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      The Patriot Meagher

      THE PATRIOT MEAGHER

      I Received The Following Letter Some Tim...

      I received the following letter some time ago , from that hold , enthusiastic , energetic , and sincere young patriot , Meagher , -who is now within the clutches of the law , but to whose future fate I would apply the following two verses of my poem upon Erin : — "When vre see the li ght footstep , that bends o ' er the sand , Of the exile condemned the wide world to roam , Then the day star of Freedom shall shine o ' er the land .

      To light the lone wanderer hack to his . home . When the-waters that hound her lone dungeon shall swell IJeath the crowded white ' canvass that bends to the west , Filled with the cheers of her sons come to dwell In the land of their lathers , the home they love best . Such , I trust in Grod , will one day be the t jheering fate of my loved and honoured young fiaeud . I would have published his letter

      before , but knowing the effect that unbending patriotism and firm resolution lave upon those in . whose hands the fate of the victim is placed , I feared lest an injudicious act of mine mig ht increase their spleen , and augment his martyrdom ; therefore I have postponed its publication till now , and the greatest pride that I derive from it is , that my humble services in behalf of my persecuted countrymen , are appreciated by the true and unsullied patriot .. ' -..

      Englishmen , yon can form no estimate of my feelings , from the hour of the incarceration of those brave and gallant men , urged on by " others io redeem their country , and then not only abandoned , "but spat upon and characterised as maniacs , when they became -victims to their confidence in , others . I have hecu afraid to mention thettrhamfis . ih . " the . House or out of the . House , except

      whenfe--riled there , and then I defended them . I hate been fearful lest my defence of them , or a word ofsympath y incautiousl y uttered , should have but tended to injure them . Many an Irishman and not a few Englishmen , will shed tears upon the perusal of the young patriot ' s letter , as I have done , but I have still the hope —nay , the confident hope—that his country is not for long to lose one of its brightest ornaments .

      Good God -is it not shocking—nay , is it not horrifying—to think of a . young man not twenty-three years of age , unrivalled for eloquence , matchless for unostentatious modesty , and unequalled for devotion to Ms conntry , thus banished from the land of his birth , torn from all that is dear to him , and consigned to the transport to be conveyed to some penal colony , there to sig h over the lamentations of his bleeding country ? I can say no more ; my feelings , if I went on , would hurry me into the meshes of the Gagging Bill , to the great gratification and delicto of your and my oppressors , Eeahgus O'Cosxob . ' " Richmond Prison , " Dublin , April 23 rd , 1849 .

      "Zdr Bear Feaegps O'Cosxoh , —I have been a long time promising myself the pleasure of writing you a few lines , to thank you for the very kind interest yon have taken in me , and the generous zeal you have manifested in behalf of the State prisoners of' 4 S . " To many claims however upon my grateful esteem , you " have lately added one more , which to iay mind possesses a peculiar weight and valne Ton have " brought out" the very best likeness that has appeared of me . All my friends are

      delig hted -with it . The execution of it , too , is very heantifal , and has been greatly admired . " We are all quite well here and in right good spirits , for it -will always be tons a source of happiness , 10 feel that we are undergoing some slight punishment for our love of the old country . Should a heavier juniishment be in store for us , we shall meet it not only with li g ht but with proud hearts . JSext to battling for the right , the best thing is suffering for it ; and next to a victory a sacrifice conduces most to the progress and the glory of any sreat cause .

      "Believe me , my dear Feargus O Connor , M Your sincere and much attached friend , "Thomas Francis AIeagher , "

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      Glasgow.—The Calton Association Held A M...

      Glasgow . —The Calton Association held a meeting in the Mechanics' Institution , Canning-street , on the 8 th inst ., to consider the question of Financial JSeform , and the Extension of the Snfirage . 3 Ir . Daniel Paul in the chair . Mr . Henderson Car-rick moved , andMr . John Anderson secondcd , thefollowisg resolution : — " That , in the opinion of this meeting , the enormous and increasing expenditure of the present Ministry is opposed to the true interests of the industrious and trading classes of this country ; and we hereby pledge ourselves to support any -well-devised means likely to lead to its elective reduction . " Mr . Duncan Sherrington moved , and Mr . James Martin seconded : — " That the Suffrage , as denned by the Reform Bill , is inadequate to the necessities and intelligence of the

      community , as has been shown by the opposition of the majority of the members of the Douse of Commons to the motion of Mr . Cobden , for a reduction of the national expenditure ; we therefore call i : pon all intelligent Reformers to use their influence to ensure the Extension of the Suffrage , as embodied in the People ' s Charter . " Mr . Samuel Kydd , from London , in a beautiful and eloquent speech , which was repeatedly applanded in the course of its delivery , enforced the adoption of the above resolutions . The resolutions were unanimously adopted , and after a rote of thanks to the Chairman and Mr . £ vdd , the meeting separated . 0 'Cox . vonvn . LE . —Although no account has lately

      l-etu soiit from this p lace , "we . have not been idle , as Hie proceedings ai the last three vestries -will testify . Having discovered that a few individuals had monopolised nearly all the parochial offices , and made use of their power to lower then * own rates and that of their relations , we have compelled them to submit to a ^ adjustment of the rates , and to do away "Willi such " gross inequalities . "We also intend to turn the Vrhltsun holydays to account by adopting the National Petition , " and doing something for the "Victims . "We understand that a dinner and tea will he provided at the school for those friends who may come to take part in the good work , and share the rural festivities on that occasion .

      Soxieis Towx . —A public meeting of the inhabitants of Somcrs Town was held in the Lecture-hall , " Wclstead street , on Sunday evening last , for the ntapose of considering the necessity for , and the best means of securing an efficient Parliamentary Ufcforai . The meeting-was attended by a most respectable audience , and a good sprinkling of the middle classes . Mr . M'Grath was in the chair . The chairman in a soul-stirring and eloquent Speech , pointed out the necessity for a Radical Reform hi ike House of Commons , before the present absurd and unjust system could be abolished . He then , in his usual argumentative manner , proved , beyond the power of successful contradiction , that mparlhuaentorv reform short of that based upon the document called the People ' s Charter , would

      inoet the emergencies of the case , and enable , the people by just legislation to amend their moral , social , and political condition . He then concluded one of the most powerful speeches it ever was our good fortune to listen to , by an earnest appeal to the working men , and all Reformers , to be up and doing in the good work of human regeneration , - and renamed his scat amid repeated rounds of applause . { The meeting was next addressed by Mr . "W . Dixon , la a brief speech , upon the many social evils of the present system , lie was of opinion that nothing short of the enfranchisement of the . people would enable them so to remodel the institutions as to make England what it should be and Englishmen "" ¦ hat thev ou < rht to be . —Mr . Clark upon coming

      forward was received with one universal burst of applause , which having subsided he delivered a Speech of near one hour ' s duration , veplete with humour , wit , and good sense , which electrified the audience . In fact , the effect of Mr . Clark ' s speech Upon the meeting-baffles our powers of description . Suffice it to say , it was such a one , as only Mr . Clark could deliver . -He resumed his seat amidst loud and long continued - cheers . —Several other gentlemen hanngaddressedthemeeting , and thanks Laving been given to the : Chairman , the meeting Wa % adjourned to Sunday evening next . The Democrats of the surrounding neig hbourhood would do well to assist the few sp irited men who have taken this neat little half for Sunday evening meeihiffs .

