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A S 02 * G OF TRBEDOJL tsb Iotbt may = ng of Ms ladyB charms , Ado the Bacchant boast of his wne , The soldier may tell of his deeds in arms , Bnt a nobler theme shallJbe mine , t -srill sing of the joys that freedom gi-res , -jTherever its blessings are seen ; Ana there is not an honest heart that Eves , 3 $ nt -will join in the song I -ween , ily motto for ever , and ever shall be , Success to the friends of the fair and the free
H a traitor may ^ coff , and the tyrant may scorn , ABd the lordling may sneer at my lay , 3 at its burden shall cheer the oppress'd and forlorn , TVlfti Uielopes of a happier day ; jig&an -wsSea ^ iasIaTe to a sense of fcla ^ rrongv ind his soal stall delight in the strain ; tj shall itll the poor bondsman -what to him belongs , And teach him t * burst from Ms chain , jly motto for ever and ever shall be ,
Success to the fnenda of the lair and the free . j wBl not debase God ' s image on earth , By landing the despot ' s deeds , j ¦ will not praise that as an action of ¦ worth , Jor ¦ which common humanity bleeds ; j till not rejoice at fonl rapine and ¦ war , 2 for exolfro ' cT the blood that ia spilt ; 3 never Trill honour the conqueror's car , 2 ? or glorify that which is guilt 3 Iy motto for ever and ever shaft be ,
Success to the fnends of the fail and the free , 3 Ij soug it shall praise the promoter of peace , It shall bless the beneTolent heart , H « jfr * n pray that prosperity soon may increase , AnS that strife from the -world may depart ; ji stall honour the man of the generous mind , Whose bosom -with sympathy _ glows ; H shall ever admire the friends of mankind . And despise thBir contemptible foes . ily motto for ever ana ever shall be , gaecass to the frieiida o ! ike iaix . saa the free , vjachester . Bxkjaxis Stotx .
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3 BAITCHESTES . —Caijco xsd Stitpp Block picsiEES . —A Pnblio Meeting of the above trades ifaslield on Friday evening , in the Large Room of jie Fairfield Inn , Fsirfield-street , for the purpose of petitioning the Legislature on the evil effects of matJnntry . The large room was well filled with printers and delegates from twenty country districts . j £ r . Robert M'Fsrlane was called to the chair . He jead fetters from several members of Parliament , jBdndiug T . S . Dancombe , Esq ., W . B . Jerrand , Esq-j Earl Stanhope , and George Bjnte , -E ? q ., the whole of which promised that I tbej p « nnoned the Legislature ihBy ¦ would lender tnem all the assistance in their power . The following resolutions were proposed to 4 he meeting and nnanimonsly agreed to : —** That ft is
the opinion of this meeting ihat the great distress experiuiesdbT the operative block punters is solely to bs attribntedio thennrestrictedaction of machinery almosi entirely superseding their labour and depriving ihan of the means of subsistence . " " That th « eafy remedy for the remoTal of the alarming distress tIU be a restriction on printing machines , as a provision of -employment ibr those whose labour has ken superseded bj the machines . " ** That a petition be presented to both Houses of Parliament , embodying the foregoing resolutions praying the Bonourable Members to take into their most serious Kmaderation our unparalleled distress with a view to remove ihe miseries , we at present endure- " "That T . S Dmscombe , E = q , be requested to present it to lbs House of Commons , and the Honourable Earl Stanhope to the Hou 3 e of Lords , "
SARNSItEx . —A large pnblic meeting of linen ireaTers readiEg in this town took place on Monday sight , to adopt measures to prevent an attempt at redaction of the prices given for Tick weaving , by a £ na in the town . Resolutions to support the men liho have turned out were agreed to . Siat £ of Tka . de . —This town has suffered much faring the past week , Hundreds have been thrown oni of employment ; who will have to suffer all the liorrorsof destitnrion . The fancy drill trade is now Sa&llv closed for the season .
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~ - ^ , ^ 1 MGRlEil EXAMINATION OF THE LATE MR . GABLTLE . Jj fce bapecHon of the body of the late Mr £ ^*™ Cajlfle , some paints of no ordinary interest ¦ jjK" ** formerly the subject of an attack of paralysis , fKj *™ PtMnrmtion pro-red to Iisve "been caused toy Tjf ? Sati ° n of blood into & -vex ? ramsnal sitnation , 4 j- ^ " ^ aeolii , at thelase of tbe brain . This form fsaaS * 7 lappens in the proportioii of dse in ibnr ^^^ acases , according to tbe calculations of AudraL ~ TlCm J * l « Tv . 1 ierCT ^ >> t » . 11 « . ^!»> 1 « nl > innKl > l Hint
^ , * ¥ " are necessarily fatal . j ^ -Csdae ' a ease proved not only that effusion of jgj ^ « i connderable qnautities , may have been in Ibis ' , r ^ ° a , - srithout being immediately fatal ; but with ; ^ j ** comparative impunity , -withoat loss of conscious- j j ^« ° ? eoz no . ilr . Cariile ' slirajn-weighed 3 lb . 6 cz . and jj ^™« - Th e cerebellam lanounted to 5 t > z . 5 drs . ' ^^ ao in -ffeigfci . iherefore , cf the latter to the for- ] tfn . kL ? * ° mineanda talt T ^ emeasuiements ] H ^^ in somewhat exceeded the aTerage European ^^ canEe of dea th -waS connected -wiih the state of T ^ T * and heart The former were in the cendifcion ^ ° long afeack of BronebeiesfOT tiss most parti
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induces , the latter was somewhat enlarged , and loaded ¦ witn a eonsidsrable quantity of fat m Mr . Carlile ' s case is an instrucftve one to the phyrii ^ a ^ t l ^^^ S 0 Mce of Sratiflcation to his friends that , by bis bequest , as item has been added to the treasury of useful knowledge . The above p ^ ticulars were kindly furnished to our reporter by Dr . Thomas Williams , of St Thomas ' s Hospital .
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of material mutilation . My visit to the above place was performed on Monday last , the 28 th inst ., pursuant to a complimentary privilege granted to me on the occasion , by Mr . Alfred Cariile ; and upon this respeetful recommendation , I was courteously received by Dr . Whitfitld , whom I met witheut knowing him . until he acknowledged him&elf as the owner of the name 1 Inquired for , at the door of the counting house , in the first area ot the building . Having there told him tke purport of my visit , he said I was perfestly welcome to the indulgence I so eagerly sought for ; but he would remind me that the body of the deceased had been there eight days , a n * was therefore , by tbat time , bo much mulilatid as not to admit of a recognition of any of his features , even by his nearest friends ! bat ,
nevertheless , if my « uriosity was intent upon seeing the identical remains of Mr . Cariile , be would , on tbe recommendation of hia son , most cheerfully oblige ma . We then proceeded together across the next area ; and ha-ring arrived at a large avenue , on the left of which was the entrance to the dissecting room , the gentleman resumed , " Here is the place wherein he is ljing : but , before I open door , I would advise you , if you have never before witnessed the Interior of such a place , to forego your intention . Don't , for a moment , mistake my meaning : I shall think it , no trouble to oblige you I am only paying raspeBt to your feelings afl a stranger to such a place . I -will admit you , with the greatest of pleasure , if yon think it will not be unpleasant toyoui
ajght . I replied that , 1 felt inwardly persuaded that I should not be unnerved . The door was then opened , and myself politely ushered inte the room by my distinguished escort . The flret thing that met my eyes was , the body of a child lying on iis back with its face excoriated , and its feet near to the wall on the right ; and a little further on , nearly opposite , the body of a full grown person lying on its belly with the left leg off : -while , to the left , as one enters the door , lay tbe hacked remains of Mr . Cariile , with his head near to the walL I confess the sight -was more unpleasant to my eyea than I anticipated ; bat I will , nevertheless , sum up tbe resolution to give a description of what I saw as correctly as my memory will permit .
