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Song . Air—"Scots Xcha Has/' By Our Brav...
SONG . Air— "Scots xcha has _/' By our brave O'Connor ' s zeal , In a _bosdafed people ' s weal , By the gratitude we feel , We ihall all be free . By our injuries and woes , By a _murder'd Clayton ' s throes , B y the acorn we bear our foes , We shall all be free . I _0 B _£ we ' ve worn the servile chain , goon f *>* _M it be burst in twain ; Soon shall we the Charter gain , Then we shall be free .
_free from laws , unjust , unkind , _Forra 'd the working class to grind ; Whilst the great ones ever find Boom for tyranny . Long have we been passive led , Banding " neath the yoke onr head , E'en whilst tyrants triumphed In our slavery . Ignorance had closely bound Her dark earf oar eyes around _. Telling us , with words _profennd , We were amply free Bat at length a lurid light , From the Northern Star so bright , Dawning on oar mental sight , Show'd our slavery .
Then we saw stem tyrants stand , Wringing from industry ' s band , For the wealthy ones and grand , The sore _oard-earn'd fee . Days of darkness , now farewell ; Broken ia the sombre spell , By the Chartist ' s _dauntleas Tell , Who weuld have ua free Though no freedom ' s banner waves , O ' er us toil-degraded _ahvres , Long the dupes of titled knaves , Tet we shall be free . For the Charter meets onr view , Sending energy anew , To each heart aa we purine The way from slavery .
Brother Chartist * , onward press , For our wrongs must have redress ; Equal laws , and nothing lesa—Chartists must be free
To Democracy. God Said Let There Be Ligh...
TO DEMOCRACY . God said let there be light , and there was light Gen . 1 . OI _^ ii > can siexa thy giant tide ? Who beat back thy dashing foam * Where is the mortal , Canute-like , To bid thee to thine home 1 Like the rush of armed men tbon com ' st , Like the simoon gathering near , And the despot-heart , and the iron hand Are palsied with sudden fear . t 9 * » » Time was , thou wast a gentle stream , Meandering thwugh the vale ; With scarce a breath to stir thy coarse , With scarce a passing gale .
Bat the despots of earth would stop thy ude , _'Ihsy crimson'd thy placid brow ; The tears of the poor then swelled thy flood , And behold ! who will dare thee now ? Where are the mighty ones of earth , Who cursed thy cause of yore ; Who voWd thy hated name should be , A bye-word ever more ? Go ! seek in yon vault of marble , and stone , Emblazoned with many a crest ; Where the storied run , and the trophied scroll Betoken a place of rest
Tbey are there ! they are there ! the mighty , the prond ! With the worm for their banquet store , _Tfrtflmg -within the purple shroud , In tbe diamond wreaths they wore . But thou ! bnt thou ! art in spring-time yet , Pure and bright as the new-born day ; KarJons may fail , and proud empires fall , Bat thou never wilt know decay ! Like the rainbow thou beam _' _st on high , Bringing hope to the fettered stave ; Thy mission from heaven _ahcve Is raised up to succour , to save .
Then joy ! then joy ! to the prostrate earth—Bat woe to the tyrant's power ; When thy gathering rage of a thousand years Shall burst forth in an awful hour ! Eoehdale . _^
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LINE & Man is his own enslaver : if be wiL'd , Free as yon soaring eagle , he eonld roam ; Then , would no Hybl * sweets for tyrants be distill'd ; Aad _tthlti -would love hia brother man , and make the world his home . Immaculate and free , man from his maker sprang ; To adorn creation and obey his laws . He with wild nature lived ; and from her mighty tome Drew insp iration , happ iness and bliss . How changed ! Tbe came HI to define . Man never shall be that which once he
0 what a doom is his who strives to better man s estate , And nobly in Philanthropy ' s frail bark does venture far ! Proud his beginning ! bright his short career ! The hea t _. The enthusiastic heat , which _spurr 'd him on , wars With the interest of the grovelling crowd ; clouds gather from afar ; The tempest _Issers ; bnt where to Eteer , alas ! he fcnows not 2 _dsa and bark drive on : procrastination throws her
Tie unconquerable bar to Freedom , and perchance , the CArsE Sicks once again and leaves man where he was ! Harold .
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PITT'S JEN COMMANDMENTS . P .: into Verse by John Home Tockt . Thou shal : not either read or write ; Thou Ehalt not have thy hair made white ; Thon _shalt net with thy neighbour meet ; Then shaft not bread untax-d eat ; Thou £ hslt not dogs % i horses keep ; Thon shalt not throngh thy windows peep ; Thou shalt net keep a watch or clock ; Thou stilt not auction off thy stock ; Then _sVglt- aot -wine or brandy drink ; Thou stall not sneak oi haidiy think .
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TKE FLEET PAPERS . No . 47 . In the _present paper . Mr . Oastler , leaving the _wpvation : _n-m the Short-time Committees and * heir _istemews with the several members of _Goseamen ; , resumes his battle with tbe Poor Law Deril ; _isking a keen , though hasty , and brief _prrey oi ihe _never-to-bs-forgotten speech ot the _itfaaous Whi g slanderer , political mountebank , * ad state pauper . _Brougham , on introducing that accursed BiiJ to the House of Lords . The tone of _Hr . O . _' s strictures , though perhaps quite as stringent as may be palatable to the " rich oppressors , " is each milder ihan the occasion warrants . THE WREATH OF LIBERTY . _Respectfully _eedicated to Feargus O'Connor , _Esq . By David Wei g ht . Aberdeen : G . Mackay , Thomson ' s Court . 61 , Broad-street .
A snuil volume of Chartist Poems , by a yocth not Jet nineteen years of _-ige , and who makes no pretensions to what is called ** learning" or education . " Xatnre has , with oar present poet , done her own work _unassLsted , ss _.-re bv the promptings of poverty and the consciousness of thraldom . The enthusiasm almost _necessary to the youthful spirit j _^ ews _iUeif throngh nearly all the pieces , in the _exhibition of a somewhat impatient spirit . At this we do not at ill wonder ; there is cause enough ; bnt we opine that cominned endurance and more extended observation will teach onr poet practical philosophy .
