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THE NEW " SHOT HOY . " * f- ' us . —* Pity Poor Jarvey ? Qsij listen kind friends , while my tale I relate , Aad I fcno-w -shea you hear it you'll pity my fate , pjji John Arthur Roebuck , the member for Bath , ¦ pfbo "was climbing to fame , but have slipp'd from the path . I loofd on the Chartists , "Who on melook seur , As the ladder by which I might clamber to power ; 3 nt al& » I ¦** " feted m 7 climbing to stop , For 1 kict ' a it away ere I got to the top .
CHOHCS . Then pitj P °° r Arthur , kind Tory lords pray , ¦ jFbo is ready and willing to enter your pay . In the first Tory session ^ though then I was coy ) I shewed myself fit for the new " Shoy-Hoy . " lie Suffrage test I endeavonr'd to chouse , And when Crawford " mov'd in , " I tnov'd out" of the House . On Sir Robert ' s new Budget I next play'd the toady , Which startled , yon know , the " constituent body . " This pntme in rather a longing condition To have a fonl slap at the "People ' s Petition . " I esll'd Fearjrus a coward , though he was standing by ; When I knew he could not even dare to reply . Tou'll * dmit twas a good plan to save life and Hnib . Though . I own itprorM me what I dar'd to call him
I confess I "was shock'd and astounded to Bee Such a glorious monnment got up without me . 2 Jt brain felt on fire and my optics grew dim , I felt quite " malignant" and thought it "Was him . The Whigs all disown me , each Chartist derides , And says I ' m not fit to play " Jack of both sides . " My speech "was "the mountain in labour , "tbey say , Though so "Well it ¦ was studied to make a display . The Northern Slar , in its course I " re been vxilching , It has proved me a ' bat '" that is scarcely worth catching ; This surely of all is the most bitter pill ; Por tie " labouring mount" to be floor'd by the "
HTILTbe Whigs down to Greenwich have sent Dicky Shiel , A pretty plain proof they b-id bosoms lofed For Ban ' s pliant" tail , " "who were eagerly bent On the irderests of Ireland and not on the rent . la conclusion , then , pity your poor Snoy-Hoj ! Send me ou ! to a job , it wii ! fill me with jsy ! Let the sal' .-y be good—my finances are low : Dont say " go to Bath" pray , for there it ' s " no go . " Joh > - Frazeb , Limehouse .
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A BAUD'S ADDRESS TO THE CHARTISTS . SOXG II . CHARTISTS WE ARE . Chartists , in Paine az . d Cobbetresd , Chartists , O'Connor long hath led , Welcome to your servile bad . Or to glorious Liberty . * If ow ' s the day and now ' 8 the hour , S ^ e gold attempt to gull ye o ' er , See ths Tories now in power ! After years of Whiggery . Hear ye how the tricksters rase ! ilanhood , GenTai , Cmplete Suffrage . ' And "would in their wiles engage To perfect alaTery J Who would be a trai' or knave ? Woo to wealth would crouch , a slare ? Who their Charter now would leave ? With mushrooms to be ? We ssk for equal rights and laws : "Halted in the glorious causa , Well gain these , and a world ' s applause , In glorious victory . By oppression's woes and pains , Behold us all in servile chains . ' We will drain our dearest veins , But we will , we will be free . Bear on the proud usurpers now—Jloraliy well beat the foeliberty ' s in every blow , Onward for the Charter we .
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SCENES OF JOY AND WOE . Bt Even Hhysb . Scene First . The Blessed Apparition . London : Simpkin and Marshall . Edinburgh : M&claehlan and Stewart . Glasgow : . David Robertson . 1842 . Thi 3 is the first of a series of tales illustrative of the joys and woes which chequer this changing ttate of existence , and produce the vivid lights and deep shadows of human life . It will , as we learn from the preface , be followed by others of a similar character , annually or oftener , Should this first attempt
Beet the approbation of the public . We know not how the psolic may receive the work , but we are perfectly satisfied bow it ought to be received ;—Seldom indeed has it been our good fortune to meet with a tale so thrilling in interest and so correcs in principle and sentiment as the one before us . It Epeaks at once to the head and the heart , and while its reasonings and reflections will be new to the generality of readers , we venture to think that it mil produce in many a throbbing bosom , elevations of thought , and gushings ol affection unfelt and unimagmed before . _ . divested
Love is in this delightful narrative of every grossnesa of earth , and robed in the pure drapery bantling her maiTe skies . This is not the only eharm of the tale . "We have here the everwatchful care of Providence vividly portrayed , and parental , filial , and fraternal affection displayed in their most attractive tints , ennobled and sanctified by religious principles . We subjoin a specimen of the author's style : — "As Haidaue reclined on that silent grave , Mb thoughts became gradually more visionary and absorbing . The place wiis very solitary , and there wa 3 no sound to ^ disturb his reverie , or break the current of his imasinatkn , that flowed , stream-like , throngh many
a devious track . He thought of all those sweet days of sunsy joy that were never to return—when he was not alone on his earthly pilgrimage—when bright spirits were with him on the way—but he felt it to be enoueh that iach joys had once been , for their remembrance , like the redness of an everlasting daw n , stil l glared before him . He btlieTed besides that those dear ones , whose hands he had often pressed in bis , and whose beautiful forms be hr . d embraced with his mortal arms would yet be his companions in Heaven ; for even en earth his £ en and theirs bad discovered their congeniality , and be * n partakers in the same lova
and in the same faith . And now he fancied that he beheld that very home -where the departed already were , and whtre he hoped yet to come . But it is only by earthly images , the imaeinaticn can pourtray the spiritual kingaom . He coiyared up every o > j ^ ct thst could ba supposed to add grandeur and beauty to a terrestrial paradise , and tstn half hidden in a tumult of glorious clouds , on which they reclined as they floated along , he beheld E ;' zi asd Jessie , clothed in -white garments , ciinLicg to tach othw in a fond embrace , and singing , as he in ; 3 ± ; uitd them , in ths word 3 of Mis . Hemy . no : —
" We have loved with earth ' s excess—Past is now thst ¦ a-eariceES . We have known the dreamer ' s woes—AU is now ene bright repose . "" We hope the work will obtain extensive patronage .
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LO 3 TGTOJT . —At the Catholic Church of St . Gregory , houiitos , tiro sernawi ? were prea-.-hi'd by the Rfiv . J . Boardman , from Manckf-sier , ou bnnday last , for the benefit of the day and iu : iday Schools connected with the above charch . COVSNTEY .-Oa Monday last a public meeting was held to petition the House of Commons not to include this city ic the Poor Law Ameudment Act , but to let ihc- poor be ^ uvcrr . rii by the local acts , as has been the ca > e for the last lotty years . BSADFOEI ! , —Water . A correspondent complains thas there is a great scarcity of good water in Bradford , and he hopes those per&ous concerned about the new water works will lose no time in getting them finished .
