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TO THE REV . BAPTIST NOEL . THE BRITON'S FATffKRLANP . & V dry the ehildlao mother * teat * , Be ttieve tbe heart by pie ! - unstrung ; ggcaU the with " rjag waste of years , < £ btt o ' er oar brightest hbpes have flung flysii defiling iafiaenoe ; there command , ipd veil forget oar fatherland . go teach tbe pn * m'd patriot ' s hrnist , y 0 felged not fo * hi * eotmtryU wrong ; 2 ^ back the bravest and the beet , jo borne and friends wLo ^ te wept * hBTn long j ^ fr aod and TirtaB hand in band , £ 4 well forget o * r MbsAtmL /^ uk th « exiled Briton , « land he diet
In soee some strange * unwept , p prirbombe breathe * the sonl-felt prayer ; moX tender thought invokes bii sighs . ggn there bii with Ting look withstand , ^ jj psnd he enes " my fatheriaad !" go look tip 00 ^ meanest slave , Xbii corfd oppression * Iain hare made ; Apd know tb * only boon he'd crave , Tho' joy be ^^ Q 0 P * deeay'd , 1 , itill to toil unid the band , jjist struggle for their fatherland . no , heartless dolt ! the blood that rana , In reins like thine , so country owns ; gat { empt no more old England * sons , To leave their home , tho' tears and groan * , _ i « Hood ! be there , yet brand to brand UiejH battle for their native land . Johx A . Law so * Sheffield , Not . 12 th , isn .
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SCRAPS FOR RADICALS . U T . CLASCT . yo . yn . I could tell tbee » tale that would strike tbee with fcngr—y ea , is ^ aet , that would dull the very blood in jw tbbj . — Bomoact . Poos Erin strikes her native lyre , Long > Qenl and QTitaTfri ; List Bhtoni ! lilt , and , bow admire , Ha lay « ao ofX impugned . Forgetrni of each troubled year , Whig friends , or Tory foe *; gfr * calls upon you now to hear The harp rewound her woes .
0 , when in danger who defied , Tbe foemani foremost wing , Along with Briton * , side by tide , True to their eao » and king . Poor Erin ' s son * } fall many a year , They foaght old England ' s foes ; Then save her , Britons , now yon hear The harp resound her von !
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K 9 . TIIL Q , Srin ! no wonder that thoa art complaining , Wrote eonnarsHt patriots pillage thy ttore ; jji-StOBOD ^ s of famishing serfs are sustaining Sbt horrors of life by the weeds on thy shore 111 inks then , myErin . ' too long tboe hut ahmifcered ; Aid roll back the stone that eatanbeth thy lame ; ftrme-Storwhish proclaims that thy dark days are smsbered , ... Preeedei the gladsun-burst of liberty's Same ! OSa ! no wonder thatthou art complaining , Qy deep cap of sorrow has lasted too long ; Aid 3 s dregs have become ao poignantly paining , That so rebel arrow can stir nan atrosg-JijqmB the Tile goblet ; shall tyranay tell thee , Hie land of Fitzgerald andEzamettisdead ? Sit peace with her olive cam tzinph to seU thee , lad easM thee to worship the golden calf ' s bead ?; . '
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THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE . Tis the Toice of the people I bear it on high , Bpeals o ' er the mountains— -it soars to tbe sky ; Boeagh wide fields of beaihex , it wings iU swift Sight ; like thunders of beaTen arrayed is their might B Rtfcea stffl on , like the torrent ' s lo * 4 roar j iBd tears os la surges tbe wrongs of the poor . 151 shock Bke aw earthquake shsU fill with dismay , &e hearts of the tyrants and sweep them away . W . H . C .
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A SONXET ( a the receipt of some lettas froa a gftnflwnsn ol TJnireaBty College , Loadoa , is which earretpondeoce be rery feelingly informs Hie that the disease Tinder which I labour is curable . TO THE HintASZ AFP BKSET 0 LX 5 I . I one day wrote a sonnet in the Star , On a " wheet-dbair" that Mr . Smith had gtreo ; I Ute leeeiyd some kttez * with the leayaa Wkindness ,- in aaswer , why such a car Tf m needed to propel me short oz far , I told him I was paalya'd , and riren Of hope , tho' young ; to taste the air , was driven Ost in the thaii ; my loss of power the bar Wbereby I'm confin'd , ITe lost all feeling ; Action ' s departed ; so I am immur'd IiBringtomb ; I was not born thus aHinfr Ttte doctor writes that I may yet be cor * d ; BoJ subasonndtome is-nnaTailing . For ladi of moots the blessing ' s uninsur'd . Ji . K £ S YEKXOM . Soothmolton , Kot . 28 th , 1841 .
" Wt nwrt earnestly eommend title abore touching appeal to to notice of those to whom it is addressed" 9 a bnnane and benerolent" Tbeaathor is a poet of natare's own nursing ; but in the midst of pjTBty , eadsriBg the heart-sickening helplessness of paralysis . If , indeed , cure be attainable , ire trot that a Christian people will not permit soch a& object far tbe exercise of the ^ r kindly feelings to lick the mwwn . 1—Ed . N . S .
