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TO TEJB SDITOB . 0 * THI 2 TORTHSR 5 STAZ . giB ., —I wrote » letter to Feargas O'Connor . Esq ., u £ ed 8 th of August , whieh unexpectedly appeared in m 5 iar of 21 st of August , and it preceded by a wall -agrap h , in which you say " we hare great pleasure jpoHfchbJ « the following letter to Ms ; Otkmaor , fbkh simply states in whatmanner the CharH $ tswere jjgatedbySlrH . Flestrood , and the manner in which s « rt their wreport . " I have often l * en iuterrosaUd » tha subject , and even blamed by some for having jid something which canned you to the come to the usdiision above stated . I &m &t a loss myself to think « tr sncfe tn inference could be drawn from my letter , B the whole of it aypeared , ft jart simpjy states the turner Sir Hesketh fataed oar support , tat not a dis-^^
jst hist aboat being cheated . Indeed , I never im *; pnedthat we were cheated by that gentleman , and hii ^ geit -rote on Sharman Crawford ' s Amendment prove * ^ a to fsr honest I am inclined to think that the snmbng of promising the people certain things " at eleejtaa , and performiBg eontmry ,- will not be bo frequent Ibe Chsriists hare learned the Whigs' a lesson at the sie contests that the dayt of humbug with them are at an 3 > d . The working classes of this eoantry stand in a , different position than erer they did in the history of this pastry , thanks * o the noble and perseTerfng spirit of Hi . O'Connor and the NvrOtem Star for this position , rhich if maintained must secure to us , and that soon , or jost sad inalienable rights ; but this must entirely impend upon the people acting according to the adTioe £ our brave champion now released from his dungeon .-
—' Abore all , and before all , Hty dear friends , preserve 2 ijon . " How important this advice , how necessary , Bid indeed how ungrateful must we be that do not use jet - almost exertions to preserre this union , when we ¦ o ok at the unparalleled seal which this good man is » w displaying in our cause and entirely for our welfare , IS onght to arouse the energies aad stimulate eTery good ga with renewed rigour to support him , and cheer lim on in the God-like course be is now pursuing S ovever some may slight demonstrations , nothing ippesxs more likely to arouse the people at the present jii ii ; our principles are carried home to thousands ( ho would never hare an opportunity of hearing them Cj small in-doar meetings , and though they say be ituaded with some ineonTenienee and a little sacrifice , so good was ever , or ever caa be accomplished , without
acriSces being mads . The Chartists of Presto * are taadi ] y progressing ; our meetings are welt attended , asd mr numbers are increasing ; we shall have Mr . ) 'Brien with us on the 26 th , when we hope that a resh impulse will again be given to our caase . We also xpect to see the uncaged lion , and to hear his voice ace more encouraging the Presfconians ia | the cause ef iberty . It is to be hoped that the Lovetites , Hetheringan ' s , or any other may not divert the attention of the 3 iaitist « from the real objscts in Tiew ; we must rally ¦ ound O'Connor aad our brave leaders . Let peace and pod order attend all our future movements , but still ihow a determined front , then whatever faction be in potrer , they are safe ; do dungeon will again entomb item , the iron grasp of tyranny and oppression -will sse its hold , they may then fearlessly brave eTery fcorm , and pat to silence any opposition .
You will nueh oblige me by the insertion of the iboTe , to show the people that 1 had no intention of wavering an idea that we were cheated by Sir H . Tieeiwood , as time alone can only determine that point I remain , Sir , Tour most humble ani persevering friend in the cause of liberty , G . S"H"J > 6 L 5 HVB 5 J . Preston , 2 Cth Sept , l&il .
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MAGISTERIAL INJUSTICE . T « THE ZDITOa QJ 1 BX 50 XIBEBS STAB . £ ia , —I hope that you will give insertion in your paper to the following statement of facts , in a casa wika came before Messrs . Tottie and Grace , Magisfeiits for the borough of Leeds , in which I was not only iB-ossd but robbed . 1 am an TrU ^ Trm-n , and therefore , I thinjr , that justice has sot been awarded to me . Ihe Jacts are as follow : — f Iaaa hatter , and rest a house in St . Peter ' s-square , ia Leeds , " under ilr . Darey , for which I pay £ 10 a year ,
ad all taxes , and I take in lodgers ; but reserre one n » a for myself and family , to which the lodgers have do right of accesB , except by my esnsent On Wed-Ksdiy , the Sth of September instant , fifteen police-Ben , about eight o ' clock in the morning , came to my bouse to search for three persons who had been beggiag for money to get to New Zealand . They not only took Asm , but all the other lodgers in my house , amounting to nine , all of whom , except the three , ( of whom I be * nothing , ) were , after being detained in gaol two rights and dragged through the street * , through the aifcrferusce of my attorney , discharged .
I cannot be answerable for the acts of asy persons tho come to my lodgings ; but the officers , not content with taking them , came into my own private room . I nj forcibly knocked down , my trousers loosed , and kj belt taken off my waist , and then handcuffed to a K&semzn , and during which time they were searching fee apartments up stairs , and robbed my house of a x &nd two silk han £ k £ rcbiefs . I was then dragged a prison as a common felon , and fined for an assault on is pelicem&n { although I never struck him at all ) £ 2 , sad eosts S-a ., which I was obliged to pay . On my return home , I missed a new hat , and an old &e was left in its place .
On the foDowing day , I went to the Court House , and bmd the policeman , Robert Hartley , with my hat on ¦ head , which I immediately challenged . He left the ircrt House , and I , my wife , and brother followed ± n down to the steps , when I gare him in charge ; ad Hartley got into another room , left the hat there , od came out with a different one , as I can proTe by srpeetsble witnesses . Ob the following day I applied again to the Magisates , who said I must produce the hat , which I could Bt do , as the policeman bad stolen it from me-On a subsequent day , I made another application , md brought witnesses to proTe that they saw the » liceman Hartley go into the gaoler ' s room with my £ > on hit head , and come out with a different one ; and [ was then told by the Magistrate ' s Clerk that they ad no jurisdiction , but I must go to the Court of Sesnssts .
Hies stands the case : —I was selzsd by a policeman rithout & warrant ; my house was searched -without a arrant , and nothing fcrand ; I was dragged as a felon tough the streets ; and although I did not resist the search of the policeman , I was fined £ 2 Ss . for an assault iich 1 nerer committed . Three of my lodgers wore c * nined , one of them fei » s night , sad iwo for two nights in Leeds prison , on i charge of obtaining money under false prcteoces . When the cases came on , an attorney attended on tt « ir behalf , and not one tittle of eTideHce was pro-GMfcd against them , nor anything to impeach tieir fiaracter .
