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      FbAsX 20 BT , Mabch 27 . —The Emperor of Austria has again refused to go to Toplitz , and meet lie Mofliirehs of Prasida and Russia , which the latter propossdi The Czar is most anxious to hare a kind of Congress or meeting of Sovereigns , bat Austria -will not listen to anything of the kind . In consequence , the Emperor Nicholas seeing to hare given up the idea . He has just sent his aide-decamp , Frinee Labanois de Itostof , to Stntgard , to beg tie Sing of Wirtemberg andliis danghters , that are nieces of Nicholas , to meet him at Berlin . It is thought from this that the Czar will not come at all into South Germany .

      Brussels , Mabch 22 . —Belgium will . be worthily represented at the coronation ef Queen Victoria , lake the Dukes of Devonshire and Northumberland , the Prince de Ligne undertakes , the honourable mission at his own -expense . —Coumer Beige . Brussels , Mabch 2 S . —Mr . Willocks , the Cabinet messenger , is gone ( as . has been stated ) to London with important dispatches . It is asserted that they relate to the clauses of the twenty-four articles in which our Government requires changes to be made . These clauses are those relatiVe to the

      debt , to the territory ceded , and to the free navigation of tiie Scheldt . "With respect to the territory ceded by die twenty-four articles , ii is objected that the King of Holland having taken seven years to decide on accepting the terms to which he now offers to accfde , it would not be equitable to place in his hands the fate of the population which lias taken more » r less part in the revolution and its consequences , by the acceptance of public offices , by the exercise of political rights in different elections , and by submission to the Belgian laws relative to taxes and the militia . The town of Yiriloo is the subject of a distinct claim for the arrears of thejnterest of

      the debt charged npon Belgium ; it is demanded-that they shall be balanced by the expense of the state of wax in which Holland has compelled us to remain since the powers who signed the treaty of London have guaranteed the neutrality of Belgium . The exact tenour of the proposed modifications is not known , but they are in substance such as we have stated ; and we are permitted to add that they hare been drawn up according to the opinions of the Cabinets of Paris and London , brought by the last couriers from those capitals . They have been prepared by ihe Ministers , and commiinicated to influential persons . Supported by the two Powers which are really oar allies , the Ministry will perhaps have rafficient energy to persist in demands which obtain the assent of _ the country ; but if it is unhappily abandoned to itself , it is certain that it will give war —Commerce Belg .

      Brussels , Mabch 30 . —The Mandelsblad eontains the following article : —" New hegoeiations ar e not thought of . The King has merely declared that he is ready to accede " to tLe treaty of the twenty-four articles . His Majesty has resolved on this step after all other attempts to settle the differences with Belgium or to open fresh negotiations had feiled , and been rejected by several of the great Powers , especially , as it is said , by Austria and Prasaa . These two Powers are reported to have positively declared that they abided by the treaty of the twenty-four articles , and to have advisedthe King to accede to it . They are stated to have expressed their fears that if new negotiations were

      opened , new and greater difficulties might arise . The ¦ uise resolution taken by the King soon after the receipt of these resolutions is now known . His Majesty , out of love for his faithful people , has resolved to listen to the wish expressed as well in this erantry as abroad . The King has resolved to show dnt he is ready to make this sacrifice for the consolidation of the general peace . This resolution has been notified to the Conference . A sail the members of that assembly were not in London , Lord Palmerston accepted the declaration , ad memormidum , to communicate it immediately to the members of the Conference . So the matter stands at present , and every body is impatient to learn , what will be the result . "

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      Hxtll Police , Monday .- — -A Precious Tbeastjse . —Ann Gibbon , a middle aged female , was placed at the bar this . morning , charged with bang drunk and disorderly in that most respectable part of the town , Mill-street , on Sunday . She said 5 h ? Tras very sorry , but that she had met with a fnehi , who gave her two glasses of liquor , and she would never do so again . Inspector Ludworth said * ne was a well known character . She was married to a very respectable man , an engineer , on board one of lie large steam packets , but that when he went from home she sold her apparel and goods , and went to a house of ill fame in Mill-street . Mr . Parker gave her a severe reprimand , and" said he was sorry to find that a decent man was plagued with so bad a wife . The Mayor told her he had little hopes of fcer , but that he would try her this time , and he trusted she would amend her ways . —Discharged .