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GLASGOW . Ixpobiahi Mkrtctg i » tss -w Cur Hall . —A large meeting of the trades of «« gow was held in the City Hall , Caodleriggs , on nadaj ni ^ ht , the 23 rd iart ^ for the purpose of BJRsang their eympaihy for the masons now on Kike at the ftew Hoaaes of Parliament , Nelson ' s " biobsu , and Woolwich Book Yard , and also to express their public detestation of the inhnman , * B » i , aad tjraniiica ] conduct of Allen , the foreman . " » the Bnpercilious and oTerbeuincooadoet of «« rs . f eto and Grissell , masters . The majority ¦ we meeting was composed of decent respectable ** ag trdesmen , belonspng to different Trades ' . ytioBa . wbo all aDDeared to take ft deep interest in
** wject of the meeting- Shortly after eight o ' clock « . Hugh Graham , secretary to the Power Loom « wg Union , and a Teter * n in the c » QBeof ri ^ it tan might , was ananimoagly eaUed to the chair oe opened the business of the meeting in & neat , £ ~ J '* ad effeciire speech . He said he had often WMed 07 er large and powerful meetings of the | &ta * ad the working classes in geaeral , bat in ¦• • P&km he had neTer presided orer a more impnt&t meeting than the present , and far s > soore gtiac praeipie ihm the one tbey had met to eon-¦•" i daenss , and decide opon . It w » s » qnestion " « ea « 5 t of d » emost Tital UDportaace to erery 2 « mg man in the empire , and required their most »« Na consideration . He concluded by readme ihe mart announcing the meeting * nd after calling
, 2 * ^ . Hamil ton , secretary to the UnitedStone-5 * 01 Glasgow to move the first lesoltttion , he ¦ Uowb Moid load cheering . Mr . Hamilton began £ f ** tt g the indulgsice of the meeting during lh » |*« fa » ao 8 of the task which had been giren him . feaarm , for he could assure them that nothing C £ a * importance of the meeting could haTcinduced f ™ » coae forward before so respectable and in * jFSe& t a meeting of hia t&ow tradesmen . He J ^ raerred to the cause of their assemblingto-?*¦» £ » * nd the unprincipled conduct of Allen , ihe f ** un oTer fee masons enployed at tiie New C * & * <* Parliament . It is paising strange , Biid c , tt « gh unreasonable as the conduct of this man f ^ « , 5 « he is aot without friends , and will it be
!«*! e « , eren aoosg the working classes . It is j "" " ! a bad omen of the times , and a sure proof £ »« tyranny and crneltr of that indmdnal , when ?* »*> eoffl » ellfid to strike at this season of the C ~* H « then read mer the differenl charges ^ # » t against Alias by the men now on strike , ° « J »« already appeared in the Star , amid the g »» al execration of the audience . He also read " « wa klers speech at the Crown and Anchor ^ nfe m which he described Allan as a fitter Pwon to inhabit a felon ' s cell than have a command "wm » ral and industrious men ; in fact . Baid Mr . AS Alien appears to be * proper tool ta superintend n 7 tf * & tf hara 6 & wi »> eii ¦» HkelyU be oocapied r ^ rstmsknw bj persona deaf to the eriee of Z 2 ? H humanity and the natioaal demandB for
£ *~ V * 5 d wbose one-sid « d sjatem « f legialajtion iZV ? " ^ . ™! "" scry , and SeeolatioB . orer the ^ n «« d breadth of our land . ( Cheers . ) He eoneS ?? by J » ding the resolntieni ~ "That in the w » n of this meeting the masons now on strike ¦^ tfMonand Wodwieh , merit toe sympathy and ^ POtt of erery working man in the country for the 2 * vi "" ' stand ttey J * * ukea •*¦""* ^ T ^ erwie arroganee . despotism , and tyranny of ^ . foreman at the " New Houses of Parliament . " t ^^ . fwond ed by Mr . John Gardner , secretary i ^ r , united Power Locm WtaTew , in a most power-Tk ' . ^ : , an ""^ y sP ^ a of eonsiderable length . *« resolution waB put and carried unanimously .
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Mr . Dennis M'Millan , delegate from the dyers , mored the eecond resolution , "That this meeting approre of the eondoct of the masonslately employed at the new Houses of Parliament , who stand against the tyrannical conduct ct their foreman , George Allen , and also approre of ihe disinterested conduct of those masons emplojod at Nelson ' s MownmAnt aad Woolwich Dock Yard , who spontaneously turned out in defence of their brethren against Grissell and Pefco , fox their inhumanity in retaining Allen in their employment . " This resolution was seconded in a brief speech by Mr . James Wales and oarri » d unanimously . Mr . Russell moved the third resolution . He pointed eat those persons who went in upon the work which the masons now struck
had left , as destitute of either principle or humanity , and exhorted the meeting to joia together in the holy bond of union and brotherhood . ^ That this meeting expresses its hearty disapprobation of the base conduct of those Masons , who , in defiance of honour and equity , have aided and abetted the proceedings of the tyrant Allen , by going in upon the labour of their fellows , at the new Bouses of Parliament , and caB upon the public to stamp with execration , the conduct of men who thus violate the rights and interests of their brethren . Mr . Murchie seconded this resolution , which was put and carried without a dissentient voiee . Mr . Malcolm mored tho fourth resolution ! " That this meeting reprobate that portion of the press who . in the genuine spirit © faernlitv
and injustice , baTe refused all statements furnished by the men , and inserted exclusively those of the employers , whose interests it was to blindfold the public , and pledge themselves to support those newspapers who advocate the rights of the working men . This resolution was seconded by Mr . M ' Quoen , a stone mason , and author of the " Muirland Minstrel , " and carried . Mr . M'Farlane , a cabinet maker , moved that a committee be appointed from that meeting to watch over the interests of the working classes , which was seconded by Mr . Miles , a stone mason , in a speech of great eloquence and ability . A committee was then appointed , and cheers were given for the masons on strike , and for the chairman , when the meeting
dissolved . BEUDUX 6 TOK .-0 n Thursday last , the members and friends of the Loyal Order ef Druids held their annual tea party and ball , in the large room belonging to the order , when ninety-seven persons sat down to an excellent tea provided by Miss Beswick . Dancing ; oommenc « d at seven o ' clock and was kept np for raaay hoars with great spirit . Several new members were initiated . MAJTCHESTEB . —Chbistiam CoHHC ? aTT . — A meeting of the members of the above society and public was recently held in the large School Room , under Christ Church , JSvery-street , Manchester , which was freely granted . by Dr . Scholefteld , for the occasion . Captain Barlow spoke for upwards of
an hour on the advantages of Christian union , and of the community which is now being established on Chat Moss . A small plot of fourteen acres is now in possession of the associated , wbo anticipate greater things as accession of new members to the cause is now of frequent occurrence . The society has been formed upwards of twelve months , bni not wishing to waste the funds on speculative meet * ings , the public is not generally aware of its existence ; about fifteen members in the mean time have subscribed about two hundred pounds , by far the greatest part of which is the subscription of working men , a sure token of their earnestness to get possession of the land , These are no frequenters of the traps of the destroyers of social aad political rejreneraUon * aB I am sorry to inform yon we hare many
thousands here who do to theirs and others hurt , and who are the very men that are the greatest obstacles to the obtaining the People ' s Charter . Many thousand acres of England ' s best land would be in possession of the operatives in less time than our society has been in existence ; if they would bat act ae is their bouaden duty and interest . The chairman , Mr . Sixgmith , read to the people the printed rules of the society which seemed to be gonerally satisfMtory , numbers of which were sold at the dose of the meeting . It is the intention of the associated to have meetings in different parts of the town , to arouse the people to s > mindfolness of their duty , and of their power , when united , to redeem themselves from the evil circumstances of this and preceding generations . —Corretpondmt .
