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SrttK ) WILLIAMS AND BIJWS , OX THEIR ¦ BETCBN FKOM PRISON . trelcome . ye !» & *<>»• • ' ?« * ? w »« 0 Br UnWed and free , from a prison ' s lone cell ! r- i £ ItoTe fought for the right * of a nataon , ± 3 wept at the tale ttot oppression doth tell ! « ,= Krants shall know that the gloom of a prison—^ 5 . Deaai wbose weight Btren « *>^^ W ? Si those patriots wfeo for justice have risen , Enthralls not those souls vho lore to be free . _„_ that bow spriBg at your coming in gladness , Shall impearl the bright laurels your mem ' riea snail « -v-T ^ altT no more ean sink mfflions in sadness , ^ S tSff threateB *» braTe ^ itB
Chain-, ttrones shall totter to th ' verge of oblivion , ^•• "Vn . j-wn to mankind , but as things that have been ; fa ' hftcunisa « £ ain " neath the smiling of Heaven , ^ cd freed from injustice , a paradise seem . ami on -wrd to Sght 1 the tyrants subduing , Till victory proclaims " the people are free " - TiU bWbora oppression shall * nk into ruin , ixdmsn tyrants' siaves no longer shall be . Till these who iaTe toiled nntil life ' s day is closing , - So Eore in » bastile their misery bewail ; Till w ace-bTed r-gues , mnid plenty reposing , Vomore can Eoct freedom ; onr right ) with a gaoL W . A . Tromp&ox . Bieiop- ? re&rmouth , January > 1 S- * 1 >
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A FRAGMENT . XH -5 S are not always of the lowest ranks Of ineni whom dire iuischacce assails , or binds "f l " i : h poverty * nneongaerable bonds . "VS ' sLt ' for a time enthralls , but cannot mar Or shade the brightness of th' ennobled mind . Baads , Mch as these , are but external ones ; jis those whom poverty afflicts in mind , Although arrayed with proud magnificence , ^ ud shieided fr-jin the rankling shafts of lank Aad pile-faced pt-cury ; those only feel ffee u ' . ut weight of hopeless poverty . Ail ocrward -Rants , if in their fiercest mo » d Aid lonjts : day , must yield to time , and elose - "fflih li : e ; i-u ; when the mind is shackled with Gaunt fetters , it weirs the nnblorted mark Of slavish bonds throughout eternity . J , YEB . SO ? South Molron , 31 th Jan nary , 1541 .
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THE RIGHTS OF WOMAN : exhibiting * er Natural , Csvii , sum Political Claims to a Share ia the Legislative tad Executive Power of the State . Bv K . J . R ; chsrdson , Author of the Black Book , Bifchi-s of Englishmen , & . c &c Edinburgh : Jo :: n Daacitt , ~ ii- £ , Hujh-stree ;; Joha Cleave , Lotion ; Herfrooi , Manchester . This is ^ me * t able publication . The various rious grounds , natural , civil , and sacred , on which womcauot onlysnzy uat ou ^ ut i « inierfere in political afairs are herc-se ; forth , with a hscidity and clearness winch u-xhin ? but the most determined obstiaacT and blinied ~ e ! £ ihness will £ > e able to resist .
The writer , ; a the most forcible manner , falls bac £ upoa the Biiia , and proves from mat unerring jtandard of \ sz \ a tee natural eqcanty of woman , and her inv&ieable r . gh ; to a cer . joint rule wnh man over the-ihine > of the earth . He shows that ihs is not , by the Divine institution , placed under dominion a > a womxn , bat only as a wife , and that bat in a linaiiei decree . Having established her claim ? 10 eqsality from the divine law , be strengthens Ms position tj si appeal to the civil law , and bf srgua . e : r » s which , fur cogency and force , cannot tr Barpi' -ed . Ke answers ine question '" Uzght woman lo interfere iu the politkal affiir * of the coun . rj V iu
Uie aiaxmative , or . o » v-, iig reasons : — " Firs- Bjcsaae ahi in 3 a natural right . " Sscond . Secause she has a civil right " Third . Because she has a political right . " Fourth . Because it 13 a duty iieperaiiTe upon her . " Fifth . Because it is derogawry to ihe-divine will to neglect so imperative a duty . " All of which he ably supports . We invite the especial attea »« n of our readers te the five propositions by whi <* n the third reason is supported , and which we here subjoin : — " 1 st . Because , by the ancient Imts cf the English ccmstimtion , * he is admissible to every executive ofice in the kingdom , from the monarch -upon the throne to " the parish overseer , the village Eeit * n , or the re-• possible oSee of post mistress , which is . till common in small towns .
" 2 nd . Becsusa , by the present Itw of tenures , of powers , of cob tracts , of bargains and-sale , of inherit ^ ance , of wilis , and every other matter . or thing touching the rights of property and transfer , woman lexcept in femxie covert J * caalined to be , and , tBerefore , is admissibie , u a cuntracting party , Bare during her minoxiry or a ward in chancery , thea her aifairs are managed fey tnal . " 3 d . Because , woman is responsible in her own per-Kn for any breach of contract , for any offence against the peace and laws of the land . In the , ebnrch , by the penalties of imprisjnmfcnt , excommuaieation , and premunire ; in the state , by fine , imprisonment , banishment , and death . " lih . Because , she is taxe-i in the gwae degree with others for the mimtenance of the state and it » appendares nnder ali circumstance ? .