      Mabtleboxe . —The Chartists of this district are again " up and doing . " Oh Sunday , May the 13 th , Key recommenced running their " boat" from the Paddingtou Canal , near the Great "Western Railway Terminus , to Greenford Green , starting at ten O ' clock , and the ; party . eujoyed a very pleasant and agreeable day . There are many picturesque views to be admired as you pass , down the canal , and the pic-nic parties at Greenford Green and its suburbs are trnlv delightful and refreshing , after a sojourn for-a time amidst the smote of the " Great Metro-

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      Brauforn. —At A Meeting Of Members Held ...

      BRAUFORn . —At a meeting of members held at Mrs . Smith ' s , Bridge-street , Thomas Hirst in the chair , it was resolved : — " That we will not keep any persons on the books as members who do not pay the remainder of their land money and local expenses within a fortnight from this day ( 14 th of May ) , and that such persons shall forfeit all claim , to the Company . " It was also resolved that . the public should be warned not to purchase hooks or cards from members not paid up , as they are all forfeited . •" - '• ' ' - ' ¦

      Hudderstield . —At-the regular meeting of members , held on Saturday last , it was resolved : " That in consequence of the small attendance of members at the fortnightly meetings , that the meetingsin future shall be only once a month , en the second Saturdays , at Ibbeson ' s Temperance ^ busc , Buxtbn-road , from half-past seven to half-past ei g ht , o ' clock in the evening , when all members in arrears with their subscriptions or expense f urn ' s , are requested to attend . - ' ' - Mebiuyb TrnviL . —At a meeting of members held in their room back of "Wellington-street , on Sunday last , the following resolution was unanimously adopted : — " That all the unpaid-up members belonging to this branch are requested without delay to pay their contributions of twopence per ^ share , as prescribed by the last land Conference : also , the paid-up ( as well as the-uhpaid-up ) members are requested to pay theiylocal levies without delay , otherwise it will be deducted from their shares paid in London . ¦ - ¦ - ..

      To The Editor Of The Northern Star. Mr D...

      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Mr Dear Sir , —According to arrangement , I arrived in Glasgow , on Sunday , the Oth , and was met by my old friend Duncan Sherrington , and a few others , some of whom I have known for years . The history of Chartism in Glasgow— -for the past twelve months—would make a useful chapter in a book devoted to the political agitations of the people , replete with many lessons of interest and profit to the student , whoso object was to understand that niotly chaos , called public opinion , its' ebbings and nowings , hopes and fears ; but as all the leading features have been manifested in our English towns , I leave the subject for the cogitations of your readers , who may , by a little reflection , remember much and be ' wiser for their pains . The Committee had published small bills , . and

      circulated tickets for a course of three lectures : I began my labour by attending a public meeting , held in the Mechanics' Institution , Cannon-street , Calton . The speeches were of the right kind . The chairman , Mr . Paul , sounded the key-note , when he said , it was his determination to adhere te whatever was right . "Well , from this text of " right " all the speakers reasoned , and without any previous concert , all spoke in favour of the suffrage as a right , and argued for the rights of man , from man s own nature , and contended that the suffrage was a natural right , and , could logically , be defined apart from constitutional and civil rights . This mode of reasoning was to me refreshing , as it at once cleared the "way of all our modern special attornevism , so common among parliament men , and

      also some acute thinkers of the extremely philosophical school , with whom I have had often occasion- to differ , entertaining towards them , however , every feeling of honourable respect . My lectures were attended with nnabating interest for three nig hts successively , my audience consisting of the elite of the social and political reformers , who are now happily beginning to see that social and political reform are not antagonistic , but part of the same whole . This union is universal so far as my experience goes , and I think it one of the best signs of the times . All moral , social , and political reforms spring irom man ' s sense of his life and destiny , and all reflect themselves on man ' s thoughts and actions . A more enlarged experience is fast makins this view of reforms and reformers

      better understood , and I look upon it as one of those quiet manifestations of progress and improvement , which arc destined to effect great changes in the future condition of nations . Ihaye arranged to deliver throe discourses in Glasgow in the early p art of next week , and I am confident that I shall witness unmistakeable proofs that my labours have not been g iven in vain . I must omit much worthy of notice to enable me to say a few words on Glasgow and its inhabitants , and I beg to premise that all I now write may stand as a type of all our large manufacturing towns , differing less or more in degree , the chief difference in most cases being geo"raphical . The ground on which some towns ate built'being drier than that of others , they differ in then supply of water , & c , all of which circumstances belong to locality .

      The inhabitants of Glasgow , in the year 1773 , were about 50 , 000 souls ; it has of late been estimated as containing six times that number . The- trade and shipping of the city have increased 'immensely ,, and its wealth in a similar ratio . All the religious bodies are represented by their churches , chapels , and missionaries . The old college , a justly vener ated se at of learning , still continues to claim its due share of honour and patronage . The press , ( consisting of one daily newspaper , The AWii Mritish Mail , and a number of weekly newspapers , } is said to be talented . Any information from me on those subjects would be unimportant . The western part ofthecitv is elegantly built , the houses being of stone , of great height , and bearing every appearance of wealth and magnificence . The city is bound to

      every part of these islands by steam communication ; omnibuses ply regularly to all the outports tlu'ough the principal streets , and the look of the whole is quite metropolitan . On that picture you ' observe every sign of opulence , activity , and whhj-spread comfort . Now look on this . Stand at the corner of the steeple at the Cross , your face to the Clyde , ' divide the city by angular lines , and include the Hig h-street , all the closes and wynds laying to your ri « ht , as far as Maxwell-street to the west , situated between the irong . ite , Briggate ; and the Salt Market ; also innumerable lanes in the Calton , containm" , unitedly , not fewer than 30 , 000 individuals . The following extract , descriptive of the same , is quoted from Captain Millar ' s papers on the state of crime in Glasgow . The writer being the late

      superintendent of police : — " Thercisconcentratedeverythingthatiswretched dissolute , loathsome , and pestilential . Those districts are filled by a population of ' many ' thousands of miserable creatures . The houses in which they live are unfit even for sties , and every apartment is filled with a promiscuous crowd of men , women , and children , all in the most revolting state of filth and squalor . In many , houses there _ is scarcely any ventilation ; dunghills lie in the . vicinity of the dwellings , and from the extremely defective sewerage , filth of every kind constantly accumulates . " And how truly the Captain continues : — " In these horrid dens the most abandoned characters of the city are collected , and from thence they nightly issue to disseminate : disease , arid to pour of rimeand abomi

