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    • THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1840.
    • LEEDS AND WEST-RlDING NEWS
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      FXTRAORDIKiRY ' EXPRESS FROM INDIA .

      -Jf a ^ ^ J ^ ' l . ««» ordiMrj express , the wail dwtched ftorn Bombay on the 22 nd © fjune , through the Persian Gulf , and which reached Beyxo « tonthe 21 stult . ThemaH waslanfcHiMa ? - •« Hes m the afternoon of the 1 st vubL , by the Pro-•«**«« , Commander Spark . Admiral Elliot sailed from the Cape of Good Hape for Singapore , with the Melville , Blonde , and Modest * , toward * the latter end of April . . The *« " »* »©* jet reached there from England ( Apnl 30 ) , but was to proceed directly to the

      genenUndeMous of the expedition against China . y » Well esiey and Druid were already at Singalxare , where the transports of part of the first divi-« en of the Bengal troops had also arrived . The Chinese were actively engaged in making preparations of defence . Volunteers were invited and •¦ oonr ^ gsd to join the celestial army , and the women et several of the maritime cities had been removed xpto the interior from fear « f an attack of the Englisa . Ro host ilities had of late occurred along the ooart .

      Of the plan of operations nothing had transpired ; bat it vn » s generally be ! ievad that the campaign ¦ Wuuld open by the bombardment of Canton . The same uncertainty continued to prevail respecting the movements of the Russians in Turkistan . It appeared , however , certain that they had not yet gained possession of Khiva . Captain Abbot , our ecvoy in the country , bad left for St . Peiersburgh , oa a mission from the Khan of Khiva for the liu&sian Government . Th * Bt&ie of affairs in Afghanistan was rather Hnsarisfactory . Schah Soojah would not , h was feared , be able to maintain himself on the throne of Ckbnl , without the assistance of the British . The eoBntry between Candabar and Ghutaee was in insurrection ; troops had been marched against the revellers , and an engagement had been fought , in which they had lost between two and three hundred men .

      The Lord William Benlinck . from London , and tie Lord Cattlereagh , from Barrack , both with troops on board , were wrecked off Bombay harbour en the 17 th of June . Twenty-eight of the crew aad officers of the former , Beven passengers out of eleven , aad sixty-five eoldiera wer&lost , , » d only peventy of H » two hundred pertons on boartf the Lord Casilerectffh had been saved . ' ¦ 1 'he Arabs made as attack upon Aden in the night « the 20 th of May last , bnt were repulsed with loss . Another was expected on the 6 th of June ; - The intelligence firoa the Levant , brought by the Prometheus , is of considerable interest .

      According to the last advices from Circassia , received in the Ottoman capital , the " insurgentB had gained Mother signal victory over a division of 12 , 000 Russians near Gharghar * . Letters from Alexandria of the 17 th ult . received fa Malta b y the Leon ii as steamer , brought accounts « f the pacification of Syria . A despatch from the Governor of Beyrout , dated the 12 th ult ., informed the Viceruj of this fortunate event . - The Druses sad other insurgents had sent hostages to Damascus in return to propositions made by Mehemet AH , granting them important concessions . On receipt of uus intelligence the Pasha immediately addressed a circular letter to tbe Consuls , apprising them of the pacific conclusion of the Syrian insurrection . The E gyptian division of thirteen frigates and one sail of lite line , which had left Beyraat on the appearance of the Powerful and Edinburgh before that city , had returned to Alexandria .

      The King of Naples published a decree dated Palermo , tbe 21 st ult ., announcing that the difference which had arisen between Great Britain and the kingdom of ihe Two Sicilies , respecting tbe sulphur trade , being completely at an end , he had thought proper to abolish the sulphur contract passed between Mb Government and the company of Faix , Aycard , and Co . This decree had not been officially notified to Mr . Temple on the 25 ; h . having onJy reached Naples on that day , a&d ihe Benbow , Implacable , and Daphne were waiting the accomplishment of that formality to put to sea .

      FRAACE . Th ^ treaty between England , Austria , Russia , and Prussia , for the settlement of the Eastern question , still continues to occupy the Government aad people of France , who seem resolved on an appeal to arms . Tie Afoniieur contains two Royal ordinances . The first calb out all the conscript of tke second portion of tke contingent of 183 S ; tbe second , the entire of the conscription for 1339 . Royal ordinances , dated the 23 th uU ., opens credits for increasing the effective force of the navy by 10 , 000 seamen , five ehips of the line , thirteen Iri gates , and nine steamers .

      The number of soldiers which the two ordinances first abovementioned called into serrice wia estimated in Paris at 130 , 000 . The addition to the eavalry regiments which these ordinances necessarily contemplate were calculated at 15 , 000 hkh . To KQumhese SOldieiS it was said to be the intention of Government to &eii « upon the horses of the Gendarmes throughout tbe kingdom , and to pay for them teach Gendarme being the ^ proprietor ol his own horse ) at the rate of eight hundred francs ( £ 3 " 2 , each .

      The first ene « t of these ordinances upon ihe funds was unfavourable . A reaction subsequently took place , and stocks recovered . If our private correspondent be weil informed , further improvement may be expected , for he asserts , tliat llihoagh much hurt by the proceedings of Lord Palmerston ( who has all the credit of the new treat ;) , Eing Louis PhiLippo was BtilTdetermined on enhivating the friendship of this country , and on maintaining general peace . S ' . ill it would " appear thai tho most sanguine in their hopes that war will be avened were compelled to admit that ehanoe might defeat the intentions of his Majesty , and involve the world iu h&stilny .

      AmoDg the minor incidents connected with thiB 6 object referred to in the papers before us are the sadden rt-tuni of Lord Granviile to Paris , acd the despatch of Cuu ^ t Walewski , a son of the Etoperor Napoleon , to Alexandria by M . Thiera on a secret mi&don .