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Less op a Ship by Fire . —On Wednesday afternoon intelligence was received at Lloyd ' s of the total loss of the ship Barbara , belonging to Leitb , by fire . The unfortunate catastrophe took p'ace on tbe . Tiigkt of Sunday last , in the German Ocean , about three miles from the Bell-rock Lighthouse , and the fire is described to have spread with such fearful rapidity , that those on board , amounting to fifteen persons , were unable to save any property whatever . Happily they escaped by Wkins to the boats , and reached Mqntrose in safety , though much exhausted , the following morning ( Monday ) . The fire commenced amongst the cargo in the hold of the vessel , but the circumstances under which it originated are at present nnknown . She is stated to have bfen a fine saving vess . 'L . and is reported to be nilly insured ,
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Extraordinary Folly . —On Thursday last , Mr . J . Bennett , of the Pheasant Inn , Brampton , undertook for a wager of £ 20 to go in a sack from Baalow to his own house , a distance of six-and-a-half miles in twelve hours . The saok was to be two-anda-bilt fee ; ta wiach , and Mr . Bennett to be allowed to ba liberated from his confined state six times in the whole distance , if he chose . At eight in the mornmg , Mr . Bennett , who is sixty-one years of age , started from Baslow amidst a liTge concourse oi persons who had collected to witness the
feat . On arriving at Robin Hood he rested half an hour . He then proceeded to Mr . Gregory ' s New Inn , and here , having time in his favour , he rested two hours . Starting again on his toilsome journey , under the scorching rays of a burning sun , he proceeded to the Rufford inu , where he again halted half an hour for refreshment , and to get his fourth sack changed . He then set out on the last stage oi ' the distance , and arrived at home about five o ' ubek , thus winning his wager , with three hours to Spare . —Derbyshire Chronicle .
Mubdeb hear Leojhnstbb . —The quiet and romantio hamlet of Westnope-hill , about four miles from Leouiiuster , has been the scene of a fetal attempt on the life of a widow named Lacy Parkor , vf ho resided on the common , and kept a grooer's shop , by the hands of her nephew , the son of her sister , all of whom resided together . The circumttauces , as detailed at tho Coroner ' s ^ Inquest , betray a course of gross depravity , and its fatal consequences The deceased had , it appears , resided with her husband in London , where he carried on the trade of a market-gardener , and amassed snfficieut money to enable him to leave Loadon about four years since , and spend tb . 9 remainder of hia own and his wife ' s days , as hehoped , in happinesss and
case . On his setting down at Westhope , ho purchased houses , Slc , and as a means of a ding someth ' -ng to bis income , but more aa an employment , he kept a sh > p for grocery and other articles . His nephew , Win . Pow . Il ( 'he accused , ) resided with his mother , an aged woman , at Westhopa , and shortly after Mr . Parker's settling there he became jealous of his nephew , and , as subsequent events Bhowed , not without ample cause . In February last Mr . Parker died , siace which period Powell and his mother resided with tho widow , with whom foweli is said to have cohabited , and to whom , it was said , he was to have been married on Tuesday so ' nnight . On Sunday morning , however , it was discovered that Mrs . Parker had been murdered , and the
nephew was apprehended , to await the result of the Coroner ' s inquisition , which was held , and continued by adjournment until Friday . From the evidence adduced it appeared that tho prisoner was seen on Saturday se ' nnight in the room whh tha deceased with a piece of paper in his hand ; blows were shortly afterwards heard to pass , and the prisoner to say , " You should not have kopt this from me . " The pri-oner then went up stairs , declaring that he would kill her . Mrs . Parker-almost immediately after rushed out of the back door of the house and called out " Murder !" . four or five times , but was pulled back again into the houso by the prisoner . Un some persons going to the houso the deceased
was found to be quite dead , and the prisoner on being apprehended was found to have blood about him . A post mortem examination of the body being made , considerable extravasation of blood was found on the brain from the bruises and blows received by the deceased , tho general appearance of which indicated ihat they had bten ii-il cted with some blunt instrument ; a hammer was found in the house , on which there were marks of blood , and the bruises were declared by the medical testimony to be such as would be produced by such an instrument , and were the cause of death . The Jury , believing that there bad been a quarrel , returned a verdict of " Manslaughter" against William Powell and his mother , both of whom were committed for trial .
Tomfoolery . —The Lord Lieutenants of cotmtte 3 are how ordered to wear a uniform on Court days , and as the coat h to be blue , with a little silver sprigging on the collar , wo need not say that they wili be mistaken for Inspectors of Police . Hitherto these Lord Lieutenants , although civilians , have buen obliged to wear military dresses , because a Lord Lieutenant of a county is its military commander . These civilians at Court , in military uniforms , certainly cut the appearance ol very odd soldiers ; but instead of dressing them as Inspectors of Police , why not abolish them altogether ? In ancient times , under oar baronial system , and when feuds between Barons led even neighbouring counties into party strifeor civil war , amiluary commander of a oounty , appointed by tho Crown . mi >; ht have been necessary bat now all such necessity has ceased , and the office ht to be
ou ^ abolished . In war , when the militia is out , the Lord Lieutenant , by way of patronage , has in his giit the appointment of persons lo commissions ; but even this has vanished , and with it very nearly has vanished his interfercace with yeomanry corps . There is not a single pretext for retaining these Lord Lieutenants . The business of the counties is done at the Home-office , and this Lord Lieutenancy , like the chief Lord Lieutenancy of Ireland , ought " to be immediately done away with . We have now military cemmanders of districts , whose duties entirely supersede those of the Lord Lieutenants . L is ij contemplation to abolish tne title , with , that of Sheriff , and why in tho interval should wo have Court orders for the new uniforms of a clas 3 of nominal public servants which is so speedily and so properly to be annihilated ! .
Discovery of another Suspected Regicide — Singular and Mystebious Occusrsnce . — It appt ars probable that tho Home-office authorities will have sufficient " secret" investigations cut out for them , connected with public outrages upon the invaluable and revered person of our beloved Sovereign . Another would-be regicide has been having some "bye-play" ia the metropolis , and the information of his pranks has been forwaraed to the Secretary of State , but up to last night his hiding place bad not been discovertd . We subjoin a narrative of the facts as they were detailed by the persons whose names are introduced ta aur reporter , and add a description of the rascal's person , wiih tho v ' . ew of bringing him to justice , and making him account lor daring to
throw into a state of eifervescence the loyalty of her Maj sty ' s lietre subjects . —On Sunday night last , a young man of dashing exterior , came to the bar of the Peacock tavern , Maid > . n-lane , Coyent-garden , and applied for a glass of porter , which on being s rved him , he enquired f :-r a bed , at the samo time stating that he was a stranger in London , and had jus' arrived from Liverpool . Mrs . Honey , tho land lidy , made arrangements for his accommodation , aud upon his reaching his sleeping apartment , he harried over to Mr 3 . Honey ' s sister a new pocket pistol , and a bullet mould , desiring her to take great Cdre of it , as he should have " parti-ular use for it on the morrow , Mr ? . Honey ' s sisfcr communioatci to thelandiady thiscircumstanct . and tbolattersaid that
if she had k&own tho . stranger had had fire-arms in hia possession , she w-julo not have allowed him to ?! eep in the house . Her alarm , however , was abated upon her sitter stating that she refused to tako the pistol from t-h « .-: ra :: ger until he first snapped it to convince her t ' -.-a ? it was not charged . This ho did ; apd Mts . Hoc v ' s r-ister tV : en took possession of the pistal and mould . Upon the following morning the .-, trai ! g * r breakfasted with Mrs . Honey , and she asked him how he eamo to have the pistol in his possession ? He replied that he only kept it for " self prottcti . iri . " ( Thc < e , it may be remembered , _ were the very wor -s made use ot' by Oxford , and it is a remarkable coniculencn th :-: tthe stupid fellow here spoken of , and Oxturd , Irar , acc-rding to the
