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SOXGS FOB THE MILLIONS . No . IL J > . song for tlie dnngeon'd patriot , let myriad Toices j-in ; It hath not birth , in idle mirth , nor the maddening fames of -sine ; It emanates from sympathy , to soothe tiie kindred soul , Aad detii rejoice , in freedom ' s voice , "Which kno'Weth no c-ntronl ; It speaks in admiration of the fearless and the brave , The 3 . itiarer ' 3 lies , it doth despise , and the cringing courtier knave ; ^ ad -whfire is he so base of heart that would not syren the fctrain , flat would not knd his voice to rend the hated tyrant " * chain . ' A . , honour to the patriot he shall for ever be Tee terror of th « tyrant , and the champion of the free .
B ; 3 asrnea , behold that misfctyrcica , xrithis a dungeon's gloom , ¦ fl-fcidi well may claim the horrid name of 3 loathsome living ton : b ; Xrec " . te stasis , and free : 3 heart , though manacled in limb , Sis sz ' -dI disdains tae tyrant ' s chain 3 , they cannot coxq-mT him ; Be quai' . eth not , -with co ^ rd feai , he urtereth not a gToin ; ThD' pussn'd air , and prison far-, Lavs -worn Lim to the bane . He crieTcth cot thst tyrasDy his body hath confined—His ffiiDd is fa-Oiht with , one great th .-ugiit—the £ rsegoth of niaiiSind . ATI hon' ^ T ; o the patriot , he sLil l for ever be !> := terror of the tyrant tmi : Le chsmjioa ef the
Tie tyrm : in the pcliee hal : kz' -u . si :-I with savr . gs By chin ' sec-r'd , in stose iainiiir ' . ' ., the patriot will die . That cdiocs shontfor liberty -rill irora rls Issd aepr-rt , I ' --- 11 . a cae ' -i , £ y wrongs rn—c'd , vv ; i , bum his ir-ghry h . art ; Aid thus tbe Seniish soul exrJts - < vith its -wonted thirst for blood , O « ali the -woes , trbicij frec-IonTs ices , have teap'd udch tha go ^ J ; B-t Iet * h : 3 not forget the s ^ rcrd , sospendc-3 by a ihrea < i , T > "hich "tre me tola , in dsys 01 old , huaf o ' er 2 . despot ' s ~ kes . c . AL hji ^ s- to tLe pstr :-: t , he > ha * J for ever be ji-i -i— -or of the tvjc ^; t , £ . nd ' . hs wiii ^ w uf the f * r £ . Vi xirdcni that are grc-i ^ ing no-sr Ixne ^ th oppression's Tcie , Bf orrsi- ' 5 tear 3 , and -mint's prayers , : he aid ef God i ^ Toie , p >; id -srith an carces : z ; il , a =-i strive by every moral c-jira Ij rid * the land from slavery ' s br ^ nd , -which over it c : th lour ; Ihiii on the hononr ' u patriot , hot spurring for yonr ^ fcS , And 1 ., iy prove 7-. i it ; l * . hr 1-Te vrhich sympathy Tni " - be firm , tbit d ^ s of dci ^ h iha ; l soon disgorg-e i-i tT-jJTs socn " sh ^ a see the pitr :: t free—thrice happy = g > oriC' 3 s nzj ' . A ' . l hc- ; nr :., "he rr . trot , he ; ii ! i f : r -ver be Ice UTTOT of the rrrast , and : bc charapion of the
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A 3 BSSSS TO THE COMMONS HOrSE coKsr ? iio >* . Te inmatis 0 ' corrsptiori ' s -sv ;' s . "Wha rr-ik and EtEd stir ^ aticr ; : a"vrs , £ -: oinsa he * i : he p < -. or - . asn ' s ca- ; e , >" ^ r ytt his pnyers , I Eean to tell y * . clause V . y clause , What needs repairs . I am a poor bet honest xaan . A mciiibcr o * the swinish clan ; But tho I ' ve DKthti tt-iiic ror Jan ' , 1 bar a rl ^ b : To seii siy ^ ir , tho' jrn shoa'd ban , "We a" year misht ; For prayer , ye dinna nEaersiiad it , 5 j I ZZZ . ua jXLil i £ juie 3 K 3-j it , As J 5 te a ' rc 5 ct :-ces itran ^ . I ; That ' s for E ; good , ' And ilka year some ither : uaz : date , To sake my blcoJ . I ' m Adam ' s son , as Tree ! as yon , A ^ d , tiio" my iaiin Tirorda are feir , I understand * ' ¦»? Heiv ^ zi ' s lis-w Is sent to EO-irish ES herb , ard plant , and s ' mp , nzl cov , Mailed 10 cherish .
TLea why shoa'd I pe starrrd = r > -: tern 17 i toil an" hunger , nirht an' morn . And fj- c'a , ty tyiaufo ta ^ iita an' scDm , liie Job to t ^ ts , Ani curse the rr , y that I vris lem To be a Eiata ' : The sr ? at Crer . tcr h ; -th c-rrbir / 3 The Eta arid ' and , the s ^ n and \ riu'l , Aad mm , -with . -cQ ^ er to 'UEderstai . d , The grar . d design Was t :- nai : e in e : > cLl ! bird , All A dai ^ s li ne . Then -why sfceu'd ccsuncrcs be restrain'd By -sficie-1 laws , by you inaintavn'd , While Uiilliona o' race are pain'd , For -wart o" f . > ci , And distint lan-s , so sadlj stain'd , VTV ha-ji ^ - . i bio > d ?
To serve a haushty y-iaper'd f e ^ , A -worthless , selash . idle cre-sr , Wha never sweat in back ncr brjo , But B-bei they dire—Wha haufi na ith £ r : hiscs in Y . ew Eat - * "iivr ' -5 snu yrhn . The people's Tolce ye "winia h > &r , TLo' sr . ppiicatfcc , year by year , Te only liugh , an' taaa : an' suesr At s' their prayer ? ; Bat nerer try itzi ? h ? nie 9 to cheer , Or eise their C £ rt 3-'Nou ' , 1 mien tell yon whit I -want , B" . 1 : 0 thrviufh supplication ' s csJit—I neither worship Send nor saunt , Wha starre the p ; -jr—I only tell , by of-h ^ d rent , What 1 am for .
iv is that erery son o' man , list ' s r « c ' n " t the yer . rs 0 ' t ^ enty-ane ; Tta : a fr = e from crlmt and ao irsaae , Da ha * 3 vote la choosing men that lavrs cot'd plan , To mend my lot . That ' s -srhat ye canna -we'el refuse , B < - onj carefae'd saam excuse , Lit * poor f « iis no be-ja fit to use Their sense an' sight , Whan you see thousands sae abase
Their ten pound right . It ' s so the coat that rnnks lbs ison—Its eo the ( ash , the hou-r , nor Ian 'la hie that has a -weli-filiea pan , Aid hoiuit haart ; Bet than that ' s fi > ols , by nature ' s plan , Ayeifant a par ^ The n ? xt clause manna be r * jeciit ; 3 -want to bae the tow respeckit , ^ i " no to bribes an' lairds subjeckit , As Totea tie been ,
The Ballot woii'd frae thieTes protfcekit , An' robbers teen . That ' s -what youT surely ne ' er deny , Or else 1 ii tri ) ihe rezscn -vrhy ; It * just because your fear'd to try Ei-rctions fair ; Te ken the Bunt wid heave ye high Vp in toe air . 1 has no * time to sit and pause , &i 1 E 3 iin bring anitber clause ; Its what yonr honours gravely as 'Qualification , ^ RTiieh gi ' e 3 the right to m = re Jsct-davs , To £ 11 your staticje . Its Eurty near the t ^ d o" time , Asa nature ' s centr e s puit btr prime , Whes brains are made 0 ' stire an' lime , An' lumps 0 ' Land , An' nare but biuckheads , black vri' crinie , Fit to command . '
This E&an be tlisr'd -sri the Istb , Or else the wheel vill -srant the nave , Aiid every man rtniain a sl ^ ve , Wha' has nae land , Compeii'd to crouch to foci or knare , At their command . pe rest . If I caa find expressions , To h : n : it tajf 0 ' your transgressions , J-acc b = the ccnibtr o' your sessions ; Ius base and rods To insi ; i ^ j , ^ SfcTea jears digressions Frse a' ihat's good .
i year ' s en onto fee a serran 'ips somttinies mair \ Lzxi h = ' s deservau '; -But if yon ner = T ± nd him rwerTen _ . _ Frae rifht to -svrang—^ Kin agree , you may rtscrre ' em Again as lang . Y * ter men ' s iattali'd for seven year , ^ JJ' t-ns that Citthiug can iLein tteer , 1 J to ^ n ge : croii&a aa' something < ia ©« r _ In thtir opinions ; — ' « b « i ccrruptiou dra-ws them Eear , To be its minions .
