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THE FLEET PAPERS. XXXII.
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p »^» . ___ . STAXZAS .
fHEBE ia a glow steals o ' er the breast , A heavenly Trarmth of jcyous love , And gives the patriot ' s hope & z&t That can all care or gloom remove ; ¦ jHiile in hia bold and piercing eye Shines the bright starlight of the tkyl ' The brilliant Star !—Star of the North Hat scads effulgent radiance forth . There ' s a bright flush—a streak of light Steals o ' er the restore of the sky , Before the bub beams on our Eight And y&tare walks in harmony , So is it -with the patriot ' s heart , -pThen be hath counsel to impar t Of serriee to a , fellow slare—Homes tona to the bold and brave .
Te friend * of freedom , ronng and fair , 0 , now , attend ! to you I calL 0 grant me this , my only prayer ; Then shall the Tile oppressor falL ( When ye irould join in "wedlock' s band , O take a Chartist bj the hand , A true , fair Chartist , make your -wife—A pleasant partner all your life , yTho can converse on subjects great , AsQcjast dseds , oppressive laws . ) With politics , and smooth debate , Then shall yon forward freedom's cau 3 e Ycur peaceful home Ehall seem a heavea ! Hope ' s sun shall rot go down at even , But hope and love shall ever shine , Asd peace and joy shall still be thine .
Tear offspring shall , 3 ike blooming flowers , "Unfold their beauty , fair an 3 bright . ' And spend aright their leisure hours , As yon hare done—0 sweet delight . ' Methitks I Bee the splendid marcll Of Britons " Heath high bes-Ten ' s arch ., Rejoicing in their -wished-for-state , When none are poor and none are great By acting thus , ( you youths give ear * , ' You propagate fair freedom ' s fb ^ er , — Toa Mammon ' s rankest roots nptear ,
And "KTcuch from trraits uBjast poorer . 3 ! ai . e freedom ' s came on s ^ a and shore Be snuir from every bosom ' s core , WhsnYiBEBTT shall be the toast In Britain ' s isle on sea and coast . ilaiiiwh , ilaj ISU .
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AXSIVEB TO J . CS ENIGMA , THE SNOW . The Elvery esott : the silvery Enow ! lite elcr ? it i ! sUs or . tie Selds beJow ; And the trees irltli their diamond branches appear Lie the fairy growth of some magical sphere ; WiUs sjf : as miulc , tnd wild snd vrbi' . e , It giiUeis ind fi- ^ its in the pale moonlight , And spangles the riTer and fount as tht-y &ow . Oh ' ¦ Vho has not lor'd the bright beautiful snow ? . '
The sHTery SCO's- sri the ensiling frcst . How merry we go when the esrth feems lost ; liie the sp : -rit 3 that rise from the unit of time , Id liT 5 in n purer ccd holier clime . ' A cew creation , Tithcut a stsin , l / ove ' y as heaven ' s own . pure domain ! Bni , ah I nfce the m ^ y fiir hopes of onr years , It glitters awiiii , and ihrn melts into tears : And thus the tricLi slot dissolves into 'water , From trtich tiras created—the mother frcm daughter
TB 01 EA 5 M . WEEE 1 I 2 . KessiESton . [ We have also received an answer to this enigma fzvm "Antlplariaiiit , " frho charges the correspondent who Bent the eci ^ ma to us -with fcaruig si-olea it He says he has seen it twenty-four years ago . We -will jhfLTtt pinies "who send such commanicatioi ^ to say whether sh = y be criciniL— Ed-I
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A CHARTISTS ADDRESS TO ELS IRISH BREIERES . Oh hail to the laud of iry birth , lovely Erin , ProndJy I gzzrd on thy Emerald shore , After twenty years absence ; in bitterness sharing Thy sorroirs ¦ which Irishmen all must deplore-Where is the glory fled , that once shone round ihj head ? Thr sons are bcrie 3 in want and distress ,
And yonr harp is unstrung ; then list to a countryman , While he reads you this Chartists' address ? Bia gs , is 3 sre all closed -srhere once in power Ireland's legislature met , Wise brave O'Connor , Moore and Grattan , many a bold example set ; Ycet streets are overgrown mth grass , your workmen mo employment get , lie foreiEn sentry ' s heavy tread , proves yon remain in slavery yet
Whai et » yenr prospects—and ¦ what are you hoping f : r ; Is there no Irishman dares to to be free ? Who are your adT&catss—trhat are yoa waiting for ; Will you not cultivate liberty ' s tree ? You ' re cheated and slighted , yo ^ r Shamrock is blighted , la trhich 70 a delighted for centuries past ; Toa wives , they are stsrving ; your lands they are carvirg . la pardons to suit them ; how locg must it last ? Emancipation was to give all that ycur hearts could desire ; To foo-3 , clothing and protection , tell me are you Either ? Has every one of iiexd BrSdent aad all iidngs that you reqr . ire ? Alas : EibsrTi'an feels , th ; y but emancipated lord and tQuire ,
Have ycu rot knowledge to see my brave countrymen , iAIl the ¦ ff orii ottds you possessrsady vrii , ; That you are gro'vni poorer rince goTemed in rrnion , Acd Erin ' s protf-cto-3 in London did sit But Birdug in Dublin would be of no benefit , Or to year stock add a hat or a coat , Or mate you one halfpenny richer or poorer , Tnless at elections roc zll had a vote . Have you forgot , my scgenzg friends , that when yon were emancipated , TLai ererj- forty shilling voter in Ireland tt&s abrogated ; AH were condemned to slavery then , unless in ten pound houses seated , And say , wfcit benef ts to you has this choice measure since created ? Look 0 T 6 I Erin , asd count fcet the mnltindes
Forced from their holding , \ heii cottage and land ; Go to the gaols , too , scd event but the numbers That's starring in bondage , by tyrant' s command . Think en your " bo ^ s , " how their blood they are shedding All over the tlobe , lor a shilling a d 3 j ; In American woods , how they ' re toiling and sweating , Or -srsndTiDg in pain from they ' re homes far away . Da you desire equality 1 oh if you do , what can rrevect you From ranking with our English friends—nothing less should coctent you ; Ycst voices raise , then ct-me , be free , or else with tears ycra -prill repent you , When sccrned by all the patriot wcrld , if you refuse the blessiEg sent you .
Arcuseyen , then , my countrTtr . en , elevate the standard ; Let the glorious rights of man be your war-cry in the field ; Dont depend on agitators , who from truth and honour ¦ wai s-icred ; Let the Suffrage be your helmet , and the Ballot be your shield . Itai ' t al ' ow the God of Mammon your hardy sons to gammon , Bat ststj one act for himself , and set your country free ; Wt : g Era T . ry seed afloat , that witholds from you a vote
In fcircting hcEest members to protect your liberty . Afiku , be ready lor the field , and dont forget your cotle bearing , Ransttber yc-n ' ve a EzcreH trust in charge for these brave boys yoe ' re reariug ; Oa ycu depends tie victory ; then ef argument , pray ioiil be sparing , But plant the tree of liberty to ornament our garden , Erin .
