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ITOCKPORT . The Pobomks Cask . —Hn , Waikins having been declared oat of danger from her recent miscarriage , yns again brought op » t the Court House for examination , en Saturday , charged with attempting to poison her husband , Thomas Watkins . WilSam Eelsall was also placed ia the dock with her ; and William Walking aged 22 , was likewise brought op as iparticept crtminis . Mrs . Elisabeth Clegg . deposed that on Monday , July 27 , Thomas Watldna cuae to he * boose , Longshntt-lane , with a basket , which he Seared to leave , until Mrs . Beswick , a Beifhbour with whoa he lodged , got up . Shonlj afcer she gare the basket to Mrs . B . ; and at one e'dock she went into Mrs . Beswick ' s house , and saw Watkins retching violently . He kept savin * * Oh < T = * Powoktho Cask . —Mrs . W » tVi 7 . Q > , *»;«<» V **
that pw f She did not bebeve it was the pie , and « ve portions of it to hex two daughters , who were also taken ffl , as well as three , other female * , who partook of it . On the following Wednesday , the pr isoner , William Watkins , came in , and inqmred whether Thomas Watkins lived there . He asked tow his father was , and why a policeman had listed their honBe at Compstall-bridge ; but did not say his mother had bees apprehended . He said four pies had been nude , three for the family , and one for his father ; and that he thought it strange his father should hare been ill . Mr . Beswick corroborated the evidence of the last witness as to Wttkins being takes ill after partaking of the pie ; there vas a great deal of gravy in it . but lie did
sot observe any white powder . Mary Ann Clegs aad Mary Wood deposed to the other females having been taken ill after partaking of the pie Josho * Swindells was with defendants , Mrs . Watkins , at CcsBl » tall-brid £ e , July 27 ih , where he -went Wiili Qarl&B Gaskell , and the defendant , "Waikbs . M |^ . ttd % aiher » un were together in the house . ^ pBam as ^ ed why the pie was not ready ; and his Bpftf" RpetHt would l > e ready at two , and they BB ^ eoase then . William Waikins said to Kia » ess , " I think my father wfll not live long ; b « jfciaks and Bpcees so much . " They returned * i haif-past two , -when they founi Mrs . W . 2 nd the Toss who was there before eating of the pie . It ¦ was wake time ; and it that period thev were
accastoaed to treat eaeb . other . Charles ' Gaskell also deposed that young Watkhm had said to him a fer « &ht before , in speaking of i ^ w between "his father aud mother , that the formerwofiW aot Rvp long . Sadler , superintend'Sii of police , deposed to having sent a policeman to arrest Mrs . Watkins , -on Wednesday , July 29 . and she was . in consequence , brought to the poSce-cffije the same day . He Olr gaoler ) told her that her husband was dangerously ill , id consequence of eating of a pie which she had joade him , and in which arsenic had beeu pa ; . She answered , ** I am innocent of having put auv arsenic " in ; and be ia quite likely to have put it ufhimsel ;" , for be bought toe muttou . There were four pies 4 &ade » t the same time . Indeed , 1 wanted him to
leave half of his pie ; but he would not . I . also asked'him to exit into it and eat Bome on &raday night , and give m « a bit , bus he would not . " He questioned her wny she desired same of Watkin'a pie when she had three others in the house , ii © which she replied , ** because I thought his was " ike best . " He added , ibat he also saw her make the whole , and even observed ber put in the pepper and salt : she acknowledged that words had lakes place between them about Kelsall ; bat denied being at Siockport with Kelsall on iW Friday befoje . Shej iMwrer , admitted being at Manchester , at her sisfers , at Back Top , last week bat one . Witness tola her that some arsenic had been found is the pie S » W 4 , " IV 8 likdj enough to have Wa
¦ pa * Hwre by temseif , as he had many a time aid that he would make away with himself . Hear * . Blaekshaw and John Riyner , surgeons , ¦ were respectively examined as to the observations adwe by the person on being called in to ths persons tfiicted , and bis decided opinion at the time that arsenic was tha caase of their sufferings ; and tl , e subsequent discoveries jointly , by the usual ar-enic tesa , of mineral poison in the pie crust , th-3 vo ^ uted Batter aad the mutton . From same collateral « rperiments made , they were enabled to determine fiiit the white arsenic was not put into the pie after it cams ie Stoekport , but before the period when it was subjected to the operation of baking . No pdriitya sf { KRSon , moreover , was fouad to exist in the
tssooked matton , from which the pie in question liad bean made . —The Towa Clerk applied fyr a furiaer adj-Hirnattenr of the inquiry nil Wgints- 'iav , wbfen Dike * * vLdene £ would be brou . ^ h * fonvaTa ! Kelsall wu admitted 10 bail in the sum c-f £ 50 ' vj appear igain oh W-jdnesday . The other prisoners Wrre then removed back to prison , and ihe above witnesses were bound over to appi-ar at the nex ; € htster Assizes . Adjo ^ aned to Wednesday , on which day the examinations were not re ^ umsJ , as had been expected , owing to the dangerous « ta . t « ef health of a Mrs . Linfoot , one of the three females above menrioaed , who had paruken of a portion of ti » empoisoned pie , and , being far advanced ia pr < . £ - naccy , child labour had been accelerated , aHd she was deliTexed the following day . Since then , her health has beea prrcarious j and , al-housn the
Eurgeoa give it as his opinion on Saturday , that tf » migiu be exaaimtd Aft oath ia- « ourt , this uay , yet cireumatacces had intttrened to icdaco him to liter his opinion , and , opyn his eertinu ^ te , the contiuaon of this protracred inquiry will not taie place before Saturday . —The Town Clerk said that Mra . Iiafoot was a most necessary witness for the prose-¦ cation , aad therefore applied thai the accused should be farther reminded until Saturday . —Mr . W . Yiaghan , on behalf of the prisoners , regretted that the examinaUua had bo often been iuterrupted by adjournments , but , of course , he could not object to the present appHciUoD , though it was at the cust of great inconvenience on the par : of the prisoners . Mrs . Watkins ( weeping ) declared siie wa 3 innocent « fthe crime impn » d to her . The son made no observation ; nor did KelsalL The prisoners were vceordingij put bask till Saturday .
