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SONG . Ah—" Scols ictaAoa /" By our brave O'Connor * tetl , In a bandaged peoplei weal , By the gntitnde ire feel , We shall all be free . By our injuries and woes , By a mnrder * d Clayton ' s throes , By tfas soom we bear osr foet , Weaballailbefree , Long ireTe -worn the servile chain , Soon shall it be burst 1 b twain ; Soon shall we the Charter sain , Tien we than be free
Free from laws , us Jest , unkind , Form'd tbe working cUa to grind ; Whilst the great one * erer find Room for tyranny . Long hare we been passive led , Bending * neatb tbe yoke oar head , E ' ea whilst tyrant * triumphed In oar slavery . Ignorance had doaely bound Her dark scarf oar eyes around , jelling of , with word * profrand , "We were amply free B * t at length a tadd light , From the Xor&er * Star so bright , Droning on ooi mental sight , SboWd our slavery .
ThM we aw stern tyrant * stand . Wringing from industry't hand , For the wealthy ones and grand , The sore hard-earn'd fee . Days of ^ i" *™»— , now farewell ; Broken is the sombre spell , By the Chartist ' s dauntless Tell , Who weald hare u » free Though no freedom ' s banner wares , O ' er as toil-degraded alaves , Long the dopes of titled knaves , Yet we shall be free . Tor the caiarter meets oar view , Sending energy anew , To each heart as we puisne The way from shvrery .
Brother Chartists , onward press , For osr wrongs most hare redress ; Equal laws , and nothing less—Chartists must be free
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TO DEMOCRACY . < God said let there be light , and there was light 6 * 11 . 1 . 0 ? who eaa stem thy giant tide ? TTho beat back thy dashing foam ? Vhere is the mortal , Canute-Like , fo bid thee to thine home ! LCte the rush of armed men them eom'st , like tbe simoon gathering near , And the despot-heart , and the iron hand Are palsied with sadden fear . * * ? ? * Time was , thou wast a gentle stream , Meandering through the rale ; With scarce a breath to stir thy course , With scarce a passing gale .
But the despots of earth would stop thy tide , They crimsoa'd thy placid brow ; The tears of the poor then swelled thy flood , And behold ! who will dare thee bow ? •»¦* Where are the mighty ones of earth , Who cursed thy cause of yore ; "Who ww * a thy based Bame BhODldbe , A by ^ word ever more ? Go ! seek in yon Tanlt of marble , and stone , EmblasoDed with many a crest ; Where the atoned urn , and the trophied scroll , Betoken a place of rest
Tbej are -there ! they are there ? the mighty , the prond I With the worm for their banqnet store , Rattling within the purple shrond , In the diamond wreaths they wore . Bat thoo ! hot thoo ! sat in spring-time yet , Pen and bright as the new-born day ; Nations may fail , and proud empires fall , But thou never wilt know decay ! like tbe rainbow thon beanTst on high , pwn ^ rig hope to the fettered slave j Thy mission from heaven aboTe Is raised up to soeconr , to save .
Then joy I then joy ! to the prostrate earth—Bat woe to the tyrant ' s power ; When thy gathering rage of a thousand yean Shall burst forth in an awfnl horn I Bocbdale . *
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LINES . Man is his own enslaTer : if he will'd , Free as yon soaring eagle , he could roam ; Then , would no Hybla sweets for tyrants be distill'd ; And nutn would love his brother man , and make the world his home . Immaculate and free , mas from his maker sprung ; To adorn ereation and obey his laws . He with wild nature liyed ; and from her mighty tome Drew inspiration , happiness and bliss . How changed ! The cause HI to define . Man never ph ^ i be that which once be
0 wbat a doom is his who strive * to better man s estate , And nobly in Pirilsntttropys frail bark does feature ha I Prond his beginning . ' bright his short career . ' The heat , The enthusiastic heat , which spurr ed him on , wars With the interest of the grovelling crowd ; doflds gather from afar ; The tempest lowers ; but where to steer , alas ! he knows not Man and bark driTe on : procrastination throws her
The unconquerable bar to Freedom , and perchance the ( urss Sinks once again and leaves man where he was ! Hahold .
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PITT'S TEN COMMANDMENTS . Pat irdo Verse by John Horse Tooke . Thou sbalt not either read or write ; Thou shalt not have thy hair made white ; Thou shalt net with thy neighbour meet ; Then shal : not bread untaxrd eat ; Thoa shalt not dogs « r bones keep ; Thou shalt not through thy windows peep ; Thou shalt not keep a watch or clock ; Thou shslt not auction off thy stock ; Thou shalt not wine or brandy drink ; Thou shalt not speak or hardly think .
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THE W REATH OF LIBERTY . Respectfully dedicated to Feargus O'ConDor , Esq . By IXiTn > Wright . Aberdeen : G . Mackay , Thomson ' s Court , 61 , Broad-strwt . A small "volume of Chartist Poems , by a youth not yet nineteen years of » ge , and who makes no pre-JpHonB to what is called " learning * or " education . " Kature has , with cur present poet , done her Own work unassisted , Bare by the promptings of PQTOty and the tonsciousiieFs of thraldom . The enthusiasm almost necessary to the youthful spirit «» J ?» b itself through nearly all tbe pieces , in the exhibition of a somewhat impatient spirit . At thiB we flo not at all wonder ; there is cause enough ; but we opine that contiEnedendursnce and more extended observa tion will teach onr poet practical philosophy .
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Ts * Abhst £ okg Litbb Pills axe recommended as an Anti-bilious medicine , to every sufferer from Dillons complaints and indigestioB , or from » n inactive liver , and are procurable at all Draggists , and « tie Northern Star office . It is only necessary to see that ine stamp h * s "Dr . John Armstrong ' s fjrer Pills" engraved on it in -white letters , aad to let do one put you off with any other pillB . N . B . —The Pills in the boxes enclosed , in marbled paper , » 3 < 3-marked B ., are a very mild aperient , **<» are particularly and universally praised . They are admir * K ? v adapted for sportsmen , agricaltaristB , « eD pf DLsin *« ,-naTal and military men ; as they contain no mercury or calomel , and require neither confinement to the krass . sot Teiiraint in diet .