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For seme lime ive have refained from noticing « gTcit length the weekly missives against oppre ssion and id justice that issue from the " Prisoner iu tie Fieet , " not because there was not in each of them mattcT ruffitieutiy -worthy of notice , but because the demands upon our space have been sovery urgent and pressing as to preclade the possibility oi our dc : ug core in this vray than we have done , ^ lis we * rk , however , we purpose to make amends to ca- readers for any " tberteniegs" wo may have been gully cf , by presenting tbtm with copious extrans from the ' " ' little Fleeter" published this daj . The Eumbtr coEtains , as every reader of the Star ¦ will expect , an account of the viumey lir . Oastleb ately had to York , at Mr . TLornill ' s expence . It &us opens : —
"It was cecdfcl , for the restoration of my health , ttlt I should ocee more breathe the refreshing breezes ; b ^ t the prison sates were barred by yon against me . It * w neceissry that I should for awhile b * released from pfison , Esd aa ^ in comr . use with the free men of York-^ -r £ , in order tlat I isicht learn mere fully the direful eSicts cf the ircn rule of inadeiity , snd be ch-ered by tke asnxrarce that my labours had " not been in vair . It ' * W pleasirg to j-ctir prisocer to find tiu . t even hU
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political foa now regretted his imprisonment , and cordially greeted him , -whom yon so sternly , and yet so Tainly , had doomed to disgrace and infamy ! Ah ! Sir , had yon « een irhat I saw , and listened to what I heard in the Castle Yard at York , you would have felt how weak your malice , how powerless your arm ! L ^ f : to myself , I could not have gone to York ; . bat God saw that it wus needful and forced me ' . Ltre , at your owa expence . " True enough , I longed , before I died , once more to behold the face of Yorkshire ; bat I was yoar prisoner in London , and dared not to indulge that hope . Again U mingle in Yorkshire , with the society or Yorkshiremen , was the summit of my earthly hopes ; but to appear as a witness against you was too painful—the thought of that would , had I had the power , have kept
me here . God has , however , granted that for which I I dared BOt ask—a Tisit to Yorkshire , without one single sting . " I have been , in Yorkshire ! I have breathed her air —T have feasted my heart on her beauties—I have felt the warmth of many Yorkshire hands—I have once more spoken with Yorksbiremen in our own countyour hearts have be ? n reunited . —I have marked the ravages of time—I have seen many old friends , with new furrows on their faces . The tears of friendship have trickled down those channels , from the eyes of many who were ¦ wont on ] j to smile on me . They did smile , Sir : twas a sunny shower—their smiles mingled with their tears . I have renewed my acquaintance with some of your tenants—I have heard of those who are not—I have seen those who have been feereav&d—I have shed-some tear 3 regarding them .
"I have conversed with many rich and many poor—¦ with the learned and uDleamed—with the nobles and the common people—vrittx oM political foes , and with brother warriors—I met all as friends—I never was so harpy •' " I have shaken hands with O'Connell ' s victim in hh solitary cell—I have blushed for my country , and also rejoiced when I remembered that the persecutor of my friend had now lost his power to sting . "I have heard , too , of my little " Fleeters . " I hive been told , by those who are well able to judge , that they have been very useful ; and have contributed , in no small degree , to the great West Riding victory . I have exrharged thoughts with maDy practical and experienced men . I have come back again to prison , instructed , refreshed , reanimated , and resolved to use all the tnowle 4 ge i have gained , all the strength and vigour which have been restored to me , in my country's cause . "
As to the causes which procured fcr the " prisoner" a trip into the country , Mr . Oastler thus explains : — " it so happened , that Eone few sreeks ago , a very respectable London solicitor called here . From him 1 fourd that the executor of one of your best and most industrious tenants was engaged in an action at law against you , I was grieved ta the heart when I heard of it ; because I knew that a landlord , with a thousand tenants , can never gain by appealing to a court of law against one or mere of them . I was very sorry to hear it , because I know that , till now , no action was on record which yoied your name versus your tenant
I regretted that blight upon your father ' s fame , but I could rot interfere . I felt fnite snre , that on yonr part there must be some mistake , caused by misrepresentation or front of information ; and that , whatever facts wert needed to set yon right , 1 could supply . I had offered to give your steward every information ; but , until the attorney of your adversary called , I was not awara tbat you were ' in law . ' The agent of your ttcant ' s solicitors aiked me a string of questions ; I refused to answer them . I said , that ' I knew nothing about the matttr , save what I had learned as your ste-srard ; and although you had behaved cruelly sm ; l nr-jnstly to-wards me , that was no reason why I should act dishonourably to you . '
" On the 13 th ult I reieived a letter from your adversary ' s solicitors , containing the following rennrts : —
CEATEX r . THORNHILL , ESQ . 11 'Dear Sjr , —As it will be to you an unpleasant task to hate . to give e-ridince against yotti late employer , we are unwilling to impose that task npon you unnecessarily , but if ycur evidence be indispensable , you wiil not , we are sure , shrink from a duty , on account of either its delicacy or difficulty . We would adJ , that however reasonable it may at first sight appear that a steward ihculd be protected against making coicinTtT-icatJons adverse to his employer , like an attorney against hia cU&at . UgaJ . ' cf there is no suca protection , ccr on mature consideration will tie same reason hold for one as the other . " ' If you will be good enough to answer the follewing questions as distinctly as your recollection will serve , we shall be able to decide whether to require vour pressnee or not . * * *
"' We -would cot , either on your own account or on account of the expence to the parties , willingly trouble you to appear on this occasion , but to arrive at justice , your presence may be indispensable . We shall bs much obliged by your answering these questions as explicitly as yon can by return of post , aud we can then decide how to act . ' "Having resolved nol to answer any questions proposed by your opponent ; being exceedingly wishful not to interfere as a witness in aDy quarrel between you and other persons ; but , at the same time , believing that if I were to be examined before the trial , the difficulty -would be removed , the public txibition of Thornhill versus a tenant would b « prevtnted , and the incalculable damaje spared , which must ineviably await you , both in name and purse , from such an exhibition , whether you gained or lost the verdict ; I wrote to the plaintiff ' s solicitors as under : — "' TheFleet , J » ly 13 . 1841 .