1 hsra now kept a respectable lodging-house for * me years , aud my landlord , Mr . Darcy , who lire ! « rs door , will Touch for the truth of this statement I vish to know whether this be either law or justice , xsa whether , because I am an Irishman , I am not enti-Ssd to the same justice as ai Englishman . ' 1 asi . Sir , Tour very obedi ent serrant , Jobs D ^ . vlatet . > - Peter ' s Square , LeeiE , Srpt . 17 , ISil .
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• m TO TH 2 EDIT 02 0 ? THE XOBTHEES STAB . ^ J 2 , —Pernut nse to contradict some statements * ^ ich appeared in the Star of last week , from your wasgow correspoodeEt In his report of Bridgeton Beetag , he there makes me to say , that the supportra of ill . 0 Coaceil were nothing better than sea gulls , ew * i , and ses mews . Now , I netei used tiiese terms when speaking of i £ y maa or party , much less my countrymen . I did 87 vhsu alluding to the hesTy purse Mr . O'Connell Kilter cf the starring people of Ireland , that there my ttioitusate c-ouatrymen were many of them compelled * ° ea : ees weed by the ocean ' s side , compasioas to the tea gulls aad cranes . Tour correspondent ' s resolution Eua to be moTed by me and seconded by himself , is etLKly out of joint , the real resolution is as follow : —
' That this meeting do sympathise with the people of ^ Qi in their distressed si tuation , and -we pledge wnelTes to assist them in repealing the JegislatiTe act a twon , accompanied by the People ' s Charter . " There is nothing of republics , whattTer may be my news of a repulwan form cf soTernment . I ttiak it ^ cper in the mean time to wai-re them . The people ' s aar « and Repeal of the Tnion are the only subjects Sr ^ lS ** * *^ - ^ ting youwin gite I "will subscribe myself , Ycet friend and brother Chartist , Co * . Mleeat .
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TO THE MEN' OF ROCHDALEDIVES AND LAZARUS . HS- ^ r" ^ r 5 TB THB . f , iXD ST 1 ETI > -G , RiSGEP , •^ n ' ^ ? Ary EaiSED WOBKI . NG MZ > " 0 ? £ » CSw ^~ , ? ^ t *™* y ° « attention to a practical ^ sraaon of the parable of Dm * and Laaru ,, as it is « wu moment preseBted to the coantry from the palace fia ™ T ^ Behoid here toe larar y . ' « the acquiteSdS , * " - 7 muA 7 ° ™ ***** » starT « i ; en menta t which bowed ffctw
^ ivrt y . » Procure you are k > the o . ^ t *^^ ' wmen you are Dowea ft ^ t ^ T Xlth P ^^ tion and misery ; and while your ^ "a down the delicious list of danties and deli-* oes imagine for a moment the flaTour of the saToury we « that crowd the table of royalty , and then look » t SL Vh 1 ^ z tot * sUle crust ' ^ y ^» " ey « a , me exqoiKte fruits , the sumptueus extraTagao-£ h ^ L ? Ppl 7 of yrMdh J"on *» tsxed to the rery ** & , robbed of your fair earnings , stinted of your food •^ spurned , despised and trampled upon by the £ Pj * . a tnat encircle your aorerf . ism . und m » n mnr
r ** JW to God that the selfishness of your rulers ?^ ^ 3 Mt reward . In the statement I £ r ^ f ° ^ ^ Pe ^ iitoe is oocasioaed by wear-^ ipparcl , serrants' wages , or Uyeries , horses , or « « i"sed with the ^ poor man -g aeoeasaries , namely ,
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food , firings and washing ; and new , eonsidcring the famishing state of thousands , and tens of thousands of her Majesty ' s subjects , let us see how her majesty sympathises with their distresses , and to what extent their privations axe shared by the cenrt and its parasites . - The items of the expenditure of ths Queen ' s Household for 1840 , are stated as follows : — Bread , £ 2360 ' . batter , bacon , cheese , and eggs , £ 5 , 150 ; milk and eream , £ 1 , 500 ; butcher meat , £ l 0 , MQ ; poultry , £ 4 , 250 ; fish , £ 2 , 180 ; grocery , £ 5 , 000 ; oilery , £ 1 , 850 ; fruit and confectionary , £ 1 , 980 ; TegetabJea , £ 520 ; wine , £ 5 , 250 ; liqours , &c ^ £ 3 , 000 ; ale-aad beet , £ 8 , 001 ; wax candles , £ 2 , 151 ; tallow candles , £ 750 ; lamps , £ i , S 5 £ >; fuel . £ 6 , 980 ; stationary , £ 870 ; turnery , £ 400 ; braiaery , £ 950 ; china ,
glass , fee ,, £ 1 , 576 ; linen , £ 2 , 504 ; washing of table and other linen , £ 3 , 250 ; plate , £ 3 SS ! The sum total « f ttiese s&reral items amounts for the entire year ' s eating , drinking , and carousing , only to the sum of £ 69 , 765 ! or , if we diride the same by 53 , for the number « f weeks , we shall find that our most gracious SoTeieign , and the self-denying creatures abeut her ha / re actually been starring themselTes upon the pitiful allowance of only £ 1 , 341 14 s . 7 £ d a-week , and this during a whole twelremonth ! Whj , they must ie all living skeletons by this time ! Kow , as we hare seen the sad destitution of the Sovereign and her friends—as we haTe incontestible proof that the sufferinzs of the starring millions aie sympathised with at tbe rate of oaly thirteen hundred and forty pound ' s worth of eating , drinking , and digesting , per weeklet us see how ~ a portion of those millions respond to tbe maternal example . Why , I find that in one district of this ' highly faYoured land , the insensible , selfwilled , " brute folk , " as old Bess called her Commons ,
have actual ly , during the very time their kind-hearted and considerate Sovereign has been suffering with her whole court , all tbe horrors of starratior ? , upon a miserable allowance of only thirteen hundred and toriy pound'i worth of food , &c , a week : —the people , I tay , instead of following her magnanimous example of self-denial hare , in the district of Rochdale , for instance , been feasting and jollifying themselves to repletion upon sums enormously extravagant , and reaching to the incredible amount of even tiro shillings and twopence per head per week 11 The profligacy of tbe people is surely enough to call down a visitation of wmh upon their self-devoted and considerate rulers . However , we will expose crime in all its dtformity , and show up the thoughtless extravagance of the revellers of Rochdale till we make the whole country blatb far them , and induce their friends , the Tories , to give the screw another turn , that possibly they may find out where the boot pinches , and learn to be moderate in their enjoyments .