SOUTHAMPTON . —A meeting was held at the Rojal Exchange , on Monday evening last , to take into consideration the best means to obtain such support as is required a-y the masons now on strike at the new Houses of Parliament . The meeting , although not called by any public notice , it being only preparatory to a great one about to be holden , was nevertheless most numerously attended , and evinaed a strong feeling in behalf of the masons . The following resolutions were unanimously passed ; and , if carried into effect with energy and perseverance , by tbe persons appointed , most nltimately end in doing of a deal of good , not only in eradicating the prejudice created by the venal public press , but in raisins such subscriptions as are needed . Mr . Weeks
hating been called to tbe chair , madeafewpreliminary remarks explanatory of the objects of the meeting . He then called upon Mr . Turner to explain the cause and reasons of the strike , which he did in a dear and- lncid manner , evidently much to the satisfaction of the meeting . The Chairman then called on Mr . Dew to move the first resolution , which was briefly seconded by Mr . Warran : — " That this meeting fully justifies the conduct of tbe masons lately employed at the new Houses of Parliament , in having struck against the arbitary condnct of their late foreman , Allen . " The second resolution was moved by Mr . Watson and seconded by Mr . Tarner— " That it is the opinion oT this meeting thai the masons now on strike is London
and at Woolwich , merit the gratitude and support of the country , in having so manfully made a stand against the cruel and relentless inhumanity under which they suffered . The third resolution was moved by Mr . Gfeenlaw and seconded by Mr . Alexander— " That this meeting pledges itself to use every means in its power to render the masons that assistance which their exemplary conduct bo justly merits . " The fourth resolution was moved by Mr . Hntcbinson , and seconded by Mr . Hulbert : — u That this meeting hold up to public censure the unprincipled conduct of a Mr . White , mason , of Southampton , in so far as he has willingly become the tool or agent to Messrs . Grissell and Peto , by endea-Touriae to procure masons to supplant ear
fellowworkmen in London . " The Chairman then introduced Mr . Bartlett to the meeting , to move the fifth resolution , Mr . Bartlett said , that when he entered the room , he was not aware he should have had to move any resolution . He nfereJy came there to listen , and obtain correct information as to tbe strike of the masons . He , however , was never backward to assist in a good and just cause , and therefore he willingly moved the resolution put into his hand , which he begged to read before he made any farther observations : — " That a Committee of five persons be appointed , with power to add to ( heir number , to correspond with the other trades of Southampton , relative to the best means to be employed to enable our brother operatives in London to bring to a
satisfactory termination their present straggle of right against might , to receive subscriptions , and to make the necessary arrangements for a public meeting , in order to remove ihe prejudice raised against the masons on strike by the venal press . " Mr . Bartlett then con tinned . He did consider it honourable on the part of the masons in having struck , because it would have been dishonourable for them to have remained at work under such degradation . It was highly creditable to the men for the moral stand they had taken ; it was disgraceful to the proprietors , Messrs . Grissell and Peto , in upholding the conduct of Allen . He could not help adverting to a fact .
although it might be digressinK from the purport of the meeting , yet it must be evident to all , that until they were represented they would be unprotected , ana that they would have no shield from the like insult and oppression . ( Cheers . ) Until they obtained the People ' s Charter , which embodied the whole of their political rights , they never would be respected as men . After a few observations from Mr . Green-Ixw , in explaining the objects of the masons for fining a man for " chasing , " which he said was equivalent to a redaction of wages , and a vote of thanks having been passed to the Chairman , the meeting broke up , apparently much delighted with its proceedings .
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Wobth Knowihg . —A chimney on fire was a day or tvro since effectually put out in the following easy and expeditions manner : —la the first place , a large pitcherful of water was thrown into the grate , which of coarse generated a considerable quantity of steam . A sheet was then fastened ap la front of the fireplace , in such a manner as to prevent a current of air from ascending the chimney , and ia less than five minutes all sigss of blaze or fin in the chimney had entirely disappeared . , Committal op Two Ba * jkimo Clkbks fob Feloity . —The investigation into the affairs of the Qiiehesier Old Bank , which ensued upon the failure of that establishment a few days **© , has led to a result which has vastly increased the consternation
and distress that unexpected event had previously produced , vis ., the apprehension and committal for trial of two of the clerks of the late firm for defrauding it of money to a large amount . The delinquents are William Styles Goodeve , the ohief clerk , and Mr . William Williams , a jinior clerk It is understood that the frauds which have already been detected as committed by these two persons nearly amount to £ 28 , 000 . The means by which they carried on their nefarious practices was the surreptitious reissue of tbe notes of the bank after they had been cancelled . So recently as the 28 th day of October , Goodeve fraudulently obtained by soch means a sum of £ 5 , 000 , and on two former occasions sums of £ 3 , 500 and £ 8 , 000 . He always
bore a high character , and was universally respected ; but he had , by himself and his immediate family oounections , largely embarked in extensive mercantile transactions , which had ever been deemed inconsistent with the situation he filled of confidential clerk in a banking-house . Both he and Williams were apprehended , and on Saturday , after an examination before Dr . M'Carogher , the mayor , and other magistrates which was strictly private , were committed for trial . Bail to a large amount was offered for Mr . Goodeve , but was refused . The whole affair of the bank and its failure seems to be inTolred in mystery . Although a fiat bas been issued , it has not been acted on , and tbe late partners are still in uncontrolled possession of the moneys , books , and other property of the bank .
Stbajwjs History op a Nekdlb . —A Fact voa , the Faculty . —The following account of the re-appearance of a needle , after its having been upwards of sixty years in the body of a human being , may be relied upon as correct : —Mr . J . Bridges , solicitor , of No . 9 , Parade , Islington , aged 72 , Bwallevred , whilst at play , when between nine and ten years of age , a needle . The occurrence created great alarm in his family , and tbe most eminent medical praetitioners of the day having been consulted used every effort to expel the needle , but in vaia . The fears of Mr . Bridges' parents were allayed when they saw him grow up to youth and manhood without
suffering . Mr . Images armed at the age of 60 , seldom or never suffering from ill health , but not uafrequentl he has felt great pains in various parts of his body , which have always been attributed to rheumatism . Ou Wednesday night last he had , as he thought , an attack of that disease , and retired early to rest , encased in flannel . About three o ' clock in the morning , a strange prickling sensation , felt about tbe right ankle , awoke him , and , putting his hand to the spot , he found protruding from the flannel a small bit of wire . In the morning he discovered , comparing all the circumstances , that it was the self-same needle he had swallowed
62 years ago ! A punctured mark just oret the ancle shows where the needle has made its egress . The needle is a strong button one ; its colour a dingy blue , and the eye shows that it is of ancient fabric The Advantage of being Robbkd . —On the night of Saturday last , a poor industrious labourer was proceeding homewards over Kelvedon Common , with the produce of his earnings , eleven shillings , when he encountered four fellows with more impudence than honesty , who plundered him of the whole of his earthly treasure . Misfortune made the poor fellow eloquent , and he so strongly represented the evils of ao empty cupboard and a supperless home . that he touched even the Beared heart of hardened guilt , and one of the villains directed his companion
¦ with aa o&th to refund a shilling of the booty . ThiB was dene ; the shilling was handed to the labourer . On reaching his cottage he flung down tbe coin upon the table , exclaiming to her who had taken him for ever and aye , with eleven shillliags or without" There is all I have to give yon of my week's earnings , " when , lo ! plebian silver , as if by a touch of the philosopher ' s stone , was changed into aristocratic gold ; and there lay a real sovereign . The fact was , the thief had been so accustomed to dip bis hands into other people ' s pooketB that he kept rather a loose account with his own , and by a lucky mistake he handed over a sovereign instead of a shilling , leaving a balance of nine shillings in favour of honest Hodge . —Cheinuford Chronicle
An Hospital fob Drunkards . —An hospital has been recently opened in New York for drankards who are resolved to reform . Throwing aside , the inconveniences , in the medical point of view attending a sudden change in the use of stimulating drinks , it is obriona that there is nothing more difficult than to renounce habits of indulgence ; and , aa to leaving them off by degrees , it is morally impossible ; to indulge at all , is to relax self-control , and te abide the consequences of Buch relaxation . The only
chants for the confirmed drunkard is to change scene , change associations , to quit , as fax as possible , the routine of his life , so as to weaken those ties which bind him to any particular habit . This is ao easy task ; and without the advantage of an institution like that just established in New York , there are but few who can accomplish it . An asylum for the cure or amendment of bad habits in general would meet , we think , if skillfully managed , with more encouragement and success than might be at first imagined .