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CruBiSGO W . —Tbeheart-rending cries of misery detfitation , starvation * and despair naUihroaghthe streets , lutes , and suburbs of oar city . Thousands of hungry , naked , shivering wretches meet as at every turn , and implore us with every look , asking at , in the silent and impressive language of suffering nature , where is humanity ?—where is justice t and what is ChriBtis , Bitj ? Why are we starvinj ? in a laad teeanf with-everv Iuxnry and aeoeeaarr of Hfel Bow is it that our heariba are © oW , oar beds in the pawn-shops , and oar baefcs uneoTered during this piercing weather , and that , too , while we toil from early morn to late at night ! And how is it that we saner oorselveB thus tamely to be plundered Of the hOBftft traite ' at-&& ** & *** in&xuiry bj-tixt iron-heirtedBoubof our legalised oppveMon ! Ah !
the reason is too obvious to be misnnderstood The laws made by oar combined tyrants hare pro * claimed us slaves , outlaws , and aliens in the land of our nativity- ; we crouch ; we toil , we starve , we tremble while we tread » a the ashes and graves of our virtuous , brave , and patriotic progenitors . The insane and peevish matterings of imbecile hypochondriacs aad . the envenomed slug of traitors loll us to repose , and thus the enemies of liberty and man feed , fatten , and triumph amid the stately rain which their hellish macMuations hare created . Oar Lord Provost and-other munieipal authorities , have just now squandered upwards of one thousand pounds in treating their friends of the law , the army , and the Church , on what they call the " glorious
event" which-has given them a Prince and an heir to the throne of these realms ; while these same sage and Christian authorities , during last summer , coald not afford the tenth of the above sum , to save froa starvation hundreds of industrious families , thrown out of employment by the gambling , fluctuating system produced and kept up by commercial pedlars , royal princes , hypocritical parsons , hired panderers , aristocratic pimps , legal plunderers , human tigers and reptiles of every form and description , whose various propensities are fostered by a system of laws the most incongruous and accursed . The man of humanity shuddered when he heard the loud Bacchanalian yell—the loyal scream of exultation which issued from the City Hall , on last Monday night , while be knew that at the same moment thousands of inoffensive children in the immediate , neighbourhood were shivering over the dying embers
of % miMmblo fire , and tearing with hungry avidity the scanty contents of a potato pot , the all which their eliss-rnined , heart-broken , and toil-worn parents could produce . When shall this infernal system cease to exist ! and when Bhall we hail that glorious sun which shall rise and shine on oar newborn liberties , and our chartered rights be proclaimed in city- hall * nd village school , on mountain top and flowery vale ? Where is the man who breathes the heather-scented air of brave old Sootland , that would join or mix with the miserable , crawliog , trembling things , who , under the mask of thin-skinned morality , are aiding and abetting the cruel and relentless oppressors of the poorj and endeavouring ( though , thank God , without effect ) to paralyze the generous efforts of one of God ' s own nobles of nature , in his powerful and unbought efforts to crush the tyrant , and rend asunder the shackles of the slave!—Correspondent .
•••• VAX « E OF IiEVEH . — Alejutoilu . —The state of trade in this place is realJy distressing . About three months since Mr . William Thornason give an address in Bonhill , and urged the appointment of a committee to investigate into the state of the unemployed , and laying it before the heritors and ministers and manufacturers of the parish . The committee was selected and the following facts will giro the public some idea of the state of the Vale , including Alexandria and Bonhill ; Cawdross parish is being canvassed by another committee . This statement includes twelve hundred and eleven persons , their wages were as follows , averaging a period of twenty-eight weeks . There were persons Per day . d . Per day . d . 4 at the rate of ... "i 10 at the rate of ... 34 2 7 f tQ t 6 61 31 ~ 25 11 Bk 151 2 A
5 6 65 21 21 5 i 135 2 11 a \ 126 15 13 ... » 5 128 ll H _ 45 SI 0 * 10 4 } 28 Oi 11 _ 4 } 9 Ol 31 _ - 4 85 ~ 0 28 ^ — 56 3 } 1211 persons . This is a pretty view of things in a spot full of churches and chapel-goers ; our great men are turning away journeymen and filling their places with apprentices ' . In this way the hopes of many a family are sacrificed -before the altar of Mammon . The working men ace beginning to see that they can have no shield of protection but in equal laws , and universa ! representation . Our association is increasing in members .
AXiEXAlTDBIA—Another Victim to ths Game Laws . —On Wednesday , the 17 th instant , the funeral of Mr . John M'Kinky took place . The circumstances were as follows : —On the evening of the ' 2 nd of November , lie and a companion , were standing in the highway , holding a musket in his hand . Two gamekeepers , in the employ of Mr . Campbell , Tillichewen CaBtle , near Alexandria , came up to them , and , looking deceased closely in the face , some altercation arose between the parties . Deceased , being irritated at the gamekeepers' interference , struck one of them with his gun , and broke the stock of tbe fowling-piece over the gamekeeper's arm , and used tbe barrel in self-defence , which was loaded . While scuffling , the nipple of tbe barrel , on which was a cap , hit the stone wall : the mu&ket went off , and the contents entered just above the
left elium , passed immediately over the lower part of the back-bone , fracturing it , and came out on the opposite side , just over the right elium ; the distance between the entering in and coming out of the shot being about twelve inches . He lingered in great agony until Sunday last , when death put an end to his agoDies . The day before interment the body was opened by two medical men , who gavo it as their opinion tb » t death was caused by the contents of the gun passing through tbe body . A ^ recognition had been taken by the Sheriff of Dumbarton and the fiscal the day following the accident . Being a member of the Rechabite order , a large procession of his brethren attended his funeral . A little before two o ' clock they assembled at the Independent Chapel , about forty coming from Dumbarton and Renton , and about a hundred members of the Order in
Alexandria . After forming three deep , each wearing a white sa 3 Q aud black rosette upon it , they marched to the house of the deceased ; the streets of Alexandria were crowded with scores besides oF the inhabitants and the acquaintances of the unfortunate youth . The funeral procession moved slowly to the New Church , Alexandria , attended by the abstainers in the above-mentioned Order . After arriving at the grave , the coffin was placed upon the grave side , and the Rev . Mr . Swan delivered a very impressive
prayer ; after which , the mangled corse was let down into the narrow bouse , to mix with its kindred dust amid the unbroken silence of the grave . Although not a year connected with the Rechabite Order , and no : entitled , by the laws of the body , to the funeral gift , yet the Order had a meeting of its members , and , with a generosity which does honour to it , entered into a subscription , and handed over £ 8 towards the funeral expences . The event has made a deep impression , as the young man seems to have been generally and deservedly respected .