The Tra-N-orr Fcsd . —The thirteenth report of tas Power-iooai Wearers' Committee ha 3 just been issued , shewhitf , at the termination of the turn-out , " what has become of the money collected in tbeir b » half . It aopears that the sum of ^ " 2 , 033 0 & . 6 ^ d . has beeu coniiibated toward ^ their snppori by their feaow-i ? . i » aTers , of which £ 2 , G 32 17 s . 4 | d . ii 3 been expeudtu in relief , leaTisg a balance ai 3 a . l | d . in hiLd . Ms . WixrEBBorroM . —Tha disappearance of this patleman , for so many years the poor man ' s friend , t » s given iise w > a fund of speculative conversation . Taai be has left the town a guilty mm , is now , we believe , bejond doubt ; and although we were in pos 3 £ » ii > B , la ^ t wee k , of the ramours aiioat on the SuDjact , we did not feel ourselves justified in the proanimation of such grave charges until they were
mqaired iiito . The sensation in this neighbourhood , occiEoaed by the extensive failure of a gentlemsn " * w had enjoyed such unlimited coufidtuc « , ocuJd ^» i be ex jeeded by the stoppage of a large bank . ¦ tks liabilities mast be enormous : his delinquencies . * e fear , will be yet larger . Already hasarevrard p £ 200 been offered for his apprehension on a charge ¦ t fergerj . He has , it is sutpected , absconded with | w&sy aud deedr , and other eotmnentary s-ecurities , g ^ his own preperiy ,, unknown to hk family jaid g *** - Tae dLjeovtry of the furgery of dojWji ) S « si a Life Assurance Company , in the name of Mis . Isherwood , of M&rple U&ll , and the surrepfcioaa way in which he had obtained the signature « Sir Salisbury Hampareys , of Beamhall ihdl . ( 10
J tom Mr . Wiuterbyttom was iand-ageut , ) lias fcroaght aboat his sudvien disapvearjmce . Siiice the pu has been issut-J , other tran ^ aciions of a disao&est and hcart-renoing character have transpired « & Saturday , a warrant was obtained agi ; i > si Mr . " iaterboUom at the Mansion House , Lonuvu , aud entrusted to Forester far execution , aud on ihe sauie day , Jir . Bu » h , the solicitor of the London Banker ' s Association , attended by Mr . Tate , of the Ptoaaix Ofice , Maochte&WT , aaa one ot xke Directora of ihe Company , waitea upon the Mayor in t . iis town , * iih the depositions of Mrs . Isherivood , of ^ larpie Hill , and Mr . Tate , Hid applied : or a waj-rani ioi Mr . Wioserbowom ' s » pprehsasioa , on & dlbliuci elarge of forgery It w not to idl aow long ha Las Ftactioed these nnfortunaic Ueiu . qaeacies , but , aithe in in
^ tgh one qneetiou was cwmmitted I ) e-^ aiier la ^ : ( the sam of £ o , 00 u being a life annuity ' Pod the death of Mr . isiierwocd , who died ibon ; ^* dva months ago ) it is feared that , oa the openiu ^ « fcs CommiosiDn on Monday , more forgeries may •* turo : ignt to light . It unfortunately happened that to * o < a ^ tai for tiro peers ; aud was the cosSdcatial MTiser add agent of uearly ill the wealthy iaxded fatry aad magistrates in tliis district ; but the * ° ss is , thas he w » s the esecator for a great ] - a ^ " >? r 01 widows and orphans , the whole of wnose « twi L-riunss vrui be entirely swept away . Others ^ a advicced him large suas to invest upon eligible ^" sage ; but mtfead of doing bo , he had appro-^ ted the money in every case to his owu par-Ptees , and given the parties a mere cote of b « d for
*« . ajaouat , and whicn will not be worth a straw . V ^ said that ^ t oni bask , although ihe owner of a *¦** extent of property , be had obtained large ad-« iees ; and bsid given them apparent deeds aa" 5 etftv ' i ^ a »> ® a eximiuauofl , the prinoipai part w th-Me doenmeais are fictitious and valueless . We „** that ruin te many a respectable family vrill be rlres ^ t , aad many o » her persona must inevitably ^ er , he havh ^ for a length of time enjoyed such «* exieasiTe pecuniary connection , aut his insollS / f ^ ng oow such a matter of surprise . His gMwiuiea we hare heard sated at £ 100 , 000 . We ^^ it will be . much more , when H is considered birtJJ . " amount of truit-money he had em-^« d in speculations which , doubtless , have driven j ~~ * ° eommij that which Bentences an offender to S ^ aaeBt from his native soli . Teat Mr . ^ ~^ w » ttom had premeditated his fi ; ght is evij ^^ o this circumstance . On the Friday be projj ^^* to London , and tnteredhisreai name to Dover . - ^ tn pa r > d lus fare ' at Liverpool , also ia Ms own Z ^^ i Jo L' ^ ahun-on > ii » »; i v tu ih& Pariiiaji
dumihg ¦?• ^^ ' ^ BrDe < i w > Siockport . After witnessfcum v P " « of the President to America , is « , erj - lOol » on lhe Saturday , by which vessel , it c ^ Pposeo , he inrendea to have sailed , on the ^ * J evening , he ordered out the carriage to
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JfiSSfe * *^ e fOT v *• *«* toam , taking his fh ? ex ^ fe ^ T ^ r ^^ heSf ^ BjT 3 ^ S ^ S nl iOndon ' ** instance of the mTwT ^ wS Offie !? P'w » eded to apprehend i £ " iS-S f T Bf 5 ° ^ * ^ nameintered , ¦ per railway , to London , took tne earliest train to ww 1 ? S «^! T ? ' t ^ ^ Meh Mr . ' w . SdlikS diJSll ? h « ? r T " ' , H . haTiD « thn 8 inff » iously SErJ , w £ f mi 0 B ^ ^ P ^ -e ™ ( calculating ^ B ^ ffiKSicrasyirss : ? and wife wiih him m f » r *< . ° ? L - * . _* Tf _ * ^^* = _ ^ V ? ¥
~ uu m a ncuuous name . The occurrence through-SJSIW ^ * $ ??? con 8 t « " ^ tion ; efea some of his famUy highl y connected though they be , have not escaped his propensity of forging their names as acceptor of bills of exchange ??? I very s ^ rin ^ T * ' J r ^ ences will en ^ l ^ h SnSSf \ * . nterb <>« om , who is left with two children , has , ever Blnfte ; the anfortuuate information was . communicated to her , been seriously afflicted dSerS ? ^ * ££ / eed » i 8 f" from out of ? em ^ r , m ^ f' V be 8 t ° ^ times ' of a Tei 7 deli ^ te SFvF w- ^ P ^ TailiDg opinion is , judging ff ° ™ ;" f . Winterbottom's general character , that , tow ^ ES ??* ' he wm * bI ? llght t 0 his natiy
MANCHESTER . - South Iaj ; cASHiHE Delegatb Mketi > g . —At the Ka o wt ' ! b ( Hjy 5 beld l n the Com ^ tee Room , f ° - j . Whutle-stre * t , on the 9 : h instant , Mr . Cox 1 ? rrt ¦ 1 U ^ e Cilair ' "" ^ "aol ^ ed unanimously , * w we >* delegates of South Lancashire , in public meeting assembled at Manchester , do fully approve of the plan agreed to by the general delegate meeting held in Manchester , on the 20 th of July and following days , for the organisation and governme « of the "Grand National Charter Association . - ' ~ nt -w we recommend to the Pionsional Councl { appointed by the general delega ^ tf&hig ) the ^ ropnety of taking immediate ste is tciput ^ whole plan into full operation , as if appears tot be generally approved of . " 3 . We &r « of nJZi ™
that it ia highly requisite the Provisional Council do rooet together immediately , and appoint a geueral Sfcrw * ry . and issue cards of membership . " 4 . Tim a : is the opinion of this meeting , with respect to tBe Chartist Circular , that the most extensive ctrcuLuion of this valuable and cheap periodical , throughout England aud Wale 3 , 13 very desirable , a * d »» y bebest effected throngh the instrumentality of . the Provisional Council ; and we recommend this subject to the most serious consideration of that bedy ; as also the propriety of authorising one partiemar agent in each town , by whom all the other vendors may be supplied . " The following lecturers we then appointed : —James Taylorof Ashtonto
, , lecture at Stockport , the 23 rd" of August , at six 0 clock in the evening ; John Doegan , of Stalyoridge , on the 2 nd of September , at eight o'clock in the evening ; and James Leech , of Manchester , September 13 th , at six o'clock in the evening ; at Manchester , No . 1 district , James Greaves , of Oidnam , 23 rd of August , at five o ' clock in the evening ; and Henry Smethurst , of Oldham , September 6 th , at five o ' clock in the evening ; at Rochfolfij by ChlllCg ConnoJ , Of Manchester , 23 rd of August , 6 t six o ' clock in the evening ; and John
Depgan , Septembsr Gth , at six o ' clock in the evening . A lecture will also be delivered at Hyde , on the 24 th of ^ n ^ ust , at eight o ' clock in the evening , by Peter Chappel , of Stockport ; and at eight o ' clock , on the / th of September , by John Deegan . At Ashton , on the 23 rd of August , at six o'clock in the evening , by Peter Chappel-, and at six o ' clock , on the 6 th 01 Jx-pienjber , by Caaries Connor . It is particularly requested of the various lecturers , to be punctual to their appointments ; and it is hoped that the various committees vriil exert themselves to gather as laTge audiences as circumstances will permit .