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I ' m nigh hand tir'd 0 ' pieken craws , So nou' I'll bring the hinmost clauss—I want to keep a" cracks an' flaws ' Oat 0 ' ear Charter ; And then I think that freedom's cause Will mora the smarter . It is that Members shou'd be paid ; Its right that men shou'd get their bread , For -erark that ' s done by hand or head , Whate-rer station—The ditcher , or the honour'd trade O legislation . Its but a silly -weak pretence , To say that its te S 3 ve expecce , Wfcan ilka year lost pounds for pence , To ru ] e th = natioa , By -what it wouM , if msn o' sense Were in your station .
Its just anitber thievish plan , To keep out every honest man That ' s no connecket -wi' your ciau By land or riches . Te ksa a poor man never can Serve without wages . An honest mau that ' s only paid Does a" he can to keep his bread ; Ha trrs to rlan-wi' ban I an" head , To mak' good wart ; But them that try the tbieven trade Work best i th dark . Xou \ I baa tell'd ye plump an fair , The nak'd truth , an" ncc thing uuir ; So if ye've any time to spare Prae miken ia ^ rs , I hope ye'l si ' an equril shard To ilka clause .
I really thlui . its -worth ? o-qt piins , To steep your mariuficturM br . iiu ' s ; An' free our land frae ga'Iiiig chains By frfetitloni ' s Ci ^ irter ; If ocy judgment yet rt-maias About your qmrter ; F .-t I can tell ye , for yourti * " /; , Auld nature ' s in a surly n .-oJ , If you persist in suckt-n K . ; j 3 , Liko hungry ; , uts , Sh'el send destruction , like a 3- > od , About your ) ug 3 . Peter "Williamson . Sin . ^ airtofni , hy Kirkaldy , . FcbTTiarv 1 . IS 11 .
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LESS-JNS ON WORDS A'SD sj EJECTS ; OTi A FIHST PEE ? FO-. l CHILDREN . AiTan ^ cd f-j the purip-eaf O ' -. j ^ -. Teaohini ; . For thp use of Priva : c Families or School . By John Ellis Le :-ds : ii > b > O : i . . ' uan .-hc- ^ icr : Keywaoil . Lontlou : J . Clsave . IL-il . Y . ' eliava ssldom me : vrith a bo : > k m-re calcu ^ a ^ J tactiivey useiul k : iviWir'i ^ e iii the eariy suijrs jf i-iv ui . ~ elopjier . ti of llie u . i : d , than the uiipre ^ nji : j ^ iiLilevr-jrii uwfore u = s . It is . izdveu , inu \ nm i'i p : i ro ; aad cins . o : fail , w' ; c 3 ; 3 cre geEoraily k :: ^ vu , u become esiensive ' y LmploytJ in the buahivsa oi tuitior ,.
J : ccirmttnees wiiL t ' as Ie : tor 5 of the alphabet , each cf which h descrlLi .- as 10 in picu' ^ r tWai , ihu < a ; cna : zAch : v . % i ' : w -. jr . s by which iiieas ar ? cvpres 5- ? d , : nd p ] ic : n ^ " ' cf ^ re the child many of the forms which matter nuy 5 emui 3 to assume . This is foiljvved by les-yiis oa nuiaerai ^ , ^ rraui ; ed in ^ u ; h a manner ai to ^ , . ~ c : ' zb L-aj-iiur a correcc no : ion of the relaiire value of ezcli z ? cciupired wiih anothor . a-d kisoTi ? of e ^ . sj 5 entc :. ce ? , lv wl . ivh the firii ihossb ' . s of inVatcy rjay b . i v : ;; . re 5 seJ . Then fulio ' iV lessons on various ? u jects ^ iijiuJiufc laeiaU , liquids , i-iJ ipicos , -svhicb may be iiiide u .-e of for the do -blj purr > o ? e c-f i : n- r- _ » veiD >? n : " > . le ^ rni ^ i ; to read ,
aad as exercises u . r the m-. ' :,: ? l faru ; t . c ? , Micuijh ihela ' . rer = ; cms to t _ ihcir ie ^ . utr . v . e srt ; the teacher aikii ; ^ que .= tio ^ 3 fr-. m ihe less ^ ii ? , uu- ; l plarwii ; the -. rariouj oi . jic : s referred to btj ' ore the fupil , eucou-! rs . s'i- ^ him to inspect them , a . j-j to a ^ k freely ques' tioas concerning tL-. ir na : ur' .- aad qualities ; tho I in = tni :-: Dr at ihe same timo , ^ ivic ^ hia ; every eacou-! n ^ -ement to cxpret . - his own ideas cor . cerning each ¦ object freely , and Triir ' -u : reserve . Three writing lesson ? ar = su l-joined . wiiicatend inaterially to increase . ; he u' . i . uy of the T ,-ork . We ' .. o _ -o all p-re-uts wi ! I avail th » KH ( lvc-5 of this a- 'Juv ! . 1 : ' ! - ¦ aid t 3 the labours of education .