, " ' DEiB SlES . —It is painful to refuse a request , 1 / justice dtmands an answer . I have explained to your arent , that , situated as I am , I cannot give the required information with honour . I teld him all about it . " ¦ Xow , it appears to me , that it won ! d be the interest of both parties to join in asking me the questions —then , I should be mo ^ t happy to answer them to the best of my ability . " ' I remain , dear Sirs , " ' With much respect , " Tours , most truiv , "' Richard OaStleb . '
" I should also have written to your solicitor , had I not feared that I should be treated with contempt , and that my motives Tratild be misunderstood . I therefore Batiifled myself , that as I had before Wd yonr 3 gent , ' I should at ail times be glad to give him or you any information , ' I fsU that I had done ray duty . 1 hoped to be spared the pain of appearing against yon in court , and expected that the two parties would join in questioning me ; and that thus you would be saved the p-iaof contending with your tenant , and enrollir . 5 your mme in opposition to him before a Epecial jury of Yurkshiremen . 1 was , however , disappointed . On the 20 th ult a hdbuts corpus was lodged in the hands of the Warden of the Fitet , commanding him to exhibit my body at York Castle , by nine o ' clock on the morning of the 22 d of Jq ' t . 1 S-11 .
: " You may be sure tkat 1 did not much relish that ¦ sort cf proceeding . Many thoughts jumbled themselves 1 together in my mind . Such were mj cogitations : —I ' thought it a hard matter , that , after having been ruined in ycur service , and cast int « prison by you , I should , after , all " be draggf d about the country , to give information i about 70 m affairs . —It seemed * Vrange to me , that society . ' outside' should have the power to case my body in this cell , to suit its own convenience , and then to demand my ' services in the settlement of its quarrels ! I determined to argue * the richt , the unreasonable right , thus claimed by society , before the Lord Chief Justice , had I been called into the witness-box- I * h » u 3 d have also taken his Lordsh : p " s opinion as tp the right of the plaintiff to obtain any information from a cast-eff steward against bis former master . I disliked being dragged as a pri-) soner into my native county . Such thoughts as these ' occupied my mind , and I by no means rejoiced at such a summons into Yorkshire .
" I wished to avoid going to York under such cireumst-inces ; and , as I was only just recovering from a very severe illness , I asked sny physician to give me a certificate to Etay me at home . He smiled , and said , * Nothing can do ycu so much good as a trip into the country —it i * just what is required to restore and establish your LeaKh . ' It was cf no use grnmbling or complaining , so I prepared for my journey ; and at half-past eight o ' clock on the morning of 21 st ult . I found myself seated in a carriage outside the walls , with two officers who were in charge of rry body . " '
" Oa the morning cf Thursday , July 22 , 1841 , at nine o ' clock , by order of her Majesty the Queen , my body was in York Castle , safely guarded by two officers . I had been a free man , doing free men ' s work , on that spot , . ' in days ling syne . Thtre I had assisted in many county meetings . Once I had entered in triumph , st the head cf thousands of icy countrymen , lauded by the clergy , the aristocracy , and my own faithful " bo vs . " The High Sheriff iras in the chair that day —Michael Thomas Sa&lei » as there , and so was the Hen . WillLiin D-incorabe . Hany uf Yorkshire's best e ; u 3 crowded those hustings . It was the last county of
i nuetirg Y ^ ik-shira ever held . A vote thanks from i the County ef York was mated to me by the R « v . ¦ John Oriiham , to whom I owe more than to any other man—the knowledge of the Truth . That vote was ' passed by the assembled thousands with acclamation . ! I received it , and replied , until tears muffled my I words . Year estate , large as it is , is poverty , compared I with that vete . That meeting was held on the 27 th ! cf April , 1 S 32 . Since then I have always striven to deserve the tbsxis of Yorkshire , by pursuing a steady j course Egairst oppression ' s power;—bnt now , in the 1 tame yard , I stood a prisoner . ' 1 envied not the i iesb vrliQ nuCe . me such .
" I iuei you- opposing souevtor . Irtiused to answer him ary question out of Court . I urged him to see your agent , ami join ¦ with him in questioning me , and thus prevent the trial coming on . At all events , I resolved n ^ i to hear ur . c word of the trial until I was calkci irt ¦ ¦ court . I never -sras called , and , of course , I be&rd rcthirg . " From -what I have tiace been told , I think it was a pity t ! iat ycu were dragged to York on such an unlucky basin ss . Ttese ^ . rc not tinio ? , Sir , for landlords to break the bonds of un-cn between themselves and their tenants . It is very bid po ' . icy , Trith scch tenants as yours are , ' The beginsicg of strife is like the letting
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out of many waters . ' That , Sir , is all I shall say about Craven versus ThorahilL ' " Although I was saved the pain of appearing in Court against yoa , my pleasures were not curtailed . That day was one of the happiest of my lifa I proved , that although I had lost your smiles , Yorkshiremen still smiled upon me . I tkere met many of my countrymen , of old grades—clergy , nobles , barristers , solicitors , bankers , merchants , manufacturers , farmers , and working men . They all greeted me with smiles . I shall not soon forget the pleasures of that day . I was mach
affected at the aged appearance of your old and faithful , but discarded servant , James Thompson t Time and domestic affliction have bent him ^ rave-ward . Well , he will rest in peace , when his traducers will smart , if consciences are left them . When I shook hands with him , I felt as though we should meet no more on earth . 1 said , ' James , we shall meet ia Heaven . ' Tbe good man smiled , and withdrew , dropping a tear or two . The effects of time and care on many of your tenants struck me most forcibly . Their affection towards me moved the best feelings of my heart . I found , that ' they loved the old steward best '
In the report which we gave of the trial to which Mr . Oastler was thus brought , we mentioned that he had had the pleasure of shaking hands with a fellow prisoner , O'Connob . Mr . Oastler , in the paper from which we have extracted the foregoing , thus describes their interviews : — " I could not be in York , and fail to visit the prisoner . One of my attendants obtainad an order that I might see O'Connor . I was requested to send my Hame . I wrote , ' Richard Oastler , and two Qaeen ' s officers . ' Whilst that was conveying to my friend , six prisoners returned from Court , and passed me . They had just received their sentences—some were weeping—they were bound—chained together . Such sights move me . I was sick when I saw six human beings iu such trouble , when I could not help them . What were their crimes , I know not ; but I do know , that much crime in England is now caused by oppression !
"Whilst I was musing about these six unhappy poor brother mortals , the messenger from O'Connor arrived , with the words , Walk forward ;'—and a weary walk we had , through long passages and staircases , amidst the clank of iron doors . At length we reached the condemned cell , in which O'Connor is confined ! The officer , who accompanied us , knocked at the iron door . I These officers are much more civil than our persecutors ) O'Connor said , ' Come in . ' We entered . The prisoner was dressing . We shook hands , and immediately entered into an animated conversation . But I was disgusted ! Tyranny has done ita worst , Sir ; it shall have no quarter ! That cell is a low , dark , gloomy spot ; but s spark is lighted there , which , if I mistake not , will , not Ions hence , make a blaze in England . '
" There dwells O'Connor , for publishing some foolish speeches made by other men ; whilst the traitors who resolved ' to pay no more taxes , ' and ' to behead the King , if he refused their demands , ' are advanced to Ministerial offices , and bask in the sunshine of Royalty ! O'Connor was intended to be sacrificed , to please the giant traitor O'Connell ; but God ha 3 spared whom traitor Whiga condemned ! I paid O'Connor two visit * . We conversed about the poor , and glorified in the defeat of their enemies , the Whigs . He does not look well ; conSnement has given him a sallow ,
pastelike appe . irance . Solitary confinement has made his aspect unlike that of other men . The effect of that most inhuman an < l intolerable system on the human features is indescribable ! That accursed torture must no longer be allowed in England ! The Whi ^ s will rue the day on which , to please their tyrant master , they subj-. cted O'Connor to it . On the 14 th of November , I expect the pleasure of a visit from O'Connor in this cell . The Whigs will hear of him when he cornea out Normanby may then expect what he will not relish , ot I mistake The Lord and the prisoner will , that day , be on equal terms .