      Disobderlt Apprentice . Alfred Witly , apprentice to Mr . Holderness , who has been two or taree times before the Magistrates , * was brought up eiarged by his master , with having-again left his Hup . Prisoner admitted the charge , but said he did 5 Q ib consequence of ill usage . The Magistrates oid him that he had no right to take the law into to own hand , that if he had cause of complaint , he snoaM have gone to them , and they would have protected km . They had the power to send bin to fiara labour for three months , hut as he appeared to oe-sorry for his offence , they would mitigate the sentence to one month , which he would have to serve after his apprenticeshi p was expired . —Committed for one month . ¦

      Effects op Dbixk . —Wffliam Onley , was ™ & ^ ff ** ** taTiD S ^ en drunk , and committing ayiolent assault npon his wife . Mrs . XrZ > ? ° appeared to labour under severe illness , ^ dT f ¦* * ' * % Magistrates to sitdown ; and < W X'V ? *** " *»> desiretopress the <* arge She had received a series of . ill-treatment Whim during the last thirteen jears , but she Jjd that he would behave better in future ' . Onley , -S ° ° ? -down his . head , ; said he -was . really g-tf rf Ka-df , and sorry for his conduct , b / t xSl * **«?»>«» of it , and he hoped he should oSt ! °£ . * & ** - Mr . Parker told him he tfgtto be . most grateful to ; his wife , and endea-Z ? - *? P 7 * er by his future . good conduct for hia

      J ?« ui-freatoent of her . ^ Dnlej thanked the Mag nate for ma z&nce and the parties left the court , "ealvise the tee-totallers to look after this man , ^ tr y to reclaim him from his habits" of intempKjaee . a Ho ? rEST Confession . —George Western , 1 e ™ M » son of the ocean was charged with beirie £ g * ihe Market-place . On De £ g asked wbi ^ adI to say in his defence , the honest tar leaning Str& H } " *^ *• «*»« ™ ththl ™« Perfect indifference , said , « "Wh y , sir , I was ^ btoacerteinty . " lhad met witha few friends - «» « kad a drop too much , that ' s all I have ^ to say , JJ" * Iwm fresh . " Mr . Parker observed that he « a acted like an honest fellow , and he hoped that ^ eady confession of his fault would have some 5 = eetnpon the Mayor . Hisworshin raid i ^««^

      n » onlQ . He shdnld discharge Jiim this time , but «* was brought np again he should be bound to rwnsa him . ' " ' oiS ;!? / 'P- Meat - —On Monday last , a v 3 *** ? of butcher ' s meat having heen seized by S- ^ prities of HuB was consumed at the Gas * ft& T ? ^ 61 " ^ e Hagistrateg . . The ' frequency •^ abominable offence against public safety * Jgw some much more v ^ orquTeffbrt forits snp-21 ° ^ l « a yet been made ose-ef ., No poniah -Can be tDO gever *> nr ianr ranrdianiiiiTi . + ~»

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      Effects of a Little Dbop . —John Shields was found asleep in "Whitefriargate , and on being awoke by the police , wag found to be drunk and iflcapable of taking care of himself . He said he was going to America in a steamer , and had gone to take a little drop with his brother before parting ,, but he got over much , and could get no further ,. and the ship had sailed without him . The Mayor said under these circumstances he should . discharge him , as he thonght the loss of his ship was a punishment sufficient , and he hoped that it would he a warning to him to keep himself sober in future . —Discharged . " R *»« CT « -W » T . TTTT . i . -nWr > T » — . TnhnSni ^ .

      Charge of Stealing .- —Andrew Banter , a young man , was charged by Mr . Joseph Bluodle with having committed a feTony under the following extraordinary circumstances : —Mr . Blundle stated thst on Monday last the bellman , YT . Levitt , came to their office , and inquired if Aey 'had-lost a parcel of "hronze , about three , months since , as a lad had brought some to him to cry , saying that he had found it in "Wileomlee , when the snow . was on the ground . Mr . "Warten , their principal clerk , made inquiries , and found that about ten days previous they had sent a parcel which corresponded in appearance and quality with that produced by the bellman , to Mr . "Wall , of Barnsley . Subsequently the . prisoner went with the bellman , and told the same story as at first to ^ Ir . H . Blundle ; when ,

      however , the wood between which the bronze was packed was indentified as that which was sent from Mr . B . 's warehouse , he changed his tale , and said that he got it from a lad called James Smithson , who had been working on board the sloop . Mr . "Warten had written to Barnsley , and had received an answer , stating that the bronze and two oflier articles mentioned in the invoice had not arrived . It also appeared that prisoner had offered to sell the bronze to Mr . Brooks , carver and gilder , and was told by a son ef Mr . B . that he mnst get it cried , as no one would " buy it without . This advice being acted upon , ultimately led to the detection of the robbery The value of the bronze was £ 2 . Prisoner said he found the packet , as he bad stated . He was folly committed for trial .

      Loss of the Elvira Indiamak . — "We regret to state that this fine vessel , for Calcutta , which left this port on Friday last , in tow of a steamboat , having on board a cargo estimated , we believe at £ 80 , X ) 00 , struck on the outward bar in the new channel . The captain and pilot then determined to return to Liverpool , but not having water to come back the way they went out , they bore up for the'Horse Channel , and the passengers then returned to Liverpool on board the steamer which had towed out the Elvira . Notwithstanding every exertion to bring the vessel into port again , the water gained rapidly upon them , and at half-past five she was telegraphed in great distress near Spencer's Gut Buoy . About this time she was seen by the Messrs . Atherton , of New Brighton " with a signal

      , of distress flying , and sinking ; and they proceeded , we understand , in their steam-boat with as little del ay as possible , to endeavour to find theTessel and save the crew . After some difficulty , owing to the darkness of the night , they fell in with the wreck on the v \ est " Wharf , the poop and masts only being above water . As it would have been dangerous , in consequence of the heavy swell , to have laid the steamboat alongside of the wreck , the Post-office mail boxes , ship ' s letter bags , seamen ' s hammocks , some luggage and stores were transhipped in boats without damage . Shortly afterwards , however , the water rose breast high in the poop and cabin , and all hands then left the vessel and took refuge on board the steamer , and were safely landed next morning at Liverpool . —Liverpool Standard .