Pile-driving Machine . —A very simple , yet very admirable machine for driving a doable row of piles , has very recently been imported from the United States . It was bnilt at Utica , and has the national name " Brother Jonathan" inscribed on it . It is now in operation at Smith's timber-wharf . PedlarV acre , where it can be seen driving the piles for the causeway and abutment on the burrey side of the New Hungerford Market Bridge , now ia progress . The hammers , or weights , or , as they are more usually called by pile-drivers , the " monkeys , " are elerated the height of tbiry-fi ve feet or thereabouts , along grooves in perpendicular leaders , by means of a locomotive steam-engine of ten horse power , fixed on a platform , on which the whole of the machinery is
placed . The power of the blow given by each of these hammers exceeds 600 tons , and drives a pile of twenty-seven feet long , and as thick as the thickest piles used in embankments and for coffer-dams nearly its whole length into the earth in about eight minutes , or perhaps less . It drives two piles at the same time . A circular horizontal saw iB worked by the engine , which in a few seconds cuts tbe tops of the piles even , and enables the trucks , er Email wheels on which the platform is supported , to come forward as fast as the piles are driven , and cut them even at the top . The platform is propelled by a onehorse power engine . The power of this machine is absolutely astounding . It is an important
application of steam power , likely to produce very benfioial results in pnblie works , in the formatioa of sea-banks , and in all operations on a large scale where rapidity of execution and precision are required . The machine was used in America for driving piles lor railroads , and travelled by its own power upwards of two hundred miles , driving piles and making its own road through swamps and districts heretofore impervious . The machine has , moreover , the power of drawing piles out of the earth as quickly as it drives them in , andean be applied to the raising of blocks of stone and all heavy weights that require an extraordinary power .
Fibss at Makchbstkk . —Three serious fires have occurred during . the week , involving the destruction of considerable property . The firsc was on Wednesday afternoon , when about four o ' clock , the oilcloth manufactory of Messrs . Hampson and Knight , Pickford-street , Alum-street , Great Anooats , was discovered to be on fire . The fire originated in some oil-cloths hung out of one of the windows igniting from the heat of a fire in the yard , into which some oil had . been spilt from the boiler . The damage done was about £ 300 worth , but —as covered by an insurance in the West of England Fire Office . About half-past four o ' clock , on Thursday morning information was given of a fire at Messrs . Peter and Thomas Wood ' s timber-vard . Oxford-street ,
opposite the bottom of James ' s-street . The fire originated in an , open shed , in which was a saw mill , and communicated with a building of two stories over it , used as a workshop for joiners . The roof and property in the ,-upper story were destroyed , and the property in the shed , but there was some salvage in the story immediately ever the shed , and in the engine house to . the amount of about £ 300 . The total loss is about £ 1 , 000 or £ 1 , 200 , including building , stock , and machinery . The whole property is insured in the West of England . The fire is supposed to have originated from the over-heating of the saws , by friction , which having communicated with the saw-dust , it was supposed to have Bmoul * dered all night and broke out in the morning . The third fire broke out early , on Friday morning , in the warehouse of Mr . E . Bancroft , straw bonnet
manufacturer , which is situate on the north Bide of St . Anne ' s-street , at the corner of Back ^ s quare . The building , which u four stories , high , with a frontage of about twenty yards to Sfc Ann's-atreet , has recently been partially rebuilt . The ground story was occupied as shops , four in number , and the ether three stories formed the warehouse of . Mr . Bancroft , to which aoeess was given by s > doox * t the corner of Back-square . The shops were in the sereral occupations of Messrs . G . Scott , and Co ., seedsmen , Mr . Brindley , fishmonger , Mr . Harrison , hat manufacturer , and Messrs . Dixon and Bell , cigar and tobacco dealers . Owing to the exceedingly light combustible nature of Mr . Bancroft ' s stock , the building was gutted . and unroofed is a very short space of time . Had there been a proper supply of water from the first , there is no doubt that most of tho property would have been Baved .
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A Couwxby Critic , —A , oouatrymait , was shown Gainsboroagh ' s celebrated pioture of " ThePigs . " 44 To be sure , " said he , « they be deadly like pig 8 , T > ut nobtMly ever saw three pigs feeding together But what one on ' em had a foot in the txo * gh . "—Jeste ' i Gltamngs . Box Influence . —Wh » t boxes govern the world I asks a New York paper ; and it answers the question thus : —The cartridge-box , the ballot-box , ther Jurybox , and the band-box . Co « . —Why has a clock always a bashful appearance 1 Because it always keeps its hands before its fao 8 .
A Ckbtain Method to Remove Ink-stains fbok Papeb . —Dip the feather of a pen in muriatic acid , and gently pass it over the part of the paper which is inked ; this will turn it to a red colour : afterwards dip the feather in boiling water , and pass it over the same part several times , and all traces of the ink will begone . * " ¦ • ¦ - ¦ ¦ - ¦ - ¦ •¦ ¦ . , - ¦; -: ¦ , ;¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ Ti Royal AKTi 3 T . ~ The Queen , we understand , has already sketched a likeness of the infant Prinee , which will immediately be lithographed . The resembiance is said to be perfect , and the circumstances under which It was made cannot fail of ^ riSKt ? Jtj , ! « st peculiarly its tornAJohn Bull . —[ Fudge !]
DiOTBKss ik BLACRBtran .-The situation of the poor in this town and neighbourhood is at present truly deplorable . Even when in full work , the condition of the hand-loom weaver is such as to excite oommisseration ; but , at the present moment , when wages are unusually law , labour scarce or unattainable , and the season the most inclement , their sufferings appear to have reached the last stage of human endurance . We are glad to learn , therefore , that steps are about to be taken with a view to afford them some temporary relief . A meeting of our more affluent fellow-townsmen is about to be held , to open a subscription to alleviate their sufferings , and the prayer of thousands who are on the brink of starvation will ascend to heaven in supplications for a blessing upon those whose philanthropy may lead them to aid ia this good work . —Blackburn Gatette . '
Distbksb in ScoTtAND , —The iron-masters of Scotland have resolved to blow but for six months one-fourth of their furnaces . This is a resolution of dire necessity on the part of the masters , and will , of course , be felt with great severity by the numerous body of operatives in connection with this branch of industry in the west of Scotland . Again , the early severity of the winter throws completely idle , considerably before the usual period , that industrious , body , the masons , and other outdoor workers in connection with them . The city missionaries , secretaries of the different charity societies , and clergymen in populous districts of the suburbs , are all soliciting aid of every description , to relieve tbe distress thny daily come in ooDtaot with . The calicoprinting business is in the most hopeless state , and we are certain we do net exaggerate when we say that in the west of Scotland one-half of the workers
are idle , and that the same Dumber of masters would be bankrupt baa they not oapital to fall back upon . As to the weaving population , they have for so long been reduced to a state of misery , and we hare so frequently had occasion to state the hel p less state they are come to , that we do not feel inclined to say more about them . The distress is now taking a general direction , and it is to this fact that we wish particularly to direct attention . The small dealers in many of the manufacturing districts now find their capital represented by debts owing by idle operatives , who are utterly unable to pay , and in these circumstances to realize money or shut up shop is in either case hopeless—they must '' hold ontill both money and credit are gone , and then their next step is—ruin . How long this state of matters will oontiaue is now the question asked by every one . —Glasgow Chronicle .