• ' 0 Connor's cell is no joke . Oar ' strong room"is a mach better place . The herrid silent system must be instantly abolished ; humanity revolts at it , nature rebels against it ; and , although the Whigs delight to enforce it , and are just now building & ' model prison , ' in order to exhibit it to perfection , England must be rid of it : 'Twere much more humane to kill the prisoners at once , than thus to kill the ' r minds , and turn them lunatics !" We before announced that , Mr . Oastler arrived in York on Wednesday evening , and departed again for his " cell in the Fleet , " on Friday morning , the 23 rd ult . I 11 the concluding paragraph of this day ' s " Fleeter , " he ? ay 3 ( speaking of himself and his two official atendants ) : —
" We arrived at the tieet about half-yast eight . We were welcomed right heartily by the officers and ¦ my brother prisoners ; and the lovely children flocked round me , to tell me how glad they were to see me back again . After many friendly shakes , I foun . 'l myself seated , as happy as a king , in ray own snug cell , No . 5 , Coffee Gallery , thankful to Almighty God that I bad renewed my strength , obtained so much information , enjoyed so much pleasure , and , withal , bad been spared tbe pain of appearing in a TorJcshir * court against my persecutor . It is -worth seven months ' confinement to enjoy such a trip . I think I felt myself as happy as man could feel , albeit " I am , your prisoner , "Richard Oastler . " As a matter of c * ur ? e , Mr . Oastler has a P . S . to this letter to Mr . Thornhill , and in it asks : —
" Do you ask why I have said nothing about politics in this letter ? vrhy I tave filled it with a long rigmarole about my journey to York and back ? I will tell you . I write for ray factory children and their mothers , as well as for politicians and statesmen ;—and I know , if yon do not , that thousands of my poor little ' subjects ' round about Fixby and Calverley , -will rejoice to know that their ' King' has bad a trip to York and back again at your expence . I know with what glee the little circles will listen to this paper . Their little hearts will 'jnmp Torjoj , ' when they know that you have been forced to pay for the journey which has restored your prisoner ' s health , and given him so much pleasure . "
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SlM&XTLAB AST ) FaTAL ACCIDENT TO AN INFANT . — Late on Saturday night an inquest was taken before Mr . Payne , at the Bell , Great Tower-street , City , on the body of Sarah Ann Batterley , aged ten months . Tho deceased's father was a private in the 1 st Regiment of Grenadier Guards , quartered in the Tower . About nine o ' clock on Friday morning the mother left the room in which the deceased was for the purpose of fetching a pitcher of water , the child at the time being on the floor playing with a small toy . In another part of the room a washing-tub was on ihc floor half filled with water , and during the mother's absence the child crawled towards it , and ,, having thrown the toy into the water , raised herself on to her feet and tried to get it out ; in doing so she overbalanced herself , and her head being immersed in the Water sbo was suffocated . Five
minutes after her mother came into ( he room , and raised an alarm . A purgeon tried the usual remedies , but without effect . Verdict , "Accidental death . " Ehigration to America .. —Tho tide of emigration still flows rapidly to the western world . On Friday week , the American line-of-packet ship , Wellington , left the St . Katharine ' s dock for New York " with upwards of two hundred passengers , principally agricultural labourers and their families , who expect to better their condition in various parts of America . Among the emigrants there were several farmers of small capital , aud not a few good mechanics . In
the first and second cabins there were forty passengers , and in the steerage 160 . A considerable number of their friends and acquaintances assembled on tbe deck-head , to witness their departure for the " far west , " and in taking farewell many affecting scenes took place . The Wellington is a fine ship of 703 tons register , and on leaving St . Katharine's Dock was taken in tow by a steam-packet , and instantly proceeded , against a strong flood tide , down the river . At Gravesend , the wind being fresh and favourable , she would set sail for Portsmouth , from which place she would proceed to New York on Sunday . The Wellington h ^ s a full and valuable
car ^ o . The DrsriiA . v ' s Wedding . —Miss Jemima Jenkins stimmoHed to the Borough Court of Requests one Robert Tomkins ( better known amongst bis profession as " apri ^ ht Robert" ) a dustman , for 6 s . 6 d . Commisioner— " IS ' on-, Miss Jenkins , state the nature of your claim ? " Miss Jenkins— " It is for making the wedding-dress of Mrs . Tomkins , and though I Bay it , if it had been for the Queen Dowager , more pains could not have been taken with it . " ( Laughter . ) Commissioner— " Well , Mr . Tomkin ? , on what ground do you refuse to pay the amount 1 " Tomkius— " Why , Sir , oa sich grounds as i am sure you vrill decide in my favour . I shan't make a long story on it ; the fact is , that for the last
two years and a half I have been keeping company with the eldest darter of Joe Smithers , wot works along with me , and last Sunday morning it was agreed that we should be married ; wery good . ( Laughter . ) 1 bought a dress for my intended in St . Paul ' s Church-yard , for three bob , and gave it to Miss Jenkins to make , with strict orders to put four flounces to it , to be plaited over the bussum ; to have buttons down in front , and to have it done by nine o ' clock on Sunday morning at tho latest moment ; wery good . ( Laughter . ) 1 got two ribs of beef and a plum pudding for dinner , besides half a bushel of Yin 8 er beans , Beven pounds of murphies , and a largo cabbage ; and my old man said as lie would stand some stout and a drop of gin arter ths ceremony was over . ( Langhrer ) Nine o ' clock arrives , but no
dress ; ten o ' clock , and no dress , and my old mother was obliged to borrow the best gown of Mrs . Small , who livsd in the third pair back . Nance put it on , and busted out a crying , as it fitted her like a sack . ( Roitb of laughter . ) Never mind the dress , old gal , says my old mother , as long as Bob don't . I don ' t minds , says I , old creture , as long as we get spliced , and my father got a hackney coach , and we got the business settled ; but the dress worn ' c brought home till Monday morning . " Miss Jenkins said she was very sorry , but the female who had it to fiaith it , was suddenly brought to bed with a daughter . ( Laughter . ) Defendant— " Oh ! if that was the case , then I'll willingly pay the six bob and a tanner ; far I would not have my wife disturbed when she is in thai interesting situation for all the weddiug dresses in the country . "
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ino . y . —The Staffordshire iron masters have reduced the price of iron 10 a . per ton . A Bit of a " Shindy" in Hioh Life .-Two sprigs of fashion , who gave their names Robert ± vnn and Leonard Bostyn Gwynn , the former of whom said that he resided ia Eaton-eqaare , were charged before Mr . Rawlinsoa , at Marylebone Police Office , on Saturday , under the following circumstances : —From the evidence which was gone into , at considerable length , it appeared that on the previous night defendants were driven about for several hours in a cab , and that amongst the places they had stopped at was a pastry-cook ' s in Regents reet . A dispute arose between the cabman and tho defendants , m consequence of the latter having gone down a mews , with the intention of bolting without paying for their ride . MrDaya
gentle-. , man living at 38 , Upper Berkeley-street , hearing a disturbance , went out and asked tho " gentlemen " ( who had found out that the mews in question was no thoroughfare ) , why they didn ' t pay , when both ot them abused him , and Fyna struck him a blow on the forehead ; it was further proved that Gwynn was drunk , and that ia additiop to au assault which he committed upon the cabman with his cane , he struck the horse with it with much violence upon the head : they were then taken to the Station-house , and soon after they were locked up Gwynn forced off a small door , which is opened , as occasion may require , for the purpose of introducing coffee or other refreshment for prisoners . The defendants expressed their regret for what they had done , Fyan saying that he should not have struck Mr . Day if ho had not improperly interfered in the matter . Mr .