BZ&BXIJrCrHABX . Maso . vs Stiuke . [ Received too late for our last . ]—A public meeting , called by placard , was held at the Mechanics' Institute on Wednesday evening last . Mr . Peter Bishop was unanimously called to the chair . The Chairman opened the meeting in his usual clear and perspicuous style , and introduced Mr . Boag , the delegate from London , to address the assembly . 11 r . Boig gave a clever and hiehly satisfactory description of the real cause of the strike of the stonemasons , and was warmly applauded . Several resolutions , similar to those passed at the Crown and Anchor meeting , were unanimously agreed to . The meeting was addressed by Messrs . Williams , Lloyd , Gosling , Bamforth , Gray , Beck , R 3 land , and Hinds , in clever and appropriate speeches . Eight pounds was handed in from the first society of carpenters , £ 10 from the second society of carpenters , and
14 s . 6 d . from the curriers . Mr . George White addressed the meeting , and urged them to unite in the National Charter Association at the same time , notifying that a lecture would be delivered in the Chartist Room , Freeman-street , the proceeds of which would be handed over to the fund for assisting the London masons in their struggle against tyraDDy . Mr . Beck , the Secretary , then declared the sums received from ihe varions bodies in Birmingham for the last fortnight , which amounted to £ 32 ] 9 s . 116 . Mr . Peter Bishop afterwards delivered a neat addms , in -which he passed a high eulogium on the Northern Star , for the manner in which it had supported the mason ' s strike , without waiting to be solicited * after whieh Mr . Gosling was called to the chair , and a vote of thanks unanimously given to Mr . BiBhopfor his upright conduct in the ehair and for hi 9 zealous support of the mason ' s strike . The meeting then separated .
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Mr . Egkbton Skith , the founder and principal proprietor of the Liverpool Mcrcary , died , on the night of Thursday last , at the age of seventy-three . Disteess . —The Mendicity Society of London have made an appeal to the public for assistance . They state , that at " this immediate period the applications are very numerous , being treble in a » ount of those at any similar season in former years ; while the prospect of accamnJwed cases 0 ? destitution dur-Ibk the winter has excited a degree of solicitude in the Committee regarding the adequacy of their re-Eour&es . "
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Dublin . —It is a curioss factj and though a trifle , worth notice ' , that the tailors and robe-makers of Dublin hare not been able 40 supply the demand for coart-dresBes and professioBat costumes to be worn at the Levee . Many additional hands have been employed in Xondon , and large consignments of those articles have been shipped for this eity . —DubHn Evening Mail . Bjspobtid Attempt at Incendiarism . —It is reported that a ball composed of some explosive material was thrown into the court of the Horse Guards , on Wednesday . It fell at the feet of a soldier , and exploded like a- cannon . The soldier could see no one in the street thai appeared , to have thrown it . A similar ball was thrown into the barrack-yard at Charing Gross .
DEATH IS THB Flerf Prisoh . —On Thnrsday evening an inquest was held in the fleet prison , before Mr . Payne , concerning the death of Mr . E . Baker , aged seventy-eight , who died is that prison on Tuesday evening last . Mr . T . Morton , assistant to Mr . Cooper , surgeon to the prison , stated that be had attended the deceased since May last . < He was a very corpulent man , and bad been bedridden for some weeks . He was afflicted with the usual symptoms attendant upon old age . Witness was not aware that he was in want of any thing . He had been attended gmtoitouBly . There was no reason to suppose thai death arose from any other than natural causes .., Sarah Pearce . nurse to Mr . Baker , stated that Bhe had lived in the service of the
deceased for many years . Her master had been in prison about fourteen years altogether . Ho was liberated after six years confinement , and was again arreBted in . May , 1833 . He had contracted a disease during his first confinement , and had ever since been attacked with dropsy and erysipelas . His only means of living i or two years past was 5 s . » week , which he received from a gentleman named Watson ; ont of that he had Is . 3 d . to pay for his room , and witness herself had also to be kept ont of it . She had received no salary for eight years , and had latterly waited on other prisoners for a trifle per week to assist in supporting her master and herself . He often complained that he eotrid sot get food enough . He had a fall a few weeks ago , and since that time
had been unable to get out of bed . He had formerly lived upon his property at 42 , Broad-street , Goldensquare . Mr . G . P . Andrews stated that he was a prisoner at the time the deceased came in ( 1833 ) , and had been acquainted with him ever since . Deceased evidentl y had not sufficient nourishment to support him . ' The Coroner inquired of Mr . Oastler ( who had been sent for ) if be knew of any ciroHmatances connected with the deceased 1 Mr . Oastler replied , that he was not at all acquainted with deceaeeqjand knew nothing of his circumstances further than having heard that he was dependant almost entirely upon charity for support . Mr . Oastler said he would ask whether it was fair in a Christian country
that persons should be incarcerated for debt at the will of others , aud left to depend on charity for sapport . The Coroner said he agreed with Mr . Oastler that imprisonment for debt was an unchristian practice . Imprisonment waa a punishment , and it was certainly to be lamented that a man who was unfornate should be punished for it . In the present oase it appeared that debt was not the only cause of deceased ' s imprisonment . He would leave it to the Jury to say whether they thought confinement had any thing to do with his death , and if so they would express it in their verdict . The Jury , after a short consultation , returned a verdict of "Died from natural causes . "
Muuss amd Suicide by a . Deap ahd Duxb MAN . —A dreadful murder and suicide were committed at Wincolmlee , Hull , by a deaf and dumb man , named Robert Hickson . The wretched man had quarrelled with bis wife , Sarah Hicksoa , about some domestic matter , upon which he seized » poker , and struck her a dreadful blow on tbe head , and afterwards destroyed himself , by cutting his throat with a razor . An inquest was held on the bodies on Friday night , and alter being aworn , the Jury proceeded to view them . They were found lying side by side on aslight raised platform , in a small , neatly-furnished room , in Owen ' s Square , New George-street . The sight was s > most appalling one , the throat of the man being cut from ear 10 ear . whilst the woman ' s » kull was
literally smashed to pieces . The floor was deluged with Wood , but partly covered with saw-dust , immediately over the corpses was a portrait of Hiekson , paiated in oil by himself . In another part of the room was a painting of Christ , in the same style as the portrait , and executed by the deceased . Selina Hiekson , daughter of the deceased , deposed—I am going on for eight years old , and lived with my father and mother . They quarrelled yesterday about marrying . My father went out soon after breakfast this morning . He was deaf and dunab . He came back ai twelve to-day , to his dinner . He came in dripping wet , and mother said sbe was so poorly she could scarcely wash for him . He was angry because there was not a dry waistcoat for him to put on . Mother
