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      ( Concluded from our tixth page . ) yHBiam Re * , * policeman , vm on duty in Pooock ' B 5 kids , « ft _ thel 7 lh March , went to Mr . Tenrplemanjj pottage at eleven * o ' elock , found the door cloeert and fitting-room . wind ©* open ; the two drawers of a chest £ && * & * , in th »* itting-room , had been broken open , ^ if by » chisel . In the bedroom he found Mr . Tem-. jeman lying on the floor dead . There -was a small ^ ihogaay box inside the top drawer in the sittingrpcan , the box was opes and empty , there was a mark of a chisel dose to the lock of the top drawer . Cwffl-eramined by the Prisoner—I did not see any ( Concluded from our tixth pom . ) WIHia . nBea , a polic ^ , wa , on duty in Pooock ' s » Wdfc <» vlb 8 l ^ Ma « h , wfflttoMr . Tenn > iemIu ,- »

      broken glass about ; one strong person mi ^ hi have admitted tho robbery and murder without assistance , joon Collins , a police-sergeant , went to Templeman ' s pottage immediately after last witness , and corroborated bis testimony . He found in the drawer the same notes of the Bank of Elegance which were produced ; the drawer had been forced by a small crow-bar or a chisel . On the 12 th of May witness searched a pond in Pococi ' s Fields , about thirty yards from Templeuua -g house . He found the lantern produced ( identified by Allen ) , with a piece of rushlight in it Inspector 31111 er directed the search to be made .

      jsaies Milicr , an inspector of police , was stationed at Idiajton on March 17 . Knows Templeman > house , ^ ent ihere between twelve and one that day . Witness then described the appearances presented by the bonse , 4 c ., in the same manner as the last two witnesses . VTitness produced a chisel which corresponded exactly with themsita in tha drawer . The dbisel had a notch in it , anl there was a mark corresponding with the notch in the bras 3 of the lock , and also in the woodwort Witness took prisoner into custody at about deTen o ' clock on the night of the 17 th at Allen ' s cottage . Ee appeared to be asleep . Witness aroused him twice , and ~ ae got np . "Witness searched his pocket , and found sine shillings in his pocket . Prisoner told -vritness hs bad nine shillings while he was searching him . \ YitEE-s 3 found on him seven lucifer matches and a pawnbroker ' s duplicate . Prisoner asked witness for

      bis warrant . Witness said he did not want a warrant . Prisoner asked what he wanted him for , and witness said "he supposed he had heard of the murder , and it trss for thai he was wanted . Prisoner said if he wa 3 as ins¢ of every thing as he was of that , he should nof have much to bear . Witness then took him to the gtstion-house , when the witness took from his feet a new pair of shoes ; which were produced . Prisoner said he had purchased them at Kent-street , in the Borough , and had thrown his old ones away . Witness produced a stocking which he found in the prisoner ' s bed-roam , there was eo other stocking of the prisoner ' s tfcera . Witness protocol another stocking which he bad received from King . In . consequence of . Sergeant Otway having said in Gould ' s presence that the priloner had stated that he threw the liathom into a pond in Pocock s fields , the pond was ordered to be ¦ earcheii . ——

      Sergeant Otway—West to STaresend on 7 th of ^ lay . last , and fewred thtf prisoner on board a ship bound to Sydney ; prisoner went by the name of Kelly . Witness t- ' jjipwed him th <* minute of a reward that was about to a lie offered . Witness afterwards took him iato custody i " upon the present charge . In consequence of a conunuuicition from the prisoner , search was directed to be -gade in a pond in Pocock ' s-nelda He told witness he 2 nd thrown a dark lantern into a pond in Pocock ' sfiefcis . fie had said nothing about a chisel . ttosE-eismined by the Prisoner—I had not known joojiad left the Compter more than three or four hours tef « e I went to Gravesend . I came there first at « k * ea o ' cleek at night I represented myself as an . -eT&et I was oreeswl in plain clothes . I left you in feaboui half an hour after . I told you I was desired to

      tpe acd show you a copy of a letter of the Secretary *<« $ tate , that was all I said before 1 showed you the fetiW You read it twice , and said , No . You had nods up your mind to haTe noihing to do with it You < fid no : say you knew about it It was an offer of £ 20 » for the discovery of the murderer of the late Mi . Tempteaan . You asked me to show you the letter again . Yoa said , I win hare nothing to do with it ; but I will teO you what J will do ; if they will give me £ 100 , I Till tall who the parties were . I asked you if you woald tell who the actual party was who committed the murder . You said , I shall be required to remain ia BngfoTxi 1 ioVi you yon -would so , Tcru said I win tell who the parties were if you will pay me £ 100 dow , and pay me my passage money . Thi 3 was after I bad been there from a quarter of an hour to twenty

      TU miriaa Ifeiaoner—Did not yon persuade me , now I had seen jt nash trouble through this afiair , to make something « fM , now I had an opportunity ? Witness—Certainly not I did not jpersuade you to one to town . I said that you would most likely see Be again in the Downs , and that most likely some gentis&en would be with me , because I expected some « f yj superior officers would be with me . I did not aAyon to have anything to drink . Yoa asked me if yoaooald be tried again for the murder , and I said no , but yon could for the robbery . That was on board

      the steamer . I never told yoa yoa could be punished if yen did not diedoae the whole yoa knew . I never Md , you tX the Station-house yoa need not say anything ef % U bad pysed between us , as I did not intend Is ay anything against you . The conversation yoa * 8 ade to passed in the cab , in the presence of Inspector « BB 6 fc I *» w you at Bow-street , but not alone . You en 4 for me twice to ttie prison at Coldbath-Selds , Ton sattyaa had made up yoor mind to tell an yoa knew , 4 B $ totite best of my reflection , all I said was , that X Wfi » d of it 1 JBMrI — *"<* esn reeoHeet irliat I tsaSL Fat not what

      1 BPff ^ y i r Briq ^ TOgttiat yoa woald ** entitled jHBMmpi JTjhe reward . I came to see you again on ^ PI ^^^ Nrs FTBIK-tnRi direction . ^ Wm ^ Jtnemaker , Lambeth-wjilk , proved that JMMpgjggpfepMTja . Bew pair of ahoea on the morning ** 4 &H&B 0 M £ jk «* Match . Belieree the ahoea t ^ WBHHfcMHfc wB in question . Prisoner paid JJWHHBHm he paid for them in sflTer , N ^ H ^^^^ H ^^^ epoton the new boots . The 4 MHMlHKjf 9 B&ts . He wa 3 accompanied by a f ^ HMgHP'f' ~ ' fUJMSSS ^ Jr ^ PriBoneT—The boots you left oft ^* gfbt * * rtrBerT ic ^ ble boots . IW . HfilMB fires in Oakley-rtreet , New-cut , and detifiMeeaB&haBd doaies . About eleTen o ' clock Jon tie Htt tjf March a woman earns to her shop , ajHfsoId her * pair of old laeed boots hea-rily nailed . fk& 22 & tot The * . - . *^ / :- '