Rawlinsoa ordered Fynn to pay £ 3 for the assault on Mr . Day , and Gwynn £ 2 for the assault on the cabman ; he ( Gwynn ) was also convicted in the penally of 20 s . for cruelty to the horse , together with 2 ^ . for the injury done to the cell . Although not giren in evidence before the magistrate , it is a fact that on the way to the Station-house the selfstyled Mr . Fynn took from his pocket a card , which he tore up and threw away , at the Bame time saying , It ' a all right ; they won't know who I am now . " Tlie fragments wore collected , and the name and address was "Colonel Lyster , 38 , Chambers , Regent Circus , Piccadilly . " Tha gentiemau who called himself Mr . Gwynn , paid tho amount in which he was mulcted by a check on the Union Bank , Argyll Placa , signed ' Count do Witt . " Tho pair of " swells" having satish ' ad thedeaiands of justice , then quitted tho court .
The "Charity" of the Middle Classes . —A Fact . —Being on a visit to my friends a ( Stirling , during the fair , I went to St . Ninian's church-yard to see the graves of my father and other relatives . On my return from the sjone of sorrow , I was met by an old acquaintance , who ask » d mo "if I had seen the poor creature who was lying iu tho watchhouse of the church-yard , '' I said , no , I had not seen him . Curiosity led me back , next day , to ascertain the cause of my friend ' s inquiry . It was about eight o ' clock in the morning , and the doors of this cheerless abode were not yet opened . I returned home , and made another visitto the same spot about tnid-day—the doora were open , and I entered ; but the EC-cue I there saw shall novcr be effaced from my
remembia : ice . The house , intended for the abode of a fellow creature , was without a pane of glass in the apertures ouce intended for windows ; the floor was stone , and instead of being damp was literally soaking . In a corner of the wretched apartment was a little , a -very little BtTaw , on which , hear it ye mouthers of " charity V a poor mortal was laid ; he was evidently dying , and from his appearance , and the wreck of misery around him , I felt a thrill of mingled pity and horror on looking at tho wretched being before mo , and surveying his loathsome dungf on . —The poor follow lay crouched in a corner of his prison . I stooped down to put a few questions to him regarding his situation ; he appeared to be intelligent , and answered my enquiries readily . Ho
said he had uow been upwards of eight weeks in this bole—he was allowed three shillings per week , and that a poor woman was allowed 1 « . 6 d . more to perform some necessary duties towards him—ho applied , by this poor woman , to the parish treasurer , for a little fire to dry his apartment , but was told to buy it off his aliment ! as it was already too heavy ! Ho told me that the minister had called to see him once ! The pwr man 6 eeuied keenly alive to his condition , he told me that his residence at present was within two or three yards of the spot where tho mouldering ashes of his parents were laid ! The only tokens of sympathy he was favoured with was tbe occasional
visit of the poor people m his neighbourhood , principally of the much-abused , but really virtuous class denominated Chartists , who sometimes , though in abject poverty themselves , administered to his misery and his physical wants . This is the situation of a fellow-creature , a human being , in a country filled with Bibles , teeming with " Christian" clergymen , covered with abundance and bursting with plenty , abounding in wealth , and decked with palaces- ^ this , this , is the birth-placo of a Wallace and a Burns , a Stewart and a Watt . ' Good God ! is this Scotland ? —is thi 3 our country ^ Correspondent of the Scottish Patriot .