      upon the town every species c : - nation . In such receptacles , so long as they are permitted to remain , crime of every sort may be expected to abound , and unless the evil is speedily and vigorously checked , it niUst , of necessity , increase ? The peop le who dwell in these quarters . of the city are sunk to the lowest possible state of personal degradation , in whom ho' elevated idea can be expected to arise , and who regard themselves , from thehopelessness of their condition , as doomed to a life of wretchedness and crime . " ; , . _ ¦; ii ¦ :.. - ¦ The above statementisnotexaggerated , hut . there is much omitted . There is but little regard to the common decencies of life . The furniture and inmates of the small rooms of those grave-yard ; barracks heffgar description . In one , inhabited by an

      intelligent shoemaker , there were tour men at work —one woman squatted on the floor , binding ; four vegetating things called children ; a fifth squalling in the . cradle , and a girl washing rags which had once been clothes—the beds being on the floor , the blackness of the clothing of which was , disgusting— . all in one room . I ventured to say , '' . ' I think you are rather close here , are you not ? " V No , '' said the husband and master ; * " you see it is quite any compared with the closes at hand oftheBriggate / there . - ' Many of the inhabitants of those districts are workmen , ; not- a few of whom are " -shoemakers and tailors . The cbief shops of the district are devoted to the sale ; . of whisk y and women inay Joe seen running between r their homes and thewhisky cellars , carrying a bottlepf

      To The Editor Of The Northern Star. Mr D...

      the worst liquor , which has not unaptly been called liquid-fire , under their aprons . Here , too , are the chief dealers in cast-off old clothes , who inhabit the main street in the vicinitv , just similar to Dudley-street , in London , or St . Marv ' s "W ynd , in Edinburgh . In the Old and New "W yhch adjoining are a few paltry brokers' shops . theowners of which are , in reality , pawnbrokers , but : cunningly . evade the law by giving ( say ) one shilling on a printed dress , which the broker will sell back again to the same party , on Saturday , for thirteen-pence—an immense per centage ; the most trifling articles are taken in pledge , and as low as a penny and threehalfpence are advanced . The , reader must judge the evils of such a practice for himself , language cannot describe it—it must be thought of ,

      not written . A stranger visiting Glasgow is invited towalk up Buchanan-street or Queen-street ; he is paralysed with admiration—wealth and beauty surrounding him : let him , before he returns home , walk along the Salt Market in an evening , and he will see scenes of daylight destitution andthotigns of impudent prostitution , which cannot escape his notice ; and , if he has courage to penetrate beneath the surface , he will see the express trains by which men ,, women , and children are ' . carried onwards , in rapidjace , to the gaol , the penal . settlement , and the graye . Here human being ? , in endless masses , are begotten , -born , and ' die ; fever finds here a feast , and cholera a kindly nurse . This colony of mental ,: moral , and physical-death has grown up with / the ; increase . of yoiuvwealth . syours ; commerce ,

      anuiyour cnurehes .- Well has ^ Gapfcain Millar said that the evil would increase—it has increased * , it is not of yesterday , the tree has taken deep root—it has been well dug about , manured , arid wateredit has borne fruit plentifully , and but few are heard to say , " Why . cumbereth it the ground . " . A courageous medical man , a pious missionary , or a thinking moralist , now and again visit the . soil ; but the rich , the privileged , andthe favoured of Fortune know it not . Their world of wealth , of sunshine , and glitter , must not bedarkened by such thoughts ; yet we are all one world—one nation—one citybrethren , all of us but-we must not know each other . I fear I trespass on your space , and must subscribe myself as ever , * Tour obedient servant , 'Samuel . Kydd .

      Sheffield Election. To The Editor Op The...

      SHEFFIELD ELECTION . TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN' STAR . SiR- —Ih order that the ' country may see that the Chartist Council is not exactly of the same opinion as Mr . Thomas Clark , with regard to the late election at Sheffield , you will much oblige by inserting the following resolutisn , passed by the Council en the receipt of the letter from Mr . Clark . We quote the letter first : — " 144 , High Holborn , London , "April 28 , 1849 . " Dear Cavill—I have seen Mr . Roebuck , and find him to bo a frank , candid , and open-dealing man ; he is for a suffrage almost as large as that proposed by the Charter , but is opposed to Annual Parliaments and Payment of Members . We Chartists and Trades Unionists will find in him a merciless opponent and severe criticiser of some of our most cherished opinions ; but when in antagonism

      with us , I feel confident that his opposition will proceed from an honest conviction of the truthfulness of his own views and the erroneousness of ours . Our great bond of union as Chartists , is the suffrage , and whatever Mr . Roebuck ' s opinions may be upon other subjects , on that of the franchise he approximates' so closely to us , that opposition to him would , I think , be both unwise and unseemly . ' I therefore decline any further obstruction to his claim upon the constituency of Sheffield . - "Bymaking public this * paper , you will obli ge me , as from it the electors and n ' on-electors will learn wh y it is that I do not appear longer as the opponent of Mr . Roebuck . " Faithfully yours , " Thomas Clark . "

      The following resolution was passed by the Council on the receipt of the letter : — " That we have received your letter , and are sorry for your conclusion , after the interview you have had with Mi-. Roebuck , and learning from his own lips that he is not for Annual Parliaments or Payment of Members , but merely for an Extension of the Suffrage , and on that account you decline offering any further opposition to Mr . Roebuck . As Chartists , we cannot come to the same conclusion , and therefore decline giving any further publicity to your letter . " Signed on behalf of the Council , ; Sheffield , May 8 . J . Taylor , Chairman .

      Mr, Clark's Answer. To The Sheffield Cou...