• • A . VARRATiYE OF THE EXPERIENCE AND ' SUFFERINGS OF WILLIAM DuDD , A ¦ FAi . TOKY CRIPPLE , w .: ; en by himself , s ^ iv . ij }; an account of the hardships and sufferiuics : he ciiduTed in ea ^ -ly lii ' e . 6 cb .. . S . C . Second edilion . ; L" ) r . a-jn : L . 31 . J G . Snt-lly , lGfl , Fleet-.-tree : ; aud : Ha : chard and Son , i 87 , Piccidiily , 1 U 41 . ( Second ; eo ; : m . ) ; We nnks r . o apology for canine the attent on of : out re ^ cets a second time to this tfSiotmg ana heart-1 reiiui : ^ narrative of ;" ac hellish Uciry sysiem . Its , ' statements cannoi be 100 esteuiivtly known , and we : trus : ail n-bo hsve th- ; pj-srer wiii 'wiiiiD ^ ' ;} ' aid m giriu ^ 1 ; a wid-a aud exicnswe circulation through the country . T . iis edition ia much enlarged , and i contaiD ? statements which ca'i =-3 us to blush for our de-: eh ~ T : re country . Dodd's Look tccrr . a with the
in ; -5 i inipornui matter , and is of ihe most thrilling iuterei ^ . Who can r ^ -ad tho riiapls bur aff = eting dex ^ il of his efforts to obtaiu iDstruaiion , and not fee ! that such an intellect was not designed to be crammed in the hell-hoies to which froa early childhood its posjfesior was ihe doomed victim . All , however , in lids black book is no ; of iinpieaBing character ; we Icok upon ihe aid offered him by eniplovtTS m his endeavour to improve himself as a brignt ' spct on the dsrs picture , and the treatment he received from the society of Odd Fellows is so crediiabli to tnat extensive b-jdy ci' working nu-n , t : ; a : We cirinu * withhold it from the notice of tlie vvb : ' : c . T :. 8 zoble sp : ri : of humzu ' : ' . j which operx-d ibis lodge and their hearts to ths poor factory cripple , is beyond any praise which is in our power :-j vf j . uf ibis fraternity William Dadd thus WTil'sa : —
" Thinking I ml ^ iii sUn d assistance at seme future ptriod of my life , as 1 bad all along bpen obUgtl to prop my&ilf up , and was evidently working above ikj s-TcDgtb , I joined the Society of Odd Fellows ; -rc"ir ' ch is i . L j best of this description tbst , I sin scqua : z ; cd-a-itb ; but it is not without its f ^ ui ^ s . In this ScKriety I was t ; an put into office ; an-i , having an £ . ; tiva a'Ju y-trafcTerir . g mind , I put myself forward , a . u-1 vrxs eltcicd as th * Secretary of the Ivxlge to which I b-r ^ jrjjed . On tbzi occasion , I well remember , I had to n . j ' . ' . rtss , for the first time in my life , a large body of in en . I feit ra ' -her timid ; but having practiced in mv room for a full honr , I delivered my maiden spsech , which still remains fixed on my memory , as folios : —
' ' Mr . Chairman and Gentlemen , —I now stand before yon as a caniVu ' ate for the important office » f Secretary—an office wbicb , I am well aware , requires no- onij' talent and abilities , bat also gTeat care and attention—bear , bear ,, —and altiion ^ h I can say cutting in favour of my humble abilitiea , having rtCeiVtfd no other education than what I hare been able to scrape together after my day ' s work was done , stiH I trust that the interest I feel for the good and ¦ welfare of this SscieSy , -will stimulate ine to nse every exer . ion in my power in the discbarge of the several duties of this office , should I be thought -worthy of Loloin ;; it . As I am convinced tint you ¦ srill act iu this , as in all otier matters , so ) e ) j for the good of tie Society , bo I cui assure you , that I shall be eatuded - wi'Ji your decision , -whether it be foi 01 against
. " Ihere were five candidates for the 6 ffice ; and this was the stats of the poll , as taken from the niinutebooi : — TVilliam Dodd C 4 W \ S 4 J . D 4 J . B ti J . M 4 & 0 ;< The other candidates tbongnt I should have the lead , but each expressed a wiah to be second . Tee
result proved they were all second . These four mem-1 bers were tradesmen ' s sons , who had received a good ' ednc-tion—I , a factory cripple , "who had never cost my parents a shiiiing foT my learning . I waa elected a ! second tiiaa to this office , and had , in twelve months , ! about jSsoo of the Society ' s money through my fingers . I I th . n received a vote of thanis , and waa elected to a : higher office . In the year 1835 , 1 was elected to reprei sent the district , a body of seven hundred men , in the ; annual meeting of the Society held that year at Derby ,-• and in 183 0 I was again thought worthy of a seat in ' that iiEDortant meeting held in JLondon . "
We have already exceeded our limits , bnt the ; foY . b'xing afiords such a striking proof of the immo-¦ raliry engendered by the accursed system , that know-; ing that our piper circulates widely in many parts i of xbe country -where the details of factory life are ' , aimos ; unknown , we subjoin it , and with it close our notice of this interesting pamphlet . ' " " Rbile I was in the public line in iondon , I had i t * deal with-all BorU of people , from the lowest to the : highest . I heard a '; l sorts of coarse brutal expressions ; ¦ bat in all that time , I never heard anything more . vnirar , bracal . or wicked , than I was accustomed to
: hear from the mafiter-wanufactnrers , in my younger : dayg—from rne . 0 too who had received a liberal educa' . tiers , and who -were called to fill the highest efSces in j the town , and who , from their superior station in life , o'Jrht to have set an example -srorthy of imitating I The men eagerly followed the example set them by the ' masters , and crirsing , swearing , and low language , ; became the order of the day . Respecting the moral conduct uf tha young , I can say but little ; any one I iuav think for himself -what ^ srill be the result of one bridred yDung p £ O >) e . of both stxes , -working together ¦ under such circumstance ? , going togtther in the morni iDg , associating -with each athcr through the day , and
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returning again in the evening , -with no moral restraint upon their action , no pattern shewn them worthy of imitating ; ami -where acU of gross indecency , low , vulgar , brutal language , singiug immoral songs , swearing , 4 c ., are not only tolerated , but , in many instances , actually countenanced and encouraged . A person brought up from iufaccy to maturity in such a school , and who can then retire with clean hands , or a ciesir conscience , must possess something more in his composition than human nature can boast of— must beauch an one as I never yet met with , snch an one as I am sure does not exist . * * Tho scenes which I have -witnessed , and it is with sorrow I say have in seme instances been participator in , are of snch a nature , aa to bo improper to lay before the public eye .
A MANUAL OF POLITICS . Br William Thosiaso . n , Alexandria , Vale of Leven . Glasgow W . and W . Miller , 00 , Bcil-stieet . 1841 . This is a sensible little book , containing plain truths ior plain men . la the first chapter , " On human rights , " there is some ckar and forcible reasoning , couched iu language which cannot b © misundorstond . The rights of man , both natural and acquired , are placed in a clear and conviKcin ^ poiat of view . ChaDte-s 2 and 3 treat of the various
points of the Charter , aiid set forth the just c ' aims 0 ! the people , wtJl sustained by s reference to andont u .-e ana practice . The last chapter is on miscellaneoa- matters , iutroducim ; the Cnnrch , the national expe . id . turo , <; u ^ c ^ tiou , and religion , allot'which are hiii'iled iu a char a :. d c ^ uvii . oin ^ manner . Th :: wprk , ihou-h JtDall , is oalculared 10 Jo much £ Ooc ! . v >' e cx-ruct the rerjaiks as to the m ^ ans of g < - ' ^ ;!; fi n ; s Charter , and also uics-i on ihe use to ba made oi P- ' . v-t vriien ob ' . iiuwd by uij people . On the i'jrmi-r tn '; j c : iL-i . - writer says
" 1 our c . ^ i ' . iis api ^ ar qni' . e just ; how do you inund 10 carry iL-win out ? F-Itsi , we ictwul in tba first instance to d ; 5 o ! ai :: i anything like VVriiicc , ami pottPtiu ! ly , lea . » i . ' y , yet rcsoJuteiy , to urge out X ' quest upon ihe L ij 2 sJ . iiure . Vi ' e . 'irs en . liavourin ^ to tpiciidanuinu ; vur own order useful kiiJ . vle . l ^ ' -j , a .:: 1 t ^ givd to rhe rislss ; nxe au edu ; a * . i .. n w ^ lch M-ill :. cr . iair . t tbcia with tlu-ir rights anil'lutics as c : t zs- ; . s . axar-. ' that lir' . biSs of ititt !! ipsrii : ce huve ' ! u " d mucii tov , ; - . rui our na ' . ioral di . b-iitment , Wri ari labouring to c ^' . ivaie habils ol s-. * rk-ty . Culiv ' . ucud tiut a Ijcuj . ^ 'j cu . i only Cuismian ^ Tca ^ tc * . by btcmiing virtuvus umi r . itci . iiit'iit , we ar-. ; -rying to circul-. te inforniu ' . ' -jn by II- : i ; in : 11 ) 01213 and Debating S"CU-tics , ii !' . i nr-.-. kln ^ every class of the cuuirnuni-. y acqu ^ iijte . l with .. ur r < . al ohjvcts . We iiitentl