The face of the corse was literally flayed ; and a student , acting under the surveillance of Dr . Whitfield , Was chipping away small pieces of flesh Bear tbe ear ( which was alEO either flayed , or entirely off—for , in the confusion , I really forger which ) with a lance , for the purpose , I conjectured , ef arriving at certain veins and muscles ; while on the left * was a young gentleman ( also a student ) leaning , quite collectedly , against tbe wall lin which the door is ) with both his hands in the pockets of a poncio coat , which was closely buttoned up to tbe chin . The room was spacious , and tbe walls , in stveral places , were hung , ' * not " with diamonds , "
but with nnsighOy black skalls , suspended by ropes to pegs erected for that purpose . I was the only person in \ the place beside the professional Rentleman and the two students , who seemed somewhat surprised at my \ entrance with their superintendent—seeing I was a Btrauger . J " Yon see , sir , " Baid Dr . Whitfleld , ( pointing to the body of Mr- C . as we drew close up to it ) " lie was a ; man possessed of fine muscles , and must hare been Strong and power / al , for a man of his siz 3 . " [ Mr . \ Cariile was corpulent , and belew the middle stature . ] j 11 And pray , sir , " inquired 1 , " what might have been the weight of his brain ?'' ;
" Toiee U > s . 6 > z . and 3 dr 8 , " was the Doctor ' s reply . The truDk had evidently been divested of the intestines ; there was a horrid aperture on its anterior , and a membrane , elegged with fat , waB turned outwards , ; and was lying on the left breasS ; and , as a surcharge of fat round the heart was said tr > have been one among the complication of disorders that accelerated tbe death j of Mr . C , the greasy membrane to which I allude was , I no doubt , the pericardium . Dr . Whitfield and i myself then left the room , and proceeded together , into the street , when we had some little chat . His conversation was chiefly professional ; ifc did not turn ' upon the subject of the o pinions ( either political or ' theological ) of the deceased , whom he did not , in my presence , either laud or condemn . So whatever might hav « been his private aenthneuta—whether Christian
or sceptical—one thing was Je « a equivocal : he was , decidedly , no bigot . He reflected , disparingly , upon , the superstitious prejudice that he said prevailed against dissection ^ and remarked , that ray friend , whose , corpse I bad just left , had acted rationally in the . bequest he had made of himself for that object . But ! there were , he said , persons ont of number to be found who were ever ready to stab the reputation of a medical , man . upon the slightest error he might have the misfortune to commit during his attendance upon a patient ; ' and yet , those very persona , owing to the superstition he reverted to , virtually denied him the opportunity of ; knowing his profession , er , at least , of improving it We then parted in the usual way—the gentleman hav-1
ing previously given me his hand . The spectacle I had just witnessed , though it did not unnerve , produced , nevertheless , a rather singular effect npon me , and I wou . d advise any persons whose curiosity , perchance , might direct them to wend their way to a dissecting room , to dine be / ore they Bet out for that object ; for they will not , 1 apprehend , receive their dinner with any great « st , o / frruxirdg . I Bpeak from a elo&a consultation with my own feelings upon the subject , it ¦ was afternoon -when I visited the hospital , and 1 had not yet dined , but intended doing so on my way thither , but , as it then occurred to me , that such a delay might causa me to forego the object of my curiosity , by making me too late for admission , I deemed it advisable to defer the receipt of my dinner —thinking that on my return from that place I could have it comfortably , and without that hurrying and
confusion which must inevitably have accompanied an earlier partaking of the same—I -was , however , sorely disappointed ; for after what 1 had witnessed , as above described , my appetite Was completely set against flesh . It was the first time I had ever seen any thing bearing a resemblance to meat , in human shape , and every batcher ' s shop , therefore , after quitting the place of dissection , presented to my vision a most horrific appearance , and caused an unpleasant association of ideas to occupy my mind ; and therefore with my imagination thus distorted , I betook myself to the nearest coffee rooms I could find , and there allayed the appeals of hunger . From that instant I have made bread , cheese , pastry , 4 c , answer all tbe purposes of diet , an < l have not touched animal food since . Henxt Sculthorp , 17 , Doaglas-street , Westminster , Middlesex . 28 tb February , 1843 .
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BARB A B O U S TRE A TMENT O F A CO LLIER BOY , NEAR ELLAND . ( From the Halifax Guardian . J It is this week our painful duty to record one of the most revolting cases of barbarous treatment that it ever fell to our Jot to notice . The case affords another illustration of the cruelties practised upon children doomed to slave-labour in a coalmine , and we beg distinctly to observe that we have nudersfafced rather than overstated the treatment of the wretch whose name we shall shortly introduce .
James Whiteley , a poor orphan boy , about seventeen years of age , was apprenticed to Joseph Whiteley , collier , residing at Blacfcley , near EOand , about seven years ago , as a hurrier . He was then only about nine years of age . From the first day of his apprenticeship to his cruel master , he has been the subject of the most severe and harsh treatment . The labour to which he was pnt in his mere infancy was the veriest drudgery , and when his limbs failed to do their duty , a huge strap , or not unfrequently a thick piece of wood , was most inhumanely applied to his person . Six o ' clock in the morniDg was the usual
hour at which this poor boy was sent into the pit , and at the same hour in the evening—bnt not unfrequently eight or nine o ' clock—he was again submerged , hiB onl y subsistence being a muffin , or some other such eatable , aid the water in the pit . The cruelties practised upon him have bnen greatly increased since hiB inhuman master was married ( about two years since ) , the woman it appears having taken a dislike to the poor orphan lad . As a sample of the barbarities which this collier boy has had to undergo , let the punishment he has experienced dnrine the past fortnight suffice .