" , and lastiy , because , ihe contribotes directly aad indirectly to ; he wealth and resourcee of the nation by her labour acl siilL " In the latter piri of the pamphlet vre have a most appalling detail of the numbers of females who are employed in van o as agri calf oral , mining , and manufacturing employments , many of which are of a nature so utterly uaseited to the nature ef " lovely woman , " with all her fine and tender sensibilities , as , if we were not a nation of apostate Christians , bowing down at the shrine of Mammon , would not be tolerated for a moment . We give the statement of the employment of females in mining depariments in full , as weapprehead the facts are very little known to a majority of our ie&der 3 . Oa a future occasion we will reruni to this important snbject : —
" Let U 3 examine the seining popuiition , ( i-5-i those vhD produce , by their labour ent of the b » wel « of the earih , all the iron , lead , copper , tin , and other metals , besides coals , salt , slate , stone , ic . There are fewer f-Tcalfcs employed in diis desartment than either of the othere , because of the greater strength of body and i&iod required to undergo tie fatigue and danger of nriaing ; but I may fairly say , that one third of those emplsjed in mines are women , more especially in the coal atines , which are the mott numerous of tny other . Ja the coal mines of Staffordshire , Lancashire , Durham , and Xorthumberlaad , women are constantly employed t ; e saae as the men , earning from four t « twelve Ehi'Hngi per weet . It is no xmeommon thing to see them suspended bj a rope in the act of being lowered
sever&l handled feet below the face of the earth into the mine , where they draw veaggont laden with coal to the bottom of the shaft ready to be raised up , and a-so where thej squat down on their knees , and sometimes in a Laif-rtcliiiiDg position , for the purpose of hewing "Biih a small pick , six or eight pound weight , the coal from the seam . In many instance ! the seam or stratum of coil , being oaly fourteen , sixteen , eighteen , twenty , or twenty-fiur inches thick , and in this narrow space , women , the faiie * t and tenderest of God ' 3 creatures , are found with a solitary candle , or Davy-lamp , itrtfchedat full length , hewing out the coal , and this , too , foi little wages ; as they are paid for by weight , of cot ^ k ,-where it is so diffieult to get , kis ' wiy be got . To see them at meal times rising from the mouth of
the shaft , more " like demons from the lower deeps , " than ihose angelic creatures , our poets call women , is a * 5 ght that would " harrow up the bouIs of men , " if they possessed the feelings of humanity , and create a Jelling of disjust for the institutions that can allow "Toman , lovely woman , " to be forced , by poverty and distress , from her domestic duties down these hell bolts of eoa ] mines . And yet , such i * the apathy , such ! & £ cold , selfish indifference of the women of these 1 * &ais , that they will sit by their hearths , enjoy the comfort of that fire made from coals dug out of the bowels of the earth by their poor countrywomen , and ? et breathe no sigh of pity , speak no word of sorrow , nor iik of their husbands and fathers why are these Poor collier women thus abDesd , degraded , and enslaved ij thtir country ' s laws ?
" Who will s&y the poor women , who , at the hszird of their lives contribute to our comfort when the icy wnds of winter , and the cold biting blast of December compels ug to seek refuge from the cold in the artificial cat arking from coal got by her hands , have no right to i vote in the legislative poweis of the country * ifone ! not even the savage ; but , should one be found &at will dare to deny or withhold thai right , he is leas thin man , he is a nothing . " We sincerely hope that this unpretending little PMnphlet may fina its way into every cott » g « , Biiddle class residence , and palace in the land : and we recommend aJI those who sincerely wish . to preach , the truth of God , T&ther than the fancie 3 of den , to take it with them into the pulpit , and for <* ce seek to edifj their flocks , by making them ac-TiainUd with iw important contents .
A SECOND LETTER TO THE RIGHT HON . LORD JOHN RUSSELL , on the Plan of the Society for the Civilization of Africa . By Sir George &ephen . London ; Swmders and Otley . 184 © . This very able and well written pamphlet is in feply » " Remarks by an anonymous writer , " who , » seems , ia not inimical to the objeots of the African Society , bat dissents from the plans proposed by Sir Lowell Buxton and the Committee ; To shew the « Uaey of the author of the Remarks , " Sir George Stephen , one of the Committee , has given to the
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its ] world , the publication before ub , not as official , but as his own "news on the designs of the African 1 Society , and of Sir Fowell Barton , with whom it i originated . We think Sir George has at least the merit of placing before them a statement Vfhich every body who will may understand , and as wo are confident that we owe an immense debt to Africj , we shall present our readers with a short statemen : of the objects of this Society , and advise all who take an interest in the question to buy the book . " The generous exertions , and the costly sacrifice ; which this country has made for the abolition ol a slavery and the slave trade , are well known : but we , in common with all right thinking men , must r « igret that to a rast extent this generous effort of
British benevolence has proved in vain . Sir Fowell Buxton , impressed with this fact , some time since published a book , calling the attention of those who had the power to move in the affair to the subject , and the response to which was the formation of a Society embracing men of all political parties and religious creed . * , under the name of the Society tor the civilizilion of Africa . To this Society some Kalons parties have opposed th € m = eives ; first , on the ground that the first step to be ; aken , was the introduction of Christianity ; and second , that the plans of the Society are not clearly defined . To both these objections Sir George has , in this letter , undertaken to reply . Ha shews that £ ro : a the nature of the enterprise much expence must be incurred , and that a union of purpose and action was
indispensable to the insurance of success , and that from the conscientious differences which exist on the subject of religion , such a unioa was altogether impossible , that to have made the introduction of Christianity a leading object of the Society would have destroyed it altogether . On the other subject he Ehew 3 that it would have been imprudent in the Committee to have laid down definite plans of action b * fore they had ascertained exactly the positions they might be able to occupy , yet that their general object was well defined , and likely to-succeed . He also shews that the Committee had no intention of being either & missionary or a commercial body , but that , by their efforts , they should , without question , prepare the way for all who frit disposed to employ their energies ontho African soil '' Is it nothing V he
asks"Is itsothing to simpV . fy the acquisition of language ? —to obtain for it a written character , and thus facilitate the circulation of the Scriptures ? Is it nothing to discover new means of easy communication with countries , to which even the inusiunary his not as j ' tit found access ? Is it nothing to promote the health , as well as extend the migrations of those excellent men , ¦ who , for Use love of ( JocL , expose themselves to the pestilence of the nndrained swami . fi and the KRcleared jungle , careless of climate , and defying danger , where a sad can be found in darkness ? or to provide the easy aad « ure supply of those European necessaries that maf stcure their comfort , and sustain tkeir strength in prosecuting their ardaois labours within the tropics ? And above all , is it nibbing to propitiate ibe unwilling eae , by drawing the African to us in gr * 4 ef «] afftctaen , as the instruments « f his release from bondage and the slave trade , and « f his introductw * to the inteifectual as weli as the physical advantages of civilistxi iife ?"
That the civilisattea of Africa , injured as her seas iiave been , is an object that ought to 4 > e dear to every British heart , there can be no ( jKescion ; and we ¦ cordially wish the African Society -success . At the same time , we beg to tell them that a sincere * ud honest effort to extinguish all kinds of slave trade , in professedly Chmtian England , would be the most sure and effectual * vay to secure cordial sj ^ pport to their benevolent endeavours for * ho civilisation of Africa , or of any « Jher portion of she globe .
