ 0 V * RY--A ^ pewn pf flienaineof Wray , wb resides : liillull , had hi » pockef picked ashorttttae airo ^ while waiting at the bdoking . office' of tbJe : Raflw ^ in Leeds . On discoyeriBg his loss he exclauned ^ O » Gqd , Iamrot | bed ! " and wasinstantlyknocked do war by a fellow standing neoi . The rascal was laid hoi * pt by the ^ police , as also another but nothing was . tound w > on then * . Mr . Wray lost £ 6 ., which he hadreceived ; in part payment of a bill of £ 16 ., whichha : naa been expecting to receive , but most fortunatelr was disappointed , asit was arrauged that he shotili : receive , the rest by a check * to besentbim in a
few-. Curious Defence . —A lad was taken up th * other day for ^ teaUng a hat fromthe shot dSrSM ^ Graham , m ^ ueen Street , Hun vOnlnding bin ^ self pursued he dropt the hat and ran for it but ^ aar stopped'bythe , Eoh-ce . When asked whaKha ^ say ,, « Why , your worshi p ^' he replied , ^ ¥ w » waking upflie Market , and a chap - comes past m ^ and puts-thehat dbwnin a shop door , * there ' sava be hears them call but , stop thief—that ' s him wat stol * the hat ; so then , thinks I , its time for me to b » - dropping the hat , and that ' s all I know about it . ' * Ihe same-pnsoner on being committed for trial turned a very dumure look upon the principal witness and ; observed ^ solemnl y , "You ll not go to heaven , I ' m sure . " ' : ;
Imprisonment for Debt . —There is at present an individual who has been confined on th * debtors ! side of the Castle at York , for upwards oC 22 years ' , . and who has for ] a long period sue--cessfully carried on the profession of « o « e taker to the unfortunate inmates of-that abode . The lawhas humanely provided , a certain weekly allowancer of bread ; at the cost of the county to such , poor debtors as 7 are unable to support themselves ; an ! during the time of his incarceration , the worthy knight of the razor has consumed 2684 loaves of bread ^ weighing in the aggregate noless ; than 4 | tdns
, and whichif cut up into fair ^ substantial" 6 ) icesfor ? toast , ( to wKich ^ he barber is much attached ) anct laid in a right line , Would extend upwards of fortr miles in length , arid if laid close together would cover a surface of nearly eighteen acres of ground j so that he has . consumed at the county Cost , nearly seventy- loads of wheat ^ or the produce of nine acre * of good average land ; ana supposing the worthy kmght to " have : a proportionate allowance of butter with his bread , he will have consumed nearly 1 , 000 lbs . of butter , » r the produce of a dairy of thre * cows for considerably more than a twelvemonth .
Lamb and Godwin . —Lamb was introducd by Coleridge to one of the most remarkable persons of that stirring time , the author of "Caleb ¦ Williams " and the- " Political Justice . " The first meetingbetween Lamb and Godwin did not wear a promising aspect ; -Lamb grew warm as the conviviality of the evening advanced , arid indulged in some freaks of humour , vrhichhad not . been dreamed of in Godwin ' * philosophy ; and the philosopher forgetting th » equanimity-with which ~ lie usually looked on the viscissitudes . of the world , or the whist table , brokfe
into an aVlusion to Gilray ' s caricature , and asked ^¦ Mt . -Lamb ,, are . you both Toad and Frog ? 'A Coleridge was apprehensive of a rupture , but callingr the next morriing on Lamb , he found Godwin seated at breakfast with him ; and an interchangei of civilities " and card parties was established , whicbt lasted through the life of Lamb , whom Godwin onlysurvived a few months . Indiflerent altogether to » the politics of the age , Lamb could not help beinff struck with productions of its new born energies , so , remarkable as the works and character of Godwin - He seemed to realise in himself what WordsWoiib . long afterwards described * " ; the central calm at thaheart of all agitation . " Through the medium of hi *
mmd the stormy con > -ulsibns of society were seen ,, " silent as in a picture . " . Paradoxes the most daring . wore the air of deliberate wisdom as he pronounced th ' eiri . He foretold the future happiness of mankind , . not . with the inspiration of the poet , but with the grave and passionless voice of the oracle . There was nothing better calculated at once to feed and to " make , steady the enthusiasm- of . youthful patriots than ; . the high speculations in which hetaughfthemto engage on tho nature iofsocialevils ^ and the " great destiny of his species .- No one would ; have suepected the ; author of those wild thepriea . which startled the wise , and shocked the : prudent in the calm gentlemanly person , who , rarely said . anjthing above the most gentle common nlaceand
, took interest in little beyond the whist table . Hi * peculiar- opinions were entirely subservient to hi * love of letters . He thought any man who had written a book hai- attained a superiority oyer hi * fellows ,, which , placed him in another class , and ' , could scarcely , understand other distinctions . Of all his works . Lamb liked his "Essay on Sepulchres ¦ ' the bestv a sHort development of a scheme for preserving in one place the memory of all great writer * deceased , and assigning to each his proper station ,, quite chimerical in itself , but accompanied with , solemn and touching musings on life , arid deafly and fame , embodied in a style of singular refinement aiid beauty . —Letters of Charles Lamb , by Thomas Noon Talfourd .