description—a ? lroi a n semblance to each other and are about , the same a * : * . ) Mrs . Honey told him that ther ' .- was no" .- : he b 5 ;_ h < vrt necessity for such a precaution ia London . H > : then conversed in a suspic . ious strain ub " - > ur . 'he laie tuto "lpt upon the Queen ' s life ,-aud taid jie » had the tfreatt st curiosity to see the roan who Bred at- her Maj ^ ty ( alluding to Francis ) , Pe . r wiv ' : ng that he was vxciun ^ tne close attention of those at the break fuse t-jih , hu adikd that h « did not intend to fires ,: tho Qae-n , upon wiiioh Mr ^ . iioney remarked that if such a thought had en : er * d h ; s head , he niijfht d ' -pcud upon it that "be would not ba irea ' td a . « < xor-i wti < , and exoresse'ther opinion
that -Francis w : < s sure to be hanged . He made no re .. ] y hut Itf' tlie hons" , and did not return until tha sub- , qu nt Wednesday tLornin . ir , when he stated that he had boon robbed o ! " bnven sovereigns at the Strand ThiJire . Upou his second visit h > : remained but a few omiutes , Pjj-J then hastily quitted the house . Mrs . Honey having consulted some friends , gave information ' if ile occurrence to the police , and . Mr S audrac k , trr- PupfTinteniJar . t of the F division , immedint ' y waited upon her , and after inspecting the pisr . j ! aid buTei-mouid . he took it to the commissioner of police , in Great Sci > j ] - < nd vii ' rd , who , it is under-. « toi > H , jirorop'ly T ( ported the circumstances to the Hon ; p- ( ffi . > . e vtv . 'hcr . iie ? . The oistol and bullet-mould
wiTv brought baH ; to Mrs . H noy , and the eupevmtei . d .: nt r *< j'ie- -: i-ii h > : r to ccark them , and not suffer thf in t > } -ass out cf her possession . This she did , and upou our rrpori--T examining them yesterday , he dii-r . ovt red that th" pisiol wa ? a new ono oi Birmingham mai ' . ufncuire , and did not bear the name of tho maker up n it . The bullet-mould has stamped upon the handle the figures " 38 , " and both were left in a b ) ue and vrhite striped worsted pistol case . The f-tra ; ger has hkf wise left behind him a mahogany walking-stick , leaded at the top . He Btattd amoug other tini ^ s to Mrs . Honey , that he was an articled clerk of Liverpool , and that he had come to Locdou on a " sprte . " He is of gentlemanly bearing and polished address ; he was attired in light striped
trousers , a black sui tout coat , and nearly a new black hat , his complexion is fair , and lie is apparently about 19 years old ^ The police are » aking a-ctive exertions to discover ihe place of his re . reat , which cannot reii-ain secret unless he is a resident of London as he bad no money with him when he called the pecond time upen Mrs . Honey . It has been suggested that if greater care was adopted by the manufacturers of fixe arms to ascertain the address of such juvenile mountebanks before concluding a ssle with them , there would be less danger of the pnblic mind b « ng disturbed be the wicked and diibohcal attempts that have latterly been said to have been made upon the life of oar august and lovtly Q , aeai . ~ London Pater' [ Fudge !]
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Presents for her Majesty . — -An Arabian maa of war , tho first that ever appearoH ia Enghdh waters , came up tho river on Sunday in tow of a Btoamer , and was moored in tho afitruoon off the Victualling-yard vat Deptford . On Moiidfty -slie was towed into the St . Katharine ' sDock . v The . pennant was flyiDg at her main topmast head , and she had a red ensigu hoisted at her mizen . This vessel , whioh excited much curiosity , i 3 from Zinzebar , * nd has brouKlitoTer four valaablo Arabian horses and other present ^ , from the King of Muscat , to h ^ r Majesty Queen Victoria . The vessel presents a Similar appearance to thai of one of oiir merchantmen of five hundred or six hundred tons burden , except that she carries ten guns .
Fhom a Parliajientars- Paper just published , it appears that tho total annual cost of tho ecclesiaatjcal ^ establishnjeat in the West Indies is ^ 20 , 300 , and that tho aggregate amount since the passing of the Act 6 th GsorgeTV . is £ 341 , 261 . Loss op Life froji Bathing . — ^) n Friday last no less than six persons lost their lives whilst baining in the River Thames . Remarkable Escape . —On Monday last two workmen were engaged to repair the pump of the . ' Sfruuil Union Workhouse . It was found necessary that a man should descend to the bottom of the well , a depth - of 60 yards , and also that , in order to keep up a verbal communication , a boy should ba pUoed ou eortof
a platrbrui , fixed for the purpose in live centre . When descending ( tha boy being ia tho mi * n s lap > the rope broke at about 90 feet from the bottom . Tfte . matt had presence of mind to u-y to save himself by putting his foot against ono side of the wail and his shoulders against the opposite wall , and this he accomplished after fallitn < a few yards , with a boy 15 years old in hislap . The other workman , . in 6 tead . pt applying to the governor , ran a couple ot miles in search of a vope , and before the wan and boy could bo rescued , that had ' continued two hours in their perilous situation . When rescued tho boy was found to , be without .- the least injury , and the man oaiy Bii ^ htly bruised . —Bristol Mercury .
Singular Incidents —A few days ago a peries of casualties which we should be disposed to term whimsical , were ifc not that one of t . ham at least was attended with some degree of daiiger to life , took place at Greenock-quay . A suiarc , olpanlylooking servant girl , about to enter upon a " ntw place , " appeared at the . quzy ' wiilva large and heavy trunk , for the purpose of going on board a . steamer , which was about to cross the G . iirlooh . The trtiuk , while being hauk ^ d on deck , by some means or other , got out of the hands of its custodiers , and tumbled into the sea . This was casualty th-3 first , and steps were promptly taken to remedy it . The trunk was raised out of the water , and while slowly ascending
by the steamer s side , it ? owner eagerly striuc ! "ing oik her arms to clutch it , the lid suddenly gave way , separating from the body , and the trunk once more floated in the water . With tho same ' promj . 'titn ' do as before the 'devoted .. che ^ t w as seiz' -d , and sgain it was in the act of boing BwuDg on b > nrd , when , as casualty the third , crash went the bottom , and . into the sea tumbled , in "most admired disorder , " th ? body habiliments of the unfortunate eervin ^ -weach —here a gown , and there a petticoat , here a shoe , and there a dashing Sunday shawl , with , aprovis , caps , stockings , and bliifts of . , every variety—whlo a large c ' ataloano of small arfich' . s were covered by a huge ' blue umbrella ,-which , unfur l ed itself in all its
amplitude , as if to protect them from . ' the rain above , deeming'them ,-no doubt , -wet ' enough below . By dint of exertions , for which tho hatt' -i ' ramic Taaiiicn felt she could never be sufficiently thankful , the scattered articles-of dr ss , iiiciuding the blue uraberella aforesaid , were ¦¦ gathered up , a ;; d ' vi ' . i ! h the ., bottomless trunk , put safely on bnard . It was now hoped by tho ' bystanders ' that fortuno had donn h < T worst , a < least for that odcasion , on theilt-fated girl ; but no , a disaster more serious still was in store for the hapless Abigail . The steamer was about to eail , and our hcroiup Was - standing on one of tn' j wjj ^ h adjoining the puddle-box , talkiiit ; to a friend onshore , wnen a sudden jerk of tho boat threw htr , in imitation of her trunk , right into tho water . Tiiis most
unfortunate of all t- e casualties which had occurred changed the current of j ' eeiiugirom laughter 10 alarm , and those who had been most amused at the former mishaps were now the most active in rendering assistance when life was at stake . Providentially , the poor girl was got out of the water more frightened , and wet than Reriously injured ; and here , so far as is known , did her misrortunes for the day terminatf . Tlio circumstaacti ? , a-s auay be hupponed caused no small amusement on board ; and thoee who witnessed them will not soon forger , the sc : ues enacted by the woman with the trunk , " which almost equal , in point of ludicrous eit ' eor , the more fi . med adventures of " tho carpet bag . "—Glasgow Aryus .
