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THE NEW " SHOT HOT . " - * s aib— " Pity Poor Jarvey . " flnry listen kind frienda , while my tale I relate , And I know -when you hear it yon'll pity my fate . I ' John Aithnr Roebuck , the member for Bath , Who vss climbing to fame , bat hare etipp'd from the path . I loot'd on the Chartists , who on me look sear , ± s the ladder by which I might clamber to power ; Bnt alas I waa _ fated my climbing te slop , For 1 kicfc'd it away ere I got to the top .
CHOBCS . Then pity poor Arthur , kind Tory lords pray , \ 7 ho is resdy and 'willing to enter your pay . In the first Tory session ^ though then I was coy ) I shewed myself fit for the new " Sboy-Hoy . ** The Suffrage test I endeavour ed to chouse , And when Crawford " tnov'd in , " I mov'd out" of the House . On Sir Robert's new Budget I next play * d the toady , Which startled , you know , the " constituent body . " Thij put me in rather a longing condition To have a foul slap at the " Peopled Petition . " I call'd Feargus a coward , though he was standing by When I knew he could Dot even daTe to reply . You'll admit twas a good plan to save lift and limb ; Though I own it proT'd mt what I dar'd to call him
I confess I was shock'd and astounded to see Such a glorious monument got up without me . My brain felt on fire and my optics grew dim , I felt quite " malignant" and thought it was him . The Whigs all disown me , each Chartist derides . And says I ' m not fit to play " Jack of both sides . " My speech was ** the mountain in labour , " they say , Though so well it was studied to make a display . The Xorihern Star , in its course I ' ve been watching , It has proved me a - ' bat' * that is scarcely worth catching ; This sorely of all is the most bitttr pill ; Tai the " labouring mount" to be floor'd by the " TTm . "
52 ie Whigs down to < JreenTrich have ssv . i Dicky Shiel A pretty plain prosf they end bosoms iofeel For J > m >' s pliant" tail , " who were eageriy bent On the interests of Ireland and not on the rail . In eonelnsion , then , pityyonr poor Shoy-HoyI Send me out to a job , it will 311 me with jsyi Let She salVy be good—my finances are low : Iton't &ay " go to Bath" pray , for there it ' s " no go . John Frazeb , Iimehonse .
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A BARD'S ADDRESS TO THE CHARTISTS SOXG II . CHARTISTS WE ARE . Chartists , in Paine ai ^ d Cobbt-t read , Chartists , O'Connor long hath led , Welcome to jour servile bed Or to glori-U 3 Liberty . 2 f ow ' s the day and now ' s the hour , See gold atteapt to gull ye o'er , See the Tories now in power J After years of Whiggery . Hear ye how the tricksttrs ra ^ e ! Manhood , Ganral , C ' mplete Suffrage r And would in their wiies engage To perfect slavery ?
Who would be a traitor fcnave ? "Who to wealth would crouch , a slave ? Who their Charter now would leave ? With mushrooms to be ? We 2 « k for equal rights and laws : United in the glurioas cause , We'll gain thfcse , and a world ' s applause , In glorious victory . By oppression's woes and pains , Behold nsall in servile chains ! We will drain our dearest veins , But we will , we will be free . Bear on the proud usurpers now—Koraliy well beat the foe—Liberty ' s in every blow , Onward for the Charter we . J . S—
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SCENES OF JOY AND WOK Bt Eye ? Rhtsb . Scece First . The Ble > sed Apparition . London Simpkin and JIarshsiL Edinburgh : ilaclachlan and Stewart . Glasgow : David Robertson . 1842 . This is the first of a series of tales illustrative of the joys and woes which chequer this changing biate of existence , and produce the vivid lights and deep shadows of human life- It will , as we learn from the preface , be followed by others of a similar character , annually or cftener , should this first attempt meet tne approbation cf the public . We know not
bow the paoiie may receive the work , bat we are perfectly sari ^ d how it ought to be received . — Seldom indeed has i ; been our good fortune to meet with a tale so thrilling in interest and so correct in principle and sentiment as the one before us . It speaks at trace to the head and the heart , and while iis reasonings and reflections will be new to the generality oi' readers , we venture to think that it will produce in many a throbbing bosom , elevations of ihonght . and gushings oi affection unfelt and nnimagined before . _ ... _ ¦ ...
Love is in this delightful narrative divested of every grcs 3 H 5 S 3 of earth , and robed in the pore drapery befitting her native skies . This is not the onlj charm of the tale . We have here the everw&tchful care of Providence vividly ; portrayed , and parental , filial , and fraternal affection displayed in their most attractive tints , ennobled and sanctified tj religious principles . We subjoin a specimen of the author's stjle : — - " As Haldane reclined on that silent grave , his thoughts became gradually more visionary and absorbing . The plsce w&s itry solitary , and there wa ? no sound to disturb his reverie , or break the current of his imagination , that flowed , stream-like , through many
a d&vions track . He tbousht of all those sweet days of STincy joy that were sever to return—when he was not alone on bis earthly pilgriHme—when bright spirits were with him on the way—but he felt it to be enoju-h that fcBch joys had one = b-en , for their rtmemferance . like the redness of an everlasting dawn , still glared before him . He believed besides that those dear one 3 , whose bands he had often pressed in his , and whose beautiful forms ht hsd embraced with his mortal aims would yet be hU companions in Heaven ; for even on taith his ssa and thtirs had discovered
their congeniality , and been partakers in the same love and in the same faith . And now he fancied that he beheld that very home where the departed already were , and where he hoped yet to come . But it is only by earthly imsces , the imagination can pourtray the spiritual kingdom . He corjnred ap every object that con . d be fBpposedto add grandeur and beauty to a terrestrial paradise , aad then fcaif hidden in a tumult of glorions ciuaos , on which they reclined as they fi-ated along , he bentld E : z \ acd Jessie , clothed is wh-ve saricents . dinting to taca other in a fond embrace , and fiinzirg , as hs imasintd them , in the words
of ilia . Hemscs : — ««• We have loved with earth ' s excess—ZPast is now tbst w-.-iiricf-ss . "We hava knoTn tbe creamer ' s woes—Ail is low ese biichr r < -pose . '" We hops the work vnll obtain estsnsire patronage . THE HANDBOOK OF THS ELEMENTS OF PAINT 1 NG-1 N UIL , vr . tb an APPENDIX , comainiiijf Sir Joshua Rpyaold ' a Observations atd Icstrucnons to Students . London : Llnke and Wiisoa . 66 , Old Baii-: j 5 1842 .