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( Tltcfoiivicing mere set / or our paper laet week Out O ' . nitlidjcr waul of rovm . J HXTXiI * . —Hol y Catholic Guild . —Tfae members and friends of this important and nourishing institution celebrated their first anniversary by a public tea party and meeting , in the spacious Music Hall , Jarratt-str&ct , on Wednesday evening , the 13 th inst ^ the Rrv . J . Render , chaplain to tne Guild , hi the chair . The Rec . J . Conaty presided : as vicechairman . The room was decorated with various rich and beautiful banners belonging to the society ; and when lighted up , and filled with company , » large proportion of whom consisted » f elegantlydressed females , the scene presented to the eye of the spectator was one of the most brilliant and tascinating that can be conceived . The
entertainmast was provided under the superintendence of Mr . Bishop , of the public rooms , and . gave , truth compels us to say , general dissatisfaction . Though we have had many opportunities of attending tea parties , we never met with one , the arrangements . ^ " which were so defective ; the tea and its appendages ( except the beef and ham , which were excellent ) were of the commonest quality ; and the quantity provided was . nut more than sufficient for AW persons , and had to be shared amongst upwards of £ 0 * . We think a good substantial tea ought to have been furnished at Is . 3 d . per head , which was the sum paid to Mr . B ., exclusive of the hire of the Hall ; out , doubtless , the ruling motive was a good one . The meeting was to be of a& intellectual character , and the provider doubtless has found out that an overloaded stomach is
unfavourable-to mental enjoyment . We heard many parsons remark , that the tea was a perfect contrast to that prodded by Messrs . Glover and Curtis , at the Victoria Rooms , on the previous anniversary . After the recast , the National Anthem was given ia excellent style , by a most efficient orchestra , Mr . Sigment presiding at the organ . During the evening the company were entertained with a choice selection of music , both vocal and instrumental , Mr . Philips , and the Signors Valentine , having , in the most handsome manner , volunteered their gratuitous
services on the occasion . No intoxicating drinks marrod the pleasure of the evening , but as a substitute for toasts , the Rev . Chairman , after an introductory address , br ^ athintf the purest spirit of Christian benevolence , gave several appropriate sentiments , which were responded to by the Rev . J . Conaty , the Rev . P . M . Kaye , of Bradford , the Rev . H . Newsham , of Hedon , and Mr . T . B . Smith . Altogether the evening was one of tho most delightful we ever spent iu a public assembly ; all seemed desirous of contributing to the happiness of tho reBt . —From a Correspondent .
SUNDEKI « AlfD . —Specimen of Magisterial JcsTicE . —A : ew weeks ago , a boy , while passing along one of the back streets in Sunderland , on an errand on which he had been sent by his master , was assaulted by a dog , belonging to Mr . G . Booth , one of the aldermen of the borough , and so severely bitten , as to be unable to work , and to be under medical treatment for a week . The father of the boy having in vain sought for redress from the owner of the dog , applied at length to the magistrates for a summons to bring Booth before the bench . On the application being made , Kidson , the clerk to the magistrates , who it appears ia a relation of Booth's , requested the business to be left in his hands , and undertook to effect such an arrangement
as would give full satisfaction to the complainant . To this proposal complainant readily acceded ; but hearing nothing , either from Booth or Kidson , called upon the latter , a few days afterwards , to ascertain if he had performed his promise , when he was received with a torrent of abuse , and told by Kidson , that he had something else to do than seek redress tor such petty grievances . Next day comp lainant again appeared in the court , and renewed his application for a summons , when he was called upon to swear that he saw the dog bite the boy . He replied that he did not see tho occurrence himself ; that all he wanted on that occasion was a summons to bring the owner of the dog before the court , and that he would then be prepared , with competent
witnesses , to depose to the fact . The magistrates still appearing disinclined to grant the summons , complainant observed , that he apprehended the case would have been very different , had it been the reverse of what it was ; if the dog had belonged to himself , and tho boy to Booth ; upon which he was called a drunken , dissipated vagabond , and ordered to be immediately put out of the court . By this mean , arbitrary and illegal conduct , the magistrates , no doubt , imagined that they had quashed the complaint . Complainant , however , was not a nun to bear tamely the indignity he had suffered . On the following day , he appeared at the Mayor ' s chamber , accompanied by a young woman who had witnessed the occurrence , and the
master of the boy , who stated that his boys had repeatedly been titten by the same dog . Mr . Backhouse , one of the magistrates , who had not been present when complainant was put out of the court on the preceding day , stated that he bad known the complainant for a period of twenty-oue years , and that he was a sober , industrious , and peaceable man , the very reverse of what had been stated from the Bench on the day previous . The Mayor , R . White , Esq ., also observed , that he had learnt something of the complainant ; that he understood he was one of the leading Chartists in the town ,
and that , no doubt , when he behaved himself bo rudely in the court on the preceding day , he had thought himself in one of the Chartist meetings . Mr . Backhouse indignantly replied , that they were not there to inquire into complainant ' s political principles , bat to grant him justice . After some altercation between Mr . Backhouse and the rest of the Bench , a warrant was granted for the apprehension of Booth . On Monday , the case came before the magistrates , when the facts being proved , Booth was fined 2 s . f > d . aad costs ; the complainant giving notice of his intention to commence proceedings against the magistrates for illegal ejectment from the court .
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BISHOP AUCKLAND . —No Protection for Property—At Bishop . Auckland , some time ago , a person of the name of Whe&Uey Morgan , had an &E 8 stolen from him . The other day he found it in the posewion Qf n , man at South Hetton , of the name of Richard Walker j Mor ? an not being able to obtain any satisfaction frem Walker , took oat a summons , and had him before the Bench . Morgan was able to prove that the ass was his , fey marks which were to be found on the animal Walker conid not tell of whom he bought the ass ; neither could he tell when he bad bought it , and the magistrates very properly decided that Morgan should have the aw . But this was only conditional . This Walker not being able ( we presume ) to pay the expenses of the summons , &c Morgan was
told that he must pay the expenses , amounting to thirteen shillings and sixpence ) Now , supposing that Walker ( which is very improbable ) had bought the ass of "he didn't know who ; " is it not clear that bis negligence prevents all clue being obtained to the real thief ? Why , then , ought he not to have been made to pay the expenses arising from his negligence , instead of the wan from whom the ass was stolen ? But why , we ask , was this sutpLcious Walker allowed to wa \ k off unmolested , without being not only mado to pay , but also to take his trial ? When a thief is caught with stolen property on him , how often does he tell us
he bought the goods of "ho didn't know who ! " What will the people of property think in this neighbourhood ? Suppose a shep to be broken open—and gutted by thieves ; suppose a Buspicious character like this Walker , were caught with the stolen property in his possession , and , on being brought before the Bench , was liberated , because he said he bought the goods of he " didn't know who , " and the honest tradesman left to pay all the ^ expenses ; what woul d they think ? Verily , this decision of the Bench , smacks of honour amongst thieves . They may have a head full of conceit , but they know very little of law . Can any one tell us the difference between an ass and a Just-ass '
OLD HAM . —Firb at Oldham . —On Monday night , the 18 th inst ., a few minutes before eight o'clock , a fire was discovered in the Commercial Mills , Rails' Gate , Oidham . Tho fire . engines were brought immediately ion tho spot , from the fireengine station , and with groat exertions on the part of tho workpeople in the ueighbourhood , the fire was got out without doing much damage to the premises '; though it was the opinion of every one present , that the whole of them would have been burnt down , when first discovered . The workpeople received the thanks of the owners of the premises , Messrs . Collinge and Lancashire , for their exertions . How the fire originated is not known . — ( Correspondent . J
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Dr . J . Borthwick Gilchrist died at Paris oa the StU , at an advanced age . The Royal Stanpard Theatre , from a licensed theatre , has become a duly registered Baptist Chapel . It is s ' aid that Mr . Macreedy received for his services , during the past seaa « n , at tho Hay market Theatre , the sum of four thousand threo handled pounds . The next meeting of th « Wesleyan Conference will be held iu Manchester next July , and it is generally expected that tba Rev . James Dixon , of Manchester , wiU bo elocted to fill the office of president .
