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-gg pBESETTATjO ^ r ; OT THE NATIONAL PETITION , AiHJ J" THE MOTION OF MR . PU 5 COMBE . " oit -vas borne to the House on the shoulders of j ^ teen » ¦ fasSan jackets , '" who performed their duty f ^ T preeeded bya procession of the members of tbe ^ reaticm , and otfcar leading Chartists , amidst tie ^ L jjnc shouts of congregated thousands . " ° *^^ .. ; . SorQiern Slar . Hgrfc to the canae of liberty 1
The " dead" ae avr&ken'd again ! Th e voice of the people is heard to b » free O'er mountain , . awl valley , sad plain . Fail nobly , they itir them to says The eril'd , and . prisoners dear ; Onee mere , their petition hag gone faiths brave , And liberty sires tinta a « beer ; pof fee " fustians" feareawom , in the povtr of tfceir misat , jo via them their freedom or die In the fight ynll boldly they enter the ball , Their escort ail gallant and gay , "fl-ith the shout of that people whom Whigs weuld enthral : -
• Ti = the voiw they are call'd to obey ! ^ jci senator rusa'd to the apot , Impell'd by a magical fear , The " prayer" of the people whose claims are forgot , To behold in its grandeur appear . Tien Duncombe obedient directed its way , Ax& bravely our " fustians" the summons obey . In the Bous 8 thft " petition" ' a nnfarlui , And thtre is it treated with scorn ; Tha hopes of ae nuBioM—the pride of the world igain are insulted and torn . The logic of fools is difpJay'd ,
Their multiplied follies to screen ; The baseness of faction , oT justice afraid , AH " mercj" ascribe to th-e Queen . fffiti n ^ ilice and sntterfnge bolting secure The dungeons our patriot-hearts must endure . Oh , where is the justice of old ? The sp irit of Alfred the great 7 Ereftfrifcronewasdebas'd by corruption and gold , When the people were one with the state ? Tis gone with our freedom to Tote ; Tis under eaeh despot ' s controul ; And now , e ' en the right to petition is naught ; A farce and a mocfry the . whole . 0 shade of the honour'd andi patriot king , Tit mantle o ' er modem royalty fling . '
But joy to tie "fustians" wbo sign'd ! And joy to the g lorious " eighteen !" Aad joy be to him in whose heart we ' re enshrin'd , Though a barrier of bolts is between ; For time on its quiet-paced wing , The mUht of the future shall tell ; YThen down to the diufcHbe bise factions we'll bring , And destroy the corruptions of helL For the law of each country " our Charter must be , Tin all ends of the earth shall be happy and free . William . Hick . Leeds , June , 184 L .
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^—THE FBIEXDS OF THE CHASTER , GOD BLESS 'EM . TT 5 E—" I 7 ttKi * fi , Gf > d bUsshim . " Hay the bright sun of liberty lighten that sty >~ ow darkened by slaTery ' s gloom ; Mst the nation arise as a lion from sleep , Aid resolve npon tyranny's doom ; The people now groan " neath the weight o * their YTJngs , ¦ - ' - ' - Bnt our riilers will never redress ' em Till we carry the Charter . Then h = re " s t « the health Of the friends of the Charter—God ble « 3 ' em .
Long , long have we boasted thai ours was the land Of the noble , the free , and the trave , While ice half-famish'd artisan gives for his bread Mare labour than Africa ' s slave . Then . away with vain boasting and Let us be free , Assert our own rights , and possess ' em ; Onrword be the Charier . The Charter alone , And the friends of the Charter—God bless ' era . But , oh , in our struggle in liberty's cause , Let this be remember by all : — ¦ £ sited—no tyrant oh earth can prsvail ; Ditid £ I>—the people must falL Then agitate ! agitate ! point out your wrongs , Bat our rulers wilt never redress " em , EH -we carry the Charter . Then here ' s to the health Of the friends of ihe Charter—God bless 'em . J . TL "Fv .
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TEMPERANCE . The roses of summer are sweet to the eys , let in "wintti their beauty and fia ^ ranec is flown ; Bnt I faxrw a £ - > Trer that neTer can < iie , It has sprung from the garden of Eden alone , It wili bloom 12 the sunshine , and blow ' mid the stone , Its blessom UEia ' s pitiless hand canno ; blight , Tis temperance ; gaza on its beautiful form , And gather this emblem of peace and delight . The pearls of India are fair to the sight , Tet them , but ihe rich and the great may possess , But there is a pearl transcendingly bright , That will thine in the cottage , ana b&ni&h distress , Ko perilous diver has brought 21 on shore , 7 ~ i it grew in a region of heaven ! y biiss , 1 i 3 temperance—spurn tie rich treasure no more ; Oh , thex * never was treasure so listing as this .
The miser uisy gloat on his ill-gotten hoard . The victor be proud of his laurel-wreath fame , Let but teaiperance reign round tl . e cottager ' s boaid And fee never need blush for his country or name . Oh , temperarce , Nature's best sift to the poor , Ssy thy Eun never darken , thy glory ne ' er fade , And -time's roiling hand bat engruf : ihee the more , See the hearts that now riot ia joy thou hast made . JOH . V A . LaWSO >\ SheSsld . Har , 1841-
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THE DRUNKARD'S GRAVE . ( FROM . FACl . i I knew him in life's morning , when his heart was light and gay , His future hopes were opening then in pleasure ' s brightened ray ; A father ' s pride , a mother ' s hope , beloved by every friend ; Could fortune ' s widest scope , more bounteous blessings send L lovEly . pure , and spoQess maid , to crown his earthly bliss , Became his bride , and life seem'd made one round of happiness . He quaffed of pleasure ' s brimming bewl , nor knew a boon to crave , Kcae ever dreamt his earthly goal would fee a drunkard ' s rrave .
I aw him lat £ , but , ah , how changed , the hsppy smile waa gone ; Prom j * ace , and love , and joy estranged , and haggard , paie , and wan ; The wretched crew that madly haunt the bloated tapster ' s ^ en , Wee now his only friends , and want and misery knew him then -, Els starving offspring wildly taunt his more than widow'd wife , For that she had no power to grant the sustenance of life ; Oh , had he shunned the tempter ' s snare , he had not lived a slave , And now we would not seek him where he fills a drunkard ' s grave i JOH . T A . LiWS 05 .
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THE FLEET PAPERS . London , Pavey , 47 , Holywett-sireet . Strand . Nos . 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 . For some -weeks pasi ve have made no allusion to we Fleet Pejwt . It does not fullow frcm hence w * t they have escaped our nonce , for we have pe-^ sed ; hem -vviih pleasure . Whether attacking Poor « w atrocities , exposing the hideous abominations f tie Factory System , or laying bare the flimsy *> phi « ries snd ecid-bicoded speculations of Acti-Cct& Law Leafuers , Mr . Oasller is eqn * Hy at home * ife bis poTferlul and eloquens pen . His sv-mpxthies » tth the labouring elassea generally and tie factory « nfl < iren , m as broad and deep as are tis antipa-• nies towards the grasping millocrat and the selfish testocrat .