Tki * -svill be f und sn ex-eccinely useful htile maucai for ire juvenile votaries of the pencil . I he subjects treated of are—the i = a-erials for pamtiDR ; preparation of colours ; method oi preparing meglip ; preparation of grounds ; choice of a subject ; on ponr ^ painrii : ^ ;¦ laedscapi p-mt-. Dg , &c : on all of wi : i .-. h it treats in a cl- - -ar sad lucid style , well calculated to further the jcuag beginner ini tna cd . ji ' atful art . We are glad to see works of this dricripuoa issue from the press . They teU us oi reive ibatbe anbqaated
idwic ^ eni , asd lei us pet * . tubt . i-h -wiiich has for a ^ es enveloped the rudiments of the arts and sciences in mystery , is loosing its loid e-oh ihe mind , and thai a new and better system is on the cva of introduri on . VV e hope the spirivid publishers wili find fnch encouragement as day iiidacc them to prepare other works of a similar cb&racier , tbe want of which is often sewously _ felt , epecialiy by those in wlom tbe fl-ime of genius is glowing , but whose energies are cramped by the -limitaacn of their means . The work is elegantly
got up , and deserves extensive patronage . CHEMISTRY OF THE FOUR ANCIENT ELEMENTS , FIRE , AIR , EARTH , AJsD "WATER ; an Essay , founded open Lectures delivered before Her Most Gracious Majesty the Q , aeen , and dedicated , hy special permission , to her Majesty , by Thomas Gmfmths , Lecturer on Chemistry and Medical Physics , at St . Barthoiomew ' s Hospital . Londoa : Samuel Rifi bley , o 2 , -Fleet-street . This is beyond all dispute the best poplar scientific treatise that we have yet seen . Simple and unpretending in Etyle ; without any parade of erudit ipflj the author proves himseli to be perftctly master
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of the important subject on which he writes , —and what is much better , able to communicate it to others , in terms that maj be apprehended and understood by every mind of even the most ordinary capacity , without any preparatory education , and comparatively without exertion . Instead of loading his work , as is usual on such subjects , with aheap of technicalities , which are of necessity to nine-tenths of ordinary readers mere jargon , Mr .
Gnmchs conveys to his readers an acqiiaintaurte with most of tbe important bearings , many of the minutiEe , and a great number of interesting experiments , appertainiag to ohemistry , in a style which , while it involves none but words in most common use , is yet as pleasing and correct in its construction as it is effective for information . We know not when we have been more pleased with a book than with this little treatise , which we heartily c-. mmend to universal readme .
The " getting up" of ihe book is as creditable to its publisher as the book itself is to its author . It is beautifully printed upon much better paper thau is usual , and the illustrations ( of which there are a great many ) , though of tae simplest kind , are w < -51 calculated to give an exact idea of the experimtn's to whicn they refer , and of the apparatns necessary to be used iu those experiments . POEMS by Robesi Njcholl . Edinburgh , William * TaU ; London , Simp ^ in and Marshall . A volume of sweet " sonsie sang " that should be in every one ' s hands ; the overflowings of a native genius filled alike with the fire of poetry and patriotism ; and contending against such diffioulues as
will ever conspire to cramp the energies , and destroy or pervert the usefulness of poor men's mhitis , so Jong as the infernal system of society exists , against which Robert JWehoIL waged a short but , spirited and gloriou 3 warfare . The present edition a : these peems contains a memoir of their author , cakulateo greatly to enhance the value of his produeiious in the estimation of every right-judging min > i . We have ko room for extracts , and if ^ ve had , where a'l is excellent , we might find some difficulty in selecting . The homely sweetness and unpretending beamy of much of this Scottish poetry , fully equais , in our estimation , any of its predecessors , not evoa excepting even that of Robert Burns .
SUSAN HOPLEY , or THE ADVENTURES OF A , MAID SERVANT . Edinburgh : Wit ham Tait ; Glasgow , John Mo . Leod : London , W . S . Qrr and Co . A cheap edition of this deservedly popular novel , in weekly numbers , at three-halfpence , is now being published under the supervision cf iho Author , who gives as his reason for its publication the previous publication of sevfral cheap but trashy imitations . Ir seems , therefore , that these tra ^ by things have done at least- one good thing-, they have induced the ant nor of Susan Hopky to give that to the many which the original price of the work res'rictcd to the few We have only one number of it be ' ore us , and can therefore say htle about the * ' cttucg out" ol the thing , further than to express our hope that tb- succeeding numbers mil be equal to ic . If they be so , tne work will be valuable .
THE FACTORY SYSTEM , ILLUSTRATED IN A SERIES OF LETTERS TO IHE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD ASHLEY , M . P . By William Dodd , a Factory Cripple . London , John Murray , Aibemarle-street . The author of thi 3 little work , himself a victim to tbe horrible system of which it is a very mild &nd unexaggerated expo .-e is well able , from sorrowful experience , to corroborate many of ihe appaliinti facta given as tbe result of bis personal observation . In this simple narrative of a tour through the manufacturing districts in 1841 , there is no effort at effect ; facts are simply stated as they came to the
acquaintance of the writer ; but they tell a tale to make tbe flrsh creep , and the Wood curdle . We defy . any man of Christian principles to read this book without shuddering at the picture of cold hearted , bloodles 3 , soddeDed s ^ fi ^ bne . ^ s which ic everywhere unintentionally exhibits of the middle class , monied , manufacturing cormorants who have so long eaten np every green thing upon the land , and destroyed our national resource ? , and pulled down the greatness of our character , and filled our laiid with weeping , and desolation , and wretcheuness , that they might make uuto themselves wealth from the spoiling of the poor .
Mr . Dodd ' s book ought to lie upon every rich man's breaiifa ^ t table , to remind him of his duty to society to exeit his influence and power for the annihilation of a tjbtem which destroys his country and must ultimately make his wealth a curse so him . It should be conned by every poor man , and spelled by every poor man ' s child , to show them that th < y have np boye , humanly speaking , but from themselves ; and that the system , of winch a few features are here la ^ d before them , all revoking as it is to contemplate , most and will continue to grow wor ? e and worse , aad more and more horrible , until the exercise of their powers temperately , wisely , mildiy ,
but firmly and unanimously directed , shall bid the Eordid monster cease to prey . It should lie upon the pnlpii-sbeif of every minister of God d word , that the sin of covetousnese , in all its speciou' - but damnable forms of social arran- ^ emeiit , and " commercial enterprise , " may be constantly rebuked by him whose holy office leads him to " maintain \ hc cause of the efflicted and the right of the poor ;" that he may deliver his own eou ! by the warning of the wicked and the nplifting of his voice against those whose bands are full of blood , and because of whom tbe land groaneih under the visitation of a righteous G&a ' s displeasure .
THE LONDON PHALANX MONTHLY MAGAZINE , No . 1 . This periodical , tbe orgaa of a sect of philosophers and philanthropists , dcserYes to be extensively known and read : we question , however , that the spirit of the a ^ c is as yet capable of appreciating gentrahy its calm reasoning aud deep investigation and inquiry . There is an avr of bolti benevolence iu many , of its disquisitions , which would not merely s art . le ., but horrify , what is called the religious world ; wiile there is a becoming reference to spiritualities , and a sober e&timation of the powers av . d tendencies of human nature , not Ies 3 oifensive to
the self-styled Socialists and Rationalists . We are not by any means prepared to assent to all the teachings of tbe Phalanx , while yet , as tbe organ of a sect , we cannot but admire its charitable and conciliatory tone , as well as the deep thought of many of its articles . One thing , however , will militate greatly against its .-uccess a 3 a magszmethe nUer absence of light reading and poetry . A monthly magazine is usually expected to be a sort ot literary fea * s , in which a variety of dishe 3 shall "be served up to suit tbe d'Senug or changing tastes of tbo ? e to whom it it presen : ed . Tno Phalanx is a succession of dishes ail of one sort . The grave , the philosophising , tbe invesiigaiiajj , seem to be aione Fought for as its readers . We quesuon that it will find enough of those to = usta ' n it ; though we heartily wish ic may .