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HOUSE OF LORDS—Monday , June ' tt . lord Wharncliffe , in answer to mm $ observations by Lord Beauniout ami tbn Duke of Cle-veiaad , tstated , tbai Govermniitit wore about ' ; i ; ul pt eomo measure to 'facilitate the exchun . | e of ! i « ht sotereigua for those of full weight . Much imposition- find b ^ en pract-sed upon the mure ignorant hultlL-r-i o ? light coin , t . ut from too average of that wliiehhad i- 't-n received at tne Bsafe , the ;; c ual rleBo ' wv . cy in » ' «; . v , > jt , . upp' ** rwi to amount to not more t ^ aa fsoni one aiv . i a halt to ty / o per cent . ¦''• ¦ - '*¦" . '
Lord Brougham gave notice that hi' i-bo «! d to-day move the su ») :. kds ;<> ji of the stHTidins or (!« ji-s ' .-t » tacilitito the pasainj ; ' of the Witnesses" I ? -. < J---rsTiity Bill , und oil tbe njotion of ih-s Duke of \ v-e : li ;¦> .-t n , : 't ; iv s-c <( ii ( i reading of the Ir . fcome-Tax Bill was pui-Lpouail u .-. fcil Thursday . Lord Campbkm . then , pursnnut t /> notiea ,. brought on bis motio ; for e ^ vlnin papt-fH r ^ i tir . ; . ' to thutiial btfore Lord Justice Cicrk at thti last iSti : limz Asb z ^ s , on which the evidence of the pr » ecuUr w .. s . .-, t the recommendation of the Judge , wi'h (! r .: ^ n u » being unworthy of crtulit , oil the groui "! tbr »' -: t ); e iivarrtvas an Atheist , andthis too after bs bar ! ; mcoeoi * , e . < i in clearing himself , at lcsbt paTtially , of th ^ iu : vut , \ i , u . n . Th « Noblo Lord entci- 'Mi at much leuntb . into , tbs an < j ; -ct of evidence , ami ^ fler citing a , mn a htT of nuttuntiua to prove that the course which had bt ^ n taken was . contrary to the law both of thiy country ana if Scotland , concluded by expressing his -mtt > ii v i <* ii " . it' there were any ambiguity , of bringing in a Bill to remove it The Lord Chancei . lor deft ^ ndM ? ths eouwe which had been adopted by tha Lcaviifd Ju 4 , ; es "whv bail presided at the trial / nnd after a prolougird ( tiacussion the motion was withdrawn .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS , Fri ' tlay , June 10 . Sir H . Inglis moved the istuiiig ot the writ for Notti ;;? . ham , Sir Q . Grey oVjccted that t ' his inotuin vras one of those which had dropped on Vd » piuczuizg' afv ^ noon for want of a quo / zem . and . thV . t tu « conyciiiuicj vivhu Hou « e required a rtuewed notics . Sir B . Inglis expressed Lis readi : K ; s ^ M eowply with the general wish of the Houau ; irai di . ' t ^ i believe that the House had aDy genera ! wish for : the post * ponemont . He saw no reason for cpri ' . iiiuiiig its suspension of this writ . Nottingham had not bc ' ea ivov ^ d to be guilty , and waa entitled -tb . ' ttsA'fc . eiifcfi ' t of the general rule , thst till guilt be pioved ' . inno ' ci-nce must be presumed . As agaiBbt th ' at . burougii ' ,. ci . e H . iuse . had
nothing to proceed upon but Sir . R > ebui ; k ' s voice alleging corruption , and Mr . Roebuck ' s . .. finger pointing to particular meiabiets . Sir G . Lrvrpent hai , -during many weeks ; been confined to his house by ill health , and therefere no unfavourable .. inference . ' ought to bo drawn from the fact that for some time before the co . mpiomise lie bad been absent from the House , lt'thti mere retirement of a Member cburgvd with bribery was sufficient ta raise a ipresHmptira that bribtry was general in the ' place rc-presented by him . a gooiilj- -list of ether boroughs ought to have peen includeii in the rtferenco to Mr . Kcebuek ' a ' Committee . ' ' These moderu inquiries into compromise were liku the ancient ordeal by water , where death ensued in oithcr event— the accused being taken out and executed if hi « juilt was evidenced by hia swimming , and left to tlifowa if his
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innocence waa established by his sinking ; and so here , Lf the Member anaxered , ho was convicted by his own confession ,- if ha rifaaed to answer , he was condemned ey bis siieiice . Many , hnwlreds ot the Nottii . gham electors expressly alat-jd by petition that they had not piataben in ; uiy degrea of the iBiputed corruption ; and they urged that the right of represen&at . iozi , as it was not given to them by a resolution of the House , ought net to be taken from them by such a rcsi .-lution . This suapension went to l U'nsh a hundred innocent that ten guilty might not escape . What he now asked was not a favour , but a . rigbt . Mr . Gallt Knight seconded the motion , and ridiculed Mr . Butbuck as ii person who waa alwavs telling th « House that he was the real Simon Pure , and the oiily co « ' ; 8 t man in it . - . "
Mr . KOBBUcii dtniei ! this with much bitterness . He had said n « t one word about himself ; and that iMjing- 'tha fact , wha . was Mr . Qt Knight ' s statement worth ? As to the alleged want ot legal proof , he knew tbe value of legal rules ia thtir proper place ; but in that Housa lie was not a lawyer , but alegislator , and would act upon moral evidence . Ho had deliberately abssated himself from the House on the preceding day , in order that be migbt avoid the debate upon the issuing < . t the writ—a subject ia which lie had never t ; ikfcn part , He knew not 'wby he had beuu attacked : he had had no influence in determiniag the votes of the House upon any of the writs ; they had bt ^ n su » ied bv Sir Kobert Peel , their master , wlio , he duubted not , had acted sincerely , though , as iie thought , not consistently . Mr .. Q . Knight explained , in terms of courtesy , toward M r . Koubuc-lc .
Sir R PEETi disclaimed all influence on tbese judicial j « ' st ; ons , except that of reason . He did riot' consider the dtci ^ ion of an election committ . ; a to l > a conduoive on thu Huusa respectuig the disposal of tha borough , but only respecting , tbe title to the boat . But each casa must be decided on its own KTouoda , ant ! uo onn general rule could-be laid clown for the regulation of all . In this instance , the iu . 'iden -abandonment of the seat by tho member to whom it had been adjudicated , and tbo alleged deposit of a sum ¦ of-mon « y in order to secure the return of a candidate Qttt-ttTtaining opinions oppuaite to those of shat majority by . whom th « late laetabe : was elected , did appear to him to require , for tlio sake of the honour of the House , that further umjotigafciou should- be made btiore the writ jshouid isauy . Mr . Suaiijias Crawford was for continuing the Buspf > nsion .