      Medical Relief to the Poor . —At the meeting of the newly-erected Board of Guardians of the Driffield Union , Assistant Commissioner Kevans in the chair , Mr . Harrison , the medical officer of the Union , stated his inability to continue the arduous duties of his office at the present inadequate salary . He stated to the Board that he had to attend to the sick poor of 46 parishes , extending over 16 miles from his house . On the day of the meenag-of the guardians he had to remain at the board during the sitting , and to supply all the medicines , for which he received £ 120 a-year ; in the medicines alone he was a loser hy the contract , without taking into , account the keep and salarv of an assistant , and the expenses of an extra horse . Alter-a long discussion , the guardians informed Air

      -tiamson that they highly approved of his services , ^ and wished their continnance , but they could not increase his salary ; on hearing this determination . be immediately resigned , and the Board ordered that tenders to supply the poor with medicine shonld be advertised for . —Mull Paper . Accounts . —Thehabit of keeping prirate accounts shows the importance of small sums . The practice of comparing our means with the expenditure is one of the surest sources of prudence , caution and circumspection in other affairs of life . Being a

      good accountant is not only useful in itself , but gives the mind a habit of accuracy in other matters . Nor does this apply only to the rich , but those who have no idea of the advantage of keeping an extra account of a very small income . A half-penny or a penny is a mere trifle , but it will surprise many to see how soon they will amount to shillings and pounds . "We are apt to think very little of small expenses , hut these are more ruinous in the end than such expenses as are large enough to waken our attention . —Cot visitor .

      Explosion of a Powder Mill . —Last week one of those frightful cccurrenc-e : ? , against which no huinun foresi ght can guard , andVbich seem as il " expressly intended to mock the devices of humnn prudence , took place at Stobo 3 Powder-Mills , belonging to Mr . Caldwell , a few miles from Edinburgh . About half-past six o ' clock on the morning of Wednesday , half an hour after the workmen had assembled at the mills , they were alarmed Tjy a fond explosion on the premises the fearful import

      , of wiach they too well knew . It was found to have proceeded , from one of the corning houses , where the powder undergoes the process of being separated into particles or " eorns" as they are termed in Scotland , which is nearly the finishing process * in the manufacture . In this house there were about twelve barrels of gunpowder , each containing lOOlbs ., and two men were engaged in the manufacture ihe body of one was found at some distance from the house , the other within the house .

      Dreadful Accident . —Last night an inquest was held before Mr . Payne , the city coroner , atthe Anchor and Hope , in Lower Thames-street , on the remains of a young man , named Richard Stamford , who was killed by being drawn into the machi nery of the YorksMreman steam-packet , on her passage from Hull to London . It appeared in evi denee that the deceased was a passenger , and was coming up to London previous to seeking employment on the Great "Western Railway . During the

      voyage on Friday afternoon he was npon deck with pther passengers , and made several attempts to get into the engine room , but was repulsed by the engineer and- stokers , who requested him to keep on deck . Afterwards he placed his legs over the opening leading into the engine room , andhe was several times in great danger of being injured by the machinery He was repeatedly cautioned by two other passengers , named Powell and Reams , not to persist in his condnct , but m spite of their warnings , he actually attempted to descend into the engine room for the purpose of warming himself amone the maehinerv

      wnile the wheels were going round at the rate of 25 revolutions per minute . He got upon the iron bar or stay , winch is placed between the two engines : and m stooping to descend lower , the tail of his coat was caught in the cog-wheel , and in an instant ne was drawn among the machinery and his body was reduced- to atoms . The engineer was called to wAo stopped the engines immediatel y , and the mangled remains of the rash and unfortunate man were collected from various parts of the engine-room arid ¦ the