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      Stmptoxs of thb Prorogation . — The annual ministerial wbicebait dinner , at the dose of the&es-Bon , will take place at Lovegrove ' s , at Blackball , on Saturday ( this day ) . Breach of Promise op Marriace . —An action was brought , at tho Norfolk Assists , on Monday , by a Miss Eiisa htasuo ^ s , against a Doctor Asiley . It appeared teas ihe parties to the contract in thia case have now reacb&d the mature ages of forty and rixty , the plaintiff bting the younger of the two . Sha is the daughter of a retired tailor living at Stoke Ferry , near Lynn , and w-s brought np as a milliner . * The defendant is a e'o ' -utr of medicine , but has not practiced ( or fe&me years . In July , 1837 , he went to lodes in the house of the plaintiff ' s father , when he

      Epecdiiy beaiins enamoured of the plaintiff , and forthwith -fee ^ an to pay her such attentions aa left so doubt on h r mind that he wished to make her hid wife . She was not averse to the charms and person and mind displayed by ihe doctor , and in due time be made her an offer of his hand , which she , nothing loth , agreed to accept . He gave her * gold watch , some plisc , " d other presents . In September , 1837 , the plaintiff , baviug heard that he was paying an undue share of attention to one Misv $ letealfe , spoke ta him on the subject , and tendered him back bis presents , whieh he begged her to resume for the future . The heart of the plaintiff graciously relented , and she forgave him . The defendant then requested her to abaction the nttkiec of dresses for

      others , to buy a wedding dress for herself , and to make him a happy man by making him her husband , to which she contented , a&d the 4 th -of October waq , fixed for tho nuptials . The wedding dress was purchased , and the mother of the bride elect was desired by defendant to make a stock of wines . aad-pioJtUa far the commencement of-their housekeeping , which the good la ^ y did . He gave the plaintiff a stock receipt for £ 5 , 500 Three per cent Consols , which he toldhershouldbedulysettledunonher . The ^ happiest day of his life , " that was to nave been ; the anxi-© Bsly-expected 4 th of October passed away , and tie parties- were EtUl living in single uublessedness ,-the defendant having requested ber to postpone the Baptials « stii be had settled his affairs in the disposal of some property . In an evil hour she

      consented ; evil , as ihe afterwards found , to her cost , that " delays axe dangerous f' for one delay begat ' another , and , in the meantime , his ardour for ber cooled , or Iub regard for Miss Metoalfe proved irre-« stible ; for , in the course of the last year , he took that lady to his heart aad home , and made her Mrs . * Doctor Asiby . Tin plaintiff , therefore , broa ^ ht this actiou . £ videaoe was given to Bfaow that the defendant wa « a jaan of independent property . Mr . Andrews , fox the defendant , contended that aohongQ , if they believed a premise to- have been proved , the plaintiff must have a verdict , yet that she- was ia fact irreatiy benefivted by the Boa-fulfilment' of the promae , bung siiii her « wn ntstras iostead of the wife of an old man , with the early prospect of being his widow . Mr . Baron Alderj ^ oa oivjng BUBlIoed -DP ' ilw etki « Bce . the ' JBry ^ ttiraBi % Tejtfie * Tor Ihp pUin « f ^ wi » h jE 1 0 ^ d « nafc » . "

      Rspjui . oz ihr . Ujqo « , —Galvcf , Moudog , Au § . Z . —m . O Connell , beiog retained as opanseiat t £ e present assizesior this eouoty ^ in the case of Rntledge « . Roilcdjte , fixed tar to-jooxrow , arrived in this ancient Spaaish settkmeot at . about four o' 4 I « k T « terday evening . An aonouncpneat was made , by placards , of the ioaonrahle gentleman ' s ante » d « d « try , and , &orily afltf ^ e celefejtti ' ojtt oC diTine ernce ia the several plaoes of ' yrankyp—oS which . tkew ar¬ a few inJ ^^^ tbowafids began to J ««» ble ^ -the iqttare , j « d jaJoflgi-thjj ; *^ leading &oa l > ubun . I ^ ATfraefd ^ m se ^ p # aeaxtx crowd eoUtApita mejaObeLiberator ^ d Jnouofdnuoy f 9 * umi fowm *** jfr im * . &M » « n » tj . » od towa A Ou prowioB . . Tie , tra 4 « a « i wsfaUect

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      aoeordrng--to their respective K \ iid » , but without hanaen or mnete . As soon as Mr . O'Connell ' i carriage reMtbed opposite Holao ' B ^ otel he alighted , » nd pneeedftd asonoe < o * plat ^ m « reeted in the centre of the square where he wa « aal by t ! w Hon . Thos . Ffrenoh , Sir Valentine . Blake , aad * « reat number of the clergy and gentry of Ihe surroonaing districts In order to afford to Ue ho&eurable gtoUemaaan opportunity of addressing the mu ^ tAde , a meeting was immediately held . reWotiww : aldopted , aad an aCCOrdrng .-tO their respective S » Ud * , but Without

      address presented to Mr . O Connell—* 11 breathed a determined spirit of hostility to the oontinuanoe of the legislative onion . Opposed though I am to the agitation of tbe repeal qnesttoa at tbe present time , I must , notwithstanding , admit that the display of yesterday was imposing , and that , unless speedy justice ia done to this country , the people of Connaught at least will not tamely submit to be treated aa inferior to their fellow-eubjects of England and Scotland . In Galway there is a repeal spirit abroad which nothing bat speedy justice can stifle .

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      LOVETT AND COLLINS . Ok out first and eighth pages will be found a full report of the London dinner to these patriots . THE DUNGEON MIRROR . Ths aeoond letter of Mr . OXkwKOH to Lord Nomiakbt , which , from its great length , we were obliged last week to divide , is this week conohaded on our first page . We have yet several valuable matters in store from the bame quarter .

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      THE NEWCASTLE AND DURHAM CHARTIST TRIALS . We are utterly unable to account for the strange fact , that though reporters were retained Fpecially to Bend us full accounts of the trials of Williams and Biros at Durham , and of Maso * , aad all the other Chartist prisoners at Newcastle , we have not received a eyllable from Durham . Whether the cause be in the Post-office , or in the reporters , we are unable to say . Since writing the above , we have reoeived an ex planatory letter whioh satisfies us that there is no fault in either . We shall have a full report in our next .