During tho past year the Wesleyan Methodists have creeled no fewer than 130 chapels , at a cost of £ W ) , 0 W , and facing a largor number than £ e any other year during tfceir existence as a body . During ihe late frost , the train ou tha Hull and Selby railway was on ono occasion two hours in running two uiilt-j I Fatal Accident . -Two poor men w « e killed last week , at 1 ' a . ddiHgton , by the fulliitg-iu of the roof of an oven upon then . Tho ovon had been built during the frosty weather , and tuerefoare . insufficiently cemented . Upwarbs ofJMa , 000 has been mado in St . Ires this year uy the pilchard fishery , thedsh selling at from £ 4 to £ 4 11 s . per hogshead .
Afm- 'f . ! iETOTALis * f at IKE Palace : —During her Majunfy ' s resilience at Buckingham Palace , tho large quantity of 140 hogsheads of strong beer ia LuoiithJy tur ^ itrueu Uoju Cnuicu o urtsvtiy , at iturb&ge . —Devizes ' Gazette . Admjjul Sir . Robert Stopforb has accepted the Governorship of Greenwich Hospital . Admiral Stopford ia a member of one of the most Tory of the Irish noble families—the Court owns . Ho is expected in Eagiand about March . New Pensx Pieces—Specimens of new coins have just been issued from the Mint , consisting of peuny pieces .
M . Zkixar , director of the Agricultural Society of Darmstadt , in 1839 , planted two . plots of ground , of the same size , with potatoes . When the plants had flowered , the blossoms were removed from those in one plot , whikifc those of the other were left untouched . The former produced 4 J £ ibs . ; the latter only 370 lbs . Mr . Elihi BfERiTr . of Worcester , Massachusetts , a blacksmith , ha . 3 made himself perfect master of
more than nUy languages . He is not yet thirty years old ; but is thought to know A 3 much of tbo languages of the earth as any other man . Murder of M& . Westwood . —It has been ascertained that the story told by Roberta , the convict sentenced to transportation from the Hull Sessions , is a fabrication , having the double object of saving himself from transportation , and revenging himself on his paramour , who had been instrumental in procuring ( his conviction .
Abusive Language . —Oa Fridy , R o bert Reed , a master blacksmith , was fined in the mitigated penalty of twenty shillings , at the Lambeth-street office , under the New Police Act , for using abusive language a gentleman named Fisher . The defendant Becmed quite astonished , and declared that the new Police Act was a bad law . Railway partlt Destroyed . —A part of the rails , on the Midland Counties line , near to Loughborough , was washed away last week by the flood . The station was also injured . Fatal Effects of Drunkenness . —A woman named Mary Ann Stones , drank herself to death , on Sunday week . The Jury , on the Coroner ' s inquest , returned the absurd and impious verdict ot ' ¦ Died by the visitation of God . "
Liability of Cabmen . —On Thursday , in last week , a cabman , named Thomas , was fined 40 a . by Mr . Greenwood , at tho Ilatton Garden Police-office , for refusing to convey a fare , and using abusivo lauguage . Fkmale Smuggler . —A "lady , " dressed in the first-rato stylo , has been apprehended by tho authorities in London , with a large bundle , containing black silk , and thread lace of French manufacture , to the amount of £ 250 , for which no duty had been paid . The suspicion of the officers was excited from seeing her in company with a known smuggler .
Total Loss of the Philestrus ;—The Philestrus , of Greenock , from Now Orleans , with a valuable oargo of cotton , and with a crew of nineteen men and three boys , has been wrecked in Dundrum Bay , on the Irish coast . The vessel was a perfect wreck . All perished save tho second mate and two boys , who were washed ashore on a spar , to which they had lashed themselvee . Fatal Accident . —On Saturday , a poor fellow driving a cart , in the neighbourhood of Limehouse , coming in contact with a steam-boiler , drawn on a truck , was jammed in between his own cart aud the wall , and killed .
It is said that the Portuguese Government have concluded a contract for 2 , 000 sets of saddlery , 12 , 000 sets of accoutrements , and other military stores ; and that the English Government has agreed to give them on credit a large quantity of muskets , pistols and other arms . —London paper . The Truth . — At Sheffield , the Chartists have both ( strength and organization sufficient to impede the proceedings of any public meeting , in which they choose to take part . — Weekly Chronicle . English Taxation . —We are told by Bulwer , in his work on England , that the taxes in that country amount to just about one-third of the earnings of labour . A skilful mechanic , who earns £ 60 sterling a-year , or nearly 300 dollars , pays to the government £ 20 , nearly 100 dollars . —American paper .
Remarkable Occurrence . —During the past ten days two or three whales have been seen in the channel , one of which , described as being sixty feet in length , was so near Ply mouth , that a trawler wa 3 in great danger of losing her nets by the huge mass becoming entan&led in them . —London paper . Suicide of Mb . A . Grant . —Mr . Alexander Grant , of Carnousie , the Ministerial oandidate for the Elgin burghs , committed euicide on Mondayjast , the 18 ill instant . Deep speculations in tea are said to hare turned out unfavourable , and to have prompted the unfortunate gentleman to this rash act . BvnriNG the Cinders . —We hear that certain contractors have sent in , to tha vostry of M&rylebono , tenders ( which have been accepted ) , to the amount of £ 4 , 150 , for permission to cart away the cinders ( breeze ) of the inhabitants .
News frou China . —It is asserted that the Government is in possession of important and favourable news from China , which is kept back either for announcement in the speech from the throne , or to give effect to some explanation or statement from one of the Ministers . —Hampshire Telegraph . Mb . John O'Connell at Liverpool . —On Saturday evening the repealers of Liverpool invited Mr . John O'Cannell to a public dinner , at the Queen ' s
lheatre , in that town . It waa * poor affair , and as regards numbers and respectability a wretched failure . The company broke up at midnight . Corpse found in thb Thames .- —Oa Saturday morning last , a corpse was found floating in the Thames , near the Tow « r , which is supposed to have bean that of a murdered seaman , from the cuts and injuries apparent on the body . Various other articles were found upon him , and the boots , with cloth tops , were marked , " Captain Collins , Leith . "
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Cruelty to the Poor . —The poor of the parish of Combe , in the county of Hants , had the right of cutting wood upon the common of the said parish for upwards of sixty years . The Provost and follow * in King ' s College , Cambridge , to whom the parish ) eIon s , tried tne said right with the poor , and were beaten . The College then gave five families notice to quit their houses . The notice having expired , they got a notice from the magistrates under the Tenement Act . On Monday , the 4 th of January , 1841 , these five families were turned into the road , and their neighbours took them in , or they must have perished from the cold during this inclement season . One woman has been in fits ever since , and is not expected to recover . A gTeat deal of their
furniture was on Sunday , the 10 th inst ., still in the road , and nearly buried in the snow . Increasing Distress among the Poor . —At the Marylebone Board of Guardians , on Friday , the master of the workhouse stated that 10 , 471 lbs . of bread had been given to the outdoor poor during the preceding bix days , and that the total quantity of bread given to both out-door and iu ^ door poor , during the above period , was 166 cwt . 3 qrs . 8 Jb ., or nearly 5 , 000 four-pound loaves . It would , it is apprehended , be somewhat difficult to . carry out , under these circumstances , the New Poor Law test of poverty—namely , no relief except within tho walls of the workhouse . Besides , there are , at this moment , nearly two thousand persons in the workhouse .