Insolence of thk Rich . —Something more than Woman . —At the Kensington Police-court , on Friday , a young lady , about sixteen years of ago , named Elizibeth Margaret Boso , residing at No . 6 , Parkstreet , Notting-hill , appeared before Mr . G . Clivc , the sitting Magistrate , on summons , charging that 8 he did , on the 26 th ult ., unlawfully ride a certain ass upon a public footpath , in the parish of Kensington , contrary to the statute , & ¦ ¦* . Tho defendant , who was accompanied by her mother and a gentleman , pleaded " Not Guilty" to the charge . Mrs . Sarah Wood , a female of decent appearance , deposed that she resided at No . 3 , Addington-road-north , Notting-hill . On the afternoon of the day in question , she was proceeding up Notting-hil ) , conveying a currant and raspberry pie to the baker ' s , when she
was overtaken by the defendant and two or three other young ladies , two of whem were riding donkies , who , coming on the footpath , ran against her twice , and would have ridden over her had she not fallen against the wall , by which means the pie-dish was broken , and the contents all destroyed . The ladies then galloped off , and ehe had to run for upwards of a mile after them before she overtook them , and upon asking them for their names the defendant said it was Rose , and accompanied her to tho house of her mother , who asked her what the pie had contained ; and , on being told " currants and raspberries , " exclaimed , " What , poor persons eat cvurant and raspberry pies ! " adding ( as our reporter understood the complainant to say ) that if she wanted
remuneration she must apply to the donkeyman for it . The defendant made no answer to tho charge , but her mother declared , that although one of the party , the defendant was not riding the identical donkey which had run against the complainant . She was not a person to be dictated to , and " the woman , " ( meaning the complainant ) , when she came to the bouse , demanded 33 . as the value of the pie , declaring that she would not take less , and would only wait Hiitil the following day , when , if not paid , she would apply to a Magistrate , and put her to much more expense . It was not the money that she cared for , as she was ready to put the amount in any poor box , bat she would not submit to be impertinently dictated to . From that time she had heard nothing
further of " the woman" until she received the summons . " The woman" had acknowledged she had no demand upon her , but had requested her not to pay the donkeyman until she saw them both together . If any person was liable it was the donkeyman , to whom she referred " the woman . " Mr . Clive observed , that if the defendant was not the actual person who rode against the complainant , as she was one of the party by whom the damago was done , there could be no difficulty with respectable persons in giving the name of the person who did . Mrp . Roae said she should decline doing so . " The woman ' swore to the defendant being the person , which she had evidence to rebut . The complainant declared that Ehe had every reason to believe that
the young lady then present was the same who had run against her . Mrs . Itose again repeated that it was not the value of the money that she cared for , but , she would not submit to the demand made by * ' the woman , " who ought to apply to the donkeyman for it . Mr . Clivo told her she was mistaken as to tho law of the case . She being the hirer of the doflkies was answerable for any damago they might occasion . Mrs . Rose said , if the case was postponed , she could bring proof that the defendant was not the person riding : the donkey at the time . Mr . Ciive offered to postpone the case until one o ' clock for the attendance of the witnesses , but he really thought , under all the circumstances , the complainant having sustained damage in the destruction of
her pie , it would be more honourable to make her some compensation . Mrs . Rose declared her determination not to do so . The complainant had sworn to her daughter being the person who rode the don key , which she had evidence to disprove . The cemplainant must therefore take the consequences . She would not be able to produce her witnesses that day , as they were tbe daughters of a Burgeon near the Minones . She was not to b& dictated to , but would pay the money into any poor-box . Mr . Clive said , he should then pospone his decision in the case until Monday next , when tho defendant could produce any witnesses she pleased . Mr . Clive appealed to the gentleman who accompanied the ladies as to the propriety of an arrangement being come to in
the case , but the gentleman thought that if the rich were to be dictated to in that way by the poor , there was no wonder what things came to . The complainant said she should not be in town on Monday , and would , therefore , be unable to attend . Mr . Clive then agreed to adjourn his decision until Thursday next , on whioh day he should be sitting . Mre . Rose said she considered her convenience ought to be consulted , and not " the woman ' s . " She was not aware of the necessity of briuging witnesses , thinking that her declaration that the defendant was not the person should be sufficient . Mr . Clivo Baid , that not understanding such matters , it would have been better had she not argaed upon them Tho case was then postponed until Thursday .
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Dreadful Accidents on the Eastern Counties Railway . —Oo Saturday morning a man named John Hopkiuson , an excavator on the line of thu Eastern Counties Railway , was carried to the London Hospital apparently in a dying state , in consequence of receiving injuries while at work ueir Brentwood . Early in the morning , a 3 thoy wero engaged in forming a cutting on the line , a part of the earth on one side gave way and foil in . All the men , exceptflopkinson , fortunately escaped in time ; he was buried completely under the embankment , and a long time elapsed before he could be extricated , and then he was found almost crushed . All his ribs were broken , as also his thigh , with serious internal injury . On the previous Thursday morning William Cox was admitted to the hospital , having received nearly as violent injuries , owing to a similar accident . Both theee poor fellows are in such a pitiable state that it is not expected they can possibly
survive . Night-work in an Eating-House . —George Frazer , of the Waterloo Dining-rooms , in Charlesstreet , Strand , was charged before the Commissionera of Excise , last week , with selling spirits and beer , he not being duly licensed . Air . William Ballon , the officer , caid that betweon ouo and two o'clock on Sunday morning , the 13 th of June , he met with Messrs . Drew , WeddJ ] , and Savage , called at defendant ' s house , and after partaking of supper , ordered brandy and water , which was furnished to them by Mrs . Frazer . On two other occasions they had supporand spirits and beer . Defendant , in his defence , said that a person of the name of Morley , who keeps dancins-rooms in tho New-road , is a
Darticular friend of his , and there being generally a large party there every evening , he thought it would be a good move if he were to distribute some of hi 3 cards amongst tho company * and ho sent his wife to do so , when unfortunately for him she met with Mr . Brewer , an officer , who told her that he was frequently at the Theatres and other places of amusement near the Strand ; and he certainly would , mor ^ as a friend than a customer , visit her place , and introduce all the business he could , and ne asked if he or any acquaintance wanted at any time spirits and water with a dinner or supper , whether they would be supplied ? She said " Yes , she would manage to be provided with such articles , for fear they should como after public-houses had closed , "
and on the following Saturday Brewer brought Mr . Bullenand the officer to his house . Oa the second visit , Brewer endeavoured to seduce the affections ot his wife from him , and she afterwards refused to see him when he ca I led . Sir John Mor tlock asked if Brewer waa in Court . Defendant ' s wife ( scornfully)— " No , the wretch ; he dares not show his face . " Brewer , however , was present , and instantly stepped in front of tbe Bench . Mr . Mayow ( to defendant)— " Now you may ask him any question you think proper . " Defendaut ( to his wif-. )— " You speak to him , dear . " Wife— " If I do , he will not answer me . " Brewer— " Oh yes , I will . Yon shall have an answer to any question you like to put ; I am anxious to explain . " Wife— " Where did you
first see me ? " Witness— " At M » rley ' s dancingrooms . I went there for the purpose of detection , and caused Morley to be fined for illegally dealing in wines and spirits . When I received a card from you , I asked you if I could bo accommodated in the samo way as I was at Morley ' s , aud you said , come and see me and you shall have whatever you like , and I replied , Oh then I will call . " Defendant" Did wo not receive you as a friend 1 " Witness" Not at all . 1 am satisfied any one would have been supplied with spirits if they had ordered them . " Defendant— "Did you not tako liberties with my wife , and did she not keep out of your way in consequence V Witness— "Not in the least ; but if you will have the fact of all that transpired I will tell
the Court . Your wife said she had caught you in bed with the servant girl , and she 6 aid she did not know why she should not have a fresh bedfellow . At another time she said she had a nice young woman for mo , and wo could have a bod in her house . " Tho wife here burst out a laughing , but her husband stood mure , and hnng down his head . Siv John Movtlock—* ' Come , I thiDk we have had enough of this scene ; it is bad enough . " Wife—( laughing)— " He wanted to see that female , btic she would not go into his « ompany . " The defendant , when aeked about his affairs , said he waa very much involved , and hi 3 landlord had been in possession for rent some time . The Court , under these circumstances mitigated tha penalties to £ 10 .