      ?!*?? V ? I * °° - arrival of the steamer at the HuU Steam-packet "Wharf , the mutilated fraements . of the deceased ' s body wen * . removed to the Church . .. of Allhallows Barking , in .-Tower-street ifteacodent . occurred off the Bazeborojigh Lijrht , about two o ' clock p . m . on Friday .:. There was no one -in attendance to speak to the jdentity of the deceased , ; but a parcel directed to- Mr . Edward Stamford , Falcon Inn , Minster-street , Beading , was in hi 3 possession when he took hia passage , and was produced , for the inspection of the inrv . Thp

      passengers who saw the dreadful occurrence said the person . to whom the parcel was ; directed , they believed , was the brother of the deceased , and declared that no blame , coold he justly attached , to the engineers , who h $ & warned the . deceased ; io keep awayJrpni the engines . . It was found that the open , ing where-the deceased attempted to descend to the enjdne-Topm was oot the -proper passage ) hut : that the grating had beea . taken , off to admit air and light into the place below , and tot thejrarpose of oiling various parts of the ; machinery . The Coroner said it was impossible tp identify the mangled remains of the deceased . A more 'horrible and heart-sickening "peetacjehe had never witnessed . That the deceased came to his untimely end by hi *> awn imprudence there epnld he-bo donbfc , but on the jrhole he thoueit

      it would be as well to postpone the i&qSiestL- unfil thfe relatives of ihe . nnTortunateinBii ' were commpnicated with * The Jury acceded to lie Coroner ' s sugge * . faon -ana adjourned the inguiry until Tuesday next , —• Globe of Saturday .

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      Poob Law As&A VVt . —On Monday week , the master of the onion wdrkhouse , belonging to the Newton Abbott Union , situate at Chudleigb , was summoned before the magistrates for . the following asSatrlt on a young ' womaty an inmate of that house . The ffatiper had given some offence to' the master , who haoher seized , and a strait waistcoat pntupon her , in . ^ rhich she was jeonfined ' for a considerable 5 ° ^ ' n ^ S r 3 > % ' A « Chichester , and Mr . C . H : Monro , after a most patient hearing , adjourned the case to the foDowing dayin order to T »»» P . f { t [ ^ ftnnttTTT Qn TiTi . ml ^ M ^ I

      , consider the right claimed by tiie master of a workhouse to inflict such a degree of punishment upon its inmates . The defendant admitted the offence , " and asserted , that he was justified in what he did , as he acted by order of the hoard of guardians . The magistrates did not give their judgment until last Saturday , when they declared that neither the defendant nor the board of guardians had any power , under the ., Poor Law Amendment Act , to punish paupers , at their discretion , and fined him £ 5 , the highest penalty the law allows . — Western

      Luminary- ¦ - ¦ " ¦ ¦ ' , - - : •¦ :: ' ¦ . " ¦ ¦ ' ' ¦ ¦ - ' " ' ¦ ' ¦ .., ¦ . ' Fire . — -On Sunday morning , about four o'clock the extensive premises of Mr . Halles , engineer , in Page ' 8- walk , Grange-road , Bermondsey , were totally destroyed by .. _ fire . When discovered the flames were confined to a small portion of the . premises , but on the doors being opened they extended to and destroyed the whole of the building . Mr . Halles is insured in the Sun-office , but the amount of his insurance eoold not be ascertained . The cause of the fire is also unknown .

      The Dobchesteb Labqp rebs . —A dinner is to be given to the Dorchester labourers , on Easter Monday next , at White Conduit House , the proprietor of which has received orders to provide for 2 , 000 . There will be a grand procession of the Trades ' Unionists on the occasion . Strange Accident at a Wedding . — - " Marriage , like the marriage ceremony , " said Byron , in one of his cynical moods , "begins with 'dearly beloved , ' and ends with ' amazement . '' . ' This was verified to the letter in Braunstone Church , on Sunday morning , at the wedding of a young couple , who were married by the Rev . Mr . Fry . After the knot was tied , the bridegroom marched his " dearly

      beloved' along the aisle ; and the Rev . gentleman walked in the rear of the wedding party . Suddenly , the ears of the "foremost were stunned by a loud crash ; and turning round , they saw , to their " amazement , " that the . family vault of the Winstanleys , over which they had just passed in safety , had fallen in with the clergyman , who was almost buried in the tomb , and severely injured by the pavement which had accompanied him in his unexpected and alarming descent . He was relieved from his awkward situation , wounded and bleeding , and his injuries were so serious , that the services oi the day , at Braunstone and Kirby Muxloe , were , of necessity , set aside . —Leicester Chronicle .

      Annoyance of a Lunatic . —On Saturday , at the Kensington Petty Sessions , Dn Glenn , of Brompton-row , accompanied by Mr . Gray , a solicitor , applied to the sitting magistrates for their advice . Dr . Glenn stated , that some time since he was called in to attend a gentleman named Nelson , of College-street , Chelsea , whom ; he found to be decidedly insane , and he accordingly recommended he should be placed under restraint . From that period Mr . Nelson had taken every opportunity of annoying him ; and during the late severe frost had exhibited , while skating in Hyde-park and in

      Kensington-gardens , large placards , on his person , denouncing him ( Dr . Glenn ) as a murderer , perjurer , &c , and during the last two days he had employed h mself in parading up and down Brompton-row with a large placard , cautioning persons not to go to Dr . Glenn for advice , or they would be poisoned . The bench said , they did not see how they could interfere in the case . It was matter for a civil action , unless some breach of the peace took place in consequence , and all they could do would be to send one of the police sergeants to Mr . Nelson , to induce him to refrain .