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aitASGOw . —Theheart-rending cries , of misery , destitution , starvation , aad despair ring through the streets , laces , and _nboibs of our city . Thousands of hungry , naked , shivering wretches meet ns at every turn , and implore n > with every look , asking ub , m the silent ana impressive language of suffering nature , where is humanity t—where is justice ! and what is Christianity \ Why are we starving In a land teeming with every luxury and necessary of life ! How is it that oar hearths are cold , ear beds in tiie pawn-shops , and onr backs uncovered daring thiB piercing weather , and that , too , while we toil from early morn to late at night I And how is it that we suffer ourselves thus tamely to be plundered of the honest fruits of onr virtuous industry by the
iron-hearted souls of onr legalised oppressors 1 Ah ! the reason is too obvious to be misunderstood ! The laws made by oar combined tyrants have proclaimed ns slaves , outlaws , and aliens in the land of our nativity ; we crouch , we toil , we starve , we tremble while we tread on the ashes and graves of onr virtuous , brave , and patriotic progenitors . The insane and peevish rautterings of imbecile hypochondriacs and the envenomed slang of traitors lull us to repose , and thus the enemies of liberty and man feed , fatten , and triumph amid the stately rain which tbeir hellish machinations have created , Oar Lord Provost , and other municipal authorities , have just now squandered upwards of one thousand pounds in treating tbeir friends of the law , the army ,
and the Church , on what they call the " glorious event" which has given them a Prince and an heir to the throne of these realms ; while these same sage and Christian authorities , during last summer , could not afford the tenth of the above sum to save from starvation hundreds of industrious families , thrown out of employment by the gambling , fluctuating system produced and kept up by commercial pedlars , royal princes , hypocritical parsons , hired panderers , _aristeeratio pimps , legal plunderers , human tigers and reptiles of every form and description , whose various propensities are fostered by a system of laws the most incongruous and accursed . The man of humanity shuddered when he heard the loud Bacchanalian yell—the loyal soream of exultation which issued from the City Hall , on last Monday night , while he knew that at the same moment thousands of inoffensive children in the immediate neighbourhood were shivering over the dying embers
of a miserable fire , and tearing with hungry avidity the scanty contents of a potato pot , the all which their class-ruined , heart-broken , and toil-worn parents eonld produce . When shall this infernal system cease to exist ? and when shall we hail that glorious sun which shall rise and shine on oar newborn liberties , and our chartered rights be proclaimed in city hall and village school , on mountain top and flowery vale ? Where is the man who breathes the heather-scented air of brave old Scotland , that would join or mix with the miserable , crawling , trembling things , who , under the mask of thin-skiDned morality , are aiding and abetting the cruel and relentless oppressors of the poor , and endeavouring ( though , thank God , without effect ) to paralyze the _generous efforts of one of God's own Bobles of nature , in his powerful and unbought efforts to crush the tvrant , and rend asunder the shackles of the slave 1—Correspondent .
_VAXiE OF 1 _EVEKT . — Alexandria . —The state of trade in this place is really distressing . About three months since Mr . William Thomason _gave an address in Bonhill , and urged tbe appointin-nt of a committee to _investigate into the state of the unemployed , and laying it before the heritors and ministers and manufacturers of the parish . The committee was selected and the following facts will give the public some idea of the state of the Vale , inc _' uding Alexandria and Bonhill ; Cawdross parish is being _canvassed by another committee . This statement includes twelve hundred and eleven persons , their wages were as foilowr , averaging a period of twenty-eight weeks . There were persons
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31 A . 65 0 28 3 f 95 - _ 3 _| 1211 persons . This is a pretty view of things in a spot full of churches ard cJiapel-goer 3 ; our great men are turning away journeymen and filling their places with apprentices . In this way the hopes of many a family are paerifieed before the altar of Mammon . The working men are beginning to see that they can have no shield of protection but in equal lawB , and universal _representation . Our association is increasing in members .
ALEXA 2 _TDBIA — Another Victim to the Game Laws—O :: _Wednesday , ihe 17 th instant , the fnneral of Mr . John M'Kinley took place . The _circumstances were as _fo-low ? : —On the evening of tke 2 nd of _Kveraber , ha and a companion were standing in t ; e highway , holding a musket in his hand . Two _^ _amekeeptrs , in t he emp loy of Mr . Campbell , Tillichewen _Casile _. _tiear Alexandria , came up to them , a _^ d , looking deceased cicely in the face , some _altercation arose between the parties . Deceased , being irritated at the gamekeepers' interference , struck one of them with his gun , and broke the 6 tock of the fowling-piece over the gamekeeper ' s arm , and n = ed th ; barrel in eelf-defence , which was loaded . While s _* u £ _RiDg , the ni pp le of tbe barrel , on
which was a cap , hit the stone wall ; the mu * ket went off , and the contents entered just above the left elium , passed immediately over the lower part of the back-bone , _fmcturing it , and came out on the opposite side , just over th > v right ehum ; the distance between the _entering in and coming out of the shot being about twelve _inches . He lingered in great agony until Sunday last , when death put an end to his agonies . The t ' ay before interment the body was opened by two medical men , who gave it as their opinion that death wa _« caused by the contents of the gun passing through the body . A precognition had been taken by tbe _Sreilif of Dumbarton and the fiscal the day following : he accident . Being a member of the _Rechabite or tier , a lame procession of his
¦ brethren attended his funeral . A little _oelore two o ' clock they assembled at t ' r ; e _Independent Chapel , about forty coming from Dumbarton and Ronton , and about a hundred members of the Order in Alexandria . After forming _thrr c deep , each wearin g a white sash and black rosette upon it , tbey marched to the house of the _deceased ; tne streets of Alexandria were crowded with iC 0 es besides of the inhabitants and the acquaintances of tke unfortunate youth . The fnneral processior . moved slowly to the New Church , Alexandria , attended by the abstainers in the above-mentionea Order . After arriving at the
grave , the coffin was placed upon the grave side , and the Rev . Mr . Swan delivered a vary impressive prayer ; after which , the mangled corse was let down into the narrow house , to mix vri _' . h its kindred dust amid the unbroken _silence : of the _ttrave . Although Dot a year connected with the _Kcchabite Order , and not entitled , by the laws of the body , to the funrrpl gi _' r , yet the Order had a meeting ol " its _members , and , with a generosity which doe ? honour to it , entered into a subscription , and h ; : ; ded over £ 8 towards the funeraJ expences . The even' has made a . deep impression , aa the young man _? een ; = j to have been generally and deservedly respected .