Attempt at Assassination . Bibmingham . Saturday Evening . —Last night , between eight ana nine o ' clock , as Mr . John Prince , of Tipton , in the County of Stafford , was returning home , he was met near to his residence by a man named Edward Bridgewater , licensed victualler , of this town , with whom he had had some money transactions , who presented a pistol at him . Mr . Prince struok him on the arm and the pistol fell upon the ground . Bridgewater then drew another pistol from his pocket and fired it at Mr . Prince , which happily did not take effect . Bridgewater made bis escape and returned to Birmingham . This evening he was apprehended , and will be brought up for examination before the Magistrates , at Bilston , on Tuesday , morning . Mr . Prince is an extensive coal-merchant .
Bbbnabd Cavanagh , thb " Fasting Man . "—The following is an extract from a document from Mr . Bulley , the surgeon of tbe gaol at Reading : — " Friday morning , twelve o ' clock . —Bernard Cavanagh , at this date , completed his ninth day of entire abstinence from food and drink . After the closest watching and the strictest care on the part of myself and the turnkeys of the prison to prevent the possibility , of his clandestinely taking food , I feel satisfied and convinced , in my own mind , that Bernard Cavanagh has not tasted food or drink during the nine days he has been an inmate of the gaol . He remains , notwithstanding the privations he has voluntarily endured , in a state of perfect bodily health , and I cannot detect the slightest alteration in his appearance or spirits . He is extremely anxious to undergo any trial I may think fit to make of his powers ef abstinence , without regard to time , and expresses himself as unwilling to leave the prison
until such fair trial has been made . "—Saturday Night . —This evening completed the tenth day ef Cavanagh ' s imprisonment . Oh Thursday and Friday his pulse declined , and this morning a small quantity of the gaol allowance of gruel was missed from the vessel in which it had been placed , while the whole of the remaining quantity was much thinner than when it was sent in . His frame had become evidently weaker ; his pulse very feeble ; and this evening Mr . Bulley , the surgeon , was called in . He ordered some gruel , with a glass of port wine in it , which Cavanagh gladly swallowed , as the means of restoring him to health . He was clearly in a state of great exhaustion , scarcely able to move one foot before the other , and much alarmed at his sinking state . Whatever Cavanagh ' s powers of endurance may be , it is clear that he cannot exist ten days without food , aor has he that retentive power over the secretions to which he pretended .
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NOMINATIONS FOR THE GENERAL COUNCIL . MANCHESTER . —SHOEMAKERS AND TAILORS , Mr . Andrew Bren , cordwainer , Myer ' s Court , Back Queen-street . Mr . Samuel Pemberton , cordwainor , 80 , Hardman-street . Mr . John Fletcher , cordwainer , 2 , Austin Court , Cumberland-street . Mr . Edward Drummond , cordwainer , 28 , Back Quay-street . ' Air . Richard Dunson , tailor , Holgate-street , Chairman . Mr . John Joynson , oordwainer , 80 , Hardmanstreet , treasurer . Mr . Andrew Melville , tailor , 11 , Silver-street , sub-Secretary . BURNLEY .
Mr . Benjamin Southworth , blook cutter , Meadows , Mr . John Burrows , weaver , Keighley Green . Mr . James Crabtree , warper , Lane Bridge . Mr . Emanuel Beaumont , weaver , Lane Bridge . Mr . Edward Riley , blacksmith . Royal Read . Mr . Thomas Hartley , weaver Club Houses . Mr . James Gregson , printer , Westgate . Mr . Edward Pate , Bethesda-street , Treasurer . Mr . Christopher Webster , currier , Rodney-street , sub-Secretary ,
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THE LAST CENSUS . The total population of England , according to tho census just completed , is 7 , 321 , 875 males ; 7 , 673 , 633 female *—total , 14 , 995 , 508 ; that of Wales , 447 , 533 males ; 463 , 788 females—total , 811 , 321 ; that of Scotland , 1 , 246 , 427 males ; 1 , 382 , 530 female *—total , 2 , 628 , 957 ; and that of tbe Islands of Jersey , Guernsey , Alderhey , Sari , Herm , Jethon , and Man , 57 , 598 males ; 66 , 481 females—total , 124 , 079 . These numbers , ineluding 4 , 003 males , and 893 females ascertained to have been travelling by railways and canals , on the night of Jnne 6 th , make the grand totals 9 , 077 , 436 males , and 9 , 587 , 325 females . The population , therefore , of Great Britain amounts to 18 , 664 , 781 parsons . The returns include only such part of the army , navy , and merchant seamen , as were at the time of the census within the kingdom onshore .
The increase of the population , as compared with the returns of 1831 , is at the rate of 14 . 5 per cent , for England ; 13 percent for Wales ; for Scotland , 11 . 1 ; for the Islands in the British seas , 19 . 6 ; making the increase for the whole of Great Britain 14 per cent , being less than that of the 10 yean ending 1 S 31 , which was 15 percent , . , . . . ; In 1811 the increase during tbe previous 1 ? yean in England , was Uj per eeat ; in Wales , 13 per coat - , and in Scotland , jUperoent In 1831 , the increase for England was 17 1 per cent . ; for Wales , 17 percent ; and for Scotland , 16 percent . In 1831 the increase was to * Bog * land , 16 percent ; for Wales , 12 percent j for Scotland , 13 percent ; and for the Islands in the British Seas , 1 S . 8 per oent .. .. -- ¦'• . J ° ¦ ¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦
The number of houses in England is , Inhabited 2 , 768 , 295 ; uninhabited , 162 . 756 ; building , 25 . 882 . The number in Wales , inhabited , 168 , 19 * ; uninhabited , ie , i 33 ; building , 1 , 769 . In Scotland , inhabited , 605 , 357 ; uninhabited , 24 , 307 ; building , 8 , 760 . In the Islands of tbe British Seas , 19 , 153 Inhabited ; 865 uninhabited ; and 326 building . Grand totals for the whole of Great Britain , 3 , 464 , 007 inhabited ; 198 , 461 uninhabited ; 30 631 building—altogether 3 , 683 , 699 houses . In 1831 J the number of inhabited houses was 2 . 866 , 595 ; uninhabited , 133 , 331 ; building , 27 , 553 ; total , 3 , 027 , 479 boase&
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Toe population of the English counties h respectively as follows : —Bedford , 95 , 483 ; Berkshire , 145 389 ^ Boclrtaghainahire , 146 , 529 ; Cambridgeshire . 143 , 955 ; Cheshire , 334 , 891 ; Cornwall , 300 , 938 ; Cumberland , lea . CBlj / perby , ; 237 , 170 ; Devonshire , 494 , 478 ; Dor-• etshlre , 169 , 252 ; Durham , 253 , 910 ; Essex , 317 , 407 ; ( Htucetter , 387 , 019 ; Hereford , 111 , 211 ; Hertford , 143 , 341 : Huntogidtonahlre , 53 , 192 ; Kent , 479 , 165 ; Lancaster , j , S 3 p , 8 St ; Leicester , 197 , 003 ; Lincoln , 317 . 465 ; Middleser , 1 , 358 , 39 «; Monmouth , 08 , 130 ; Norfolk , 890 , * 54 ; Northampton . 179 , 336 ; Northumberland ; 222 , 912 ; Nottinghamshire , 225 , 327 ; Oxford-Shi ** , 152 , 1518 ; Rutlandshire , 18 , 385 ; Salop , 222 , 938 ; Somersetshire , 404 , 200 ; Southampton ( Hampshire , ) 314 , 280 ; Staffordshire , 410 , 512 ; Suffolk , 296 , 317 ; Surrey , 486 , 334 ; Sussex , 272 , 34 «; Warwickshire , 336 , 610 ; Westmoreland , 55 , 041 ; Wiltshire , 240 , 155 ; Yorkshire , 1 , 591 , 884 . -