It appears that the severe flogging which Whiteley received caused him once or twice to run away from his master . A short time ago he -was so beat with a hurrier ' B strap , and a heavy piece of wood ( piece of an old cradle ) , that he again resolved upon running away . He did so , bnt on Tuesday week he was brought before the Halifax magistrates by his master , charged with disobedience . Through the threats and menaces of the cruel tyrant who had treated him so barbarously , he was stating the whole facts of the case to the bench . The lad had intended showing the various wounds iuflicted upon his person , enough , however , was said to induce the magistrates to reprimand the master , and the boy was ordered to go back again , and the master
warned not to ill-treat him in future . This warning , however , was neglected . The same day he administered a most brutal castigation to his victim , which he repeated every day while the lad remained with him . Our readers may imagine that the harrowing deiails which are to follow are tinged with an air of fiouon , They are facts . The poor lad went down ia the pit , was beat with a stickj and between each stroke the instrument was dipped in water . The lad ' s back became one mass of sores , and it was impossible for him to lie in bed , While subjected to this inhuman treatment , he was allowed three meals per day of thin water porridge boils
only , and in consequence ' of his brutal treatment broke ont in all parts of bis body . . Frequently was he sent into the pit without breakfast ^ and obliged to perform the whole of his drudgery . What made this the more painful was the fact of his labouring under the effects of a severe wound inflicted upon his right knee some time since . On that occasion while beating him with a hurrier ' s strap , the master took hold of the end opposite the buckle ( which is generally a tolerably large one ) , thus causing a more severe punishment ; in one of the strokes the buckle caught the poor lad on the right knee and tore away a large piece of fiesh ! The lad , however , was still forced to work .
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On Thursday night week , this monster master ducked the lad ' s head three or four tames in a bowl of water , wetting his shirt all over , and forced him into the cellar , whereihe was looked up all night , without bed , chair , table , or even a morsel of ptraw 1 The same treatment was about to be practised on Friday night , but he begged so pitifully for mercy that he was allowed to go to bed . On Saturday night , however , he was again forced into the cellar , where he remained all night . On Sunday morning he was brought out ; no breakfast was given him ; . but , i as a further punishment , his master suspended a heavy bag of iron round hia neck and forced him to walk up and down the room under the terror of another floeeinar . Some
cold porridge ( which had been left the previous day ) waa warmed up and offered him , but ho could not eat . His master then left the house , saying he would look out for a good thick stick . The weman shortly after left the house for the purpose of fetching some water from a neighbouring well , and the lad being thus for a few moments left alone resolved upon trying once more to escape from a worse than African slavery . With great exertion he managed to loose the bag of iron from his neck , and made his escape into Grimscar Wood . From thence he stealthily proceeded to the old Copperas Works , where he remained till night-fall . During his concealment in the Copperas Works he heard his master seeking hiriV The lad , when referring to this circumstance , shudders involuntarily , saying , " I did tiemble then . " Fortunately , however , he was not discovered . At night he proceeded to Elland where a charitable womau took him into her house
, gave him some coffee , and provided Him with a bed . On the Monday he went to one of the constable ' s who took him to Mr . Joshua Dodgson , one of the overseers , who was &o struok at the shocking spectacle which the lad presented , that he resolved upon resumg him from his inhuman master . He was brought before the Magistrates on Tuesday , by the constable , acoompenied also by Mr . Dodgaon . His back was exhibited and presented from the nape of the neck downwards one continued series of bruises , evidently effected by some solid but thin weapon . His ritfbt hand was also dreadfully swollen in attempting to parry off the blows . One pare of hi s body presented rather the appearance of raw , diseased meat than of human fljsh and skin ! It waa at first intended to take out a warrant for assault , but on conferring with tho Magistrate it waa thought better to take a summons for ill-treatment , with a view to cancel tho indentures and release the lad from the liability to such cruel treatment .
The lad was subsequently removed to the workhouse , where he was put under proper medical treatment , and the most assiduous attention has since been paid to him both ' by Mr . and Mrs . Dyer . We understand that Joseph Whiteley , the lad ' s master , will be brought up before the Magistrates this day . It may be interesting to know that thin unfortunate orphan boy is brother to the girl who figured in a wood-cut which appeared In the Guardian some time ago , illustrative of the orueltiesand indecencies practised in the coal mines near Elland .
DISTRESSING SHIPWRECKS . LOSS OF FOURTEEN LIVES . Hartlepool—Thursday , Feb . 23 . —It is our painful duty torolate one of the most melancholy occurrences that have taken place near this port ( llartlepool ) , for many years past . The brig X . L ., Captain Hindes , belonging to London , from Antwerp for Hartlopool , with a general cargo of merchandise , came on shore near this plaoe at five o ' clock this morning ( Thursday ) , during a strong bretze from about S . E ., with a very heavy sea running at the time . It is believed that Captain Hindes was a stranger to the navigation at the spot where the
lamentable catastrophe happened , aud having made too free wichthe land , let go his anchor , but unfortunately too late , and consequently the unfortunate brig X L ., was driven upon the rocks . Every assistance was rendered by the officers and men of the coast-guard service , aided by the inhabitants , but unhappily without effect , the vessel having , in about two hours , gone to pieces , and all on board , with the exception of a youuj 4 man named Kyflm , aged seveuteen years , perished . The number who thus met with a watery grave ( including the captain ' s wife , who unfortunately was on board , passenger ) was ten .
Prooheda , Fee . 21 . —Yesterday ( Monday ) , the brig Margaret , Captain Paton , belonging to Irvine , N . B ., bound from Ardrossau tor Dublin , foundered about twenty miles east of Drogheda . Five of her crew were saved by getting into tbe long boat , and cutting her adrift . There was a tremendous sea running at the time , and the Margaret in a few minutes disappeared , and with her Captain Paton and two apprentices . About five hours after the vessel foundered , the boat , containing the five survivors , was pioked ap by the men belonging to the coast-guard service stationed at Clogher , aud towed in there . Plymouth , Thursday , Feb . 21 . ~ Yesterday , the Rosa , Captain Fish , from Liverpool for Yarmouth , put in . hero ( Plymouth ) . On Saturday , she was struck by a heavy sea off tbe Smalls , which washed one of the crew , named Rivers Gosling , a native of Yarmou'h , overboard , aud ho was unfortuuatciy drowned .
Grimsby , Fhb . 22 . —Captain Woolsey , of the regular London trading Bchooner Providence , arrived bere ytsterday , and reports that , on Monday last , he passed a vessel sunk in about eight fathoms of water , Hai . sborough Light bearing about S . S . W ., about six miles distant , and the north oud of Hauborough Sand Light bearing about E and by N . The masthead was painted green , and waB about eight feet out of the water , with the boom aud gaff floating alongside . Captain Woolsey supposes the wreck seen by him to have been that of a billy-buoy . On Monday night , about eight o ' clock , Spurn lights bearing W .,
from twenty to twenty five miles distant , the sloop Nancy , Captain Lott , belonging to Gcavesend , was run down by a schooner ( name unknown ) , supposed to be bound for the north . The schooner hove to , and showed a light , but owing to the very heavy sea , and the darkness of the night at the time of the accident , they were unable to render the Nancy any assistance . Tbe smack British Hero , also belonging to Gravesend , fortunately came up shortly after , and succeeded in resouing Captain Lott and his crew . The Nancy sunk about half-an-hour afterwards . The strange schooner proceeded northwards .
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A VOICE FROM THE DUNGEON . ¦ TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN STAR . 3 ib , —i > jope you ' will not think that by addressing you I am seeking for notoriety ; my motive for so doing iB merely to open the eyes of the bard toiling millions , that they mav know the misery we are suffering for daring to assert our right to a voice in the making of an agreement between the employer and the employed . I know full well that a letter from persons suffering under the cruel hand of oppression never failed to enlist th » sympathy of the working classes in their favour , and more especially if they were men . who were suffering for advocating the right of the working classes .