      J * n J « nris—I Htb in * cottage next &or& Mr . THBpfemsn- 5 . I know the prisoner . Know he ta «>» ied Mt Tanplanan with beer about a feftjlgl * Jahre gniWwm HaTe seen him emi Mb . tmxfO&tmTi ^ omd about that time . He was pobnsa at tie Bk » - bBJ-euSOB . , - r ^ -arHt " --TB » doeea the « ase f « the prn ^ catiaB . ? Jn \ t-.- ' The prisoner , in his » WpT ) r ^ said hViS ^ eer&nly i ^ MsIfffdship ' B indulgence as . lie wss ' QBde £ aided Ifceewere some portions of the erfaeuce Tffl ' jSfonld rog to make some remarks upon , although he was not *»« b that he was compelled to explain ereiy little cir-^» waee that transpired . Among the fast mass of fntaeeproduced there wasTery Uttle that affecttd

      «• ' Rw , as to his being in the akitUe ground . It JWMOfrlikely that he , when he could get Mmuch ^ g ^ flfi liked by saying he had no mosey , -would 2 ™ Q *! tKBfogt in pnrch&sins it With regard to g » CTMgttb 6 had Bent for it openly , whichhe would i ? ** e , had he wanted it for an unlawful purg ° * f ^ wr w > 8 it possible Allen could say what o ' clock jf ^ BfehoiBe . Th « night was a moonlight one , and « 9 «« M not a » y what time it waa . He owed Allen ~** t > » d tterefore , of course , he would tell him he « w » money , aa AUen would naturally hare expected ™» » P ^ it Wright c * qM recollecteraything that r *^ * between them while itone , but nothing that i 1116 Presence of Squires Wright knew the as he

      ^ S ™ . ^ uafes -wdl as did . He would ask the Jury if " ^ waidbeliere such men m Jobaonand Roger * He * f »« atodraw tijeir attention to the unfair means by J ^ jf" he had been entrapped in hia present condition . ^» Td 1 d not come while b » was at ttie CJompter , bnt 7 * J ^ own to him the fin * day be was out of prison , ^• he thought he might have been drinking , to take •^ ttta ^ e of Mb eenditkm . He represented himselr aa **** aBan Bent down to ofer him £ 200 , and Masoned ^** Sa on toe subject He would confess that he was " •^ w « e by his reasoniag , and made up hia mind" U tell ^ fcr thesaks of a reward—if Otway asked -if he T * 4 tell who the parties were if he were to place *«*« the table ; and aeked for -what he would eonto he

      ** to Iob bis paaag ^ which ( the prisoner ) re-£ * & < ~ 'For the paseaire money , ' and Otway came next **• Wd insfcad of £ l 00 , brought a warrant Otway ? S" * that be could be tried for the robbery , i * nd "" ?! I wknowledged that he knew the psrtie * , he ^^ eptJdahed if he did not diadoae all he knew . H ^« Be to Mm to the Btatioc-horae , and told him I , ° " ^ B-ie » tstement , he lhould not only be * T ^* d , bnt receive the whole reward , and be taken •^•» ot Fhiding he wae in a aerape , he deterr *« to make » statement , and pretended that he K ° L * " ** Mag about the concern , wfaiM in reality he 2 J TV ** & ) I' « nd also to implicate innocent parties . * bkS ^? kmikey was not examined to-day ,-for | jJLT ** «' U 0 t , as he was a rery pmncipal witneaa . 77 ^^^ UtVn O ^ VA VlfVl W 9 I «¦>!!>¦ anJ ^ OlI | 9 Vt $ T *« 1-1131 be

      JJ ^*« ! atwJ » -ie »» Hked . "With -regard to tbe lT 5 _*^ -tt be erident that he kaew naihijjr «> boul yrJiKladipteihod a lantern was , that ooe ^** aeatloned an a prerioui oecM&on . Had he Jjj V *«» had been lantern in Alkm '« houe , would -t ^^ g— about adcraK for ts ne ? The lantern had |^^* " ^ for two ye « r » , aad wha * eridence was iu teftlf ** *** pond » giinBt him ? Allen ' s chMreo •» Ja ^* ^ it out , and thrown it away . He I t flgj * - * d =-::. ¦ hem any longer , as be was sure hii ifcfc ^ **' t" xpbun the drcunuttancea better to i " ik * er * S * '? ' tten P rofleeded to gam ° P * ° » " tja ^ -fe ' - t ^ ttbjey were to try the indictment , iSii y * ' - ace again ** the prisoner , in conse-S ^ lI "" ^ t hey had heard , and also without hJteS *"**^ acquittal , when indicted for the ' ' ^ Sbm * - & * ir oonndentwn . In order to coai # a «^^ li " ' burglary , it was necessary that one j-IJUgjjL ^* 5 -- of the honse should be broken , and f . 'jFiSEr ?'' ' ' : " - ^ ereon between the hours of nine ** -t 1 Mi ^ ^ , " - tae morning . The latter point was k £ !^ f 7 te «* . - . * - » . 1 < ied t 0 > because , if the breaking a B » itBt - ^ a * - *} ' ther houM , it would be house-^^ «* a tot urglary . Mr . Teswlenisn liTing

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      alone , without a servant , they could have no direct erideooe as to the sUto of the fwtenings of the house on the alght xa qaeBtioa . Xb * i * arned Judge then went through the whole of the evidence , commenSn ? on it as he went along , and at a quarter b-fore ril o ' clock the Jury retired to eonrider of ^ heS y ^ S . The Jury retarned after an absence ofa qSS " of wholes " * ' * Of-Gu " «* ^ hSr ^ e ^ cr gre&ai ^^ ° COm ^ -2 * 11 ¥ * ° ?** » id M » e chargo had been made alone without a sernuit . thn » ,. ^ f * ?? aJSRcS SmSH ^ ££ «» khe alght ix » , ««*{« ,. xfae Learnid j £ L ? £ !

      . S ? i ^ - t * £ Ju £ tiee ; and he ™ afraid Uttle doubt could * e entertaned of his having been the murderer ; and looking at hU general conduct , and the confession which he himself had made of his willingness t ^? " * inn ° crat « fe for the sake of £ 2 < tt he should be wanting to the country if he did not pass upon him the severest sentence the law admitted ef-transportation for life ; and he should feel it his duty to recommend that he should be sent to the penal settlerrofhtStur ^ S . dhaTe t o ™** c * ln . ^ iHe » a 8

      TOe praoner , who had recovered his firmness during . Wn ^ fi ^? 11 ? PBadx « - toraed from the bar , and skipped hghUy down the stairs with wonderful alacritv Jto ?* n * 8 ligbt &tt * mpt Bt a PP «^ ^ the Court ' , which , was , however , instantly suppressed by the officer ^

      To The People Of Yorkshire.

      TO THE PEOPLE OF YORKSHIRE .