EIEOIINGHAItI . Mason ' s trike . [ Received too late for our last . ' ]— A _j-uVIic meeting , called by placard , was held at the _ilec _anics' _Ins : i : nte on Wednesday evening last . ilr . Peter Bishop was unanimously called to the chair . The Chairman opened the meeting in his usual clear and perspicuous style , and introduced Mr . _Boag , the delegate from London , to address the assembly . Mr . Boag gaTe a clever and hitrhly satisfactory _description of the real cause of the strike of the stonemasons , and was warmly app lauded . Several resolutions , similar to those passed at the Crown and Anchor meeting , were unanimously _agreed to . The meeting was addressed by Messrs . Williams , Li _> . _-y d , Gosling , Bamibrth , Gray , Beck , Rjland , and Hind .-, in clever and appropriate speeches . Eight pcunds was handed ia from the first society of carpenters . £ 10 from the second society of carpenters , ami
_: 143 . 6 d . from the _curriers . Mr . George White 1 addressed the meeting , and urged them to unite in the National Charter Association at the same time , notifying that a lecture would be delivered in the Chartist Room , Freeman street , the proceeds of which would be banded over to the fund for assistj ing the London masons in their straggle against . tyranny . Mr . Beck , the Secretary , then declared . the sums received from the various bodies in Bir _micgham for the last fortnight , which amounted ! to £ 32 19 s . lid . Mr . Peter Bishop afterwards ! 'delivered a neat address , in which be passed a high eulogium on the Northern Star , tor the man-. ner in which it had supported the mason ' s strike , j withont waiting to be solicited , after which Mr . _i Gosling was called to the chair , and a vote of thanks unanimously given to Mr . Bishop for his upright ! conduct in the chair and for his jealous support of ¦ the _mason'B strike . The meeting then separated .
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I Mr . Egeetos Smith , the founder and principal : proprietor of the Liverpool Afercary , died , on the j night of Thursday last , at the age of seventy-three . i Distress . —The Mendicity Society of London have made an appeal to the public for assiitance . They ¦ state , that at " this immediate period the applica-) tions are very numerous , being treble in amount of j those at any timiiar season in former years ; while i tbe _profpe _^ of _accunrnlated cases of destitution dur-I ing the winter has excited a degree of _solicitude in j the Committee _regarding tho adequacy of their resources . "
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DuBLiN . —It is a . cnrious fact ; and though * trifle , worth notice , that the tailors and robe-makers of Dublin have not been able to _tupply the demand for court-dresses and professional costumes to be worn at the Levee . Many additional hands have been employed in London , and large consignments of those articles have been Bhipped for this city . —Dublin Evening Mail . Repobted _Attempt at Incendiarism . —It is reported that a ball composed of some explosive material was thrown into the court of the Horse Guards , on Wednesday . It fell at the feet of a soldier , and exploded like a cannon . The soldier oould see no one in the street that appeared to have thrown it . A similar ball was thrown into the barrack-yard at Charing Cross .
Death in the Fleet Phisoh . —On Thursday evening an inquest was held in the Fleet prison , before Mr . Payne , concerning tho death of Mr . E . Baker , aged seventy-eight , who died ia that prison on Tuesday evening last . Mr . T . Morton , assistant to Mr . Cooper , surgeon to the prison , stated that he had attended the deceased since May last . He was a -very corpulent man , and had been bedridden for some weeks . He was afflicted with tbe usual symptoms attendant upon eld age . Witness was not aware that he was in want of any thing . He had been attended gratuitously . There was no reason to suppose that death arose from any other than natural causes . Sarah Pearoe , nurse to Mr . Baker , stated that she had livea in the service of the
deceased for many years . Her master had been in prison abont fourteen years altogether . He was liberated after six years'confinement , and was again arrested in May , 1833 . He had contracted a disease during his first confinement , a _» d had _evor since been attacked with dropsy and erysipelas . His only means of living tor two years past was 5 s . a week , which he _received from a gentleman named Watson ; out of that he had Is . 3 d . to pay for his room , and witnesB herself had also to be kept out of it . She had received no salary for eight years , and had latterly waited on other prisoners for a trifle per week to assist in supporting her master and herself . He often complained tbat he could not get food enough . He had a fall a few weeks ago , and since that time
had been unable to get out of bed . He had formerly lived upon his property at 42 , Broad-street , Goldensquare . Mr . G . P . Andrews stated that he was a prisoner at tbe time the deceased oame in ( 1833 ) , and had been acquainted with him ever since . Deceased evidently had not sufficient nourishment to support him . The Coroner inquired of Mr . Oastler ( who had been sent for ) if he knew of any circumstances connected with the deceased ! Mr . Oastler replied , that he was not at ail acquainted with deceased , and knew nothing of his circumstances further than having heard that he was dependant almost entirely upon charity for support . Mr . Oastler said he would ask whether it was fair in a Christian oountry
that persons should be _incarcerated for debt at the will of others , and left to depend on charity for support # > Tne Coroner said be agreed with Mr . Oastler that imprisonment for debt was an unchristian practice . Imprisonment was a punishment , and it was certainly to be lamented tbat a man who was unfornate _shoald be punished for it . In the present case it appeared that debt was not the only cause of deceased ' s imprisonment . He would leave it to the Jury to say whether they thought confinement had any thing to do with his death , and if so they would express it in their verdict . The Jury , after a short consultation , returned a verdiet of " Died from natural causes . "
Murder and Scicjdb by a Deaf and Dumb Man . —A _dreadful murder and suicide were committed at Wincolmlee , Hull , by a deaf and dumb man , named Robert Hickson . The wretched man had quarrelled with his wife , Sarah Hickson , about some domestic matter , upon which he _seizad a poker , and struck her a dreadful blow on tbe head , and afterwards destroyed himself , by _euttiug his throat with a razor . An inquest was held on the bodies on Friday night , and after being sworn , tbe Jury proceeded to view them They were found l ying side by side ona slight raised platform , in a small , neatly-furnished room , in Owen ' s Square , New George-street . The sight wu a most appalling one , the _threat of the man being cut from ear to ear , whilst the woman ' s skull was
literally smashed to pieces . The floor was deluged with blood , bat partly covered with saw-dust . Immediately over the corpses was a portrait of _Hiokson , painted in oil by himself . In another part of the room was a painting of Christ , in the same style as the portrait , and executed by the deceased . Selina Hickson , daughter of the deceased , deposed—I _a-n going on for eight years old , and lived with my father and mother . They quarrelled yesterday about marrying . M y father went out soon after breakfast this morning . He was deaf and dumb . He came back at twelve to-day , to his dinner . He came in dripping wet , and aether said she was so poorly she could scarcely wash for him . He was angry because there was not a dry waistcoat for him to put on . Mother
talked to him with her fingers . Father seemed in a passion when thej were quarrelling , but I have seen him worse be / ore . We were getting oar dinners , and so waa mother , when he came in . He took up a poker from the _fireside , and struck mother four or five times . She fell down on thehearlh , and I never heard her speak again . Father took a razor from the cupboard lop and cut his throat . Then I ran out . Hickson was in the employ of Mr . Binning , a ooal merchaut , as a coal porter . It appeared , from the evidence of Mr . Binning and other witnesses , tbat he had latterly become jealous of his wife , in consequence of a man named Charles Richardson having been seen walking with her . Mr . Binning had spoken to Richardson on the subject , when he said , " He had walked with Ilickson ' _s wife , and