Ko . IS , although an old one , we cannot paps over , * ° * it contains a most pathetic and tocchiag narrawe respecting poor Lieutenant Edwards , who died * . «« Fleet , and it is turned to a good purpose » toeb . will be beat explained by a perusal of it : — " You know , sir , that one reason why the accursed « € w Poor Law was enacted , was said to be because *« J * wr were devoid of natural affection . ' Never was i «<» der lie invented ; but it served the purpose of •«* e who planned the slavery of the people , and thns » 8 atb '« law was passed :
* ' 'The poor have no natural affection . »• Thns aver fj ** rich accusers . Bnt how of yourselves , Sir ? **^ cant Edwards was of an old and wealthy family : ™ father is sj dd to have possessed a very large estate w + k ^ v- ^ 6 f 1 i ^ fe it from one connected by marriage T « a > -inn , if justice had been doce him , would now ™* e tad a rent-roll of £ 15 , 000 a-year . His muther is * la niariisd , bat enjoys , as I am told , a jointure from
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Edwards' father , of £ 1 , 200 a-year ; kis brother is in ^ commission ia the axayj his sister ' s bnabaad i » a Colonel in Jamaica . Edwards was xod-son to King William , and , when a child , was « royal favourite ? but as died of neglect and want ia this prison , a cast-off , forsaken by his kindred , too proud to tell his tale , when the charity of his prison friends might have saved him . " About , three weeks before his death he was at church ; afterward * I walked with him in the raquetgronnd . He told me of the Sunday habits of "his Governor , * and Bpoke of formerdays ; they had been days of joy , and gaiety , and spleadour . lie told me . of hit trials , too , but not of his fcitreme penury and want
" I-urgedhim to intercourise " with his friends . He shook his head : he did not sigh , bnt he made the sign of sorrow , when be smothered it He pulled up his person and stretched himself , as proud men do when they will np $ moan . He said to me , that ' he thought it hard that aTJ the suffering should thus fall upon himselfl They should remember , ' he edd « d , I was only in my teens when they placed me in a very gay regiment I had plenty of money , g ? y companions , and a young head ! It is hardly fair to punish me in this way . But I am expecting the Bev . : — , who left the prison a few dayB ago , vr ill see my ' Governor , * and make all right' ¦ " I did not know that he whs in want Afterwards I did ; but , then , it was too late . ' Talk not of ' want of natural affection in the poor . ' There , Sir , there you have it in your own ' order , ' even unto death !
"Edwards was- a remarkably mild-tempered man ; but it setms that his spirit was too prond to bend to charity—his Mends too cruel to relieve him ; and so he died ! He 4 ied of want in prison ! " Trifling circumstances often become important after death . Edwards' celi looked on to the entrance to the prison . He once said to me , What a number of friends you , have ,. Me , Oastler , and how courteous you are to them . I have seen yon go nine times this morning with them to the gate . " ' You are a pretty feilow thuB to watch me ; I shall be taking you for a Government spj , if you watch me so , ' was my . joking reply . He added , * I generally sitj looking at the gate out of my window . ' I knew not , then , the pang that expression gave him . ' Ah . ' poor Edwards ; and there he has sat , day after day ,- week after wsek , month - after monti ? , looking for fie face of a friend , till hope expired , despair overwhelmed , and hunger murdered him ! But Edwards will no more sit looking out of that cell-window at the gite . hoping in vain to see a friend .
" Thank God ! kis last dsys were tranquil , soothed by the kindness of two brother prison friends , and a kind prisoner clergyman He rests in pe ^ ce ! " NrcVer shall I ferget my feelings , when one came to Bie , the day before h& died , to borrow uiy Prayer-book and my Bible ; Ms own -were pawned ! Shame on your oruer : Ti ; e god-son of a King , a British ¦ warrior ( for he told me he bid fcught in India in the Burmese wari , an English aristocrat , furceu to borrow your prisoner's Bible and Praysr-book , on "his death-bed , because his own were pawned ! Shasne , Sir , I say—eternal shame oa your order ! We will bear no more about ' the want of natural affection in our paupers . " " The statements put forth by the " Plague , " respeciiag ' the money pocketed by the landlords in consequence of the Corn Laws , are thus summarily refuted : —
" I have not thought it worth while to dwell on the ridiculous nonsense of ilr- Sydney Smith—the subject is much too serious to be dealt with in a light mood ; else it would have been easy to have laughed at the folly of the anti-Corn Law Leaguers , when they caught themselves in their own craftiness , and miscalculated the intellect of Englishmen , by hiring and paying such ' honest-lecturers' to persuade Englishmen that thise who ' Inve all the money " - ' are forced " to mortgage their estates !'•'—that' the aristocracy hav « robbed the country of £ 75 , 000 , 000 a year by ths C 6 r » Laws , ' when , ' in 1835 , the whole , cost of wheat was only £ 31 , 4 C . » , 009 , and , even ia 1 « 39 , £ 56 . 533 , 000 . ' '—that ' if the Corn
Laws were repeated , wages would rise '—that' Irish ] abonrers , whe only earn 5 d . or 6 d- a day for nine months , and tteo are the three remaining months beg-CHrs , are not worse eff than tbe Devonshire labourers , who can . earn 9 i- a weef—Temeniborinz , at tbe same time , thst' Ireland is the dearest country in the world !' —that ' millions upon niiL'k'ns of woollen pieces are rotting in the warehouses !'—that ' if the Cora Lswb w * re Tepe tied .. tb era would be no ceed for the women andcMldran to go iBto the factories . '—that ' the agricultural population is o : iTy one-fourth , compared 'with the manufacturicg population !'—tba * . ' Lancashire does not grow 1 , 000 quarters of griin : "' ic 4 e . "
The assertion about England Dot beiri ^ aa agricultural country , is deal ; with after tb . 6 following fashion : — " Sir , I believe not in ths dogma of the Free-Trade-Anti-Com-Law-Ltaguers , ' that GKid never designed that Eiigland should be an agricultural nation . ' I utterly reject the insane notion « f the same school , that England would cot be poorer-, it she did not grew one " grain of corn . ' I believe that England was designed for agriculture ; and I am fnre that she could not maintain her independence one day if she were to cease growing corn . Seeing , then , that my faith differs so widely from theirs , you cannot be surprised that my worlds should diffkr also . 1 know of no greater fallacy than to suppose that wisdom would dictate the neglect of agriculture . Manufacture and commerce are both Tery well in their places but the well-being of England depends upon ihe prosperity of her agriculture first , and then , as a consequence , her manufactures will prosper .