      LETTER XV . Property has ita duties , as well as its rights . " Deummond . Mt Friends , —That was indeed a charming evening when we passed the Nore , in the good ship GazeuL I have often smiled , when nature haB put on h « r best but jhat evening she seemed to present heaslf still more lovely than I had ever seen her ; she wa . the very picture of beauty and of peace . '

      After we had taken leave of Gmr « a » d , where a pdot hoarded us , ( to me there is always a pleasurable sensation at that moment , ) we were all attracted by the softened brilliancy of the scene . The shore on each side , presented objects of beauty , and seemed to aak , —What more is required to make man happy ? The gently-sloping hills were , some of them , covered with wood ; their sides exhibited the plenty with which nature had rewarded the industrious ; others were bearing fait and sustenance to their very summit . The inhaM ' jHits were busily employed in their hay harvest ; and the com fields were laughing and

      waving with the wealth which they were preparing for- the lords of the creation . Now and then , one of the truly old-fashioned churches crowned the hills or peeped through the woods ; then the stately mansion showed the residence of the man of wealth : and here and there a hamlet , or a cluster of smaller houses and cottages betokened the homes of the creators and disfcibutors of- wealth . A hill , covered and crowned with the richest foliage , was in advauca of us ; reminding us of the native beauty of our isle . We were separated from it by one even unrippled sheet of water ; for miles it was smooth as a mirror- it was

      bright as burnished silver . We had passed ships of all nations , qualities , and sizes—varying fro » the pleasureboat to the man-of-war . At this spot , however , no vessel but our own disturbed the water . AH before us was , to the eye which gazed upon it , one unbroken , unmoved , brilliant , silvery sheet of water—burnished by the sun . The sun did not , on this occasion , as I have often witnessed , present to our gazs a graad pillar of Eght , extending across the water , from nrselTes to the Horizon . The extensive watery plain was almost as brilliant as himself ; they seemed to be smiling at each other . At the most interesting part of

      this scene , the sun was covered by a little irregular cloud—which in its centre , for a small space , was as black as jet Its edges formed a most beautiful centraBt—they were broad , and glittered like transpared gold , clear as chyrstal . The sky contained no other doud . It was , to all appearance , painted , to complete this perfect scene . At the horizon , it was a colour in which crimson and gold seemed to strive fo ' r the mastery . The zenith was stfll blue , as at noon-day ; the intermediate space was varied by nature ' s painter ; the extreme hues , were sweetly hlended , and imperceptibly lost in each other .

      It was at this moment that my Quaker friend from Leeds observed the delict with which I was gazing on this scene . - " Dost tbou remember Wordsworth ' a Ode to the Thames ? " he asked me . No , Sir , " was my answer . " Would ' st thou like to hear it ?—he must have written it on such an evening as this . " I requested my friend , to oblige me . He did so . And the poet * aoofglowSg with thoughts so pure and bo descriptive , ^ Te * aii ; to . that scene which nought © lae oould have

      imported . It was , indeed , a happy moment ; all care n 4 Mm * waa banished ; every former ruffle in the ntttfiBaliiped now to partake of the smoothness of the wJ ^^ rery grief was banished by its peaceful briltiftqqr . " Behind as , the water was of a dark purple hue : there th « atmosphere was black and dingy . But wq had left the darkness all behind , and were buoyantly tsAing in the sunny scene . Our troubles were in the clouds behind : our pleasure * seemed all emilm * . to . . greet us . We were approaching the end-dt' >« tv

      journey . ..--Bat ok , my friends ' what sudden changes is this life chequered with ! That scene of nature ' s painting—a perfect picture « f loveliness and beauty , designed and executed by the Hand Pivine , was only the forerunner to a scene se trying , that I fear I shall be unable to convey its picture to your mournful souls . We were nearing Woolwich—the sun waa now set , as if in sorrow . The Justiiia transport was in sight The three poor convicts were now made to feel that they were prisoners .

      Whilst ice had been en j eying the rich repast , with which lovely nature had ju 3 t feasted us , their keepers , unnoticed ' by us , had signalled them below , ( as was their painful duty , ) to hind them , ready for their exit ^ when the Woolwich boat Bbould lay alongside , to take them on board the transport . How different were their feelings then , from ours ! As we earns now to the dark and M * rv *\ hurt , our Captain made signal for a boat Then , these three poor men , bound together , were marched from the forecabin , in care of their keepers , through a line of passengers , towards the gang-way , weeping . I believe , at that memeat , not ene on beard , save themselves and their keepers , knew what were their crimes . Oh . it waa a dark and dismal

      scene ! The sun had gone down to weep ; the clouds hung in a canopy of black , over that scene of sorrow . The Thames no longer smiled , but heaved in darkened murmuring waves against the hulk Jusliiia . I must wait a while ; the gloomy picture , even now , unmans me ! They were some mother ' s sons ; perhaps they were husbands , and fathers ! They were oonrictt about to be banished ! They were not hardened . That , their conduct during the voyage , had proved . There they stood , poor things , as a spectacle to-the ship ' s company ! They were weeping . They endeavoured to hide their faces ; but they aould not hide their tears . Their keepers looked sorrowful—not

      unfeeling .- The boat was approaching to take them to the hulk ! They were standing in the gang-way , with their backs to the clerk ' s cabin . Their keepers stood before them ; their little taxes were ready to be thrown into the boat after them . I stood on the after-deck , facing them . There , was a little picture of English Society . All grades , both » exe * , many parties , and different creeds . We were all gazing in silence at those poor convicts ! A strange sensation seemed to pervade that-Htile greup . I had never sees s sight like that before . Ihadnevwfcltsomdancholy ! Their crimes , as yet , were unknown to us . They were corwicti ; but they had m ± , erei Bten , the loo k * if criminals I

      The kindness el my Hull Mead * had m-4 * mo rich . I felt as if a little money might be useful to the prisoners . I asked their keepers " if I might give them a trifle ? " •• We shall not hinder you , Sir , " was the answer , " but we do not know whether it will be taken from them in the Jtutiiia . ' I added to each a little present ; and u ' l gave it to them 1 said to ewh , "God Almighty bless yea ! " They did not speak nor look up ; but a convict ' s tear wetted my hand , and told me

      what they felt ! I cannot tell you what I then thought , friends . The boat was rowing nearer and nearer . I saw a poor woman , whose sea store for herself and child was not quite exhausted ; from her little basket she took all that waa left—two oranges and a piece of bread . She gave them to the convicts ! Tears were again their answer . The convicts were not the only persons who then shed tsars . At length I was dtteimined to ask " what were their crimes ?" The keeper said , " Sheep-stealing , Sir . " " What , al of them ?•• " Yes , Sir , they are all sentenced for

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      sheep-stealing ; they are not at all COnaectedV r ^ is the crime of each of them , '• r ~ * J . <'> : ^ Now , friends , would that yon had all been thim Would that all England could have wltneawf fiat sight Oh ! that our law-makers , ef all parties—ota men of gold and men of land—would that every man of property could have seen and noticed what I then saw England was fairly represented in that ship ' s company . And , when I told them that sheep-stealing was the crime of those three convicts , I -witnessed such an alteration in the countenances of tha whole company as I cannot describe . There was a thrill ef horror , not at the crime , but the punishment ! bZcrSe ^ f ^ TTV ^ V ^ ^ 1 M tbe cruDe of ^ ° * ^^ - l ; : "

      I muttered , looking at the convicts , " a curse on . the system which has placed you there ! " Many of the bystanders wept audibly . A gentleman , whom during the voyage I had taken for an aristocrat , to whom I had not spoken , but whose kind attention to his sick mother iiad attracted my notice , hearing my exclamation , s * id , v Yes , Sir , indeed I most heartily join you in cursing a system which first prevents a labourer from earning his food , and then transports him for taking what nature provides and demands . " He added

      " Those poor men have not the appearance of thieves ; they seem , like honest men , williDg to work hard for hard fare . It is cruel first to rob them of the value of their labour , and then transport them , becauss they wifl not die quietly of want" That was just what the gentleman said ; and it seemed to meet with hearty response from all who heard it . I now -wished that I had inquired , all about these three unfortunate , unhappy men . It was too late ; the Justitia ' s boat was alongside—they were placed on board—and , amidst a flood of tears from the spectators , they were rowed towards the Justitia—more than one person saying , " if justice were done , three men high in station would have occupied their births and worn their chains !"