would do so again . " On being called before the jury , Richardson said that Hickson had once accused him of being connected with his wife— " but very little . " He had never repeated the accusation , and be ( Richardson ) never met her at Mr . Binding ' s stables . Had spoken to her in the street , but nothing more . Never met her by appointment , and bad only walked the leDgth of the street with her when they met accidentally . Several jurymen said this witness was morally guilty of the deaths of the deceased . The jury , in the case of the suicide , returned a verdict of " Temporary Insauity , " caused in their opinion by tho improper conduct of one ot hia fellow-workmen with reference to deceased ' s wife . In the case of the murder , the jury returned the extraordinary verdict of " Excusable Homicide . "
Egregious Rejoicings . —" Richard has best deserved of all my eons . " The authorities of Glasgow have "done the polito thing" to the new-born Prince after the most delicate fashion . As soon as the tidings of her _Majesty ' s accouchement arrived , " Captain Millar conveyed the joyful news to the authorities . In order to acquaint tne Lord Provust wiih the fact , the city-waits were put in requisition , and took their places opposite his Lordship ' s door , where they serenaded his family with the national air of' God Save the Q , uecn . '" Sentiment must be progressing when this romantic method of insinuating g lad news is adopted by the chief thief-catcher of a Scotch town in his communications to his superiors . The next refinement will be Co announce to
condemned prisoners tha approach of the hour oi execution by sending the city-waits to serenade him with " Macpherson s Rant . " The Lord Provost , however , seems to have been rather _obtus-j on the occasion—to have proved himself a sort of Triptoiemus Maddlework ; for our informant , the Glasgow Atqus _, adds— " This _circumstance ( the serenade ) apprized his _Lorcship that something unusual had taken place ; and certain intelligence of _thoevuu was immediately afterwards conveyed to him by a special aaespenger . " Tho allusion was too refinedthe musical head of the police had to call iu the aid oi an interpreter . However , to do " his Lordship " justice , after he had been get to understand what was going forward , ho displayed his loyalty most
_valouwly . The reformed Town Council has been somewhat lax in its observation of loyal ceremonies ; but the Pruvost has not forgotten the days of bis youth , when " _George the Third was King , " and Magistrates drank the Royal health on tho Royal birthday in the open air at the market-cross . He remembers , too , the showers of dead dogs and cats with which the rabble used to salute them on such occasions . He therefore took due precautions before proceeding to renew those public expressions of devotion to the throne . " According to an arrangement made in the course of the morning , the Tenth Regiment of Foot and two companies of the Seventeenth Lancers marched into the vacant space in front of the Public Offices , and formed into square . Two pieces of artillery were also
in attendance . " Moreover , the front of the Courthouse waa '' guarded b y a strong detachment of Police . " And thus supported , the _Magistrates and S ' leriff , " greatly daring , " drank the healtiis of the Duke of Cornwall aud his mother at a range of tables fitted up under the portico . On Monday evening , the same functionaries entertained the elite of lao city a ' , a great banquet in the City-hall . The City Marshal promulgated beforehand a series of regulations " to be strictly observed ; " some of which , we must take tho iiberty to remark , are scarcely in keeping with the Arcadian character of the city serenade . Gentlemen having ladies with them are requested , " after conducting them tothe eastern stair , to return and pass into the hall ; " and they are told that " gentlemen accompanying ladies to the eastern stair , will be supplied with tickets ,
which they are requested to preserve and produce when the y return for the ladies . " A ceremony of this ki . d is observed with umbrellas and greatcoats at the entrance of the National Gallery and the Library of the British Museum ; but it _. does strike us as treating ladies with slender ceremony , io deposit them in an antechamber on entering a festive hali , to be delivered up again to their conductors when they leave , " on producing the ticket . " Do the modern Bailey _Jarvies still take ;*' Mattie and the lantern" with them when they go out : of a dark evening ! and is this startling arrangement made for the accommodation of the handmaidens while waiting to light their masters home 1 Mattic might in one sense have been called a lady : " the was good blocd—first cousin to the Laird o' Limmerfield . " —Specla ' . or .
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Dba _* _it from Machinery . —At 3 old factory , near Crawshawbooth , a boy received a severe _injurv , , rom poms pari of the machinery , one day last week , from Which ho died on Saturday evening . _. _Comjlkhon o * the Thames Tunnel . —On _Thursday , this _^ stupendous undertaking may be said to have _reached completion , the enormous bore being ended by tho arrival of the shield at the shaft on the _Wappjwg shore . The shield now , therefore , has performed its work , and henceforth the operations will be confined chiefly to theformation of the approach _^ on land f © r the general traffic . Four feet and a half Of tunnelling were completed within the last week by means of the shield .
Tdbkish ADVEHTiSBMBNT . _^ - ( From the Djeridee Havadis of the 13 : h October . ) " For sale , a black female slave , whois nnique for playing th « fiddle , lute , mandolins , and dulcimer ; and is , moreover , a beautiful dancer . " Price 3000 piasters ( about £% sterling . ) Apply , " & c . < WrGAN . —Mnch . our ions gossip has been caused in Wigan by the extraordinary circumstances attending the death of * person named Mary Aspnll , who lived by herself in Soholes , never having married . Upon the death of the old lady a search was made by one or two persons who were next of kin to the deceased , they being , however , only second cousins .
These parties , with one or two other persons who had beon requested to attend them , found in their search , in the most obscure and unlikely parts of the house , no less than £ 5040 ; the whole of which , with the exception of about £ 40 or £ 50 , consisted of guineas . The deceased was with some difficulty prevailed upon to make a will a few days before she died , wherein she directed that all her property shall be distributed in equal shares to certain parties therein mentioned ( her second cousins , ) and to all others who are equal , and nearer , in degree of relationship . Of course many are the claimants , one of whom is Mr . John Roby , of Rochdale . —Manchester Guardian .
An American Patriot . — " Feller-citizena 1 " said an Arkansas orator , who mounted the stump a short time _Rince , * ' Feller-citizens ! didn't I aid in ridin Bill Poker , the blackleg , on a rail ? " " You did ! you did ! " said his auditory . " Didn't I , fellercitizens , liek that big pedlar from the Jarseys _, as spoke _disrespectfully of our state ? " " Yes—you did ! you did . '" unanimously shouted the meeting . " _Fellor-citizens ! when Jim Jenkins was prosecuted by his political enemies for horse-stealing , didn't I , as foreman of his jury , write his vardict' Guilty of assault and battery ? recommending him to mercy _v * Cries of " You did I you did . ' —you ' re a buster 1 " "Is there a man in this crowd , feller-citizens , that doesn't owe me a drink ! " " No , not one . " " Havn't you always seen me willing to stand treat !" "Always , always ! you ' re a horse / ' " Well , now , you all know I voted for old Tip and Tyler , at the last election ; but if ever I do it again , I'll be ! Let ' s liquor . "—New Orleans Paper .