; . o es ' abi ' . sti a sy ^ ttl ^ ol ;! iissio : ; aiy operations , and tniiiioy ;; i ^ n of acerooiie . l worth ani ! cJt : iti ^ -a to spreu . 1 r . - i . ^ naatiu n . Ji ; . ' .. v- iduu' Yiolt : : L < r , spi ' . ' -.- ; iugiuo ' . viedg-j , r . n 1 s-i-cnrirg ihe ; : ?> 5- " :-- ! : cs ii'ki ej-o [> t ? r . iliuu of the viriuous an i h'i : nu ::- 'I ' t'V-. 'ry c ! : i-s , i ublic prejudice will be be . - . t down ; th-j unmojuing ca' -. imni-s circ . iLittd ai v .: i ^ t ns rcb'ittfd ; u ; : r ciu-y uiHuuci .-. g , aa ovi-ry causu rliu \ i ' .: i ilo ba-ed uti ' . rj ; h ana ju , £ : ve ; t ; t oporatii'o and ur : i-- ; ii wiiJ be : iiLji- ; :--i ] h . xo ib- j v . w . mujucy ; the tliri ^ uf a -j ^ ostrat ^ nii ' . ion ^ ill co : no ou : in : i ) l it » nalivc grv ^ tiitts ; an-i we sh _ U bejoiuj tuu posae . srurs oi tuosu iiii - nuniti ' .-s wh c ; i tre out- r ^ Lt , i . r . d u ' a . v ourst-lvts iiiTtij-.. ; with a : i tec attrilut . 3 . 1 i ' rcj uuu utircs ' . t . ctcu cit ' z- ^ sLiii . " In r-. i ' ere : ico iu tlio ;' .. o ui b- n : \ de of the J'O ' . vlt v /' iich tiio p : Dple ire now £ c >_ k : ai ; to ubiaiu , lie
" l ' mj b ; . ve s »' , i-. nca r . bout the evil > to b-. redressLd ; will Joti just f :: ' . te U ' .-i c : r ,: ig 9 you cou ;^! u >) iate win : ! Tuu jjet tijt ; Charter ? u . id uf the iir . st , tfcuid bo to Ujisct tl : o i- ' . w .-f i ) r . ; :: oi-.-niture ; thit 1 . 1 W which m : il ; fc = the el-. U-st S 3 n the iuhcriior of the fat . era csV-itss auil titles , u . ad thea senas the rest of the family upon the country , as persons , juti ^ as , ] airr « -. « , admirals , ami uiiiit . - . ry ufficers . AnotiiKr wvuld be ti * u ^ lisia the bread tax , uud permi : frt _ e and unrcsiricled intercourse vrhb other lui ' . un : —a Parliament r _ pr <; sentin 3 ' tLe civire iuu's of tho n . vion would Luvs an equitable adjustment of the Nationjl D ^ bt—a Government { -roccviiug vn j > iiuc-. plc 3 i--i tCunomy would not keep a st ^ miin ^ ar : uy in tiu : e of prof -utuI pc- cv ; and henre , ihu s <; rv : t-. s ot" sjl-ai ^ rs -ud polic-i Would bj pu ' . i > i :-j
rr-q _ u : siii' ja ss ii'iln a-- { H'Saiti . ' e . In arder that every m . n uii ^ 'bt bs trco ^ . u ur ;; -.-U ' .-rc : i in natters uf f utu , : i fuil E . nU tutire stpuiutiuu of church aud State would tak « piace . And , in order tbut our people niik ; bt be inte ; ligeiit , u good systtin of national education wouUi be in .-:. tuteii , a fair field and no favour Would be opened to ea / n mtniber of th-j commonwealth ; aa t-xtruv . ^ sut civii list , v . ' .-uld bu cut down , and uu penaious gi-anted ou * for reil sex-vices . AY 1 tUusi uunieaniug U 3 igts which stand bttweeu a -vrorkirg man and Lis lensntutionai iu > trtses , ia tbe shape of revising iwrriattrs , woulJ be do : ie aw :-, y . N ; r wuuld i \ F . niiallieUt , representing Uie entire mass , bj ksj atttnlivc to tho honour 01 the state abroad—its whole , energies would be
employed to maintain an honourable mtercout « e with ' ¦ iber aiatts ; and colviiit ^ , iu .-tejd of btii : ^' aa at pie-St- 'Ut , kept for eo other purposes than to liad livel .-hoods for tke inenibers of wealthy familids , wou'd ccriiributo to tue gentnu ai ' . vanceiiient of tho country . sci-jua would aiiFa ' , ce—improvements in arLs a ; iu ] na :. ufactures woui . l be patronised—and the tiaire people living ir . tbe pot-session i ^ f equ ; l politiciil rights , v . oui
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STEOUD . —The second anniversary of the society of K ^ -chabito ? , was held at Spring Cottage , on Tuesday , August 3 d . Nothing could exceed the pleasure m ' ar . ifc-ated on the occasion . Many patriotic toasts were proposed by the Chairman , and mponded to by the . member- * . The free press was k'iven "> vilh three times thre , and rcsponced to by an uiifliiichin ^ ' democrat . The Northern Star , Vindicator , Ci'iriist Circular , and Nac Moral World were highly appauded as guides to tho ioverd ot freedom . Since tho establishment of this society , a library has been procured . TaWs Mac / nzme , the Xorlhem Siur , and tho Cheltenham Examiner , together with a number of periodical ? , are taken in fay the members . The meeting nighta are every alternate Wednesday , at the Victoria Coffee-house , Russell-street , aud we rejoice to say the society is , in everv respect , going on prosperou-ly .
YEOVIL .-Tiie Manchester Conyoos . tio . v of Ministers . —The Unitarians of this town held a meeting in their place or' worship , convened by public placard , on Thur .-day evening last , to consider the propriety of deputing the Kev . H . Solly to attend tlie contemplated Conference of Ministers at Manchester . After an appropriate prayer by the Rsv . H . Solly , and the object of the meeting stated , M . Lamb , Eiq ., wa 3 called to the chair . Resolutions were then passed , approving of the intended Conference , and deputing tho Rev . H . Soliy to attend on behalf of the congregation . Mr . Bainbriigc having previously inquired whether Mr . Solly would , in the event of his being appointed to go to Manchester , represcnt the views of that meeting
to the Conference , eaid he did HOC wish to pledge Mr . Solly to any particular line of conduct , otherwise than to state what wa 3 the opinion of that meeting as to the causes of the present prevailing distress . Let him urge his own opinions , or vote as he thought proper , still he thought the voice of tha people ought to be heard and attended to . —Mr . Solly fully agreed in what Mr . Bainbridge had said , and in rtply to the question put , said that although be would uot go pledged to advocate any party views or class interests , yet he would go pledged to do justice to all parties . He would go in God's name and Christ's spirit . Mr . Bainbridge tlien rose and moved— " That it is the opinion of this meeting that the Corn Laws arc imjustand oppressive ; but that the real cause of the
present distress is the monopoly of legislation , by which the few have tho power of making laws for their own interests , to the great injustice of the many ; we therefore hope , that the Conference of Ministers at Manchester will direct their attention to this great evil , and will endeavour to obtain for every man of mature age and sound mind a voice iu the making of the laws by which he has to be governed , which is the only real security against the evib of class legislation . ' Tbe resolution was seconded by Mr . Stevens and supported by Mr . Woodward , in a few appropriate remarks , and carried unanimously . The Rev . H . Solly rose aud said , that he cheerfully undertook tho iasi £ assigned to him , and would most gladly represent their views
at the Conference . The position which he now occupied was one that afforded htm the deepest satisfaction , for he had long sorrowed over the miseries of the country , but felt utterly powerless for their removal . Here , at length , was an opportunity given to all ministers of tne Gospel to lift up their voice with some chance of its piercing even the ears of those classes who had it in their power , bnt had so long delayed to do justice to all . He was exceedingly gratified that he waa sent by the Unitarian body ; aud he hoped that other Unitarian congregations were engaged in the same truly Christian object . They had long been denied the name of Christians , but they now had tne opportunity of meeting with other denominations on the broad around of Christian brotherhood . He had
been present last night at a very interesting meetiog , where there was much rejoicing over Sabbath school instruction , but he ( Mr . S . ) could Hot rejoice for his thoughts wandered to the misery , wretchedness and sin which covered the land . The cause of Christ will never advance while ministers are content with the little good that can be done by teaching creeds and theological instructions to those just around them ; something more is necessary , they must lift up their voice against the present iniquitous system , and see that justice bo done to all . There were three great points he would urge upon the conference , es iar as his humble abilities would permit . l 3 i ~ The alleviations of physical wretchedness . 2 nd . The education of ali . 3 rd . The removal of unjusi authority usurped by the higher classes over i&e lower . Mr . Solly then proceeded fro shov ?