Whittle Stseet Disrnicr . —At the usual weekly meeiins ; of thia distnc : of the National Char ' -er Assoeiaiion , on SunJay evening la ? t , the room was crowdvd slmo&t , to suffocation , chiefly by persons anxiou 3 to enroll their names as advocates of the Ccartvr . Several person * , who have boea strenuous supporters of ibe Dan- O"Connell-system of ^ et-whatwe-can , bit-by-bit-Reform , entered their names upon : he roll , for ihi charter of liberty and real-justice t > Irehrid , h ^ viag come merely to Bee tho procGeuiug 3 of tho evening , which were so satisfactory to them , that ihey publicly abjured tho errors of U'Couneilism , and were received into the Chartist ranks wiih a hearty welcome by the old veterans , and great rejoicing by the young recruits who hav « lately eolisted in the army of universal freedom . On account of the rapid increase of members , it was
agreed that a larger room to meet in should ba procured as early as possible . A committee being appoiuted for that purpose , it is hoped they will j tpeedily succeed in ikeiz object , of wtuck due notice will be given in the Star . Let the Chartists of Manchester now do their duty ; let every member bring a friend with him to the meetings ; and if they have one grain of old English or Irish spirit in their bo * oia , they will not , they cannot , retire again withons adding their name and their penny , to the goodly company who are determined to Struggle , without ceasmsj , for the great prize of Universal Suffrage , and No Surrender . A committee was also appointed to make arrangements for the expected discussiou between Mr . Jime 3 Leech and Sydney Smith , E- *} ., on the subject of the Corn Laws . — Correspondent .
CXATTON . ASMYBBSABT OF THE HUMAXE SOCIETY . —On Monday last , the Humane Society held their sixtysecond anniversary , at ihe house of Mr . Henry Swain , the Old Dolphin Inn , Clayton , near Bradford , when upwards of eighty members partook of a sub-tantial dinner , which reflects great credit on the wcrihy host and hostess . The above Society is in a j > rosperoas concision , hariu ^ had a lar ^ e addition of new members . A 5 C 1 E 5 T Fobkstet . —On Monday last , the Ancient Foresters celebrated their fifth anniversary at the
house of Mr . James Murgatroyd , the Jiang ' s Head Inn , Clayton-Heights , when abous forty of the members sat uown to an excellent dinner , after whuh the members , their wives , and sweethearts , spent a cheenul and harmonious evening . We understand this Order is in a prosperous condition , and in unison with other Orders in doing much to ameliorate the condition i > f the working classes in this township , Clayton . In the to « -nahip of Clavton there is 1 , 005 cottages and farm-bouses , out or' which there i 3 U 9 cottages unoccupied , not 200 , a 3 the Leedt Mercury stated on the 1 st instant .
Accident . —On Friday last , Mr . Timothy Whitaker , of Sncif , was reiurnnig home , and naving to pa&s a very uangerous road , he fell off the way side , a distance of uine feet , and thereby dislocated his shvuluer ; medical aid was promptly procured , and he is in a fair way of recovery . Rather Awkward . —On the 5 th instant . the overseers of Clayton and Bowling had summoned a large number of rate-payers to appear before the Magistrates of Bradford , for that day . After the Jisv nad been called over for Clayton , it was asked \* ho " & * : rveu tho ^ e parties with summonses , when the Constable cf Bowling stood up in the witness box , and said he had served tr . eni . Tke constable was
ihea svrorn , and tne magistrate , Mr . Whitehead , calling over the names in rotation , said , " when did } oa strve Beiijjmin Liinjjwonh wiih a summons V Ausvrtr , " Monday l <;; t . " u Ptrcoually or not V Answer , '' personaiiy . "' The same questions were asked respiting about u dozen names , when the ( Jversocsr of Clayton stepped cp to ascertain which summonses they were , when he stated the constable vras sw ^ a-ring to tae wrong eunxmonses . The magis - trates ijave the Conitable of Bjwliag a seTere reprimand for swearing to parties that he had not t ^ ' rved . The constable saiu , be knew nought but tbty v .-ere tor Bawling . " The Constable of Clayton was then sworn , and the business proceeded with .
HUDDSB 8 FZELS . TO THE "WORKING MEN OF HUDDERSFIELD AND 1 I 1 E SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOOD . Ye unenfranchised , whera are you ! Wh ^ are you'dom ^ ! What is your present condition , and your l ' ntur « ^ respects ? Awake I awake I AroUBe ye from ibis i . p « ihy ! Cast off this slumbering delusion , and co : ue forward in the glorious cause of freedom I Yeihiiweie wont to be the first in the gioiious straggle of right against might—ye that were wont to oe the foremost in the fight ! Why this present apathy ! Do your chains sit easy upon vcu , or have your task-masters relented 1 Ye slave
clasi , arc ye content , tnat ye are so listless ! Are your prospects bo cheering , that you need bo emancipation I You have fongiu long and nobly for one party and another—you have been tossed from one to another , when occasion needed—deceived and betrayed , when you were of no further use 1 This is ihe time for you to work for yourselves , and be no longer the dupes of any party . Is trade so good , or are your prospects in the approaching winter bo brilliant , that you aro so backward I Alas , ne I Yoar prospactB are bad—no bright glimmerings of hope to cheer you on . Then , why this lack of energy ,
uua holding back , in this important crisis ! i ' or iicver did the glorious cause of freedom stand in such a cheering position as at the present tim «!—n < ver did it attain such a height and Buch a position in the country as at the present moment ! Has not Scotland joined in the holy league with us , and is not Wales with us likewise ? Have we not a press of oar own , to publish to the world our just demands , and confute the base and lalse asser tions , of our enemies 1 Have we not a plan laid dowa , which , if fairly carried into operation , must evenruaUy succeed in gaining us our just ana undeniable rights 1 And it is for this that we make this
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appeal ; for we want yoar cordial co-operation to etteet it . It ia the Toioe of the Btarving millions of your countrymen that demands your cordial cooperation in the glorious struggle forfreedom . Awake , then , ye slumbering—ye iudostrious classes , and rally around your glorious Charter . Show to your enemies that ye are awake to your wrongs—that you see the chains that bind , and that you will never rest until they are broken into a thousand pieces , and slavery is only known as a thing that did once exist . Bally around the floating banner of freedom , lor it must be yourselves that must fight the good fight of moral determination . Think ye that your pruud oppressors , whose interest istokeop yon down , will do it for yqnl No , never ! Awaka from this slumbering delusion , for . » PPe * l 5 for we want tout cordial co-oner&tinn In
"Hereditary bondsmen ! know ye not , Who would be free , themselves must strike the blow »•• Yes ! it must be yourselves that must effect this grand and noble object—tho emancipation of yourselves and your country . Come forward , then : we need your assistance . Union is strength—Knowledge is powerand , by our concentrated efforts , we can obtain that which has been vainly struggled for by one party and another . When one has been pulling one way , another has been pulling the other ; but now we are all united for one common Object—and SO united that we must eventually conquer . " For Freedom ' s battle , once begun , Beqneata'd from bleeding sire to son , Though baffled oft , ia ever won !" And most truly we have been baffled—not by open enemies , but by false and pretended friends—but never conquered . Therefore , rally around the sacred banner of the Charter .