      I cannot forget those poor men , my friends . I would not bo misunderstood . I wish private property to be respected ; but I cannot forget that " property has its duties as well as its rights . " If the duties are not performed , it is not just to demand the rights . It is n : y * 4 to transport tho man who is willing to work-, when he takes off the common stock only to prevent his death by starvation . No one is more sensible , than myijelf , of tho awful brink Upon

      which the institution of private property now stands . It cannot be upholdou by police and harsh laws . Nature rtbela , and nature is all powerful . Labour mast be rewarded and protected , or , very soon , the social fabric will fall Oh , that our governors were wise , that they would belitve and act upon their own motto : " Property has its duties , as well as its rights . " Then , all would he well—property would be secure , the labourers -would be happy , and the police would to useless .

      The foolish , philosophio notion , " that labour must be free , " ( as if a starving labourer could ever stand upon tqual terms in the labour-market with the man of wealth , \ must yield to the apostolic , Christian principle , " that the husbandman that laboureth , must be the first partaker of the fruits . " If the philosophers continue their foolish , nad , cruel , unjust , unchristian crusade againBtthe " rights of labour" much longer , private property will be a thing unknown . Society will then be dissolved into ita primiive elements . While I live , I will not cease to give wambig ; although I may offend many of my kindest friends 1 will declare the whole truth .

      The pilot ' s vocabulary , soon after told ua , that we were nearing the Custom House . The water was too low to lay the Gazelle -close to the Quay . Boats in plenty , were at hand . In a moment after , J landed , I waa in a cab towards 10 ( 3 , Sloane-street At ten minutes past ten , I knocked at the door ; it was opened by my kind host ; his good lady was waiting with a candle in the passage : they were right glad to see me . They provided for my wants ; and , very shortly , I was seated here , amidst . pamphlets , letters , and newspapers .

      There was no notice of trial arrived ; nor is there yet Although a friend from Huddersfield writes" Chad wick told me yesterday , that your trial was fixed for the 6 th of July ; I fancy that they wish to take yoa by surprise . " Thank you , friend . Bat never fear . I am in God ' s hand , they canno t take him by surprise . Amongst my letters was one from the son of a late Prime Minister , to his late . Majesty , George the Third . It WM about sheep-stealing ; so it is in point , and yoa shall have it Ha says : —

      " My correspondent from . HarUmg * -write *; ' gang of sheep-stealers were lately discovered in that neighbourhood . Thirteen were sentenced and punished in divers ways—some by transportation . The gang i * supposed to bs * iJt *« BR 1 Nevertheless theiabonrers are determined to die , rather than go into the Bastiles ; and sheep-stealing occurs ( two or three ) every week . ' " My aristocrafcLe friend adds— " If" these things are done In the bud , what are we to expect in the green leaf ? If this is gsing on now , what are we to expect in the winter ? I should not be surprised if we bad firing of corn in the fields , and hop cutting , this autumn . "

      For myself , my fr iends , I shall not be surprised , if our rulers will not listen to the cries of the labourers ; if they will still plunder and destroy the beea who make all the honey—I should not , I say , be surprised that sheep-stealers will be more Becure on board the Justiiia , than our nobles will be in their castles . This trip into Yorkshire has broken the thread of my narrative . Still it forms a part of it—if I had not been banished by the Squire , I should not have been voyaging on board the Gazelle , In my next , I will pick up a few scraps , and then proceed in the regular course of my history .

      You Bee I am not yet in the Fleet . Nor is the Squire at Fixby . Farewell , my friends . I am , yours , In truth and love , Richard Oastlbb . 106 , Sloane-street , Chelsea , June 22 nd , 1840 . P . S . Oh , about mv Uttle bantling ! Well , what say you ? Do you like the title , — " Oastleb ' s Twopexnt Letter Big ? " Will it do ? Then , as to subscribers ; how do yon come on 1 I most have 5 , 000 , or it will be no go . You want to know what it will contain . Nothing can be more reasonable . I will tell you .

      Yoa are aware that I have written many letters , that I have delivered many speeches , and that I have published many pamphlets ,--all upon subjects more or less interesting . Now , I hare had so many applications , from different parts of the kingdom , to select and condense thete letters , speeches , and pamphlets of mine , that I have ; at length , resolved ( as soon as I can obtain 5 , 0 * 0 weekly wbjcrlbera . l to publish a weekly tract of sixteen Suges ; royal octavo , hot-pressed paper , long primer ^ pe , leaded ; for twopence .

      I propof * J » begin with my letters to the Home Office , concerning the thefts which the Government have committed upon me . These letters some of you have seen in the Champitn . I shall , of course , ( if necessary- ) add notes of explanation . If I find that yoa are satisfied with that course tf letters , then I will at onee begin with my letters , speeches , ate . on the factory question ; and if you will support me , | # wQl insert the whole of my writings , even to this letted Now , what say yon ? WfQ it do ? Would fu like to see on your shelves , neatly printed and carefully selected , the sayings and doings of the " Old King ?" If so , where are your subscriptions ? I tannot fix with a publisher until I haTe fixed with you . ' Yob . know bow to go about it . Let me hear soon .

      I inteadbit to be ready with Htm regular weekly pareel » of Ul-r feookoeUera . Saturday win , I think , be the best day . Let those who wish to become subscribers tell their tooJtseQen and newsmen so , and when the * , wo ace ^ subscribed for , I will arrange witb ^ printer and publisher . This Uttle work will tttitflielp U keep yow " King" from win * . y ¦ R . O . ^^

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      grd . Njjrth , Jox , aj ^ Ofopy ^ tty , aWe lines were used «* toast whenever foe Whigs assembled together to display theiMoyalty to the ^ constitution or indulge themr fc iTOs in gastronomic exercise * . Many a time has that toa * . t -Mt the . table in a roar , " often has the "liberty of Jhevpress" been washed down by copious libations wbe .- * celebrating the constitutional triumph of the Whip '^ ret tacit enemies the Tories . ' ' ' "" ' ^ 9 f ^^ . ^ *** * »«« t whenever ^ he Whtea M « Md ^ rf ,.. * .