; young man of dashing exterior , came to the bar at \ the Peacock tavern , Maiden-lane , Coyent- ^ arden , ; and applied for a glass cf porter , which on being f 8 rrcd him , he enquired f > r a bed , at the same time Hating that he was a stranger ia Lojidoii , and had ; just arrived from Liverpool . Mrs- Honey , tho land i lady , made arrangements for his accommodation , land upon his reaching his sleeping apartment , he I handed over to Mrs . Honey ' s sister a new pocket ' : pistol , aud a bullet mould , desiring her to take nrtat I Cire of it , as he should have parti uiar use for it on j the morrow , Mrs . Honey ' s fiisf er communicated to ; thclatid-ady thiscircunmance , and the latter said that if she had known the stranger had had fire-arms iu I his possession , she wouM not have allowed him to ¦ sleep in the house . Her alarm , however , was abated i upon her si ? t--r stating that she refused to take tho ; pistol from iht , s-tranger until he tirai , snapped it to ! convince her that it was not charged . Tins he did ; j aud Mr 3 . Honey ' s .-lster tiicii look posstss'ou of the I piVtol aad mould . U ^ oh the following morning the j stranger breakfasted with Mrs . Honey , aud she i asked him how he name to have the pistol in ins j possessien ? I 3 e repliid : bat he only kept it for ' siii ' protection . " ( The > e , it may he remembered , were j the very words made u . se ot by Oxford , and it is a j remarkable coiueiriftuc * th ' -t tno stupid fellow here spoken of , and Ox ' ord , hfar , according to the
description—a slroi . g rest-tnblauce to eaeli other and are about the same ag--. ) Mrs , Honey told h ; oi thai there was not the . ' -iu . hfes-t necessity for such a precaution in Lomifn . Ha then conversed in »¦ suspicious strain about the lite attempt upon the Queen ' s life , and said he had the greatest curio-ity to t- < . e t ); e roan who fired at her Maji .-ty ( alluain ^ to Franks ) . PercPivhig tbar . lio was exciiint ; t . ' ie closo attention of ihose at the breakfast , tui > U , he adtk-d that ho did not iiKfind to firoa ; the Qiot-ii , upon which Mrs . Honpy remarked that if tucn a thought had entered his head , he mi ^ ht d- 'pend uwon it thai he would not be treated as Oxford was , aud expressed her opiniou that Francis was sij .-e to be hanged . He made no r 3 !> iv but lef" the hous-, and did not retuyi until the
Eub ^ t qu-nt Wednesday xsominj . ' , when he stated that he had been robbed of suven sovereigns at the Strand Theatre . Upon his second visit he remained but a lew minutes , and then lustily quitted the house . Mrs . Honey having consulted some friends , gave information of u : o occurrence to the police , and Mr . Sandrack , the superiijttcdaut of the F division , immediatsly waited upon her , and after inspecting the pistol a :-d bul'fii-mould , be took it to the couimisoioaer of police , in Grea ; Scu ; knd ysvil , who , it is understood , promptly reported the cireum ? tanee 3 to the Ilome-cffi-ie authcrhie ? . The piitoi and bullet-mould w ^ re Drouth ; back to Mrs . II ncy , and ihe swpevintei . dant requested htr to mark them , and not suffer t ) icm to pass out of her possession . This she did , aud
upon our reporter examining them yesterday , he discovered that the pis'ol was a new one of Birmingham manufacture , and did sot bear the name of the-maker upf ; n it . Tbe bullet-mculd has stamped upon tbe handle , the figures " 38 , " and both were left in a blue and white striped worstedpistol case . The stranger has likewise left behind bitn a mahogany walking-stick , leaded at the top . He stat-cd among other things io Mrs . Honey , that he was an articled clerk of Liverpool , and that he bad come to Lciidon on a " spree . " He is of gentlemanly bearing an-i polished address ; he was sttired iu light striped trousers , a black surtout coat , and nearly a new
black bat , bis coiaplexiou is fair , and he is apparently about I 9 jears old . The police are Baking active exertions to discover ihe place of bis retreat , which cannot regain secret unless he is a resident of London as he Lad no money with him when he called the second tinu ) upen Mrs . Honey . It has been su ^ sested that if greater care was adopted by the manufacturers of fire arms to ascertain the address of euc ' n juvenile mountebanks before concluding a sale with them , there would be less danger of rhe public miud being disturbeo . bo the wicked and diabolical attempts thai have latterly been paid to have been made upon tbe life of our august and lovely Q , u&en . —London Paptr' [ Fadgc ' . J
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LO 2 TGTO 5 T , —At tbe Catholic Church of St . Gregory ,. Loouton , two serroor >> were pi-ached by tbe Rev . J . Boardman , from Manchester , oa Sunday last , for the benefit of the dsy aud Sunday 6 cli 0 i . is connected with the above church . COVENTE 7 .-On Monday last a public meeting was held to petition the House of Commons not to include this city in the Poor Law Amendment Act , bnt to let the poor be gi . vdrr . oc-d by the local act ? , as has been the ca- < j for the last lorty years . BRilDFOPJD . —Water . A correspondent complains tLat . tnero 13 a vreat scarcity of good water in Bradford , and he hopes thoie persons concerned about the new water works will Io 3 e no time in getting them finished .
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Extraordinary Folly . —On Thursday last , Mr . J . Bennett , of the Pheasant Inn , Bratnpton , undertook for a wager of . £ 20 to go in a sack from Baslow to his own honse , a distauce of six-and-a-half miles in twelve hour 3 . The sack was to be two-anda-halt * fte : in wiGtii , and Mr . Bennett to be allowed to be liberated iroia his soufiued state six times in the whole di ^ ance , if he chose . At eight in tho morning , Mr . Bennett , who is sixty-one years of age , Si . ari . ed from Baslow amidst a terge concourse o ( pei-feona wiio had collected to witness the
feat . On arriving at Robin Hood he rested half an hour . He then proceeded to Mr . Gregory ' s New Inn , and here , havii-g tinje ia his favour , he rested two hours . St ^ rticg -again on his toilsc = me journey , under the s& > r < . li ! ug ravs of a burning eun , he proceeded to the Ruifrrd Iun , where he ' again halted half an hour for refreshment , and to get his fourth sack chauged . He then set out on the last stage of the disUnci-, and arrived at homa about five o ' clock , thns winning his wa ^ er , with three hours to spare . —Derbvi-hire Chronicle .
Murder neab Lkominstkr . —The quiet and romantic hamlec of . Westnope-liill , about four miles from Lei-uiinsu-r , has been the scene of a fatal attempt on the lifa of a widow liamad Laoy Parker , who resided on the comiaon , and kept , a grocer ' s shop , by ; he hands of her uepuew , the eon of her sister , all of whom resided together . . The circumttauces , as detailed at , the Coroner's-Inquest , betray a course of gr ^) S 3 depravity , and its fatal oonsequoDcea The decayed had , it appears , resided w . th her husbaud iu London , wliere he carried ou the truie of a market-tardeuer , and amassed sufficient miifley to tnabic him to leave London _ abont touv yturs eincs . and spend ihcrem&ir . dtr of his own aud hw wjfe ' ti day . s as ho hoped , in happinesss and
ease . On his seuiog down at Westhope , he purchased bouses , &c , yai an a means of a ding sometime to I . " '? inc-jiiio , but more as an employment , ho kept , a ih'p / 'jj" grvutry and other articles . His nepbew , Wni . rowvll ( he accn « ed , ) resided with his mother , an agoti Viii . jn , at West hope , and shortly after Mr . P ^ :-ierVsefli :. / f there he became jealous of hir nephew , and , as eu ^ si qa ^ nt t-rcnts showfd , not without amp' ? t-mse . In February . last Mr . Parkor died , ^ h . eo which period Powi : Il and his mother residua with the widow , with whom Powell is yaid tu have cohahiteJ , aad to whom , it was said , he Was to hava beeii married on Tuesday 6 o ' nnighc . On Sundi } moruin ; , however , it was oiscovered that Mrs . Paiker had been murdered , and the
nephew wa ? ap ;> rrh < , ) ided , to await the result of tho Coro'jtr ' s hiquibitioi :, which was h » Id , and continued by adj . jnviiin- ut uutil Friday . From the evidence adduced it appeared that the prisontr was seen on Saturday se ' umght in the room wi' -h tho deceased with a piece <> r paper i ^ his hand ; blows were shortly a ? ter « - ^ re ' s h ^ a , rd to pass , ano the prisoner to say , " Vcu . should not have kepi this from me . " The pri-oncr then went upstairs , declaring that he would kill her . Mrs . PaiK ^^ Bilmoss immediately atVr rushed out oi the bad ^ e ^ gr of the house and calle . l out *' Murder ! " iour * or five times , but was pulled back sgain in ' . o the house by the prisoner . On some persoiis gniug to tbe houso tho deceased
was found to be q-jius daa-J . anci the pnsonrr en being ap ;> rthen J-d . vas found to have blood about him . A post mortem examination of the body being made , considerable pxt'avusatiun of blood was found on t 5-. ;_ " braia irom the brui .-res and blow 3 received by the dect-aseti , the ^ vi > era 3 appearance of which i : idicaied that they hud b ^ en i . il cted with some blu : it inst ^ unli ; n ^ ; a Hammer was lound in the house , on which There were mirks of blood , and the bruises wero diclarec by ti ; ii medical testimony to be such as would be produced by such an instranient , and wert- the cause o : death . The Jury , believing that there bad b . en a quarrel , ielun : ed a verdict of "Manslaughter" aj ^ iu- 't William Powell and his mother , both vf whom were comoiit ^ ed for trial .