I have for several years past seen , by great exertions in the cause of Chartism . that you have the good of your fellow-creatures at heart , and that you have been among the foremost in opposing and exposing the trickery and fraud of the would-be friends of the people , always taking the cause of the working classes as yeur own by supporting rjght against might ; being aware of this , I fully rely on yonr candour for publishing to the coontry an account of some of the many miseries endured by us for daring to tell the haughty tyrants that
their evil waa not good . ' I have often read with surprise and indignation the cruelty that political prisoners endured . The letter , of '© "Connor during hia Incarceration in York Castle , particalarly struck me , and I must confess I thought they'were rather exaggerated , but painful experience has learned me that all and much more was true ; no ono can form an adequate idea of our sufferings , unless they have been placed in a similar situation . You may judge from the following to what a state we ate reduced :-
—We have a room about eight yards in length , and five in breadth , and oi each side is a door , two eastiron pillars , about eighteen inches in diameter , which reaches to the ceiling ; a stone on one side with three slabs plaeed three feet from the wall , which serves fer tables , together with the same number of forms , constitute tbe whole of the furniture , and this ist what is called tbe day-bouse ; and in this place is huddled together fifty-eight men of all ages , good , bad , and in-
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different Should tht wind be iu the west , the place is immediately filled with smoke , and in wet weather , we must either remain in the day-house to be almost st'fled , or be drenched with rain in the yard ; and we must also go in thin state to a large room to pick wool , and if the quantity is not picked , in all probability our dinner will be stopped ; and I am positive , that 16 is almost impossible to prick the quantity that is given to each man , for it is of such a filthy nature that the room is completely filled with dust and dirt , and the thorny burB that are in it often lame the fingers for two or three days , aud we inlght as well complain to the stone Walla as apply to those who consta tly watch over us while at work . If any one is poorly we &re almost afraid to apply to the doctor . 1
About the middle of November last , a man of the name Of Glarka was sent here for the neglect of family . Shortly after his arrival he was taken poorly and was admitted into the Hospital . He had bean there two or three days when the old Doctor came (' .. his was on Friday ) and in his usual blustering manner , thus accosted one , —Who sent you ?—The Governor . To another . Who ssnt you ?—Toe young doctor . Umph 1 He then came to Clarke . Put out i your torgue . — Horn , hem . —There is nothing the matter with you that I can cure . It is nothing but laziness . } Nurse , give the man . a dose of salts , and send him to his yard . His orders were obeyed ; on Saturday he was sent to bis yard . On the Sunday he was so poorly that he was carried to the hospital a second time , and on Monday morning he was a corpse . Need I say more ,- the man came in strong and hearty and was carried out dead . It is my Jinn conviction , thai had Clarke had proper attendance he would now have been alive . There are hundreds who can speak as to the accuracy of thia statement .
Sir , this being our situation , you ; may form some opinion as to the wretchttducss of our condition—surrounded by men who are callous to the misery of their fellow creatures , who thick no more of the death of a human being than they would of tbe death of a dog . I could furnish you with facts of a similar nature to the ateove that have happened within those walls , but will reserve them for another time , thinking that the above will b « sufficient to prove to you tbat our condition is far from enviable . I think I should not be justified in concluding this letter without giving you some account of * the food which is allowed to each prisoner , for some may think we have a sufficient quantity allowed , and tbat our confinement is the only thing we have to complain of , but those who think thus are gTeaily deceived ; the following are the rations » er day t— j
At balf-past eight we get breakfast , which consists of about 7 oz of brown bread , and ooe pint of skilly , and tbat nearly cold , a rare breakfast for a man to tread the mill with ; at twelve we get dinner . j which Is either 2 oz . of very bad bacon aud something more thau one pound of potatoes , or one pint aud a half of what is called scouse , or , if neither of these , we receive the bread above mentioned , and a quart ef what is called soup , if possible more nauaeouB than the scowe ; at four we get supper , and we receive tbe same for aupper as we set for breakfast ; at five we are locked up for the nicht .
This Is , if possible , worse than any thinjj elsefourteen hours locked up iu a dark cell—then the wretchedness of our situation forces itself upon our minds ; fritnds , relatives , liberty and' happiness , pass before us in quick succession . To give you an adequate idea of our mind is impossible , and therefore it is useless attempting ; but , sir , I hope the day will arrive when I shall be rewarded for all the misery I shall puffer during the two years I have to abide in this miserable dungeon . ' Hoping that the people will never relax their exertioDS until the Charter become the law of ( he land ,, is tho ardent prayer of An injured Chartist , James WiLLuks , of Preston . Kirkdalo Jail , Feb . 23 , 1843 .
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HARMONY HALL . TO THE EPITOB OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —In the last letter I wrote , I stated my readiness to forward a series of letters , " explanatory of what ia contemplated by the . Socialists in this ' experiment , and tne degree of progress they have hitherto made . " The public mind is now becoming aroused to the importance of the bind question , and it will require all tbe energy , zeal , and talent of every individuil capable of treating it broadly and justly to supply the demand for information respecting it that is being now rapidly created . ' With these preliminary remarks I proceed to point out to such of yonr rea . lers as are nut well jacqaainted with tbe BUhject , that the S jcial body are associated for the object af removing , at tha earliest possible period , all the causes which produce vice , crime , and misery in the world ; and of substituting in their place the causes which produce the greatest amount of permanent happiness to every individual of the human race .
They found their expectation ef being euabl d to do this upon certain fundamental facts ; or laws respecting the nature and organization of man which have been hitherto overlooked in tbe constitution of society ; and from these facts or laws they deduct * two distinct but most important sciences , namely , ' the scienoe of human nature and the science of society . By tbe former they know that experience will enable them to instruct their fellow men , in auch a knowledge of their orcahizations , us ah Jl completely change the present current of their ideas , and convince them that
the actions of all men are necessitated ; ( that the feelings and convictions of all are produced independently of any will they may have on the » uT-jeci . by the circumstauces in which they are placed , and that either these feelings or convietions , or b : nb of them united , will prompt them to action and form the will . By the latter they expect to be enabled to construct a Bystem of society capable of producing , not only a due supply for the physical wants of every individual , but also every requisite for his happiness , by the full development of evary faculty and quality he may possess , physical , mental , and moral .
It is on these two sciences , as laid down by the Rational System , that all the proceedings of tbe Socialists are based ; and although there exists , even among the body who have associated themselves together to carry out the principles , a considerable difference of opinion as to what these principles really are , and a still greater as to tbe manner in which they are to be reduced to practice—yet , In proportion as the truths of the system become manifest to the minds of the disciples the progress of their introduction will be made . i
It has appeared to many who have j looked superficially at the subject , that failures have heretofore taken place in the development of the plans for introducing tho Rational System of Socb > y into practice ; but if we reflect , that in the year 1817 , Robert Owen first announced to the public , that he , without any other assistance than the truth from which he had compiled his system , intended to destroy every institution of society , and make It gi"s plaoe to a uew and superior mode of human exiateuca , which should gradually be made to be desire ! by all ranks and classes , and see the progress which bus been already made towards the attainment of this -object , we must come to the conclusion that the assertion was no idle boast ; but that What has been done is must astonishing , and the whole will most assuredly and speedily be realised .