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MISERY OF THE PEOPLE . The wail of distress throughout the manufacturing districts , becomes louder , and yet loader still , and will , we hope , awaken even a Tory Ministry from their sluintwr * . in Nottingham , the unemployed operatives , ¦ whose frame * and machines are Branding and rusting , are forming processions at noon-day , and exhibiting their meagre forms and tattered garments in the public streets , to excite the sympathy and commiseration of their fello * -townsmen . The Mayor and Magistrates , and the Clergy of the town , have held meetings ; the distressed operatives have also met , and another meeting is to be held « n Monday next , to devise means for
the relief of those wbo are deprived , by unjust laws , of food and work ! The relief list at the Union workhouse contains 3 , 600 recipient * Tbe house itself baa 900 inmates crammed within its walls- Dr . Macauley , wbo is stopping within a mile of Nottingham , has addressed a letter to the meeting , advising the same plan to be pursued aa at Edinburgh—namely , to establish a large soap kitchen , which will co * t about £ 100 per week . Besides those receiving parish relief upwards of 2 , 000 are starring . Distress and gaunt misery haunts the whole town . Trade is dead—not a single master employs full hands .
The meeting at Derby on Thursday next , of tbe merchants and manufacturers of the midland counties , wili be attended by 100 each from th » towns of Nottingham , Derby , and Leicester . Important revelations will will then b « made . At Belper , the atockingen have determined to petition the Queen to cause knee-breeches to be worn at Court , so that a particular sort of hose may come into fashion . At Leicester , trade is horribly dull ; in short , it something li not done shortly , the consequences will be frightful .
The sound of distress from Paisley bas gone through the length and breadth of the land , In Stockport , tbe work of depopulation is proceeding with rapid strideB , and numbers of the houses are deserted , unoccupied , and shut up . In Sheffield , there has been a public meeting , in which the lamentable condition of the workmen has been bewailed by both manufacturera and artisans . The iron trade is so bad , that the masters are about to blow out every fourth furnace , and to reduce the wages of their workmen , from utter inability to continue any employment at the present rate of wages . From every quarter we hear complaining in eur streets ; and it iB impossible to deny that the trade and commerce of the country has arrived , at a most important crisis , and that unheard-of and unspeakable distress
pervades almost all branches of our commercial industry . A meeting was held at Manchester , on Friday , attended by men of different political opinions , and presided over by the Mayor , for tbe purpose of making a public manifestation on * tue birth of an heir to the throne . Tbe difficulty was now to manifest their joy , when thousands around them are starving , and they resolved — "That in plaoeof the usual festive demonstrations , considering the present depressed state of the poor of the community , by which we are surrounded ; it is desirable that * loyal fund , as commemorative of this joyful event , should be raised , to be expended in the purchase of warm clothing , for distribution amongst the po * r of this borough . " Yes , it has come to this !
the rejoicing is subdued and amouldered by the louu wail of distress ; the rejoicings and bonfires , the illuminations and sheep-roasting , are all put aside , to provide clothing for the perishing 1 Tke wealthy men of Mancheater rety rightly judged , and under the desperate circumstances of the case , made an extremely wise choice . But what a state of distress does this bespeak To provide warm clothing for the destitute is an excellent thing : we only wish that the gentlemen at that meeting would have followed their humane and benevolent plan , by calling upon the Government to repeal the taxes on food , and to abolish those commercial restrictions which prevent the poor man front earning warm clothing and a plentiful supply of food by bis own exertions .
The very great reduction of wages during the present period of scarcity , affords the best refutation of the doctrine so confidently broached by the Tories during the summer and autumn , that the price of food determines the rate of wagea . It appears from a paragraph in the Hertford Times , that notice has been issued to all the workmen engaged in the ironworks of South Wales , that a further reduction of wages must take place . Tbe extent of the redaction is not named , but it is supposed that it will be at least ten per oent .
AtOldbam Patty Sessions on Saturday , upwards of two hundred persons were summoned for poor-rates ; with the exception of a few aged poor , the parties were all required to pay as soon as possible . On Monday , upwards of one hundred more cases of poor-rate defaulters were heard . A great number of new summonses have also b « en granted . Poor rates were never before known to be so bad to collect as at present A respectable correspondent has informed us that a day or two ago he was in a retail shop , in that borough , and saw two persons purchase five article * , apparently to make two meals bom , and that they only spent 2 &d . upon them ., That sum waa , no doubt , every farthing tho poor sufferers bom tbe famine laws possessed . The first expended liar mite in the following manner : — Meal , id : pepper , id . ; onions , Jd . ; bread , jd . —l $ i The second had simply to lay oat , In m « al , Id . These , though thus notioed , are by no means singular or solitary case * .
A large and influential meeting of gentlemen connected with the Vale of Leven , in Dumbartonshire , was 1 held in tbe County Buildings , to devise means fox al-1 levlattng the destitution and distress now for some months likely to be prevalent in-that populous valley , among its operative population . At a meeting of the pariah of St Marylebone , statement * were made of the alarming distress consequent on existing Corn and Provision Laws . Mr . Sodon said
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they had now upwards of 1 , 800 persons in the parish workhouse , and sickness amoBgst the poor bad increased to such an extent that there were 1 , 700 more doctors ' orders issued from the parish inSrmary than at the corresponding period last year . Persons who had formerly been most respectable ratepayers were now reduced to saek relief at the parish workhouse . At Bradford , spinners do not work after dark , and prices de net declina At Bolton prospects are more cheering . The trade of Holmfirth geta worse , and the number of unemployed incteases . At Leicester the demand for goods is slacker , but prioes remain the
same . At Manchester the cloth market has greatly declined , prices are fearfully low , and the gloom increases . At Middleton not one-half of the silk-weaven and dyers are at work , and , indeed , in every direction twenty miles round Manchester , distress and starvation prevail . There are no fewer than 1 , 751 paupers in the Cork workhouse at present It was stated , tbe other day , to Mr . A . H . Wylie , the gentleman sent from the Home Office , to make Inquiries into tbe distressed state of Stockport , that in 1836 , there were fifty manufacturers in that borough alone , thirty-six of whom have since become bankrupt , or nave given over mann > factoring altogether . —Weekly Dispatch .