Tomfoolery . —The Lord Lieutenants of coanties i are huw ordered to wear a uniform on Court days , ; and as thocuat in to be blue , with a little silver sprig- , g . ng ou the collar , we need not say tfiat they wiii j be mistaken for Inspec ors of Police . Hitherto these Lord . Lieutenants , altnouj ; u civilians , have been obliged to wear military dresses , because a Lord Lieutenant of a county is its military commander . These civilians at Cuurt , in mililary uniforms , cer- j tainly cut the aopcara : ice o : ' very odd soldiers ; but ; instead of dressing them as Inspectors of Police , I why not abolish tnem altogether ? In ancient times , nacier our baronial system , and when feuds between ; Barons led even neighbouring counties into party strife or civil war , a military commander of a couuty , appointed by the Cr-: w ; i , mkht hsvs been necessary , ;
but now all such necessity has ceased , and the office ought to be abolished , ' in war , when the militia i ^ out , the Lord Lieutenant , by way of patronage , has in his gift the appointment of perFOiis to commissions ; but even this has vanished , and with ic very nearly has vanished his interference with yeomanry corps . Tnere in net a single pretext for retaining these Lord Lieutenants . The business of the counties is done at , ihe Home-office , and this Lord LienJenancy , l ; ke ? he chief Lord Lieutenancy of Ireland , ought to be immediately done away with . Wo have now military commanders of districts , whose duties entirely supersede those of the Lord Lirurcnants . I ; is i . t contemplation to abolish tne titl > -, with that of Sheriff , and wliy ia the interval should we have Court ordt rs for the new uniforms of
a class of nominal public servants which is so speeaiiy and = o properly to be annihilated ? Discovery of a . votiier Suspected Regicids — Singular and Mysterious Occu . irknce — It aap . arn pr <» bable that tho Home-office ' authorities will have sufficient " secret" investigations cut out for them , connected with public outrages upon the invaluable and revered person of our beloved Sovereiga . Another would-be regicide has been having some " bye-pky " in tho metropolis , and the information of his pranks has b ? en forwaraed to the Secretary of State , but up to last night his hiding place had not been difcovered . We subjoin a narrative of the facts as they were detailed by tho pc-rscua whose names are introduced te our reporter , and add a descriptiou of tbe rascal's person , with tbe view of bringing him to justice , and making him account ior daring to throw into a state of tffervvscence the loyalty of her Maj . sty ' s hej ; e subjects- — Ou Sunday ' night lass , a
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Presents for her Majesty . —An Arabian man of war , the first that ever appeared in English waters , came up the river on Sunday in tow oi a Bteamer , and / was moored in the afternoon off the Vic&ttaHing-yaTd , at Deptford . On Monday she was towed into the St . Katharine ' s Dock / The pennant was flying at her main topmast head , and she had a red ensign hoisted at her mizen . This vessel , which excited much curiosity , is from Zanzibar , and has brought oyer four valuable Arabian horses and other presents , from the King of Muscat , to her Maissty Queen Vioforia . The vessel presentsa tinailar appearance to that of ono of our merohaDtmen of five hundred or six hundred tons burden , except that sho carries ton guns .
From a PAntUMijNTABr Paper just published , it appears that the total annual cost of the eccIesiaBtlC . establishmeBt in the West Indies is £ 20 , 300 , and that the aggregate amouut since the passing of the Act 6 th Georgo IV . is £ 341 , 261 . Loss op Life fboji Bathing . —On Friday last no less than six persons lost their lives whilst bathing m the ' -River Thames . Remarkable Escape . —On Monday last two workraen were en ^ ed to repair the pump of the Stroud Union Workhouse . It was found necessary that a man should descend to the bottom of the well , a depth of 60 yards , and also that , in ordct' to keep up a vorbal communication , a boy should be placed on of
a gort platform , fixed for the purpose in ttie centre . Whea descending ( tho boy being in the man 8 lap , tho rope broke at about 90 feet from the bottom . The man had presence of mind " to try to save himself by putting his foot against one side of the wall and hia shoulders against the opposite wall , and . this'he " accomplished after falling a few yards , witn a boy 15 years old iu his lap . The other workman , instead of applyiug to the governov , ran a couple ot miles in search of a rope , and before the man and boy could bo rescued , thut had continued two hours in ( thtir perilous situation . rVnen rescued tho boy was found to be without the least injury , and the man only slightly bruised . —Bristol Mercury . ' ¦ ' -. . ' .