What are tbi relative positions of the various parties concerned in this declaration at the time it waa made and the present period ? In 1817 , believing that Mr . Owen was about to introduce something which would minister to % ne preconceived notions an < J prejudices of the various tanks , classes , sects , and parties , and that by his assistance the existing order of things was about to be prolonged , under some slight modifications ; he was , for a time , the idol of those who w « re satisfied and contented , and was dreaded for bis conservative principles by those who felt that some great change was
necessary , which change they thought could be effected by violent opposition to the exist'ng powers . No sooner , however , had Mr . Owen made the memorable declaration which he did , at tbe City of London Tavern , in that year , that there existed much ; , very much , of error ia eveiy religion ia the world , aiadthat nothing short of an entire revolution in every j institution and custom of society , and a reconstruction } of the elements of which it was composed on an entirely different basis , would enable him to proceed with his designs , than he found himself more or less opposed by every
individual in the world . From that period to the present , Mr . Owen has undeviatlngly pursued his course , and it must be left to future generations , who shall havp taken a clear conception of the whole of his vast and comprehensive plans , to do anything like adtquate justice to the consistency with which his course had been pursued ; it is sufficient for me at present to remark ; that from the opinions of a single individual , opposed to , and opposed 07 , every power , law , and cusfr m , by which the affairs of man have been hitherto governed , we find the principles are now not only the regulating standard for a body of men , who have come forward openly to
declare themselves disciples of the system , and are prepiired to devote themselves entirely to Its Introduction in practice , and who have formed a society for that purpose more strongly organized ] than any that has hitherto existed ; but they have jolso made tbe deepest impression on every rank , class , sect , and party , not only in this country , but { throughout the civilized world ; and the fundamental { doctrine which they contain , on which every superstructure must be based , namely , that the character of man is formed for him and not by him , is now almost ] universally admitted , and must soon become the moving impulse of all human aetion .
I am aware , with some of yonr readers , I shall be considered as travelling beyond the object I proposed , namely , that of explaining what is contemplated by the Socialists in this experiment , but it is necessary to shew that in all our transactions we halve the universal and permanent happiness of the whole of tbe human race in view , to account for what would otherwise appear the delay which tabes place , in immediately putting together , as may otherwise be easily done , a small economical association of men , confined solely to the supply of their physical wants , and held together by strong coercive regulations . |
The grand leading object of the Socialists being to put In operation a system of society such as I have given an outline of in the above remarks , -they have had , aud they will have , to progress in proportion as tbe
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6 minds of their feliow men can become enlarged to the objects they contemplate ; and this experiment , in common with everything else they undertake , hus been , as far as circumstances would permit , iu accordance with the knowledge of the system that the society who have commenced it could be induced to adopt . In tracing Mr . Owen's progress from 1817 to the present period , it is curious to observe the manner in which various parties have from tints to time considered themselves qualified to co-operate with him , and carry out his plans ; add also the modes by which they have supposed themselves capable of accomplishing the same object by a mucb shorter and more direct route .
It is this belief , in my opinion , which , preventing a unity of purpose , has . hitherto retarded a more rapid progress being made ; and I trust , in the course of thia series oi letters , without reflecting unduly on the past , to point out that it is to the immediate and paramoiiafc interest , not only ef every class , sect , and party in the Stats ; but also of every individual of the human rice , t » lay aside all selfish , personal , aud sectional coneWerations , and to join in one universal cry for the introduction of this system , the whole of the materials for which abound in superfluity around us ; and thus forthwith to place man in a state of permanently progressive happiness , increasing as rapidly as his faculties and powers can be enlarged and expanded .
That such a course will be taken by all as bood as the subject ia clearly understood I am well convinced ; and if through the medium of your columns I can succeed in laying before so numerous and powerful a body of men as the Chartists of Great Britain , the benefits to be derived , and the ease with which they may be obtained , I shall have employed my time to a most us < ful purpose . * Suffice it to say for the present , that there is now ready for every individual everything required for the happine ? 9 aud well-being of himself and all around him , and the mode ia whieh this is to be obtained is easy and practical . I am Sir .
Your obedient servant , William Galpin Harmony H / tH , near Sbockbrldge , Hants , February 13 , 1843 .
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From the London Gazette of FHdui , Feb . 24 . BANKRUPTS . William Russell , of Kineston-upon-Thames . Surrey , innkeeper , March 3 , at half-past two , and April 7 , at half-past twelve , at the ' 'Court of Bankruptcy , Loudoa . Mr . Pennell , official assignee ; Mr . Chester , solicitor , Parsonage Row , Newington Butts , Surrey ; and Messrs . Walter and Demainbray , solicitors , Kingstonupon-Thame 8 , Surrey . John Harrison Curtis , ef 2 , Soho-square , boobae !] r , March 4 , and April 7 ,, at twelve , at the Court of Baubtuptcy , London . Mr . Pennell , official assignee ; and Mr . Kobson , solicitor , Clifford ' s-inn . Mr . Joseph Pickering , of Bedford , upholsterer , March 3 , at two , and March 31 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . Belcher , official assiffn-ti ; Mr . Ding
James Imray , of Old Fish-atreet-hill Upper Thames street , and of the Minories , City , stationer , March 4 . at ten , aud April 7 , at eleven , at the Court of Bsnkrnpu / , London . Mr . W . Whitmore , 2 , Basinghall-stre « t official assignee ; aud Mr . R . Wbilen , solicitor , 30 , Bucklerabury , London . Jobs Hague , of Rothethithe , Surrey , engineer , March 6 , and April 7 , at twelve , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy London . Mr . T . M . Alsager , official assignee , -12 , Bhebia-lane i and Mr . Ashley , solicitor , Old Jewry , London . John Thomas Linford and John Weeks , of Cantorbury , chemists , March 14 , at one , and April 17 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . Edward Edwards , official assignee , 7 , Frederick ' splace , Oid Jewry ; and Mr . Baker Peter Smith , solicitor , 17 , Basinehali-Btreet , London .
Edward Morris , of Brighton , Sussex , Tunbridgaware manufacturer , March 7 , at half-past one , and March 31 , at two , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . George Greon , official assignee , 18 , Aldarmanbury ; Messrs . Freeman and Co ., solicitors , Coleman-street , London ; and Mr . Benson , solicitor , Brighton . Mr . Thomas Wrigley , of Halifax , Yorkshire , silft waste spinner , March 14 , and April 6 , at twelve , .-, 6 the Court of Bankruptcy , Manchester . Mr , John Fraser , official assignee , Manchester ; Messrs . Makinson and Sanders , 3 , Eim Court , Middle Temple , London ; and Messrs . Atkinson and Saunders , solicitors , Msnches'flr .