A certain great man , who , of course , would not have hazarded an assertion without grounds , declared a Tery short time back , that there was " no distress in the country . " That is , in all that extensive tract of it that lies between Apsley House and Buckingham Palace ! His Grace of Wellington was mistaken ; or perhaps ke had not recently been familiar with the destitution of the Royal Household . But , however that may have been , he volunUered the assertion , and made us almost believe that the eaters and drinkers about the palace were as happy as princes and as well off as the people who support them ; so , of course , there w * a no distress in ehe country—net anybut what says the country ? Let us take one instance out of the thousands that crowd upon us in answer : — Upon the publication of the Duke of Wellington ' s
sentiments , a few public spirited individuals set about to ascertain the facts upon which they were grounded , and te inspect the actual condition of the people in their respective neighbourhoods . They accompanied the enumerators for the census ; and the statemeat as to the condition and means of the people visited may be depended upon , and taken as an exact specimen of the over-fed , ovor-dethed , over-happy labo « ring part of the community . The individual cases being fairly taken from door to door in the township of Rochdale , the number of families visited consisted of 6 , 880 individuals , whose average income for rent , taxes , clothes , and provisions was ( whisper it not in the palace ) one shining and eleven pence and a fraction a head per week ' . Ou an analysis of tke particulars it was found that about 140 individuals were without any means of subsistence at all : That of the rest there were
s . d . 1 S 5 individuals living upon 6 a head per week . 291 do . da 0 10 . J da 5 » 3 da da 10 da 1 S 55 do . da 10 da 1500 d " o . do . 1 9 do , S 12 da do . 2 2 da Notwithstanding this extravagant scale of income , it appears that the poverty displayed to the visitors baffled description . Five-sixths of the whole number had scarcely a blanket to cover them ; eighty-five ot the families were without any ; forty-seven others had nothing but bags of chaff or bundles of shavings for thtir beds ; and the haggard looks of all denoted that they too well knew the pangs of hunger and the inroads of disease . Of a truth , my Lord Duke , there cannot be any distress in the country I
Now let us see what might be done for the people IT , instead of £ 1311 1 * 3 . 7 ^ d . be ing abs or bed weekly in the fnafdng and guttling of the Royal Household , it was distributed in healthful streams , as tbe reward of labour , among the people . Well , then , we shall perceive tkat , divided into weekly portions , Of 20 * . each it would suffice for 1541 persons At IS * . it would maintain 1490 15 s . ... ... 1795 ¦ 12 s . ... ... 2236 - 1 C 3 . ... ... 26 ^ 3 9 s . ... ... 29 S 1 75 . ... ... 3 is 33 At 5 s . it would keep frem starving ... 5367 3 s . Cd . It would afford a crust to 7 ** 7
i And at 2 s . 2 d « the maximum of m-! - come among the lai bouricg poor of Roch-I dale , it would eke out j the existence of . 12 . 3 S 5 ef her Ma-! jesty ' a faithful subjects . i Twelve thousand , three hundred and eighty five ¦ beings , then might have life kept in them by the mere ( sum spent in thePaiaceof Queen Yictoriafor one week ' s , stuffing ? and so on through the year . ' Good heaven ; how can people say there is distress in the country ? ' But two shillings and twopence , or threepence
threei farthings a-day is not a / air point to start from , because I it is next door to starvation point tone of the peculiar 1 enjoyments of the people , according to the Duke . ) Let ' us go liberally to work and calculate upon 6 d . a-day as 1 fehe minimum , and then we find , as above , that the j Queen and ber courtiers , her grooms and her lacquays , ; consume as much of the good things of providence in 1 the shape of food , in one week \ as would suffice for j seven thousand six hundred aud sixty seven gluttons , 1 at sixpence a head per day !
1 Trathftnot always acceptable in'high places , and j the-House of Commons did well the other night to j reject Mr . Fielden ' a amendment , upon the motion for j going into committee of snpply . Why should the poor , I Self-denying sovereign , be plagued with ridiculous I addresses about the sufferings of her people , when her 1 hands are so full of eating and drinking ? Tairteeu i hundred pounds worth of * -eef and beer , is no j jke to i swallow in a week . '—and why should tie Ministry be I annoyed , just as they rtep over the threshold of office , ' with a parcel of lachrymose tales abonfc a starving poj » ulation ' : The business cf the Ministry is to get money for the purposes of the Court , and to dice at the I Paiace as often as invited— * there are some good
pick-! ings at the royal table , yon gormandisers of Rochdale !) I What have the representatives of the people to do witb ! the consideration cf the ' state of the country ? Are ! they net " Members of this Hec&urable House ? " —they ' have done their duty to the country , by r " taking the oaths and their seats , " and what ¦ can the country require of them farther ? Of a j truth we are a tstj bad uisppsed , dissatisfied people ; j we are very content to wort tht : flesh off our bones , ' withont a fair remuneration , chat the splendour of a ' conrt rosy bemaintaiced ont of the proper reward otour \ indusiry ; but we are ungrateful enough to murmur if ! we are Etarved upon 2 s . 2 d- a week , when the Queen
j herstlf , poor thing , i 3 not able to get more than thirteen hundred and furty-cne pounds i-urteen shillings and sevenpence farthing a -week , to keep herself from starving also . But there is no distress in the country—the " Hero . of Waterloo" who altogether , in pay , pensions , and j gratuities , has only received about one million two j hundred and thirteen thousand three hundred and sixtyj five pounds ;" out of the taxss wrung from the produc-1 tive labour of tke the country , Eays there is bo dis-! tress , and we are bound to believe there is none , in hii , ' house at least J and yst , when we consider that the I " illustrions Duke" tas had , through the wheleof hb i slaughtering career , little more to live upon than a year the
• and a halfs allowance to her Majesty Qa » en . He ! certainly must be quite competent to know what the ' word " distress" means wbea it comes before him at j Apsley House . ( Thanks to the misgovernment of the past , and the j comfortable hope we have of the future ; 1 dare say we 1 shall spend a very pleasant winter ; our fire wili burn ' , brightly—our tables ( mahogany or loo-tables ) will creak 1 with the weight of the provisions that will pour upon j us from all sides . In February , or some other monta , I our national government will take our case into its conj sideration , and then , such of us as h ave not died of starvation in the mean time , may lift up enr hands and j wonder how we have contrived to cheat the
grave-dig-. ger bo long ! j Should the period really arrive when the state ' of the country is ever taten into consideration by Pai-1 liament , I devoutly hepe the first tning it may do will 1 be to double , triple , quadruple , the allowance for the ' guttling department of the royal household , for had j the mtn . of England been true to their own interests , - the labeuring millions , would this day haTe had full j bellies and'eontantedhomes . i ' Fact . ¦ London , 21 st Sept . 1841 .
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THE MINISTRY . The House of Commons has assembled after its adjournment te allow time for the re-elections , and Sir Robert Peel has re-entered it in the character of Prime Minister . Sir George Cleric promise * for him , that as soon as he returned he would make , a statement as to tbe coarse whith he should pursue ; and Sir Robert certainly made a speech on Thursday Bight , tbe one probably to which Sir George alluded . It coincides with the promise in point of time , and Sir Robert did net announce any farther communication fox the present ; so that it is only fair to assume , though one wtuld not suppose it , that he * has actually made his statement .