Physical Force" Arrangements . —We are happy to hear that our army is to be increased to the extent of 10 , 000 men . There is also a rumour ( how true we know not ) that an addition is to be made to the Marines . —Brighton Gazette . SmrwRECiiS . —We learn from Bilboa that , on the 5 th iust ., the steersman of the English ship , Jemima , laden with cloth , wishing to get over the bar , aud misunderstanding or disregarding the signal of the port pilot , struck upon it , and was lost . Ou the same day , a schooner , called Lo Jeune Ruffin , was wrecked " on the shore near Guccho , and the captain and one sailor were drowned . A female pa ^ sen ^ er got to the main-topuiaat , and there clung . Two youug men of Algarta determined to save her , and succeeded , although they had no other means than by swimming to ihe ship at the imminent risk of their own lives . She is said to be the wife of a soldier
quartered at St . Ander , whom sho came to join . — London Paper . Effects of Cold . —The effect of cold on life in poverty and want is thus exemplified : —In the week ending November the 28 th , - the total number of deaths from all causes was eight hundred and sixtytwo . Just ac this time the temperature fell to thirty degrees , at the Royal Society ' s apartments ; aud the immediate effect of its descent , below the freezing point was an increase in the weekly number of deaths from eight hunarcd and sixty-two to one thousand aad eighty-seven , being . the greatest amount registered this year . The next week preseuted a similar result , the total of deaths being one thousand and fifty-nine . [ Think of this , yo who have soft bods , warm fires , aad food enough . ]—Atlas .
A Live Snow Ball !—On Sabbath evening last , while goiag through one of the squares here ( Glasgow ) « ur attention was arrested by au immense snow-ball . We at first thought it to be tho handiwork ot" Jsoys , but , on a closer yi « w , we were truly astonished to see a man ' s head peeping out from tho centre of the ball ! We- cohW scarcely credit the evideirce of our senses . It certainly waa au outlandish sort of a creature we had stumbled upon . After a very cautious wjruteny , we , with some assistance , and with a fcrea-t deal of difficulty , got the young gentleman dive 9 t « d of hia snowy shell , ami se far recovered as to learn from him where he resided . He was immediately conveyed home , aud
every . means used to prevent any fatal effects that might arise from his lyiug in his snowy mantle . It appears that a number of young men had been enjoying themselves , and partook of more Glenlivet than they could well carry . For a " lark" they had thrown down one of the party , covered him up with show , which stuck to his clothes , and then proceeded to * oll him round the square , till the immensi ) mass wfew » , h had attracted our observation accumuli ' . ed . in this miserable plight , they left him , unable to do anything for his own preservation , and but for our timely notice , he must inevitably have perished . We are happy to learn tliat he is nearly recovered , and bleaSes our curiosity as the means of extricating hiaa frofc his coffin of enow . —Glasgow Paper .
Djsgusti . no Treatment of a Child in a Union WftRKHousE . —The cruelties recently perpetrated in the Hoo Union , by Miles , the Governor , and the rascally treatment of & female pauper in the Eaton Union Bastile , were sufficient to excite in the breast of every humane man , a tkrill of horror . But we ha * e met with a parallel case ; and that the miscreant involved in the business may not escape exposure , we lay the particulars before the public . It wauld appear that some time since , a follow , named Thomas Totmau , ( to call him a man would be a degt&tion of the title ) , was appointed to superintend the education of the children in Warwick workhouae ; and this aeoundrel was on Monday taken before K . Greenway aud Richard Hiorns , Esquires ,
at the Court-house , charged with misconduct , iu ill-treating a poor , friendless child , named Thomas Hewins , aged about two years and a half , the son of a widow at Budbrooke . We are not so squeamish about things as to prevent us describing the naturs of the offence , for so gross au instance of inhumanity ought not to be concealed from any false delicacy towards 'Potman , whose own delicacy may be estimated b y his actions towards a poor , helpless , and unoffending infant . The child in question was a temporary luoiate of the Baatile ; and , unfortunately , was placed under the care of the monster Totman . The child was in the habit of" dirtying itself , " most probably its bowels being affected by a change of diet , or from natural causes ; and for this , what does
the reader suppose was tho remedy inflicted on the poor innocent by this infamous scoundrel . ' It is with utter disgust that we describe it ; the child , an infant two years aud a half old , was punished , by having its own excrement forced into itt mouth . ' The beastly act was made known to the master of the workhouse , who cammunicated the affair to the Guardians , and the schoolmaster was dismissed from the office he had thus disgraced , and the Board ordered him to be taken before the magistrates above-named sitting in petty session , " to be dealt with according to law , " pursuant to tho 93 rd clause of the New Poor Law Act . When Totman was ushered into the presence of the Justices , he held down his head , and looked as sheepish as a
convicted felon ; and when the charge was read , he , in humiliating tones , at once admitted his guilt . Of course , the magistrates visited a sin of such vast magnitude with severe punishment—of course , they held the filthy blackguard to bail , to take hits trial for the offence ! No , they did no such thing ; th « y treated the case with leniency ; they made ine crime an affair ef the breeches pocket . Instead of obliging him to pay the paualty for so detestable an offence in person , Totman was fined 10 s ., with 10 s . costs ; and being thus set at liberty , he may get appointed to some other Union , and repeat his nasty practices , seeing that persons without character are now elected to the control of those places . — Weekly Dispatch .