talked to him with her fingers . Father seemed in a passion when they were quarrelling , but- Irhave Been him worse before . We were getting our dinners , and so was mother , when he came in . He took up a poker from the fireside , and struck mother four or five times . She fell down on the hearth , and I never beard her speak again . Father teok a razor from the cupboard top and cut his threat . Then I ran out . Hiokson was in the employ of Mr . Binning , a ooal merchant , as a coal porter . It appeared , from the evidence of Mr . Binning and other witnesses , that he had latterly become jealous of his wife , in consequence of a man named Charles Richardson having been seen walking with her . Mr . Binning had spoken to Richardson on the subject , when he said , " He had walked with Hickson ' s wife , and
would do so again . On being called before the jury , Richardson said that Hickson had once accused him of being connected with his wife— but very little . " He had never repeated the accusation , mad he ( Richardson ) never met her at Mr . -Binning ' e stables . Had spoken to her in the street , but nothing more . Never met her by appointment , and had only walked the length of the street % ith her when they met accidentally . Several jurymen taid this witness was morally guilty of the deaths of the deceased . The jury , in the case of the suicide , returned a verdict of M Temporary Insanity , " caused in their opinion by the improper conduot of one of his fellow-workmen with reference to deceased ' s wife . In the case of the murder , the jury returned tbe extraordinary verdict of "Excusable Homicide . "
Egregious Rejoicings . — "Richard has best deserved of all my sons . " The authorities of Glasgow have "done the polite thing" to the new-born Prince after the most delicate fashion . As soon as the tidings of her Majestj ' s accouchement arrived , " Captain Millar conveyed the joyful news to the authorities . In order to acquaint the Lord Provost with the fact , tbe city-waits were put in requisition , and took their places opposite his Lordship ' s door , where they serenaded his family with the national air of God Save the Queen . '" Sentiment must be progressing when this romantic method of insinuating glad news is adopted by the chief thief-catcher of a Scotch town in his communications to his superiors . The next refinement will be to announce to
condemned prisoners the approach of the hoar of execution by sending the city-waits to serenade him with " Macpherson s Rant . " The Lord Provost , however , seems to have been rather obtuse on the occasion—to have proved himself a sort of Triptolemns Muudlework ; for our informant , the Glasgow Arqus t adds— " This circumstance ( the serenade ) apprized his Lordship that something unusual had taken place ; and certain intelligence of the event was immediately afterwards conveyed to him by a special messenger . " The allusion was too refinedthe musical bead of the police had to call in the aid o . ' an interpreter . However , to do " his Lordship " justice , after he had been get to understand what was going forward , he displayed his loyalty moBt
valoursly . The reformed Town Council has been somewhat lax in its observation of loyal ceremonies ; but the Provost has not forgotten the days of his youth , when " George the Third was King , " and Magistrates drank the Royal health on the Royal birthday in the open air at the market-cross . He remembers , too , the showers of dead dogs and cats with which the rabble used to salute them on such occasion ? . He therefore took due precautions before proceeding to renew those public expressions of devotion to the throne . " According to an arrangement made in the course of the morning , the Tenth Regiment of Foot and two companies of the Seventeenth Lancers marched into the vacant space in front of the Public Offices , and formed
imo square . Two pieces of artillery were also in attendance . " Moreover , the front of the Courthouse was '' guarded by a stroDg detachment of Police . " And thus supported , the Magistrates and Sheriff , " greatly daring , " drank the healths of the Duke of Cornwall and his mother at a range of tables fitted up under the portico . On Monday evening , the Bame functionaries entertained the elite of the city at a great ' -banquet in the City-hall . The City Marshal promulgated beforehand a series Of regulltions "to be Strietly observed j" some ot which , we mnst take the liberty to remark , are scarcely in keeping with the Arcadian character of the city serenade . Gentlemen having ladies with them are requested , after conducting them to the eastern stair , to return and pa * s into the hall ; " and they are told that " gentlemen accompanying ladies
to the eastern Btair , will be supplied with tickets , which they are requested to preserve and produce when they return for the ladies /'' '' A ceremony of this kind is observed with umbrellas and greatcoats at tbe entrance of the National-Gallery and tbe Library of the British Museum ; bat it does strike us as treating ladies with slender- ceremony , to deposit them in an antechamber otf entering a festive hall , to be delivered np again u >' 4 heir conductors when they leave , " on producing" thtf-ticket . " Do the modern Bailey Jarvies still take " Mattie and the lantern" with them when they go out of a dark evening ! and is this startling arrangement made for the accommodation of the haxtdmaidenB while waiting to light their masters bme I Mattie might in one sense have been called a lady : " she was good Hood—first cousin to the Laird 0 ' Litnmerfield . " —Spectator .
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. Pbath paojf MAcmrnnr . —At Bold factory , new trawshawhooth , a boy teceived ft ' SeVerd injury , from some part of the mkchlneryi ' ohe day last weefc from which he died ^'^ uA ^ eatogy \ ' . ' * j Cojoujtiokop , thbTh » w » ToMNsi . ^ OnThnriday , tliiB stnpeadooB undertaking may be Bald to j / rt ?* «> J >> Pfe « ott , the'eB » niioii 8 borebeing ended by the arrivalI of the shield at the shaft ** the Wapp ^ shore . The shield now * -therefore , has performed Hs work , and henceforth 4 he operations will be confined-ohiefl / to the formation of t&a approaches on land for the general traffic FoWfeel and a haJrof tunnelling weie completed within the last week by means of the shield . ; - •' Tubkish A » VKftTlSteHEirr > - { Prom the Djeridee ff avMti of the lSth October . ) « For sale , a blacfc female Blare , who ! s ttWque for playing the fiddle , lute , mandplina , and dulcimer ; and Is , moreover , a beautiful dancer , Pricip , 3000 piasters ( about £ 27 sterling . ) Apply , "&o . ..
_ WioAN . ~ Machcarioiu gossip has been caused in wigan by the extraordinary circumstances attending the death of a person named Mary * Aspull , who lived b y herself in Soholeg , never having married . Upon th « death of the old Jady a seaioh was made by . one « twft persons who were next of kin to thfr deeeaeea , : * hef befog , however ^ only wwmd' eowins . These parties ; with one or two other persons Who had been requested to attend them , found in their search , in the most obsoare and nnlikelv naifta at the
house , no less than £ 5040 ; the whole of which , with the exception of about £ 40 or £ 50 , oouateted of guineas . The deceased was with some -difficulty prevailed upon to make a will a few days before she died , wherein she directed that all her property shall be distributed in efluaj iharea to eertain parties therein mentioned ( her second cousins , yand to all others who are equal , and nearer , in degree of relationship . Of course many are the- claimants , one of whom is Mr . John Roby , of Rochdale . —Manchester Guardian . .. ¦¦ ¦ ..