. " So long as we have a single acre of land uncultivated , and a single pair of hands unemployed , if we import" the corn which those hands and that land might have created , whatever price we give for that corn , " as a nation , we lose the whole amount It ia because our governors have for many years imbibed the doctrines of free trada , that our labourers are reduced to such an abject state of misery . Were three timea more labour employed in agricultural pursuits , instead of talking about importing corn , we should be an exporting nation—instead of mourning over a losing trade , wc should command a profitable one . It is the fallacy of free trade which has separated the labourers
from the aristocracy , aDd which has imbued the latter with th ' a unchristian notion that the labourers have no right to live upon and out of the soil ! Hence your accursed New Poor Law ! The system of free trade has already made large strides ; it has robbed labour to itsra ^ s ; i : has starv ed it £ 0 tbe bones ; it has , by law , disinherited it . '—it can do no more harm to the labourers—d « ath would be preferable to their life '—to them it has indeed done its very worst : —and you , the landlords , hnve aided the crael monster ! Now , it is your turn—it demands your rents , it envies you , arid covets yonr estates ! and , if you will not relent , and once more take the labourers by the hand , it must overcome ^—it "will destroy yon . "
Prorecnon . to the soil and labour forms the text of the 22 nd number . This description of the sort of commercial condition to which the free tradera tempt the country will be read with paiaful interest and carry some lamentable truths home to the bosoms of many " of our readers : — " There was a time ^—I am old euoujhto remember it —when an English merchant was a honest , honourable man , incapable of fraud . He was then too high-mintled to take advantage of the poverty aed ignorance of those wiih whosn he dealt >* ow , tbe case is quite reversed , and nothing is so common as to hear persons engaged in trade declare—* It is impossible to gain a livelihood , if we do-as we would be done by . '
" And who are the persons who have thus ehanged the character of our merchants ? Look over the list of your fret-traders , and at the very top yon will read their name : Judge then of their motives by their actions . It is they ¦ who , not content -with one branch of trade , osnrp the whole . They are like birds of prey hovering over the carcasses of ovlt reined manufacturers in every market . " They think it no dishonour to buy of sinking men as cheap as they can , knowing full well that they are thus robbing then * creditori , and are ' gTeedily gaining ef their neighbours by extortion , having forgotten
God and his commandment , to do unto others as we would they should do unto us ; ' entirely forgetting that ' He will smite his hand at their dishonest gain . " These men ewiploy their harpies to seek np those who are in difficulties , and , taking ad van lace of their necessities , they bny their ' stocks' at half their value . They then sell these stolen goods to the shopkeeper at a very low pr ice . , compared with their real value ; and thus they reduce the price of every article , and compel the respectable shopkeepers and manufacturers to lower their wages , until it is impossible to allow the artisans such remunerations for their excessive labour as will enable
them to live . The manufacturer is then driven to make deceptive goods;—hence tbe reason why jioic it is nest to inipoesible to buy any article , even down to a skein of silk or thread , which is not worth using . Nbst follows the bankruptcy of the shopkeepers . Many will read tLis letter , who from sad experience know that all this is true , but who did not before know that the freetraiie principle was tbe cause of it . " i remember once hearing , from the lips of one of the most respectable manufacturers in Yorkshire , the following anecdote , showing how these thieves commenced fheir operations some five and twenty years aeo . He to ? d me that he was then in London , when an acquaintance of his said , Mr . , you understind the quantity cf woollen goods , and can spare £ 5 , 000 put of your concern ; I will put £ 5 , 001 to yours , and , I will show you how to make money by wholesale' My informant asked his plan , and he was
answned— ' Yen shall go with Hie into the city tonight , and I will show 70 U how it is to be done . ' They went in the dark to one of the streets running from Cfoeapside— ( in those days the harpies were ashamed of their trade : now , they sin in the face of day , and boast of their prosperity in Parliament!)—they " entered a warehouse—there was the poor manufacturer with his bale of goods—my friend examined them , and declared that they were cheap at the invoice pr ice . The poor manufacturer was in distress—the bale of goods was worth £ 1 * 5;— £ 70 must be had next morning , or a prison would have been his home . The ' wholesale money-maker , " satisfied himself of the just charge . He took his pen , and wrote at the foot of the invoice , ' By fifty per cent discount for cash , £ 72 10 s . ' Then handing the document to the trembling manufacturer , be said , 'I dont want the £ , t o 3 s—¦ yen want the money—you can have tbe amount is tie morning—I shall give Fno > more . ' The result
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was , that the offer , of one-half-the viluaTVaJt taken ^ and these . goods were afterwards sold to the shops , and were shown to other manufacturers , in order to reduce tha prices of their goods . My Mend said , as he went away , 'Is this the way you wtjuld teach me to make money by wholesale ? I would rather take a pistol and turn highwayman j his business is honourable and gentlemanly , in comparison with such cowardice , meanness ,, and cold-blooded . cheating as I have seen to-night' I need not say that my informant resisted the Turing bait Tha other followed the unholy gain , got rich , and now calls himself an English merchant ! My friend , who told me this fact , was th « n worth at least £ *» , 0 » 0 i Honesty , industry , and capital were unable to stand against this free trade monsterhe lost all—took refuge ' in the Gazelle—and since then , a broken heart has loiged him in an untimely grave ? But the wholesale robber has bean in Parliament !"
Who can read sach recitals without deeply and sincerely trusting that the daf when England shall be made a manufacturing nation , subject to the tyranny and influence of the capitalists in the manner above described , may never , never come ? If it do oome , farewell to the hearty old English character , farewell to old England ' s green fields , farewell to all old English customs and feelings—and welcome to the dpplicity of the commercialists , welcome to smoky districts and dingy town ? , and welcome to all the vices , all the deteriorating influences of * ' trades' unfeeling train . "
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GLASGOW . — State op Trade . —The March or Misery amo . ng the Working Classes , tueijs DEVOTION TO ITEAnGUS O'COSNOR , AND THE TRIUMPHANT spirit of Chartism . —The stade of trade in Glasgow , at present , ia in a most deplorable condition , with very little prospect of its speedy Tevivai . Hundreds of all trades , but more particularly the hand-loom weavers , are out of employment , while thousands are only partially employed . The condition of the hand-leom weavers when out of work , may be more easily guessed than described , for even when in full employment , it may be said , literally speaking , that they are subjected to a system of slow murder and lingering starvation . Friday last , the 20 th of May , being term dav , or what is generally
termed flitting day , the whole city and snburbs appeared to be in one general muve ; never were so many removals witnessed at any former period . The awful amount of domestic misery t exhibited in our streets-at noonday , was truly appalling and heart-rending . The aged , the bedridden , the ' rick , and the dying were carried along from ono place to another , by their neighbours and relative ? , while virtnons and industrious females , Burround « d with their ragged and starying offspring , were seen with hanging heads , and in many instances ihe silent tears of misery rolling over their cheeks , drawing along the miserable remains of their former wellp lenished homes ; their drawers and well-furnished beds , which the Scotch lasses delight to display
when they get married ; their tables ; their good man ' s arm chairs ; and even their big family bibles , wherein were inserted the birth 3 and deaths of their relations ; all , all had vanished to satisfy the demands of their landlords , or their own immediate wants , and left only a miserable wreck behind . Manyroupa , or sales were announced , by greedy landlords , but nobody purchased the poor man's " furniture . One individual , a handioom weaver in Bridgcton , and one of the first individuals who joined the Chartist Association there , having hitherto siruggled against adverse circumstances , at last fell a sacrifice , like thousands before him ; he ^ ot in arreat-3 with his landlord ; . the sheriffs' officers paid him a visit , and commenced to sequester his household goods , while he and his wife viewed with mental agony their progress , until the officers arrived at the portrait of Fear ^ us O'Coanor . He oould stand it no longer ; and , in the language of remonstrance and despair , he
exclaimed , " For God a sake , m > n , take my all , and peace be with yon , but leave me the portrait of that persecuted patriot . " The hearts of sheriffs' officers , every one knows , are not made of the softest stuff ; however , in tliis instance , they relented , and granted the reqeest of their victim . This is no solitary instance of the devotion of the working olasses of Glasgow to O'Connor . No ; by them he is almost universally esteemed ; they know he is devoted to them , and that he is honest ; they despise his calumniators , and detest his enemies ; and they have shrewdness enough to perceive that he , like the Roman Genera ) , has crossed the Rubicon , and dared not return and desert them . The spirit of Chartism is triumphant , the public steam is rising up to the highest pressure at the approaching dissolution of Whiggery ; and , by the time of tho election , the Whigs may expect to meet a fifty thousand Chartist po-. ver to drive their election machinery .