Thief HuitriNG . —An occurrence of rather a ludicrous character took place at Watford on Monday , Two fellows , strangers to the town , watched an opportunity , when no one was in the place , to go into the shop of Mr . Fultvood , a corn-chandler at Watford , and they were in the act of rummaging the till when the servant accidently came in , and asked them what they wanted . They made some evasive reply , aud attempted to got out of the shop , and , when the servant endeavoured to stop them , they forced their way past her , and ran off . An alarm was immediately given , and West , the constable of Watford , soon came up , and , having ascertained that the two men had gone down the town in the direction of Rickmansworth , he set off af tar them , accompanied
by about forty or fifcy men and boys , dogs , &c . The fugitives took to the fields at the back of the town , and ran , for two miles , like deer j thpy then began to flag , and , hearing the pursuers close in their track , they doubled back again , and endeavoured to conceaJ themselves tinder a hedge . Their followers , however , were too keen for them ;—thoy were quickly driven out , of course , and they again started towards the Hempstead-road , and when chey came to the fencing round Cashiobnry , the Earl of Essex ' s seat , they sprung over and teok to the wood , hoping that they should be able to conceal themselves iu it . The constable , however , was close upon their heels , and when they had got some distance in the wood , they took separate paths , and
the officer followed the one nearest to him , and just as hewa . 9 iu the act of climbing up a tree , he caught him by the legs , and pulled him down , aad secured him , in a nearly exhausted state , and he was escorted back to Watford , and safely lodged in the cage . The prisoner was subsequently taken before the Rev . Mr . Capel , a magistrate for the county of Herts , when he £ ave his name , William Diwkins , and said that he came from Windsor to look for work . The charge of felony was clearly made out against him , and the magistrate committed him to St . Alban ' s gaol for trial . The fellow ' s companion succeded in getting away from his pursuers . Worth Knowing . —On Friday a gentleman named
Walker , a solicitor in Lincoln ' s-inn , appeared before the Excise Court to solicit the return of £ 11 133 , being Auction Duty on some property sold under the following circumstances ¦ : —Mr . Schenber /? , a foreigner , died a short time ago , leaving a n umber of leasehold houses , which he directed should be sold , and the money arising from such sale to be equally divided between certain relatives . ^ Tne property was sold by public auction , and fetched a very large sum ; but the purchaser refused to complete hia bargain , by advice of Counsel , on ^ the ground that the deceased had not been naturalized , and consequently could act bequeath property of the description specified . The Court held the objection of the purchaser ' s Counsel to be good , and the Commissioners returned the dnty .
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Canterbury . — Novel Plan for DfiticTiifia Theft . — -A person not far from here , bein . if much annoyed by frequent depredations of his fences , , and , unable to discover the offenders , resorted to a novel expedient to satisfy himself . Ho had some large hedge-stakes perforated with an augur , and the holes filled with -gunpowder . Like many butvre , the stakes were stolen , by an old offender , we suppose , and a little time brought intelligence that a certain person's chimney-piece had been blown out , and tha furniture disarranged , much to ihe alarm of the inmates of the house . Inquiry convinced the owner of tho stakes who had stolen them , nor was the fright produced to the offender on the occasion of his mantel-piece ornaments dancing about ihe room without effect .
The Catholic Church . —Contrast between the salaries or sums now paid to the dignitaries of the Catholic Church in France , and thost paid to the archbishops and bishops of the Church of England : —The Cardinal Archbishop of Franco ha * 25 , 0 CO francs , or £ 1 , 041 13 s . 4 d . a year to live v . pr , nl The Archbishop of Canterbury has annually to live npon £ 15 , 000 . ' . A French Catholic archbishop has annually to live upon 15 , 000 francs , or £ 625 . The Archbishop of York has annually to live upon £ 1 O , O . 'O ! . 'A French Catholic bishop has annually to live * upon 10 , 000 francs , or £ 416 13 s . 4 d . An English Protestant bishop has annually to live upon io , ( M ) OJTrue Scotsman .
The ICETiaiNED Bird-catchbr . —The inhabitants of Saint Just Antoigue , and other communes along the Canal de la Dive , in tho Maine et Loire , are accustomed , at this time of year , to . catch au immense number of larks on the plains , but had bn-n deprived of their sport by the fall of snow . The Pi-cvurseur de VOuest , of Augers , relates that a slight thaw coming on some eveniugs back , the ppovtsuitn went out the following morniug , assured of finding plenty of their small game . To their utter astonishment uot a feather was to be seen—not the sound of a wing , not a chirp was to be heard . Spreading abouk
to ascertain , if possible , what had become of their intended victims , the mystery was solved by another still more surprising , and altogether without a precedent . They found hundreds of birds safely encaged under their feet by a net-work of ice , s < iiiciently strong to retain the little flutterers , but , iot to resist the force of their own hands , and they were able to take as many of them as they pleased vrithouk using any pi' their usual arts . The fact was , that , while the poor birds were busily employed in seeking their food through the snow , a cold bmz ? came on and froze them into the small cavities they had made in order to reach the ground .
A Law Suit for a Penhy . —At the Sheriff Court , Edinpurgh , the following case came on for trial , before Sheriff Tait : —A farmer ' s wife and daughter had lately occasion to come to Edinburgh , which they did in one of their own carts . The caner , to protect the clothes of the ladies , took tin- precaution of strewing the bottom of the vehicle with two small bags of straw , for which , on entering the city Messrs . Boyd and Latta , the taeksmen , insisted upon charging onei penny iu name of custom , which was paid . The farmer , however , being persuaded of the illegality of tho charge , brought an action before the
Small Debt Sheriff Court for the recovery cf . the penny . The case was argued on both sides at great length . On the one hand , the taxksmen contended that straw was an article subject to custom , iiowevea small the quantity ; that even a straw seat , or a cliatf bed , was liable ; in support of which they handed up the new Act of Parliament , which the Snenff carefully examined . The pursuer , on the other hand , maintained that straw was only subject to custom , if brought to the market for saio . Tha Sheriff was clearly of the same opinion , and adjudi » catod for the recovery of the penny , with expenses —Scotsman .
Prison H » manitt . —A married woman was sent up on the 14 th from the Now Prison , CJerken woll , to the Thames Police-office , to be examined v , u a charge of receiving stolen property , fourteen davd after her confinement . The poor woman begged to be aliowed another week , saying she was very ill ; the matron of" tho prfsou also interceded with the dur , { ,. r . but the fellow-was inexorable . The matron .-u-eii that during nq experience of eighteen years * hv Lu . uever before known such a case . The doc ! or ' s name ia Wakefield .
A Washjng-teb Rebellion . — Monday week being the washing-day at the Chestevntid union workhouse , seven female inmates be * au to wash at the usual hour , and continued their work until about eleven o ' clock in the forenoon , when the governor sent them a small allowance of bread and cheese , ready cut and weighed . Monday was a mmo day , and the women not being satisfied with thoir farerefused the bread and cheese , and instantly " struck p tho consequence waa that they were all of them locked up by the governor , all reeking from the wash-tub as they were , in the refractory hole , where they continued till about seven o'clock in the evening , when they were released on several of them promising not to offend again . There are nearly -25 i ) paupers in the house .