An American Patriot . — " Feller-citizens 1 " said an Arkansas OTator , who mounted the stump a short time since , ' Feller-citizens f didn ' t I aid in ridin Bill Poker , the blackleg , on a rail f . " You did ! ypu . did ! " said hh auditory . M Didn't I , felleroitiEens , Iiek that big pedlar from the Jarseys , as spoke disrespectfully of our stater' M Yes—you dyl ! you did ! " unanimously shouted the meeting . " Feller-citizens f when Jim Jenkins was prosecuted by his political enemies for horse-stealing , didn't J , as foreman of his jury , write his vardict * Guilt ;/ of assault and battery' recommending him to mercy 1 ' Cries of M You did I yon did J—you ' re a buster 1 " " Is there a man in this crowd , feller-citizens , that doesn't owe me a drink I" " No , not one . " " Havn't you always seen ma willing to > stand treat I " u Always , always ! you ' re a horse . " " Well , now , you all know I voted for old Tip and Tyler , at the last election : but if ever I do it again , I'll be - — - ! Let ' s liquor . —New Orleans Paper .
Error of supposing thk Whale to be a Fish . —The whale , thongh an inhabitant of the depths of ocean , and invested with atoasing power in swimming and directing its course , with no legs to walk and no capacity to exist out of water , its proper element , —the whale , notwithstandingthese fish-like qualities , is not a fish , but belongs to the order of mammalia—of animals that bring forth their progeny and suckle them with milk ; and its fins differ in a singular manner from those of fishes ; they nearly resemble the human arm , and terminate with a hand , having four fingers . The whale ia thug enabled to clasp its young , and carry them in its arniB , and perform many of the acts of dalliance and
affection for which the mother is distinguished amongst terrestrial animals . The tail of the whale is also a curious combination of mechanical powers ; and , in addition to the great strength bestowed upon it , the musoles allow it to be turned any way , with an much facility as the human arm . The blood of the whale is warm , like that of terrestrial animals ; its brain is much larger in proportion than that of the fish ; its eyea have a remarkably intelligent expression ; and its sense of hearing is so acute as to increase very considerably the difficulty of approaching it near enough to inflict the stroke by which its great Btrength ia finally overcome . —Parley ' s Penny Library .
Alleged Discovery op Valuable Jewels at the Exchequer . — Our readers will remember that a few weeks ago certain mysterious whisperings were current concerning an alleged discovery , at the Exchequer , of jewels to a very considerable amount—jewels it -was said , whioh had been empawned to meet the exigencies of the extravagant King Charles II ., and had lain there bo long that their existence had been forgotten , and that their discovery was the result of accident , a bit of good fortune , a sort of set-off against the defalcations in Exchequer Bills . The matter was delicately alluded to in some of the papers , but all seemed to lack information on the interesting subjeot . One paper did , however , venture to confirm the report , but to say that the matter had
been exaggerated . Exaggerated , indeed , it was . In fact , the affair was what is vulgarly called a " mare ' s nest . " A belief had , however , existed in a high quarter that property to a large amount had lain by for a long period , the value of which it would be desirable to ascertain . It appears that in the year 1797 a box containing jewels had been sent from the Exchequer-office to the Bank of England , to be d posited ia the Bullion-office ; and an order was recently sent down to the Bank to have the mysterious casket examined . A day was accordingly appointed , and the governor of the bank , Mr . Marshall , the chief cashier , and several gentlemen connected with the Government , assembled for the purpose of
making an official inspection , and reporting upon the same to head quarters . They were , moreover , at . tended by several jewellers called in professionally to decide as to the " water" of the diamonds , and the value of the other gems it contained . The conclave assembled—the box was brought in ! But to the surprise of all it was nothing more than a lozenge box tied with a red tape and sealed on the top . it was opened and found to contain a pair of diamond earrings , and a garnet brooch . A general laugh was excited by tbe appearance of the ridiculus mus , and one of the jewellers said he should be sorry to give £ 40 for its contents . These are the simple facts of the matter , which excited much merriment among those engaged in the investigation . —London Paper .
Fire in Woolwich Dockyard . —On Saturday morning last , about half-past three o ' clock , one of the dockyard police , observing smoke issuing from a building used for the purpose of making Grant ' s patent fuel , on a close approach to it , found it was in flames , and immediately gave the alarm . The dockyard engines were promptly brought to the spot , and the alarum-bell being rung , the engines of the royal marines , royal artillery , and royal sappers and miners , were soon present , and an excollent supply of water being obtained from the basin almost close to the building the spread of the devouring element to the engine-house was prevented , but no exertions could tave the wooden building in which the fire originated , and consequently it was burnt to the
ground . The fire is supposed to have originated from one of the iron pipes under a portion of the wood having become overheated on the previous day , and that the wood had , from that cause , such a degree of heat communicated to it as ultimately to ignite . It is worthy of observation that the fires used at this work are always put out abont four o ' clook in the afternoon , immediately after the convicts leave work , so that thofire , if it originated from them , must have remained twelve hours undiscovered . During the fire a fatal accident took place in the basin . A young man , seventeen years of age , named John Johnston , a seaman on board the James and Elizabeth , of Sunderland , schooner , lying in the river alongside the wharf wall of the dockyard , delivering small coal for the purpose of manufacturing Grant ' s
patent fuel , on hearing the alarm of fire came on shore , and the fog was so thick at the time that he walked into the basin , and striking his head , it is supposed , upon an iron chain , was so stunned , that , although & good swimmer , he was drowned , and his body was not recovered Until about half an hour alter Wards . Two marines also fell into the water from a similar cause , but they were promptly taken out . The officers and crews of the Devastation and the other vessels in her Majesty ' s service in the river and in the basin were promptly on the spot , and by their able assistance were or great service in checking the spread of the fire . The loss will not be very great , as the building was only constructed of wood , and , fortunately , it was in a manner detached from other parts of the yard .
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NOMINATIONS FOR THE GENERAL COUNCIL . STRAND-STREET , UANCHFSTER . Mr . Lawrence Dunn , weaver , 8 , Boothle-street . Mr . William Walker , primer . Mr . John Bavanalgh , spinner . Mr . Thomas Orrid ^ e , ca rder . Mr . Joseph E&stforth , cordwainer . JVfr . Dunoan Bean , printer . Mr . Lawrence Money , printer . Mr . John Bfcdfern , porter . Mr . John Jones . Mr . Bernard Quinn . Mr . Matthew Snttiff . Mr . Joseph Lomas , weaver , 14 , Thompson-street , Secretary . Mr . John Smith , weaver , 18 , Love Jane , Treasurer .