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FRIGHTFUL PICTURE OF THE FAREHAM UNION WORKHOUSE . The following frightful picture of the Fareham Union Workhouse , has been sketched by a most respectable gentlemen named Ekless , residing at Bursledon-bridge . Mr . Eklesa dares tbe authorities to come forward and strip the picture of its colouring . Mr . Eklesa , it appears , wrote to the Guardians to be supplied with attested copies of certain examinations . The bearer of the note was ordered to wait , and the Board replied , there was no answer . "I will therefore , " says Mr . Ekless » " give the public a faithful statement of two cases frem memory and notes taken on the examinations , taking , especial care that the allegations are substantially correct I dare him to the proof . "
First comes the case of John Hughs , late of Torchester , who was 93 years of age , when taken into the Farebam Union-house , afflicted with rupture . About the middle of . last August , tbe bed on which ha lay was acoidenUy fonnd rotted through the covering , and ——of several days'accumulation found amongst the ' * hulls' * of which tke bed was made . It was taken away and buried , and H , Smith , of Sotttuwick , ( who buried the eaid bed ) says , that "it stank worse than dung ont of a pigsty I" At a subsequent period an inmate of the bouse saw Hughs crawl out of his bed , found it ins most filthy state , and the poor creature so sore and the filth so congealed on him , that he could scarcely bear to be touched . A few days after this scene occurred the same man was called to assist Hughs , who had / alien
out of bed , who stated "I found him between two bedsteads , on bis hands and knees , maggots were crawling over his person , and the bed on which he had lain was swarming . " Tbis was on Saturday , the 4 th of Septamb-r . He continued to get'worse , the stench became almost intolerable , and on the Tuesday following , when put into a bath to be cleansed , pieces of flesh dropped from him , which one of the witnesses described as baying the appearance of "carrion Which doga Q&d . been gnawing ; " he was put back to his bed , mortified , and died on the following day , Wednesday , the 8 th , Whatever attention might have been paid to the unhappy man the last four or five days « f his life—previous to that time no retrular nurse attended him . 'Ti *
true John Dunaway , an afflicted imbecile old man , of filthy habits ( aa Dr . Ricketts , of Titchfield , can testify , ) who " happened" to . sleep In the same room , now and then " happened" to attend to him , but in what manner , one of the witnesses for the defence will best describe , who said , " I have known Hughs lay oa his bed for three days and sights in his clothes without getting out" The Board , after hearing the evidence , decided that the officers of the house were blameless in this affair , but not unanimously , for one gentleman , a British sailor , Lieutenant Cr . T . M . Purvis , honour to his name , with that humanity , the characteristic of true bravery could not agree to that decision . This case was heard before the Board , at the house , on Friday , October the 15 th .
On Friday , Oct . 29 , the case of the boys of " weak intellect" under their treatment for the itch , came oa at the same board in the presence of the assistant Poor Law CommieBioner , who took the evidence of the different witnesses on oath . Tbey were put into the " probation ward" with the itch ; they were locked np , their food put in at window , and not leoked to for several days , until their neglected state excited the sympathy of the inmates of the house , who , having procured a key * went in company with Cuter , the Eohoolmaater , to see what condition they were in , and found them in finch a wretched state as would be too disgusting to describe j but which may readily be conceived when by reading the evidence of Emery , one of the witnesses , who deposed that" they never had nothing done for eight days ; 1 mean to say that the room was not cleaned out foe that time ; and that no ointment was rubbed . ia the eight days , towards tho beginning . " Xbies were still
kept in this place and casually attended ( but not bf any express order from any one in authority ); for , after the " stuff" had been all used , and application made for more , none was furnished for several days ; and these poor helpless creatures of " weak intellect" were kept under this wretched treatment for nearly a month , left entirely to the voluntary and casual attendance of the paupers in the house ; for the master , when erossexamined by the Assistant Poor Law Commissioner , reluctantly and hesitatingly admitted— " I did not visit the boys every day ; I visited them about—about—about five or six or seven times ; I trusted entirely to tt » paupers to attend them ; I never told the schoolmaster to do so ; I candidly state that I might have erred from a mistaken sense of duty , and 1 do , therefore , tbroi * myself on the clemency of the Board , and promise , should it be looked over , that nothing of tie kind shall again occur . "
Such are the brief and correct outlines of these dls > grating cases ; but , shocking as they are to the oommoa feelings of humanity—disgraceful aa they are to man as a Christian , philosopher , or citizen—they fall short of the moral turpitude of certain doings in that " bouse , " the details of which are far toe disgusting to meefj the public ear , could each revolting effects of inhumanity and neglect have befallen these hapless victims of thisj centralising , brutalLslng law , had they been under the . " # nardianship" of their ancient legitimate protectors , within the precincts of their own parish , where they would have been . accessible to not only the sympathies of their relatives , neighbours , and connexions , but undec the numngamant of mea who would feel a doe sense of ~ thtir individual responsibility ; and , above all , within reach of those consoling and comforting attentions ¦ which the wisdom and piety of our forefathers bad secured and made imperative on tbe pastors of our • poor man's church ? " Incredible I Impossible 1
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EAST AND NORTH-RIDING LECTURER . Market ^ Weiqhton , Wednesday , Nov . 24 , 1841 . —The bellman having announced that Mr . Stallwood would lecture at the Black Horse Inn , Market-hill , at seven o ' clock ; a considerable number of persons of both sexes attended . The subject was 4 i Fallacies of th « Corn Law Repealers . " Mr . S . Laister was called to the chair . A gentleman of the repeal side attended , and asked , previous to tho lecture , a number of questions , which Mr . S . yerj readily answered . During the leetore the greatest
attention waa paid while the lecturer tore to shreds the fallacies . The above-named gent ., at its close , did not ask a single question , or make a single observation in favour of repeal ; but , offering nia hand to the lecturer , he said—well , I hope you will soon get the Charter . Mr . T . M'Kenning then read and made some excellent comments on the National Petition ; a great addition of signatures was obtained , and several new members enrolled . Th « newly opened reading room ia well ^ attended on Sundays .