      Suspected Murders .- —A circumstance , occurred at * ColeshiUjpn Saturday last , which has occasioned considerate excitement in that town arid neighbourhood . A boy was set to dig up some waste ground at the back of a house , for the purpose of sowing carrots , when he turned up two skulls and several other bones of a human body . Mr . Barker , the surgeon , was immediately sent for , who pronounced them to be those of a woman and * child . From recollection of the circumstance , suspicion instantly fell on a man who had formerly lived on the premises , and who had removed about eight

      years ago to Leamington , with his wife and child , but of whom nothing had since been heard , except that the husband had married again . Inquiry wan promptly made , and he was , traced to this town , in employment at the station of the London aad Birmingham Railway Company , as a journeyman carpenter . He was on Monday last taken into custody , and removed to Coleshill , to await the result of the coroner ' s inquest , which was to be held last night at the Swan ; but the result of the inquiry we have not been able to ascertain . —Coventry Herald . *

      Extensive Fire at Cheltenham . —Friday morning week , a fire was discovered on the premises of Mr . Marshall , an ironmonger in extensive busir ness , in Clarence-street , Cheltenham ; and on the alarm being communicated numerous persons hastened to the spot , and the two town engines and the Protector engine were brought to the scene of conflagration . The latter engine was very effective , but the two former , we regret to say , from the piping having become old and impaired , were comparatively useless . The fire continued to rage with awful violence , and at a quarter-past five an express was sent to this city for . the Protector engine stationed here

      under the care of Mr . Marsh ; and as a proof of the promptitude displayed we may mention that this engine , which we understand did most essential service , was in full play upon the flames by half-past six . During the progress of the devastation , we are told that afemale , a » 3 ter of Mrs . Marshall , escaped from the'turning edifice over the roof of an adjoining house , which she entered by means of a sky-light ; she then retraced hersteps , and with much courage and presence of mind succeeded in rescuing and carrying in safety by the same route the children of Mr . Marshall ' s family . Happily , no lives were lost ; but the destruction of property has been very great ;

      though there was a good supply of water , and the engines were plied with much vigour , it was impossible to prevent the flames spreading to an adjoining house , occupied by Mr . Streather , grocer j which was greatly injured and much property in it destroyed . The premises belonging to the Eight Bells were frequently in imminent danger , but were fortunately and by dint of great exertions preserved without much damage . The residence of Mr . Yates , chinaman , was also in a great measure preserved from taking fire , but sustained a good deal of damage to the windows , &c . from the playiog of the engines

      and the other preventive means which were resorted to . By about eleven the fire was completely subdued , but the wreck of property which presented itself was most melancholy to contemplate . Various reports are in circulation as to the cause of the fire , which no doubt was accidental , and as to the amount of loss sustained ; we have heard the latterestimated at from 20 to £ 30 , 000 ; but no accurate calculation has as yet been formed . It is satisfactory , however , to add , that a great part , if not all , is likely to be covered by insurance in various offices , principally in the Norwich UiSbn .

      New Poor Law . —Cibencester Unioij . — Our " readers are aware , that the , Cirencester Board of Guardians are distinguished for having out-Heroded Herod by the allowance of a dietary to the inniates of their . Workhouse more meagre than any of the number submitted to them for selection b y the Commissioners ; these worthy Guardians are of opinion , and in that opinion the Commissioners concur , that for an able-bodied man , whoJtoils from morn to night , five ounces of bacon per week afford ample animal sustenance . Employers of labourers , we aretold by the Commons ' Committee of last session , have " an immediate

      pecuniary interest in avoiding the expense of maintaming whole families in the Workhouse / ' and the following : case , extracted from the Gloceslershire Chronicle of Saturday , will satisfy the public that their treatment of the out-door poor is adniirabiycalcolated to serve the same interest : — " An inquest was lately held ok the body of Mary Hancpx , at Amptiey Crucis . The deceased was a poor woman j aged 65 years , the wife of James Hancox , a poor old cripple . Being destitute , the deceasedj : applied to , the . Cirencester . Beard of Guardians-on the Monday ( distant from Anipney about three miles )

      The . 4 ay was piercingly eold ^ and after waiting at the Bpard a long time without getting relief , she retarnedhometn a very weak and shivering state , and went to bedilL On the Tuesday , application was made for medical assistance ,, and medicine was senton the Wednesday . On Friday ,. flyi was . again attended , and h ^ d more medicine , and' on Saturday morning she ., ; died .. After a long aiad p atieni inv . e ^ gation the jury returned a verdict—' That ' the d « 9 ea * pa . died > y ft * 7 i » itation of God , and ^ t her d eatji : w , as accelerated . T > y lie intensity of ' $ ui cojd to which she was exposed in attending the Board of € harfiaiu on Oe preceding Monday . ' 'V- -