PINSBDRT . Mr . William Balls , 13 , Back Hill , Hatton Garden . Mr . Richard Cameron , 10 , Dorrington-Btreet . Mr . Philip Johnson , 6 , St . John's-square . Mr . William Martin , 1 , Charlotte Terrace , White Conduit . Mr . James Knight , 39 , Baltic-streei . Mr . Daniel West , 34 , Chatham Gardens . Mr . William Moody , 118 , Brittania-street . Mr . John Carey , 14 , Fear Tree-street . Mr . Henry Smith , II , Aylesbury-streei , sab-Treasurer . Mr . John Watts , 17 , Graham-street , City Road , sub-Secretary .
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IIMEHOUSE . , Josiah Hornblowcr , 18 , Margaret-street , Commercial-road Samuel Squiers , No . 3 , Limeklin-hill , Limehousehole : William Bass&ge , No . & , Cottage-Btreet , Poblarj Isaac Wilkina , Engineers' Arms , Mill Wall , ifoijlar ; Thomas Pearse , 44 , Park-street , Limehouse ; Henry Squiers , I , Prospect-place , East India road , Poplar , sub-Treasurer . Thomas Spencer , 1 , Victoria-place , Commercialroad , LimeiiQuse , sub-Secretary
BIZJXON . Joseph / Nioholls , screw-turner , Green Croft ; James Mosely , shoemaker , Pipes-Meadow ; Michael Jaffa , tailor , High-street ; Joseph Evans , miner , Hall-street ; George Dudley , tinplate-worker , Proud ' s-laua ; William Smart , miner . Hall-street ; John Davis , ditto , ' High-street ; FrancisFerreday , furnace-man , Waleall-street ; Samuel Draper , miner , Pipes-Meadow ; John Fenton , ditto , Hall-atreet ; ' John ' Stiran , grocer and tallow-chandler , Green oroft , sub-Treasurer ; John Cadley , coadwainer , sub-Secretary .
. . HEBE , WILTS . Henry Milk ; weaver . Stephen Mills , ditto , sub « Searetary . . - ;¦ , ¦¦¦ .. ¦/ . " ; daventrV . ' ¦ ¦¦ ' James Lawsone , tailor , High-street . William Askew , cotdwainer , Victoria-street . Thomas Norton , joiner , Dog-lane . < Dantel Dawson , green grocer , Brook-street . William Tallet , cordwainer , Church-lane . Thomsj Webb , cordwainer , sub-Trea 9 urer , Unionplace , George Aabwell , cabinet-maker , sub-Secretary , High-street .
SOUTH-SHIELDS , BANKS OP TTMB . John Douglas , shoemaker , Waterloo-vale . John Strickland , ditto , King-street . William Cory , bootcloser , Salem-street . John Bunn , bookbinder , Waterloo-vale . William Dalrymple , shoemaker , East-street . William Wilkinson , shoemaker , Thames-street , sub-Treasurer . Thomas White , cabinet-maker , Dairy-lane , sub-Secretary .
MONCKTON-DKVEBILL . John Maslen , Brixton-Deverill , labourer . Noah Praaglen , ditto , ditto . Peter Payn , Monokton-Deverill , ditto . Thomas Ganet , Kingaton-Deverill , ditto , sub-Treasurer . Stephen Tudgey , Monokton-Daverill , cordwainer , sub-Secretary . LONDON EAST , STAR COFFEE-HOUSE , GOLDEN-LANE . Mr . Prior . Mr . M'Carthy . Mr , Piots . Mr . Richards . Mr . Langwith . Mr . Waters . Mr . Smith . Mr . Kenns , sub-Secretary , pro . tern .
DBVONPOBT . John Gin , cooper , 35 , Clowanoe-street . William Edwards , shoemaker , 37 , Tavistockstreet . Joseph Grose , ditto , Sambell ' s-court . Sampson Randel , ditto , 9 , Doidge ' s-well . Richard James , ditto , 5 , Cross-street . William . Edwards , jun ., ditto , 37 , Tavistock-street . Beniamin Cane , labourer , 23 , Geak's-alley . William Trimblett , shoemaker , 32 , Queen-street , sub Treasurer . Andrew Cummings , whitesmith , Stafford's-hill , sub-Secretary .
MTTTHOLM-BOYD . William Greenwood , weaver . John Ferror , ditto . James Pollard , ditto . Samuel Magson , oordwainer . Samuel Crowther , wooloomber . William Robertshaw , sub-Treasurer . James White , sub-Secretary . CLITHEROE . John Slater , block-printer . John Biron , ditto . James Robinson , ditto . John Johnson , hatter . James Dewhurst , weaver . John M'Cann , g&rdener . Thomas Smithies , block-printer . William Pinder , sub-Secretary .
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Harrison , who admitted he received largo sums of money for his brutal employment , and was now underling two years imprisonment lor horse stealing ; he would ask , ought sueh good men aa Peddie , Holberry , and others , to be hourly murdered on the evidence of such a w * Bt « h as this 1 ( Loud cheers . ) But we demanded the Charter as a remedy for the existing evils , distress exists through the length and and breadth of the land . " We are indeed a numerous people , and want Btrength . We have an excellent soil , and are destitute of provisions . We are active and laborious , and live in indigence . Wepay enormous tributes , and are told th « y are not sufficient . " We have tried the * Tories fyt a century , and become worse { ' we > Bad » oek-reform , and tried'tho Whigs ft * ten y « art—our miseries and wfetehedtwss increased . We have now discovered the enemy that devours us to be class legislation . { Loud cheers . )
Yes , we find the lawmakers and administrators well fed , well clothed , well housed , While the unrepresented , although their labour is the source of all wealth , have nowhere to lay their head . ( Cheers . ) We demand , then , the abolition of class legislation , and the substitution of the People ' s Charter , —( Uraa cheers , )—and when every party and class shall bo thus fully and fairly represented in the Commons ' House of Parliament—then , and not till then , will a national remedy b « found for the national disease . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Stallwood then ably refuted the cry of danger , and appeased the fears of the timid ; then , said he , let us have the Charter—that education may be promoted—industry fostered—commerce increased- —wealth protected——morality shielded—happiness engendered—and our fatherlands of England , Ireland , Scotland , and Wales , rendered— * ¦ . ,. ; .. -.- ¦
¦ " Flowers of the earth , gams Of the sea , r ¦ At oRcejjreat , , gj | o ^ n ^ : a ^ fi $ c . 'V . Mr . Stallwood resumed his seat amid the most live ! and enthusiastic demonstrations of applause . An immense number of eases of distress were reported . Upon the motion of Messrs . Cordeux and Crofts , it was also agreed to call a meeting of the unemployed and distressed , and thus disabuse the minds tf the public functionaries of the city . Mr . Cooper moved and Mr . Judson seconded a resolution : — " That the thanks of this meeting are due , and are hereby given , to Mr . Stall wood , for his talented , persevering , firm , and consistent advocacy of the rights of the industrious millions . " Carried by aoclamatioa . A vote of thanks was . then moved and carried to the chairman , and the meeting dissolved in peace .