      You , my Lord , wrote a book , yes , a book , wherein yoa approve ^ tbe 'Sentiments ' expressed by junius in the above quotaOfon . Sad you died , my Lord , when that book was usliersd J « the world , your posthumous fame YouldJttTBbeen greXand your name beeninscribed on ¦ gj to ^ tablet with . Milton , JKdnejr , Seldep , Coke , •^ fiBE *^ . ^ * ' ^ PtfU ^ vrat 0 X 8 ' besides , * ^^ Wpp | H $ |^^ hy jjfcfesequsnt acts of apostacy * yWBPJMia ~ &o illustrious Rtttne of Russell , immortfHse ^ Kg aatrr murdered ancestor . ( TheM » nd quotation , mjr Lord , is from your own I ¥ ^ fch at mine enemy would write a book ;" eflHaWPu&I Welsey . Te

      rV ** ^ ^ qBOted > &ccords "i ** 1 th 0 5 ililS ^ 9 l ! " * m 8 ^ aWige of Junius , jand affords milpigl tJJftna Jtdviee ttf- 'ISkyvernmonts inclined to ref » WM | fttberty tfthrj ^^ iit t ^ ja njoro to ^ gatheraJBrom the paraaraph tfian your Lorttehip ever dj ^ mfcW whMMW iieaaeAit . I may be wrong inmy m ^ m y WfrfiNKMMi yoa wow once a Hide BttpPiPKi btbtful of eenstitutional lore , and , moreovfc < a W<jSng of tlw IPoxite school , aspiring to pofclar fame ! * If such be true , I give your Lordship ov # y mark of credit for your zeal in the cause of liberty . Before Hotter you further , my Lord , let me examine your former ideas and professions upon the subject of the liberty pf the' press , and compare them with your subsequent actsj ; connected with the press of this country . . . ' . .: > . ?¦'¦ ¦ yoa

      J Lolt ! j * ifc : ^^ me published your booif thai ' youlii > cwaB ;^ Minister of state , so that you had |> lsnre to travel over the continent , and study the juriBp ^^ ce of the despotic states-, of .. Europe .- After yoAihalL bwSmsMnlastor-ft ! , the science of Government , as pra < ra ^ N | y'h Ǥ f 6 the peopje are enslaved by standing armies , centraftsed pelice , imperial decrees , their thoughts suppressed by political censors in the pay of the statev and thoir press under the surveillance of the Government , you then returned in every way qualified to introduce continental despotism upon the ruins of our ancient constitution , and establish a censorship upon our freedom of speech , and the liberty of our press .

      You began your career of despotism by a petty warfare against the unstamped press 5 as a Minister of State you aided your compatriots in checking the rage for political information by imprisoning hundreds of poor ra 9 n , women , and children , for selling books and papers containing matter unpalatable to the "host of corrupt senators , " and others interested in keeping things as they are , and which had been declared illegal by a Tory law , made in the days of 8 idmouth and Castlereagh , ( who Cut his throat at North Cray , in Kent ) for the express purpose of putting down -Cobbett ' s "trasb ;* and which that luminous writer justly designated "The TRASH Act . "

      The force or public opinion moves steadily onward , and in a country like England , -where the people inherit freedom as a birth-tight , Ua realetless power moves like an under current , gathering strength below the surface , until it bursts forth in overwhelming torrents , defying all the precautions of Government , aad all their endeavours to turn it aside . Though you succeeded in incarcerating the bodies of venders and publishers—though you seiaed their

      property upon the highway—though you confiscated that property , and levied fines or penalties upon the owners to the use of the King , still you and your " most" worthy colleagues were beaten by the resistless force of public opinion , which your persecutions had strengthened , and compelled you to yield by reducing the " taxes on knowledge , " or the stamps on newspapers from feurpenoe to a penny each . The final result of all such persecutions in England will be the discomfiture

      ' ; of the Government that shall dare to invade oar dearest rights and liberties . ^ Ix , Lord , the liberty of the press , and freedom of spteqbVare Inseparable qualifications—virtues wtiich ador ^ and add lustre b » the intelligence of a free state , requisites £ h& . most important to the safety of a commonwealtb , an 4 theonlymeaU 8 whereby legislators and governors can arrive at a real knowledge of the wants and wishes erthe people ; fott expressed your ' . rlewtTpon ""' the ' subject of popular assemblies when you dined with the merchants of Liverpool ; anxious no doubt to retrieve your fallen character by securing popular favour , you ventured a jgry liberal opinion as to the policy and

      legality of pnu « meetings ; still declaring your adherence to pSJJlic liberty . . . Your Lordship , pregnant with duplicity , hurried to your colleagues and opened a prosecuting campaign against all the ostensible leaden of the people ; proclamations were issued , putting down public meetings —petty litgation commenced against printers of placards—general and special warrants were issued—arrests were every where made in the dead hour of the night—bail-bonds were fastened upon your virtlms prison-houses were filled with honest men—spies and Informers were sot to work to manufacture evidencethe Queen ' s Judges were sent down specially and

      generally to sit in judgment over men who had only acted according to your book , my Lord , and for that crime sentenced to long periods of imprisonment . After having made this bold , nay , hazardous attempt to stifle the voice of popular opinion by straining the powers of the law to convict those who had maintained the freedom of speech , therby terrorize over their grievances , yea make a grand attack upon the liberty of tho press , not by the ordinary course of law , but by an «* Q # ef 0 information , filed by the Queen ' s Attorney-General against the chief organ of popular rights . It was enough , my Lord , to entangle the small flies within the compass of your web , but you were so anxious to remove every obstacle to your despotic coarse that you

      have" Stretch'd the utmost reaching of your soul , " and grasped too much . My Lord , do you not tremble for the consequences ? Are you so debased , so hardened in apostacy as not to be alarmed , -when you behold in every paper in the kingdom , even on the Treasury Benches , a tremendous outery against your shameful attack upon the liberty of the press , and the vile subterfuges you have adopted to shield yourself against their attack . Your hut prosecution of the public press has sealed the d « om of the shamele ss Ministry , and I blush , ray Lord , for those in power who are so lost to every sense of reason , duty , honour , honesty , and political sincerity , that they should thus recklessly attempt to destroy that liberty of the press , the boast of their fathers , the motto of ( heir creed .