The esacle bath spoken , and it hath said—nothing The impression which the conqueror of Waterloo made open a Parisian dame is said to have been , that he displayed " a great talent for silence . " Sir Robert exhibits a higher talent than his illustrious colleague , for he contrives to make speech perform the office of silence , aid to ntter plenty of words which tell nothing . H « fulfilled the promise which he made vicariously through Sir George Clerk , in characteristic style . He first introduced his statement a-prepot of cbimnies for the new Parliameat building ; and upon that subject he was remarkably explicit Then he said that he should adopt the Whig Miscellaneous Estimates , which were to come on last night Next he explained the course which he
should take with election petitions—do nothing , and trust to the Election Committees to help him in doing so for the present Then with respect to the laws about to expire , he should continue them for the nonce ; and especially with respect to tbe Peor Law—upon that he was very distinct—the House might prolong it by a general continuance Bill , ' or by an express enactment , bo long as it gave him time to make up his mind . Then Le came to the deficiency la the revenue : he was careful to explain tkat there would be two classes of remedies ; one temporary—Mr . Goulburn would explain that ; and one permanent—he Would explain that himself , next session . And , lastly , with respect to other permanent measures of importance , those too he would explain—next session .
So the sum of all that Sir Robert told the House was , what he should do with certain small Estimates on tbe very next evening , and that he should make arrangements to enable him to tell them nothing
more . Now there is nothing in this procedure but what might have been expected ; for it is precisely in accordance with what Sir Robert Peel said that he should do on taking office , so long ago as tbe debate in May : he said that he should claim the confidence of the House , and ask for time to consider the measures to be adopted . There is therefors . no new cause of compUtot ; only the longer time Sir Robert takes for consideration , the better prepared must we expect him to be in February , when a strict account will be required of
bis progress in cogitation . If there was asy disappointment at Sir Robert's silence on Thursday , it was occasioaed by Sir George Clerk , who had been instructed to make an announcement of Sir Robert whick caused those who forgot the very peculiar nature of his explicitness to be disappointed ; and Sir Robert himself enhanced that disappointment by making a show as if be really were abont to tell something . Lord John Russell was so tantaliaed that he could not bear it , and he threatened to make a speech on the posture of public affairs and Sir Robert's backwardness in dealing with them .
There is one hint lurking among the Premier ' s words , too vague as yet to found any opinion upon , which i s SVU 1 n » t unwelcome . The Whigs , in dealing with " tbe deficiency , " admitted that they had so scheme for reducing the expenditure—their only plan was to increase tbe revenue . Sir Robert Peel seems to perceive the possibility of doing both . Is a Tory Government goiag to begin the work of economy ? It Uoks like it : Colonel Peel plainly told bis constituents' at Huntingdon , that Lord Aberdeen is about to reduce tbe war expenditure , which Lord Palmerston did so much to augmaat . Jos spa Hume will turn " Tory V—Spectator .
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THE RECENT STRIKE OF MASOf S AT THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT . In the daily journals of last week there appeared paragraphs , the substance of which was , that the masons employed on tbe works of the new Houses of Parliament had struck in consequence ( as stated in the reports alluded to ) of tbe arbitrary conduct of their foreman , Mr . Allen , and tkat they had resolved not again to resume their labour until the cause of their grievance was removed . The fact of works of so great an importance as those of the - new Houses of Legislature being suspended , naturally caused a very considerable sensation , and as it is a matter of importance to the public that it should be properly informed of the real nature of the case , our reporter waited yesterday upon
the- contractors , Messrs . Gnssell and Peto , and the former geatlcman very kindly famished him with facts , the detail of which will put this affair in its proper light The masons employed up to Saturday night week numbered 222 , and tbe whole of them , principally provincial , belong to the "Birmingham Union of Masons . " This union was established for the purpose of protecting the labourer against the master . So for so good ; but union being strength , may be turned to other purposes than those it originally professes , and may , as in this instance , become a powerful instrument of intimidatiou . The men in a body have no fault whatever to find with the ? ' foreman , and s « , we are informed , they have expressed themselves ; but a few , sixteen or seventeen . hav « considered themselves
ill-used , and , to redress their wrongs , all mist act up to the spirit of their compact , and strike . Two months since the contractors received a letter from the masons , requesting them to receivo a deputation . The contractors consented and met the deputation , when a number of grievances were related . They , the deputation , prefaced their complaints by stating that Mr . Allen was an arbitrary man ; and , as an instance , be had refused to allow a mason to leave bis work to bury his mother . This certainly was a very severe accusation to make against a man , and the contractors sifted it to the bottom . They had the foreman confronted with the men , and he then stated that a man did apply to him for permission to leave his work for a time that be might go down into
the country to bury his mother . The foreman was willing to grant him his request , but when be asked for three weeks' absence , tho foreman said he could not keep his bench empty that time , and , if he went , he mutt take his chance of being employed on his return . This statement satisfied the deputation , and they agreed that the foreman had not been harsh . Another grievance , however , was raised ; and that was , the men could not have their beer where they liked—they were confined to two houses of the contractors' choosing , The contractors said they had chosen the houses nearest the works ; but to conciliate the men they would strike one oft ' , and allow beer to came from tbe one at which Uiey held their meetings , the Pavior ' s Arms , Millbank . The deputation expressed themselves satisfied , and
nothing again occurred to disturb the harmony that existed nntil a fortnight since . It is the custom in all public buildings to give portions of work to masons that eccupy a certain time in completing , and if one man , from being a better cr quicker workman , completes his job before the fine , he is called a " chaser , " and the united exertions of the men are put in force to expel him from the work , unless he consents to work at the speed laid down by the committee of masons . A mason finished a "headway" two days before he should have done according to his fellow-workmen ' s rule , and a meeting was held , at which he ¦ was fined five shillings . The man appealed to his foreman , Mr . Allen , and the latter mentioned the circumstance to the contractors , who desired tbe foreman to
enoourage the man , and support him against the body that oppressed him . Another meeting of the union was held , and it was resolved , that unless this man , who had only faithfully discharged his duty , was dismissed , they would strike . Upon a re-consideration , they thought that too weak a ground , aad got up a charge against the foreman , which vras to the effect that he -wished them to do more work in one day than they were inclined to think a fair day ' s work ; and that , when they did not do this , he made use of intimidating language towards them , and after alluding to many ¦ what we consider childish annoyances that they had suffered , the letter concluded by stating that , unless Mr . Allen was discharged , they would cease to work
from Saturday week . The contractors , having no fault to find with their foreman , determined not to be influenced by this spirit of insubordination , and to maintain him in his place—the result of \ rhich ¦ was the masons fetched away their tools on Tuesday last The contractors having seen a paragraph in the papers , in ¦ which it was stated that Lord Ashley had consented to present a petition to the Commissioners of Woods and Forests on behalf of the masons , Mr . Grissell waited upon the Hon . the Commissioners , and ascertained that the statement was totally false , the Commissioners assuring Mr . Grissell that , bad such a compl aint been made , they should either have referred the matter to him , or at tbe least , solicited his presence .