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      THE DURHAM PRISONERS . We beg to refer the men of the Newcastle and Durham districts to the following letter : — MlDDtfcSBOBOCGH , AWG . « , 1810 . —Mr . ED 1 TOB , — Be so kind aa to give the following a plaee in yoor valuable paper of Saturday next : —The Chartist pritoners , at Durham , have the privilege of keeping themselves ; and , a the working mem have nobly stood by them in danger , and in the day of trial , we hope that they trill sustain and support the noble and brave

      patriots in the dungeon to which they are consigned . O , yes , I am sore that the working men , and especially the women , will immediately get up subscription * to support them , and not let the Whigs say that when they are in prison we forsake them . Owen , and Williams , aad Binns , and Byrne , are dear to evtry lover of freedom in the county of Durham . Subscriptions will be received by Charles Winipear , Stockton , and Shields , and by James Maw , Middlesbro' , of which every halfpenny shall be given account of weekly in the Star and Liberator .

      I am , Yours ia the cause of Freedom , James Maw . We hope this appeal will be promptly responded to

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      CASES OF MR . O'CONNOR AND THE CHARTIST VICTIMS GENERALLY . In the House of Commons , on Wednesday evening , Lord J . Rcsseh . having moved the order of the day for going into Committee of Wayi and Means , Mr . Agliosbt rose , pursuant to notice , to more " Thai an humble address be presented to her Majesty , that she will be graciously pleased to direct that a Commission be issued to inquire into

      the allegations contained in the petition of Mr . Feabcus O'Conkob , presented to thia Hoiue oa the 1 st day of June ! ast , and into what has been and now is his treatment in York Castle : "—Ako , to inquire into what has been and now is the treatment of prisoners ooafined under sentences for writing and publishing seditious libels , or for uttering seditious words , or for attending seditious meetings , in Goals or Houses of Correction of York , Wakefield , NorthallertOD , and Beverley . "

      The debate and division on this important motion bad not readied us when we went to press . We shall give it in oar second edition ; and shall reserre our comment for aext week .

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      DR M'DOUALL . Os Wednesday next , the term of Whig persecution assigned to Dr . MDo « allwU 1 have expired , and once more will he breathe air , as pure as air can be in a sea bound dungeon , MDouaIL ia a young man , a zealon * , and a bold man . He has treasured much useful knowledge , whioh we venture to predict has been arranged and methodised , for practical use , duriDg the day of bondage . M'Docaxl ' s defence is one of tbe best we have read , both of principles and motives , and &uch communications as have past the

      prison house from his pen show strong indications of a proud spirit and firm resolution to persevere in spite of the law ' s intimidation . We know ef our own knowledge that sympathy for the distressed hand-loom weavers first forced this promising practitioner from the profession of medicine to that of patriotism . We know that he was well provided for , but , like others who launch in the eraiy bark of politic ? , he has lost all . It is not unfrequent with the pubHo to receive kind acts with becoming grace and thankfulness , while they but too often forget tie ruinous expense at which those favours are bestowed by individuals .

      The speech of Doctor M'Do * all in the late Convention , upon the state of the hand-loom weavers , would have made him worth money to either the Whig or the Tory faction . We eandidly confess that up to that period , wo bad not formed any opinion of him ; but that speech established him iu our estimation as a deep thinker and profound reasoner , which , added to his manly de » fence , has won for him our warmest affection . Mr . O'Conxor considering M'Dovall the most powerfel advocate of the cause of the hand-loom weavers , requested , that in the event of any public

      entertainment being proposed for him , that he would procure fifty tickets for fifty of the most distressed of that class , and furnish them with sixpence eaeh for the means of drinking M'Dovau . % health . We now moat cheerfully comply with this request , ( banring the health drinking , for which , we hope they will substitute healthy eating , ) deBiring that Mr . Hstwood , our Lancashire agent , will consult with the Hand-loom Weavers * Committee , as to the most just disposal of Mr . CCohkob ' s bequest .

      We need not tell our readers who are now alive to the fact , which for years we have inculcated ; { hat they must do their own work , otherwise it will be left undone . We need not tell those readers , that nothing so much inspires the rising patriot with zeal and ooorage , as the knowledge that those for whom he Btrnggies , ja ^ l y appreciate bis e * erjioii » , whiie nothing more istijBidaiee and disheartens the « uemy than ihe reward whioh patriots receive tftfer suffering persecution . '

      Manchester may be considered as the very centre of the hive . Will the bees swarm on the day o f M'Dodall ' s return ! We cannot stop even to question it , Birmingham ha * nobly done iia duty . Will Manchester , nay , Lancashire , be beaten in tbe endeavour to ^ compensate the sufferer by their smiles , their welcome , and their cheers t No . The entry of 2 $ * por ; au . into Manchester will be the most enormous thing ever seen in the shape of moving masses oThuman beings . ' " We | haU , communicate to oar readers the whole coarse of the arooeedings . and we feel confident that

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      so oao oireumstauce would" go farther to ch * er O'Cokkob ia Mb dungeon , Hum the grateful intelli * genoetfUiat each Buffering 1 ! Chartirt received upon hts liberation the smiles of his party as a reward for bis virtues . Let Lancashire do its duty on that day , and the very appearance of the countless thousands , will strike , terror into the hearts pf the persecuting Whigs , and go far to check the progress of their unbridled presumption . Mono need be afraid to attend . Peter loo will not be re-enacted . nft aha flimvmMmM . ^ nrt \ A on ^ rthart * » % >**¦»

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      CHARACTER OF THE GOVERNMENT . How shall we learn the character of the Government t A phrenol ogist would feel the bumpa of members of the Cabinet ; , and he wonld probably find the qualities of destrnotiveness , acquisitiveness , self-eeteem , and the like ; bat one disposition we are certain he would perceive most Btrongly developed , and that iso < ft «« t * 6 nert / This is defined as being a decided attachment to a place or person ; and , in truth , the penny-post stamp , from its adhesive nature , is a fit emblem of our Government in this respect , as they can only be compared , in the words of O ' Con * rob , to " a Burgundy pitch plaster . " They look upon a minority as a vote of confidence , and regard national hatred , u if U were national love and

      rererenoe . A physiognomist , in answer to the question with whioh we commenced , would scan the visages of little Lord John and elegant Lord Nobhanbt , and sleepy Lord Palmerstos , and eating Lord Mklbodshb ; and having traced every line and featurehaving measured the angles according to the rules of Lavater—would , in all probability / decline giving a judgment , leet an action should be brought against him for slander or libeL

      We , however , go on rarer ground , and learn the character of { Be Government from the condition of the people and the nature of thenstttuiionev These are the mirrors of an Administration whifin reflect truly and without flattery ; they show " virtue her own feature ; scorn , her own image , and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure . " There is a spirit in man that will net allow him to be a fixed and stationary being : he will progress and advance through every obstacle to a high degree of perfection . This the British people are now accomplishing , but we charge the present members of the Cabinet with having done all in their power to retard their progression , to stay their steps , and to throw impediments before the wheels of the chariot of civilization .