Singular T-ncidents !; -t-A few days ago a series of casualties which we should be dii-poscd to teraj whiraeical , were it not that one of th ^ m at least was attended with some degree of danger to life , took place at , Greenook-quay . A . smart , cleanlylooking servant girl , about to eiitcr upon a " uew place , " appeared at the quay with a large and heavy trunk , for the p ; rpose of going on board a steamer , which waa about , to cross the Gairloch . Tiie trunk , while being hauled on deck , by some means-or other , got out of the hands of its custodiergj and tumbled into the sea . This was casualty , the first , and steps wero promptly taken to remedy it . The trunk was raised out oftho water , and while slowly ascending by the steamer's bide , its owner eagerly . stretching out
her anus to clutqh it , the lid middwily gave way , separating from the body , and the trunk once moro floated in the water . With the same promptitude as before the devoted eV . est was seized , and a-g . "« in it was in the act of being swung on b . iard , when , as casualty the- thivcl , crash worst the bottom , and into the sea tumbled , in " most admired ¦ 'disorder , " thn bjd y habiliments of the -unfortunate'serving-wench —here a gown , and thero a p'iUicoat , here a shoe , and them a dashing Sunday shawl , with , siprons , caps , stocking . " , and shifts of every variety—while a Jarge cataJoiru . - of small articles were covered by a hu } : e blue umbrella , which unfurled itself in all its amplitudo , as if to protect them from tho rain above , deeming them , no doubt , wot onoiigh below . By
dint of csertions , for whicli tho haif-1 ' rantic maid < 'n felt she could never be sufficiently 'thankful , the scattered articles of dr s ? , including the biuo umberella aforesaid , were gathered up , and with the bottomless trunk , put salely on board ; It was now hoped by ' th « 'bystanders that fortune had done hs : r worst , at K-ast for that occasion , on the ill-fated girl ; but no , a disaster more serious still was in store for the hapless Abigail . Tho stcamer ' -was- ' about . to sail , and our heroine was Etandintf on one of the wingy ad joiuing the paddle-box , talking to a friend onshore , when a sudden jerk oftho boat threw htrr , in imitation of her trunk , right into tha water . ThiB most unfortunate of all t' e casualties which had occurred
changed the current of FoeJing from laughttr to alarm , and those who hud beea most atnu ^ ed at tho former mishaps were uovv the moat active in rendering assistance when life was at stake . Providentially , the poor girl was got out of the - . water more frighter : oa and wet than seriously injured ; and h- ) re , so far as is known , did her misiortuuea for . the day terminate . The eircumsta-nces , as may bo supposed caused no small amusement on board ; and thowe who witnessed them will not soon forget the scenes enacted by " the woman with the Uui . k ; " which almost equal , in point of'ludicrous ' effect , the more f . med adventures of " the carpet bag . " —Glasgow Argus ,
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PROSECUTIONS FOR BLASPHEMY . TO TUK ED 1 T 3 R OF THE NORTHERN STAB . SIR , —In tho Star of last week appeared ft letter from Mr . W . J . Ctiilurtj , of Birmingham , giving an acoouatof tha arr-ist of Mr . Q . J . Hoiyoake , and : bis cuntuiitta . i tu GlouceB ' . ot Gaol oiva oh ; u- ^ o of bla ^ humy . In that Ittter your rwuiera were' iafurmed that Mr , Holyoake- was arrested without a warrant , and on his committal ' was / lespatcke ' itto Gflouut-bt-r handcuffed , a la Chartist ! IV this I rK . iy add th'it his Ohrit ; uan (?) ptjrg ecu ' . ' jr 3 , b'jving clutched their victuij , intend to make sure gome of him : to that end thuy refuse bail , unless tendered by parties tlicy (! etm 6 t ; ffloieiitiy " respectab !^ , " residing ivithin seven miles-of Gloucester i Poor Holyeake ia fiiendless iu that part of the ci-untry ; bail therefore ou such terms is hot to be thought of . This ia not ail ; they have depiivtd him of his books and pavers , thus debarring him of the means necessnry fur preparing hU defence . Truly , ttna teudsr inercic 3 of Uie saiDtiy wicked am cruel !
Air . Holyoake'b trial will take place at Gloucester on the 2 !) th or 30 th of the present month . Ho has a wife and two children , whose unprotected -situation cliiims the i > vmp ; itby and assiatince of all fi-ionda of frrttioiii . Having th ' . honour to rank on the lWl of Mr . Hoiyoake's pereonal fri »; u « : 8 , 1 can baar uiy testiuiouy to his hi- ^ h m . 'ral worth und stt-riing lionesty of huart . The Cfc . trtist-j of yhtfficid kuisw how over reaUy Mr , Holyo ^ ku waa tb servti them while a resident iu tuis town ; bo far as iheyhave the means , I believo I ui . ; y bespt-ak their aviupathy in bis beLaif , I am , dear Sir , Yours , faithfully , GKOIiGE JULIAN HaUNEY . Shtffield , No . 11 , Kartbhead , Juno 13 . h , 1842 . '
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HOUSE OF LORDS—Monday , June IS . Lord WhabNCLIfve , in answer to : s 6 iri « . oliservationa hy Lord Beavunont and the Duke of Clevelanti , stated , that Government were about to ud pt eoino measure to facilitate t ! je exchange of light sovereiKna for those of full weight . Much jinposition had b >; eu practised upon tho more ignorant hoiiltiia of light coin , hut from thVaver . ge of that which had-bet-u received at the Biiiik , tbe i'Cfual deficiency in wdghz , a (>;> f--sre » I to amount to not more tban from one and u halt' to two per . ctr : t . ¦' . "• • ¦ ¦ ¦ '
Lord BROUQiak gave notice that he should to-day more the suspension of the etandi-fg orders t » facilitate the passing of the Witnesses' Itidtiun'ty Bill , iirid on . tae ni"tion of the Duke of VV * eiti (;« t ' -in . tho stcond readinj ; of the Income-Tax Bill was postponed uutil Thursday . Lord Casi p ijell then , pursuant tn notice , brought on-his la ' ouo ; for certain papers rsliitiHir t » the tri :: l btfor ' e .-Lord-Justice Clerk at the last 801 ling Ass-z : s , on which the « v : d « nfca of the prosecutor-w ^ a ; ; it the recommendation of the Judge , withdrawn as . being-unworthy of' creoit , on the ground that tUe-nian was on
Atheist , and this too after he had succeeded ' 'in clearing hinise'f . at ieiit partinily , of the imputation . The Noble Lorc \ entirei at much length into tho sufj ^ ci , of evidence , ami -Her citing a number of a « thontis 3 io prove that the i'ouvsn -which had br-en taken ¦ w . aa contrary to the law both of this country ami cf Scotland , concluded by expressing his intention , if theve were any anibi ^ uiiy , of briuging in a Bill to remove it , The Lord Chancellor defarffcd the course which had been adoptu . i by the Learned Jud ^ trs who had presided at the-tria ! , and' after a , prolonged discnssioD the motion was withdrawn .
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HOUSE OF COM 11 ONS , Friday , June 10 . Sir H . Inglis moved the issuiiig of the writ for Nottingham .. Sir G . Grey < ibjecicd that thin niot / on v-aa one of those which bad -dr . opped on tbo ps ' ccedic-g afttrnoOT for want of . a quorum , arid-that .. the caiivtaienoe of the House required a renewed notice . Sir R . Isgvis expressed his reat ?! n ^ s ? to comply with the general wish of the Housb , but did aot believe that the House had any general wi ^ h for the post > poneraent . Ho saw no reason for continuing the suspenslou of this wiit . Nottinghauv had not been proved to be guilty , and was entitled to the benefit of the general rula , that till guiit be proved 'innocence must bo presumed . As against that borough , the House had
nothing to proceed : upon but Mr . JRoehuca'a voice alleging corruption , and Mr . Roebuck's finger pointing to particular niembera . Sir G . Lrtrperit harl , during many ¦ weeks , bees confined to his house by illheaJth , and therefere no unfavourable inference ou « ht to be drawn from the fact , that for some tiine . before the compromise he had been absent from the House . If the Mere retirement of a Member charged vrith bribery was sufficient ta raise a preEttmptieh that . btibety was general in tbe place represented by him . a goodly list of ether boroughs ought to have been included in the reference to Mr . Roebuck ' s Commitlee . These modern inquiries into compromise were like the ancient ordeal by water , where death ensued in either event—the aoensed being taken out and executed if his guilt was evidenceil by his swimming , and left to drown if his
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innocence Was established hv his sinking ; and so here , if ' - ' -lbe Memner answered , he wis convicted by his own confession ; if he rtf used to answer , he was condemned fcy his su ' ence . M&aj ixundreds of the NottiLgham electors erspiessly stated by petiiion that they had uofc jpartaken in any degree of the imputed corruption ; and they urged that the tight of representation , as it was not given to them by a resolution of the House , ought net to be taken from them by snob a resolution . This suspension went to yunish a -bondred innocent that ten guilty might not escape . Wbat he now asked was not a favour , but a right . - Mr . Gaut itNiQHX seconded the motion , and ridiculed Mr . Roebuck aa " a person who was always telllug thttHcuse that J . e was the real Simon Pure , and the only hontst mau in it .
iVIr . IlOEBt'cK denied this with much bitterness . He had said uat one word ab&ut himself ; and that being ' .. tha fact , what -was Mr , Q . ' Knight ' s statement worth ? As to the alleged want of legal proof , he know the value of legal rules in their proper place ; but in that House he was not a lawyer , but a legislator , and would act upou moral evidtnee . He had deliberately--abssuted himself from the House on the pr « cedini ; day , in order that he might avoid the debate upon the . issuing- ftiie . writ—a subject ia which he had never tuken part . He know not why he had beta attacked : he had had no influence in deterlnining the votes of the House upon any of the write ; they had bc ? n guided by Sir Robert Peel , their lnastor , who ,-ho doubted not , had acted sincerely , though , as -ho thought , not consister . tly . ¦ Mr . G . Kaieht explained , in terms of courtesy , toward . Mr . Roebuck .