Error op supposing xhb Whale to be a Fish . —The whale , though an inhabitant of the depths of ocean , and invested with _amasing power in swimming and directing its _oourae , with no legs to walk and no capacity to exist out of water , its proper element , —the whale , notwithstanding these fish-like qualities , is not' a fish , but belongs to the order of mammalia—of animals that bring forth _thuir progeny and suckle them with milk ; and its fins differ in a singular manner from those of fishes ; they nearly resemble the human arm , and terminate with a hand , having four _fingers . The whale is thus enabled to clasp its young , and carry them in its firms , and perform many of the acts of dalliance and
affection for which the mother is distinguished amongst terrestrial animals . The tail of the whale is also a carious combination of mechanical powers ; and , in addition to the great strength bestowed upon it , the muscles allow it _tu be turned any way , with as much facility as the human arm . The blood of the whale is warm , like that of terrestrial animals ; its brain is much larger in proportion than that of the fish ? its eyes have a remarkably intelligent expression ; and its sense of hearing is so acute as to increase very considerably the difficulty of approaching it near enough to inflict the stroke by which its great strength is finally overcome . —Parley ' s Penny Library .
Alleged Discovebv op Valuable Jewels at the Exchequer . — Our readers will remember that a few weeks ago certain mysterious whisperings were current concerning aB alleged discovery , at the Exchequer , of jewels to a very _considerableamount—jewels it was said , which had been empawned to meet the exigencies of tbe extravagant King Charles II ., and had lain there so long that their existence had been forgotten , and that their discovery was the result of accident , a bit of good fortune , a sort of Bet-off against _thft defalcations in Exchequer Bills . The matter was delicately alluded to in some of the papers , but all seemed to laok information on the interesting subjuot . One paper did , however , venture to confirm the report , but to say that the matter had
been exaggerated . Exaggerated , indeed , it was . In fact , tho affair was what is vulgarly called a " mare ' s nest . " A belief had , however , existed in a high quarter that property to a large amount had lain by for a long period , the value of which it would bo _desirable to ascertain . It appears that in the year 1797 a box containing jewels had been sent from the Exchequer-office to the Bank of England , to bo deposit" *! in the _rJullion-offloo ; and an order was recently sent down to the Bank to have the mysterious casket examined . A day was accordingly appointed , and the governor of tnebank , Mr . Marshall , tho chief cashier , and several gentlemen conneoted with the Government , assembled for the purpose oi
making an official inspection , and reporting upon the same to head quarters . They were , moreover , attended by several jewellers called in professionally to decide as to the " water " of the diamonds , and the value of tha other gems it contained . The conclave _assembled—the box was brought in 1 But to the surprise of ail it was nothing more than a lozenge box _ti' _-d with a red tape and sealed on tho top . It was opened and found to contain a pair ef diamond earrings , and a garnet brooch . A general laugh _, waa excited by the appearance of tho ridiculus mus , and oue of the jewellers said he should be sorry to give £ 40 for its contents . There are the simple _facrs of the matter , which excited much merriment among those _encaged in the investigation . — London Paper .
Fire i . v Woolwich Dockvard . —On Saturday morning _JaBt , about half-past three o ' clock , one of the dockyard police , observing smoke issuing from a building used for tho purpose of making Grant ' s patent fuel , on a close approach to it , found it was in ilaines , and immt < i ately gave the alarm . Tho dockyard engines weiv promptly brought to the spot , and the alarum-bell being rung , the engines of the royal marines , royal artillery , and royal sappers and miners , were soon _present , aud an excellenc supply of water being obtained from the basin almost close to the building ? he _spread of the _ciarourin _^ element to tho _engtnt-hoase was prevented , but . no exertions could lavo tho wooden builaiug iu which tho firo _originated , and _consequently is was burnt to the
ground . The fire is _supposed to have originated from one of the iron _pipos under »¦ portion of the wood having become overheated on the previous day , and that the wood had . from ti at cause , such a degree of _hcai . communicated to it ao ultimatel y to _ignite . It it worthy of _observation that the tires used at this work are always pu ; out about four o ' clock in tho _afternoon , immediat el y after the convicts leave work , so that _thofin _.- , if it originated from _th-jni , must have remained twelvo hours undiscovered . _During tho fire a fatal _acoi'kns to _>> k place in the basin . A young mau , seventeen years of age , named John Johnston , a _neaman on board tho James and Eiizaboih , of Sunderland , schooner , lying in the rivor alun _^ sido the wharf wall of tho uock jard , delivering tmall coal for the _purpose oi iuaLula _*' . _' . unug Grant ' s
patent f . I , on hearing tho alarm oi fire came on short " , and tho i ' og was so < h : ck at tiie time that he - _. vulked into the ba 9 in , and striking his head , it is supposed , upon an iron chain , _was so stunned , that , although a good swimmer , he was drowned , and his body was not recovered until _ab-nit half an hour afterwards . Two marines also fell into the water from a similar cause , but they were promptly taken out . The officers and crews of the Devastation and the other vessels in hor Maj >~ -ty ' _s service in the river and in the basin were promptly on thenvot , and by their able assistance were of _t ; reat service iu checking the spread of the fire . _'J'h-3 k _= > s will not be very great , as tbe building was oii ' y constructed of wood , and , fortunately , it was in a manner detached from other parts of the yard .
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_NOMINATIONS _FOK THE GENERAL COUNCIL . STRAND-STREET , _MANCHESTER . Mr . Lawrence Dunn , wta -. r , o , Bootiile-street . Mr . William Walker , primer . Mr . John Bavanaigii , _spinner . Mr . Thomas Orrid _,.. t > , car * r . Mr . Joseph Easlfonh , _corivvamer . Mr . Duncan Beau , pi-iniev . Mr . Lawrence Money , priun r . Mr . John Redfern , porter . Mr . John Jones . Mr . Bernard Quinn . Mr . Matthew Suttiff . Mr . Joseph Lomas , wear r , ii , _Thompson-street , Secretary , Mr . John Smith , weaver , 1 « , Love- iane . Treasurer .
PINSBli"V . Mr . William Balls , 13 , _Bani Hill , _Flatton Garden . Mr . Richard Cameron , 10 . l . v . rrir . _Kton-street . Mr . Philip Johnson , 6 , _S-. J _» , _iiuVsquare . Mr . William Martin , 1 , Charlotte Terrace ,-White Conduit . Mr . James Knight , 39 , Baltic-street . Mr . Daniel West , 34 , _Chatham G iv _.- _' . _ens . Mr . William Moody , 118 , _Brittauu-t-treet . Mr . John Carey , 14 , Poar _Trec-sirc _)* . Mr . Henry Smith , 11 , Aylesbu . y-. street , suh-Treasurer . „ . _ ., Mr . John Watts , 17 , Graham-slrect , City Road , fcub-Secretary .