Yesterday the Commissioners of Woods and Foresta sent a letter to the contractors , stating that whatever they , the contractors , might suggest , they , the Commissioners , would assist them in carrying out , as far as lay in their power . Thus the affair remains at present—Observer , ( a Whig official print )
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Taxation asd Repbksestation . —Previous to hi 6 descent upon England , William the Conqueror assembled a council of his nearest friends , to demand their advice and assistance . They all approved of the expedition , and promised to serv * William with their persons and goods . " But , " said they , " this is not all—you must ask assistance of the great body of the people of the country ; for it is but right that those who pay the expense should be called to consent to it . " Then William , say the chroniclers , convoked a great assembly of men of all classes in Normandy , laid before chem his project , and solicited their assistance—then left them that they might deliberate freely . We perceive by this that « ven bo early as the days of the Conqueror , people had hold of the notion that H taxation and representation shoold g < r together ;" or , to express it in the language of those days , that " it is but right those why pay the expense should be called to consent to it .
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NEWPORT . —McmiiotrrHSHiBE . —The committee forgetting up and conducting * demonstration to welcome that noble » f nature Feargua O'Connor , Esq . into the town of Newport , on bis w » y from Merthyr , are acting with great energy ; they are working well , and will leave nothing undone on their part . From tke favourable manner in waieh it has been taken up by ihe working classes it is expected to tagM ot the greatest diipfaji ever witaesaedin the Whig-nddea . iomi of Newport . The greatest enthusiasm - . taA joy pervades almost every breast at the theitghtfl of seeing the man they prise and lore . _ There area good many books out
receiving eubscnpUoua . Mr . Benjamin Francis , merchant , is one of the committee , and likewise treasurer . The committee hope that deputations and delegates will attend from various places , particularly from Pontypool , Caerieon , Cardiff , Blaokwood , Aberiagavenny , Usk , aad other districts ; if they ean muster a few flags or banners they will be wanted for the occasion . Now , Menmouthsaire , do yoar duty . Chartism is not dead , aershimbering . Come in your thousands to see tha man who is destined t # crush the tyrant and tbe oppressor . Due notice will be given in the Star , when Mr . O'Connor ean attend . All communications to be addressed to W . H . Cronin , George-street Cottage , Newport , Monmouthshire .
COMNOCHL , —On Thursday night , Sept . 16 , in Mr . Robert Crichton ' s School-room , under the auspices of the Democratic Association , a social entertainment was given , of a purely intellectual character ; comprising politioalspeeches , recitations , and siEging , designed for promoting the moral , social , and politioal improvement of the people . . A good deal of excitement has taken place in consequence of Mr . O'Connor ' s notice of visiting this place in his tour through Scotland ; and it is to be hoped that the friends of the people will give him a reception worthy of his services .
New Cuxmock . —On Monday , tho 13 th instant , a meeting was held at Mansfield Collery , near this ¦ lace , in the School-room , at which Mr . Duncan Robertson explained the principles of the Charter to an attentive audience . He concluded his address by moving the propriety of joining in union for advancing the cause . Mr . O'Connor ' s visit to Old Cumnock , which is about five or six miles distant , will stir up men ' s minds a good deal-to see the propriety of doing something to free the masses from this worse than Egyptian bondage . COLME . —On Monday evening , the 13 th inst ., Mr . Charles Connor delivered a very interesting lecture in the Chartist Lecture Room , to a crowded and attentive audienoe ; aud on Wednesday evening , the 15 th , Mr . James Leach , from Manchester , delivered an excellent lecture in the same place , to a v « ry full and attentive auditory .
LEICESTER . —The excitement goes on steadily and bravely . We have added fifteen to-day ( Monday ) and Saturday , in addition to forty-two last week , and sixty-two the week preceding . Mr . Bairstow and his blooming bride were entertained at a merry Ua-party on Thursday last ; and at the close Mr . B . delivered a very pleasing address . Last Sunday , Mr . Bairstow preached in the afternoon , and Mr . Cooper , in the'evening . The Marketplace , on each occasion , presented an interesting appearance : the audience , at night , amounted to upwards of three thousand . Collections were made in aid of the fund for O'Brien ' s printing press ; and £ 2 were sent off to the treasurer , Mr . Ogden , Leeds , the next day : at the same time , a money order for £ 2 was dispatched to Mr . Campbell , the Secretary of the Executive . On Monday evening , Mr . Cooper delivered bis concluding lecture on Geography , in the Gaildhall , the audience being a orowded one , as before .
CHESTBRPIEW > AN © BRAMPTOrf . —At the weekly ' meeting of the Chartists on Monday evening last , it was unanimously resolved that a general meeting of the members do take place at the house of Mr . John Williams , Brick-houBe yard , Brampton , ( which the Chartists have taken for their future meetings ) for the purpose of electing three members to serve on the general counoil , in the room of three resigned . KNARE 8 BRO ' . —On Monday last , the Chartists here held their weekly meeting . The cause is going on prosperously ; numbers of new members were enrolled . We had a very full room to hear Mr . Dooker give a public lecture on the necessity of agitating for nothing short of the Charter . WANDSWORTH , Surret . —Mr . Stallwood , lectured on Sunday evening , in the Chartist Association-rooms , on the Charter .
BLACKBURN . —We had a glorious meeting on Friday eveniog , when Mr . Leacn delivered an able leoture on Chartism . The lecturer gave general satisfaction . A vote of thauks was given to Mr . Leach , with three rounds of applause . TChree cheers were also given for our undaunted patriot , Feargus O'Connor ; after which the meeting separated , highly delighted with the proceedings of the evening . BUDDLESBRO ' . —The cause of Chartism goes bravely on here ; since the liberation of our true and tried friend O'Connor , tho cause has assumed a different aspect . The news of the-people ' s instructor being let at liberty has acted like magic , and caused
all our old lukewarm members to be up and doing . Our meetings are now w « ll attended , and all seem anxious to take a part in ihe great struggle for political freedom . We have . had a very important discussion upon the Corn Laws . Several shopkeepers have joined us , and expressed their belief that the Charter is the only remedy for the evils we labour under . We are to ( hava a delegate meeting hero next Sunday , on tbis subject , when delegates are expected from Yarns , Stockton , Darlington , Hartlepool , and various other places , when we shall be able to state to the various places the result of our delegations .