      This in itself amounts to a heavy offence , for happiness , and peace , and security , form the goal to which we run , and any party thqit stays our approach to it , in the same degree inflicts much unh&ppinesa and strife and danger . How have our rulers thus acted I By refusing to hear a nation ' s voice and to perform a nation ' s will by enacting l aws , fitted only for the dark ages of barbarity , ignorance , superstition , and slavery ; by imprisoning tbe noble patriots , who , burning

      with » holy seal for liberty , are doomed to suffer for their exertions in the cause ; by depressing trade and commerce , and burtbening the country with taxation and imposts ; by involving ns in strife and disgrace with foreign nations , and by discouraging every species of labour , whether manufacturing or agricultural ; by . But , no I stop—we have traced sufficiently the lineaments—we have formed tbe outline—let our readers fill up the precious portrait from their own knowledge and experience . And yet . according to Shakspmb ' b divine truism :

      " Good name ia man and woman * * Is the immediate jewel of their aouU : Who steals my purae steals trash , * tia something , nottiing , Twas mine , tUbis , and has been slave to thousands ; But he , that filches from me my good name , Rebs me of that which not enriches him , And makes me poer indeed . " So that our heroes may yet be so poverty stricken as to feel the operation of the Poor Laws and to apply for relief at the union .

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      SEPARATION . Thb question of the Repeal of the . Legislative Uuion , between Great Britain and Ireland , is sgpin revived in the sister country . We have beaded par comment Separation . " We have done bo not less from a regard to truth , than a respect for our Irish brethren , and in order that we may lay the question plainly before the world . Every honest Irishman may acknowledge with pride , that Repeal means separation , while we

      confess that did we discover a less measure of justioe in its accomplishment , we would abstain from its support . It is , therefore , because we consider Repeal to mean separation , that we rejoice te find that O'Conxkll has been taken out of traces , and put into the shafts by the Roman Catholio Clergy of Ireland . Those divines , as a body , whose duties bring them into hourly contact with the poorest of the poor , have listened for now eight sessions to the delusiYe Cry of Justite to Ireland . " In their cIoho

      and continuous intercourse with the people , they have learned that the acts of a foreign legislature cannot avert periodical starvation , from ' a land overflowing with milk and honey . They have learned the truth of the homely adage , The master ' s eye makes the horee fat . " They have also learned the truth 0 * the maxim , If you wish to have your business done , go ; if not , send . " If we could speak in language suiting to an age of national indep endence , we eonld well sustain the

      right of Ireland to an independent legislature . We never coaid understand how her sons have tamely submitted to be reduced from national greatness to provincial degradation ; but , in -those days of rnle-of-three patriotism , let us see if , by the commonest rule of arithmetic , we can prove Ireland ' s right to her own Parliament , while at the same time we prove tbe injustice of England ' s withholding it .

      Suppose , then , that England ( and in speaking of England , we must be always understood as meaning that porticn of the community who divide the plunder of both countries between them)—suppose * then , that England makes £ 1 per annum profit of the Union , it is to that amount an injustice to Ireland . Suppose , upon the other hand , that Ireland makes a profit , it is unjust to England . That Ireland ' s profit resembles all her profits by her trsffio with England , being a dead loss , may be inferred faff the tenacity with which ( he English faction sticks

      by the iiioeeinoua Union . But what is tire real fact t The people of both countries lose millions a-year in blood and treasure , while the Union is merely preserved by the English faction for the rapport which it deriTea from the Irish Church , in uphoidiog national plander . The question is not now whether or not , since tke Union , Ireland has increased in population , and made rapid strides in agricultural improvement ; but tbe question is , whether or not Ireland , with an independent Parliament for the last forty years , would not have benefitted more largely by tbe vast improvements of the age . ; Separation as well as union may tend to the advancement

      of states . Belgium , for instance , released from her union with Holland , is becoming daily more powers fnl and independent . . America , by her separation from England , has become more powerful than her parent ; and Ireland , with > productive . b © U , > £ eni * i climate , and hardj rs « fi ^ appears to- nave femeltied bnt little by bex aoWdow alliance with Englandj , when , in defiance of the boasted improvements , aH , of ctHjpse , caused by the Union , we hear of a whole people being for many months of each year in a complete stale of starvation , while at no one period of any year are they Bupplied with any . of those neoessaries whioh distinguish human beings in a civilised eonntrr . ... .... .

      A whole people on the spot oould be no longer deluded by the stand off Tory bye battle whioh O'Coxxklij has been amusing himself with for the last eight years . No ; from an Irish Parliament the Irish people would expect something store than

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      a passing advantage in a ekirmuh wi& the ghost of S an expired faction , or a reBcontre with the raw head and bloody bones old Blue Beard , ( Cumberland ) . They would expect some positive good . They would demand the annihilation of the temporal power of the staff of the shooting chureh ; and ; that , the rippling streams , the fertile plains , the navigable rivers , and stately hills , should be turned to some more profitable account than rounding a period , or gracing a rhapsody for Mr . O'Connbu . Her woes n « co ««» «^ ir » nf « rt-Jn :: m . ofc ?» W » A ^ : A * U * ; - ^ A ^

      would then become matter of legislation , instead of gasconade and profit . From her improved state , those for whom alone we struggle in this country would speedily feel their advantage . No longer would tbe half-starved Irishman be compelled to undersell the English mechanic , the English operative and labourer , in the English market' No , his own country , under . the watchful eye of a domestic Legislature , would very speedily open to him resourcea more cheering than those which he is compelled to seek in a foreign country .