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_LIMEHOUSK . Josiah Homblower , 18 , Margaret-street , Commeri ) iai- ; oad Samuel Squiers , No . 3 , Limeklin-hilJ , _Limehousehols ; William Bassage , No . 3 , Cottage-street , Poplar ; Isaac Wilkins , Engineers' Arms , Mill Wall , Poplar ; _Thonas Pearee , 4 i , Park-street , Limehouse ; Henry _SquierB , l , _Proapect-place , East India road , Poplar , sob-Treasurer . Thomas Spencer , 1 , Victoria-place , Commercialroad , Limehouse , sub-Secretary ;
BILSTON . Joseph Nioholls , _screw-tarner , Green Croft ; James Moeely , shoemaker , Pipes-Meadow ; Miohael Jaffa , tailor , High-street ; Joseph Evans , miner , Hall-street ; George Dudley , tinplate-worker , Prcud ' _s- ' ane ; William Smart , miner , Hall-street ; John Davis , ditto , High-street ; Francis Ferreday , furnace-man , _Walsall-street ; Samuel Drapor , miner , Pipes-Meadow ; John Fentou , ditto , Hall-street ; John Stiran , grocer and tallow-chandler , Green croft , sub-Treasurer ; John Cadley , eoadwainer , sub-Secretary . MERE , WILTS . Heary Mills , weaver . Stephen Mills , ditto , sub-Seoretary .
DAVENTBT . James _Lawaone , tailor , High-street . William Askew , cordwainer , Victoria-street . Thomas Norton , joiner , Dog-lane . Daniel Dawson , green grocer , Brook-street . William Tallet , cordwainer , Church-lane . Thomas Webb , cordwainer , sub-Treasurer , Unionplace . George Ash well , cabinet-maker , sub-Secretary , High-street .
SOOTH-SHIELDS , BANKS OP TVNE . John Douglas , shoemaker , Waterloo-vale . John Strickland , ditto , King-street . William Cory , bootoloser , Salem-street . John Bunn , bookbinder , Waterloo vale . William Dalrymple , _nhoeniaker , East-street . William Wilkinson , Bhoemaker , Thames-street , sub-Treasurer . Thomas White , cabinet-maker , Dairy-lane , sub-Secretary .
_HONCKTON-DEVEKILL . John Maslen , Brixton-Deverill , labourer . Noah _Prauglen , ditto , ditto . Peter Payn , Monckton-Deverill , ditto . Thomas Ganet _, _Kingston-Deverill , ditto , _sub-Treasurer . Stephen Tudgey , Monekton-Deverill , cordwainer , sub-Secretary . LONDON BAST , STAB COFFEE-HOUSE , GOLDEN-LANE . Mr . Prior . Mr . M'Carthy . Mr . Picts . Mr . Richards . Mr . Langwith . Mr . Waters . Mr . Smith . Mr . _Kenns , sub-Seoretary , pro . tern .
DEVONPORT . John Gin , ceoper , 35 , _Clowauoo-street . William Edwards , shoemaker , 37 , Tavistocketreet . Joseph Grose , ditto , Sambell ' s-court . Sampson Randel , ditto , 9 , Doidge ' s-well . Rwhard James , ditto , 5 , Cross-street . William Edwards , jun ., ditto , 37 , Tavistock-street . Benjamin Cane , labourer , 23 , Geak ' _s-alley . William Trimblett , shoemaker , 32 , Queen-street , sub . Treasurer . Andrew _Cumraings , whitesmith , _Stafford'a-hill , sub-Secretary . MYTHOLM-ROYD . William Greenwood , weaver . John Forror , ditto . James Pollard , ditto . Samuel Magson , cordwainer . Samuel Crowther , woolcomber . William _Robertehaw , sub-Treasurer James White , _sub-Saoretary . CLITHEROS . John Slater , block-printer . John Birch , ditto . James Robinson , ditto . John Johnson , hatter . James _Dewhurst , weaver . John M'Cann , _gardener . Thomas Smithies , block-printer William Finder , sub-Secretary .
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EAST AND NORTH RIDING LECTURER . York . _—CHARTEn Association Rooms , Fossgate . —On Sunday , the 21 st inst ., Mr . Staalwood addressed a numerous assemblage ; Mr . Cooper in the chair . At the conclusion a vote of thanks was unanimously passed to the lecturer . It was also moved , seconded , and carried unanimously , on the mo ' . ion of Messrs . Gill and Crofts , that Mr . Stallwood be recommended as the most fit and proper per _« on to fill the office of lecturer for the ensuing month . Thanks being passed to the chairman , the meeting _separated .
Important Pbocbedibgs . —On Thursday , the 18 th inst ., the Lord Mayor having pledged hid word to grant the use of the Guildhall , to the industrious classes for a day meeting , a most respectful requsition waa drawn up by Mr . Burley , and signed by a large number of householders and freemen , and presented by a deputation , consisting of Messrs . Demaine , _Inglis , aud Burley . His Lordshi p having read the requisition , said , " Wo congratulated the Queen on Monday last . " Deputation—'' No , my Lord ; your address and resolution were lost b y a great m : ! J' ) rity ; we are desirous that her Majesty should be made acquainted with the sentimen t * and _wishes of the industrious _ciasses . " Lord Mayor" You introduce politics , in which I _differ with you .
I might talk on this all day with you , and then be beat ; you have your representatives in Parliament . " Deputation— " My Lord , we are unrepresentedthat is our chief complaint . " Lord Mayor— "Your requisition speaks of distress , * there is no distress in the city of York , and you have nothing to do with the distress existing elsewhere . " Deputation" Your Lordship is _wroutfly informed ; great distress at present prevails iu our City . " Lord Mayor " I cannot grant the use of the Hail for such a purpose . " The deputation then retired , and drew up a handbill , containing the _oriidsal and the amended addresB , a copy of which was forwarded to the Mayor , and each of tho Aldermen , and widely distributed through the city .