" They never fail who die Ina great cause : the block may soak their gore , Their heada may sodden in the sun , thoir limbs Be strung to city gates and castle walls , But still their spirit walks abroad . Though years Elapse , and others share as dark a demm , They but augment tho deep and sweeping thonghts Which overpower all others , and conducts The world at last to freedom . " Now is the time ! Let party dissentions cease from amongst you . Bury your former animosity in the grave of oblivion , and , like men , forgive one another and unite together for the public good . United we stand ; divided we fall !
Up , then , ye men of HnddersSeld ! ye trampled slaves ! and shew to your enemies that you are determined to be freo . Let your watchword and your cry be "Liberty ! " Let determination mark your conduct . Stern and unflinching be jour stand Plant firm your standard . Let it float on high—let the bad ^ e of freedom grace each manly breast , and # rm - determination fill each heart . To calmly crouch to slavery is worse than death—and he that calmly crouches is not worth the name of man . Men of Hudd-jrsfield ! look around ye , and see what glonou 3 tfforts aro being made throughout the land ; and will ye be the last to shake off the trammels of bondage ? God forbid ! The tocsin has sounded , and you will answer its appeal—and , nke the mountain torrent , irresistible in its onward course for freedom and for happiness—and , by our united efforts , snatch from oblivion our fast perishing country !
• Ill fares the land , to hastening ills a prey , VShere wealth accumulates , and men decay ! Princes and men may flourish , or may fade ; A breath can make tham , as a breath baa made : But , & bold peaS&ntrS , their country ' s pride , When once destroy'd , can never be supplied . " Then , come and join the glorious cause , ye trampled sons of toil ! Tyranny has had its reign too long . J"he natioa is groaning beneath its wrongsand to you , tho working clas 3 eB , must be the glorious task of saving a mighty empire from destruction ! Up , then , and to the fight of moral determination ! Rally around the floating banner of the Charter ! Let every energy mark your conduct , and firmness our decisions , and our motto be
Universal Suffrage , and No Surrender . Oa the behalf of the National Charter Association , Huddersfi ^ ld . Edward Clayton , Chairman . Abuses at the Post-office— On Saturday morning , when tho Star agents wont to the Postoffipo for tho papsrs , at eight o ' clock ( as usual ) none were to be had ; and , after waiting a considerable time , they were told that unless they would comply with the rule , that is , to pay five shillings a-year to the post-master , the Northern Star Bhould not be delivered until he ( the postmaster ) thought proper ; for he would take care the Star Bhould not rule predominant . The Mercuries were thrown in
the passage , and ailowed to be taken away full an hour before the others could be got . We Bhould with to know if a public officer is to insult the public in this manner or not . We underrtaud a memorial to the Po 3 t-master General is getting up , stating the grievances which the post-master ( Moore ) causes , when he takes his flights to attain money . Skriocs Accident . —Oa Sunday last , as a party were proceeding from Stockton to Hndderefisld , in a gig , the horse took fright , near Grange Ash , ran away down the hill , at lepton Hed * e , broke the # ii ? to atoms , and seriously injured all the party Mrs . Richardson , of the Ship Inn , Huddersfield , had her leg and arm broke , and received other serious injuries . She is now lying in a very precarious state .
Huddkesfikld Cloth Market , Adgust 11 . —This market presented an aspect pretty nearly as animated as the one last week ; there being many buyers , and large sales effected , ia nearly all descriptions of goods for which it is celebrated . In heavy woollens especially the demand was brisk . Fancy waistooatings , and other light goods , were also k greater request . In wools , some heavy sales took place . Prices , too , were a little improved ; and as the stocks of manufactured articles are not unusually large , a steady improvement may be expected . In the warehouses a faiT business has been done during the week . Work is dail y becoming more plentifnl , and considerable orders are in hand .
BA&NSLE-7 . Chabtist Association . —The Chartist Association of Barnsley held its weekly meeting as usual , and a jjreat many members were entered . This is a manifest proof that the spirit of Chartism is not broken , and though the Whit's , base and brutal as they are , will not relax their tyranny , they will find , to their cost , that the handwriting is on the wall against them . Foot Race . —On Monday a foot race wa 3 run
between Ashtcn , of Burton , aud Wells , of Barnsley . The distance was 200 yards , and the stakes three pounds each . There were bye-bets to a large amount . The odds were in favour of Wells . Both men stripped well ; but any casual spectator might perceive that ABhton looked the most likely for winning—however , both seemed confident . The ground being measured and all things in readiness , both men started , Wells taking the lead for a few yards : Ashton soon overtook aim , beating him about five yards .
LIVERPOOL . Ancient Forestry . —One of the largest and most splendid processions that ever took place in this large and populous town came off oa Monday last , there being no less than 2 , 5 < J 0 to 3 , 000 members preient on the occasion , besioes a number of boys , the sons of parents wishful that their offspring should imitate them in so laudable a calling as that of Forestry . In the year 18 ^ 7 , the first court was opened ; and now there are no less than forty-eight courts , varying from lvO to 150 members in each . On the above occasion , the town appeared as though an election was about to take place , there being no less than from fifty to sixty banners , accompanied with eight excellent bands .
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A PUBLIC MEETING of the Subscribers to tha Fund for the Erection of a Monument to the late Henrt Hunt , Esq . M . P ., will be held in the Rev . Mr . Scholepield ' s Chapel , Manchester , on Tuesday Evening next , August 18 th , 1840 , to receive a Report relative to the Cost aud Erection of a suitable Memento to that good and k-oncst Patriot . Abel Hkywood , Secretary .