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DoiLi ] * ri £ l- of the coimtr y ' social pomica , and trading arrangements , wera fearfully unchristian . He did not go pledged to advocate any party vk-ws or class interests but ho did go pledged to do justice to all parties , even to those who seemed most opposed to tho welfare and rights of tho poor . lor they above all others deserved pity for what seemed to him thus mournful errors but the present and eternal interests of all must not be sacrificed to the errors of a few . He would gladly attend the conference ; may God speed it and bless it . Thanks r / not FTu- ft the , Cbai ™ an , and the meeting seperated highly gratified .
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The Pemtextiauy and the Model Phison at HoLLOWaY . —Thanks to the exposures of tho press , and the quiet but c-lfoctive operation of public fWelwg thereby elicited , the chilling tortures ot tho solitary and silent system ot discipline , introduced some years since to our English inquisitorial prison at Millbank , called iu mockery tha Penitentiary , instead of the uiadaoase , are likely to bo put an end to . Tho snako i « =, at last , scotched ; a fevv more chops at the reptile may , it is hoped , effect its destruction . By the Mansion House reports of Tuesday , it appears thut Sir 1 \ ter Laurie , who has the merit of having been tho first among his brother magistrates to express an opinion adverse to this deviiish innovation upon tho purity of justiceand the rights of humanity ,
stated that , in consequence of the number of cases of decided and incurable insanity that had occurred in the Penitentiary during tlio lass eighteen months , Government had at hn&th directed that tho system should be discontinued , and a morq rational mode of treatment adopted towards the prisoners confined there . Six persons , during the year 1840 , aud three others in the first six months or the present year , have been reported as incurably insane , or hopelessly idiotic , through the body-aad-mind-crushing regulations in ioroo at this silent , hell . Sir Peter might have carried his remembrance back to the caae 3 ot the three children , who , under the paternal manageuieut of tho lato Home Secretary , were sacrificed in the year 18 ^ upo n the altar of experimental cruelty
for hisfdifieation ; but tho worthy knight appeared satisfied that something had at last been done , or was promised to be done , which would prevent the future perpetration of such wanton barbarity . Sir Peter should remember that there ia a trite but comprehensive saying to the effect that " htll is paved with good intentions , " and until the public is satisfied of the existence of something more than mere good intention iu this matter of inquisitorial torture , it wilhwt , and ovghtnot , to bo satisfied . Tno mischief of centralisation id frightfully apparent in this question of prison discipline , the Homo Secretary is tho focus from which tho gaol regulations of the country radiate . He is , es officio , the prime custodier of all criminal and political offenders after conviction ,
and , as such , lias , it seems , the right ( whether constitutionally or not , is a question for another day ) to regulate at pleasure the discipline by which they are coerced throughout the entire realm , and it has pleased him , or the philosophizing experimentalists by whom he is advised , that these regulations should be based upon principles alike harsh , unnatural , and vindictive , without referenca to the true purposes of justice , which ever tend to tho wholesome correction and permanent amendment of the criminal , and not to hi 3 progressive , but inevitable destruction . Ia all cases of provincial imprisonment this supreme right appears to have been delegated to the local authorities as eager to carry out the cold-blooded experiments of tho tyrants of the Home-office , as if
their exertions in the task of punishment were tho only tenure by which they might preserve to themselves the magisterial dignity . Look , for instance , at the gaols of Warwick , Bradford , York , and the numberless other dens , in which good men and . true have been mowed up like wild beasts , and treated as such to gratify the petty revenge of a despicable Uo-rernment , through the lickspittle subserviency ot magisterial sycophants . This , however , is wandering from the point . The system of seclusion and silence , the goads by which [ men and women , aye , and children too , have been driven to madness , and then thrust from the gloomy cells of the Penitentiary at Millbank into the incurable wards of the Bethlehem Hospital , are to be laid aside ; and
Sir Peter Laurie is gratified at having so much accomplished in the way of reformation of the infernal system ; but how lamentably jnistaken he must be if he supposes that his amelioration will extend further than Millbank , unless such extension is forced . upon the Home Secretary . The new erection at Holloway , fur the secret torture of such of her Majesty ' s subjects aB shall dare to speak their minds too freely of her Majesty's Government , has Jiot been built at a cost of nearly £ 100 , 000 for nothing . The symmetrical arrangement of" honeycombed cells , and radiating airiug yards , like so many ladies' coffins , has not been perfeoted for
nothing . The arrangements of the chapel , into which God ' s broken-hearted creatures are to be led , hooded and masked , that they may mock their Ma . kcr with thankgiviugs , while , in the frenzy of despair , they curse the incarnato devils ho has created to torment them , have not been adopted ft r nothing . The hood and mask are not to be intro ; duced for the first time into the prisons of England without an object , and when onco in general use what is to hinder the gas being applied , what is to prevent the infliction of the thumb-screw , or tho Doot , or the picket ting-irons 1 Theso are all workf of secrecy , and may now be carried on without f « r . r of publicity , for the gaol grave or the madhouso w j ]
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keep the secret . Such have been kept again , In bhort , tho snake ia scotched , but not killed ; and no Englishman ought to rest satisfied until , by a conjoint and universal expression of opinion with his fellow-countrymen , he has compelled the Government , or that individual member of it who exercises supreme authority in this matter of prison discipline , to issue distinct aud positive commands that these newly-introduced samplea of systematic torture shall ba at once and for ever abolished in all the the prisons of England . —Dispatch . In the Parish op Rochdale there are at present 1 , 527 empty houses .
ANisiAt Magnetism . —An exhibition of the remarkable phenomena of animal magnetism took placo on Monday , at tho HaJiover-sqaare rooms . Tho company or audience assembled in the largs room on the ground floor ; and , a few minutes after three o ' clock-, ai . Delafontaine , accompanied by a modest and rather interesting girl , presented himseif on the temporary stage . A gentleman , a foreigner evidently , from his sligfcfc accent ,, then addressed the persons present , and in a very lucid and appropriate manner olforcd some observations and remarks ou tho history of aiiimal rcacnetisnj , which , though in themselves exceedingly appropriate and well adapted for tho lecture-room , would be misplaced in our report . At iho conclusion ho was
much cheered ; ana as soon as silence could bo obtained , M . Delafontaina commenced his experiments . In a fe ' . v minutes the patient was fast asleep . Pins were theii slnr . k into her hands : m < l lu-ad , v ? ithoiuany pigns being indicated that t ^ he experienced pain or nara « : ricss . Tiie company beh ; g satisfied with thi 3 exhibition o ! M . Dclat ' ulitaine ' rt magnetic power , though a- gentleman near us was increihiious on thrt subject , a youth presented himself . Having paid his l-ec'iv cis to the company , he was seated in she e ' t-. aiy , and in a very few moments completely Mesinerisrd . Pins were then thrwst into his head . th ! ,- ;! is , and haiid .=. Ammonia and tlio lucifcr matches v . - .-ro applied to his nostrils , and the percussion caps disr . iiurgtsd ; U , his ear without crotiuciu «
any visible eit \ : ctn . Li ivas then fiigjr < '&ted by a gentleman , who suid hia vkd-. o was Jackson , and that ho W 2 . 3 well known Jit S-. l } arti : ol-. » iaew ' s Hospital , that , to test / tlie truih of ii . Delaior . tniiiG \ s experiment ..-:, he sh'jiii-i by allowed to held up the arms of the patient in a horizontal position , uudthnt during that pc-riod M . Delafon aitio should magnetise , and produce in thc : n a cataleptic crisis . M . l > -.-lafontaine consented , ar . i in about five minuti . s s- > pPTiVct a state of catalepsy was produced that Mr . Jackson ( of St . B : irtho ! oinow ' s IJo .-piti ' ) eypresscd himself much alarmad , txclaimed , " You will throw iiiin into CouvulsiohV which to a certain extent he did . Th-: pa ' . inu ' s arms then nmini-. ed upraised : . ' > ve hi .-