Mr . vV'V . vn took th « same line , and quoted a . precedent . Colonol Rolleston , as an elector of Nottingham , fexprcasod ou hia own parb and that of a large 'bo * $ y of his brother electors , tkt ir ar . xlfety that Mr . Roebuck ' s enquiry should proceed searchingiy and speedily . Sir H . IiVGMS , for hifiisolf and many other conservative mejobt'ra , denied the ri ^ ht of . Mr . Roebuck to eall any man their Kuifcter . Sir K . Peel explained , and ths House divided—Against issuing the writ ... 136 For ifc ^ ... 41 ¦ M-njority sgainsfc tl \ o writ ... —95
Mr . Rof . euck tlien moved the tUml reading of the bill for indemnifying witnesses whoshouldgiveevidence btfore Lis Cominittes He iirjjei ; that the object of the bill v ^ a not to punish for tne puat , hut" to legislate for tbe future ; and that , therefore , the ordinary reasans against conipelling witnesses to inculpate theniselves were not properly iipplicahle . The AttornEt-General objected that this Bill went Further than any similar measure before it had coue . This Bill offered indemnity , not only for all bribery committed by the witness himself , but for the like ' act-i of ah 1 pertains whuai tha witness might incilpat «; and it inrleranifled the witnVss himself for all bribery , not only in tha particular instances involved in
h 5 a evidence , but in all other instances at all elections whatsoever p . Pd wheresoever . He feared such a Bill ws ? more . likely to raafeo witnassea th ? . n to elicit tmth . He wouM not , however , opposo this measure if limited to the objects provided . for in former Indemnity ' . Bills j bnt he yiolded his assent not so ' much to any experience or conviction of ay good ever effected by these enactments , as to the course bf tha precedents , which be enumerated by name . He would propose , therefore , merely to strike out the second clause , which contained the novel .-enactments ; and if Mr . Roebuek should consent to this aitesratior .. he wished him all racceia with his new ami somowhat dangerous Instrunient .
Sir R . Inglis disliked theprinciple of a measure which went to change the general csurae of law , and to break '' throujth the confidence between clients and professional advisers . He doubted a good attempted by means so bad . Hswever / he felt that he was bound by the pK'cedenta . : ¦ Mt . Hardy observed , that by this Bill the witness , in order to be effectually protected , must have a certificate from the Comm'ttee ; but as he conld net be secure of that certificate beforehand , he wonld still be entitled to refuse hits testimony wherever it Should tend to crimli tiato birnself . ¦" . '' - " .: ' ¦ • ¦' - '¦ : : ; Mr . 6 'C'Onnell admitted the aTgumnnfcof the Attorney-Genera ! to be unanswerable , and hoped Mr . Roabuck would accede to the Learned Membtr ' s suggestion He . howetvr . had no-gro ^ t yal'ie for thotfe rules of law winch so anxiously protect guilty men against criminatirsr tliemielvL-s .
Mr . C . Vv . 'WTiSN oPjcck-d to the eeGoAd clause . My . Roebuck intinia-ted his wilHngjiesa to omit that part of the B )) l After a fe-. ? wort's from the Recorder , J .. r . C . EVLLE& remonKtrate'd aa ; iinst the . withdrawal of Ih ? second tilaura . UuuaimI powers were created for tlhclosinj ? to P . ^ rliinrient , v . ith a view to legislation and not to punishment , offenders not otherwise to have be ^ n reached . Justice , then , and the dignity el tbe House , required that no new psril should be brought UF ° n 8 ^ 7 cla ^ s of persons .
. Mr . Darby questioned the expediency of . th ( g B ;!? . He bmievert that the act of last session , for allowing proof of bribery , without previous proof of agency , wouid have b « -t ; u a vesry eficciu ^ l one , if it had been Jeft to work by itse ! f . Aloruover , the present measure would have a Very Unfair tff ? ct upon persona who would be attached behind thfair backs from the animosity of local polit ' ca . Tho persons so attacked would r . ot l * e before , thv Comniittte , ar . d tbo Committee Would b « imposed upon by witnesses brought up at the p-jblic eXj-e ' nce , who would swear anything and every thing wht-n the persons attacked were not thereto cluck and cross-bX ^ oiine them . Mr . Watson wa 3 favourable to the bill , and ¦ would have preferred the retention of the second clause . The bill bavins b . ° <; B re ; id a fLird time , Mr . C . Bui . ler proposed to include Bridport , which wrtH n ? VPi ( V to
Tho enactments whisli had be ' on objected to were the » i struck ciut . Bpfore the Hcuso went into Committee on the Custojiis Acts . Wr . Bume expressed his hope that Sir R Pt'el would reconsider the-duties upon wool aHd cotton , aa being upon rave materials . S :. ' R Peel . irimitted the expediency of reducing thf ( luMes ' on raw jra ' cerials . but felt that be should not be jusV . Sed in risking so largo a revenue as these dutieB yielrfetl . Tlio House then , resolving into committee , proceeded with the discussion of thetariff . On t ? ie articlo of thrown silk not dyed , Mr . Giumsditch moved , as an amendment , the continnxVion « r the - - "present tluty , instead of the reduction propoacri in tJ . 'S tariff . Mr . Brocklehukst seconded this motion .
Mr . Attwood contended that the silk trade had sufforod under the hands of th « free trade theorist ? . He was desireus of adherino to the old principles of piotectibn . Mr . Gladstone proved in a « rure 8 , that the siik trade had been more flourisbiDa ; under the modern resu ' tvtUHis-of'Mr . Huskisson , than in the most prosperousyar . v of ths pn ^ hibitory system . Mr . Stuutt coiToborated the opinion of Mr . Gladstone . His own constituents bad 7 made no objections to tha prineiples of { tvq trade as applied by this tariff to rfliinufaotures . They complained only that the same principles wero not applied also to articles of subsisr-Bicce . Af ^ r a few words from Mr . Efrerton , and some explanations vroni ' s&t . Brocklehubst and Mr . GRiws-Ditch-, the Committee divided , siffirmin ? , by a very luri < e majority ; , --the duty as propoeed by Government ; .
fhe next item of discussion was the duty on manufantnres- of silk , which the tariff proposes to raise by weight , but which Dr . Bowring moved to levy ad valorem . Si ? R . P £ EL said , that , giving no opinion whether the admission of French ¦ f-ilks V 7 ouid ba expedivnt : for thia cormtry without fome reciprocal admission ot Bvititsh -poods into ' "Fronee , at any rate he strongly felt tl \ e -bt-nefit which "would flow from reciprocity of intercourse ; that reciprocity Bncland was strivinj : to obtain ; and he trus ^ tnl that the Hou ? e would not weaken ; the hands uf Ministers by pressing them hastily to concede the boon without coinpenBation . . Mr . Labovcijkue exhorted his friends to support tbe GoTtiniment in this duty , with the view explained by Sir R Peel . . Ii ' t . Hi'JiE concurred . ' Dr . Bowrino consented to withdraw his motion ;
Mr . Williams made some observations , < i £ TRhkb the tenour waa not difctinctly heard . : . Lord Howjck qaeatinKed whether England would accompHsh so good a result T > y making bargains about reciprocal duties , as fey acting on an independent prineipla After the declarations already mado by Sir R Peel in favour of the pTinciple of cheap purchase even without reciprocal remission ef duty , France would aee tint fihe fead only to be obstinate enough in order to secure her object without coaeession in return . Bat if , after a full tednction on eur part , she should still continue to keep up her duties the sinuffsler would step in to correct her error , and circulate English manufactures throughout France , at a heavy loss to the French : exchequer / ¦ ¦ . : " . ¦ "¦ ¦ ¦¦ ' " :. ' ; "'• ¦ ''"¦ ¦¦ ¦ '"¦ . Mr . Mangles wished for some further red notion upon the silk manufactures of India , to which Sir R * Peel britfly objected . . Mr . Brockiehurst said a few words , and the duty passed as piopoaed by Government .