A meeting was convened by the requisitionists , originally intended to bo held in the Thursday market , but in consequence of the severity of the weather it was held in the _Associac . _.-. _i Room , Fossgate . Mr . Halton was culled to _ths chair , who , in a few brief preparatory _remaiks , called on Mr . Stallwood to address the meeting . Mr . Stallwood rose amid the moBt cordial greeting , and said , we are told we are disloyal and traitorous . Had we not exhibited our loyalty ? Had we not offered , in our amended address , to congratulate her Majesty on her safe delivery ? Had wo not shown our loyalty b y giving to her Majesty daily the sum of £ 164 . 7 s . lOd . wrung from our own sweat and blood , besides the use of four splendid palaces , and the
immense grounds thereto attached , and this too at a time when the wives of ouv bosoms and the children of our affections wore dragging out a miserable existence upou a wretched pittas . _os of less than threepence per head ? ( Loud _; _liouts of hear , hear . ) Yea we had _nhown our loyalty to iho sovereign , although her Majesty had broken through the Milthusian philosophy of tho Poor Laws Amendment Bill—got married when a giddy girl—and had two children without herself or her husband having the means of supporting them . ( Loud cheers . ) We hxd exhibited onr loyalty by paying m hard cash to our monarehial executive . £ 449 , 885 . ; while in America , where loyalty was paid to tho sovereign people , the Presidential or Republican executive only cost
£ 15 , 000 per annum . ( Hear , hear . ) We parried our loyalty still further ; we found her Majesty ' s husband penniless , and we gave him £ 30 s O 0 O per annum and a commission in the army , whiio we toil and sweat in rags and wre < ch ' -dness . ( Hear , hear . ) Another proof of our loyalty was the giving to her Majesty's mother tho sum of £ 30 , 000 per annum , while our toil-worn brothers and sisters existed in a miserable garret or wretched cellar i ; pon less than twopence per head per diem . ( Shame , shame . ) Our address was offensive to the authorities , because it asked for mercy for Frost , Williams , and Jones ; if justice had prevailed , they never would have been traaaported ; had not Frost '*) talents , virtues , and patriotism won for him the affection of a grateful people—had they not loaded him with honours—had they not made him councilman , alderman , lord mayor , aud guardian of the poor-had not my Lord John Russell recommended him to her Majesty as
a fit and proper person to be a _magistrate ! But , alas ! Frost loved the people ; ho was a tender father , an affectionate husband . and a faithful friend , an upright magistrate , aud an excellent mo / or ; he was beloved by the people for his many virtues , and for the same hated by the Whigs—( loud cheers )—and denuded by them of his official robes . " ( Shame . ) Williams and Jones were alike respectable and respected ; they came into Newport in hopes of saving the patriotic Vincent from the fangs of his merciless oppressors —( hear , hear , )—and were entrapped by the Whig spied ; by the machinations of spies was the Newport affair brought about , and by them were we deprived of their services , but only for a time , wo were determined to have them back again ; we would never cease our exertions until we bad effected tbat object . ( _Enthusiastic applause . ) We also asked for the release of all our political victims . Let the case of Peddie suiiioe ; he was convicted npon the _evidenco of the felonious wretch
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Harrison , who _admitted he _received largo sums of monev iW his brutal _employment , and _was now _Hud _'^ _-joing-two years _imprisonm- - " _- . lor horee st- _^ lin ; .: ; ' to would ask , _ouj-ht _sucu _^ _-ood men as P w * e , Holberry , and others , to be . hourly murdered oh tho evidence of . < Hch a wretch as this ? ( Loud cheer 3 . ) But we demanded the Charter as a remedy for the existing evi _'* , distress exists through the length nud and breadth of the land . " ¦ V / o are indeed a i ; _UKerens people , aud want strength . We have an excellent soil , and are destitute of provisions . We are active aud laborious , and live in indigence . We pay enormous tributes , and are told they are not sufficient . " Wo have tried tho Tories for a century , j , nd become worse ; we had mock reform , _"" _d tried the Whigs for teu years—our miseries and wretchedness increased .... Wo have now discovered the enemy * bafc
devours ih to be _qlass leg islation . ( Load cheers . ) Yes , we find tho law makers and administrators well fed , well clothed , well housed , while the nnr _^^ reseutH , although th _*> ; r labour ia the source of all wealth , have nowhpre to lay their head . ( _Cheers . ) We demand , then , tho abolition cf class legislation " , and the substitution of t * o People ' s Charter , —( bud cheers , )—and when every party and class _shs " . bo _thns fully and fairly represented in the Comniens ' Hov . se of Parliament—then , and aot till th <» a will a national remedy be found for the _national _dif-vse . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Stallwood then ably refute- tho cry of danger , and appeased the fears of the timid ; then , said he , let us have the Charter—that _educa _« tion n : ay be promoted—industry _festered—wmmerce increased wealth protected mo' ? Utj shielded—happmeps _engendered—and our _fatherlands of- England , Ireland , Scotland , and Wales
rendered" Flowers of the earth , gems of the sea At oace great , _glorious , and free . " Mr . Stallwood resumed his _soat amid the most I . 7 el _ond enthusiastic demonstrations of applause- An immense _nureber of oases of distress were reported . Upon _themoiicii of Messrs . Covdeux and Crofts , it was also agreed to call a meeting of tho _unemployed end distressed , and thus disabuse the minds of the public functionaries of tho city . Mr . Cooper racwed and Mr . Jud _^ on seconded a _resolution : — " That the thanks of this meeiing are due , and are _hereby given , to Mr . Stallwood , for hia talented , _persevering , firm , and consistent advocacy of the rights of the indut nous millions . " Carried by _acclamu : Ion . A vote of thanks was then moved and carried to the chairiB . in , a id the meeting dissolved in peace .
KnaBE borough . —On Wednesday , the 17 th inst ., _notwithstanding if , was fair-day with us , no sooner was the announcement made that Mr . Stallwood , from London , would address _r -o people , in tbe National Ciar : er _Asmeiatios-rooms , than thither flocked the nef >> - _-: e . Mr . John Doaker was called to the chair ; and " , in a brief , p ithy , sensible speech , introduced Mr . S . to the meeting , who , in a speech of _considerable length , vindicated the claims of the industrious mi J ( tons . His efforts were crowned v ? ith the most _triumphant _success . Another visit was earnestly _reqopste . d ; and a vote of thanks unanimously passed . The _petition will be more numerously signed than ev _* r petition was in the Borov . _^ bi of _Knaresbiro ' . ' - 'ho brave lads have determined to wait on th * Members lor tho Borough , and _request their support to the petition .
Malton . —Although the rain poured down in torrents , Mr . Stallwood arrived ; the news spread like wiid-fire ; v boy was sent ont with a _pla-e-ard _, and a bellman sot to work to _auounce _thoglad _tilings that the means of on * _polities ! salvation would bo preached in th _> j evening ; thanks to the enthusiasm and kindly _feeing u the _middle classes in this close pocket-borouj ; . ' _; .. : large grani- _' _. ry was engage : ! , and an audience of at k .. ¦ • . 600 _co'C _' cted _together . Mr . Stallwood addressed ibem in hi 3 usual _convincing strain , much to their satisfaction ; at the _concluaiona large number of _Cnartist publications was disposed of , several members added to the _association , a . good sum _collected ao the rtoor , and it was announced that the _Iectun r would be with them again nv . th © 30 fe ! _i . O'Connor aud Vincent ' _-vonld meet _vlthaa enthusiastic _reception here . This * . vill , in si littla time , be one of _, ur very best Chartist _localities .