      MR , CLARK'S ANSWER . TO THE SHEFFIELD COUXCIL , Gextlemex , —Through the kindness of the editor oftheiVorfAerrt Star , in permitting me to see your communication previous to its publication , I am enabled to procure insertion for this , reply in the same paper that will contain your resolution . You have declined giving p ublicity to my letter , addressed to Mr . Cavill , because , " as Chartists , " you could not agree that I have acted rightly , in giving way to Mr . Roebuck , after my having heard from that gentleman ' s " own lips , " that he was unfavourable to Annual Parliaments , and "Payment of Members , " and that he was " merely for an Extension of the Suffrage . " I was perfectly willing , as you wellhiow , previous to my departure from - Sheffield , to remain with you ¦ ir in ie t , " r d l- it n is iu

      and arouse the feeling of . the borough , not only upon all the points of the Charter , but also upon the general questions of labour and social reform . I was prepared to go to the hustings at the nomination of Mr . Roebuck , and there , m the presence of the inhabitants , to enforce and defend our whole and entire faith , but I was unwilling to go tothc poll against Mr . Roebuck , unless it could be shown that 1 would , in such case have had some chance of success . ' With you , success did not appear to be so much an object as opposition ; whilst i , upon the , other hand , regarded a probability , at least , of success , as the only justification under ' all the circumstances for going to the poll . Besides , it is a matter of notoriety to the whole nation , that Mr . Roebuck was regarded as entertaining political y n l . i- if

      sentiments closely resembling my own , and this impression prevailed nowhere , so much as it did at Sheffield , especially among the electors to whom , if I went to the poll , I was to look for support , if support at the polling booth was , indeed , a matter of consideration ; and if the support of the electors was not important ,, then going to the-poll was a farce , in which I was not willing to play anypart . " In order to satisfy me that Mr . Roebuck was in favour of a suffrage almost as extensive as Universal Suffrage , Mr . Ironsides interfered , and brought about a meeting between Mr . Roebuck and myself , at which meeting Mr . Roebuck assured me that the only men above twenty-one years of age whom he would exclude from the franchise , were criminals , even after they had suffered otherwise for their

      crimes . , This exclusion I did not regard as being of much importance , as under a proper government I believe criminality would be redufeed to a very insignificant item . In your resolution you lament that I should have given way to Mr . Roebuck , after having heard from his own lips , that lie was in favour only , of a " mere Extension of the Suffrage . " It isnot in my power to say from whence you derived this information , nor do I think it of any importance , even though I did know , as it is utterly and entirely false . The exclusion of criminals only , and a " mere Extension of the Suffrage , " will be regarded by most , people as meaning something very dissimilar—I , at least ^ think the distinction quit e perceptible . It is certainly true , that after my interview with Mr . RoebucK I wrote to Mr . Cavill

      the letter which stands at the head of this correspondence , with a private request , that . after reading it to you , that he would let the conductors of each of the local newspapers have a copy of it ; but had I for . one moment imagined that- you would have thoug ht yourselves authorised ; to . interfere to prevent its publication , I would have addressed myself directly to thirEditors of the '' Times and Independent . The letter was not intended . to"have been submitted -for : your approval or otherwise , but ' . I wished that you might ; see it previous to its publication , so that it might not afterwards bo sahTthat I had not made you acquainted with my intentions , , or that I had been disrespectful towards . you .-. ¦; . ''

      Had I gone to the poll against Mr . Roebuck , ; the votes in my favour would have , been , I fear ,, but small , as many' electors , who under other . circumstances' would have g iven mo then support—would have urged Mr . Roebuck ' s assumed liberality as justification for their oppositiohtbmc , - and I would have raised up ; against ; -myself an . 'OnraityVagainst all future occasions ., "Whereas , by pursuing , the course which has provoked your . resolution , I have , so far ^ ih ' ed ' ground' that , according to th ' e report of the " Titties ani'Mlepeiident newspapers , at . qiiojof the larnest meetings eyer hold in Sheffield , at which Mr ; Roebuckyfas presentj'it , ^ agreed , with ' dissentient !! , ' that at ' thOBextr ^ brongh ' t-forward in conjunction . with - Mrl Koebueki go aft ( f secure"MW 5 iW § l " W ^ P ^ - ^ - ' * W "

      Mr, Clark's Answer. To The Sheffield Cou...

      port of those' electors who , whilst they are . satisfied wither : RoeBubk , will hot support a less liberal man , and will give their votes to a Chartist accordingly . " Atthat same meeting , my ; conduct ' wa » almost universally applauded , and lam myself satisfied , all things considered , that I have acted-rightly and becoming a . Chartist who regards the growing and solid advantages of-his party , m preference to a passing glorification of himself . ¦ ... [¦ ' . . ' ¦ Gentlemen , ! wouldfujit hayereplied tdyoiir resolution at all , were it not ^ that Iam ' unwilling thatthe-. Chartists of the ^ . country / - ' at largo should , through my silence , "be'left to draw from your resolution an inference , inimical to myselfand I have

      , only to add , that however flattering it may be to my pride to reflect that I . have had the honour to represent the great cause of Chartism on the hustings and at the polling booth , that I never will barter fGif t repetition of that honour , my own private judgment and individual independence ; and when the next occasion' for an election shall occur at Sheffield , 'I need' hardly remind you , - ' that among my colleagues in ' the : movement for the Charter , you may easily find candidates in every way my superior , and to some one of them I shall be happy to see you turn . your attention , in preference to . ijr . ; YouivobeuiGnt servant , ,- - - < TiiojiAs Clark .

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      '•;; THE . MWERS OE THE NORTH . ; . " ! .. ^' IIIE'Ki ^ On bP THE'kbRlin ^ RK'i TJLR ' . ' . Sift , —I forward tlie . folWiiig- proceedings of the delegate meeting of the Miners , of Northumberland arid Durham , held at the house of Mr . T . Greener , Cock Inn , ' head of the Side . The delegates met at eleven o ' clock , appointing Mr . A . Stoves to preside , and a more fitting person could not be appointed . The roll being called , and the levy handed in to meet the expenditure , the next business was the petition to Parliament for a more efficient system of ventilation . The secretary having written to Feargus O'Connor , Esq . M . P ., relative to the ' presentation .. of the . petition , that gentleman ' s reply was read to the delegates , which gave every

      one satisfaction . The following resolution was then agreed to : — " That the best thanks of this mooting be accorded to Feargus O'Connor , Esq . M . P ., for the readiness on this , as on all occasions , in devoting his time , his talents , and his money to thc-forwarding the interests and the . welfare of the working classes of this country ; , and in the absence of Mr . Duncomhe ( whose illness we regret to perceive prevents him-attendirig . his Parliamentary duties ) , we forward to him ( Mr . O'Connor ) the . petition of the Miners of Northumberland and Durham , for presentation to the Commons House of Parliament . " The delegates were next occupied with reading letters and applications from several collieries in the Wear and the Tees , desiring a lecturer to bo sent them , with which thev cheerfully comnlied . as far as the

      limited state of the funds would admit . The meeting then resolved itself into a committee ,, to consider whether any good results would arise from the holding of a general meeting of the Miners ; and , after a pleasant and harmonious consultation , it was finally agreed to hold a public meeting at Scaffoldhill , near Benton-square . Chair to be taken at twelve o ' clock . A delegate meeting , after the conclusion of the public meeting , to take place at Mrs . Boag ' s , . Garsden-road , when all collieries in arrears of contributions must forward the same , that the food cause may notlag for want of support . The elegates then separated , hi g hly pleased with the prospects in the Wear and'the Tees . . Yours , ifcc . 'M . Jode . Xewcastle-on-Tyne , May 14 .