Sir R Feel disclaimed all influence on these judicial jM-stiona . exempt that of reason . He did not consider the 'decision of ' an election conimittte to ba conoiusivo on the House respecting the disposal of ' the . borough , but only respecting the title to the-Eoat . But each case must be : decided on its own grounds ' . ' ant ? no onefit-noral m ' . ts coul \ l be laid down for thes tea ; ulation of ail . In this instance , ttie sudden -abandonment of the seat by the member to whom it had been Etijadicat ^ d , and thd alie ^ r-d deposit of a sum of money in order to secure tha return of a candidatft -eutertaining opinions opposite-to those of shat majority by whom the Jate member was elected , did appear to bira to reqdU-e , for tbe saso of the Liohour of the House , that further inveatigaUoa shoald be made before the writ should issuj . Mr . SiiARiiAS Crawford was for . continuing the SU ;? peusi (> n .
Mr . Wynn took the same Hue , and quoted a precedent . Colonel Roileston , as an elector of Nottingham , expressed on his own pait aud that . of a large" body cf his brother electors , tktir anxiety that Mr . Roebuck ' s enquiry should proceed searcllingiy ttnd spetidliy . ¦' - .. - ¦' Sis K Ingi . vs , for hin ) S' ? W and Tnany other conservative me . Kib-jrs , ' tlculed the right of Mr . Ructback to call any man their liiaster .. Sir R . Pekl explained , and the Hou 38 divided—Against issuing the writ ... 136 For it ~ ... ... ... 41 Majority against tho writ ... —95
Mr . Roebuck then raove'I the third reading of the bili foriniiomnifyirif ? « itntsses wboshnuld give evidence before his CooimUtQe , Ho ur ^ ed that the object of the tuft was- not to punish for the p . ist , but to legislate fgrthe fuiure ; and that , . therufora , the ordinary reaaans aSair . st coiapeUing witnesses to inculpate themselves wera not properly -applicable . The Attornev-General objected that this Bill went further tbnii' any similar naasure before it had cone . Thia Bill offered indemnity ^ not only for all b .-ibury coinmittad by the witness bimsalf , but for the liho acts of ali persons-whom the witness might inculpate ; and it inde : unviiod the witness himself for all bribery , not only in the pariicn . ' ar instances involved in
an . evidence , but in all other instances at ail elections whatsoever and ¦ wb . ei'ecoover . Ho feared such a Bill was mote ' likely to mafte witnesses than , to elicit truth . Ho vrould not , howrer , oppose this measure if liratted to the ohjecta provided for in former Indemnity Bills ; bnt he yielded his assent not ao much to any experience or . conviction of a-. y good ever effected by these enaotraento , as to the coarse of the precedents , which he eauthoratefl by naiiie . He would propose , therefore , merely to strike out the second clause * which contained the novel enactments ; and if Mr . Roebuek should consent to this alteration , be wished him all success-with hia new and somewhat dangerous instrument
Rir 8 . I-nglis disliked the principle of a measure which went to change che general course of law , and to break through Ihe confidence between clients and professiojial advisers . He doubted a good attempted by means so bad . Hewever , he felt that ho was bound by the precedents . ' Mr . Hardy observed , thttt by this Bill the witness , in order to be fctt ' ecturvlly protected , mnst have a certificate from the Committee ; but as he could net be secure of thnt certiflcata beforehand , he would fitiUba entitled to refuse htn testimony wherever it should tend to criminato himself . . - •' ¦ .. ¦'¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ Mr . OGonn ELI admitted the argument of the Attor » ney-Gftneral to be unanswerable , and hoped Mr ; Ko « - buck would nccede to the Learned Member ' s EUggeatiori . He , however , hw \ notjuat vali > e for those rules of law wtuch so anxiously ptot ' jct guilty men against criniinatil ar themPtJlv' 8 . : ¦ - ¦¦ ¦
Mr . C . W , Wv . vn objecfe't to the Recotid clause . Mr ; Roebuck intimated his willingness to omit that part of tho Bill . AfUie n few ¦ W ' . srris from the Recorder , Mr . C . Ec-LSsa reuionstrrtted RKiiinstthe withdrewal of vho seoontl ciau ? e . Unusual powers were created for diseiosiuR to Parliament , vith a view to legislation and not to puu ' iaiimc-nt , offendtTB not otherwise to have boon reach-id . Juftice , then , and . the- ' . dignity el " the JH' -use , required that no new psrii should be brought upon any cla ^ s of persons .
Mr . Daebi' questioned the expedi 6 Ecy of this Bill . He t > elievcd- tbat the act of last session , for allowing proof of bribery , without previous proof of o / jency , Would have . fcra a very efftctu&l one , if it had been Wu to work by itself . Moreover , the present meaeuro would . Iiave a very unfair . effect upon persons who T'lUld b « attacked behind their backs from the animosity of local politics . The persons so attacked would not be be £ > ru the Committee , . - and . the . Committee would be imposed upon by witnesses brought-up at the wublic txi ocoe , who wculd swear anything and everything when the persons attacked were not there to check ' an
rto enactments ¦ vphieh had been objected to were then struck out . . Before the House went into Committee on the Customs Acts , Mr . Hume expressed his hope that Sir R P « el would reconsiiier the duties upon wool and cotton , as being upon in w materials . Sir R . Peel admitted tbe expediency of reducing the-duties on raw materials , hut felt that fee should not be justiHed in risking ao largo a revenue as these duties yieM ed . Tho Houso then , resolving into committee , proceeded with the discussion of the tariff On the article of thrown silk not dyed , Mr . G-RiMSDiTCH moved , as an amendment , the contSxMi&Vion (? f the preKent duty , instead of the reduction proposed iti the tariff . ft !«• . Brocklehurst seconded this motion .