      Not satisfied , my Ldrd , "» you have flnishod your persecution of the press by prosecutions for blasphemy , and your royal . mistress's name hath been polluted by the breath of Wligious intolerance . Muoh as I deprecate blasphemy ,. ! can never consent to allow the state to interfere in prosecutions of suoh a nature . Recol lect , my Lord , the following passage from your book ! — " It is m < yntf « 4 th » t It is impossible to prevent sedition and blasphemy , nhless * 11 freedom of speech and the press be extinguished . It is impossible to provide before-hand , by Act ef Parliament , that all speeches aad writings ^ alKkeep within the bounds of loyalty amvof modeafeon . Therefore , the restraining laws are , except forjthe moment , inefficient . They are also pernicious ; for they admit a principle which , if pushed to its ful l extent -authorises a censorship for the press . ¦ ¦¦ ¦ " ¦ ¦? rV . . ' . . ' ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ' ;

      Does not your attack upon the liberty of the press at once prove , according to your own doctrine , as laid down in your book , that such prosecutions tend to authorise a censorship of the press ? How silly , how futile , how thoroughly devoid of principle must your actions be , to attempt to dp that which your own hook says you cannot , do , namely , put down aedition aad . MaapMnxyunless freedom of speech and the liberty of the press b * fennguished altogether . Public opinion fjit awake , my Lord , and you cannot extinguish the ve ^ life and soul of English liberty . Whig enmity may 4 o muchi hut the shafts of their malice will fall edgeless against the shield of public opinion . .:

      Take -away the matter of sedition , vaj 1 mk& , ud ^ t popular pnsa will he silent 1 cemove Mm grlewM * . <* which the jw *» l « so justly complain , and . tU jplrttrf sedltloB wgl decline . Let jmw Parliament listen *>• $ » prayers ofthe suffering millions , and sedition wj ^ eeaae to exist € Hve to every man a fair day ' s wage * far a fair days work , and let him enjoy > the society of his wife , upon his own hearthstone , with bis . fa | ftily , smll . ing and cheerful , around him , weU fed , well lothed , and respectably educated . Let the green aoree stolen from the poor be restored to them , thai they may enjoy sports and pastimes as they were wont to de . Let the

      rich consider themselves the guardians and aoi the masters of the poor , giving from their stores of abmod * anee to the helpless , the widow , the orphan , and the stranger , encouraging " peace on earth , and good will to all men . " Then , and not till then , will disaffection cease , and sedition be unknown in the land . The press , instead of being the advocates of an abused , oppressed , and injured people , would then become the proper organ of moral and religious instruction . Turn your attention to these tilings , and I shall still remain Your Lordship ' s Obedient bumble Servant , Vindicator . June 18 th , 184 *

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      10 XHB BDITOE OF THB MORTHBM S . TAK . _ Sir , — -the accompanying lines are the prodactv ° n of on « of the men with the fustian jackets , and havYog been composed on the miserable and noisy loom , tnay be deficient in that polish which they might receive from the learning and the leisure of the lazy seas of affluence and pride . They are , nevertheless , presented as ft mall tribute of respect and gratitude , by one of that class which Feargus O'Connor has laboured so indefatigably to raise in the scale of society . Should the piece " meet your approbation , I should like to see it sent forth in your wide-spread « $ for . "' - ' > I remainj Sir , " ' X ^^ keweveU wisher , , "" ' SAMCEL WHlTEtOCKE . ( Savoy-street , Bridgeton , Glasgow , - * June * 1 st , 1840 .

      LINES TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ . ^ , B * 84 MUEX , WmiBtOCKB . AH hfc'l ! O'OOHROft I Freedom ' s hero , hail . ' Tho people ** idol , but the tyrant ' s-foe , Nor chains nor prisons c&tkse thy heart to quail , No * mAke tfcee croaoh , llkedsstards , vfloty low . And tb . oa \« ft from-thine own bri ght lofty sphere , Flung adtm at once , amid eartli ' s vil « it « Kfa « i 1

      Bnt eyed **! thee now shed the heart-wruiiw teW . ' That binie ^ with joy at fallof wkked WngsT ^ And thoo must breathe the dinAjpoays- fietid air ^ - Mttat irigblri ^ vain for hettVtarV ^ & ^ mbontQ ^ Bcht With theft and *« & *** & »* by toy » t « e / As if such blot * thy brilliancy coaid hke , Or bolts and bars keep thy strong spirit there . It is abroad , exulting hi ita mighV Bpenking in tones more eloquent than -thine , Filling our hearts with energy divine !

      Then deem not thou art lonely and forgot , For thee , even now are millions heaving aighs 1 Yea , in our hearts the blood is seething hot , Even while our prayers for thee to heaven rise . The poor man's blessiog seekB thee in thy oell , Where friendship may not come , nor kindness hope to dwell ; ,.- ' - ¦ But the hot curse by deiperation fann'd , Is ktunched against that power which smote thee with its brand . Ye ^ fr ^ tl 0 iiarkne «[ s of the present hour , ¦' +,: ' 'Xhotf shatE emerge still more sublimely bright , € } oth 6 d ' withfr € 8 h lustre , and ; terrific might ,

      Filling the earth with liberty ' s fair light , Which shall for ever heal oppression's wide-spread blight * - Yea , wort thou dead , and quietly inurned , And all the grave ' s thick darkness on thee turned , That could not quench the fire which in thy spirit burned . From persecution ' s thrice hot furnace yet , Thy fame shall spring , a sun no more to set ; And pour pure glory on thy honoured tomb , While worse than shame shall be the tyrant ' s doom . Wild execration ' s burning , blighting , breath , Shall sear the rustling grass that covers them in death .

      Friend ef the poor , white , overlaboured slave , Hold fa 3 t the honour which is in thy hands , Thou yet shalt come forth from thy living grave , Hailed by thy country and far distant landa . Let not the tyrant ' s blandishment , nor frown , Tempt thee to throw thy prize of glory down . For hope , even now , in whispers sweet , reveals The morn that comes on gold careering wheels , DrivingaWay thy duugeon's polar night , Giving thee back again to freedom , air , and light ! Garlands and triumphs wait thy advent day , When sorrow ' s clouds shall part and flee away . While poesy's song , and hisfry ' s honest page , Shall consecrate the wreath that withers not with age !

      Lo ! time rolls on , like ocean ' s mighty stream . Sweeping before it sceptres , crowns , and thrones ; Mingling them all up like some dazzling dream , O ' er whose destruction grief wakes not her tones . Statesmen and warriors drop into their graves , Cursed by their fellows , whom they sunk to slaves ; But when the patriot ' s bright career is run , He sinks in radiance like yon evening sun . With rays of glory mantling round his head , Be joins the vast assembly of the dead ; While tyrant ' s darkly id oblivion dwell , The patriot ' s name still lives , a watchword and a spell

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      ^ . "GREEN TAILSf A WEAVERS' SONG . Air— " The Roast Bee / of Old England . " Throw ye the shuttle merrily ! Merrily , brothers I Wrong is dead , In the Paradise or Liberty-Christianity nourished . Who so merry as ye should be , Fed in God's sight , on the fragrant moor ? Do not his angels care for ye ; The poor law and the Dysentery ? Who sajrs that the wealthy grind the Poor ? Shout till the breath of your gratitude fails ; Merrily toil your fourteen hours t

      ; Ninepence a day your toil may net ! Feast ye 1 On skilly ? Out on the moors An old cow ' s tail is wet . Hark , to the Green Tail butcher ' s cry I " Gather your pence from door to door ; Ch * tot a quarter ; who will buy The leavings of Dysentery ? ^ ' ? Tfc ilie old beef of England ; what want 1 ' ¦' ; '¦ ' ¦ '' ' ^ re more ? Weigh ye the meat in equal scales ! Hurrah for the Land of Green Tails } Merrily , merrily ! Work is scant ; Ninepence a-week must serve us now . Cheerily ! ne ' er can a weaver want , While the Green Plague owns a cow . Hark to the Green Tail driver ' s cry l