Poor Law Inhumanity . —There is a poor fellow attired in the coarse grey garb of the workhouse , to be seen daily taking his weary way from tho West London Prison Poorhouse , carrying a great lump oi granite , weighing twenty-pounds , suspended from his shoulder by a leathern strap . Three days since , the man in a very exhausted state rested himself at tho door of the Blockmakers' Arms , Ashley-terrace , City-road , and in answev to some questions put to him , he stated that the Board allowed him U . por day , for which he had to carry the lump of granite , upwards of twenty-two miles every day of his life . Thus , if his statements be true , in six days this
poor fenow thus loaded traverses more than one hundred and thirty-two miles , and wer « it not for the natural sympathy that such a disgraceful exhibition naturally prompts , ho would absolutely sink under the exertion . He produced a book , regularly signed , iu evidence of haying performed his allotted journey , and without which signature he could not obtain the shilling for this uselessly inflicted labour . Painful , however , as was tho task , the poor Whigcreated slave declared that he would drag double the weight if his strength would permit him , rather than be immured within tho dreary walls of a prison workhouse . —Morning Herald .
An unlucky Wife Hunter . —A few weeks ago an advertisement for a wife appeared in The Birmingham Herald , headed " Matrimonial Proposal , " and setting forth that the advertiser was a gentleman who wished to marry a lady from twenty-one to thirty ; that she must have a genteel appearance , liberal education , and respectable connections , and to be possessed of property to the value of £ 500 at least ; that the advertiser was in his twenty-ninth year , of gentlemanly appearance and address ; of respectable connections ; possessed of £ 3 , 000 in a respectable and well-established business ; and that he had a house furnished with every worldly comfort . A young gentleman of this town , noticing , the advertisement , wrote him under the style of a female .
stating her qualifications , and that she was possessed of £ 1 , 000 entirely at her own disposal ; inconsequence of which a general correspondence ensued , and an interview between them was decided on as being the most proper mode of arranging matters , and ascertaining how each party would Buit the other . Accordingly . Wednesday evening , at halfpast seven , was fixed for the time , and the Cemetery the place of meeting . Long before the time appointed , tho gentleman in search of love was seen with an engraving Gf the Cemetery , sent him by the ehould-be lady , wherein she had pointed out the spot at which he was to meet her , comparing it with the place , and affecting an air of dignified importance , from whioh he was doomed to bo lowered . A
mjjcber of young geatJemen were there at the appointed time , and all anxiously made their way to the unknown gentleman for the purpose of viewing his features ; but he did all in his power to prevent his face from being seen . At length a view of it was obtained , which caused no small degree of morrimeiit amongst those who were in the secret , especially when they discovered that he had lost one eye , and could with great difficulty see with the other ; having also several other defects not at all calculated to give one the idea of a man of genteel appearance After allowing him to wait twenty miautes past the appointed time , he was accosted by the party , and told that the lady , owing to the wetness of the evening , was unable to meethim , and that
they were deputed to meet him in her stead . He immediately perceived the hoax , and his fury was beyond all description . He left the Cemetery with all Bpeed , his hoaxer * keeping at his heels , jeering and laughing at hid mortification . This was kept up until they arrived at the top of Sheffield Moor , when they lost sight of him . The party then separated , but two of them afterwards saw him making the best of his way along Unjon-atreet , for the town , and again beset him with jokes , throwing in his teeth the loving words contained in his letters to the lady . This caused him to ta&e to his heels with all the speed he could make , and away ho went through any Dye-roads he could find , until at length he reached the Market-place . There he was again
doomed to increased misfortune ; for , in addition to the two who had followed him from Union-street , he had again to encounter the whole party who had so kindly met him at tho Cemetery . Onward he sped , as fast as hia legs could carry him , until he got opposite the Tontine , where a coaoh was standing , into which he wished to get , but , unfortunately for him , and the amusement of his followers , who were now very numerous , a lady had just engaged the coach , and he was compelled again to tike to his heels . In about three minutes he reached the railway station , where ho took refuge to his great satisfaction , and to the delight of his pursuers , who reached that place as soon as he . There was the "luckless wight , " heated , breathless , bespattered , and in a perfect rage . His appearance may bo better imagined than dosoribed . The train was gone , and nothing remained for him but to get back he couldThi 3 he
into the town as well as . was allowed to do quietly , his tormentors having left him to take his chance . In the morning , however , by seven o ' clock , he was again met in the Wicker by one of his attendants of tbe previous evening , wh « se appearance threw him into indescribable consternation , bo that he seemed doubtful whether to run back or venture forward . He did go on , however , and was followed to the railway station , whence he took his departure by the half-past seven o ' clock train , in a third class carriage , for West Bromwich , about five miles south of Birmingham , the place from whence he had been trailed in search of a wife . He spoke , in his advertisement , of having had a sma ) l disappointment before : but the result of this adventure will probably deter him from another attempt to repair his disasters , by advertising his charms to ensnare the ladies . —Sheffield paper .
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Sir Wm . Follett ' s new canvass is pushed with groat vigour . The learned knight duos not expect to grasp the Chancellorship this time . — Western Times . Remarkable Ghost . —The Dublin papers are busy with a marvellous- ghost-story . One John Fortune , a porter on the King 3 town Railway , has appeared to nis sister , a servant , after his own e > : ; ih , and duly instructed her to pay some small debtt , tho memory of which prevents his repose . One of th .-se was 3 d ., for some cherries which he bought of a stallwoman near the station ; and the largest of them was 33 . for drink on sundry occasions . It is said that these debts are all found to have been corrc-r : ly stated by the late Mr . Forlune , though in some inatanceg the creditor had forgotten the matte * . In ono case the ghost , by divers knocks , manifested a decided objection to one Mrs . Marshall ' s being paid a claim for more than was justly due to'her—9 s » instead of 2 j . ; the creditor ultimately found liiat she was mistaken , and not "old Truepenny . "
Another " Lady Thief . "—An extraordinary sensation has been created in Lincoln by the detection of a real lady" thief , who , it saems , for a , considerable period has been plundering the shopo of the drapsrs and dealers in fancy articles . Last week , a circumstance transpired which led to the detection of " the lady , " and the exposure of her practices . She went to a shop up-hill to purckosa fancy articles , and took occasion to purloin some { loss wool , which she secreted in her bag—not , howover , wiih sufficient alacrity to eWethe observation of two femalea . Having paid for the articles she had purchased , she was about to depart , when the spirited mistress of the shop , despite the respectability of tho thief , followed her to the doer , and tund , " Madam , you have taken articles you have not purchased . " " I ! I ' m a lady . " " You ought to be a lady , I know , madam ; but I insist on searching
your bag ; you have taken some floss wool frons the counter . " " Oh , you will find in the bag more : Ioss wool than I havo purchased from you , for I h ? . ve been down-hill this morning , and bought that at the shop of—— " ( naming the owner of the shop ) . Tha bag was searched , and in it vrus the stolen fioss wool , which the mistress ef the shop knew to be hers . However , to make assurance doubly sure , inquiries were made at the shop referred to , when it turned out that Miss —;— had not been there at all that day , and that a short time previously she was there detected in the act of attempting to purloin a pair of fancy shoes . The lady moves in the aristocratiaal circles of Lincoln , and is possessed of a respect ible fortune . —Lincoln Mercury , — [ Why is not the thief 8 name # iven ? Would the Lincoln Mercury have been thus delicate had the thief been a poor woman t We suspect not . — Ed . N . S . ]
Lord Edwaed Fitzgerald . — " What a nobk fellow was Lord Fitzgerald !—and what a romantic and singular history was his ! If it were not near Our times , it would make the finest subject iu tho world for an historical novel . " " What was there so singular in bis life and adventures V I a . skod " Lord Edward Fitzgerald , " said he , " was a soldier from a boy . He served in America , and was left for dead in one of the pitched battles , ( I forget wh ^ hj and returned iu tha list of killed . Having been found iu the field after the ' removal of the woundod , hc was recovered by the kindness and compassion of s native , and restored to his family as one from the grave . On coming back to England , he employed himself entirely in the duties of his corps and the study of military tactics , and got a regiment . The French Revolution now broke out , and with it a flame of liberty burnt in the breast of the young Irishman .