Knaresborough . —On Wednesday , the 17 th inst ., notwithstanding it was fair-day with us , no sooner was the announcement made that Mr . Stallwood , from London , would address the people , in the National Charter Association-rooms , than thither flocked the people . Mr . John Doaker was called to the chair ; and , in a brief , pithy , sensible speech , introduced Mr . S . to the meeting , who , in a speech of considerable length , vindicated the claims of the industrious millions . Hib efforts were crowned with the most triumphant success-. Another visit was earnestly requested ; and a . vote of -thanks unanimously passed . The petition will be more numerously signed than ever petition . was in the Borough of KnaresbroV The brave lads have determined to wait on the Members for the Borough , and request their support to the petition .
Malton . —Although the rain poured down in torrents , Mr . Stallwood arrived ; the news spread like wild-fire ; a boy was sent out with a placard , and a bellman set to work to anounce the glad tidings that the mean 3 of our political salvation would be preached in the evening ; thanks to the enthusiasm aud kindly feeling of the middle classes in this close pocket-borough , a large granary was engaged ; ' and an audience of at least COO collected together . -Mr , Stallwood addressed them in his usual convincing ; strain , much to their satisfaction ; at the conclusion * a large number of Chartist publications was disposed of , several members added to the association , a good sum collected at the door , and it was announced that the lecturer would be with them again on the 30 tfe . O'Connor and Vincent would meet with an enthusiastic reception here . Thfs will , in a little time , be one of our very best Char tist localities ;
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BERNARD CAVANAGH , THE TOTAL-ABSTINENCE KNAVE , CAUGHT OUT AT LAST ! i Reading . Saturday . This fellow , whose plausible and successful duplldty completely deceived some of tbe most eminent scientific and medical bodies in London , has , at la » t , been detected ia his impostnre , and he is now serving oufc the term of bis imprisonment of three months , witb bard labour , at the treadmill in the gaol of this town , as a rogue and vagabond , to which he has just been sentenced by S . Chase , Esq . tbe mayor . Cavanagh arrived here on the 12 th instant , taking up his quarters at the bign of the Block Boy , a . publichouse in Broad-street , accompanied by the same man * named Tiernan , wha assisted him ia pursuing bis various systems , of hypocrisy and impostnre , while ha waa levying contribution ! upon the public in London . The knave , immediately after his arrival , issued a catching handbill , of whieh the following is a copy : —
" EXTRAORDINARY PHENOMENON . ' " The celebrated Bernard Cavanagh ( from the county of -V . iyo ) , who has excited so much attention from the . medical aad scientific world , on account of his excessive powers of abstinence , which are attested beyond all doubt , is now in this town , and invites all inquirers into the canae of so singular a phenomenon to pay him a visit at the Black Boy , Reading , daring bis stay . A few of his philosophical friends in London , wishing to gain some additional light upon this case , have advised him to give this general invitation , and make BO dis tinct charge for admissions ; bnt as the expences of travelling about the country with his brother [ who eats like other meaywlll be beyond their Ji : eans , any friendly donations will be thankfully received . "
Things went on swimmingly for some days , and the fellow and his companion were leaping a pretty plentiful harvest , although there was nothing charged for admission to see the " fasting man , " the impostor leaving the gratuity he looked for to the " liberality of ths euriouB ; " and there is not the least doubt , bad it not been for the timely anct , indeed , extraordinary discovery of the cheat , that he and his worthy coadjutor would , before they left tbetown , have walked off with a very handsome sum gathered from the numerous visitors who flocked to the Black Boy to see this " eighth ¦ wonder of the world . "
He was apprehended with his " Man Friday , " Tiernan , on Thursday , through the instrumentality of a Mrs . Hatt , the wife of a labouring man , residing in Crown-street , by Mr . Houlton , the Superintendent of the Reading police , upon the charge of being a rogue and vagabond , and a rank impostor . He was then token bfefore the mayor , and the following evidence waa produced against him .- — Harriet Hatt being sworn stated , in substance , as follows : —On the preceding evening , she went , accompanied by 6 ome friends , to see tbe fasting man , at the Black Boy . She asked him several questions on the subject of his abstinence from food , which heannwered very unsatisfactorily , except that he stated he had not eaten a morsel of any one thing for the last five jean and a half . Witness bought one of his books , containing an acoonnt of big life and abstinence from food , for which he waa paid 6 d . and her friends gave him another 6 d . before they left . The next morning witness
bad occasion to go to a chandler's shop in Southamptonstreet ( which is a long distance from the Black Boy ) , and while she was sitting in a room behind the shop she saw a man enter , who , notwithstanding his disguise , she was certain was the prisoner . He-had s handkerchief tied round hi .-i forehead which nearly covered his eyes , and a large patch upon bis nose . As soon as he came in he asked for a saveloy and a quartet of a pound of ham , which he particularly wished to bo cut pretty fat , and a small loaf . He was served with these articles , for which he paid , and then went away . Witness then directly proceeded to the Black Boy where she discovered that the prisoner had been gone out a short time before , to take a walk ; and after waiting there for upwards of an hour she saw him return , but he had then doffed his disguise aad appeared as usual . She mentioned her suspicions to the landlord of the house , who thta communicated with the police . .
Jobn Croaker , the landlord of tbo Black Boy , stated that the prisoner came to his house very late on Friday evening ; and inquired if his brother ( describing him aa a man . who carried a pack ) had arrived . Witness told him that a man , answering that description , was in the house and in bed . He then shewed witness one of hi * bills , and said that he was the man it related to . He asked if be could be accommodated with a bed , and he was told he could . He and the man Tiernan bad been Jiving in witness ' s house from that time until they were apprehended . The bill witness saw in tbe room ( exhibited by the prisoner . ) was placed these without bis consent . ¦ ¦ .-, f The impostor , upon being called on for his defene * , said it was of very little use his saying anything , as after wb&t . bad taken place he supposed he abouM . net be believed ; and . therefore , perhaps he had bejjter a » y nothing . At last he said , " I did eat , for the Loid camaed me to be hungry . " ; < ; ; .