      Hurrah , hurrah , for the friend of the poor Cut at the cow as she passes by 1 Better than Poor Law Dysentery J Out-door relief;—ay , one cheer more ! There ' s a chance of living when labour fails : Hurrah for the Land of Green Tails r Weavers of Poor Laws ! work away ; Throw ye the shuttle merrily ! Merrily will ye take the pay Your own hands offer ye ? Hark to the Green Tail butcher ' s cry S Come forth , ye who devour the Poor ! Club for a quarter ; who "will buy The leavings of Dysentery ? Take ye your turn on an English moor ! Weigh up the meat in equal scales ; God save the Land of Green Tails ! -

      9 PARTACV 9 . They to whom the above rhyme is a mystery , are referred to Mr . Oaatler ' s account of the Hand Loom Weavers of Sean Head and Scaminonden , in his thirteenth letter To the People of Yorkshire , " given in the Northern Star of Saturday , June 6 , 1810 . It will be found that I have but given a faint echo of that sweet Poor Law melody , which rises continually from the free moors of "merry England , " to wait at the sumptuous tables , of the fiends who trade in human agonies . •? 0 Lord I how long ?"

      — ' m SONNETS DEVOTED TO CHARTISM . IL Even yet thou shal't not be unknown to funs—Some future bard shall Bing thy triumph , Shbu ! And all thy virtues , all thy worth alaU tell . Thy countrymen shall glory in thy name , Thy fall reflects upon thy < oes a sham * Which ages shall sot wipe away . The yell That tyranny raised o ' er thy mined from * Hath sunk no . more o'er murdered worth te awelL Thy patriot spirit hovering o ' er the land Thatgave thee birth , and far too soon a grave , In spite of all the tyrant's power anall hava The joy , e ' er long , to see . the glorious stand WWeU : WaUa-- ^ c « tia ^ -Englaa 4 'B alaves « a » make For I * boar--Tirtue--Honour—Fre » ita s sake J

      ¦ ¦ ; ¦ ¦ ¦ "; ¦ •" : . ; . . --iii ; : , -: . - •¦ ¦ . Along this favourite walk was wont to wend , One of the noblest patriftts of the ag »; Sach step I take reminds me of that friend :: Of man—and victim of the tyrant's tag * . But late he wandered o ' er this pleasant way , With heart-felt ardoar for bis countrya w » al , -jAjad fond anticipations of the day £$ mf . pea . England ' s glory—FRBBDOM , » h « ul d be teai : v 1 " 0 wn worth and virtuous labour ahoxrid obtaia ' VheLr right * nutranunBlled by oppre * sUo '« In ; Wton men no more should be the slaves af gaim , . lf « r influAa die to nil ttit Melosh maw m f dwipotloidlingB—tyrantBof thelwm . Who yearly hurl tfleirttottsands to A' anttaielytomb .

      . , ¦ , ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ . -. . ¦¦ . - .-¦ ¦ ¦ " . w t * old . tofis . ltoy , 1840 . . . ( TobemmtiumA )

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      TEMPERANCE TALES . Stories from Real Life , . Ulnstrative of the Evila of Intemperance , and the Blessings of Strict Sobriety . No . I , « orrtcted andteviBea by J . W . GBrew . iondon : Pisco , ¦ : ¦ . 1840 . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦/• • •¦;¦¦ . ¦¦; :. ¦ . " 4 This valuable little work , which is highly ealoulated to promote the < nuise to the interests of which it is devoted , has , from the press of matter accumulated upon our hands , been suffered to jremaih unnoticed longer than- it otherwise ' should hafe been . The volume contains , in all , nineteen tales , under the several titles of Victim of Excitement—An Irish Heart—Right Opposite—Well Eneugh for the Vulgar—A Sectarian Thing—Wild Dick aad G « od

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      Li « le Robin—The Social Man—A Word 1 ft Sfisoil 5 » I ^^ S' « 1 g 2 ^ ffi immm from ife . ftfr otSi ^ ^ l ^^^ have directed oply a very moderate « Wof JSItion to the dreadtid effects of S * Hb « g ^ dSaw thebeneicial n ^^ t ^ imSSS ^ tuSlSf wiU folly agree wj ^ s , ? that ; the . facts S ^ S ' <» a 8 t «» t ^ ^ Te » i ^| oav 4 »; te itbo oiw « ii 25 , other , entirely superseda the neeeeaity ' -tf-&mZi pieturca . Truth , » here fiaftroter «« wi « r ^^^ >« T > v ' ^ U $ « Robm-The Social Man-A Worif Hi ^ sftW

      anisteed prodgetiwiB cf thg imaguiativa lymgapSfe the man who cannot be iaduaed r by what com ^« r may come , under hia dwa immediate notice «»* obgeryation , to forsake the iinfoxicati !» fci ^ fe ^ iikely td be moved by the most elaborate ? effi > rt «^ of . - peetey ^ and romance . There is considerible ^ versi ^ i mtbetelesbrought together in this Kttfe volamei i autl , oi ocurse , aU ara not alike excclleDt . ASL - ftqweyer , are , in , on « kpoint of viewor * uoth « r , f » a « 8 W-^^ P opnt instruction , and all pofisess a eon-*?!*« tte . de ( tree . ofafeprbinfiintereet . One ^ xhibito ' ^ . ^^ ' ^ il S ^ y ^ . a ^ iaetibti S ^ . drinks , a * * i * Saiis otV producing nrinatural exoiteaenk ; A »» , * he pfitiring constancy ' of y «^^^ - und * rc )> cumstaace 8 eF ^ c iaQ 0 appaWu £ irrlwAT * .-

      tipiing prwuce . and the drink rendvD Kofilo € Tftar , fe ^ ¦ $ & * % ** & * & # i ^ 5 co ^ tfrst ^ hae ^ wMth displayfctheii ^ al eflecta of parental exaj&pjjf , andafiftatKeaiaastooQg ^ Mtm ^ S ^ m eating liquors- . in the deaith of -. the inebriate , an 4 *" the distress of bis bereaved and helpless family . ' Here we behold , in the Social Man . a vouitf an * prpmisiDg . ministeir of the gospel to be rained by th » mistak en kindness of hia friends , and the jorey bails of a venerable father / brought with sorrow to th « grave , and then . as a context in the excellent qtoty , : entrfled- ' Too Fast , and Too Ear , " the . ' feligbiSt ettects of convictioa upon an honest and sincere mind . We have a detail of a beautiful wedding , for it was entirely unoounected with tha ipadiming bowK and in the last tale but one , w ^ axe prftsoated with the beneficial effects of firmness ~ bf - Tghinh ^ * . ¦ y « nfy woman is the mean& of securing her . ownjbappiness

      hor hand , uatil the little dr , op was entirely , ablto do&ed . We earnestly recommend thefir ^ t , secoud . and thirteenth tales to the especial attention of « ur fair readers . We havo but room for offiMjxtraet , and we give it from the first ta ' e , "The Vfctim of Excitement . " Anne Westen is a young lady ia fajgher ranks of American society , married to a Mr . Ma ' trby , agentlemaD , her equal , and one possessing a r > r # combination of virtues and aocompiiahments . Mija . Manby is a woman possessing a fine persou , extraV ordinary talents , and tho most finished accomplish ^ raents , but who had unfortunately created a banefuL habit of exhaling her spirits by the use of alcoholic stimnlantB .. She in more instances than one disgraces her husband by her habits of intemperance , and at length is the means , unintentionally , of tha death of Her lovely infant . The termination of this infatuated woman ' s career is thus graphically and affectingly told : —