hpad , and iti a m * : ; uni .-iful niw ' tion . Pi ' ns vvtrt again thrust into his ! nu >! and thighs , and u-e blush to xcc' > vti it , S ' ime ( hi > w j-Ij .-uI wo charactcn ' . mch au individual I )—say , thui , a ilumghtle-s—ni > , that is not tho \ ror > 1—an unpri ; eip ! t > u pcrsni , thrust a sharp instrument—we should s . iy it wassalasKrct in'o tho upper part of the calf of the kg , \ et r . o symptoms of buffering were exhibited . " We uunt'ou l-. eco , to suvo time , ttut tlia reason wo havo f . r saying ( hat u n \ is a sharp instrument i . i tho fact that the youth lest more than an ounce of b : ood ; nor vr ^ this known until ho had been removed from the : < -l ; nir , he haviiiL ' , c-iairary to ali cx ;); : riciiC : i felt fo ill , that M . Dil ' aV . tame was con-. peljed to retire with '; vm frcis tneroc : ; i . In our
opinion it was the loss cf blood which cn ^ ed tho faiutTK-ss . Onhiarcwrn , M . Doki ' ont . iino was dosmms of proceeding with the voluic and electro- ^ a-lvanic experiment ? , buf . the company expres .-5 e . 1 i themtiilves perfectly saih-fiad . A goinle > T ! : iii oi" Citias Coileg-3 , Carabriifge , . tivi with whose numa we were kindly favoured , presented him ^ eU ' , and do * ; r . ; cl to bo mngn < . f , is « d . 'this g . cntU'min ' s fatiior waspvosent . M . Dulafontaico , through his interpreter , paid , that from tho appcarauco of the ger . t ' eniu'i , who was a strong j-cjiig nun , about twenty-two years of ago , sinewy and powerful , he d'd v . o ' . think he would . * uociwd in magnetising him , but ho \ von ! d try . In about five minrt . es he was dead asleep . This was a most remarkable ca ? e , ami excited great interest . When
awakened , this gentleman wa , i kind cnongn to explain to the compary ail his serrations . Ha Raid he was in the first : n . ? tar : ce a passive patient , but that as soon as he sat in the chair he did everything in his power to resist the influence of tho rnagnetiser , but that he opuld not succeed . He complained that previous to Ill ' s sleep lie feltas if about to be suffocate J . In fact , tho giolus hystericus was visible , and the sensation wa ^ bo acute that M . Delafomaine was obliged to remove his stock , for fear ef ulterior consequences . A second young gentleman , younger apparently than the last , then desired to be magne : i ? ed , and , strange to say , he was also frr-in Cambridge . He ob ! ij 4 iii ! z ! y favoured the Gompany with his nams . This caso was still more decisive than tho last . The patient was in a very few tmuu ' . cs rendered perfectly unconscious , and exhibited tho u ; ua ! phenomena . He
was awakened by the snapping of a percussion cap at tha bark of hi 3 head , and described to the company the _ sensations which he had experienced . He said he felt as if about to faint , and that , in fact , the entire scnEation was that ' -f a fainting fir , without its unplea ?! uii ; accompaniments . It id remarkable that both theso . gentleaieu , who were of very dissimilar temperament ? , should have experirncd the same sensation ? . We have thus hastily , and to the best of our ability , without le \ ning to one side or the other , reported the particulars of this ( to us , and we believe to all present ) extraordinary exhibition . Wo still withhold our opinion , though we hnvo no hesitation in saying that the phenomena , which we have lately witnessed remain yot unrxplainod on the supposition of imposture . " The room was well filled , and with highly respectable persons — Weekly Chronicle .
Religious ToleiutioM ?}—At the Guilchal ) , on Tuesday , tho Hcv . Mr . Hall , a Roman Catholic clergyman , applied to Mr . Alderman Kelly for his advice under the following circumstances : —He was sent for by a iloraan Catholic prisoner , confined in tho Giitspur-strect prison , to visit him , and ho did so iast W ' . ek . He a , ftenvards sent him a prayerhook , end also somo prayer-books for some other Catholic ? , who were confined in the gaol . Upon making a subsequent visit , he found that none of these books had reached the prisoners , but had been intercepted by the Rev . Mr . Boddington , tho Protestant Chaplain of the goal . The same Prayerbook which ho was pleased to prohibit was admitted for tho use of the Catholic prisoners in Newgate , with the sanction of the Rer . Air . Carver , the Ordinary . Complainant had » n interview with the Rev .
Mr . Boddington , and was not treated with th ^ courtesy which one Clergyman ought to show to another . The complaint he made was twofold—that the Catholic prisoner was compelled to attend with the Protestants at the chapel , against a man ' s conscience ; and next , that he was prevented from receiving a Roman Catholic Prayer-book . The Chaplain said , with respect to the latter , that it contained matters contrary to what he taught , and he had a mind 10 burn tho several copies complainant had Btnt ; and that he Bhould persist in requiring Catholic as well as Protestant prisoners to attend divine service in his chapel . Mr . Alderman Kelly ? aid he hail no power to interfere as a single Magistrate , but if tho complainant would take the trouble to njake his representation to the Committee of Aldermen , ho was sure it would receive due consideration .
Execution of the KnaRESBOKOUGH Murderers . —On Saturday last , at noon , the awful sentence ol the law was carried into execution upon Joha Burlinson , Henry Nuttall , and Charles Gill , who were convicted at the Yorkshire Assizes of the murder of Joseph Cocker , of Knaresborough . Ever since their condemnation all the three men have conducted themselves in a most penitent manner . Id does not appear that they ever entertained any hopes of a reprieve being granted them . They were attended in their devotions , from the trial to tha execution , by the chaplain of tha gaol , tho Ilev . J . Shackley , Rev . Thomas Richardson , and the Rev . J . Rattanbury , Wesleyan minister . The unhappy convicts paid the most reverent attention to the instructions
which were afforded them by tho Rev . Gentleuien , and exhibited tho utmost anxiety in making themsolves prepared for entering upon eternity . The prisoner Gill has suffered considerably for several days from erysipelas , so much so , that for a length of time he was confined to his bed . Jn walking across the yard from the condemned cell to the room where they wore pinioned , Burlinson and Nuttall walked with a firm step ; Gill , who was weak from the effects of disease , was supported by two of the attendants . At twelve o'clock George H . Seymoer , Esq ., the Undcr-sheriff , demanded in the usual manner the bodies of the condemned , immediately after which the procession was formed , and the men walked to the scaffold . They were quite resigned to their fate , aud when the chaplain engaged in the usual service they were loud and earnest in their responses . After this the whole three were engaged in prayer for several isinutes . Burlinson , who was
the eldest of the three men , was placed in the position of the drop next Castlegate , Gill was in the centre , and Nuttall occupied the other extremity . Gdl was moro fins upon tho scaffold thaa might have been expected from his previous suffering from erysipelas . The other two walked to tbe scaffold wiih a firm step ; but the demeanour of the whole three was that of the deepest contrition and penitence . After the ubual preliminaries th © bolt was drawn , and the men were launched into eternity . The sufferings undergone by Burlinsou and Gill eeemec . to be great , their bodies were very much convulser , ; the other seemed to die soon after tho executione r had done his work . After hanging the usual tim / i the bodies were cut ^ down and removed to the pri don , previous to their being buried within its proci' . icts . All 'ho three were quite young men , Burline on being 24 years of age , Nuttall 22 , aud Gill 19 . Burlinson and Gill wero the parties who inflicted tho wounds upon the old man . Kuttall was present
at the trnic , ana assisted at the riillug of Cocker's pocket . They all belong to Kuaresborough , where their families reside .
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It is a curious Fact that there is no English Pronouncing Dictionary compiled by an Englishman . Stephen Jou . es was a Welshman , Sheridan was aa Irishman , and Walker was a Scotchman . The Power of Union exhibited in that op the t ' REfcs . — " What'Oho man can do amidst the elements of nature is small ; but each is in his own orbit the centre of his company of satellites , and so may contribute a portion of increase considerable to the general power . It is one of the virtues of the press which addresses all and m 3 y affect all , that multitudes forming a mighty aggregate of petty influence operated upon it , may effect the condition of the whole ,-aud to . create amoral force individually weak and of small power , but bound-a 0 together and acting with one mind aud to one end , that-ehail unite the power of each into the power of all . — C ' leuve ' s Gazette .