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( . BY EXPRESS . ) Friday , August U . —The arrivals of Wheat continue moderate . There has been a tolerable sale for fine qaulities at & decline of Is . per quarter ; inferior sorts almost unsaleable . Barley nominal . Oats and Shelling as before Beans and other articles without material alteration . Bradford Wool Market , Atjo . 13 . —The market is yet in a sluggish state , but we do not hear of any further reduction in prices , except for the finest combing sorts , which may be bought on rather easier terms . Yarn Market—There is a Bteady demand for Yarn , at former prices . —Piece Market—The favourable change in the market last week has been fully maintained to-day ; but prices still rale low .
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Ths Right Hon . C . Poulett Thomson , Governor-General of Canada , is to be immediately VaJsed . 0 the Peerage Sir Colin Campbell , Governor ^ Nova Sootia . M ^ ppoimed Governor ' of Ceyloa £ gaoe of the R . ght Hon . Alexander Stewart Mackenzie , who retires . Lord Viscount Falkland » s appointed to succeed Sir Colin Campbell in the government of Nova Scotia . —Chronicle . Wb are informed , upon the most indisputable authority , that the electors of Herefordshire are about ip forward to Air . Joseph Bailey , Jun ., M . p . for buubury , a pressing requisition , ealW upon that gentleman to allow himself to be put in nomination oi iiSrfJi **? / u r the "Plantation of the county of Hereford at the next election . A better colleague fw their excellent member , Mr . Foley , the constitnency of Herefordshire could not have hit upon .-norcestershtre Guardian .
Louis Napoleon ' s Removal frox Boulogne—BoTn . oQNB-Sua-MsR , August 8 , 7 p . M .-thiB morningihw wald adventurer was quietly removed from XL- I- * « e upp ? r tQvvn * tl ls supposed his destination is Ham . Montholon and the other captiyes are to be tried , it is said , by a military tribunal , ihe insurgents have undergone examination , but secrecy appeara to bo the order of the day , as nothing has yet been revealed to the public . A singular custom prevails at Gainsborough of giving away peuny loaves on the morning of a tuneral to whoever demands them ; this custom has for it
prevailed so long a period , that the poorer gb ^ ttata look upon as a right . ~ Ztncofo J fixTBAonDiNAnY Packk £ ~ Among tKe strange packages which came by the general post on Tuesday to istamford was one containing 200 leeches On emptying the letter-bag the postmaster found to his dismay someueoreB of the reptiles crawling about it ; gome had crept into the letters , and others immediately seized upon his hands , and it was with great dimculty that the dismayed official "escaped a bleeding : they were all secured after a diiigeut searoh . — Stamford Mercury .
Attempted Escapkfbom Prison . —On Monday , two of the Chartist couvims , whose sentences had been commuted to three years' imprisonment in Monmouth Gaol , made a determined endeavour to escape from that prison . They appear to have broken out of their cell , and to have soiled the inner wall aud iron rails , and were found in the outer court , when they were recaptured , and placed m solitary confinement in separate cells . -- Hereford Times .
Extensivb Robberies . —A young man , only nineteen years ofm , named Syer , was fully committed tor trial on Wednesday , ibr a series of robberies on his master , Mr . Taylor , the draper at Brentwood . Mr . Tayior ' a brother suspecting him , marked some money m the till , which the prisoner took from that place . Oq searching Syer ' s boxes , £ 50 in gold and large quantities of his master ' s property were found . He had also money in the banker ' s hands and in the Savings' Banks , all of which wero the fruits of his robberies , amounting to upwards of £ 1 a-day for the last ten wouih& . —ChelmsJord Chronicle .
We regret to have to lay before our readers the following particulars of a most diabolical attempt to poison a whole family . The wife of a person named Robinson , a weaver , who keeps a beer-nouae at Desborough , ' purchased some flour from a respectable baker at Desborough , iu the course of last week . A pudding was made of the flour , of which the wholo family partook , without experiencing any ill effects from it . Oa Thursday week Mrs . Robiuson again made a puddiug and a pio . The family ( six in number ) , on « a temalo , named Bagby , who was washing there , partook of it , and shortly afterwards they were allseized with vomiting . A medical gentleman wad sent for , and it was ascertained that they must have taken poison . The remainder of the pie was takefc possession of \ by the medical attendant for the purpose of being analyzed . Considerable mystery at present ohvelopos the transaction . — Northampton Herald .
The following list of the Russian navy ia published by the Temps :- * Baltic Fieet .-V 3 ships of the lino of 110 guns ; 6 ditto , 84 ; 19 ditto , 74 ; 2 frigates Of 54 guns ; 17 ditto , 44 ; 3 corvettes of 32 , 26 , and 24 guns respectively ; and 12 brim Of 20 gyxas . Black Sea Fleet . —2 ships of the line of 110 guus ; 8 ditto , 84 ; 12 ditto , 74 j 11 frigates of 44 guns , and 8 brigs ef 20 guns . The aumber of sailors id ^ . SaO ^ atJh ^ ews ^ re ; afloat only during the they are rated at , but they are badly built , and last , on an average , only nine years . " .
A Magistrate bo seldom gets the worst of it in a contest with a poor man , that it becomes a pleasure as well as a duty to record the fact whenever it occurs . At the Guildford Assizes , on Wednesday , Lord Grantley had the singular ill-fortune to be cast in damages to the tune of # 250 , in an action brought by a labourer for ejectment from his cottage , which by his lordship ' s orders was afterwards pulled down and destfjoyed . The defence set up was that the plaintiff had no claim to live in the cottage , bat it was not quite so satisfactory to the jury as to his lordship ; seeing that * the former gave damages to the above amount / -intimating also that the plaintiff had a clai m to his cottage , and that his lordship had not . This verdict was returned , too , in the teeth of the Judge ( Abinger ) , who showed in a v-ery marked manner , by his summing up , his sympathy with the lord instead of the labourer .
Fatal Accident at Jersey . —A Lady and her Daughter Drowned . —A dreadful accident took placo at St . Malo a few days . A lady , the direclrice of the Monsburge post , was walking on the quay accompanied by her two children , a boy aged nine year ? , and a girl , aged about eleven , when , unfortunately approaching too near the brink of the quay , the little girl fell into the water , drawing with her the distracted mother , who , holdineher son , dragged him also into the water . Several persons , seeing the accident , dashed at once into the sea to save the lady and her children , but , unfortunately , they succeeded iu saving only the boy ; the lady and her daughter were brought on shore corpses . —«/ mev paper , Aug . 7 .