George Cobb , of Nottingham , licensed victualler , March 3 , at one-, and March 31 , at two , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Birmingham . Mr . Richard Valp 7 , official assignee , Birmingham ; Messrs . Johnson and Co ., solicitors , Temple , London ; and Mr . John Bowley , solicitor , Birmingham . Jesse Tarns , of Shelton , Staffordshire , earthenware manufacturer , March 3 , at half-past eleven , and April 7 , at twelve , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy , Birmingham . Mr . Richard Valpy , official assignee , Birmingham ; Mr . Warren , solicitor , Market Drayton ; and Mr . Hodgson , solicitor , Birmingham . George Seaborn , of Berkeley , Gloucestershire , baker , Murch 6 , and April 13 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Bristol . Mr . George Morgan , official assignee , Bristol ; Messrs . Aston and Wallis , solicitors . New Broad-street , London ; and Messrs . Bishop and Wells , solicitors , Darsley , Gloucestershire .
George Newmarsh , of-Nottingham , dealer , March 10 and April 3 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Leeds . Mr . George Young , official assignee , Leeds ; Mr . Jehn Bowley , solicitor , Nottingham ; and Messrs . Johnson and Co ., Temple , London . Djvid Duncan , of Derby , dealer , March 6 , at eleven , aud April 1 , at half-past eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Birmingham . Mr . Thomas Bittleston , official assignee ; and Messrs . Huish and Co ., solicitors , Derby . James Wright , of Woodside , Yorkshire , dealer , March 7 , and April 4 , at one , at the Court of Bankrutcy , Leeds . Mr . Charles Fearne , official assignee , Leeds ; Messrs . Robinson and Barlow , solicitors , Essesstreet , London ; and Messrs . Ward and Son , solicitors , Lauds .
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . Richard Yates and John Huggan , of Preston , Lancashire , linendrapers . Edward Baynes and Richard Baynea , of Lancaster , and Austwick , Yorkshire , corndealers . John - Jones , Henry Cattwright , and Ellis Jones , of Rochdale , Lancashire , linendrapers ( so far as regards John Jones ) . John Holt and Thomas Holt , of Manchester , plumbers . Joseph Newton , John Taylor , end John Smith , of Leeds , flu-makers ( as far as re garda John Smith ) . David Beynoi , Edward Hughes , and Robert Jones , of Liverpool , joiners . John George Schott , John Casper Lavater , and Edward Buckler , of Manchester , merchants ( so far as regards Edward Buckler ) . John Moore and Co ., of Pudsey , Yorkshire , clothiers .
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From the Gazette of Tuesday , February 28 . BANKRUPTS . Frederick John Manning , money scrivener . Dyer ' sbuildings , City , to surrender March 7 , and April 7 , at two , at the Coutt of Bankruptcy , Basingball-street Mr . Belcher , official : assignee ; Messrs . Tippetts , solicitors , Paneras-line , London . Lionel Everet Parkins , chemist , Biceater-market-end , March 7 , at twelve , and April 7 , at half-past one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Baeinghall-stieet Mr . Belcher , official assignee ; Mr . Maugham and Kennedy , solicitors , Chancery-lane , London ; and Messrs . King and Son , solicitors , Buckingham . William Harrup Swain , draper , Farnham , Surrey , March 9 . at half-past one , and April 11 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street . Mr . Whitmore , ' official assignee ; Basingball-street ; and Messrs . Reed and Shaw , solicitors , Friday-street , London .
Mr . ry Evans , John Evans , and Thomas Howard Evans , paper-stainers , Oid-atieet-road , Middlesex , March 10 , at two , and April 11 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Bsisingball-street . Mr . Alsager , official assignee ; and -Mr . Woollen , solicitor , Bucklersbury London . James Earp , victualler , St . George ' a-place , Camber * well , Surrey , March 9 , and April 25 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street Mr . Green , official assignee ; and Mr . Turner , solicitor , Southampton-buildings , London . John Wellington Jones , tailor , ' Calne , Wiltshire , March 9 . at one , and April 10 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street Mr . Turquand , official assignee , Copthall-court , London ; and Mr . Cox , solicitor , Pinner's-hall , Old Broad-street , London .
William Eden , printer , Queen-street , Cheapside , London , March 10 , at two , and April 12 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street . Mr . Johnson , official assignee , Basingball-jstreet ; and Mr . Crafter , solicitor , Blackfriars-road , London . ' James Stubbs , coach-maker , Worthing , Suasex . March 7 , and April 5 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street Mr . Lackington , official assignee , Coleman-Btreet-buildings , London ; and Mr . Williams , solicitor , Alfred-place , Bedford-square , London . John Todd , ship-builder , Hyltoa ferry , Durham , March 8 , at eleven , and April 11 , at one , at the Court » f Bankruptcy , Newcastle-upon-Tyue . Mr . Thomaa Baker , official assignee , Newcaatle-upon-Tyne ; Messrs Kidson aud Sons , solicitors , Sunderland ; and Messrs . Meggison and Co ., solicitors , King ' s Road , Bedford-row , London . '
Joseph Burghall , coal-dealer , Rowton Bridge , Cheshire , March 6 , at eleven , and April 10 , at eleven , at the Coutt of Bankruptcy , Liverpool Mr . Bird , official assignee , Liverpool ; and Messrs . Harper asd Jones , solicitors , Whitchurch . John Stephenson and William Haste , machinemakers , Bradford , Yorkshire , March 14 , and April l , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Leeds . Mr . Hope , official assignee , Leeds ; and Mr . Blackburn , solici'or , Leeds . William Yates Norton , retail-brewer , Birch Hills , Staffordshire , March 9 , ' twelve , and April 3 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Leeds . Mr . Bittleson , official assignee , Birmingham ; and Mr . Brewn , solicitor , Bilfiton , \
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2 * o Ffw . es than six fires occurred in Manchester ( luring the past week . Thb Atpucxsts at the Manchester "Workhouse us 745 weesly more than than this time last year . Scch is zse MSTBESS at Stourhridge , at the present time , ihat 2 , 124 persons are dependent on lie poor-rates of that place . The Ctckoo was heard in the the neighbourhood rf l Hoddersfield a few < iay 3 ago . The Clare Journal states that so mecatUe , which bd been seized for poor iaie ? ,-nreTe offered inthetown tf Tnlla , last week , for sale , but no one could be induced to bid Iot iheai ; they were therefore returned to the owners .
At Bath , a nnmber oTpoor men out of employment ire eudeaTonriDg to obtain a living by dragging il * Ki \ , and offering for sale , waggon loads of coals . On the waggon 3 are chalk- d the words " Coals for aieijpooT men out of employ . " Is 17 S 5 there were upwards of 200 , 000 persons emplojed . in the operation of wool-combing ; in 1825 they were reduced to 90 , 000 combers , and now there ire not more than 30 , 000 engaged at it . Tsb Coal Pbopbietoks in the neighbourhood of TRgan are redncing their « stablishment 3 j and the ceffiera complain ihat their condition is fast approaching to that of the hand-loom wsavera .