      As for the political hobgoblin of O'Connell away in an Irish Parliament , we laugh the fancy to scorn . He would not have one-twentieth part of that power whioh he now possesses , and with which he does so much mischief to both countries . Actions , not wordB , should then bespeak the man \ and if it be possible that he could lead in good ones , we should not spurn them , though coming from his hand . .

      We have now some hope of this national stigma being taken off the country . Newfoundland and Prince Edward ' B Island have independent Legislatures ; why should not Ireland ! And the presumption that an independent Legislature would lead to a complete ecparation , rather strengthens than weakens the justice of the demand . The Tory press have most sapiently seen the new agitation through the dissipated vast of intemperance . So' have- , we ; add , therefore , do we value it the mote . While we hail

      with joy the restoration of our fellow creatures from dissipation to sobriety , in a moral point of view , we cannot the less participate in the great political and physical changes which in his improved state he is capable of working out . The very fact of the sober Irish joining to do that which most raise them in the scale of nations , as their first offering to restored judgement , makes us more than ever converts to the belief that a sober people can work out their own salvation in defiance of all opposing powers . When the barbarism of the Irish people \» vauntingl y boasted of , indescribably and shamefully magnified , and

      triumphantl y reported , by the Tery blood hounds of the press , tbe biographers appear to forget , that the censure , even were the picture a true one , lies at the door of Ireland ' s rulers , and is not chargeable upon a people who by those very Tories have been placed out of the pale of the laws . For centuries has an English faction , now under one name and then another , ruled Ireland , until her people are reduced to national starvation . Let her own Parliament , subject to her own immediate controul , now try the experiment of governing the nation ,

      and we pledge ourselves that , if poverty does occur , it will , at all events , be more general and less nice in its dispensation . We do believe that the new leaders will now have seen the slender reed upon whieh their reliance for justice had been placed , and that they will wipe off the atigma which has been properly attached to the sons of the Emerald isle , by their foolish and temporising policy of supporting anything and anybody that would denounce Toryism , while they were willing victims to a not less ferocious and destructive rule .

      We have not now to deal with the manner in which the Union m » accomplished ; we have only to deal with the question of right , of prudence , and of justice , and all say separation . Perhaps a short quotation from a speech of Mr . O'Connor ' s , delivered at Manchester upon the question of repeal , will be our best and shortest meanB of exposing the manner in which the Union was forced upon the bride . He saye ;— " When the withering blast , called Union ' was wafted from the sister kingdom to our hallowed shores , upon the tainted gale of faction , Ireland

      was yet m mopJuiug for her slaughtered sons ; her green fields were jot crimsoned with the blood Of her iunocent children sacrificed at the shrine of English prido or of Irish perfidy . Good heaven , and teas it at such a time that such a change Bhould have been forced upon a coerced and uudefended people , while the Guardians of their glory , were either prematurely consigned to the cold grave , or banished to some foreign land , there to sigh in silent lamentation o er the mangled corse of bleeding Ireland ?"

      We shall narrowly watch the current of this new stream . If it progress aa circumstances demand , and as we have aright now to anticipate , we may pledge the support of every working man in England to aid in its onward course ; while , upon the other hand , should it prove another bugaboo to affright the domeetto tyrant into a- confession of gtult , or a slight relaxation of tyranny , we shall

      denounce the scheme . To Father Mathew Ireland will owe her deliverance , should , the blow be successfully struck at the foe ; and his name will be handed down to posterity as a real Apostle of righteousness . That his sober heads may beat that faction , drunk with pride , is out devout prayer . It is not wondetfa \ that an over gorged church and an insolent aristocracy should see an end to their sway in popular reclamation , and in bitterness

      " Mourn the hope that leaves them " no longer any chance of preserving ascendancy by general dissipation and drunkenness . The ignorance of a people iB the tyrant ' s best title to power ; and what ignorance so great as that whioh wilfully pros * titutes reason to the gratification of a beastly passion ! We are anxious to see what will now become of Shiel , wise Mobb O'Fbsbam , « Piggott , and the rest of the treasury joints of the tail . There must be no neutral ground ; he who is not now for the Irish is against them .

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      totoaeh or appropriate tlie fund fir t £ e use of we "families of th *; bafd « raed ? Cbarti * t «; pr t BfPtTCo it mj * w \ ;; l .-i : vi-.: £ ' ¦ Ai / injP ; Now , I send 70 a another letter irhiehlrntmgh to barrow tbe soul of the-raoiVsenseless . Ton will read it carefully , and askpmtiOt wtether or net 70 a lite in free country . Bercy . again , feeling mutt effect what the law denies—justice . Ton will transmit two pounds instantly to Sir . Horn , as" treasurer , to a fund for prosecuting this fellow . Arn » tt , to tbe fullest extremity of » W ^ ih ~ M Vnm ^ i ^^ ^ r £ fiH WiR ^

      the law . Let Horn be the treasurer , and let not one farthing be expended without consulting me . I will make j £ 20 go farther than a committee , igaont&t of the usages of attorneys , would make jCIOO . Nothing can be dope till November ; bnt , then , I do promise this Mr . Inquisitor Arnotta dose of it ( food Ood , who is afe I I sent four guinea * to Newcastle for Marsdantwo for counsel , and two for a start , in case the poor fellow should be acquitted . He was acquitted ) but Mr . Arnott thought proper , it appears , to unit him

      Now , I would recommend the men of Newcastle InatauUy to memorialise Lord Normanby Upoa the subject ; and I think it much more fit that the Treasury should bear the expense of punishing such delinquente , than that it should fall upon me and the people . I trust that the overpowering pride of those who will not petition , because they wish to do nothing , wil l , not prevent this course . This is not asking tbe House of Commons to liaten to » grievance ; this is a question of law . These ate the eases that I have always wished to prosecute .

      if the men of Newcastle do not take it up , I will do it all myself 1 but . really , I feel assured they will , although they have been more slack , according to wealth and population , in support of the families of the imprisoned Chartists , than any district In England . Aiaa ! poor Williams and Binns . I am very well , and too comfortable , according to tbe accounts which I receive from others . . . Yonra , faithfully ,

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      Rot . William HilL The "harrowing" letter here referred to is that of Mr . Horn , which we give elsewhere . We suppress the name of this patriot , and the locality which has been chosen for him by the prince of puppies and of tyrants , because . we do not choose to afford unnecessary assistance to ' his dirty yelpers in hunting down their game ; bat we tell him thai we know enough of the English people , to feel confident that this is but a sample of the sack . They will not suffer "the cause of the afflicted , and the right of the poor" to bo neglected .