Mysterious Disappearance op a Young Gentleman . —On the evening of Tuesday last a youth named Cooper , the son of a gentleman residing at Bath , arrived by the coach from that city at the Sussex Hotel , Bouverie-etreat , Fleefc-atreet for the purpose of joining his brother , who is at school at Bnxton . On the following afternoon he went out for the purpose of taking a walk , and has not since been heard of . He is about fourteen years of aee fair complexion , and was dressed in a suit of dark green clothes , and bluo cloth cap , and his linen marked " J . A . Cooper . "
Body found in the River . —On Monday last an inquest was held before Mr . Biker , tho coroner ' at the Town of Ranisgate , High-street , Wapping , on the body of a man , name unknown , which was found in the river Thames , just off King Edwardstairs , on Saturday afternoon last . There was no person present to identify the body of the deceased who must have been an exceedingly good-looking man , about thirty years old , about five-feet ten inches hi « h , with dark hair , and dressed in a fustian suit . The body appeared to have boon in the water four or five days . The deceased had also the appearance of being a foreigner , having rings in his ears , and two or three on his fingers . A knife with three blades , with a mother-o ' -pearl handle , was found in his pocket , besides four pence in copper A verdict , was returned of " Found drowned " "
Murder , and Suicide of the Murderer , in France . —A dreadful murder , followed by the suicide of the murderer , has been committed at Booseghen a commune situate about a league from tho city of Aire , upon the route to Hazebrouck . The man Georges Bernet , lived ia concubinage with his servant , Enphrasine Beurlier , aged forty-two years whom he shot with a pistol , and whilst she was stretcned on tlio ground weltering in her blood he armed himself with a gun , loaded with buck-shot the barrel of which he placed against hi « lftf * **** '
under the heart , in which , by stepping upon the trigger with his foot , he lodged the contents His death was instantaneous . The unhappy man had careiully loaded these weapons previously , and was thus well prepared to carry into execution his projected crane . The motives which led him to the commission of this are not authentically known- it ia taid his victim was pregnant / and moreover that she tad previously givou birth to a child . It appears also that the mental faculties of Bernet , who has always led aa eccentric life , had become impaired Descended from Protestant parents , who were ' settled in a country where Catholicism alone i 8 known , ho embraced the latter religion at an advanced age . He was , however , never considered to be seriously converted ; he mixed not in the affairs or the commune , or had communication with the inhabitants ; he was never B « en at mass or at taverns but was a groat sportsman , and Dassedhia lifi > «) nni
in the fields aad woods with his dog and gun He was an athletic man , and of vindictive disposition . two qualities which did not increase him in the estimation ot W 3 neighbours , who , when passing near his dwell ^ g , when he was there , heard little else than imprecations and blasphemies . Bernet was in the possession of a comfortable HviDg , and had some property . The servant , it it aaid , ha 3 just Bunk under the effeefs of the wound .- —Gazette dct Tribunatis .
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Tb « " MA » rTa" Thohogood . —At the close of the Moond and last day's poll at Chelmsford . on Wednes-« J > the resolutions » PproriDg of tho conduct of the churchwardens were carried by a large majority , the numbers being : —For tho resolutions , 391 against them , 249-M » jority , 142 . Calton Female Uniyebsal Suffrage Association . —A crowded meeting of the Association was held m the Infant School Room , Marlborooghstreet , on Wednesday evening , Mr . Methven in the chair . Tha meeting was addressed at considerable length by Mr . Currie , who was followed by Mr . Colquhoun , bo ( h of whom seemed to give much satisfaction . In the courso of the evening , Mr . Dicksou read the articles of the Chartist Provision Store , the shares five
being shillings e * c& , and which wore buying up rapidly . Mr . Cullen likewise addressed the meeting . After the business , the meeting were entertained by several comic songs from Messrs . Drummond , Hamilton , &c . Thanks were voted to Messrs . Come , and Colquhoun , and the Chairman . tuSS £ * ExpI <<* I 0 N « Spithead against the Wreck oir the . Rotat . GEoROE .-By far the most magnificent exhibition which has yet been witnessed or tne enormous force of gunpowder when exploded under watfer , took place on Wednesday last , at Spito ^ JiJ ** ° ^ ' wWph - consisted of 25 barrels , or 2 , 2501 b 8 ^ was placed at the depth of eleven fathoms and analf , or about seventy feet under the surface , nearly over the original position of the foro hatchway of the old ship . When Col . PasleyV preparative trumpet soundedall were turned to the
. , eyes launch in which Lieut . Symonds stood with the ends or the connecting wires of the voltaic baltorv in his hands . Scarcely had the word been given to "Fire " and the trumpet sounded , when the whole area wa 3 8 h ^ ? ? l lf b 7 an earthquake , the surface became ruffled like the top of a glacier , and in the next instant , literally m leas than two seconds , the water bulged up and cose to the height of about twenty toet , after which a sort of second burst or bulge occurred , which projected tho sea iu huge masses huh into the air . Such was tho violanco of this effort that the spray was thrown completely over all the adjacent vessels in a drenching shower , accompanied by gustsaf wind " radidting from the centre . Various tatimateswere formed as to the height of
the column or columns Of water . Some went as far as 100 feet , and some as low as 50 . The commotion in the water , and the ocean of mud , dead fish , aad other symptoms of violence which spread far and near , gave every promise that tho operation will answer the purpose which Colonel Pasleyhas in view Wreck of the ' -Bentinck and Castlerkagu .-t Bombay , June 20 . —On the 12 th of June , about three 0 clock in the afternoon , the Lord William Bentinck , trom London , with troops and passengers , ran ashore close to the light-house at Colabah . I was down there with a number of gentlemen about two hours after , and her masts had then gone , her bow was broken off , and the sea was breaking over her . Some boats were carried out from the dock-yard
but no men were sent to man them , and little could be done .- A raft was constructed , upon which a few people clung ; and about two iu the morning tho wreck parted in two , and went to pieces immediately . The ladies and women wero all drowned ; the captain , hi 3 son , and the doctor , aud the first officer , threo cadets , and eighty or ninety of the troops and crew . The rest wero picked up , some so severely injured , that they died of their wounds . But thiBJsnot the worst . In the night the wreck hoisted a li « , misled by which , the Castlereaofi 1 ran l ^ o a 1 Sft yards ot lho Bentinck . She had about 300 native troops oa board , with four ofilcers , from Karrak . I saw her , her masts all standing , at about ten in tho morning of the 13- » h , and at t clock she
wo o ' parted in two , and in a few minutes was completely destroyed . By the exertions of ( hfferentgentleraen , and the captains of ships , in tho harbour , a considerable number of the troops were landed safely in the morning . But when she broke up , the loss of life was fearful . Captain Eale , of the 24 th , Dr . Davis , Lieutenant Walker , eugiueerj , aud a great number of the crow , and about CO of the Sepoys were drowned ; the whole shore has since been strewed with dead bodies , barrels , boxes , and all sorts of things . But what did Government do ! About one o ' clock they sent a circular to the mercantile houses for voluntoera from tho ships " to save their fellow-creatures . " Very humane , was it not after allowing ibe Bentinck to go to pieces without sending one seaman to aid , though there are three
steamers ia the harbour , they give the ships ample timefor com pie destruction , and then send to others for volunteers to save their own troops ! I luve been told by three or fourcaptain 3 , who themselves took an oar the whole morniug of the 13 th , thathad there been twenty st « at seamen to man the boats , every mau from the Castlereagh would , without doubt , have been saved . G— went to the superintendent's office directly tho Bentinck struck to know what had been done , and was informed by Borne subordinate " that he didn ' t know—they were fools to jjet into such places ! " Pray , if you can , do not let the disgracetul conduct of the Government pass unnoticed . Many officers-of the Government were individually active ; but by Government nothing was done , except the sending down empty boats , and leaving . them to be a \ annea by Providence . "
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MARYLEBONE . RCFFUNI . Y OLTRAGE BV A " GliNTLEMAN . "—Charles Fitzgerald , a gentleman of property , residing in Soutnwick-strctt , Paddington , and who is said to be nearly related to Earl Fitzgtrald , appeared before Mr . Hardwick on a warrant , charging him with a most ruffianly assault upon Henry Wright , a boy about 13 years of ago , employed by him as assistant groom . Complainant Mated that , on Wednesday afternoon , on his going into the house to dinner , he was desired to saddle , and bring out of the stable , the pony , which he did ; and while trotting it along , h 8 attempted to leap the animal over a very low bar . Defendant then come up , aud wiih a hookei stick whLh ho had in his handstruck him (
com-, plainant ) a mo . -t tremendous blow on the head , by Which he Was for a minute or two stunned . Other blows wero also inflicted upon different parts of his person , and he had dreadful bruises from the 1 ioleuce complained of . The poor little fellow here pnllod off his shirt , and the weals and bruises which wore apparent , fully satisfied every one in Court that he had been subjected to treatment of a most cruel and merciless nature , aud several persons involuntarily exclaimed , "Shame , shame ! " Two respectable witnesses , named Jackson aad Russell , corroborated the complainant ' s evider . ee , and characterised the chastisement inflicted by the defendant as " most rascally" and "brutal . " In reply tothocharze . the
defendant said that when he saw tha attempt made to jump tho pony , he pulled the complainant from the saddle , and struck him once over the shoulder ; the latter then followed and abused him , and in consequence thereof , he ( defendant ) struck him six or seven times more upon the shoulders and legs . Mr . Hardwick said it was a most unjustifiable and savage assault , and could not be lightly dealt with : in the event , however , of a fine being imposed , no portion thereof would go to the complainant , and under the circumstances he ( the Magistrate ) should recommend the defendant to make the poor boy some recompense . He declined doing this , aud was fined £ 4 and costs .