CAK 1 ISLE . —State of Trade . —Never , we believe , in the recollection of the oldest inhabitant , has trade in general been in such a state of depression—all classes are feeling more or lesB the severe pressare of tbe times , and the middle classes are now beginning to feel an interest in the deplorable and wretched condition of thousands of their fellow-creatures , whom they have hitherto lookod upon as dissatisfied and disconsolate without a reason . The empty tills of the shopoorats are fa 3 t convincing them of the absolute necessity of a sweeping change . The cotton trade , in which some thousands are here engaged , is unprecedentedly duJ ] , and the masters say thry have little or no demand for tb « ir goods , and would almost as soon atop their
works altogether until things undergo a- change for the better . The hand-loom weavers , whose extreme privation has now become proverbial , are in a state of utter destitution , having little work , and an extreme low rate of wages . The cotton spinners have got notice of a most sweeping reduction , which will amount to from twenty to twenty-five per cent ., whieb , if they tubmit to , will make a difference in their weekly earnings of from seven to ten shillings per week . Nearly the whole of the masters have given notice of the above reduction , which is to take place a week hence . The workmen held a public meeting of their body , at the Turf Hotel , on Saturday evening last , when it was resolved that the masters hhould be waited upon , with a view to prevail upon them to make the reduction less
sweeping . We are afraid they will not succeed , for their employers are a set of overbearing and overreaching men , whom nothing cau satisfy but the most barefaced plunder . They are building and purchasing most costly mansions , rolling in splendid equipages , and buying up the land wherever it is to be sold ; yet they never cease exclaiming against the selfishness of the landed aristocracy , who are not half eo grasping as themselves . Such is the wretched condition to which they have brought their workpeople , that they are scarcely able to exist . Many have sold off all their furniture , and left iheir native country for America , leaving , ( in many cases , ) their wives and children to the tender mercy of tha administrators of the cursed New Poor Law .
HINT 3 U 3 V . —Cuv&ch Despotism . —It has long been a custom in Hindk'y to hold vestry meeting !* every Easter Monday , to choose a churchwarden , lay a church-rate , &o . Latterly the rate has become very obnoxious . In Io 40 the Ctiureh party were defeated by a show of hands ; they demanded a poll , and were defeated in tha : also , on which occasion Mr . Alfred Peoiugton strenuously opposed the rate . On the 12 th of April last a vestry meeting was held , on which occasion the Church party avowed their intention to forego the rate for the present year , and try the voluntary principle , and collected various sums of money from individuals , principally dissenters . This not answering their purpose , they posted a notice on the Chapel door , dated May 14 th , for a meeting to take place on the 17 th , to lay a churchrate , at whieh meeting they were defeated . They
caLed another meeting on the 24 th , and they wero defeated again ; they demanded a poll , which took place on the 26 th and 27 th , but tho strenuous oppoEer of the last year ' s rate suddenly turned round and supported the rate , and being a large millocrat , combined with the other two , to carry their point by all and every means in their power . Tfcey accordingly stopped their mills during the two days' poll , to force every hasd who could vete by intimidation aud otherwise . Tno most unblushing tyranny ever witnessed was practised toward the hands to force their vote for the rate . By these means they obtained a majority ; after which , they formed a procession , with a band of music and flags , headed hj the three despots , in which order they marched through the village , thus glorying in their own shame .
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Punishment op Death . —The bill for taking away the punishment of death in certain cases , as amended in committee , ha 9 been ordered by the House of Commons to be printed . It exempts from capital punishmeat the following offences ' . —Embezzlement by servant of Bank of England of note , btil , bond , &e ., belonging to the Company , or relating to lri ? h or other annuities transferred to the iBank j embezzlement by servant of South Sea Company of similar notes or bonds ; secretly using stamps or dies for deeds , or gold and silver plate
to defraud her majesty ; and the riotous demolition of churches . By the bill the firBt class of offences is to be punishable by transportation for life , or for a term not lees than seven yearg ^ or imprisonment for a period cot exceeding three years . For the last , riotous demolition of churches , the punishment is to be transportation for seven years , or imprisonment for three years . Rape , and another capital offence , are also exempted , and are to be punished by transportation for life . The act to commence and take effect on the 1 st of October . 1841 . ^
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JSihte * uo&vhd&ai have taken place among the Wftolfridnsonricts . A ? % ^ 9 » ^ k . ib is . engaged , . at the request of *«« ^ Mha , in painting fiis pottrait . , , it . RiBOD ^ ET arrived , at Portsniouth lately , with five giraffes ; which Ke caught himself young in Abyssinia . ¦ ¦ .. ' . ¦ - . ? ;¦ - ¦ ... : ¦ : ¦ . - . .. -.- . : : ¦ Bi ¦ . Th * ffdnover Gcutette announces the opening of »« r <^ t par * Of the tailroad from Berlin to Dresden , py winch th , e distance may be traversed in twelve hourB ., ' ' - ; " Thk EitpjSBOB op Russia distinguished the day of his son ' s marriage by discharging the debts of fortynva prisoners , which amounted' to 30 , 000 silver roubles . .. . .. . t , , . , . The Converted Jew Dbutz , who betrayed to th police the hiding place of the . Duob . ess de Berr ? , at Nante 3 , has committed suicide by throwing himself into the Seine . " . ; .- " .: " . '¦ ' ' . ' . ' ¦ •; V
A Letter from Italtsays— " Joseph Bonaparte , who has obtained permission to reside in Genoa , has hired a splendid palace , which many persons apprehend will become the rendezvous of all the adherents of the Bonaparte parly . " Nuw York . —The ship St . James , Sebox master , from New York , for . London , left on the 3 rd instant , passed tip the channel on Saturday , all well , having landed her mail and three passengers . Business wa ^ s gradually improving in America . ¦ . Thb- best tjndebstaiiding . exists between the numerous English and French workmen employed at the Rouen and Paris railroad . They have organised a kind of language which is * neither English nor French , but by means of which they are enabled to converse with each other .