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      / THE VICTIMS . TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAK . Sin , —Will you allow me , through tho ' jSiwr , to throw out the following suggestion as a means to increase the Victim Fund . It is this—Let the Victim Committee purchase a share in the National Land Company , and then dispose of it by raffle , in the following manner : let them issue ( say ) 100 green tickets to 100 districts , and at each of these districts to get up a rafSe for the green tickets at threepence a member ; and then the 100 winners of the green tickets to -TafHe for the prize . By thJs , vCxperinient I . find the result would be thus : fifty members at threepence each would be 12 s . 6 d ., and 100 districts at 12 s . Od . would be £ 62 10 s . ; and then deduct £ 12 10 s . for expenses , which would leave a balance of £ 50 , a neat little sum for so good a cause . The same p lan might be adopted on a larger scale without injuring any one , and benefitting several . Yours in fraternity , . William Joun Cook . Haggerstone , May 14 th . ;

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      ——MARLBOROUGH-STREET . —Suspicious Ciiaracters ix Hyde Park . —; . J . Harding and W . Burrows were charged with having been found in the Ranger ' s Paddock , Hyde-park ^ under suspicious circumstanccs . Charles Griffiths , a watchman , in the . employ of the Royal Humane Society , stated that on Saturday ni ght , about cight . o ' clock , he observed the two prisoners lurking about that portion of . the park adjoining the residence of Mr . Stephenson , the Superintendent-of the park-keepers , andMr . Hanbury , ' the head park-keeper . He watched them for some time , when ho saw the prisoner Harding got over the fence , followed by the prisoner Burrows . Witness , suspecting that they intended to . steal the wild fowl / i ran to 'the fence anil called out to the prisoners ; As they did not answer , ho jumped over the fence and searched about the paddock . After looking about for some time , he saw the prisoners

      attempting to conceal themselves in the hollow trunk of a tree . Witness asked them what tlioy were doing there ? The prisoner Harding . said'that he was looking after a , young parrot , which he had seen fly into one of the trees . Witness then gave them into custody of Haiibury , the head parkkeeper . —Hanbury stated that his garden adjoined the-ranger ' s paddock . In consequence of a great number of wild fowls and their eggs having been stolen from the latter place , . he requested the last witness to keep an eye upon all . persons seen near the spot . The prisoners had been seen lurking about for several ni ghts previous to their being given into his custody , on Saturday night . Witness added-that the fence was six feet hi gh , surmounted with iron spikes , and the prisoners must have had considerable difficulty in getting over . The prisoners ,-who made a most rambling defence , were committed to the House of Correction'foi ; one month , with hard labour .

      Charge op Forgery . —W . Anstoad and his wife Mary : were . further examined upon a charge of forgery , under the following curious circumstances . —Mr " . O . Vokers , coal-inerchant , , Wilton-place : Knew the prisoners , whoWere in his debt for coals to the amount of £ 8 I 3 s . Having lost sight of the prisoners for some time , he was agreeably surprised in November last at a visit from the prisoner , who called- ; as he said , to pay his account and to give a fresh order . -The prisoner . ordered two tons of coals , which increased'the account to . £ 11 17 s . ^ and in payment of the whole lie tendered t a chcoue for £ 15 10 s . on Messrs . Cox and Greenwood , Charingcross ; purporting to be drawn by a person named Stephenson : Witness believing . the cheque to be a genuine instrument , ' gave the change . £ 3 13 s . to

      the prisoner , in : & cheque oh the London ' nnd Westminster Bank . .. In a short'time after this witness caused the . cheque to be presented at Messrs . Cox and Greenwood ' s , and then learned that no one of the name of Stephenson kept an account there . The cheque for £ 3-. 13 s . ' which witness . had given to the prisoner was returned to him by the bankers as having beenpaidas £ 63 13 s ., an alteration having been madein the cheque by which it was made to represent that amount . The word" sixty " had been inserted in the body of the cheque , and the fig ure G had been inserted before the 3 , which expressed the value in figures , at the bottom of ; the chequo .-ePolicerConstahle . Thornton said ,. he apprehended the ' prisb' nei ' s' a few days ago > in Marshallstreet . ; 'Witness on examining the man found some duplicates , two of which related toa . eoat and a cavp bt bag . / Witness had pbtainod ovidehce to . show

      the connexion of these articles with the forgery . — Fred . Bower , clerk in . the London and Westminster B : mk , s . paid ; . . a . cheque ; : drawn by Mr . 'Vokersy apparently for £ 68-13 s ., in November last ;; A female received ttieniohey , part of which was . in £ 10 notes , the numbers of , which witness had recorded . Witness could nbt . ' say that . the female prisoner , was the person to whom ho paid the money . —John ' Thomas ' , ' shopman to Mr ; Sampson , tailor , 'Pruices-strdet , Leicester-square , Said in November last the prisoner bought-a ; coat ; at the > shop / and ordered a second coat to bemadeand . sent to Westbourne Villa . In payment for the read y-madexoafci' the prisoner gave a £ 10 note . ; - Witness ' afterwards , took the bespoke coatto . Westbourne . terrace , but could fiM ; iio Lieutenant 'Am ' sfeaa .- —Mr .: Sampson produced , the , note , the ; humber . of whicli cor respohded ^ with the hu ' mbei ofone of the'ifilO notes paid to the receiver of the cheau ^ Oxfor d

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      street said in November last a womani Mfe ' apiir chase of a carpet' baga ^ his shop , and offcr-ed a £ 10 note , which he "' decliiled- to ' . ehango . Tbs ; wbinah went away , but shortly afterwards returned , and . tendered a £ 5 note . Witness '|? ave her the change ,, and the woman went away with the carpet bag , — the constable . proved that the . duplicates found-at the prisoner ' s lodgings in Mdrshail-street relatfed-to the coat bought at Mr ! Sampsoii ' sahd the carpet bag bought at Mr . Brewer ' s shop ; . —The wife , wasdischarged ; as the , evidence did not go far enough to implicate her . The husband was remanded for a few days / as the police are of opinion that there are other eases of a similar character yet to be discovered :-- ' ¦ " . ' " ¦ . ' '' ¦'