GUILDHALL . A Caution to Essex Calves and Conglomerators of Devonshire Cream . — Mr . William Pilbrook was brought up by one of the City police on the charge of being found in a beastly state of drunkenness within the purlieus of that odue on the preceding ni ^ ht , in consequence of which he was taken to the station , and having a great deal of property about him , of which he wa 3 unablo to take care , he was detained . Alderman : Well , Mr . Pilbrook , who and what are you , and where do you come from ?—Mr . Pilbrook ( smiling ) : Why I deal in beasts , and came up from Romfiml on Monday . Alderman Farebrother—Then I suppose you are what is called an Essex calf ! ( A laugh . )—Mr . Pilbrook ( laughing ) : it appears I was calf enough last night . Alderman Farebrother — Well , you ought to be very much obliged to the policeman for taking caro of you , for had he not done so some of the "
nightwalkers" would have eased you of your watch , notes , and money . I allow you to go out and make him eomo suitable recompense . —Mr . Pilbrook : That I am ready and thankful to do , sir . Alderman—Before you retire , let me advise you never to come to Lor . Jou a ^ ain from Rcniford without a cow by your side , and then she will take care of you . ( Bursts of laughter . ) The next " uocturnaiiat" was Mi . John Wiiton , who described himself as a native of a village not far from Exeter . The charge preferred against him was , that he was very " tipsy , and incapable of taking care of his person or property . " Alderman Farebrother—What property did you find on him I—Officer : Thirty-six sovereigns , And papers of value . .. Alderman—Yen are not an Essex man?—Mr . Wilton : Ho ; Ize vrom Devon . Aldemian—What are you ! A butcher .
Aldefman—What brought you to London ! To seek employment . Aldenaan—Howcameyoutoget so tipsy last night 1 After some hesitation the gentleman said he had M supp'd" with eomo frieno * B . Alderman—YeB yoa took a " eup" too much . Yea : I felt cloudy father . Alderman—Yea , or " clouted" rather , like your Devonshire cream . ( Loud Laughter . ) Well , I shall discharge you , « n making some reasonable compensation to the officer for ( be preservation of your property . Alderman Farebrother , and some of Us brothers of the ermine , have adopted an excellent plan , by holuiag out a hope of reward , to the police officer who " picks up" persons of this description , because the natural tendency is to keep them honest . At the same time whatever the constable receives he is bound to report to D . W . Harvey , Esq ., tho Chief Commissioner , with a recommendation that the money become a , perquisite .
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JSEL ?!™?* * ? tbe Qn ^ ° »* be expects , torn b ? r W « « Pal ) M 5 t « ay . » toat the end £ NoTemfaSepkc ^ V Wh 0 B J 0 ha »«*« . ¦ * !««»• wfll A Poetical temperament is , of all other * th * least fitted to tho world . It * inequalftieM& f ^ nfe ! ness , ita indignations , its ebbs aid flows iS alfthe rpvarM . of craft : and what but craft wai u £ io § I O © XUiGu DV f Beautiful Precept . —Aa all-wisa Creator baa ordained , ; that as osrents" watch over the helpless infancy of their chiWren , so tho children are to nurse the . declining days of their parents , support tha tottering step ? , and administer to the weaknaftJ of second childhood in those who administer to t ^ T wants . . .
Whilk the funeral car , with the remains of the victims of July , was passing along the Boulevards , * National Guard reproved a man . near him for not taking off his hat , as ail around him h&& tfowj . bir , replied , he , " I cannot do honour to my self . One of my legs is among the vktinis , and modesty forbids me to salute it . " On looking dowu , the National Guard saw that hi 3 interlocutor had » wooden leg . CHEAP SOVERIGNS . —A SIGN FOR POST-OF / IC WINDOWS . One Sovereign , in times of old , Was twenty shillings' worth ot eolir
But times are chang'd , an . I he , who ' s willing , May buy a dozen for a ' shilling ! The New Orleans Times sayR , the inquiry of * gentleman if it was not ' rather aniiHUjj- " t- > cJit a uaily paper , reminds him "of a question he onca heard propounded by a mou > si&che « i , wa . « p . waistod exquiiit * ,. to an emaciuted wretch st work on the treadmill . " Fe ! low , " said the" perfumed and n ' dslettfd copy cf humanity , r' doinfc you ioijsd tha * demned exeel ' iaiing aixemsf ! " '
whig houwats . - . The Session ' s drawing to a elose ; ' -.. Base Wh ggery needs wnsereposo ; A id surtly Britain ne 9 d nt t weep , Were that repose—eternal fcleepj ¦ 'r---Rum , when in hoga-iiead * , is capVbla of doing bofr little tmachief $ but when it guts into meu ' s-heacb * look out ! An illiterate personage , who had always volunteered to - go round with tno hat , was su ^ peotrtl of sparing " his own pocket . Overhearing , oiiii day , a hint to that tif ' . ct . Lo made the following tpeech : — "Other gentlemen pats down what they thinks proper , and so do I . Charity'd a privato ' conuern . and what I give 3 is nothing to nobody . "
Ihe Colony March . —On the visit of the Queen and Prince Albert w Chelsea Hospital , the juvenite band , we are told , played the " celebrated Cohurk march . " The people of England , we have a notion , would give a good deal to see that marcA performed ! Virtue of Steel . —When the " Great Captain " was recovering from his lato indisposition , his medical attendants ventured to suggest the employin « ut of a little steel , by way of helping onward his cohvakscence . The irony Duke , however , with a crim smileobserved that
, ho had been all his lifo too much used to that sort of" physic" for it to bo ' of any * pr <> - bable service now , and ihert&ye declined tho proposition . THE APPROACHING " EVENT . " Victoria's lying in wi'l prove , 110 doubt , Tha signal him !' or John Bull ' s laying out ! " THE TAIL 1 " England ! ouce a mitfhty nation , Failing fast to degradation ; ¦ If . Wli'g ^ ish Councils must prevail . Of Empires thou'lt soon be— Tins TaV ! *"
FiELn-MAUSuAL his "Royal Hig'knens" Prinee Albert , with a true military reeling ; has directed tho infant's ' sleeping room adjoin ng the Royal nursery to be fitted up with a tent bedBtead . The Ant-Bbar . —It has been generally thought that the aut-bear lives exclusively on ants ; which , however , is not tho caso ; as , 111 one which Mr . Sohoinburirk di .-sected , a speries-of . Julus was found ; and alive ant-bai- . * , which Mr . ij . hae , swailowswitli avidity fresh meat . Religion is life's nightingale , ginning sweetest when all other songsters are become mute .