      We hope the men of Newcastle will hasten to take np their true position—that they will instantly shew this Mr . Arnott that , in a civilised country U may be attended with very unpleasant consequences for any man to take upon himself the responsibility of outraging the law , in his excess of obsequiousness as a lickspittle to the toadies of tyranny ; while , by their spirited , yet respectfullyworded memorials , they will shew Lord Nokmanbt that even his own tools must be punished when they sacrifice all law , as well as all justioe and decency , to their ill-trained malignity .

      Of the actual condition of Duvfbt ' s family We know nothing ; but we feel sure that how , when tbe means of an organised and effective effort for relief has been afforded by the late meeting of delegates , thay and all ( he other viotims of misrule will be secured from further suffering . And we feel not less confident that the men of Sunderland and Newcastle , and its neighbourhood , will take care that the main object of t he dastardly wretches who misgovern us shall be frustrated in the case of those

      bright Btara of Chanism , Williams and Binns . The chief object of the wretches is to ruin such of the leaders as the rigours of their terrestrial hells do not kill ; thinking that they shall so crush the onward march of the army of democracy . Let the people see to it then ; Williams and Binns are worthy men ; they are deeerving of all the support which they can receive ; and the people can at least take care that their imprisonment instead of injuring their trade shall mend it . This they must do , or they deserve to be branded as ungrateful .

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      TRIUMPH OF RIGHT AT NEWCASTLE . ACQUITTAL OF MASON ; DISCHARGE OP HUME AND MAR 8 DEN : ILLEGAL DETENTION OF MARSDEN , AND HIS SUBSEQUENT RELEASE . / Newc&stle-npon-Tyne , August 4 , 1840 . Bia , —Yesterday , Mason was tried before Judge Coltuum , and acquitted . He made a most splendid address of upwards of two hours , and displayed a power of eloquence , and vigour of argument , which must bave astonished the Court Ha read the whole

      of the document , " Tho People ' s Charter , " from beginning to end , and in doing so directed his audience to the sum and substance of tbe one only object of the Chartists—the contents of tho document read . Whilst the Jury retired to consult of their verdict , a new Jury were sworn to try Hume and Maraden . When this was accomplished , the Jury on Mason returned to deliver . When silence was obtained—and a dead silence it was— " Not OaiUy" was pronounced , and immediately the densely crowded Court gave a tremendous three cheers , followed by a peal of clapping of hands !

      This being dono , Mr . Dundas turned to the Judge , and told him they did not intend to offer any evidence agalaat the parties now arraigned ( Maraden and Humef , and they , too , were discharged by the Court , excepting poor Marsden , whom the authorities were pleased to retain in cuetody . ' We naturally supposed hia detentions was owing to the Bradford warrant , but doubting this , I got Mason to see Marsden , and inquire the fact , when Marsden informed him that at Bradford he bad put in

      sufficient and accepted ball , ' and that therefore that pretext was null and void . Mr . Mason having called upon me and detailed this circumstance , I immediately set off , with Mason , upon-the mission of his liberation . We first went ia quest of Mr . Stephens , the Captain or Superintendent of The Force : not finding him in , we went to the station , were poor Marsden was locked up , and -I inquired for the officer in whose charge he " was . The policemen in attendance stated the man ' s name was Robson ; bat " he was not there , but at tbe Court . ''

      To the Court we went , and found Robsou . I asked him "if he was the officer who detained Marsden ?' He said-be was . I then asked by what warrant or document , or authority , he detained * Mandea ? He was extremely sby about an answer ; but in tbe end stated " he was detained by the order of Mr . Arnot . '' Now Mr . Arnot is fieither Judge , Queen ' s Counsel , Mayor , Alderman , nor Town Clerk , but merely a clerk to the Town's Clerk—and the order of this gentleman was the authority for detaining one of her Majesty ' s subjects in Newcastle Police Station , after being liberated bj the Judge of Assize . Well , after getting

      so far on our mission , and . whilst thus in parley with Robson , the policeman , my friend , Mr . Coxwell , a sincere lover of justice and mercy , and an attorney-atlaw , came past I stopped him in the passage , and told him the case of Maraden . He immediately -wont to Robson , and in the name of Marsden , and in the absence of all sufficient warrantor document of detention , demanded the instant liberation of Marsden . Robson again quoted his authority , ylt . Mr . Arnot . Myfriendthen went Into the Court' to where Arnot wwiltting , at the

      barrister ' a table , and whiskered to him , " Mr . Arnot , I have come to demand the , liberation of Maraden !'• Arnot immediately wrote on a somp of paper an order for his liberation , andRobson , followed by Mason and myself , went up to the Station , and he was liberated . So you see , without reference to Town Clerk , Magis trate , or any other authority , Mr . Arnot , a merely subordinate jdriVatoolerk , can bold in his hands—In his mere breath , ttotoxrtt f ofaBrttiih sutfaL To this pass are we reduced . ' ' ;

      I give yoai&is hasty sketch amidst numerous interrupliona , but unv unwilliBg , to allow the post to pass without apprising you . of the events of the day . ¦ Now , my dear Slr allow me to assure you that yout conductr-yonr noble .. conduct in all respects hay gained for you at every stag * greater and" greater esteem and admiration . ' and knowing , as you will do , the inevitable change 1 which must succeed ihia present state of things , ITiopeyou win undauntedly ; pursue to ti » end that gloritas campaign which yon waged against tyranny , aad which must and shall end in victory to the people and in glory and renown of tiie right sort to yourself .