Mr . AriwooD contended that the silk tirade had suffered under the hands of the free trade theorists . He was desireus of adhering to the old principles of protection . Mr . Gladstone proved Jn finires , that the silk trade had been more flourishing under the / modern reau ai ! ons oi Mr , Huftkisaon , thanin the most prosperous y ^ arw of the prohibitory system . Mr . St-rctt corrobornted the opinion of Mr . Gladstone . His own coDstituenta had made no objections to the - principles of free trade as applied by tJifs tarn ? to manufactures . Thpy complained only that the f » fj ? e principles were not applied also to articles of sirt > sistwoft AfH-r afow words from Mr . Esfeiton , and sortie expUnurions I ' vom Mr . EuocklehUkst and Sir . Gkimsditch , the -Committee ! divided , affirming , by a very large majority , the duty as proposed by Govern-: monfc . -
T / jta next item of discussion was the duty on manufactnre . ' ; of silk , which the tariff proposes to raise by w «« htt but which Dr . Bowiing moved to levy , ad valorem . ¦¦¦ ¦¦; ¦ ¦¦¦ Sir K . Peei . boM , th-, t , giving no opinion whether the ailu . vssion of French ' mHjsj would fee cxpedieut for t ! i < s . cr . !' vntry-- .. with-ut some reciprocal admission of Britinh fc < iods into Frnnro , at any rate he strongly felt the l ^ m-St which wouk' . flow from reciprocity of intereourse ; that reciprocity Ensland was striving to obtain ; and ho trusted that the Hi ; u '* e trould not weaken the hands off Ministers by pressing them hastily to concede tha boon withor-t compensation ; . ' . , Mr . La-bqucjijbhe txhorted his friends to snpport the Q-o "n-rniuent in this duty , with the view explained by : 8 Rr . R"Peei . R . ' r . KtrME concurred . Dr . Bowring cousented to withdraw his motion .
Mr . V , rtLiAMS made some observations , of which the tenoiir was not distinctly beaTd . Lord Ho wick questioned -whetSer England wonld accotnpljsh so good a result by making bargains about reci procal duties , as Hy acting on an independent prineipla After the declarations already made by Sir R Peel in favour of the principle of cheap purchase even withont reciprocal remission « 'f duty , France would see that she had only to be obstinate enoagh in order to secure her object without concession in return , i But if , after a full reduction '' oh enr part , she should still continue to keep up her dutieB the smngaler would step in to correct her error * and circulate EBglish manufactures throughout France , at a heavy loss to tne Fteneh exchequer . . --, ¦ -. •;• .- . : ';¦ ••• ¦ -. Mr . Mangles wished for some farther reduction upon the - silk- , manufactures of India , to which Sit R . Peel briefly cbjected . Mr . Bkocklehurst safd a few words , and the duty passed as proposed by Government .
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Oa the articles of ladies * dresses , on which , hy Jfce tariff / the Customs officers have an option of chari / iBg ah ad valorem duty of 40 per cent , Mr . Hume bad the momentRry gallantry to propose 8 reduction ; lut he mad « no fight , and the ladies were left where the tariff had placed them . The schedule of silk * was passed , and the Committeo afljouriaed . . - ' ' ' ¦'¦ " . ' " ¦''" ¦'"¦ - ' ¦' / . ¦ " . ' . ; . ' : ¦ "¦ . ' . ¦" , "" ' ' ¦ , Monday , June 13 » . ; v In compliance with the ' recommendation given by Sir Robert Peel on Friday eTening ; the Honse be £ an business half an hour before its 'nsnal time , and went
into Cor&mittee on the tariff by five o ' clock , when Mr Mitchell , the member for Bridport haying a pet protection for his own constituents , moved that tlio d ; ity on foreign cordage should be eight shiUtaga instead of six shillings , and the duty on foreign twine twenty shU'lings , instead of ten sbiliings . Mr . Gladstone exhibited his accustomed inexorability . "Mr . A . Chapman and Colonel WQo&of ^^ Middlesex , spoke shortly , the latter , as far as could be gathered , amid the nofse of a disorderly Ho . Tase . conneelling Mr , Mitchell to withdraw Ms motion ; but Mr . Mitchell , so far from acquiescing , made a second speech , and was worsted with due form by a majority fa a division . ¦
When . the committee arrived at the schedule relating to stones , bricks , and tiles . Mr , Q Bankea made a strangle for the Portlanders ; urging the House ' to continue the existing protection upon Portland s * one , on the gronnd that it was not an article entering into the consumption of the poor , and that it furnished labour to" a happily circubstanced population of almost two thousand peraons on the coast of Dorsetshire . _' .:. '; . - ¦ -.... ¦ ; .. ' .. ; .- •' .. ; . '"' -.- . ' . Mr . GuuTStiE BupppttedtheTadnctTOii proposed in the || riff : and stated that the population was one among which the truck system was extensively prevalent ; . "• . '¦"'¦ . . . ¦' . " . " ¦ - - . - . " ¦ ' . ' ¦¦ : ' . .. . " : ; After n few W ) rds from Lord Ashley .
Mr .-Ql astonE ; gave his opinion that tho protection proposed in -t ' ae tariff was quite sufficient' , amounting , as It did , to an ad valorem duty of ten per cent , the present duty wa 9 twenty per cent ., which be thought too much for so rude a material . A little more conversation ensued , and then Mr . BankES , adverting to the ill-success of all the former attempts to alter the rates proposed by the Q-overnrnent , withdrew his motion . ¦¦¦ - ¦ On the article of foreign coffee ; Lord B ^ owick moved that the import duty , set down in the tariff at 8 \ 1 . per pound , should be reduced to JA . At 8 < 1 . per pound'the better kinds of coffee from foie ' . gn plantations would pay about one hundred per ; cent ; , and the inferior kiads a vastly larger per oentage ; and these
Wero duties upon an article entering largely into the consumption of the poor . This high impost could not b « justified on the score of discouragemant to thesiaTfl trade ; for the great foreign coffee country was that of Hfvyti , which is cultivated by free labour . If the intent weie to benefit ou ? planters , he woKld say that the people of this country would not long endur « such a cost for such an object ; and the sooner our colonists arrive : ! at a more natural Btate of things , the better would it bo evon for themselves . The reduction he now sought , being only one penny per pound , could not be important to the revenue—nay , fee bslievod it would be fully made up by the increase of consumption , to say nothingof the advantage ¦ which would , be produced in the discouragemeni of udulttration . : ¦
Mr . G-laDstone urged the House to maintain ' -the higher duties for the present , mainly on the ground that in some of the now pending treaties with foreign states , the retnission of these duties might be made the considerations for important concessions to the trade of this country . . ' _ ' . ' ' ' . "' . '¦ .. ' - ¦' " ' ' ; . " " .- ¦ Mr , Hume thought that a smaller duty than 8 ^ . would still leave this country strong enough in negotiation with foteigners . Sir Robekt Peei admitted the . ireat Bdyantnge of
encouraging coffee as against spirituous liquors . But ha entreated the liouse not to throw away too liberally all instruments of negotiation . Next to the objr-ct of cheapeuing prices to our own consumers was that of extending our own markets . Oar argumenU of mere philos&phy , sound as they might be , would not weigh so efFectuaJIly with some foreign states , as our possession of a ' quid pro quo . It was -. very material that wa should make it the interest of various classes abroad to press their own Government , for a relaxation of their restrictions . ^ ^