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BERNARD CAVANAGH , THE TOTAL-ABSTINENCE KNAVE , CAU ( iHT OUT AT _LAil ! Reading , Saturday . This fellow , whopa plausible and successful duplicity completely _deceived some of the most _eminent _pc-iqntifle and medical bo . Mt ; _$ in London , has , at last , Leon detected in his imposture , and he is now serving cut the term of his _invnTisr-r-iMit of tbr ? 8 _rtcstbft , with bard Jabrar , at the treadmill in the gaol of tbis toira , ass rogue and varahoud , io which he _haejuvl ioen sentenced by S . Chase . Esq . the mayor . Cavanagh _arrived here on the 12 : h instant , taking up hia quarters at tt sign of the _Black Boy , a publiohonse in _Broa'l-btreet , accompanied by tho same man , named Tieman , v , h _<* _assists ;! him in pursuing hiB various system ;* of hypecriay ami imposture , _" hile be was levying contributions upon tiie public in _Lundon . The knave , _immediately after his arrival , _issued catching _handlii ! , oi which the _following ia a copy . —
" EXTP . AOnDINARY PHENOMENON . " The celebrates ! Bernard _Cavanncrh ( from the county of Mayo ) , who has ex-vied so m-. _icti attention from the me ' iical aad _Hcienfific w . _orli _* , on account of his _ezoes-Bive powers of _nV-stmence , which are attested beyond all doubt , is now in this town , and invitea all _inquirera into the cause of ; o singular a _phsromer . on tc [ ay him a visit at the Black Boy , _Reading , during his stay . A . few of his _phiioaophi" friends in London , wishing to gain some additional light _utudu this case , have advised him to give this _general invitation , and make no distinct charge for _udraissions ; but aa the _exr-oncOS Of travelling about the country vrith his brother ' who eats like other men ) will be ' . _> yond their means , any friendly donations wili _l-e thankfully received . "
_Things went on swimmingly lor some days , and the fellow and his companion were reaping a pretty plentiful harvest , _a ' . though _th' _-re was nothing charged for admission to see tha " lusting _rann , " the _imp'afcor leaving the gratuitr he _looked for _t- _- > the " liberality of the curious ; " and there is not the least doubt , hail it not been for tbe timely and , indeed , extraordinary disco very of the cl » _-. _' _» t , K ... S he and his worthy coadjutor would , before tiisy _leit the town , have walked off with a very handsome _jjuui _gathered from the nn . _'nercns visitors who flacked to ths Quik _Eoy to see thi . i " « lghth wonder of the « orid . '"
He was _appuhanded wiih his " Man Friday , " Tiernan , on Thursday , through the _instrumentility of a Mrs ~ Hatt , tho _wifa of a _laoouriiig man , residing in Crowri-sfreet _, by 3 j > . _Honltjn , the Superintendent of the Reading p ' _ _-Uc 6 , up -n the charge of being a rogue and vagabond , ajui a rank impostor . He vraa then taken befor 9 tLe n _. _-. yor , and the _following _tvidinse was produced against hiui : — Harriet _Hdtfc being sworn _Btefcad , in substance , as follows : —On ths preceding evening , she went , accompanied by son , friends , to cee tho fastinr man , atthe Black Boy . S ' _: e - . inked him s- v , ral questions on the subject of _h's ubs ' .. _nencefroai f _. oti , wbich be answered very unsatisfactorily , er pt that ho stated he had not eaten a morse : of £ : ¦;< ... ue thing for the last five years and a half . Wr . _iioa . ' ; bought one of his books , containing an account of hia iiiV , and afcoUr . ence from food , for which he was paid fi' .., and her friends gave him another 6 d . be " -c >• they _ltit The next mornin" witness
had occasion ir . _% ¦! to a chs : _idler " _3 _.- ; _hr . p in Southamptonstreet ( which is & _long distan < " from the Black Boy ) , and while _ahe r _.-n - _sitt _... j , in a _ruom behind the shop she saw a man _unitr , who , _notwithstanding Lis disguise , she W 3 . 3 cjru . in _n-as the prisoner . He had s handkerchief tie- ' roum hi-: forehead which nearly covered his eye ? , _andalaiae _y . _wi-Jr . upon his nose . As soon as be _camo \ - \ _dli n _« ked for . ' . feiveloy and a quarter of a pound of ham , _vvLitii he particularly wiefced to be cut pretty fat , and a small loaf . He was served with these articles , for which he paid , and then wsnt away . Witness then ctir & ctly _preceded to the Black Boy where she discovered that the prisoner had been gone out a short time before , to take a walk ; and after waiting there for ripwaro - or a _« hour she saw him return , but he had then doifed his disguise and appeared as usual . She mentioned her suspicions to the landlord of the house , _wh _„ then _conimunicatei with the police . 4
John Croaker , ihe landlord of tho Black Boy , stated that the prisoner came to hi 3 house very late on Friday evening , and inquired if Ir * brother ( describing him as a man who carried a _pnek ) h : . d arrived . Witness told bim that a m a n , _stiswering that _description , was in the house and in vcd . He then shewed witness one of Ms bills , and said that , he was the R : ? n It related to . He asked if he could ba aec : nimodated with a bed , and he was told he could . He and the man Tiernan had been living in witness ' s house ir . m that time until they were apprehended . The bill witness caw In the room ( exhibited by the prisoner ) was placed there withtnt his consent The impostor , upon being « . \ tfled on for his defence , said it was of very little use hi ? saying anything , as after what had taken place he supposed ho ahould net be believed ; and therefore , perhapa be bad better say nothing . At la is be said , " 1 did eat , for the Lord _caneed me to be hungry . "
The Mayor then addressed the prisoner , pointing ont to him the disgraceful cor . duc ' : lie had been _pursoing ia deceiving and gulling the public by gross artifice and imposture , _anK telling bim tbat it was bis determination at least for a time , to put aoV _^ p to hia deception * npo the public . Tbe . "fasting '' impostor was then sentenced to three months ' , imprisonment andhr . r } _I'baur _, a »» rogue aad vagabond . The fellow ' s worthy colleague , John Tiernan , wisa fa * sentenced to * ne months imprisonment for hawking without a license .. The man with the pack , _^ fconi _Cavanagh called Ml brother , bad , very fortunaUi . y lev himself , taken his de parture from Reading , and thus escaped , very probably a similar punishment . _x
It will now be seen if the tread-mill 'will not Mag an appetite to the " fasting" man , and , at the same time , the _impostor to his senses . What will Hit Times s ay ?
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Citation
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 27, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_27111841/page/3/
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