      Yours , faithfully , T . Horn To ——— ¦ : " ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦¦ ¦ : -

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      TO READERS AND CORRESPONDEKTa

      Thb Land op thb Brats aitd thb F * bb «» our ' ..: next . - . \ . ¦; . •• ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦; ¦ --f ¦ ¦ ¦• , ;¦— - . ¦ /; J . S . —His song may d « to 04 rung , but not & be printed . ' ' '¦ ¦'¦ '" ' ' ; ¦ ' - ' : Thb Ramsbottoii Sdbscbiptioh fob Mb . M'Docaxi We have been pestered time afhsr time with m . portunitie * about inserting ihe iut tf subscribers ' names to the turn $ f £ 5 &u tyd . received bg David Pinkerton on behalf of Mr , Af'i ) ottg We again siate , tot the hat time , / Ao / tce atonot doit : if tee would gratify th $ childish an * ify v tf every «•» * oh $ contribute * * sixpence or a ptnrtf to any pubiie purpose , to see his name in firing tee should have no room for anything efoe . ' J . i . —We Wilt tend the paper , by * he httut pmg postage , as when not pre-paid they are charged

      James FAiBcwttdH . —We cannot find room for hie reply to Mr . Gilchrist tMt week , but it skaU appear in our next . ' . . Sundry Poetical Favocbs declined . t Several katcbbs of local iktbbsst postponed te our next for lack of space . . ¦ ::.:. ^ Vv * ffr Clksicos . —Too late for this week , but shall appear , Cheltenham Woauisd"MAti ' s AssociAnoH . —ree : late for thir week . ' Charles Stkward . —Hie letter has been handed i %

      our publisher . A Subscriber , Bradford , Wilts . —the paroe ^ sent by waggon , on Monday , June 22 d . . Mb . Braithwate ' s Subscribers , Stokkslbt . —W 4 can only say , in answer to their inquiries , that whatever they may have paid to Mr . Btyuth wate , we have never had anything , and otfstnot send the portraits till the account is settled . \ Thb Shareholders at Bradford ean hiye the amount of interest due to them by calling upen Mr . Ciarkson , solicitor .

      R . J .. OP ULWQT 0 V . --An * u ) ernex 4 vtek . Si Garrett . —F < w , > "" ' Shu Market , Salford . —Where must tee addren U to ? Woodward , Brighton . - ^/ Deacon ' * waggon . D . JoHir . —The portraits were sent some time ago ; t « # wish they were not .

      FOB P . M . M * D 0 UAIX . £ * . d . From the Democratic Council and organised trades of Dundee ... 3 5 7 From a few Chartists at Edgeley 0 16 From Alloa , Scotland , per David Thompson ... ... ... 10 0 From York , per Wm . Cordeus ... 1 6 j From Dukenfield ... » . ... 2 5 4 / For Mr . Marsdrn , late delegate for Preston . 4 * . a \ A

      From Blaekow , near Colne ... 0 10 0 THB WIVES AMD FAMILIES OP THE IBTRIS 0 HB 1 CHARTISTS . From ( lie Democratic Council and organised trades of Dundee ... 2 12 5 From a few friends at Ripponden 1 11 0 ** A fete Chartists at Edgeley ... 0 1 € " 1 ' eovil , per H . Hann ... 0 14 u Chippenham , Wilts , per E . Sparks ... ... ... 0 6 0 •* Hull , per G . Garnett ... t 1 0

      FOR

      " The Derby Radical Association , per J at ^ Farnturortk 110 0 . /' . Heekmondwike , per A . Goodhall f being third remittance of penny per week subscri ption during the last six weeks ,.. ... ... 0 15 $ ** Berry Brow , per J . L . Bramwell ... 0 8 0 v ** Nottingham , by the company \

      at Newton ' * HeadTavern , perS . Rollitt ... ¦ - „ . J 0 0 " Waiter Mason , of ffarlestone Q 10 0 ( his letter next week j u Five friends at Glasgow , per Wm . M'Kenxve ... ... 6 5 t ** York , per W . Cordeus 11 7 Order and postage 0 0 7—1 1 0 ( Cannot insert the list . J From Middleton Co-operative Socitey ... ... ... ... 1 9 0

      , SUBSCRIPTIONS SOB , BBOTAH . V i Mr . O'Connor ... ... ... 2 0 Mr . Pifck « thly ... l 0 Mr . Cooke , Huddersfield ... ... 1 0 0 Mr . T . Brooke , Dewsbsry ... 1 0 0 A Friend ,, do . ... 0 0 6 Mr . John Peacock . Bradford ... O 10 t Mr . John Peck . Hall ... ... 0 10 » Mr . John Smith ... 0 l « Mr . Joseph Senior 0 0 6 From the Northern Star Office ... 0 lft From SHtingbourne 0 5 0

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      USEDB . Leeds Radical Universal Sufpraqb Association . — The meabers of this body met as usual , is their meeting room , Fish Market Shambles , on Monday evening last ; the room was crowded toexcess , which is now the case every meeting night * as every one brings forth fresh members , Tu « 6 has not been one week since the commencement of the Association , but new members have bees enrolled . Leeds if , therefore ,, no longer the Beat of apathy , ami . we doubt not but in a short time it will be one of the first Radical towns in the empire . Nothing can surpass the unanimity , regularity , and bueiness-lika proceedings of the meetiDgs . After the Chairman had taken his seat , the Corresponding Secretary , of the As ^ ooiaUou read the plaa

      agreed upon at the delegate meeting . ; for the purpose of organising the OMurtists * of Great Britain ^ which plan was approved of , and the men are determined to take immediate steps to bring it into practice . Several members are already . , making arrangements to establish assooiationiiin every ward in the Soroush . It was also unanimousiy . agreed upoa that the r oom shoold be opened every Tuesday and ; Saturday , eveninKa . as a reading room , when an excellent wader will be jo punetaaiatteodance at eight a clock , to read aloud * o the : cpmpa&y . It is requested that all out of eajployment , and who cannot afibrd , owing to the present miscoyerned state of the country , to purchase papers , will attend the reading roam or the » boveujw » ed DightSi as iiisesUblkhed entirely for their benefit . The admisaioB wiU « heretorebefree . r ; ,.