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Oh the artJcies of ladies' dresses , on whicb , l > y tha tariff , the Customs officers have an option of chr . rt ; Ing an advabrtin , duty of 40 per cent ., Mr . Hume bad tne momentary gallantry to propose a redaction ; but he made no fight , and the Iadie 3 were'left where tho tariff " bad placed them . " : / The schedule bf silks was psssed , and the'Committee adjourn « d . :. '¦ ¦ ' Monday , June 13 . In compliance -with the recommendation given by Sir Robert Peel on Friday evening , tbe House began business half an hour before its nsnal time , at » d went
into Committee on the tariff by five o ' clock , whon Mr Mitchell , the member for Bridport having a pet protection for his own constituent ^ moved that the duty on foreign ccrd » ge should be eight shTlHcgs instead of six shillings , and the duty on fore ^ n twine twenty shillings , instead of ten sbiliings . Mr . Gladstone exhihited his accustomed inexorability . Mr . A . Chapman and Colonel Wood , of Middlesex , spoke shortly , tho latter , as far as could be gatbered » m \ d the noise of a disorderly House , couBsellingMr ^ Mitchell to withdr : I' . v hia motion ; tut Mr . Mitchell , so far from acquiescing , made a second speech , and was worsted with due form by a majority in a division .
W hen the committee arrived at the schedule relating to Etonea , ¦ bricks , and tiles , Mr . G Bankes made a struggle for the Portlanders ; urginc the House to continne the cxistirj ^ r protection npon Portland sione , oh the ground that it was not an article entering into the consumption of the poor , and that it furnished ¦ labour " -to : a happily circumstanced populatii-n ¦ : of almost two thousand persons on the coast of ' ¦ Dorsetshire . . ¦ ' ' ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ ' ' : ' / ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' . '¦ . ¦• .- '''' . " - ' . . ' . Mr . CHRrsTiE supported the reduction proposed In tbe tariff : and stated thnt the population was one among which the truck system was extensively prevalent ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ '¦' . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦; ¦ y : . After a few words from Lord Ashley ,
Mr . GlaSTOne gave his opinion that the protection proposed in tbe tariff was quite suflScieDfc , amounting , as it did , to an ad valorem duty of ten per cer . t .,- the present duty was twenty pet cent ., which he thought too much for so rude a material . : ' - .: ¦' A little more conversation ensued , and then t : Mr . Bankes , adverting to the ill-success of all the former ' -attempts , ' to . alter the tates proposed by the Government , withdrew hia motion . On the article of foreign coffee , Lord Howick moved that the import duty , jet down in the tariff at 8 i . per pound , should be reduced to 7 d . At 8 d . per pound- the bette ? ' . kinds of coffee from foreign plantations would pay about one hundred per cent ,, aud tha inferior- kinds a vastly larger per centage ; and these
were duties upon an article entering largely uM the consumption of the poor . Thia-fciigh imposi ; could not Iw jusliEed on the score of discouragement to the slave trade ; for the ^ reafcforeign coffee country was that of Tinyti , vhieh is cultivated by free labour . If ttie ^ intent were to benfcfit oar planter ' s , ' h « weuld say that the peopje of this country would , not long endure euch a coeft for such an obj 3 ct ; and the sooner oui' colonists ¦ . arrive ?! at a more natural state of thiura . the better would it be even for themselves .. ' - ' -The reiluation he now sought , being only one penny per pound , could not be important to the revenue—nay , >< j be-Uevrtd" it would bn fully made up by the incri ? a » 8 of consumption , to say nothing of the advantage which would be produced in the discouragement of adulteration . ' ' .- ¦ ¦ ' ¦ " ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ •' ¦¦ ¦ - . ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ '
Mr . Gladstone urged the House to maintain the higher duties for the present . , mainly on the groucd that in aonie of tbe now peridinp ; treaties with foreign states , the remission of these duties might be made the considerations for important concessions to the trade of this cpuatry . ¦ ¦ ' ¦ - '¦ ^ -: Mr . Hume thought that a smaller duty than 8 ^ . would still leave this country strong enough in negotiation with foreigners . Sir Robert Peel admitted the great advantage of
erjcoura . ° in « coffee as s ^ ainst spirituons liquors . he entreated the House not to throw away too lib ? rally all instruments of negotiation . Next to the object-pC cheapeuing prices to our own consumers was that of extending our own markets . Our arguments of mere philbsijphy , sound as tbey might be , would not weigh so effectually with Borne' foreign states , as onr possession of a quid pro quo . It was very material that we should make it the interest of various classes abroad to press their own Government ) for a relaxation of their restriction ' s .
Mr . Hawes objected that the effect of the per centige proposed in ta © tariff woald ba to kt the rich bara their Coffee at a lower proportionate duty titan the poor . A still greater reduct'on than Lord Howidi had proposed would be quite safe to { he revenue ; tor it would increase the Consumption of the genuine article , which pays duty , and diminish the use of the . ingredients employed In adulteration , which pay no ^ dntjf at all . ; . - . ' - ; - ; ' - . ¦ - ¦' . > ' .. ' ; . ' ' . ; . "¦ : ' V ' -. ' . ' ¦;' : ¦' ? .- " : Dr . BowniNo was persuaded , that in oriler to conciliate France , the best instrument we could use would be adimlnntipnof the duty oniher wiries . Mr . . Baring said , he should have understood Sir R . Peel ' s argument about negotiation , if he had let co % e alone altogethiBr ; tmt Sir R r ¥ & >} had taken eff 2 d ., which he seehied to think quite Tiatmless to his ( iiploniacy , and yet entcjrtafned a great appreheasioa from the one peEuy which lord HoWicS desired to reduce . ^ ' - ; " : " "¦' /¦ . '¦ ¦ ' ¦'"'¦ . '¦ •¦
Mr . Villiebs apprehended , that we should si ways ba 79 surHcieut power ; in negotiation , by simply threatening to reirbpose our duties . Tfie best way to begin was by setting tf-ie example of free trade . ; \ Lord Howick did not bellt-ve that the bargaining system had feeen found to answer in practice . Of the redaction proposed by Gd 7 er . 'iment . the chief benefit would go , to the growers arid hollers of cofise , and not to the consumers . .-, ' ' : : T . 'le committee then divided , rejecting Lord Howick ' s amenument . ' : Lord Sandon moved , that certain allowances should be made on the stock of naturalized coffee now in bond , or on its way to this country . Tho * e stocks , he said , had fallen greatly in price , and would suffer heavily frem the reduction of duties made by this tariff .
Mr . Gladstone considered the fall in price to hava arisen only from over-speculation in . that particular braach . of the coffee trade . The ohange ini the jlutiea might be dissidvantagcous to these holders ; but so it must be ' flso to the holUers ; of very many other kinds of stock , >» ho , nbvertheles 8 , must submit to individual inconvenience for a m&asure- of general benefit . He inuRiatc-d , however , that as Lord Sandon had a'tered the . language ef his motion from the form oF this notic 9 ; the subject might be further considered by Government . ; Lord Sandon said he did not wish to press for a division st that moment . . Lortl Howick remarked , that tbe general objection to allowanco 3 on stocks in haudj which was the danger of fmifi , did not apply to that stock which waa actually in bond ; and eyen that which was in iron situ seamed to him to deserve favourable consideration .