A Frvr Dats ago a Black pony died at tbe i pest age of forty-three years at Haburgh , near j Brockiesby . ' As F-xtbaoxdisaby Bab ot lRon . —Th . B largest i M ? of iron ever made was roiled at the Cyfanhf j Iron-works , near Merthyr Tydvil , on Saturday last , ] JBtd is , TTB are informsd , for a house in HoHsud . It j is * cable "bolt , 25 ft in length and Sin in diameter , ] » d weighs aboni 2 , 4001 b . The pile from which it ltts rolled wa 3 about 7 fi Jong by 12 in square , and * aghed upwards of 2 , 6001 b . The pile was taken j foaineleatiEgfnrnace and pm at once into the ftDs , just in the same manner as they roJ bars of an ordinary size . It was rolled under the able superintendence of Mr . Robot Crawshay .
„ Good Appetite . — " The tonic properties contained O PABH' 3 LIFE PILLS , invariably restores the Eoniieh to a hsalthly lorging for food , or in © Jher » wds , it pr&dnces a good ajjpetite , so much envied , wjiso seldom esjoyed by the invalid ; the gentle ^ nnnlatinj ; powers it possesses assists the stomach » jwpa- ] y -digest the fosd it receives ; the balsamic lp * er 3 ii besiowa on the system produces that deipsful feeling of good spiiiis so very desirable , and ^ oses boih mind and booy to healthy exercise ;
ererjuiing under iis iEfiaence soon wears a joyons i ^ tei , &ad i t * xarioua duties of life axe performed *« pleasure . Ii , in addition , contains a fine , seda-*** qaidhy , and instead of long and weary nights , P * p sound and refreshing sleep . If the stomach * w , bowe ! 3 require it , it act 3 as the mildest and ^^ agreeable purgative , and by its cleansing f ^ H 3 Xoiaily eradicates a redundancy of bile , and Waplttdy removes all obstructions of the intestinal ttaL "
Bos Cablos' Mabeiage to thk Pbdccess oj Jinzx . —This marriage was , it i 3 well known , long ? poa tbe tapis ; indeed , so long , that many supposed B would not he accomplished . Bnt bow , it may be *» ed , could Don Carlos , under his peculiar cireumr'fises , riiit Portn ^ a 3 , —more panicnlariy as he *** & Ticthn to rhenmatism , in consequence of j-jPossre to night air during his military marches r plan projected was , to remove the Prince ' s ^ anaatism - —bnt how - — 'That was the qnestion !' r ^ so happened ihat General Philippe Gervalis f *« £ Oiae of that celebrated -nTP . naTs . tion called
Hol-* jJ 2 j ' . 3 Oianneni , in las ma / Ie , and by applying It ^^ 01 four times to lie JPrince ' s joints , a xnosi ^ apltte care was effected , and the Prince wa 3 , of f ? ° 5 e » enabled to travel , and to meet his charming J ^ oaf ai the place of rendezvous- The Gen eral jl ^ ea the Pzinee ' s portrait set in gold as a token ™? ° Jal gratitude : and ihe ointmeit has since that -PpM been employed in Northern Spain for the cure * great variety of oisease 3 ; snch as scrofula , r ~ '« goui , ( rhenmatism we have named , ) paralysis , jma « s of all kinds , Sec . It is gratifyisg to ^ F * bow unirersai is the employment of this Qfflaa 3 l 3 Ointment to all external disordera .
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TO THE EDITOR OF TUB NORTHERN STAR . Sib , —I have had two interviews with Mr . Duncombe ; and although he thinks nothing can be done for poor Ellis at present , yet he pledges himself to use every exertion in the poor exile ' s favour as soon as the trials ore over , and the political ferment arising out of the trials has subsided . Mr . Duucombe evinced the deepest sympathy with the undeserved sufferings of Ellis , and listened to my narrative of our conversation in the dungeon with manifest interest I regret to say that some one had made an unfavourable impression respecting poor Ellis upon Mr . Duncombe ' s mind , prior to ray seeing him . That I have removed it , giyes me inexpressible satisfaction ! . My vow . or . at least , the more important part of it , is now fulfilled .
^ I addreas my Shakspereans , by way ef farewell , twice in the Leicester amphitheatre , next Sunday . The following Sunday , I have engaged to deliver two addresses at Wednesbury , where I hope to have the melancholy satisfaction of seeing Mrs . Ellis ; and the next morning I shall be at Stafford , ready to present myself , once more , at the bar . I am , dear Sir , Yours truly , THOMAS COOrER . London , Feb . 28 th , 1843 . PS , I am sorry to say tbat I must disappoint the friends at Gainsborough , Newark , Arnold , &C . I cannot now make them the viBit I promised . - ^^—
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FtTNEBAL OF RIGHARD CARLILB . _ ( Written expressly for the Star ) - The above ceremony took place on Sunday afternoon , at Kensal Green Cemetery ; ^ here , in accordance with the request of Mr . Cariile when living , the burial service , or " priestly ceremony , " -was to have been -wholly dispensed with ? but , In thus expectation , the friends of tke deceased were disappeinted , as the sequel will anew . ^ The Pbocessios having been announced to start m > m the house of the departed at two o ' clock , a number of respectable gentlemen had , agreeable to the announcement , congregated together , in Bouveriestreet . and also in Fleet-street , near the entrance of that thoroughfare , at the appointed hour , among whom Mr . Watson , the publisher ( late of City-road ) and
, S-v ^ l Llberals of lon f Ending , were distinguished . The hearse and mourning coaches ( five in number ) did not , however , arrive at the house until about three o ' clock . In five minutes after , the corpse was brought out and put into the hearse ; and in about ten or twelve minutes after the arrival or the vehicles , the procession started for the place of sepulchre . The route it took was , through Fleet-street . Temple-bar , Strand , Charing cross , Cockspur-street , Pall-mall , Waterloo-place , the Quadrant , Regent-Btreet , and Oxford-street ; then along the Eflgeware-rcad , { via Tyburn-gate site ) , Harrow-road , and thence to Willeeden , where the Cemetery is situate . The mourning coaches -which accompanied the hearse were filled with the male friends of Mi . Carl ^ e . In the one attached to the hearse were his three sons ; on the right sat Richard Carhle ( the eldest ); on the JeftAlfred
, jthe middle son ); and , in the rear , eat the youngest son , Thomas Paine CarlUe , beeide of whom , and in whose care , -was a respectable-looking male chfld , apparently about eight or ine years old . Among the mourners were , Mr . B . D . Cousins , the Radical printer and publisher , of Duke-street , Lincoln ' s Innfields , and Mi . Allen Davenport , the veteran writer and hard , who has been so many years known in the ranks of Republicanism ; and it is a pleasing fact to record , that , notwithstanding the unfavourable state of tbe weather , about two hundred persons { males ) , admirers of the deceased , accompanied the procession on foot the whole distance from Bouverie-street to Kensal Green , a distance of little , if any thing , short of six miles . Every one of the followers was decently attired , and some were strikingly remarkable for their gentle manlike exterior .