      CLERKENWELL . —Cruelty to a Bullock . — Joseph Fisher , of Woodside , Hatfield , a drover , wascharged with cruelly using a bullock . It appeared that oh Saturday last the prisoner and two other men were employed . to drive some oxen from Tottenham station to a farm ' at Hornsey . In the Green Lanes a fine " three-year-old . steer , " over-fatigued from the journey ; •'¦ 'fell- down . The prisoner andthe other men resorted to a new means of torture to force tlie pobr ; brute to get upon its legs again . One of thorn help / the tail out ti g ht to its full length , whilst , the two others , holding a stick of ground ash , one by-each end ; " sawed' ^ -tho poor

      animal with great force under the extended tail . — Sergeant Judd , 44 N | , declared that he never saw an animal seem to ' sufter ' -more -under My ' puhishmentv ^ Ivwrithed and / quivered , and made' a •' most piteous noise . This officer interfered as'sooh as he could-getup to the group , and' took'the prisoner into custody .. The beast s tail . was broken m three places , j The under side was quite stript of the . hair and skin , and was covered with blood . —The magistrate , having severely reproved the drover for his cruelty , sentenced him to pay a fine of 40 s ., or be imprisoiiedfor fourteen ^ days with hard labour . Alleged Robbery by a . Mathematical Instru-:

      ment-Maker . —Robert Robson was charged with stealing , a quantity of brass materials , the property of his employer , Mi-. Johnson , barometer maker . It appeared that the prisoner , who has been upwards of seventeen years in the employment of the prosecutor as a mathematical instrument-maker , was the only person iri'tho ' establishment entrusted with the cutting- and' working of the brass for certain parts of the wheel barometer , and for some months large quantities of the materials had been abstracted from the workshop . It was found that on Friday week last the prisoner sold 231 bs . of brass-work as waste , at Mr . Batchelor ' s brass-foundry in

      Albemai'lo-street . The prisoner was taken into . custody , and on the metal being produced Mr . Johnson stated that he had no doubt whatever it was his property . It was precisely of the kind entrusted to the prisoner last week , and corresponded with the missing quantity . It was cut for the purposes of the wheel barometer machinery ,.. ind . would come into the hands of no other person in his establishment but the prisoner . He had lately lost upwards of £ 30 worth of this material . —A witness from Mr . Bachelor ' s proved that the prisoner had sold the metal produced , and that he had recently sold at the same foundry other quantities on different occasions . The prisoner was remanded . .

      Robbery at St . Pancras Vestry . —William Jackson was placed at the bar before Mr . CoMibe , for final examination , charged by the directors of the poor of St . Pancras with having been concerned in a burglary in St . Paiscras workhouse , ' and stealing twenty sovereigns and £ 155 in silver money . —Mr . Prendergast attended for the prosecution , and Mr . Huddlestone for the prisoner . —The prisoner was broughtfrom the House of Detention in a cab , in a very weakly condition , and was allowed a seat during the investigation . —William Cockerill , a constable , No . 10 S L division , being sworn , identified the prisoner as having gone by the names of William Morgan , William May , and . \ Yilluun Coleman , and being concerned some years ago in the Custom

      House robbery , with Gowell , Jordan , and bullivan , and who were convicted for that offence . The prisoner was indicted , but not tried . —Several witnesses were examined to prove that on the night of the robbery , the 8 th of February last , the doors of the strong-room , & c , were locked , and all appeared safe , and . that on the following morning the robbery was discovered . —Robert Clarke , a cab-driver , proved that between twelve and one o ' clock , on the morning of the Ofch of February , the prisoner was supported into his vehicle with his leg broken , when he drove him , according to instructions , to Guy ' s Hospital , Borough . On his road he was ordered to stop at a house in the neighbourhood of Blackfriarsroad , where a man looked out of a window and came down and conversed with the prisoner for ten

      minutes . —Sarah Tiffin proved having touiul lour skeleton keys , and James Unwin a dark lantern , near the spot where theprisoner was found injured , which were handed over to the police of the S division . The keys opened the doovsoi ' thevestry-voom , & c . — Lockerby , 180 S , deposed that subsequent to the commission of the robbery he was consulted by the parish authorities to make inquiries into the matter , when lie traced the prisoner to be in Guy ' s Hospital , where he visited him in plain clothes , and found him lying , in bed . lie asked him how he got his thigh ' broken ; he replied that he had slipped down on the pavement at the other side of Westminsterbridge . ' Witness , after some conversation , told him ho should take him into custody on suspicion of a

      robbery at St . Pancras workhouse on the night of the 8 th of February . He replied , "Very well , ail 1 have to do is to prove to the contrary , I suppose . " Witness left a constable with him . —Mary Reading , a pauper girl , was sitting at the gate of-the workhouse between twelve and one o'clock on the morning of the 9 th of February , when she heard a heavy fall , and some one exclaim , three times , ? ' God help me , I am killed !"—Mr . P rendergast said tins concluded his case . —Mr . Combe said he should commit the prisoner for trial ,. and , with the usual caution , asked if ho" wouM 3 . 13 ' anything in'his defence . -r ^ Mr . Huddlestone said . it ' the bench . Svas . determined . to adopt that course , he would reserve his observations and defence for the prisoner ' s trial . —The prisoner

      was conveved to prison in a . cabriolet . MARYLEBONE . — Gross Outrage . — Long before the opening of the court on Wednesday , some hundreds of persons congregated in its immediate vicinity , -in consequence of its having become known that a man was in custody for having attempted to violate a child only four years of age .. The prisoner , whose name is Henry Welley , is a blacksmith , and so great was the indignation ox ^ cited against him , that Inspector Wiggm , oi the D division , found it necessary to bring the prisoner up in a cab . —Several w itnesses were examined , from whose evidence it appeared that on the previous afternoon Mrs .-Jane Roberts , residing at H / North Wharf-road Paddirigton , sent her little girl ,. Emma Louisa , out to . play , and while . p laying she was taken into a field by the prisoner , who wascaught in such a situation with her as to leave no' doubt whatever with regard to his intention of perpotraf ting a rape ; the child screamed , and the -prisoner

      was given into custody . A certificate irom a ^ surffcon was put in , ' - which , stated the . nature and ex ? , tent of the injury caused . —Mr . Broughton asked it the prisoner was known ; ' and the reply made b , y , a constable was that he . had been in custody before for an assault of a criminal natur . a upon a child , eight years old . —The- prisoner denied - ' the / allege tion made against hiib , and . said that all which . had been sworn by the' witnesses was false . . —Mr . Broughton remarked that a m » re atrocious-casf t had never before beenbrought under his notice ,, and remanded him till Tuesday nest . — He w « vs tbsn locked up in the cell , and at half-past six , when he took his seat in . the police van * upwards , of 00 ft Tiersons had congregated at the door by which , he-made his egress , twenty cc-hstpjtdes were present ,., and but for their interfer ones- the pvisoa ' eit- ' w . Quid no doubt have- been roughly handled while- getting into the vehicle which conveyed liiDQ . t . o . his destina-¦