      Glasgow . Cotton Sm « HBBS . r-The wftscription for these mucaperBecuted men is going , forward herewith irteat spirit . The eommittoft at « mrv

      Saturday nigfit , at the house of Mr . James IlliBgworth , yicar-lane , for the purpose of receiving such contributions as any person niifcht be disposed to give . The committee wish those men belonging to factories and worshopB that have been supplied with books , to bring the same in to the committee , or the Undlord ^ of -the above mehtioned house , on or before the 224 of the present monUi , as the subscriBtion wijr then close , when an account will be publuihed < i «« whote > of the increase and expenditure . Factory Infobmatiow . —On Toesday hist , Jobn Wilson , who Works in a mill at the Bank , appeared at the Court Hou ^ e , to answer to an informatioa preferred against him by Mr . Baker , superintendent of factories , for having employed two children under

      thirteen years of i « e , / named John BrearBley and Eliza Howgaw , beyond the specified tijue , without a certificate of their having atteaded echopl . At . th » Instance of Mr . B .. ( who was only wishfut that the man Should know that he had done wrongV the majristrateft infected the lowest mitigated ' penalty , 5 r « shillings and costi . " , ¦ ,, V v CuickET . —On Monday last , the return match between' the Leeds Cobourg arid ihe Harewood Junior Club ? , came off in Harewood Park , and was won by the Harewood players by more than thirty runs . -- " ; i . ' :. ¦ ¦ :: ' :: " ;; ' - " . ¦¦ ¦ ¦ -, / . - Dbkadfdl and PATAL "" 4 aa " DBNT .-4 We regret toeay that an accident , attended with fitaf result OAlMlPTflH » f tka V « nr'Wiii 1 (> iiuv ' iwuumtii \ n < 7 K « . nftl

      now in course of erection in ? Lady . t * ue , 911 W Z d * y last . " The ereciiori . so far a > regards * he external walla , is nearly comiJlete / ahil the wbrk | pen were employed in purtinj ? on a , atone cornice » b a finish to the front ! Uhrorturiatoly ifc ptoae hid m ( a 4 &n < fni hold , and when the top tier , whi ^ projefs ^ i several inches , ekme ; td be liid ffiwfiwwfcmite the wail , bj which' It was jBMeainea ; * a 4 ' m *** yards of Writ afo&e work feu oh tow t » tt « aooa with -if 'tremendotti iaaih ^ ' parf ^ f m ¦ & * & strikiug a maBon . who was at work at the botton ,: with inibh violence over ttie head ' as to dash h » brains ont . Of nnn ' roA IiaW bilted nnon the spot .

      An inquest Was sanunoned for " Tuesday morning * but adjourned to Thursday . ' Child Bprnt—On Monday eveninglasi , an inquest ww held * t the Court House , before . Jobb Blackburn ; Esq ., on view of the body ^ f ThoBa ? Smith , three years old . son of John Smith , resuun « in Harrison ' s Row . NewUm End . Theohild had , on FrtdaV , been left by its mother in the care of * girl 8 eten \ ea . r 8 old . and by the ususl careJeMneai m ^ fi ^ mt : i ^ wa ^ l ^ : ikii'fi ^^^ . - ^ : - tained cansea hia death in the Infirmary on Mond » J morniBrg . —Verdict accordingly .

      The Northern Star Saturday, August 8, 1840.

      THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , AUGUST 8 , 1840 .

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      THE PATRIOTS IN AND OUT OF PRISON . The calculating genius of Whiggery has so contrived it that the Chartists shall relieve each other ' at the dungeon gate : that as one bevy of the birds ef patriotism « merge from the foul net whose meshes can no longer hold them , another beYy « fiali Be ready to supply their places . Lovett and Coluns , and Roberts , and the Manineld men have just come out ; and Williams and Bimns , and Owes and Byrnb have just gone in .

      What ean the demented factions mean by thus forcing on the people to a deeperation which they fear to contemplate 21 Are they ia love with utter anarchy , and anxious for its speedy accomplishment ! Or do they hope , by this cold-blooded perseverance in malignity , to inspire the people with a dread oi their power ! If they thus calculate , we bid them to " despair their charm . " The spirit of our forefathers has not yet bo utterly forsaken us that

      we should lie down and lick the foot that spurns us . As some slight evidence of the spirit by which Britons are yet Actuated in the defence of right , we print the following letter , which we have received from oho of the Whig charnel houses , and which , breathes a ^ apuit ^ . nearly like 0 'CQHHOR ' s ,, tha * were he not gagged by the gaol-deliTering ^ Marquis , it might well hate been supposed to come from hhn : — ;! ¦ : ¦ ' ¦• 1 ; -: ; " - . ¦ ¦ :: ' ¦ ' -r / ' - ' w

      —4— Dungeon , Aufnstith . , , Mt dbar Friend , — , 1 never spend ^ single day in , my mlaorable dungeon , withoujt having the miseries of my , own confinemeat . muca outstripped by the greater SBflterlngi of my pber sssoc ^ t I have now before me a letter from Preston J ^ ome « f Cttrrection from poor Smith , whose deformed frame betokens . the horrors of U » tacbry syBtem , and this poor follow , forgetful of tt >\ t , make * Jhla appeal v&fn behajtf of » uffey , who , he says , is miserable inconsequence of being neglecttd by Ida former friends . ' He tells me that J > ufiey '« family are wandering about like j ^ Uto g ; vagrant * I cannot now stop to ask , whether m ic * , this be true ; tat till yon ean satisfy yourself , fead inunediately one pouad upon my * coount , which will relieve her while you are making the inquiry . You see I am not at liberty

      Leeds And West-Rlding News

      LEEDS AND WEST-RlDING NEWS

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      RICHARD MARSDEN . We have reoeived from this victim a letter containing a isimple artless narrative of facts—which would harrow the heart of a fined . We regret that it arrived too late for insertion in our number ; but shall give it next week .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 8, 1840, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2696/page/4/