Tbx IsrERMEST did not take place till about a quarter to five o ' clock , a few minutes after the arrival of the cortege at its -destination . The coffin having been lowerefl into the grave prepared for its reception , the bye-standers commenctd locking anxiously around them , expecting the arrival of some gentlemen who , they conjectured , might have been engaged on tke occasion to speak Mr . Carlile ' 8 funeral oration , aB was done a few years ago , at tbe funerals of Thomas Hardy and John GWe Jones , at Bunhiil Fields , especially as they were inwardly persuaded , and hmd even heard , that the deceased had constantly reiterated it as his desire , that at his burial , " no priestly ceremony" should be observed , if it could be possibly superseded . In this expectation th 6 y were , however , disappointed : and
were morever informed , that the corpse -would not be allowed to be covered over until the rite to which they objected had been gone through ! whereat great dissatisfaction waa evinced by all pressnt . The multitude assembled were kept waiting round the grave for abont a quarter of an hour , ¦ without . anything being done , in consequence of the clergyman , ( the R » v . Josiah Twigger ) being professionally engaged -with several other funeraifl which had preceded ^ Jr . Carlile ' s in arrival . Shortly after , the surplieed pastor arrived at the foot of Mr . a * s grave , with an open book ( the Psalter ) from which he-was about to proceed to read tbe burial service , ¦ when a scene not very customary at a funeral , ensued : Mr . Alfred Cariile , on the part of his father and bia surviving family , stepped forward towards the minister .
and firmly objected to the performance of the rite in question—ihear , hear ) . The Rev . Gentleman replied , I must perform my duly . " Mr . Cariile . jun . observed , " Sir , we protest against the performance of this ceremony . Oar late father lived and died in opposition to priestcraft of every description ; and we , therefore , protest in his name against the « ervice being read "—( bear , hear , and good , good . ) The minister here observed that , hec « uld not help the aversion on the part of the deceased and his family ; and intimated the ground ¦ whereupon they stood being consecrated , the performance of his accustomed duty was imperative—adding , that if they had given previous notice of this their objection , they might have had their father interred in " ihe other ground" alluding to some spot contiguous , not
consecrated , and , consequently , less holy j Another son of She deceased here iBm&xkea , *• TMs . Si * , is our ground : we have purchased it for our family ; and we do not require the service to be read—it is a mockery ' " The PiStor then replied , " It was a mockery then . Sir , to bring him here . " The third son now stepped forward and said , " Then , Sir , since the service is to be performed , we will have our way thus far— -we will retire , and not listen to it" ( "Hear , hear , " and a load burst of applause from all Bides of tbe grave U The Rev . Gentleman here remarked , with great sauvity of manner , " Tbat , of course , gentlemen , is as you please —I have no wish to interfere with your determination upon that point ; bat you must bear in miad . Gentlemen , the consequences of any detenniaed opposition to
my sacred duty . " The Messrs . Cariile and the monrnera , one and all , then left the grave with contempt i The clergyman then commenced : " A man that is born of a ¦ woman hath but a short time to live . He cometb up , and" At this moment , a voice at the head of tbe grave exclaimed , " I move that all Mr . Carlile ' a friends immediately leave court . ( Hear , heir . ) Some others rejoined , " Yes , let us fellow the example just now set us , and sot stay here to pay complaisance to this mummery . " ( Hear , hear , with loud applause . ) This suggestion w&s-simultaneoiuly acted upon ; and , in less than one minute , the minister was left to read tbe funeral serriee fwhicb be recommenced ) to only tbe sextan and one oi two isolated individuals who -were standing on the clayey mound that had been raised by the spade of the grave-digger > The ceremeny over , one
of the deceased ' s sons addressed the spectators to the effect that the rite that had just then been performed over hi * late father was without their concurrencethat he ,, in conjunction with his brothers , had done all in his power , to prevent it ; but their efforts had been fruitless . For their own pail , they disclaimed it , in act and deed . He then thanked him , as friends , for their prompt attendance on the occasion ; and , thus concluding , bade them b social fareweiL Tbe Rsv . Gentleman displayed no bigotry an the occasion ; and I consider that he was officially consistent with order when we look at it in a business-paint of viewleaving religion cut of the case . The coffin of tbe dep ^ rted waa topped by a large brass plate , I should say , about fourteen inches square , bearing ths following inscription , engraved in bold Roman characters : —
" RICHARD CARLILB , Boru 8 th Decembee , 1790 , Died 10 th February , 1843 I have learned this morning , from respectable authority < 3 ir . Cousins ) that Mr . Watson had asserted to some friends at tbe burial ground , that if he had been appealed to ( and that sufficiently early ) he wonld have been prepared himself to deliver an oration over Mr . Garlile's remains ; aud that Mr . Alien Divenport , as it wa * , would fain hare obliged the company present in that wsy . Trat for tbe apprehension he was under of having to walk to town , as the performance might cause him to lose hia conveyance—for the coaches were
in a hurry to proceed , after the mourners had left the grave to tbe clergyman and sexton . The Times of this morning—with its accustomed predilection for hyperbole assertB that during the bnrial service , tbe pastor was interrupted by " ritold jesta . " Now , I can vouch for the utter fallacy of this statement . There were no persona present of a character at all likely to indulge in ribaldry . Tbe Times mast look for that in its own circle—tho aristocracy—who patronizo the gambling table , the turf , and the prize ring ; and not the BOBiety of the intelligent and moral admirera of liberty and free discussion , who by-the-bye , have neither time nor money—lie their patrician enemies—to sacrifice at the shrine of voluptuousness and " ribaldry . "
There were , to be sure , two ganllemen standing at a little distance from the grave ' s head , who , by their smiles , indicated their utter disregard for the ceremony under performance ; but no " interruption" of the same -was attempted . One of them , when the clergyman came to that part of the service relating to a " sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life , " certainly remarked , to hie friend , ( but in a tone to be heard by no other ptrson than myself , who happened to be near to them ) , that he did not consider there was ot could be any surely or certainty upon the BubjscV . If , Mr . Editor , your readers , to whose reason and jndgment I appeal in the matter at inane , Bhould decide that the above noiseless utterance of sentiment on the i > art of one person to another , was tantamount to " ribald jestine , " the qfending parties must certainly plead guilty " to the , charge ; and I myself yrQl not go out of my way to palliate their crime , by endeavouring to cast them
| screen them from the imputation thus upon by the " TntES , " whose reporter , by the bye , or any other person there present , could know no more than merely that , by the motion of their lips , they uttered something . Having thus minutely detailed the particulars of Mr . Cariile ' * funeral , by a more careful , and conseqnently jnore accurate account than will , I apprehend , be riven in any other journal than this , I will now , with the reader ' s permission , rerert to a scene ia Tbb Dissecting ROOM at St Thomas ' s Hospital , in the borough of Southwark , where the body of the deceased ¦ was retained , for the benefit of anatomical science , exaeUy a fortnight The day after its receipt thereinto , there were , it appears , a few select parties admitted by tickets only , to -new the corse ; but this was either prior to , or * t the commencement of the dissection I belier * myself to be the only person ( except the professionals ) who ssv Mr , Carhle in a state
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 4, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct969/page/3/
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