Mr . H .- Vincent . —The Marquis of IVoraanby signified , on Friday , to Mr . Serjeant Tulfyurd , that he had advised her Majesty to remit the remaining term of imprisonment of Mr . H . Vincent , "on condition ; of his finding security , himself in i" 100 , and two securities in £ 50 each , for his good l , i . ha , viour for the period required by hia sentence . " It will be recollected that Mr . Vincent is now in Oakham gaol , and the report is , that Judges' warrants from the Wiltshire magistrates are lodged thdi y against him . Will these now retain him ? We shall soe {^ London paper .
Inquest on a Mother and her CHiLn .- ^ An inquest was held , a few days ago , iu London , <> n the bodies of a woman and her child . The following evidence wa « elicited . The woman was a widow , and had been seduced by a milkman , resident in Noel- » treet . She had lived about five months with the landlord of tha Horsely Down , as housekeeper ; and nothing was known of her pregnancy , though she had had for a few days before her death , medical attendance , for a sore throat , of which she complained . Th « body ot the child was discovered in her box after her death . The . surgeon stated that he ha 4 made a post morttm examination of the body , and was of opinion that over-excitenaeiifc having produced cpnjestion of the heart , waa the c ? use of death . Ho believed the child had never hi- , athed . Verdict as to both , " Natural death . "
A Church Struck by LiGHTXixo . —Qn the 13 th instant the church of Prayssas , in tho Lot et Garonne , was struck by lightning . The covering of the steeple , was almost entirely torn off , and immense bloek 9 of stone were thrown down into the body of the church . The electric fluid , after damaging the clock and its tower , descended into the nave , nearly destroyed the liigh altar , and then , returning to the tower , made its way out by the aperturo which had been covered by the dial . The commotion was so violent that not only all the windows of the church , but those of many surrounding houses , were shattered into fragments .
Joseph Ady and the Post-office . —Sir Peter Laurie and the press have nearly put an end to Mr . Ady ' s benevolent intentions of informing per * sons of " something to their advantage , " for the trifling fee of a sovereign . Like some other publio benefactors , his name had become somowhat notorious , and of late nearly all his obliga ? " letters have been returned . The Post-office authorities , finding a great accumulation in the returned letter department , directed their solicitor to take the necessary steps for compelling Mr . Ady to take back bis letters , and pay the double postage owing thereon , which was found to amount top / 230 . Several
applications were made without success , and Mr . Peacock , the solicitor , probably conceiving that legal process would be equally unavailing , tbo suit , hat not been pressed , and the Post-office abandoned tha claim , upon Mr . Ady ' a promise to prepay all his future correspondence , thus insuring to the department a considerable increase of revenue , scud relieving the public from future annoyance . Ady complains bitterly of Sir Peter Laurie for having impounded liis books , owing to which circumstance he asserts that he has already lost between £ 2 , 000 and £ 3 , 000 , whilst many other individuals have lost tha opportunity of . succeeding to handsome forluno 3 .
Wholesale Plunder . — Abscondment op A Whole Board of Directors , with £ -J <» 0 , « KJO . — At the Mansion-House » n Wednesday , Sjr Peter Laurie read a letter which had been sent to him by the editor ^ pf the Scotch Reformers * Gaxet / e , at Glasgow , respecting the abscond / nent of t ] jt » " West Middlesex Assurance Company , " with £ 200 , 000 , which they had obtained from various persoua who had purchased annuities and insured their lives at the Company ' s office , and are now ruineJ . The offices were in Baker-street , Portman Square ; aad it Beems curious that the announcement ot th » flight of the Directors should come trio Scotland to the lYIansion-honse . It appears , however , that tha Scotch paper , having some knowledge of the par * ties , had previously exposed them : when action * for libel were brought to vindicate their characters The proprietors of the Reformers' Gazette h * d sent an aeent from Glasgow to London to instate the
closest enquiry ; and it had been ascertained that all the Directors had absconded , taking away with them upwards of £ 98 , 000 of annuities , cash paid to them , exclusive altogether of the amounts paid for policies for fire " and life assurance , the whole amounting ttt not lees than jE 15 § , 000 . Alderman Piris said . hY understood the Directors of the Company huJlived iu handsome houses and kept up splendid fsublishments .. Sir Peter Laurie regretted that he had nof tie opportunity pf . punishing them , but he faopei this exposurowould at least serve as * warning to the public- There are , he said , several fla * u establishments in London at the present time , obtaining large sums of money fraudulently . " Tho Wen Middlesex Assurance Company" pretended to hate been established in the year 1696 , with a capital of £ l , 0 M , 00 O , having really exiBted no more tbin foar years , during which period it wa 3 engaged La pluttj dering the public—Spectator ,
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" As head of the Church , I farther propose that the property of all chapters and cathedrals , all incomes of deans , canons , and prebends , and of all livings , the excess above £ 300 a-year , be devoted to the same great o ^ ect ; ana m it is one of the firrt lessons which the instructors of youth shouid iuBtii into their minds to ' ore no man anything , ' and as that precept is equally true of men in their collective as in their Individual capacity , I would Buggest to the masters , tutorn , and fellows of all colleges and endowed schools , to surrender one half of the estates of such colleges and school * .
" The property of the Lords Temporal , and of all wealthy Commoners , I propose to set free from all entail , and , by an act of the legislature , to abolish the law of primogeniture ; and I recommend that your Lordships vie ¦ with each other in the extent of property that you will dedicate to thi » great object ; and let it henceforth be deemed a crime against the state for a wealthy man to leave property to those who are already wealthy , instead of bequeathing it to provide for the reasonable expenditure of the country to which he owes his birth , his many privileges , and the protection of his property .
" I am credibly informed that the less respectable portion of the aristocracy are in the habit of violating the laws , and committing breaches of the peace , by wrenching off knockers , breaking windows , and assaulting the po ) ic « , for which the punishment which the laws provide is utterly inadequate ; 1 therefore propose that a fine of £ l , » 00 for each ofieate be paid towards the liquidation of the National Debt ; and if the offence be that of endeavouring , by bribery or intimidatiun , to influence an elector in the exercise of his franchise , that the fine in such case be the forfviture of one half of the estate to the same purpose ; and if the person so offt-nding be in his minority , or not come into possession of his estate , one half of the estate of his father , who has brought up a son in principles and p ractices so diskonoorable . "
We regret that tho Rev . Author of this little work should bo so indefinite as to the extension of the suffrage ; his heart is evidently in the right place , and we think when noxt he dreams he will see the propriety of recommending Universal Suffrage as the ouly one likely to secure a fair representation of the wnole people . Tho various effects supposed to be produced by the delivery of this address are so graphically drawn , that wo cannot withhold them from < mr readers , to whom we cordially r < tcomm ? ud au attentive perusal of tha work .