His Belgian Majesty grants tho sum . of 4 , 000 francs a year to Mr . J . Linden , a Belgian ' botanist , ior the time which ho will employ in the scientific expedition . which he ,, intends to take iu the eQuinoxial regions of the new world , and especially in Columbia . T As Mr . Wombweix ' s menagerie was about to proceed to Uttoxeter , tho keepers discovered that one of the lionesses had produced four fine cubs , which is remarkable , as she had previously liiterod this year , five- on the 1 st of January , at Cauterbnry . Railways in Great Britain and Ireland . — From a paper very recently read before the Statistical Society , of the number and length of railways in Great Britain and Ireland , it appears there are seventy-one lines , forming a total length oi' 20 , 191 miles . Of these fifty-three are open , eighteen partially , and ten are not yet opened . ' . ' . " . '
Summer Circuits of . the Judgks . —Northern Lord Duiimau and J . Wightman . —Home : L . G . J . TiiK . ' al and J ,. Bpsanquet . —North Wales : Lord Abiuger . —South Wales : J . Erbkine . —Midland : 13 . Parke and B . Guraey . —Norfolk : B . Alderson and J . Williams . —( Jxforu : J . Coleridga and J . J . Cokman . —Western : —J . Manle and B . Rolfe . — Hume Jad ^ o at Chambers : Mx . Justice Patteson .. Duration of Parliaments . —The average duration of each of tho six Parliaments " 'which have been elected , from 1826 to 1837 inclusive , was not more than about two years and four months ( under two years and a half . ) The present Parliament , if Jitisolved , as is expected , in a week or two , will not have lasted foar years ; it has sat during four sessions , including the present one .
The Thunder-stokm which visited tho Metropolis , on Thursday evening week , extended over a large space in the surrounding country , and was even more violent at a distance . In the Forest of Berkshire , huge hailstones fell amidst terrific thunder aud lightning , and injured several mansions . Accounts of tho storm have been recoived also from Plymouth and Brighton . In the metropolis , William T ? jylor , a hair-dresser , was siruck speechless by a flash of lightning , while sitting at his shopdyor . Birmingham has been alarmed by a disastrous fire . It broke out ou Thursday , the 27 th ult , at a ooachbuilder ' a , where some men wore " ringing ' a carnage wheel with a red-hot iron tire . The stock of timber and the premises wero destroyed ; and several of tho adjacent buildings were injured . So alarming a fire , it is said , has never occurred in Birmingham except at the riots in 1791 and 1839 .
Dkath from Drowning . —An inquest was held on Friday , on tbe body of a young man who was drowned whilst bathing in the Serpentine river during the terrible storm of Thursday week . There were between 2 , 000 and 3 , 000 bathers then in the water and on the banks of the river , although a storm of thunder and lightning was raging with the tnoit appalling fury , and the rain was descending in torrents . It transpired , in the course of the inquiry , that the number of bathers in tho Serpentine at present averages , in the evening , 2 , 000 every quarter of an hour .
We have the painful intelligence to communicate of the total destruction by fire of Tetcott House , the property of Sir W . Molesworth , Baronet , on Friday afternoon last . The house , which was built about seven years since , cost upwards of £ 9 , 000 in its erection . A report was spread , ascribing the fire to be the work of an incendiary ; bat it has been ascertained to have been purely accidental , resulting from an accumulation of soot in a crack of the flue taking fire . The furniture and papers were saved . — WestoJ England Conservative .
Sandhurst . —The thunder-storm of Thursday was accompanied , in the vicinity of the Royal Military College at Sandhurst , by a violent fall of hail , which in a few minutes completely destroyed almost every pane of glass in the extensive front of the public buildings of tho college , along the whole fine facade of above 900 feet , as well as the front of the professors' houses , twenty-six in number , and the south face of the governor ' s house . We are sorry to learn that the damage thus sustained by the buildings of this national institution is estimated at above £ 800 . — London Paper .
Th . oies Office . ( Saturday . )——Mdrdehous Assault bv a Brothel Kkf . per . —Mary Johnson , a big Irishwoman , the keeper of an infamous house , at No . 25 , Vinegar-lane , Sun Tavern-fields , St . George's , was charged with attempting to murder an unfortunate girl , named Sarah Alaria Green , and breaking her head with a poker . It appeared in evidence that Green was a lodger in the prisoner ' s house , and , iu consequence of her haying given notice to quit five weeks ago , the prisoner had frequently abused her , and had made a threat that " she would do for her , and take 'her b— -y life . " Ou Thursday morning , the prisoner began drinking , and got herself into a state of furious excitement ; she abused the prosecutrix for some time , and said
she was determined to finish her before tha sun went down . The girl said she wanted to have no words with her , and the prisoner , after beating her , left home , and got more drink . She returned in a violent passion , and went into the room where Green was , and took up a black-handled knife , and made a thrust at the girl ' s breast with it . Another female , named Thodey , who was proBent , took the knife from her , and Green escaped from the prisoner ' s reach . In the evening , Greon and Thodey Were taking their tea in the same room , when the prisoner sent out Thodey on an errand ,, and , during her absence , she called to Green at the bottom of the stairs , and said she wanted her to come down and take a pinch of snuff with her . Green went down stairs , and had no sooner reached the prisoner ' s room door than she received a dreadful blow on tho head from a poker , which Johnson had concealed under her apron . The girl fell down , and she
received another blow on the bead , which rendered her insensible , and she did not recover for some time . When she came to her recolleotion she found herself bleeding profusely , arid the blood , to use her own words , " was gushing from her head like a fountain . " Thodey made her appearance at the window just as Green received the blow , aud called upon the prisoner to open tho street door , which she refused to do . Thodey broke the' windows , and attempted to force an entry , when the prisoner flung a knife at her , which stuck in her hand and cut it . When the prisoner was taken' into custody , she told the policeman that she had smashed the girl ' s head with a poker , and would do so again if she could get at her . Mr . Ballantine said he should send the case before a jury , and make the prisoner answer for the dreadful assault she had committed on the girl , , whom Bhe had attempted to deprive of life . He would hear the evidence of the surgeon on Monday , and then send the prisoner for trial .