Mr . Divetb , and Mr . Mark PhHlips , and Mr . Hdme were in favour of the motion ; but Mr . Baring saw no sufficient distinction in favour of these particular speculators . ¦ - : Sir R . Peel said , that the speculatien , though not literally illegal , had bern contrary to the spirit of the law , arid-thiit so long since as in the Session of 1840 there ha-1 been public DOtice that Pailiament intended t «> coiTect the slips in the statute of which these traders had taken advantage . Many other classes of dealers ,, particularly in the timber trade , were affected by ttiis . tariff , who had no such two years * notice to get rid of their stocks , s . vA he could discern no valid ground for an exception in favour of thi 3 particular adveuture . ¦ Several other Members added a few words ; and the Committee dividing , negatived the motion of Lord Sandon . '¦ - . ¦' :. ¦' ¦ -.
Mt , LiSDSAX and Mr . Mangles pressed Sir R . Peel to cousider the practiciibi' . ity of lowering the duty on tea ; but' Sir R . Peel resisted that suggestion on the score of revenue . i Ou the article of books , Sir R . Peel , in answer to a qutetioa front Dr . BOWRING , exi > resscd hia intention to reconsider the duty with reference to its effect upon copyright ¦ : --.- ¦' The-item of tallow candles attracted the attention of Lord Worsley , who begcud thai the protection / instead . of " 1 . 0 a . per cwt ., might be 20 s . ; but Mr . Gladstone adhered to the lower sum ; When the committee came to cork squared for rounding , ' ¦ '¦•*'
Mr . T ! Dun com be proposed that the duty should be reduced from 5 d . per pound to- the iiominal duty of is : per ton , for the sake of protecting the industry of our native cork-cutters , who , without suuh a reduction , would be doomed to seo the raw material carried -wholesale into Franco , and with it the tiade they lived by . ¦ ' . ' . ¦ ¦¦¦' Mr . Gladstone declared the sincere desire of the Government to bestow on the cork-cnttcrsevei-y advantage not repngnant to : teiier . 'il pnjiciple ; but added Ma belief that the duties to be levied under this tariff were . such as fully to consiit with the prosperity of their trade . He entered into various details of the' business , for the purpose of illustrating his opinion , ; Mr . Baring supported the motion of Mr . Duncombe . The latter addressed the committes by way of rep ! y ; and shared , on a division , the fate of all who had preceded him in resisting any item of the tariff , '
Dr . BowEiNG pleaded for an ad valorem of 20 per cent , on straw hats aEd platHng—a reduction due , in his opinion , to Tuscany , whence these articles are- * prin ~ cipally imported . ! ¦ Mi . Hume supported this motion . Mr . Gladstone admitted the libeality of the Tuscan Government ; but felt that something was due to fcho friendless and hopeltis stete of the home labourers in .-this branch . Still , however , a very ^ large boon in theBbapepf redaction on these a « ticte » was given Jto Tuscany-by the present tariff . >¦ . ¦ Dr . Bqweing forbore toprerafeis amendmerit . On foreign wines and spirits fir . Eowring asked for an assurance froniSir It Peel , thst when France should indicate a reciprocal- ispirit , the English Government would accede to a a diminutfoa of the duties . Sir R . Petl bjj d no difficulty in giving this assuraaoe At a few Jminutes aster niidrijglit , the committee adi « uiaed . " '¦ " " . ''• .. '' ' .. " ; . - . ' . ' ' ' . ' . ;¦;¦ .. ¦¦¦¦ ¦' . - ¦
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POEMS by . Robert Nicholl . Edinburgh , William Tail ; Lsndon , Simpkin and Marshall . A volume of Eweet " sonsie sang " that should be in every one ' s hands ; tke overflowings of a native genius filled alike with the fire of poetry and patriotism ; and contending against such difficulties as will ever conspire to cramp the energies , aud destroy or pervert the usefulness of poor men's minds , so long as the infernal system of society exists , against which Robert Nieholl waged a short bin spirited and glorious warfare . Tbe present edition of tnesa paems contains a memoir of theit author , calculated greatly to enhance the valne of his productions in the estimation of every right-jud ^ iDg mind . We have ' iio room for extracts , and if we had , where all is excellent , we might find some difficulty in selecting . , The homely sweetness and unpretending beauty of mt > cbof this ScottiFb poetry , fully equals , in onr estimation , any of it 3 predecessors , not even excepting even that of Robert Burn 3 .
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SUSAN HOPLEY , or THE ADVENTURES OF A MAID SERVANT . Edinburgh : William Tait ; Glasgow , John Me . Leod : London , W , S . Q rr and Co . A cheap edition of this deservedly popular novel , in weekly numbers , at three-halfpence , is now being published under the supervision of the Author , who gives as bis reason for its publication the previous publication of several cheap but trashy imitations . It seems , therefore , tnat these trashy things have done at least one good thing , they have induced the author of Susan HopLy to give that to the many which the original price of the work restricted to tho few We have only one number of it before us , and can therefore say h-. tle about the getting out" of the thing , further than to express our hope that thf succeeding numbers will be equal to it . If they be so , the -work will be valuable .
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THE FACTORY SYSTEM , ILLUSTRATED . IN A SERIES OF LETTERS TO THE . RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD ASHLEY , M . P . By Willum Dodd , a Factory Cripple . Loadon , John Murray , Aibemarle-street . The author of this little wurk , himself a victim to the horrible system of which it is a very mild and unexaggerated expo : e' is well able , from sorrowful experience , to corroborate many of the appaUiui ; facts given as the result of his personal observation . In this simple nar . ative cf a tour through the manufacturing districts in 1841 , there is no effort at tffect ; facts are simply stated as they came to the
acquaintance of the writer ; but they tell a tale to make the flesh creep , and the blood curdle . We defy any man of Christian principles to read this book without shuddering at the picture of coidheaxted , bloodless , goddened selfishness which it everywhere unintentionally exhibits of the middle class , monied , manufacturing cormorants who have so long eaten up every green thing upon the land , and destroyed our national resource ? , and pulled down the greatnes 3 of our character , and filled our laud wich weeping , and desolnt ' . on , and ¦ wretchedness . tbat they might make unto themEelves wealth from the spoiling of the pcor .
air . Dodd s book ought to lie upon every rich man ' s breakfast table , to remind him of his duty to society to exeithis influence and power for the annir hilation of a system woich destroys his country and must ultimately make his wealth » curse : o him . It should ba conned by every poor man , and spelled by every poor man ' s child , to show them that they have no hope , humanly speaking , but from themselves ; and that the system , of which a few features are here lad before them , all rovolting as it is to contemplate , must and will continue to grow worse and worse , and more and more horrible , nntil tha exercise of theirpowers temperately , w isely , mildly ,
but firmly aud unanimously directed , shall bid tho sordid monster ctase to prey . It should lie upon the pulpit-shelf of every minister of God ' s word , that the Bin of coretonsness , in all its spec-ou * - bui damnable forms of social arrangement and "commercial enterprise , " may be cons ; antly rebuked by him whose holy effire leads him to " maintain the cause of the afflicted and the ri ^ ht of the poor ; " ' that he may deliver his own som by the warning of the wicked and the uplifting of his voice against those whose hands aie full of blood , and because ot whom " the land groaneih under the visitation of a righteous G&a ' a displeasure .