Qualifications for Matkimony . —No w .-man ought to ba permitted to enter upon the duties of connubiality without being able to mako a shirt , mend a coat , seat a pair of unvvhisperablea , bake a loaf of bread , roast a joint of moat , broil a steak , make a pudding , and manufacture frocks forlittla responsibiliti es . DiFFiccLTlfis .-r ^ -There are few difficulties thai hold out against-feSf attacks they fly , like the visible horizon , before . those who advance . A passionate desire Tiud uftajre&ried will , can perform impossibilities , or what soom to be such to tho cold and tba foeble . One of . the Tallbo y ' s Family . —In gllfekyille ^ thewis" a boy , *{ j , ed ten y « sr 3 r ~ ivftH 3 i ! &uaaQga *« mon tall that he cannot tolt when hu ides sXtk eold . -
The Queen Dowager took care , according to th * account in tho Herald , not to take a peep at the chapel of Alton Towere , the seat of the Earl of Shrewsbury , on her visit there last week . Her Dowager Majesty is much too staunch and prudent a Protestant to risk tho salvation of her precious sonl by visiting a Popish chapel . She visited every other part of the mansion but that , but the spectacle of the outward and visible signs of the Popish fat ^ K was too much for her . She refused to countenance Catholicism by so much as a look . Whokaowa the mischiefthat evenaglance mihethave occasisnsdt
A Sufficient Excuse . —An editor at Illinois excuses himself for delay in publishing his paper , on the ground that the ague has shaken all his teeth loose , aud compelled him to use both hands to hold hia trousors on . Not in Haste . —A clergyman in the north , very homely in his address , chose for his text & passago in the . Psalms , " I said in my haste all mon are liars . " •' . Aye , " premised his reveronca by way of introduction , " Ye said it in your haste , David , did ye ?—fiiii yo be hftre , ye micht hao said it at your leisure , my man . "—The Laird of Logan . Canine Wonder . —At Him Pott ' s store , No . 15 , Tbird-street , in this city ( Charleston ) , a little dog is to be seen , whose tail curls naturally so tighr , that he has naver been able to put his hind legs to ths ground .
A Lie . — " A great lio , " says the poet Crabbe , - ** is like a great fish on dry land , it may fret and fliug , and make a frightful bother , out it cannot hurt you . You have only to keep still and it will die of ^ kself . " Philosophy cannot bake bread , but she can put us in possession of God , freedom , and immorality . The Germans , it is well 'known , sleep without blankets or sheets—the nasty beasts—and between the bed and the mattress ; the bed , of course , uppermost . Prince Albert , on first coming to this country , it is a well authenticated fact , from ignorance of our custom ? , slept under the bed .
George tho Second being informed that an impudent printer-was to ba punished for having published a spurious ( King ' s ) speech , replied that he hoped the punishment would be of the mildest sort , because he had read both , and , as far as he understood either of them , he liked lhe . spurious speech Bfetter than his own . - . We observe by a foreign paragraph , that a "Mr . Funk , a political writer at Frankfort , has just been discharged , the term of his imprisonment having expired . " A more unfortunate same for a political writer could hardly exist : none of the "Funk . "
family ought to tako up the profession of politics , which has too many perils for persons of each a contemptible COgllomtn . If there bo anything ia » name , Mr . Funk can never be a man of courage . Orthographical Transmogiuficatios . —A black " smith lately made otat aj > ill 3 nbst one of his customers , in which a charge was -wended to be made for steeling two mattocks , tnt the so a of Vulcan , who had been more used to % ielding a sledge hammer than Btcdyint ? Doctor Johnson , wrote the following item : — "To stealing tmo mad ducks , tw » shillings . "
The issue of the " double Times" is Jeeraed lea fringular than it would be in the other journal ? , th « T ' tmci be < ng more used to " doubling" than say of its contemporaries . It has , however , doso with , ; doubling , for the present . When a strong ten ; pt 5 fc : tiou shall again present itself—such as , for instance ^ ; a "thundering" bribe from the party opposed m ~ that which it now serves , it will be time enough ?^' anticipate another "double" similar to those which have immortalised it already . But , of course ; { be ' Times likes to select it 3 own timefor ratting .
Wb should like some member to BtOfltt for a " return" of all the returns fl ^ t * a * gj > cen moted for by that most economical qe ^ raHmeph Home . What will our readers think of | l » iyBwring , which appeared on the books of theCtfafpcmtfon Wednesday evening : — " A return of the names of tha towns in which letter-carriers bare uniforms , and » return of tho different colours of the uniforms . ** Why does he not move for a return of the lettercamera' weights , ages , heights , length of their noses —whether they blow them , and how , &c . &o . It nonld be quite " uniform" with the above .
" We'll a' be Brawley yet . ' —The simple story is worth telling . It te ^ kat of two old people who were reduced from comparative affluence to poverty . Nothing , however , could disturb their deep contentment . Their consolation , ministered by the old woman , was , aye We'll a' be brawley yet . " ~ Bj and by , when matters had come to tho very worst , their only son went , in a kind of desperate venture , abroad . He succeeded beyond expectation ; got into a good situation ; and , aa tlie first fruits of nis success , sent home to his parents a ram of money , along with a ring for his mother , round which he had inscribed the worda Well a be brawley yet . * —Dumfries Herald . "
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men have been a month upon strike on Monday . The " turn-out" hwds have rather increased in number , the dispute being closely contested ; the number of hands at work , and partly at work , is computed at 1 , 400 , of which about 138 have turned out : the workmen hitherto have been paid nearly as much as they could earn . The silk warp blond hands are still all out , A very Violent dispute has taken place at Snenton , in the bobbin lace trade , in which the turn-outs proceeded to intimidate ; the consequence was , three of the parties were convicted on Wednesday , before the county magistrates , and were sentenced to three months' imprisonment , under Joseph Hume ' s Combination Act , 6 George IT . — Nottingham Journal .
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THE NOUTHBRM STAR . « '" ' : " * ' " -- ¦¦ - ;¦ : ¦¦» - . . ¦
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 15, 1840, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2697/page/3/
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