Mr . Hawes objected that the effect of the per ceiit 3 ga proposed in the tariff would be to .. it . t the rich have their coffee at a lower proportionate duty than Uia poor . A still greater reduct'on than Lord Howick had proposed would be quite safe to the revenue ; for it would increase the consumption of the genuine article which pays duty , and diminish the use of the ingredients employed in adulteration , which pay no duty at all . ; ' ;/ V . ' . ' ; ¦ "¦ ; ' . " : ¦¦ ¦ : ¦ : '; . / . ' : ' " > ' ¦" . '' . ¦ ¦ '"¦; . " . ;¦ ¦ Dr . Bowring was persuaded , that in order to concilkte France , the J ^ s ^ in ' strament weS ctmld ; use would be a dimin ' utlou of the ' duty ' dti her wines / "" Mr . ¦ ' .-. BabiscI said , he '; should have \ atiderstood Sir R . Peel ' s " , argument abpni negotiation ; if he bad let coffee alone altogether ; out , Sit It ? eel tod tike'p eff 2 d ., which . he seenied tovthink lujtie ; : ha 1 fmte& to hiB diplomacy , and yist ' entertained a gtea ' 4 apjprebefision frdini the one penny Which tb ¥ d ; 4 Hdw 1 ck desired to leduce . - : " ' - . "¦ . ' ¦'¦'¦ ' ¦ : ' ''"" : ' '¦" - ' ' ' - ! V ^ ' - ; ' :- ' ; - •' ' -. ; - :
Mr . Tillteus apprehended , that we' Should always bavQ . sufficient power in negotiation , by sTm ply threatepin ' g'tb reiippose our duties . The best way to begin was by settihg tbe example of free trade . Lord H 0 WICK ( lid not believe that the bargaining system hatl been found to answer in practice , Of the reduction -. proposed by GfoverBment , the chief benefit would gi ; to the growers and boilers of coffee , and not to the consuroeTs ... " . ' : ' The committee then divided , rejecting Lord Howick ' s amendment . ' " ' - . : : ¦ . "' .. " ¦' Lord Sanbon moved that certain allowances should be made on the stock of naturallzad coffee now in bond , or on its way to thi 3 country . ThoEe stocks , he eaid , had fallen 'greatly in price , and would suffer heavily from the reduction of duties made by this tariff . -
Mr . Gladstone considered the fall in price to have arisen only from over-speculation in thst particular branch of the-coffee trade .. Tbe change in the duties might be disadvantagrous to these holders ; but so it must be ajso to the holders of very many other kinds of stock , who , nevertheless , must submit to individual inRohveiiience for a measure of general benefit He inliHiated , however , that as Lord Sar . don had altered tho language ef his motion from the form of thia notice , the subject might be further consideretiby Go * vernment .. Lord SANDorf said he did not wish tb press fora division at fbat moment . : Lord Howick remarked , that the general objection to allowattCf . a on stocks inhanO .. which was the danger of fraud , did not apply to that stock which was actually in bond ; and even that which was in trtinsitu stL'Died to him to deserve favourable consideration . ¦
Mr . Divetfc , and Mr . Mark Phillips , and Mr . Hume were in favour of the motion ; but Mr . Baring saw no sufficient distinction in fuvour of these particular speculators ..- " - ¦ ' . ' . / " ' . ' .-.. ' ; . : . ¦ -. ' . . "¦ ' Sir R . Peel , said , that tho speculation , though not literallyillegal , had been contrary to the spirit of tha law , and thit so long since as in the Session of 1840 there hai been public notice that Parliament intended to correct the slips in the statute of which these traders had taken advantage . Many other classes of dealers / particularly in the timber trade , were affected by this tariff , who had no such two years' notice to get rid of their stocks , and he conld discern no valid ground for an exception in favour of this particular Adventure . . Ss . veral other . -Members added a few words ; and the Cvimuiittee uividing , negatived the motion of Lurd Sandon .. " . - "¦ ' ' .. ¦'¦ ¦ - .. ' . :
Mr , Lindsay and Mr . Mangles pressed Sir R . Peel to-consider . the- practicability of lowering the duty oh tea ; but ; Sir R . Peel resisted that suggestion on tha score of revenue . . On the article of books . Sir R . Peel , in answer to a questica from l ) r . Bowbin . g ' , expressed his intention to reconsider the duty with rtfersnee to ita effect upon copyright . . ' .. ' - . . The iteA of tallow candles attracted the attention of Lord "Worsley , who begged that the protection , instead cf lOs . per cwt-, might be 20 s . ; but Mr ... Glad ; sto > e arihered to the lower &uiu . Wh ' . ; nthe committee came to cork ; Squared-for rounding , ' ... '"' ' /¦ '¦ ¦ . ¦'¦ ¦ .. ¦ ... ¦ : '
Mr . T . DWcom ' be ' , proposed ' -that the duty should be reduced from 5 d . per pound to the nominal duty of Is . per ton , for the * aker / f protecting the industry of our native cork-cutters , who . , without * uch a reductlon-, would be doomed to seo the raw material carried wholesale into France , and v » ith it the tia'de they lived by . Mr . Gladstone declared the sincere desire of the Govemiiient to bestow on the cork-enttevs every advantage not repugnant to - .-general , principle ; . but added his belief that the duties to be levied under this tariff were such as fully to consist with the prosperity of ths-ir trade . He entered into various details of the business , for the purpose of illuHtrating his opinion , . Mr . Baring supported the motion of Mr , Dunepmbe . The latter addressed the committee by Way of reply ; and shared , on a division , the fate of all who had preceded him in tesiating any item of the tariff .
Dr . BoWKlNG pleaded for an qd valorem ot 20 per cent oh straw hats aad platting- ^ a reduction due , in his opinion , to Tascany , whence these artidea are principsUy imported . : ; : ;•• Mr . Ho he supported this motion . Mr . Gladstone admitted the liberality of the Tuscan Government ; bet felt that something was due to the friendless and hopeJess state of the home labourers in this branch . Still , however , a yery large boon in the shape of rednction on these artidea waa given to Tuscany by the present tarifEr i r - Dft BbwHiNO forbore to press hia amendment On foreign wints endspirits Dr . Boweijig asked for aa assurance from Sir B . Peel , thaf wfcen France should indicate a reciprocal spirit ; the English Government would accede to a a diminutidn of the duties . Sir R . Peel had no difficulty in giving this assurance At a few ^ minutes after saidnight , the committee adjourned . . ' ,.-. ' . " ... .
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Less ' op a Ship by Fiee . —On Wednesday afternoon intelligence was received at Lloyd ' s of the total loss of the ship Barbara , bclorj ^ jjig to Leitb , by fire . Tho unfortunate catastrophe took place on the nigkt of Sunday la ^ t , in the German Otsean , about three miles from the Bell-rock Lighthouse , and-tha fire is described io have spread with such fearful rapidity , that those on board , amounting to fifteen persons , were unable to save any property whatever . Happily they escaped by taking to the boats , and reached Montrose in safety , though much exhausted , tbe following morning ( Monday ) . Tho fire commenced amongst the , cargo in the hold of tbe vessel , bat the ciicumstajicis under which it orijrinated are at present unknown . She is stated to have beep a fine sailing vesBil , aad is reported to bs fully insured .
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THE REGISTER OF PARLIAMENTARY CONTESTED ELECTION'S , containing the uncontested Elections sinei ; 1830 , co :.-ij . . ; icd by Hesey S Smith . London : Simpkia , -Marshall & Co . i This work , to those rcbo feel an interest in the Question of Parliamentary Representation , or who desire toknov ? by which pirry in t ' ¦ " ¦¦ * -t-t th- ' various counties and boroughs ' in En ^ hnd , Wnh-s , j Scotland , and Ireland , h 3 ve b ? pri ]> iiherto r < pre- , sented . is a rao ^ t useful vade mccum It fu rnishes , ' at a , cheap rate , ar . d in ccnvpiiicnt arrang-Tn-nt , a vast mass of tabular information , convTi-ir . n the cames of the successful and nnfifces > ful cjndidates in all contested elections einoe i 7 CG . wi-h thf . ir politics ; and , siiiee the fi .-st edition of the work was published . itli"sbeen amended by the insertion or ; addition of the name 3 of the candidjte-3 ivturKeu vrithont contest since 1830 . It ccniains a- ^ - > a list of the present Parliament . The compiler ( . Mr . U . \ S . Smith ,-of this town , ) has been at ^ rfai pains in . the a"rrangeiEeBt aud nse cf his materials , and has rendered hia work in every way worthy of general j support .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 18, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct603/page/3/
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