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      * t 5 S tJ ^ P ?*? S * T STAFFORli ^^ i ¦ . ^ J eJf ^ -PW last , that Ann ^ Wycherley ^ ^ ow lying i ? r . ^ ten ? e ofi death k our ' county prison , ^ the wilful murder oflier <*? ld . agedupwarfs of tnree years , was respited until tWfitliof & , in ordered ascertain whether * r not she » in a state of pre ^ J £ af ? i f be wretched woman pereists in declaring that she is in that state ; and if that shouldir 6 ve tne case , and a few weeks must determined the point beyond all doubt , a further respite ; jmrtili aftef ^ her Jf Ilve W will of course bfii granted ; rVVe believe there is not the least hope , in her casevof the mitigation of * he heaviest penalty of the fe In consequence of representations which hate been made to Mr . Baron Gurney , respectiflc the case of Hati-^^^^ m !^ 1 / ' 111 ? ^

      nah Heath , convicted of jioisoning her grandchiM , a respite tmtii : the 5 th of play ^ was received iof her f ^^ s Lordshi p ^ at Herefbrdy on W ^ jlesday Jast . wnether this extension of trme win be followed bv a . remission of the ; capital : punishment ; will depend aUoðer , we believe , on the result of the inquiry which will Ife made into all the drcunistances of WJa 8 e- ^ th regatrd to-Alldrid gfey convictedof rape and incest , there were seripus ' doubtrin the nunovrof manyperaona as tothe extent ©? his guilt , EJ ?^ * e learned Judge ^^ received cpnimunications from various quarters , and-amongst other applicahons on behalfof the ' miserable inlh , IS personal one from Captain Mainwariri g , of WBif Trt . fty ** ? m the « randjuryV Certain SSS- Ofthe ^ dence -n f trial 'v ° ^ ture ^ onsi . deration , appear so perfectlv inconfiWioiiB J . ffn . ^

      , t ? , ? * & ?* "se jo doubt ; as ; to : the degree of his StJ ^ ^^^^ gentlemenkoiater . ested themselves on the part of Alldridge , and also reprieve for him was received ; 6 niFriday last . The unhappy man was expecting to sufier the next morning . We are told that he was in a state of mindl > ecoming his awful situatioh , though he declared that he had been unjustly convicted . Nothing could exceed his thankfulness to Ghd , on the tidings being communicated to him that his life was spared . His father-in-law and hrother-iri-law had come to take a final leave of himi at the time the news arrived ; and the scene at their interview

      afterwards was truly aflEecting . : Alldridge is a miner ; and we believe has led a very debauched life ; he is extremely ignorant , though he has attended diligently to the instfuctioris of the Chaplain since his conviction , and expresses great gratitude for the pains that they hayetaken tol enlighten hw mind . Ii is prpbable ^ thatJhe w iU be transported for life . In expectation of the execution this morning ( Saturday ) of both Heath abd Alldridge , fc r °£ * ? f , them » a ? reat namber of persons entered Stafford last night j as many aa one hundred and fifty came by the railway from Westbroomwich and the neighbourhood . - ^ Stoj ^ br ^ Advertiser . ^ Fatal Imprisonment for Debt . —Saturday Mr . Thomas Thorn , a respectable masteT tailor , who removedfrom

      was Whitecrossrstreet to the Fleet on Thursday , died suddenly under " - the following distressing circumstances : —It appeared that he had been in a declinirigstate of health for Home months past . He was then indebted to his creditors in a sum of £ 140 . Since Christmas the unfortvinate ' man paid £ 100 of the o ^ bt , and gave a bill for the balance , upon which he was arrested three dayjs after it became due , and conveyed to Whitecrbss-strget prison . There his health began rapidly to decline , and his spirits were entirely broken . His young wife attended on him unceasingly , andi 9 n Thursday he had himself removed to the Fleets The moment he entered the prison , it was quite evident his days were numbered . With difficulty he was conveyed to his roomand on Saturday ; about three

      , , his wife having left the room a fevr : moments , on her return found him a corpse . This is theseebnd victim within eight days . This unfortunate man ' s fate ; has prod viced a great sensation , and many of the prison ers in the Fleet exclaim , if two deaths in eight days do not stimulate the legislature to the passing of the bill for the abolition of arresh , all hopes of relief from that measure vanish . The expenses of getting emancipated under the insolvent act are so great , that many pine in prison for the want of means to do so , independent of the imprisonment / for two months , during which they are exposed to association with persons v , hoiemaVn in prison in denance of their creditors , arid consequently they leave the prison with a far less moral feelinj ? than when they entered it .