The Mayor then addressed tb « prisoner , pointing ont to him the disgraceful conduct be bad been pursuing im deceiving and gulling the public by gross artifloe and imposture , and felling him that it was bis detarmlnattoii , sfc least tor a time , to put a atop to bis deception * upon the public ¦ ¦ . - ¦ :.. ¦ ¦¦ ¦ . in The " fasting" impostor was then sentencedU three months' imprisonment and hard labour , as a rogro aad vagabond . , -. ¦ | . . ' . The fellow ' s worthy colleague , John Tiernan , was also sentenced to ane month ' s imprisonment . for hawking without a license . The man with the pack , whom Cavanagh called hit brother , had , very fortunately for himself , taken hla departure from Reading , and thms escaped , very probably , s similar punisbment , . ;> It-mm now be seen U the tread-mill will not brfnf an appetite to the "fasting" man , and , at the bd » time , the impostor to his senses . What will tt >» Timmt say t ; :
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THE FLEET PAPERS . No . 47 . In the present paper , Mr . Oastler , leaving the «« jmt « ion from the Short-time Committees and weir interviews with the several members of Go-I ^ DOeDI , retnmes his battle with the Poor Ls . w ^ Til ' , llkkig a keen , though hasty , and brief fsray of the never-to-be-forgotten speech of the nikffiOBs Whig slanderer , political mountebank , tod state pauper , Brongham , on introducing that l ^ sed Bill to tbe House of Lords . The tene of Mr . O . ' b strictures , thongh perhaps quite as rtringeat as may be palatable to the " rich oppressors , " is cjueh milder than the occasion warrants .
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EAST AND NORTH RIDING LECTURER . York . —Charter Association Rooms , Fo 3 soate . —On Sunday , the 21 st inBt ., Mr . Stallwood addressed a numerous assemblage ; Mr . Cooper in the chair . At the conclusion a vote of thanks was unanimously passed to the lecturer . It was also moved , seconded , and carried unanimously , on the motion of Messrs . Gill and Crofts , that Mr . Stallwood be recommended as the most fit and proper person to fill the office of lecturer for the ensuing month . Thanks being passed to the chairman , the meeting ( separated .
Important Proceedings . —On Thursday , the 18 th inst ., the Lord Mayor having pledged his word to grant the use of the Guildhall , to the industrious classes for a day meeting , a most respectful requsition was drawn up by Mr . Burley , and signed by a large number of householders and freemen , and presented by a deputation , consisting of Messrs . Demaine , Inglis , and Burley . His Lordship having read the requisition , said , " We congratulated the Queen on Monday last . " Deputation— " No , my Lord ; your address and resolution were lost by a great majority ; we are desirous that her Majesty should be made acquainted with the sentiments aud wishes of the industrious classes . " Lord Mayor" You introduce politics , in which I differ with you .
I might talk on this all day with you , and then be beat i you have vout representatives in Parliament . " Deputation— "My Lord , we are unrepresentedthat is our chief complaint . " Lord Major— " Your requisition speaks of distress ; there is no distress in the city of York , and you have nothing to do with the distress existing elsewhere . " Deputation" Your Lordship is wrongly informed ; great distress at present prevails in our City . " Lord Mayor " I cannot grant the use of the Hall for such a purpose . " The deputation then retired , and drew up a handbill , containing the original and the amended address , a copy of which was forwarded to the Mayor , and each of the Aldermen , and widely distributed through the city .
A meeting was convened by the requisitionistB , originally intended to be held in the Thursday market , but in consequence of the severity of the weather it was held iu the Association Room , Fossgate . Mr . Halton was called to the chair , who , in a few brief preparatory remarks , called on Mr . Siallwood to address the meeting . Mr . Siallwood rose amid the mOBt cordial greeting , and gaid , we are told we are disloyal and traitorous . Had we not exhibited our loyalty ? Had we not offered , in our amended address , to congratulate her Majesty on her safe delivery ? Had we not shown our loyalty by giving to her Majesty daily the sum of £ 164 . 7 a . lOd . wrung from our own sweat and blood , besides the use of four splendid palaces , and the immense grounds thereto attached , and this too at a time when the wives of our bosoms and the children
of our affections were dragging out a miserable existence upon a wretched pittance of less than threepence per head ? ( Loud shouts of hear , hear . ) Yes we had shown our loyalty to the sovereign , although her Majesty had broken through the Malthusian philosophy of the Poor Laws Amendment Bill—got married when a giddy girl—and had two children without herself or her husband having the means tf supporting them . ( Loud cheers . ) We had exhibited our loyalty by paying in hard cash to our monarohial executive £ 449 , 885 . ; while in America , where loyalty was paid to the sovereign people , the Presidential or Republican executive only cost £ 15 , 000 per annum . ( . Hear , hear . ) We carried our loyalty still further : we found her Majesty ' s
husband penniless , and we gave him £ 30 , 000 per annum and a commission in the army , while we toil and sweat in rags and wretchedness . ( Hear , hear . ) Another proof of our loyalty was the giving to her Majesty ' s mother the sum of £ 30 , 000 per annum , while our toil-worn brothers and sisters existed in a miserable garret or wretched cellar upon less than twopence per head per diem . ( Shame , shame . ) Our address was offensive to the authorities , because it asked for mercy for Frost , Williams , and Jones ; if justice had prevailed , they never would have been transported ; had not Frost ' s talents , virtues , and patriotism won for him the affection of a grateful people—had they not loaded him with honours—had they not made him councilman , alderman , lord mayor , and guardian of the poor—had not my Lord John Kussell recommended him to her Majesty as a fit aud proper person to be a magistrate 1 But ,
alas ! Frost Iov 6 d the people ; he was a tender father , aa affectionate hnsband , and a faithful friend , an upright magistrate , and an excellent ma / or J he was beloved by the people tor bH many virtues , and for the same hated by the Whigs—< l 6 ud oheer 8)—and denuded by them of his official robes . ( Shame . ) Williams and Jones were alike respectable" and respected ; they came into Newport in hopes of saying the patriotic Vincent from the fangs of his merciless oppressors —( hear , hear , )—and were entrapped by the Whig spies ; by the machinations of apieB was the Newport affair brought about , and by them were we deprived of their services , but only fora time , wdwere determined to have them back again ; we would never cease our exertions until we had effected that object . ( Enthusiastic applause . ) We also asked for the release of all our political viotims . Lei the case of Peddie suffice ; he was convicted ¦ pon the evidence of the felonious wretch
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 27, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct406/page/3/
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