Little Pamphlets and Speeches . —Tha world * s -governed ' bylittle ' pamphlets andt speeches for by means of them the number of men ' s prejudice * is diminished , and truths are impressed on them of great importance in enabling them to form correct judgments in cases in w ^ hich they have an interest in deciding aright . What constitutes the - differenc <* between -the common people of London and th . * common-people of Rome or Naples ? The one is . influenced by pamphlets and speeehes , and the other p ot . Even they who cannot read themselves are influenced by the conversation , of those who do read .
Thirty years ago : it would have beea easy to set -th » people of London on the bakers and . mealmen , whenever the price-of brea . d rose—now sounder notions generally prevail among the labouring classes . In Rome and Naples , during the cholera , it was at any time in the power of any one to provoke to massacre ^ by pr etending that poison was thrown into wells , &c . WheH : the cholera raged in . this country no . one could have foundthe same credulity to work on . : A hundred other instances imght be given of the manner ia which pamphlets : and speeches contribute to th « general safety . --Morning Chronicle ^ :
LuxTJiiious Indolence . —It is related of Goldsmith" " as characteristic . ; of his indolence and carelessness ,- that his mode of extinguishing hi * candle , whiqh he used to keep , burning when in bed until heV ^ vas inclined for sleep , was by throwing hi * slipper at it , which , in consequence , was usually found in . the morning lying near the overturned candlestick , daubed with grease . ; - A Last Farewell . —When the Prince of Orange , in 156 S , retired to Germanyj appTehendirig the danger . that followed ^ he entreated Count Egmont to accompany him , who refused . ' ¦ ¦ ' ! ' Farewell , " said he-, taking leave of the Prince of Orange ^ u Prince-withoiit an estate . " , " Fareweil /' replied he , " Count without a head . " The prince ' s pithy remark was soon verified j for a few weeks after"wards , the Count being on an excursion , was taken prisoner . and executed . ' . . *
The Knowledge Haters . —It seems a favourite point with a certain description of men to stop the progress of inquiry , arid throw mankindbact into the darkness of the iniddle ages , from a persua ^ sion that ignorance will augment their power , a * objects look laTgestin the mist ; There is in reality no other jFoundatipri for that alarm which they express . . . .. ¦ Whatever is not comprehended under revelation , falls under'the inspection of reasdn ; and
since , from the whole course of Providence , it is evident that all political events , and all the revplutioris of government are effected by the instrumentality of meny there is no room for supposing them too ; sacred to be submitted ; to the humaa faculties . The more minds there are employed ia tracing their principles and effects , the greater probability will there be of the science " of cml policy , as well as every other , attaiuing to perftction . —Robert Hall . ¦
Juvenile THiEVEs ^ -John Mason and "Win .. Barker , two . very young lads , but old offenders , whohad been , in the gaol before ^ wer e , on Tuesday week , placed at the bar , charged with steah ' ng some sinall bales froin ; the shop of Mr . Allen , in Mytpngate , and twelyp pencils and a pack of cards , from Mr . Peck , -of Lowgate . It appeared that on thfr previous day ^ the prisoners , in company with three ^ or four others , went to several booksellers' shops iu the town , under the pretence of wanting to purchasa a Spelling book , and while ^ bargaining for the same ^ se « uring any thine on which they could lay their
hands . Mri Allen , suspecting that all was nptright ^ , watched them after leaving his shop and saw them , dividing the bales amongst them in Fidkle-street- •' - he flien gave the pnsonerij into custody ^ ..- Mr . Parker said , the course whichithe court wiqiuld pursue ^ would bethought by those who did not know their previous bad conduct , to be harsh aad severe ; te was sorry their ^ parents did not attend ^ as with their permission , 'he would have inflicted such a ptmishnlent as he could not now do ; he -wonld , however , send them to the prison for two months , and though too young to , go to the tread mfll , he would himself attend to the case and devise some punishment , socbL as the cas © demanded . ; ; > . ^
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 13, 1838, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct988/page/3/
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