      Fatal Accident .,- —On Monday mbrningj about two o ' clock , the chief engineer of the Topaz Graveserid steamer , belonging to the Diariiond Steam Boat Company , and whose ' name is ; William Standfbrd , was unfortunately drowned off Fresh Wharf London Bridge . It appears that the ill-fated individual was in the act of stepping from the : wharf into the Topnx } which was moored alongside , when his foot slipped and . hei fell headlong into the river . The alarm was instantly given , and in the course of ten minutes his body was got out and Conveyed on boaid the Topax , where every exertion was made by Mr . Fox , the captain and the crew to restore animation , but without success * He has left a wife and one child to deplore his loss .:: :

      Respectable Ruffxans . ——At Marylebone-Office . —On Tuesday Mr . Francis Sanders , Mr . Arthur Barclay , ; Mr .: Henry Greeny and Mr . Edward Richards , appeared before the sitting ihagistrates , Messrs . KawUnson find Shutt and Lord Mpntford . the firsfc ! named defendant charged with hanng in the most unmanly , infamous , andlndecent manner attacked two nnpiotected females ^ named Maria Rose , a well-dressed wom&n , ^ rife of Vyilliani Rose , n respectable inechanic , residing at Sudbury : near Harrow ; and her aged mother-ihJaW i Hustley Rose , a widow . They were ilso - . jointly apd severally charged . with having assaulted the patrol m the execution of their duty . The two first-named

      defendant * described themselyes ? as solicitors , re > siding at 14 , Gray's-inn-square ; and the third aa a merchant generally residing at 'Twickenham , but whose place of bnsmess was ' . at ^ j iChancery-lahei The residence of Mr . Richards did not transpire . The case excited a considerable ' degree / -of interest , and prioir to its being calledA on the defendant Sanders pre ' sented to Mr . Sanderson : the card of a Mr . Stuart , to whom he ( the magjstmte ) was known , with the view , as vv ' as afterwards admitted , of having , if pogsible , the case iheard"iiL ^^ the private room ; but Mn Rawlinson . ' : who ^ t all times very properly objects to lead himself to the stifling of matters in which the public are particularlv

      interested , and as a matter of course demanding the fullest inquiry , gave back the card , and expressed his intention of going into the particulars in no other way than in the public , office . Maria Rose , the female first alluded . to , said—Last nighty about nine o ' clock , my in 6 . ther-in-laW called at our house , and after taking supper with ix $ , i : t went a ' little way with her : towards her home at Harrow . ; We had not get far before we inet ; the ttiree ; defendants Green , Richards ^ and Barclay , who said sbmtetbing which Sounded like ;; " you dear' diirimgs ^/ and passed on ; we presently afterwards niet Sanders and another , who is not , here v 'Wheii ^ b oth bf thein laid hold of niy clothes and pulled tHein over my head , at the same time using language pf

      a most obscene and abominable description , and ill-using me in a most shameful niahner . Mr . Rawlinsbn ; - —Did they appeAr ^ drnnk ? C 5 ni £ plainant . —I can ' t say that they : were drunk , "but they had certamly been ; drinking . MT ^ Rawlimbn —How ] on » didthey useilltlanguage to you bpfore they .. . raised your clothes ?' :, Complainant , —They pulled up my clothes at thiei" fiame ni ( Jmentthey uttered the infamous words . Their conduct Altogether was so violent , that not only ' my gown , but all my under-clothing v ^ as torn * and my person much injured . Although ^ some ^ distance from any house , I called but ; for rny -husbandi thinking to frighten them , but they said , " D—h your husband ,

      we aon . t care for him ¦;' -. yon may call'mm as"lbng as youvlike . " They continued to illi « reat nie inde- ^ c « itly ^^ for some time , and on their- makina : their % ay ofl , I and my nibther madei the beat , of our way nome . On reaching the house I fell dowu ; exhansted with fright and theill-usagftI-had experiencea , " and as , soon as I was . able , nlnde known the particulars to my ^ husband ; - The patrol were made acquainted with the affair , nnd ' : th ' e defendants ^ r ^ soon Uakeh . In answer to Mr . ; Rawlinson , the ^ vcbniplajnant said that the defendants were ; , all / tog ^^^ patrol ^^ cameup , and thaj ; the . other . person bywnom she was so outrageously attacked liadiniMeQlfin a gig . ' . Complainant : was furthertiuestiorie d'ali ' tothe of i

      pr ^ ase Mature the / attackf when it ' apt » earea * she nad stifferfid ^ Inuch pertonaVhriury ; fromtne ^ nWage . Hnsfley RbsW j ( tM moth ^ a-law ^^ ho' ^ rived' t <> be ; about seventy y ^ ar& of a ^ e , and -w-as \; very feeble ^ 8 ^ d ~ rThe f ^ t three gentl (^ en , < as we cwere going " alpng , did not molest us at all , out we sooav ^ fter met that person ( poyiting to ganders ) and a » fttbir » whoiu not her . e . \ Qne of the ^ laHt ^ old ^ of ineV . ;« nid Polled , ^ e&bwiiiandthejr ^ then ^ ent , tb ' w « iatig 1 i . teK ^^ m ^ y teeate ^ : the ^ 8 han ^ ;^^ ; 8 hMaf described . The other three : deiena ^ nt ^ mrrst" 4 ^ neprd ns call on ^ for they MwiSre ^ n 6 t ^ m . ? ' fh 6 re « x ) f the exaaninationV whM waS ^ iy ^ ngAwwit io lireesi