OUSEBURN . —The Chartists of this place met as usual on Sunday morning last , in the Association Room , near Byker Bar . It was resolved , " That there be a lecture delivered in this room every Tuesdav evenisr , to commence at seven o ' clock ; subject ' for the first lecture , " The American and French Revolutions : the cause that produced the success of the former , and the defeat of the latter . " The subscriptions are coming in well here to defray the expences of the demonstration to O'Connor and O'Brien . We would suggest the propriety ef having a delegate meeting for Northumberland and Durham , in some central part between the two countries , that we may know the wants and feelings of our brother Chartists in the villages round about Newcastle . fiCOTtAKD . —Dalkeith . —Mr . Lowery delivered a lecture in the Masons' Hall here , last Monday evening . The lecture gave great satisfaction . Chartism is in a healthy state here .
Gore Bridge . —A meeting was held here in the open air on Tuesday last , to hear a lecture from the county lecturer , Mr . Lowery . The meeting was well attended , and has done much good . After the lecture a Charter Association was formed . Rosun . —Mr . Lowery lectured here ou Wednesday last , in the open air . Lasswade . —Fruits of tue System . —An extensive failure has taken place here during the last week by which a great number of persons Jiave been thrown out of employment ; it is Mr . Brooks , paper manufacturer . It is said he has failed in at least £ 20 , 000 , and that there are not assets enough to pay Is . in the pound . Loanhead . —Ah Association is about to be formed here .
Montrose . —At the last week ' s meeting of the Montroae Chartists , a vote of thanks was moved and carried unanimously to the Rev . Father Ryan and Messrs . O'Higgins and Brophy , for their patriotic exertions in defence of the rights of the suffering millions , and defending the Charter against that arch traitor to his country , Dan O'Connell . We have also invited the tried friend of the people , Mr . Feargus O'Connor , to pay us a visit while •» his tour through Scotland , knowing that he will do wuh good in this quarter .
KIDDERMINSTER . —Mr . Mason delivered a lecture here at the White Horse Ian , on Wednesday last , on the rights of labour . The leoture occupied an hour and a half in the delivery . A few more such lectures in this Tory ridden place , will put the extinguisher over Toryism , At the close of tbe lecture , itwaB unanimously resolved , " That adeputatiea be appointed to assist at the demonstration at Birmingham , in honour of the release of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., from the fangs of a dastard Whig Government .
NOTTINGHAM . —The Chartists held their usual weekly meeting ia the Democratic Chapel on Monday evening : letters were read from Mr . D . Blair , of Belfast , Mr . Summitt , of Newark , and Mr . O'Connor s speech at the meeting of stonemasons , London . Several new members joined the Association . WISBEACH , Cambridgeshire . —Some few weeks since , a meeting of the working classeB was held in this town for the purpose of forming an Association ; the executive was applied to for cards , &o . and a subsequent meeting was called , and an Association regularly organized . We are , it is true , but thirteen in number , but we are about getting up an addre&s to the working men of Wisbeach aad its neighbourhood , and training ourselves for a regular systematic agitation . We deem it our duty to make this brief statement , through the medium of the Northern St * r , in order that our brethren throughout the country may know that even in aristocratic Cambridgeshire the spirit of freedom lives and has its earnest breathings .
WARRINGTON . —The Chartists here celebrated the release of Mr . O'Connor , on Monday evening , by a tplendid tea party . The room was crowded to excess . After tea , Mr . J . Savory was called to the chair , and the evening was spent with the greatest hilarity . The toasts , of which several were given , were responded to in an excellent style-and with great effect . The recitations of Mr . Lawless were admirable , but what crowned the entertainment were the recitations and songs of Mr . Y&tes .
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N O MINATI O NS F O R THE GENERAL COUNCIL . B 01 T 0 K . lit . William Bsird . ' Mr . John Sullivaa . Mr . Henry Qilmore . Mr . William Booth . Mr . Thenaa Entwistle . Mr . Peter Ryan . Mr . James Whltehcad . Mr . Joha Hurljr , sub-Secretary . Mr . John Thornton , Corresponding Secretary .
NOTTINGHAM . . Mr . Wm . Russell . , Mr . Joseph Stuter . Mr . Wso . Castor . Mr . John Wall-Mr . Thomas Bawsea . Mr . John Wright . Mr . Charles Oatee . Mr . Thomas Stanford , sub-Secretary . Mr . James Sweet , sub-Treasurer .
MMW LENTOK . Mr . Alexander Byard . Mr . Thomas Smith . Mr . Jshn Williamson . Mr . Henry Hetherington . Mr . Wm . Brown . Mr . J . G . Hanney . Mr . Qteotga Groves . Mr . Jacob Boatock , sub-Secretary . Mr . Thos . Smith , sub-Treasurer .
RICHKONB . Mr . Cteorge Abbott MrWilliat * Clarkson . Mr . George Swiaton . Mr . Jonas Mattaoa . Mr . Thomas F / yer . Mr . Robert Lawaou . Mr . Thomas Heathooate . Mr . John Emmlson , sub-Treasurer . Mr . George Allison , sub-Secretary .
«*» XOACCLESFIEUX—On Snnday evening Mr . Chandloy lectured on the faetory system , and in a very interesting and effective address , laid bare the horrible enormities of the life-destroying system . BRIDGETON . —Another great meeting was held in the Chartist Hall there , on Wednesday night , Mr . Black in the chair , when Con . Murray was again called upon , who entered with feeling anil spirit into the wrongs of Ireland , and the unprincipled conduct of her paid patriots . He was followed by another countryman of his , who made a very sensible speech . Mr . ShufSebottom followed , and delivered a very excellent address , in which he showed the propriety of casting to the winds all petty animosities or sectarian prejudices , and explained the principles of the Charter , point by point . Dennis McMillan defended
the principle of the Charter , and showed that it was impossible for his countrymen to obtain a Repeal of the Union without joining with the British people for the Charter . He was followed by Mr . Cameren , who , in hie usual eloquent style , went over a number of the topics alluded to by the previous speakers , approving here and condemning there , according to his views of the subjects alluded to . Mr . Nimmo , who was lately a Whig , but now appears , from tha sentiments which he delivered , to have joined the Chartist movement , congratulated the Chartists upon the strong position which they had taken up , and advised them to stand by the Charter , the whole Charter , and nothing else . The meeting dissolved at a late hour , after giving tbe usual ronnd of cheer * ing . Committee meetings in the various districts are being held almost every oi ^ ht , making tbe necessary arrangements for the coming demonstration .