" This speech was delivered from the throne amidst the consternation of the selfish and the delight of the patriotic : its contents were spread with railway speed throughout the kiagdom ; the hearts of the people ¦ were brought back to their Queen as the heart of one a » n . The Chartist declared that he would wait for the Queen's promised Charter ; Ow Socialist that he would wait for ttae new order of tfeings ; the Republican declared that even if there were a republic he would vote for Victoria as President ; but that with such principle * , be should be qatte reconciled to the monarchy : tfee proud priests asd prelates frowned ; but the words of Scripture , as ¥ a . letters of fire , condemned them for their greediiess of filthy lucre ; aU faithful pis * Dis and their flscts rejoiced ; England laughed in e ? try valley and us -every hill ; every towx ¦ was illumfoaUd , and in the < midst of the shouts ef ' God fuve !" . he Queen , ' Longdve the Queen , ' I aw « k * and behuli it was a dream !*'
THE CHART 1 ST WARBLER . By Tro-k « s Hapc , Kinross , Perth . Printed at the Ckwnutie OflVo' j . 1841 . This is a collection of patriotic songs , recitations , &c , by < i Scotch Cimrtitt , who is desirous tlmt ^ I ""' i . ce and t ; nth should be universally diffused . We hope the pnsont tjen ^ rawon will learn to discard the foolish ditties winch hapc hitherto been the appendage of the nursery and the workshop , and substitute fcr them the effusions of men who write and live to promote their C 8 cntry ' s good .
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THE CORN LAWS , AND THE NATIONAL DEBT ; or the Parson ' s Dream , and the Queen ' s Speech . By a Somersetshire Clergysu . k London : John Green , 121 , Newgate-Street 2241 . This i 3 a well written and sensible little pamphlet . The worthy divine has evidently thought much upon the subject upon which he treats , and has not been induced , hke too many of his surpliced brethren , to discard the precepts of the Bible for the infamous
doctrines of modern expediency . The author states that his attention bad been especially directed to the subject of the injustice of the Corn Laws , by reading an extract from our old friend Tail , and that that , in connection with other matters , gave rise to s vivid dream , in which he imagined he sen { a statement relative to the mischievous operation of those law ? , to the Queen , and that , in reply , he received the following communication from Windsor Castle . We sincerely wish that her Majesty would be-as attentive to the real appeals of ^ her subjects , a 3 ihe parson ' s fancy represented her to be .
" Windsor , January 14 , 1841 . " Rev . Sir , —I thank you for the extract from Tait . I was not previously aware of the injustice practised upon my people . I laid it before the Privy Council , but , my Lords declare that in consequence of the jfational § Debt , domestic agriculture cannot compete with foreign agriculture ¦ without the protection of the Corn Laws . My Lords tell me that the empire over which I reign is a mortgaged estate ; and that high prices and high rents are necessary in order to enable them to pay the interest # f the mortgage . I will direct my attention to the subject of Free Trade ; in the mean time I will impose a task upon you : —Write for my inspection the speech which you would desire me to deliver from the throne , on the opening of the ensuing Session of Parliament " Victoria "
In obedience to this royal request , the Rev . Gentleman transmitted to the abode of royalty a speech such as he conceived it would be her Majesty ' s duty to deliver from the throne , and which certainly does credit both to the head and heart of the writer . In it there breathes a spirit- of pare benevolence and genuine patriotism , such as we fear will not , for some time , be found either in royal speeches or in royal hearts . Palaces , revenue , and the trappings of royal foolery will , we opine , be long preferred before the comfort , happiness , and prosperity of the
people ; and if the so-called rational Debt be never liquidated till the mean 3 recommended in this visionary speech be adopted voluntarily by the Qneen , her illustrious pensioned relatives , and the mushroom nobility , who fatten upon public plunder , we believe the time for the removal of this incubus from our shoulders is very far distant indeed . We should indeed rejoice if our costly chief magistrate would be thnB careful to secure the nation ' s interest , and ehall be glad to see the day when the following royal recommendation shall be carried into full and practical effect :
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THE DOOM OF TOIL ; a Poeaa , by an Ambassador in Bands . Sunderlfciid : Williams aud Binns . This is an fffjrt-of the imprisoned muse of one of the besi hearied ^ Jnartists of whom we knuw any thio ^ . A man nzay who has lar ^ c claims upon the gratitude of his -countrymen , having persevered in a course of patriotism against opposition , through much persecutiou and at tne cost of much suffering and los-. hs poetic merks are uut oa the whole equsl , we thiuk , 10 sunie shorter pieces , whicii we have seen from the same pea , anusome ot'wnicnbave appeared in the Northern Star ; yet are the senuinents -such as become a patriot , and it has m&ny passages which would sadly shame many of the " educated * ' aud ¦ " higher" class of poetas ' ters . In rtfer # nee to the « nrsed Factory System , he exclaims : — My curae upon the mercenary soul That ciiiube to wealth , regardless of the means ; May heaven ' i ^ thunder o ' er him wrathful roll 4
And dash to dust his base ambitious dream * . There's not s > child , however ragg'd and bare , Whose early jeara are spent in yonder mill , But ' i dearer th&n the wealth that s gather'dihere ; Thongb ev ' rj brick werajfold , and ev'ry wikeeL The tear that falls in silent sorrow there Is register'd by God's unerring eye ; The poorest sitve ' s despised , neglected , prayer Will some day seal the doom of tyranny . Te znnrd'riDgiCains J ye-ararieions tew , Who flourish o ' er your wretched country's ^ r » ve , A day of fearful veageanoe Iootus for yon , From irhich no tyrant ' s arm nor sword c&a ^ sa-re There is a ju 3 t estimate of circumstances , as well a £ . the expression of a natural preference , in the tallowing lines : — - Is there no flowwt on the mountain brow As sweet a * grows upon far-bidden ground . ' Is there no m *\<\ i * n in the cottage row
With charms as winsome &s in palace found ! Yes ' . there ia one who res > ts vithin this breast , Whose flowing rlngleu I delight to curl , Whose ruby lips I of ; have fondJy prest , Without a crown , she is a queenly girL Let gaudy gems aroand a monarch bloom , Give me that lovely eye ' s enchanting hue 1 We ibink it the duty of the people to support talent in their own " order" uiider any circumstancec ; and if so , the circumstances we have stated give tie author of " The Doom of Toil" a . double claim upon them , which we doabt not they will readily acknowledge .
THE SUNDAY SCHOLAR . Published Monthly - Heywood , Manchester . This is a- new candidate for public favour , and , a 3 far as we can judge by a single number , is calculated to do considerable service in giving a right direction to the minds of those for who 3 e especial benefit it is intended . It contains " Little Willy , " Tho wrong step , " " Wha-t is death ! " Poetry and the Scrap Book , containing various articles . The work is for -the most part of a practical tendency , and is free from that sectarian bias by which similar publications are frequently disfigured . We learn from a note by the publisher , that 3 , 000 copie 3 are in circulation . The work is printed on a good paper , and with a clear type . We wish it aU the success it merits .
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