      tion . - . THAMES . — Savags Assault .-= rG .. Marrell , a smith , was charged -with ; the following atrocious outrage OlV-Chavles ^ strPQtmar . at the U * pcnhagen-Tavern . It appeased , that . on Saturday night tic prisoner and some-other nioh / 'Vjsere- disputing at the bar about a shilU » e that whs . due' for ({ rink , and the ; complainant observed ' that i § they were honest the ? would pay the money . Th ^ pnsbnoi ; then went iD » the taproom and pue ft piceeni , irpod into . the f $ x >; and when it was well'li ^ ted he . thrust it into . » plainan ' t ' s itel it ¦"' oyo . " „ TCKo pain i , * as - « erucisftuig , and he roared ' with ' agony , exclaiming that > s eye was gone for ever .-Otf r . Yardloy said a , mop cruel or cowardly-assaulVhiul never beeni brought before fine ot bo

      him . The prisoner must -pay a -Ao or imprisonedior . two : months . -Hewaslwkedup in default , n - , : ¦ .- •; i • - '' . ' :: - ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' _ ¦ _ -- - ¦ - ' ' - '"'' ¦ ' '' ¦ - ' " SOUTHWARK . —Charge of Uixunixo , Couni'Eni > ElT ' GoinI—Assault on A iFOMCEMAX . —C . Harper and Eliza , Nicholson wcyo charged with -uttering . counterfeit . coin , . . and ,. . the former , was furtlier-xharged ' with breaking n policeman s arm Policeman Whitlanib ; 89 . M , stated that on Saturd ay night whilst on ¦ duty in-Star-corner , Bermohdsey , ho noticed the prisoners togethor . andiknowing they were . Common-uttercrsisof counterfeit rcbin ^ -he . watched . them , and observeduthc . female ^ ter-two -public-houses ,. whUfrher companion ¦ waitedTat ; Some i « twico . .. The policeman . finding ptH & i jDn ; , womp i ''/ ' / " v , ,,, . , . ; . / . -. .,. ; . ' ;¦ -

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      had passed two counterfeit shillings , went up and took them both to the station-house , - where they assumed to be strangers to each other . Subsequently to the charge having been entered oh the police sheet , ' and when the policeman was in the act of taking them to the cell , Harper threw himself on the ground , and . awore ho . would not bo locked up , at the same time making . violent resistance . ,-The policeman pointed out to him his folly , arid the prisoner gave him a desperate kick , " which fractured .. the bone of his arm and rendered him powerless . ' Other policemen coming to his assistance both theprisoners were then dragged to the cell and locked up . —Harper complained that he was' treated in a > rutal manner before he offered any i-esiatanco . ImtV '

      th is assertion was completel y refuted ? ; . ; a TidV ftYidence ! lw , ving - been adduced that both the prisoners wera ; wfeJl ' -knbWn ^ 'comm ! tne \^ aWistrate % ' onimitted tHem on the : firs £ eharee , iaddfinx tha ^ he ! should also , commit IIarper ; : for IbreaJii ^ g the / policeman ' s arm -while . in the execu * taoui . ofdiis doty , - ; ' £ iMt / . ETH , —Clf . MtGB AGAINST A SO . V FOR ROBBING HJS-F , *^ ir . RR . —W . . Steers ^ the son ' ef ' air ' gentleman of prone » tr } 7 rcsidiag . in Gam & enrell ; was charged with ste & lihg ^ a . 'horse and g ig ^ - of'tl » value of £ 89 , the propenfcy ' of his father ,, and disposing of them fw £ 17 to a person cnamed'Wood ,. wnodescribed himwif ' a * ,

      an oninibas and cab proprietor . . Jirom theievideBce | it appeared that on jEfrida-y . merningfast the prisoner , without the alightesfr-authoHty-ftsBfcvhiaKfethfl ^ , ; called afetlie stables of Miv-Baswielc , a livery stable * keeper in . Walworth ) took away the torso and gi gand in thecourse of tho-day- sold : ftfiens . to Wood for £ 17 .. Wood . when chargnd-withtheb ^ oce on Sa « - turday Ltat pleaded in defence thatlfi ; had pur » - chased the nitoperty in the-rogular way- off business , and . produccu > . receipt in-the handwrifcisg of the prisoner . He- was , however ,, remanded : untii Thursday nexty aiii . fchu ' . prisoner imtho prosont cacie , who offered nothing in defence , v «\ s-roinaHdodun 6 il the same day . ' "' . W . ORSHiPhSTREET . —Ci &\ uce . of ATEKHirriNa .

      to utter a Fohged aotk . —A young . man . ' of respectable appeavanev , who stated hja-hame- te- be- -W ; S . Brown , but refused togiveanyaddross ,. was vaa fjrauijactuig . ; some officdaL busuaja & . aS the ' shbp ' of ^ ap'iwhbi'bker ; named 'V 5 bod ,. iri thWeLtyl'Oad , on thcmowiing of Wednesday last ,, when , the prisoner entered and requested to be-furhished with ' change for a country bank note , andtheu exhibited the one . now produced . On being , called upon to account for his possession of the note ,, the- prisoner said that he was in 'the service of Mr ..

      Freeman , a cabinet-maker , in the Hackney-road ,, who had sent him out to get change for it , but it having been ascertained that no such person was known in that nei ghbourhood , the prisoner was conveyed t » the station-house , when he admitted that , his statement was untrue , and said he had received the note from a man ho had accidentally met at a public house , and : who had promised to procure-him a . situation . Theprisoner was then searched ,, and upwards of' fifty duplicates relating to articles of wearing apparel , books and other property ,, which had been pledged in different names , and in . almost all parts of the metropolis , were found iu his possession . : The constable added that a

      communication had that morning been received fronir Messrs . Machell and Co ., bankers , at Beverley , in . answcrtoa letter from Messrs . Bush and Mullins , solicitors . to the London Bankers' Association , which , stated that the note in question was a forgery ,, and requested that . the prisoner might be remanded for the attendance of the necessary witnesses to substantiate the ' charge . —The prisoner was accordingly remanded until Friday next . GUILDHALL . —Attempted Suicide . —On .

      Monday a young g irl , named Julia Landou , of Ho . S , Foi ton-terrace , Hoxton , was brought upon a charge of attempting to commit suicide . —Thomas Brassington , a policeman , said that he was on duty on BUickfriars-bridgc on Sunday night , about half-past eleven o ' clock , when he observed the prisoner sit-, ting on t ' . ie steps leading to the river weeping bitterly . He asked her what she did there , and she replied that she had had a quarrel with the person with whom she lived , and was determined to put an end to her existence , lie tried to dissuade herirom

      such an act , but his efforts being ineffectual he was compelled to take her to the station-house . —Alderman Garden remanded the prisoner , at the same time directing the officer to make the necessary inquirios . —On Tuesday she was again brought up , when Mary Ann M'DonaW , oi ' Xo . tf , Feltonrtesrace , Hoxton , stated that the prisoner maintainedherseli by needlework , and earned from os . to Gs . per week . She had often threatened to commit suicide . —The officer said , from inquiries he had made , he had ascurtained that the prisoner had bu & n acquainted with a private of the lltli Hussars , and had afterwards kept company with a sergeant of the 7 th Hussars , but could learn nothing nirther . The following letter was thou handed to the alderman : — " Compter , Hay 15 . —Sir : I have examined the girl Julia Landon , charged with attempting selfdestruction , and think her case a really distressing one . I bes ; your worship to be kind euous ; li to