8 ELBY . —A North and East Riding delegate meeting was held at Selby on Sunday last , to take into consideration the practicability of forming a North and East Riding District of the National Charter Association , and for the purpose of electing a fit and proper person to become lectarer for the district . The following delegates handed in their credentials : —Mr . Edward Burley , York ; Mr . Padget , Hull ; Mr . Moody , Howden ; Mr . Sutherby , Selby ; and Mr . Jones , Leeds . Letters were also received from Scarborough , Market Weighton , and Koaresborough , approving of the objects of the meeting . Mr . Padget was called to the chair , and Mr . Burley acted as Secretary . Mr ? Burley briefly stated the objects of the meeting , when , after some
discussion , iu which several frimds took part , it was resolved that a North and East Riding District be immediately formed , and a lecturer ongaged to agitate the same , to be paid 35 s . per week , he paying his own expences . It was also resolved that Mr . SkeviRgton , of Loughborougb , be engaged as lecturer for one month , to commence on Monday , the 27 th of September . Mr . William Croft , of York , was appointed Treasurer , and Mr . Burley the corresponding Secretary , for the district . Mr . Burley and Mr . Padget were appointed to draw up an address to the working classes of the North and East Riding , which was unanimously adopted . The following resolution was then agreed to : — " That we , the delegates assembled in Selby , representing the Chartists of York , Leeds , Selby , and various localities in the East Riding of the county of York , deem it our duty to impress upon the several
lecturers throughout the country the great necessity of their using their utmost exertions in raising funds for the support of the Executive Council , and thereby enable that body to carry out those great measures for which they were elected . " It was resolved that the next delegate meeting for the East and North Ridings sho « ld be held at York , on Sunday , October the 31 st . A vote of thanks having been passed te the Chairman and Secretary , the meeting broke up , eaoh delegate determined to use every exertion to cement firmly that union which he had been a party in formin g . The room was crowded the whole of the day with highly respectable persons , who seemed to take great interest in the proceedings . Much benefit may accrue to our caase by spreading the principles in this district of aristocratic pomp . The spirit of inquiry is abroad ; let them stop its progress if they can . The following is the address agreed to by the delegates : —
To ihe Working Classes of the East and North , Hiding of the County of York , Fbllow Covntryken , —We , the delegates from the various towns in the East and Korth Riding of the County of York , assembled in Selby , to deliberate upon the best means of enlightening oar fellow-men to a sense of those rights to which they are so justly entitled , deem it our duty to lay before you our views and objects upon this occasion , U order to rebmt the base and scandalous assertions which have been made against our principles , by ignorant and designing men , and by a hireling press , whose interest it is to keep yon in ignorance , that they may the more easily oppress and enslave you , taking from you those means which you ought to possess , to support aud keep in comfort and contentment your wiv * s and families , in order that they may revel in luxmry and extravagance .
Fellow Countrymen , —The present state of our country requires your most serious consideration ; we address yon in tbe plain and simple language of truth , which is the most powerful of all We wish to convince you that we are not the vile characters which out opponents represent us to be , but that we are men who have felt the yoke of oppression , and are determined to inquire into the cause . Our oppressors tell you there is no oppression—do distress , any further than what divine providence has inflicted ; that God intended that there should be rich and poor , and that it is infidelity to attempt to alter that which he has ordained . Tbis vre deny .
Fellow Countrymen , —If we look on the one hand we see men , women , and children , starving for want of food , wMlst , on the other hand , we see a pampered aristocracy , rolling in the midst of luxury and splendour . Did God ordain that one portion of society should be the slaves of another portion ? Ifo . God ordained that man should eat bread by the sweat of his brow ; yet we find those who toll , sweat , and produce all ; who erect the stately mansion , who cultivate the soil , who sow the seed , and reap the harvest in proper
time , —in fact , the men who produce every thing which is calculated to make man happy in tbis world , are actually hungering and starving to death for the "want of a sufficiency of those necessaries which , through their intelligence and industry , they have in abundance provided ; whilst we find those who toil not , niouopolisingand enjoying those blessings which God has so bounteously provided for all his creatures . This is infidelity ; and this system the Chartists of this country are determined to put down by all moral and constitutional means in their power .
W « seek not to take another man ' s property , nor to destroy it ; but we seek to destroy the system that takes from us our only property—our labour ; that system we find to emanate from class-legislation , and to destroy it , we are convinced that nothing will be m effectual as the establishing of the People ' s Charter as the law of the land . To afford yo » an opportunity of judging of the merits of those great and glorious principles , we have determined upon sending a lecturer amongst you , to cplain them . It will be for you to decide whea you have heard them , which we do » bt not but you will do , in favour of them , with a determination to do yaur utmost to assist in carrying them omt , by forming yourselves in bodies , and joining the National Charter Association .
The cause of liberty , your distressed countrymen who are now pent up in the cold hostile , and the noble leaders of the people who are now suffering in the cheerless dungeon and on the foreign shore , separated from all they hold dear to them , demand your assistance to raise up your fallen country to that station amongst tbe nations of the earth , which the intelligence and industry of her people deserve . That yen may see the justness of our cause , and join with your fellow countrymen , in their cry for freedom , la the earnest prayer of ' Your Brothers in political bondage , Signed on behalf of the Delegates , Edward Burley , Secretary . Wm . Padget , Chairman .
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GLASGOW . —A lecture was delivered in SS . Ann ' s Church , on Monday night , on the evils of Monarchy , by Mr , Jack , to a crowded a « dienee ; tho lecturer did great justice te his subject j he traced monarchy from its origin t downwards , showing tha amount of misery waieh mankind in . all age ? , c » natries , and climes , have Bmffered ; from , vto baneful effects , and proving that irresponafote power wm the prolific source of almost eTery evil which tfie great human family had to complam of , and the absolute necessit y ' of every civilised nation throwing
off the unhallowed incubus Wore they oowdeitfleT be happy , prosperous , or independent . Mr . Ax * was much cheered throughout . J MrvK 6 y aad Mr . Malcolm followed , and < Sont , epdefd that it was . not the monarchy but the people that were to b » me , a 8 monarchy was a monster of > heir own creation . Mr . Preudfoot read from" the Bible Samuel ' s densnciation of kings , and proved from past history , how true his words had come to pass . A vote of thanks was then given to the Ieotnrer , when the meeting dissolved . -
A Mkbtinc op the Cokhittie for conducting ihe soiree to Feargus O'Connor was held eir Tuesday evening , when the various speakers were appointed , and the different sentiments they were to ipeak upon agreed to . Mr . Cullen was appointed Chairman , and Mr . Moir , vice-chairman of the soiree . The splendid Hall where this soiree is to bo held will be finished in a few days ; the view from the galleries at each end of the Hall is the moat magnificent we ever beheld ; the eyes dazzle , and the mind is enraptured with the spacious Hall , the splendid building , and beautiful workmanship performed by workmen whom the base factions sneeringly tell us are unfit for the franchise .. The tickets , which are one shilling and threepence each , are being rapidly purchased up .
Demonstration Committed . —The Demonstration Committee met on Thursday night , Mr . Con Murray in the chair . The Gommittee entered into the necessary arrangements . Mr . Moir was appointed chairman for the Green ; Messrs . Brown , Colquhoun , and M'Kay were appointed a committee to draw ap an address to O'Connor , and the resolutions for the meeting on the . Green . It was also suggested that they should hire a steam boat , and have it decorated out with flaes and other insignia , with , a band of
music , and proceed early on Monday morning from the Broomilaw down the Clyde to Greenock , and bring up Mr . O'Connor in triumph to Glasgow . The Secretary was ordered to write to Mr . O'Connor repairing him , when he came to Greenock on the Swiday afternoon with the Belfast steamer , to go ashore and stop there all night , when he would be brought up next morning in the manner above described . After some other minor business had been transacted , a vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , and the meeting dissolved .