Guildhall , London , Saturday . —Robbery and the Knife . —John Connor and Patrick Murphy , two of a gang of notorious thieves , who infest the neighbourhood of Smithfield , were charged with assaulting and stabbing George Colemau . — . The prosecutor stated that ho was a compositor by trade . and resided in the Borough . He was passing through Smitbfield with a friend , between 11 and 12 o ' clock on the previous evening , when they observed the two prisoners , in company with several others , deliberately rob a man , and divide the spoil amongst them . He gave information to the police of the robbery , but in the interim the person who had been robbed went away The two prisoners followed witness , and asked hito what ho meant by giving the information , and almost instantaneously he was surrounded by the whole gang , and knocked down . A woman , who was of
tbe party , struck him on the head , and Murphy drew a knife , and stabbed him in the thigh . The police came up at the moment , and the prisoners were taken into custody . Complainant ' s friend , who gave the name White , corroborated this evidence , and stated that the whole gang had behaved towards him in the must brutal manner . Police-oonstable Morris , 327 D , stated that the prisoners me' the most desperate of the gang , and it was with great difficulty he secured and took them to the station-house . He produced the knife , and the trousers of the prosecutor , which were saturated with blood . They were both well known , and had frequently been in custody upon charges of felony . The prisoners , who , during the whole investigation , behaved with the greatest levity , and denied the charge , were fully committed to Newgate for trial .
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The Ministry . — " Crushed Lumps . "—Since their last disastrous defeat on the question as to the reduction , of . the duties on sugar , Ministers have received fhesknificant cognomeu of " crashed lumps . ' ' The above facetious idea being communicated the othor day ; to a waggish young gentleman , be , very smartly rejoined , " Yes , and I understand the duties are very \ soon < o be taken off them . " . , , Alleged Muiujer . and Suicide . —Oa Saturday morning , a good deal of excitement was created in the neigHbqtriiood of Seal-street ! Betnnal Greenjby the commission of self-murder by a man named Freeman , during ^ e preceding night .,, It appears that for some time past Freeman had behaved with great brutality-towards bis wife , and some recent ill-&
uBuu ufuugub . uu prema » urc iayour , a , uu u ; umawj < T . as it is alleged , caused her death . His brutal can ' duct , towards-, his , wife was . well known to many persons in . the neighbourhood , and the circumstance of the iehih of Hip la , tter , being generally talked about , they reached the ears of the parish beadle , who felt it to bo his duty toJprward , them to the Coroner , and an inquest was . expected to beholden . The husband , fearing , as it is supposed , the consequences of tho inquiry , terminated his own existence by hanging himself ou Friday night , and was found quite 1 dead . . , . ; ¦ ,. - ¦ ¦ .. . .. :.. . ... Thb Packed Anti-Corn Law Meeting at Man-Chester . —The . Manchester Chronio / e of Saturday has the following short and pithy article relative to
the recent public meeting in Manchester to aunst Ministers in their fraudulent free-trade agitation : — " The Packed Meeting . —In the proceedings , at the Police Commissioners' meeting , our readers will find ample . continuation of the statements made as to the packed : meeUiJg of last week ,, With regard to the attendance pi" police in suoh formidable / Strength , we learn tbit : the Mayor certified Sir Charles Shaw that he apprehended a rjat I What ground , we ask , had the Mayor for this , outrageous insult : to ; th © inhabitants Tr-. Id he a fit person to entrust , with the command af the hail , it . he can trunip up such calumnies as theio to procure an excuse for shutting the public out 1 " . ,
A Haunted House . —^ n We dnesday afternoon , the ancient house of Bargarran , famous in the history of Scotch witchcraft , was struck with lightning . After striking the top of one of theventB , displacing the copo stones , and tearing up a portion of the roof , the electric ituid descended the chimney , and broke to p iques a Carron grate in one of the rooms . Mr . William Houston , a farmer , the occupant , * was sitting in this same apartment at the time , and was so much stunned . with the shook , that considerabic time elapsed before be recollected himself . After this damage , the subtlo fluid ran along a passage .
and appeared to have got communicated with thu same stairca . se along which the famous maid of J 3 argarran was represented as being carried by the invisible Maggy Lang , without touching : he steps . In this passage of the electricity one of the steps was broken . As was to be expected , Mr . Houston ' s family and the neighbourhood have been greatly alarmed , and as the superstition of their forefathers is not yet altogether eradicated from the minds of the peoplo of this district j a glimmering fear that the event is connected with older deeds has passed over more minds than eithor one or two in Erskino parish . —Glasgow Chronicle .
Alarmikg and Destructive Firr in Birmingham . —Birmingham , Friday , May 28 . —A most alarming mid disastrous- conflagration took place in this town last night . About five o'clock p . m . the inhabitants of Broad-street , one of the busiest thoroughfares and most manufacturing districts of tho town were suddenly disturbed in their avocations by a report that a fire had broken out upon the promises of Mr . W . 'Iliffe , an extensive coach-builder , tarrying on business in that locality . It appear ? , that about the hour above mentioned the workme > i iji . Mr . I'lffe's employ were engaged in a yard between the front . show-room and back workshop in ' ringing , " aa it is termed , or fixing the tiro of a carriage-wheel ,- and the fire at which tha tire was
heated being unusually high , communicated with a quantity of timber in a yard immediately adjoining , belonging to Mr . Bolton , a highly respectable and very extensive timber merchant . Seeing that the confined situation of Mr . Bolton ' s yard prevented the eificient working of the engines , it wus determined to destroy a long outer wall Sheen feet high , and every description of "battering-ram" was used tor this purpose . Unfortunately , after a protracted assault , the wall , contrary to expectation , fell outwardly , and several .. of the polico were severely injured . The damage done to dwelling-houses , factories , the timber-yard , and other property , is estimated at from £ 12 , 009 to £ 14 , 000 , the-greater part of which is insured , but many parties will be very heavy sufferers .
Learned Dogs . —A meeting of the Zoological Sooiety was lately held in Leicester-square , and a French gentleman , named Leonard , was introduced by Mr . Yarrell , with two dogs of the pointer breed , which he had trained so successfully that he could make thorn do almost anything they were bidden . M . Leonard proceeded to give some speoimens of the education of ins canine pupils . He holds that they have intelligence , reflection , memory , a : ; d comparison . One is called Philax , and the other Braque , and they performed such feats a 3 would make all the " learned pigs" of the universe " hide their diminished heads / ' A variety of things were placed
upon the floor , such as a glove , a handkerchief , &c . ; and the dogs , on being 6 howa a corresponding object , would bring it to their master , or take it to any part of the room they might be desired . The numerals from one to nine , were al ? . o placed on the floor , and having been shifted in any direction , the dogs would bring in their mouth any number mentioned . They would lie down in a passive and chagrined state , or bound about the room with every demonstration of joy , according to the bidding of their master ; and they would obey the commands of persons they had never seen before , provided they were addressed in the French language , aud received their master ' s permission .