The Clerical axti-CoKN LAW CONVENTION . —We fiad the following in the Perth Chronicle : — " The MXKCHS . STER CoKFrBEycH . —The First Relief Con- regation here has resolved to send the Rev . Mr . Lindsay to tho ' Conference of Ministers , to be held in Manchester oii the Corn Lfcw question . A meeting of the eojjjjrrgation -was held on Monday evening for this purpose , at which it was also agreed to give then pastor instructions regardiug the best means of effecting .-, repeal of thfse laws . One of the resolutions is to the following effect : — ' That it is the decided conviction of the congregation , that the only woy by which a proper aojnsimrat of the grievance ckU Le obtained , is tha admission of all cla ? . ses of her Majesty ' s subjects to an equal participation in tho rmht o ? bcir" reprcBcnted in tho House of Commons . '
ihe resolution only , suggests thst tho reason for romipfr to this . conclusion is , that the c ' a « ses whose intm ^ ts are to bo upheld in their present form , have the solo powr to repfal these law « , aud are . therefore , not likely to do so . Wa hops that all efWKi'cjpnoiis will ^ ive similar instructions to their ministers ; ana thus a mighty movement may be cOTiittiPTced which will , ere long , be the means of rendevin <{ justice' to'the oppressed millions of this country . The BiSHor of London . —A certain c ^ ed Rector , in MiVidksex , has lately been summoned to attend bis Lordship to ;;; ive an account o ? his conduct on the foilo-. di-g charges : —That ho is in the labit of opening his window , and converting himself into what tho Americans call a trollop , viz ., sitting in an anc chair and firing the paesers-by a view of the
so ! e 3 of his shoes—that , in such unrisricaJ posture , he has been seen reading a newspaper oil the Lord's day—an ; last , tiit not ~ least in t ! : e Bir-hop ' s ey <*? , j that his reveren ' co has a cask of slo ( centra ale of ¦ c-ur . se ) on hisdrawh ^ -roem sofa ! Tho old iu-nile' ro . in , not a little annoyed at bein : < brought from a 1 diMmiee to answer such paltry charges , told the I 'IJish ' - 'p ihatlie was no ; mvaro there was anything [ very i-ciuuus in any-of the charges , supposing . 'hey weiv all t-iue , bu ; pieaclc ^ not guilty to j he Sunday newspaper reading . It is rtaily pitiful to find a , " earned jmh 1 ke Dr . iJlonifiefd liiteiifng to tho t ) C ' . ! e- £ attio of every busy fool . If a clergyman 13 i [ n ' )' . iy 01 nnv immortality , ij is a . Bi . ' -hoa " : dury to
Uifcevtere , but the eccentricities oi seventy in ? . y sareiy ho . pa ? sed over . It is 100 late at such an ag : i to s ' udy Chesterfield or the danciTi ^ -ranslcv . —Siaidai / Times . ExriuonniNARV Affair . —Great oxciieaieui prevailed at Wootton Ba-sctt ; en ( Saturday week , in C 0 ! i ? cquencc of the . fallowing cir < rainstance : —A man of tii' > parish of Cfiffo Pypard J 13 . I be . n falcon into custody the Sat'jr . Jay previous by tho polico-cffiutr , frr ih . Tii ' . enin ? to " beat a woman . Tl'e officer , vhe ' . her actiiig under the advice of a magi :-trate or not is unknown , took him into the parish of Wooi . on Bi > ott , and turned liim over to the policeman 8 ta : iont-fl in that town , who , without any ccrc-mGuy nut him into the Blind-house , where ho was confined until the following Thursday . He was then taken to the county magistrates , but from some causa or
other , nothing was decided , and he vraa again placed hi confi .-ic-menS v where he remained until Saturday , tl ' .-j policeman refusing to allow him to oreathe frcsn air , or to obey the calls cf nature , otherwise than ia his duEgoon » Thus was a free born En ^ lishujan iaipri . ; oiied fora , n ; & . k , without-sny inquiry havivig been iufcTituted into the charge on which ho iras sppraher . dcd . Tha Mayor heavlus ; of the matter , zv . d un-( ierotauuing tiiiit the inhabitants were disgusted ai ; ttnj manner of confinement ( the Blind-hous- ) being a iniseriblo hole , only six feet by four fc » t ) , desired tlie policeman to take the man to the parish where the alleged offence was committed , and in which a county magistrate resided . The case was thui disposed of , and ike man dumis ^ ed , it appearing that he was of unsound mind . ' Surely this matter requires investigation , — Wiltshire Independent .
Mj- 'Lancholy Case cf Foule jJistitl'tion . —On Saturday , Jano Knight , a remarkably fine-grown and interesting girl , between fifteen and sixteen years of age , was pheu'd at the bar . before Air Hartlwick , tho sitting magistrate , at Marlbcrougllsircet , ou the' following charge : —Police constable 70 , of the C . division , stated that , about eleven o ' clock on Friday night , ho found the defendant sitting on tbe ttep of a do-sr in the Qna ^ rant , R >? £ ent-streofc , wtth her head leaning on her hands , on her knees . She was nobbing violently , and had do boniU ' t or sha \ yl o <' . ; tho rest of her apparel " was drenched with the rail ! . In acswei" to tho questions witness put to her , she stated thai sho was iu a state of uuer destituiiou , and actually starving . Witness , therefore , out of a feeliug of compassion ,
proceeded to take her to the station-house , but was obliged to support her all the way thither . Suitable refreshments were provided for her , and , undtr the cn-curastauces of the case , she was made as comfortable as pos 5 iblo . Air . Hurdwick asked the defendaut how Biia becimo so reduced to such a wretched condition ? The defendaut ( bursting into tears ) said that her- mother had been dead about eighteen mouths ; that she had no brothers or sisters ; that her father iuu away irom her fire weeks ago , a ' ttr disposing of hisf urmture , beiii £ under pecuniary embarrassments . She had since subsisted oa what the neighbours , who respected her mother , bad given Ikt ; but at length oveiy resource had failed her ; and for the lust two days and nights , sho bad wandered about the streets , without a place of shelter or nst , or a morsel oi food ; and , when tbe policeman found her , she had but just sat down , beinf { unable to proceed further from sheer exhaustion . —Mr .
Hard wick inquired if sue knew to what parish she belonged ?— 'Die defendant said she bad been told to St . JamesV , Westminster , as , for many years , and until about three months after her mother ' s death , her father , who carried on an extensive business as a ladies' shoemaker , paid £ 180 per annum for the house he occupied in Brewer-street .- ^ The policeconstable , who took th 9 defendant into custody , said ho had ascertained that the account she had given of herself was perfectly correct : and he had also learnt tiiat , while she was . wandering the streets at night , she had been despoiled of her bonnet and shawl , through refusing to accompany some of tho most abandoned of her own sex , who endeavoured to inveigle htr into a life of shame and infamy . —Mr . Haruwick Said that he would see that the defendant was properly taken care of in future ; and , for the pre » 9 nt , he should send her to St . James ' s workhouse . —The poor ' girl sobbed aloud her gratitude , and left the office .