He paid this year a visit to Paris , where he formed an intimate acquaintance with Thomas Paine , and came over with him to England . There matters rested , till ono day at his regimental mess ha ordered the band to play Ca ira' the great revolutionary air . A few days afterwards he received a letter from head-quarters , to Bay , that the king diapeused with his services . He now paid a second visit to America , where he lived for two years among the native Indians ; and , onco again crossing the Atlantic , settled upon his family estate in Ireland , where he fulfilled all the duties of a country gentleman and magistrate . Here it was that he became acquainted with the O'Connors , ( father and uncle to Feargns . ) and in conjunction with them zealously exerted themselves for the emancipation of their country . Oa their imprisonment he was proscribed , and secreted for six weeks in what is called the liberties of
Dublin , but was at length betrayed by a woman . Major Sirr , and a party of military , entered his bed-room , which he always kept unlocked . At the voices ha started up in his bed , and seized his pistols , when Major Sirr fired and wounded him . Taken to prison he soon afterwards died of his wound , before ho could be brought to trial . Sach was the fate of one who had all the qualifications of a hero and a patriot ! Had he lived , perhaps Ireland had not now been a land of helots . "— Captain Mcdwin ' s Conversations of Lord Byron .
Caution . —As a Scotch compositor , named Wm . Edwards , was crossing a few days ago into W&les , from Bristol , with the view of seeking for a job in some of tho printing offices in the principality , he met with a man , who gave his name James Home , and said that he also was a compositor , having served his time in Canterbury , and was going into Wales with the same intention as the Scotchman . They tossed who was to be purse-bearer , and the lot feU on the Canterbury man . They arrived together in Merthyr , on Thursday , and were assisted with money by the trade , and the Scotchman got a job of work for a fortnight , Next morning the " bursar" was uon est inventus , and had doubtless in hia hurry , taken off , not only the whole contents of the exchequer , but a " trade card" belonging to his compauion , with which , having none of nis own , he means to gull "the profession" wherever he may come . He is a dark complexioned man , slightly pock-marked , aged about thirty , and standing about five fcet nine inches , and he wore what is called a " shabby" olive coat and dirty drab trousers . The card is an Aberdeen card , No . 20 , and dated April 30 , 1841 .
Burial op the Poos . —Revolting Condcct of tub Officials op the Edbondton Ujv / on . —The disgraceful indifference shown towards the feelings of the labouring classes , in this age ef Unions and centralisation , has been shown Bomewhat promiscuously in tho course of the past week . If the object of those who act under the supreme command of the three Kings of Sumerset-house be to engender feelings of deadly hato and ill-repressed vengeance in the hearts of the poor of this country , the course they are pursuing is eminently calculated to effect their purpose . Not content with brutal inanlt * and barbarous neglect of the claims of the poor during life , the sytem of heartlc c eness and inhumanity is carried on , even after the wretched struggle of
mortal existence has terminated in the sleep of death . The following affair will epeak volumes as to the operation of those an-humanising laws by which the poor of England are crushed to the earth , and then thrown into it with as little ceremony , or even decency , as so many mangy curs would be . A poor labouring man , working on the manor farm at Highga&e , was suddenly taken ill on Wednesday , the 21 st instant . Every assistance was rendered him by his employer and a medical man sent for , but he died the same night . The body remained in the barn where he died , until noon , on Thureday , when it was removed onaBhutter by the police , to the Wellington Inn , at Highgate , and placed by them in a back kitchen—tho landlady being pacified by act assurance
that an inquest would be immediately held and the corpse removed . On Friday an inquest waa held by Mr . Wafcley , and a verdict , "Died by the visitation of God" returned . From noon , on Friday , until one , on Saturday , no futher notice was taken , and then a shell was brought into the house ; but , being a foot too short , tho bearer returned for another . By this timo decomposition had begun to show its effects , and the effluvium was so offensive that tbe servants of the house at length refused to go into the kitchen at all . The landlady then employed some men to remove the corpse into the play-ground , where it remained until another coffin was brought , at nine o'clock on Saturday night ; and now for the decency observed in the disposal of the unfortunate
man ' s remains ! Into this coffin , which luckily fitted , the body was lifted , having on the velveteen jacket , and other clothing he had worked in . Not the slightest attention was paid to the cleanliness of the corpse—no shaving—no cap—none of those external appearances of decency that are looked for among tho vilest of our species , were attended to . A shroud was indeed spread over the clothes , and a few nails driven into the lid of the box—and so finished the affair of preparation . The undertaker then quitted the premises , leaving the body , which remained , to the great annoyance and inconvenience of the landlady , until a quarter past four on Monday afternoon , when a person named Walden applied for it , as the ' Removal-officer of the Edmonton Union , " producing , at the same time , a rote from the
Relieving-officer , to the following etieot : — July ; iJ 4 . Walden , —There is a man lies dead at the Wellington , Highgate , and the Vicar of Hornsey will take the funeral at five o ' clock on Monday evening , so therefore don't fail as to time ; there has been a Coroner ' s Inquest on the body , I am , Sir , your most obedient , Charles A dams , Relievjng-officer . " At half-past four o ' clock the body was removed from the Wellington Inn , and might accomplish the distance between that and Hornsey church within the time appointed for the interment , at least there was no lack of exertion to get rid of it by the parish functionaries , when once they got possession of it .
The funeral rites over a pauper s grave need no description here ; and , although there be exceptions to tho rule , and it does sometimes happen that a parson is not so over sublimated b y his profession as to forget he is of the same species as the pauper corpse before him , it does not appear that any distinction was made in the case of this poor fellow , and the hundreds of thousands of similar unfortunates who have served to fill up the pauper holes in the Christian grave-yards of the nineteenth century . Perhaps the Vicar of Hornsey will condescend to finish the history of this affair , which commenced wifcli most offensive tardiness , and seems to fiave finished with most indecent haste .
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