The Metropolitan District in 1840 . —No less than 70 , 717 individuals were taken into custody last year , and according to the returns in the police sheet , there were—labourers generally , 18 , 105 ; artisans , 121 ; bakers , 141 ; bookbinders , 218 ; bricklayers , 908 ; brassfoundms , 287 ; brokers , 91 ; brushmakers , 146 ; butcher ? , 754 : buttomnakers , 10 ; carpenters , 1 , 523 ; clerks , 405 ; coach and cabmen , 1 , 310 ; coachmakew , 273 ; corkcuttsr 3 , 92 ; curri . rs , 151 ; cutlers , 159 ; drapers , 138 ; dyers , 220 ; engineers , 101 ; fishmongers , 202 ; French-polishers , 709 ; gardeners , 523 ; glasbmakers , 155 ; goldbeaters , 88 ; greengrocers , 85 ; grocers , 247 ; hairdressers , 142 ; hatters , 196 ; jewellers , 178 ; lawyers , 29 ; laundresses , 1 , 040 ; medical men , 72 ; milliners , 1 , 091 ; musicians , 69 ; painters , 1 , 111 { paper
staiuors , 431 ; pawnbrokers , 71 ; printers , 509 ; sailors , 1 , 681 ; sawyers , 24 G ; saddlers , &o ., 181 ; servants , 2 , 563 ; shopkeepers , 107 ; shoemakers , 1 , 967 ; smiths , 1 , 143 ; soldiers , 464 ; sweeps , 300 ; tailors , 2 , 043 ; tinkers and liumen , 418 ; toolmakers , 56 ; watchmakers , 203 ; watermen , 280 ; weavers , 740 ; and persons professing no distinct . trade or occupation , male and female as above , amounted to 25 , 220 . The above table also shows the degree of instruction of each person so taken into custody . Tho .-ie who could neither read nor write amounted to 23 938 ; those who could read only , or read and write imperfectly , were 37 , 551 ; those who oould read and write well , 8 , 121 ; and those of superior instruction , were 1 , 107 : thus showing , that in proportion to education , crime diminished .
¦ Ibb ' land . —Anotherawfdl Assassination . —This country is disgraced by another horrible murderanother inuff-nsivo gentleman has been sacrificed ; the blood of Mr . Hall is not dry in Ti p perary , when more innocent blood is shed iu Woxford . I regret to announce that Mr . Robert Butler Bryan , of Woxford , has been murdered . At five o ' clock , on Thursday evening , ho was riding in the woods which form part of his demesne , formerly the see lauds of the suppressed bishopric of Ferns , which he held in perpetuity under the Ecclesiastical Commissioners , when he was waylaid and brutally assassinated . He had but a few minutes previously parted from his steward , when that individual heard a shot iired , and saw his ( Mr . Bryan ' s ) horse running without his master . Suspecting that some
accident had happened to Mr . Bryan , ha went in search of him , and soon found his lifeless body , two balls having passed through it . Besides him lay the envelope of a letter addressed to him , but not containing any writing in the interior , which gives rise to the suspicion that thu person who perpetrated tho revolting deed was & stranger , and resorted to the stratagem of delivering , as it were , a letter to Mr . Bryan , to bo sure of his identity . Who was Mr . Bryan ? is a question naturally suggested by the melancholy event . Was ho -what agitators call a Tory and . anlOrangemaa I No , he was what they also call a Liberal in politics , connected with Mr . Evans , member of Parliament for the county of Dublin , Lord Talbot , and tho Putland family . He
was also one of the honorary secretaries of the Royal Dublin Society . What was his offence ] He found it necessary to dispossess two or three tenants who held leases under the late Bishop of Ferns , and refused to renew with them or surrender tha land they held . Ho was compelled in his own defence to bring ejectments against them and dispossess them . He was one of the best landlords in ' Ireland , the prop of hundreds of labourers , tbe benefactor of numerous families , expending , is he did , between , £ 50 and £ 60 a week in labour alone ; he wag amiable and inoffensive . His sole crime was to dispossess refractory tenants , and thus protect his - property .- *—^ -Correspondent in the Murninff Herald . . . .. ' ...:: ¦• - ¦• . ' ., . - ¦' /
Muudkr near Dublin . —On Wednesday , the 16 th ult ., at noon , Mr . Hall , a merchant of Dublin , was murdered in the vicinity of his own residence , near Borris-o ' -Kane . Mr . Hall is declared to have been of excellent private character , and very popular with the people oa account of his Liberal political principles . An excited state of the popular feeling * arising from a recent adoption of . ihe depopulating system by certain landlords in the distriot , has been tho only cause suggested for the crime . , Mr . Hall , however , is not alleged to have been in any way concerned with theae proceedings .
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New iNTBRPBETAtiQNS . -Treadmllr-A retired place for the " accommodatJoTT ' of those addicted to ^ ppropria ( 4 ien . j « M ^ y- ^ Th 6 ; life : | rf ; an ill-requited editor . Independence—A . strong determination to plaeeyorii'self wh ' erV'yott . ire hot wkxited . Tempest —Something which . comes , to marked people after the boneyDloon . Merif ^ Th ^ i / ^ which rsceiv . es nq praise . Grave— £ n ug £ r hole in the ground , which ioverj and poets' w . jsh ^ aiey were in , but take nacommon pains to keep put ' of . Modesty— A-. beaatifai flower that , flourishes ouly , in seere , t places . . Sensi bifiiff-TA quality , by which ^ possessor , in attempt * ing ta promote the happiness of other peopls , lostid his owu . "' -A ' Young-Man ofTjilent .-r&n impertinent scoundrel , wiio-thrusts jiimsdf forward : a writer of execrable poetry : a person without modesty , ' : a nbjay fellow ' : a spcecn-maker . Lawyer—A learned" gentleman who . rescuesyour estate from your enemy , and keeps jt himself . -. My Dear—An expression used by mau and wife afc the commeucer ment , of arquarrel ,,.. , " ; ... . ¦'• ,. ¦ : ' .. " .
Increasing Poweb . op the Chartists . —We never denied that toe Chartists had a perfect right to arm themselves , or that , under certain circumstances , they would not be justified—according to the theory of the . Constitutionmiri having recourse to physical force ; but wo always considered , and late experience has proved that we were correct , that so numerous and powerful a body could exercise » moral force sufficient to obtain adl . their just , demands . We suggested that the , Chartists should employ their money and mimerioal power in getting a Parliamentary influence . The press had . effectually served them , and two or three members sent into Si . Ster pheii's we were aware would have been worth one hundred useless demonstrations . They havo lately acted upon our advico—have not been idle at the hustings , and their ; exertions have already told in
Parliament . Upon- iue division the Sther uiftht for the liberation of the incarcerated Chartist ^ the Ministers had to borrow the vote of the Speaker to carry their paint , the numbers being even , notwithstanding that Mr . Attorney-General Pigott and Tom Wyse voted that political offenders should be treated as felons . The ; Whigs haye since liberated a number of their victims ; bat after such a division , and with professions of liberality upon their lips , will they keep a single Chanis-tin his dungeon ? No , no ; we cannot think so meanly of them as to . imagine them capable of such conduct . . They'have surpassed the Tories ; who never put a political offender upon the tread-mill , or obliged him to herd with felons ; and let them now not be ashamed to make some reparation , for practices so much at variance with their avowed prfneiples . —JJWtf .