      remand her till Saturday next , to see whether she can bo got into an asylum , if you should think fit to have her so disposed of . I am , sir , your obedient servant , James Coiig . v , chaplain . —Alderman Garden remanded her until Saturday next . —Shortly afterwards Alderman Garden had-a private interview with the prisoner and Mrs . M'Donald , and on : questioning them it turned out that the former was a daughter of Captain M'Donald , who went with his family to Canada during the late war , and . settled there . The . prisoner ' s parents died , leaving her without a friend , and she had since then been m service ; but had latterly maintained herself hy needlework . On being asked if she had any objection to emigrate , she replied that * he had none . —Alderman Garden directed Air . Roc , the officer of the court , to obtain the necessary information at the Emigrationoffice , and , in the meantime ,-Mrs . M'Douala undertook the care of the prisoner .

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      The Way thk Money Goes . —The Manchester Examiner says : — " At the County Sessions , room , Bolton , on Thursday lust , two Irishmen ,, named Peter Gibbons and John Breunan ,. were , brought up on a charge of vagrancy . It appeared that . on . Wed- ; nesuay ' week they were begging in Wcsthouglitbn , Gibbons pretending to be deaf , and dumb , \ but having been heard to speak to ids compnnion ,. information was given to the policc „ and they werc-taken into custody . When at the ' station he still enacted his part , until- the officer very hastily ordered . Mm to take off his coat , when , ; taken- by surprise ,, ho oboved the directions , and liiiittug it useless , to disssemblo any longer , ho began to exercise his-. tonguo prettv freelv in abuse of the policeman .. Both , prisoners had large bundles of / provisions with . . them ,

      ar . d upon llrennah was found , a letter which exposed the maimer'in which they had carried on . many of their deceptions . Gibbons . was committed , tin- six weeks , and Brennan for o « -smonth ,, with , orders to be kept separate in . gaol . The iollowi . ng . - ^ tha copy of th ' e letter found on Brennan : — ' Apnl 23 ) , ISi'J . — My dear husband , —I received your kind , fiuvour of the 23 rd inst ., which has involved me wish transports of joy ; ind gladness , lor kriowing . x . hr . & yonnrein such tranquil state ofihealth as this lea , v . es us in at present , thanks be t' ^ . Gou for his unli m ited mercies tons . My dear Johnny , I am ta ' . Movm you that I held up until ' yon sent me the lctttfi - . but now I have- resigned , but gained but very little , for they seiaed on my litt ' e furniture , but now . I have got

      ¦ them , and thev gavojuie the ass to . 2 ,. bnfc now she ' is-worthless . ' . I am Jiving with my mother , and , if II had some-money , to buy seed potatoes , I have' plenty of land , and . I got my dungfrnmAIr . Al'C .-ibe . i If you can send me . -relief it is fulh > required , I am ., inow entered for the out-door reliat ' . foi .- a fortnig ht ,, iukiil I make . out my husband ,. and 4 o bring liiin , heme to woi-k-fcft-it , and if not that I will be . eaur , celled ; but I got none yet . Bu b ' now I hope yo will form a falsa- letter about y-w , beang dead . An . il the form is to . ^ et some cojnra . da . tr > . state a letter . -t-o me ' that you ivw dead , and what * inemey you luid . ? WV 3 . expended foivtvhe burying pla ^ s . i . - ' . ! i'hen , at the tun . ©

      of inspection ,. ! could produce-it to the reu ^ w . g officer . , Is o , vt I am to inform . , you . that tb % w-is nothing about . the illegal act ,, that there is . uo ^ a . word ofit ^ ifiQC - , and your , breftlwe . is worijug on tho relief , ' Sow I ' request of . you to be verj- . CKWfuI , and mind ' what you oara / Dr- your children ,. I am to inform , wu that Moat- . yaUagc is wasted , a ;> , < 3 gone away ; aiuJ Sally Joyce iwni Kick BrcnPi . ^ and his fatheivaad mother are l ; j'ins in I ) evclisi » ,. All theinquii ^ ng friends are v-ajlij and Wm . M ' 'Ifcafh is yet in gapL . ' I hope you vfill order the fabja-hiiter to be dircii & od to Mr . Edmund Gibbons , of jfowwkrurkey , Nivnore at present fr . . oi » your ' affectiitn . aic censart ^ O-M ajKhisJi' or Kitii ; - ^ 'Solly , of Ds-Anjsaen : ' "

      - " CSb . emoihie . Gasrexs . —This . pw ) ui 5 U '; , place «? nanisemeht is no >> -. © pen for tlie seaibh ' .: Its , pr . ( Ji- » aary attractions , ai : e sufficiently w eAk known to . Ijho pleasure-seeker * of the ^ " metroD ' aiis —the mjjsic , dancing , and v ,: y ; ious amusements , hi the cxteasive grounds , witlijti ' ao rivcresplau-ujQ and the aauatic exercises tlmji ? . ' For the pres ? ftt season new attractions have bff * n added . Among them are tksee very remarkably dwarfs , who dwell hi a little cottage of ? their owifcHnst . suited for them , ¦ ¦ where rj ^ -y . - ' amuse thcmselve-s chiefly by smoking cigars all , day . " Then there » alsoa shantyv ¦ * or log hu % -a perfect 4 nodc \ q > f an-emigrant ' s , hut in the back , woods , with

      a shaggy emigrant tOi match , who' seems 'tb ' 'd ^ his . utmost to make -himself and his visitors believe that - " hft is a reaibaokveoou ' sman . T ^ thess a i-e added" , '" gymnasticfeats , aroworks / ii _ grand vocal and instrii- '" luental ' concert - and a capital . ' ballot ' . 'l | he . se ainl - other minor attractions avo to be ' seen'for ^ oiie- ' shilling . . Th ' oehtertainmentehire'df ' avery ^ uiicriox ' order , ' ^ imd therefreshmeniagood anil cheap . ' ' ¦'¦ ' . ? ¦" R-Aiwyiic CAtis fob May . —The calls alreadranr ; nbuhcod ' ' for May ^ avnount tq £ 1 , 000 , 000 . Since' ^ January -tlie total ^ amount called up has been . " ; Juioludmg May ; £ 9 , 000 , 000 , -or ..- mow i \\ $ R ; "tVV ; ImUliongpev . ffiORtk ;^! » : ;»'< ¦ ¦ . ^' . ¦¦¦ • i : ¦ - ¦ < rr-v . i : r .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 19, 1849, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_19051849/page/1/