New Order of the Poor Law Commissioners RELATIVE TO DESTITUTE PeRSOKS FOUND IN THE Streets . —Sir Francis Head , one of the assistant Poor Law , Commissioners } waited upon Mr . Twyford , the sitting magistrate , at Bow-street , and after referring to a statement that had appeared in the papers , of some proceedings that had taken place ia that court on Monday , tho 26 th ult ., relative to Erama Watson , a young woman found iu the streets in a case of complete destitution , who had been taken by a policeman to St . Margaret ' s Workhouse , Westminster , and there refused admission by the porter , said that the Poor Law Commissioners bad made a
full investigation into all the circumstances oV ih » case , and the result was contained in a report , which he begged leave lo hand to the bench . The report stated that the Commissioners deemed it expedient to issue such a regulation as should place the relief of applicants at the said workhouse , in circumstances of urgent necessity , on a more satisfactory footing , and should enable the magistrates , if necessary , to enforce such relief by the infliction of the penalties imposed ia section 98 of the Poor Law Amendment Act , on persons guilty of any breach of the rulea and regulations of the Poor Law Commissioners . In pursuance of which resolution the Commissioners had made the following order : —
' To the Churchwardens , Overseers , &c ., of the parishes of St . Margaret and St . John , in the city of Westminster . ' "We , the-Poor . Law Commissioners , under the powers and authority of an Act passed in the 5 th year of the Teign of his late majesty King William IV ., entitled 'An Act for the Amendment and better Avimini&iiation of the Laws relating to the Poor in England aud Wales / do hereby order and direct that any person in a state of destitution , who may apply fcr relief under circumstances of sudden or urgent necessity , at any workhouse belonging to and situate within the parishes of St . Margaret and St . John , in the city of Westminster , shall immediately on such application be relieved by admission into such workhouse , and by the supply in such workhouse of such food , clothing , medicine , and other articles of absolute necessity as the emergency of the ease may require , until Borne lawful order touching the relief of such person be otherwise
made by the persons duly authorised in that behalf . And we do hereby order and direct the master , matron , and porter of such workhouse respectively , to ao'mit any such person so destitute as aforesaid into tho same , and so far as each of them respectively is empowered so to do , to supply or procure to be supplied , such relief in food , clothing , or medicine , as aforesaid , until some lawful order shall be given in respect of any such person , by the peraoaa daly authorised in that behalf . ( Signed ) "J . G . Lctevbe . " Dated Aug . 6 , 1841 . « G . C . Lewis . " Mr . Twyford having looked at the above , document , said ho was . glad the case had attracted the attention of tbe Poor Law Commissioners , and that they had made an order which would empower the magistrates to order relief to be given iu such cases , winch would prevent the recurrence of anything of the kind in future . Sir F . Head then bowed and withdrew .
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Horrible Occukbesck . —The Parisian Message ? pubi-sh . es ia a recent mr . nber , the following frightful details from a correspondent at Florence : — "Prince Oorsini , of' this city , had a He « ro in his service , proieEsing the Mahometan religion , who was much attached ; o Maria Nunciata Goldoni , a fervent Catholic . The netjro had saved some money , and the youns ; woman ' s parents agreed to give him their daughter 111 marriage . His religion was the only obstacle-all tffort 3 to convert hint having failed . Un a late occasion Maria ' s father invited the negro to diuuer . Ho tasted a plato of rico , but when his botroihed cfibred him wino , he repelled it with d ? sciainwhen
, she observed " You ara no longer a Mahoaie-ian , you have eaten pork " These words rerdercd tho negro furious ; he seizid a knifo aud plunged : t , into tbe young pervon ' s heart . The parents rushed to their daughter ' s assistauec ; ihe neyro killed the father with one blow , and then at : . aektd tlio mother . T , ie son exclaimyrl for a- £ isfa .-ice , bin oe ' ere any waa procured , tho mother and son w . > re hid lifeless on tho ground . At length two carabineers arrived , when tho negro seized a muket a \ ni killed one of them , but his comrade in reiu-ii shot the negro dead ; and yvha ' . i tho ofiieers'oi ju 4 ; ce arrived , ihcre remained only to have tho dead bodks oi' the sufferers interred . "
; Axktisca . — By the packet ship North America , J wl ' . ich arrived on Sunday at Liverpool in niiifttf-cn liays from Now York , wo h ^ , ve reeoivuu tin pajK-rs ! oi ' that city to the 20 ih u ! t-., threo days later than : the last arrivals . Thy Caledonia !< te , imer . had : ir-, rivou at liv ' - -: yn , aficr a very favourable pas&igd of ' ibittocn days ; and ihe news brought hy her Jroin ; Wngland oc ^' . pies a prominent phiee in tho American : journals . Thero is very little political news iu th « se j capers of any moment . The goneral opinion in New York aii'i Washington was that M'Lood would bo acquit te -. 1 . Matters are goim ; on pretty favourably in Canada . A committee has been appointed in tlie ! H-siisu of Assembly to equalise i , ho currency . The : committee which had been named to decide upjn the j ciKj .-ct of reporting the debau-s , haitJed iu a ivpoi-t , ia i '< ivo-: r of the Assembly subscribing for five ' hunrireJ copies of H 10 Mirror of Parliament . 'i ';; o ' Government pln . il of ba : kiu ^ a : ; ii ourrrucv is liOui'ly
j matured . A numb-T oi citiz . 'Ds tf Q : ; -:-btc , mi ' -ily i ll ' Freim . h origin , huvn { - 'Uj in circu ! it : on a petition i to tbe Proviue-. 'i ! L' -uis ' . a " . uru , praying iho iloase to ! futerccJi ! wi ' ii ! hc Qateii for a i ' uii pxi-uon in all 1 persons iui ' - ! ii ; ateil ) n tho " trouble" of 1837-38 . Tne Synoii o : ' the Presbyterian Church in Cauada , I i ; amiut ; iie-. ; d iis annual session yt Kingston 011 the : l" 2 iii insiaut , wh : m nearly foiiy Aliinstors and about , 'lif ' een ruiiiig eldei'd took tLc-ir bjafs . A good tt-al of business -vas transacted i ; i r «! ation to Ali . ssi ; jjary I labour , and an adiires ^ voted , cougratuiating his i Excellency on tho comp's'iion of tliu Union of the 1 Province ? , and on his ltoovery from iitJi ^ pobition . j Tiie Hyiion aiso adopted Via petition to the Lt . ^ isla-! tare , praying that provision bo made for the 1 ^ 0 of the : bible in all schools 0 ! ' the province'receiving any 1 grant of public money . Th « 43 A regiment has arrived at Toronto , iioth Provinces are u » u .-uaily healthy . The Govern or- Genural has quite recovered .
Washington . —Our very latest accounts from Washington ^ pcak VJ .-ry ilucouragiji ^ iy of tho pas-Mige of a j . Sauk CiiuiiC-rat tiie extra session ; and tuine go so i ' ar as to fray tint Hoihir . g will he done ot any importance , oxcejjt Cue n w loan of l' 2 , 0 fl () , CO 0 dollars . It is s . iid th * r : \'~ H ! ent is a ^ a-inst all action 0 : 1 a bank , taritf , bankrupt law , and < iivisiou of the public lauus , uuiil the ni . x : ii !^ of tho regular scsi-ion ill Djco : ii'jer lli . 'X ! . Ho wiil ' . hua bo j > r . 'pared to frame a general system ot legislation in the finances , currency , public lands , and i «? iports , all together , consistent with rights , principles , and pubiic policy . Suca is the op iii ' on on these points . On tlie Ai'Ltod case , it is uiu : e siuod tl . at 110 difflculty Will occur .
PHllADELPHIA MoHAUTV AND JUSTJCB . The Grand Jury of Philadelphia havo found soveial indictmsutd against the Times , aud two ether peiuiy pupcr .-, for libels— that is , for tulh ' ng too much unwelcome truth . In this same city , Lavis , who forged ami defrauded to the extent of nearly 1 , 300 , 000 dollar ? , was ' allowed to run away—to come b . ickand to run away again , without any molestation from a Grand Jtny . in fcho pa mo eity , tlie Directors of a bank robbed the widow , orphan , a /)< J other ftor . kholik-rs of Europe and America , out of nearly 35 , 01 ) 0 , 000 dollar * , their all—and they are looked up to as respectable cit ; Z 3 iis , beyond tho reach of a Grand Jury . In tho same city , police oth ' cer . s are proved in open Court to be confederates of burglars , u , nd they are untouched by a Grand Jury . Iu the same city , forg-.-rs and murderers aro tried , and get .. if . All ' . his is the justice and morality of Philadelphia .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 14, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct562/page/3/
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