Bridlinoto 5 . — -After a walk of iwenfr-eight miles , Mr . Stailwood arrived here on Thursday , the 25 th iast . The magistrates wen in terrible affright . Despotism followed , their fears . Orders mn issued to the publicans , that if one of them dared allow the Chartist lecturer te lodge in their boma he should low hia licence . The constables snot b peciala were all ordered to be ia readiness to keep the peace . Mr . Trotter ' s large school-room beiag engaged , a lecture on the principles of the Charter was announced for Friday evening , at frixo ' cloehv At that time , notwithstanding prejudice , threats < fec , there was a large attendance ot both sexes ,. and a sprinkling of the middle clauses . The lecturer mounted the gallery , and rivetted the attention of his audience for at least one hoar-and a half . < A * its conclusion , he was loadly applauded . He
invited opposition , but none was offered . He then read the petition ; after which he thanked the meeti : n £ for their patient herring , and said he was sura he need not ask a meeting , consisting as it did of a majority of total abstainers to retire jpsM » ably and orderly to their homes . Several of the friends being desiroua that Mr . Stallwood should remain and deliver a second lecture on Saturday night , funds were quickly supplied to meet expences . The bellman was sent round om Saturday . The prejudice that had prevailed at the lecture of the preceding night appeared to have toes allayed , and notwithstanding it being MartanwuMf
Saturday , a good meeting was tne result . xn « lecture was on the absurdities and fallacies-of th * Com Law Repeal , and the Charter aa » rsoedyv It was listened to with awe-inspiring sUenee , and at the conclusion greeted with aodamation # . rfap plause . Discussion was invited , -but no one earn forward . A vote of thanks was given una « ii * raarj to the lecturer . Three cheers for the Charter s three ditto for Frost , WilliamB ^ and Jones . - A large quantity of Chartist Publications waa turn . A larger quantity of signatures were also OPtajaaj tu the Petition . Thus is the democratic . ImhbnC fairly unfurled in Bridlington . The Chartiff Standard stands erect . 1 Pull i » down who © an .
SCAKBOBOUGH , SuNDAT , NOV . 28 V-NO BOOSfiT A | 4 Mr . Stailwood arrived here , than a luge meeting was held in the Dumple-street room , when he delivered a pleasing and animated discourse on the necessity of a political , moral , and social change , to an admiring audience . A lecture was anuoanowl for the following evening .
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s » Thi Sov&cx of tbvb Patriotism . —There ib , perhaps , no course of Btudy calculated to afford in itself se great ft degree of useful " knowledge , entertainment , and delight , " as that which makes us acquainted with the history of the rise and fall of ancient and modern empires , connected , as it inevitably must be , with the history of human passions , and the effects of culture upon the human mind . It is not only a graceful accomplishment , without whioh young people of both sexes must feel oppressed by a sense of inferiority when in the presence of those who possess h , but it carries out , with telescopic effect , a view beyond the limited circle of our own operations , and encourages us by examples of the past , to set about securing advantages for the future . Our indignation is roused by the sad monuments left ub of the tyranny which has been exercised over countless millions by a few wretched individuals ;
ws are told how blood , and treasure , ties of kindred , and the holiest afeotione , were laid waste by that few , in their hot tkirst for dominion , and trampled upon by the galling strides of deapotkm ; how enormous and dszzlingly magnificent cities were built , pyramids raised , and rivers turned from their course , to gratis the pride , or vanity , or caprice , reigning in a single breast , regardless of the myriads of slaves who . supplied the costly materials , and performed tbe labour of achieving those and many other profit * less vrondcrs ; and how even civilised Rome tamely submitted to tbe gross enormities of her Domkians , her Caligulas , and her Neroes ; our indignation , I say , is called forth by tbe numerous atrocities we read of , and in proportion to our knowledge of their perpetration and the means progressively adopted for their prevention , will be our love of liberty and consequent attainment of free institutions . —Parley ' s Penny Library .
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FRAUDULENT WEIGHTS AND MEASURES . — ; CJIIEAlJJNa THE POOR . Tbe following tradesmen , residing within the parishes of Hammersmith and Fulham , have , during the past week been smninoc 6 * l and convicted at the instance of Mr . P . Reeves , one of the County ; Ina ' peetortr ; before Messrs . Flood , «* anee , and Button , County Magistrates , sitting in petty sessions , at Kensington : — William Belton , a large marine-store-dealer , in Kingstreet , Hammersmith , for having two 14 lbB . two ilbs ., and two 21 bs > weights which were unjust It appeared that one Of the 1 libs , was two ounces light , while the other was lib . ls ^ ozs . too heavy ; as was also one 4 lbs ., 13 ^ ozs . ; another , 7 jozs . ; and the 21 bs . two ounces heavy . The Bench said it was a very bad case , and fined the defendant 60 s ., and 6 b . 0 d . costs .
Mary Warren , ooal-dealer , of King-street , Hammersmith , was charged on two informations for having a false balance of 15 jozs ., by which every purchaser ef 141 bs . of coals lost a pound ; and also with having two 28 lbc weights and two 14 lbs ., one of which was lOozs . light , making , with the false balance , 25 Jozs ., or nearly a pound and three-qnarterB . The Bench fined her 10 s ., aad 6 b . 66 . costs , for the false balance ; and 20 s . fine , and 6 s . 6 d . costs , for the light weights . Thomas Lewis George , of the White Hart beer-shop . Brook ; Green-lane , Hammersmith , for having two quart and five pint measures deficient , was fined 35 s . and 6 s . 6 d . cost * . : William WeaUierly , of the Jolly Gardeners , Singstreet , Hammersmith , for having two pints and one half-pint measures deficient Fined Ids . and 6 s . 6 d . costs . > ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ •¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦>¦ '¦> ' ¦' , Hercules Wright , of the Old Ship , Water-side , Hammersmith , pleaded guilty to having two quart measures deficient , and waa fined 10 s ., and 6 s . 6 d .
Thomas Gore , of the Cross Keys . St Peter ' s-road , Hammersmith , for having three deficient quart and three pint measures . Fine 30 a , and 6 s . 6 d . costs . John Rainbow , of the Black Lion , St Peter ' 8-road , for a similar offence , was fined in a like penalty . Charles Moore , of the Square and Compasses , beershop ,. St Petar ' s-road , for having three measures deficient , was fined 16 s ., and 6 s . 6 dv costs . William Browngobie , of tue White Hut , Hammersmith , for having six measures deficient Fined 30 a ., andeitfid . costs . >" . Henry Bray , keeper of a beer-shop at Starch-greea , Hammersmith , for having . four measures deficient , was fined 26 s ., and 6 s . 6 d ., costs . William Shepherd , of the Three Jolly Gardeners beer- « hopf ^ DorHJlei-row , Hammersmith , for having eight deficient measures . Fined 40 a . and 6 s . Od . coats .
William Taylor , of the Seven Stars , Starch-green , fotnavlng seven measures deficient , was fined 30 s ., and 6 s . 6 d . costs . Squire Pegot , of the Swan , Broadway , Hammersmith , for having two quart and six pint measures deficient Fined 60 s . and 6 s . 6 d . costs . Thomas Farlow , coal dealer , Brook-green , Hammer , smith , for having a false balance weight , gave 11 ozs . against the purchaser . Fined 58 ., and 6 s . 6 d . costs . James Sears , provislea and coal dealer , Portlandstreet , North-end , Fulham , tor having eleven weights , all of which were deficient . Fined 22 s . and 6 s . 6 d . costs . Thomas Clark , lead merchant , Hammersmith , for having seven weights , all deficient Fined 35 s ., and 6 s . 6 d . eosta , Henry Porter , of Waterloo-street , Hammersmith , , coal dealer , for having a 71 bs . weight lOozs , deficient . Fined 5 s ., and 6 a . 6 d . costs .
Sarah Eames , coal merchant , Hammersmith , for having two 251 b . weights light Fined 10 a . and 6 s . 6 d . costs .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 4, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct407/page/3/
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