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PROSECUTIONS FOR BLASPHEMY . TO THE EDIT 0 R OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sib , —In tho Star of last v ? eek appeared a Utter from Mr . W . J . Ofritton , of Birmingham , - ' givjug an account of the arrest of Mr . Cr . J . Kolyoakt ., ami Iji . s committal to Gloucester Gaul on a cbargo of blasphemy . In ' that Isttet your xeaiiera wer .- - Warmed that Mr . Holyoako waa arrested without a u-arrant . ami on hia committal was lii'spatckod to Glouot . t .-i handcuffed , a la Charlisi ! To th a I may adit thai , his OhrUuo-ii t ?/
p e rsecuto r s , having clutched thbir victim , intend to make sure gam « of him : to . that i-surii . tr . ey refuse bail , unless tendered by parties t hey otyut aitttkiently 11 respectable . " residing within sstxtt miles of Gloucester I Poor Hplyoake ia irieniiless in tiiao jart . of ttio couutry ; baU therei ' orvi ou auch terms ia not to be tbuu ^ Ut of . This is not ail ; they have deprivt . d him of . his books and papers , than debarring him of the . uuans iucu « : uy for preparing his defence . Truly , tha tender iuer ' ci ' -a . of tiio saintly wicked are cruel )
Mr . Hblyoake's trial will take place at Gloucester on the 29 Lh or 30 th of the presout niuutii . Uuhttsa wtfc and twy children , Whoaa unproLuc ! , ¦< . ! ai ' . uation clnims the 8 } mpathy and asiiiBtaneo of ^ 11 fi-iyntis ot it ^^ wm . Haviiig the honour to rank on the list of Mr . Holyonk ^ s personal friths , 1 can bear my t ' . stnii ' . iny toiiishic ; h nuTal worth ; md stwliisg honesty ot Ut ^ n . The Cbaftist 3 of Shtifield know how ever reu . ij Mr . Holyoike waa to servo them while a resilient iu zku tu « vn ; so far as ihoy have ( lie nuana , I beiievo I mty bt ^ peak the ir sjmpathy in his bm . n-t .-I am , dear Sir , Yours , faithfaiiy , GEORGK JULIAN HARNEV . Shtffield , No . 11 , Hiirtshead , June 13 ± . 1842 .
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THE LONDON PHALANX MONTHLY MAGAZINE , No . 1 . This periodical , the oreaa of a sect of philosophers and philanthropists , deserre 3 to be extensively known and read : we question , however , that the spirit of the a ^ e is as yet capable of appreciating generally its ca . m reasoning ai .-d deep investigation and inquiry . There is an air of bold benevolence in many of its disquisitions , which would not mereiy startle , but horrify , waat is called the religious world ; wliile there is a becoming reference to spiritualities , and a sober estimation of the powers and tendencies of hnman nature , not less offensive to the seif-styled Socialists and Rationalists . We are not by any means prepared to asseat to all the
teachings of tha Phalanx , while yet , as the organ of-a sect , we cannot but admire its charitable and conciliatory tone , VU well as the deep thought of many of its articles . One thin ;? , however , will militate greatly a ^ aingt its huccess as a magazinethe utter absence of light reading and poeiry . A monthly magazine is usually expected to be a sort of literary feast , in which a variety of dishes sbalJ be served up to suit the d .-fferiug or r . han ^ injj ta-tes of those to whom it it prestnied . Tne i'halanx is a succession of di > hes ail of one sort . The grave , the philosophising , the icve ; -tigEi : ng , sei-m to be aion _ e Fought for as its reader ? . We question that it will fij- 'd enough of those to Micia ' rn it ; though we heartily wish ii may .
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THE . REGISTER UP PARLIAMENTARY CONTESTED ELECTIONS , containing the uncoiitested Elections since lb' 30 , compiled by Hxxkt S Smith . London : 6 : mpsin , . Marshall & . Co . This work , to those v ? ho feel an irit «* r- ~ . st in the question of Parh ' amc-n'ary ReLTe = crita ion , or who desire to tnofv by which f-arry iu t ' : i -tao rh > - various counties and boroughs in England , Wales , Scotland , and Ireland , have bef-a bi : V . rto n presented , is a mo ^ useful vnde mccum Ii furr / . shes , at a cheap rate , and in convenient arraiigrmcut , a of
vast ma ^ 3 tabular information , oornpm * ng the names of ihe sncce = 5 ful aDd uu ^ n c :-. ^ fnl cindida ' cs in all contested elections since 176 G , wi \ h their politics ; and , since tho fi .-st edition of the w- ^ rk was published , it has been amended by the insertion or aodfrion of the names of the candidates retcrned without contest since 1830 . It c ^ n'ains also a list of the present Parliament . The compiler ( Mr . H . S . Smith , of this town , ) has been it *; reat pains in the arrangement and use of his matnnals , and has rendered his work in every way wjr . hj oi general support .
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THE HANDBOOK OF THE ELEMENTS OF PAINTING IN OIL , vr . tn an APPE >« DLX , containing Sir Joshua Reynold ' s Observations and Inst-uctions to Students . London : CurJie and WiL-on , 65 , O \ d Bailey , 1842 .
This -will be frund an exceedingly nsefal little manual for the juvenile votaries of the pencil , 'ue subjects treated of are—the materials for pamtirj / i ; preparation of colour ? ; method of preparing meglip ; pr * r . ar £ t 3 on of grounds ; choice of a subject ; on por-. rait painting ; land-cape pain ' - ing , < fec . ; on all of which it treats in a clear ani lucid style , well calculated to further the young beginner in tms cel-Ettfnl art . We are glad to see works of this deniription issue from the press . They ted us of that the
-advancement , and let us perceive anbqoatea Tnbbiih which has for a ^ es enveloped -the rudiments of the ans and sciescts in mystery , is loosing its hold upon the mind , and that a Dcwand better Ejstem is on tne eve of introducfon . We hope the spirited publishers will find such encouragement as may induce them to prepare ether works of assmiiar character , the want of which is often seriously felt , especially by those in whom the flime of genius is glowing , " but whose energies are cramped by the limitation of their means . Tna work is elegantly
got up , and deserves extensive patronage . ;
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CHEMISTRY OF THE FOUR AN CIENT , ELEMENTS , FIRE , AIR , EARTH AND ] WATER ; an Essay , founded upon Lectures delivered before Her Most Gracious Majesty the ; < iueen , and dedicated , by special permission , to i her Majesty , by Thomas GEinnHS , Lecturer on Qiemiatry and Medical Physics , at St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital . London : Sameel faighley , 6 ' J , Fleet-street . - i
This is beyond all di ? pnte the best popular Bcien- j tific treatise that vre have yet seen . Simple and j unpretending in style ; without any parade of eruo > , < tion . tiie an \ hoi prove 3 himseli to be perfectly master ,
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of the important subject on which he writeB , —and what is much better , able to communteate it to others , in terms that may be apprehended and understood by every mind of even the most ordinary capacity , without any preparatory education , and comparatively witbont exertion . Instead of loading his work , as is ugual on such fdbjects , with aheap of technicalities , which are of necessity to nine-tenths of ordinary read « rs mere jargon , Mr . Griffiths
conveys to bis readers an acquaintance with most of the important bearings , many of the minatise , and a great number of interesting experiments , appertainiBg to chemistry , in a style whicb , while it involves none but words in most common nse , is yet as pleasing and correct in its construction as it is effective for information . We fenownot when we have been more pleased with a book than with this little treatise , which we heartily ci mmend to universal reading .
The " getting up" of the book is as creditable to its publisher as the book itself is to its author . It is beautifully printed upon much batter paper than is usual , and the illustrations ( of which there are a great many ) , though of the simplest kind , are well calculated Jo give an exact idea of the experiments to which they refer , and of ihe apparatus necessary to be used in those experiments .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 18, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct435/page/3/
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