      ** It was a dark and tempestuous night—the wind of autumn swept against the windows , with the mournful rustling of the withered leaves rushing in tho blast . It was on this night that Mauby sat by the dying couch of Anne . Every one is familiar with the rapid progress of disease when it attacks the votary of intemperance . The burning blood soon withers up the veins ; the fountain itself becomes dry . How awfully rapid , in this . instance , had been the steps of the destroyer . Here she lay , her frame tortured with the agonies of approaching dissolution , and her spirit strong , and clear from that mista that had bo long and so fatally obscured it . She saw herself in that mirror which the hand of truth holds up to the eye of the dyine . Memorv .

      whioh acquires at that moment suoh supernatural fancies , brought before her all tho past—tha wasted past—the irretrievable past . Her innocent childhood , her bright and glowing youth , her blasted womanhood , seemed embodied to her eyes . Her father rose from his grave , and , standing by her bedside , waving his mournful bead , warned her of her broken oath . Her little infant , with ita fair hair dabbled with blood , came gliding in ita shroud , and accused her of being its murderer . Her has * band , as her frenzied spirit called up this last image , she turned her dim eyes to him , who was hancinff over her couch , with a countenance of suftk

      grief and compassion , the dry agony of her despair softened into a gush 1 of remorseful tendernets . .- ' 0 % no , no ! ' cried she in difficult accents , ' you daw * aurseme . You live to pardon the wretch who h *» undone herself and you . Oh ! could I live over til * paat ^ -could I carry back to bur bridal the experience of this awful hour , what long years of happi ness might be oura : ' Manby generously asaured h ^ r of his forgiveness , and she sunk into a Blumber , which terminated in death . " We most cordially recommend this interesting little work to the attention ^ i ^^ H ^^^ t ^^^^ i ^ wlisMi ^^ ther young ; and may be read with profit by peraon of every age and of every class in society . v

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      H 4 SOVBB amd its King . —His ( the kingtoiwK . sou was quite unguarded : two sentries stoodTtttSav gates of the palace for form ' s Bake , bat ' every &&& entered oninterrogated . He was to be seen walklnF or riding everv day , attended by the aide ^ de-campg onjluty , and followed by oneeervant . His BftaesW had adopted the German regal custom of beiniipeTfectly accessible at ail hours : no person was denied to him ia his cabinet , where he transacted busioees daily from seven in the morning till two or three-in the afternoon ; and I have more than once « eett » humbl y dressed individual stop him ia the street , and be listened to for a quarter of an hour with anV bihty . Englishmen are more strnok * with this mairner of acting the king than foreigners sn , on account of the idol-like seclusion of their own sovereign . I believe that only ia England as a raW is the sovereign accompanied bv-a militarv . eaeort .

      The Emperor of Russia posts alone in a kabilka , and and the good old Emperor Francis of Austria used to walk about Vienna with his wife under his arm . Onl in England is a person out of the privileged circle pounced upon by a police officer if he presume to offer a petition to majesty without going through prescribed forms of etiquette : only there does he incur the risk of being charged with insanity if h « dares to approach near enough in the open air to address his gracions sovereign . King Ernest wisely adopted the custom of his German colleagues—tha of sitting , as it were , at the gate of hia palace , an the kings of sacred history did ; and he soon found the advantage of it . His personal demeanour , impartiality , and devoted attention to public businesB , were fast effaoing any unfavourable impression which the Hanoverians might have imbibed from » portion of the English press—Sladt .

      A Milttart Execution . —A military execntfon is a terrible sight . I never witnessed a civil execution ; I know nothing of the guillotine except from engraviDgs ; but my duty has frequently nailed me opposite a wretched fellow-creature who was goinc to be shot . What the state of his pulse was I know not ; but , certainly , his heart did not throb with greater violence than mine ; The troops form three sides ofa square ; the fourth is left vacant for the passage of the balls . Great ' military show is purposely made , and certainly with good reason ; for , since a terrible example is to be ninde , it ought U b # rendered impressive to those who are left bibind The culprit arrives accompanied by a priest . The drums all at once beat a march till the mSstisr isia

      the centre of the troops . They the * beat a ban . ae that beat is called which precedes and follows every kind of proclamation . The captain ' -repoiter reads the sentence , the drums dose the ban ; the ealprit is made to kneel down ; ho is blindfolded , aid twelve corporals , commanded by » n adjutant subaltern , fire at the wretched man . at the distance of ten paces . Todiiainiflh . if possible , the a So » y of the saffewr , the words of cenimand ar¬ uttered ; the adjutant makea signals infltead of them with his cane . In cam the man is not killed outright , a » h sometimes happens , a reserve platoon , oompoaed of four men , » ready to dispatco , him by clapping the muiri »» ef

      uteir pieces , to his head . It u with an oppresa * heart that I describe these horrors . Melancholy rev eolleotions crowd upon me ; the wretehed creatures , whom I have seen upon their knees at this fatal moment , flit past me like phantoms ; and yet at ell these executions , when they hawpened to take jftnm near a town , some of the fair ladies betonging to it ¦ jerer failed to be jtfosent . ^ With ibeir idelieat . ¦ JtaiB , thev made interest to obtain pfiee where ^^• ¦ SL *^ . WM k » Ued in their preaeaoew ™ TFkmmoil ot thcraentenee , « 11 th * twope defile bcfoSareorpso . Thej then return to tattr quarters ; iMltrctnnaUnoo is talked of for two pe three days , ^¦¦¦ Reo on forgotten . I hav » ae « n

      many of thueu ulRRUuate m # die with admiwblafortitude . I have seen some of them Address t& « re-Kiment , and then give comnlaiid to t ^ , wbikl not a , syllable denoted the slightest e ^ tOiUki iit thett . Bnt the man -who ; in thk | nj 6 dic * meat : diiplaye * thr mest astomshiag coarage , was Mallei' Ob beiac oondueted , with twelve of bia « ooompliee 8 , | o ^ e plain of Grenelle , he , M the chief of the conrtiratow , asked permission to give m m ^ vinaA ^ tni « Sf ^ " ^*? 1181 med he > in t ° » oe of thunder . That won't do ; we mast hegin sgain . Yonrpiee * on the arm , & of yont Gatry ^ arms ! Good Plakwn- ^ arms ! Presentl FireJ" AH fell excepting Mallet ; he was left standing alone . * And why not me \ sacrenm deDieu ! Reseirve platoon , forward ! Right I Carry—arms ! Platoon—arms I Present ! Fire : I—Lights mid Shadows of MHkay

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 27, 1840, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2690/page/7/