Novel' Combat . —Most of those in the habit of visiting Pittville , are aware that tho staiu ' y pair of S w ' au 3 inhabiting the' lake , havercceiitiy cec-u blessed with ' a brood of cygnets . The ! care of the parent bird over the yoiin ^ . ones was" strikingly ck-iiapllfted osi 'Sunday last—a gentleman yiai ' iing tho . gardens with a large Newfoundland dog , the animal either in sport or with some evil . desighs againbi tho peace of tho infant brood , jumped into the . w ^ ter and began making his way towards . them . The old bird ^ , seeing the approach of such a , dangerous encaiy , proceeded to convey their family away from tho scene of action , the malo bird , however * with becoming ' gallautry ,
bringing up th « rear . Encouraged by this apparent flight , the dog mended his pace , till tha old swan , seriously alarmed for the safety of his mate and infant progeny , faced about , and by one ! dexterous manoeuvre , sprang from tho water and perched himself on his assailant ' s back , coinplotcly sluki-. ig hini , till the . deg seeing nothing else for it but flight , dived to a considerable distance , and on regaining the surface made the best of hi . -j way to the bank , and across tho hedg « home , regardless of the whistle of his master . Satisfied , with tho success of hia prowess—the beautiful bird arched his neck , and sailed majestically to where his convoy had retreated . Cliellcnham Examiner . ¦ '
The Buixeted Sjjullof an Old Soldier . — We have just inspected a skull , having no less than eight or nine swau- shot , or their remains , imbedded in the forepart of tho heajd . But the most singular feature which this curiosity presents is , that in the internal part , forming the concave of the apex , and far from being opposite to the external bullets , are portions of projecting motal , apparently lead , favouring the presumption that-they are shot of some dimensions , which have , been received externally at the same time . 'The ' skull was dug up by the . scxtoa in Tarporley chufchyai'cf , during the progress , iof excavation , about sixvveeksago . The probability is , that the person to whomibisfelic ofantiqu ity belonged wa 3 a volunteer , from Tarporley , aud vvas engaged
during the siege of Beeston Castle , in the reign of Charles I ., about the . ' middle of the I 7 th century . That so many largo shot should have been found in a skull is not matter of so great surprise ; bui that the individual who received them should have lived so many years afterwards , ( as is demonstrated by all the sutures of the head being nearly obliterated , ) is singularly wonderful to the anatomist , as well , as to the ordinary observer . Accurate drawings have been made by Mr . ' Musgraye , a native artist , beautifully representing a side , as well as a front view , ' of the subject of this , paragraph . We hope the above rarity will bo deposited in epme museum , for the purpose of preservation . May we name the Chester Water Tovyer , as » the nearest . in this locality t- — Chester Chronicle . .
Sudden Death of an Officer-in the Guards . —On Monday afternoon an inquest was held at the Burlington Arms , Old Burlingcon-street , on view , of the bodyof John Bolton , Esq ., aged 32 , a major in the 7 th dragoon guards . It appeared from the evidence , that about six o ' clock ou Friday evening last , deceased engaged a- room at the Bnrlington Hotel , where he and several of his friends were well known . Deceased went out to . the club ( r . ho United Service , ) to diuner , aud returned to the Burlington Hotel about eleven at night , when he immediately retired to rest , desiring not to be called in the morning , as he would ring the bell when he wanted any attendance . The chambermaid not knowing this , but conceiving by the door being unlocked that the
deceased had quitted his room , went in about eleven in the morning to make his bed , but immediately left theroom again , seeing that deceased was still iu bed , aud , as sho believed , fast asleep . She went up again about three in tho afternoon , and finding deceased in the same state , she called the waiter , who instantly ascertained that deceased was dead . Medical aid wa 3 procured , and the surgeon said that death had taken place many hours previously . It had been caused by pressure of blood on the brain . The jury , being fully satisfied upon this point , returned a verdict that deceased " Died by the visitation of God . " The inquest-room was crowded with the brother officers of deceased , by whom he waa highly esteemed and-respected .
Double Suicide eps Love—We some time since gave an account of tho murder and suicide of a y oung man and a Spanish : girl , of whom he had become enamoured . It was said that he had entered her room and killed her with a pistol , and afterwards Bhot himself , but this proves not to have been correct . The father of tho young man , whose name was Henry Cocural d'Arcy , has written to the journals to state that no murder had been committed by his son . That . the deaths of both parties was the work of their own hands ,. agreeable to an arrangement , in order that , as they could not be united in this world , they would not be . separated . The following is the letter written by the young man . to his father , just before committing the fatal deed : —
" Paris , April 9 , 1841 .- ^ Forgive me , my good father , the grief which "the receipt of this letter wilj give you . The love , or rather the sentiment of frenzy , which I feel for a young Spaniard named Soleda Quesada ; the jealousy , the fear of seeing her in $ he arms of another , are the causes which prompt us to commit the act which we are about to do . Judge of my feelings for her , when I tell you , that I , only yesterday escaped aghtiDg a duel for her with a rival . The reading of this letter will be so painful to you , that I wish to abridge it as much as possible . I have-a few debts , of which I give you a list below . I set out with Soleda for probably a better world , and where we Bhall live for each other . What a happiness . We die by each other's hand . Adieu .
my good father , pardon me once more , "—This . letter was put into the post about an hour before the act was committed , and was written with a steady hand . Napier and the Electors of Marylb-bonb ; . — An attempt is nowbein ^ made by the ministerial party to return Poor Law Napier for the borough of Marylebone , and , for this purpose , they are engaging all the pot-house saloons , both in and around the said borough , iu order , that he may " address the electors , &c , " and solicit their . support . On Thursday , the 20 in inst ., he commenced bis campaign by " addressing " (!) the electors , &c ., of Morylebone at the Yorkshire Stingo , New-road ; the " gallant admiral" was received with the most terrific-yells of disapprobationbeing defeated by the middle
, class electors themselves . Napier and his party betook themselves < o tho forlorn hope of soliciting the " suffrages " of those very " ignorant , " " unwashedj" and unenfranchised labourers , &c , they bad hitherto endeavoured tb avoid coming in contact with , and for this purpose they announced * , public meeting to take place in the saloon ' of the King and Queen Tavern , Pa ' d . dib / toa Green , on the following Monday , at 7 , p . jif . ; in tho meantime the ' -friendsof the Tory party . ( Mr . Youpg ; &c . , 'who promises to aid in repealing the atrocious ' Poor Laws , liberating the- Chartist victims , aud' ^ extendtag the-Suffrage . &c , &c . ) '' billed the . town ,- " with superior printed placards ' : 'telling' \ M ^ electors of Mary'lebone , &o .,
that they wished for a continuation of the damnable castile system , to give Admiral Napiertheir greatest Support . Wednesday ; the 26 th , another meetmgjwas held in Paddington , ( Royal Oak , Pickering Terrace , Westbourne ~ Road , ) at tne ' p ame time as the former , viz ., 7 o ' clock . The Admiral said he would support the present Poor Laws to the utmost extent of his power , —( disapprobation)—as they were just and equal—( renewed disapprobation ) •—and althoogh he had been absent four years , and was not personally acquainted (?) with one man in that borough , he knew the people of Marylebone were delighted with them S This assertion , of oonrae , met . with a perfectyell of" No's , "hearing which , the Admiral said , WelL I only heard of it . "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 5, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct552/page/3/
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