ROTKEHHAM .-Tbe Rotherham Chartists held their usual weekly meeting in the Association room , on Monday evening , when the following persona were added to the Council : Thomas Lee , brick-Maker , Thomas Goodlinston , labourer . Two new members were enrolled . It is particularly requested that all members will attend next Monday evening , as there is business of importance to transact .
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Thh RecEirr Stbikh at xhb Housb oh Commons . —Ou Tuesday ni « ht a publio meeting of the stonemasons , lately employed at the House of Commons , was held at the Craven ' s Head , Drury Lane , for the purpose of fully explaining the cause of their recent strike . Mr . Worthington was uaanimeuBlv called to the chair . Several persons addressed the meeting ; one of whom stated that Allen had actually looked up a pump in Palace Yard , to . prevent the labourers frem getting a can of water ; and it was subsequently moved , Beoonded , and carried unanimously , "That the masons recently employed at the House of Commons felt themselves , justified in the steps they had taken relative to the strike . " A resolution was also carried to the effeot that the masons of London not employed at the works acquiesced in the strike . Thanks were then given to the Chairmau , and the meeting , consisting of upwards of 200 persons , separated .
BePORTED I 5 TELLI 0 ENC 3 IN BEJiATION TO THE LOS $ o » the Stbameb Pbbsident . —( From the Boston Atlas of Aug . 30 . }—We lay before our readers the following reported account of tho loss of this illfated vessel , as we receive it by our express . Our readers are as capable as we are of judging of its accuracy , and will make all proper allowances for its improbability : — " The Loss of the President Steamer . —The Philadelphia National Gazette of Saturday furnishes an extract from the St . Thomas ' * Times , received from their Barbadoes correspondent giving a letter said to have been found in a bottle picked up in lat . 53 SO , long . 47 33 , as follows : —* On Iceberg , March 17 , 1841 . —To whomsoever these presents shall come , these are addressed , not ia the hoof aid
pe obtaining , but to apprise our friends 0 ? our awful and inevitable fate . We , unhappy passengers and company of the President steamer , had rough weather from the hour of our departure from New York . On the night of the 14 th instant it blew a hurricane , with hail and 6 now , and the look-out was unable to see a cable ' s length from the ship . At about seven pjn ., being then under close-reefed topsails , the ship encountered an island of ice ; so rapidly did she nil that we had barely time to escape to the ice before she went down . Many of the passengers barely saved their garments , among whom was the unfortunate Norris , who , being in delioate health , died on tho second day , of cold and hunger . This is the only case of mortality as yet , but as the ice iB breaking up fast , we nope of us expect to survive more than two or three days longer , unless it ghould please the Lord extraordinarily to
have mercy . We have no fault to find with any one . The ship was strong and well found—the captain and crew skilful , prudent , and courageous . I shoald have mentioned before that our boats , with the exception of the long boat , were all washed away the day preceding the disaster , and the long-boat was stove by the concussion . Even had this not been the case , no boat could have lived in such sea . Our hearts are dead within us . Captain Roberts and the Rev . Mr . Cookman are the only ones that endeavour to keep up the courage of the rest . I fear that the tone in ^ hioh we join this gentleman in prayer indicates more the courage of despair than any other feeling . Nevertheless , God ' s will , not ours , be done . Yesterday we were so fortunate as to pick up the carcase of a small shark , which was dashed against our standing prison , by the violence of the waves . This , andafew bottles of wine , have been our only sustenance . My handfreezes , and I can write no more . "
Depending ox One ' s Wits . —We have heard that a journeyman tailor , who left the neighbourhood of Derby on tramp a . short time ago , played off the following not vory creditable trick . Being " hard up , " as the phrase goes , and rather fatigued , he rested his arms upon a gate leading to a corn-field , and wag ruminating , whea a body of Irishmen eame up . Fancying from the tailor ' s manner , that he was the owner of the field , and in the act of looking at the croptosfte if it were ready for the hook , they at once asked for " tho job . " The tailor hesitated for a moment , as if in depp thought , aud then gave a half negative . The hesitation of the tailor caused the poor Irishmen to renew their entreatiesand at last
, the tailor said he had an objection to Irishmen , having employed some last year that did not do their work properly . The reapers assured "his honour " that they would behave " dacently , " and do the work as it ought to be : but his honour was not disposed to trust them , unless they would deposit a certain sum in his hands . The ' poor fellows raised several pounds , the fruits of their in lustry , which tUey placed in his : honour ' s hands , received in return orders to commence cutting the wheat on the following morning . We are sorry to add , the tailor who practised the deception gofcclearavra y with his booty before the " mistake" was discovered . He may yet receive his deserts .
Failure op the Rural Police—We have this week good news to communicate . Our readers will remember that tbe question of a rural police in the West Hiding was sometime ago placed in abeyance vmtil the experiment of its introduction in Lancashire had been fairly tried . It has been tried now for a longer time than was necessary to ascertain its effect , and it has utterly failed . On Thursday week , at the adjourned annual session of the peace for the county of Lancaster , held at the Court-house , Preston ,. when upwards of one hundred magistrates were present in conrt , a resolution was adopted by a majority of seventy-two to twenty-eight , to the effect that it was inexpedient to continue for any longer period than was compulsory , the existing
establishment of county police . This unconstitutional forco will therefore be disbanded as soon as possible . The reasons which isduced such a large majority to vote for the dissolution of this pet force are worthy of attentive consideration , since they furnish us with a complete refutation of the Whig arguments in Yorkshire . Its grievous expence , and its notorious inefficiency , coupled with the unpopularity which it continued to experience , were the causes assigned by the Lancashire magistrates for their votes against the continuanco of the force . Between three hundred and four hundred petitions were presented against the force , signed by all classes of ratepayers , and coming from all parts of the county , all bearing testimony to its enormous expence and its ridiculous
inefficiency . As a preventive service ( in which light the Whigs would force it on this riding ) , we have it on the authority of several magistrates that the Lancashire police was of no benefit wb&tsoerer . " In Blackburn Hundred , " said Mr . Greene , ** the force as a preventive service was quite useless Y * whilst Mr . P . AinsworSh said M the prevailing opinion in Boltoh was , that the force was quite inoperative . The charges now levied on four townships were £ 300 , whereas before they did net amount to £ 50 ; and he felt quite convinced that the detection of crime was not at all greater than before the force was established . " From Another quarter we learn that the expence of maintaining th » fores in the rural districts has been of so serious » nattoe , that the cost to the farmers , in many instances , has operated eqnal to a tax of 5 s , an acre .
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