      i aiHisnment ; Qf the-idetitity ^ tHA ^* rMpeetifr Wtty of the prisoners , " toigethef witltrttir cheUM st ^ nces ^ . their . ; captnre ,: tondnbts ^ t f the , . fatasttttftho $ ? e > gating .-off the ; officers ^ and 6 the ^ xKt « urk ^ &f rcjyw / a ^/^ of . character . ¦ -The coBclusipnvis ^; io ^ ows :-- ^ Ir ^ ; RavvliD 3 oci ; X ^^ efena ^ te )^ Ih ^ ^ ca * ehasQccupieda , Considerable t ^;^' we'ha # takengreat ; painsin ordor that -we . ^ ^ ioignf eppie to * l » PMrconoh « ionv purjnogment i ^ that : Sap ^ ^ Pay- ^ for ^ he assault ^ ow ithe ^ omsn ^ M&na JWsi , ^ d ^^ the assanlt ^ n the crasiaDl eVfBari . tiay will pay £ 2 ^ 10 s . for ¦ reBiSting ^ ^^^ con ^ aole : "Jiy ^^^*? Msanlt p ^ , ;^ f inspector . Kicla ^ ftjSii ^ ic ^ arged . , Th * ^ fines ^ amounting to *| 7 . , lOs ^ were instantly paid , and th « parties then lefttheoffice . - r

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      SATURDAY , APEIL 7 , 1838 ; y -y C '¦ ¦' . ' ¦¦'¦ ¦ ) : ¦ . ¦'¦ ' " . ' 'I ' . 'i m . ' ; : ¦ ' . '•' : ' . •¦¦ ¦ ¦ .: ' . . :. ]¦ - . ' ^ the discontents of the working ¦ ; -= v .. ; . ; , ; " :. / ¦ / . . ^; : " eLAss ^ y ; ^ : . v- : : ¦ / ' ¦;¦¦ . ; A lengthy article , bearing this title ^ in ^ B ^ wood ' s Magazineof ' the jiresentmbnth , seenis to rwjuire spme ; little passfejj observation . We have a naftiye . English love of cairfour : and frankness , even though it ^ e p f a ^ hatethe ean ^ of liypocrisy , under whatsbeYer form it may be ; manifest-d | j and hence we have been

      accustomed both to think and ^ to say ; of the rival sections ; of the rphber-factib ^ ^ that © £ toe two thieves -the Tory was the more , nonest because he a usuall y candid enoughto ^ ow ^ { real purposes , while the Whi g invariabl y labours to ; mislead and to . conceal se ^ h narrow policy under the cloak of big , flford 3 / and feigned phiianthropy . With the antipathy towards every thing of good which is natural to thedomination of evil prinei ple 8 ; the Tories are now getting rid of this single redeeming feature ^ in their hideous character . Seeing how their

      antagonista , the Whigs , have profited by practising upon the confidence of a generous people , they are endeavouring to turn round and stem the torrent of ad y ^ sity , by seizing Rearms of their enemy , and using them aa weapons , offensive and defeHsive , at the same time ., This ia an extremely difficult game to pJay ; and ho the Tories ^ Snd it ., Tvro things are necessary ; tb ; bedone to ensure success ) - ; first , to show the people / that the Whigs have proved false to ^ all their : promises of amelioratipn and popular adyantagej and secondly , to induce the

      jpeople to submit , after having iheir eyes thus opened , to a repetition of the same treatment by their newly discovered " friends , " 0 ) For the accoinplishment of both these objects , . the Tory is under the ; , necessity of sustaining frequent changes of character , vaccillating ; between the stern uncompromising hardihoood of yillany natural to his character ^ and the insidious , cajolery which is the essential characteristic of Whiggery . Hence in

      the last Election the Tories attempted to play the WWgf game , by affecting to be at least desirous of spfar aiding the accomplishment of public right as might be : done by the destruction of the New Poor Law . ; Steeped to the lips m pledges to tear this blotted page from our statute book , many Tory membera were returned through the influence of the masses , solely on account of ^ those pledges , the people Tightly judging that where there was no real difference

      as to matters of essential principle , the bestpplicy was to support the best men on matters of detail . Mr . FiELDEN ' s motion shewed the value of these pledges . Out of 318 Tories not more thari about a dozen voted for the repeal of the Poor | , aw . The party purpose having been gained by flattering the hopes and exciting the expectations of ; the people , they proceed like old veterans to make the best of the advantage thus obtained by stratagem ; and whileFraperpoints to the 318 Torie 3 in the House as the evidence of a call on the part of the people for the " Conservative Leaders to

      reassume the reins of Government , " Blackwood C 00 U 5 aita ^' own and , as the representative of his p ^ irty , again lifts up the vizor , exhibits the usual rigidity of Tory feature , ascribes a large portion of the social evils now existing to the mischievous Whig doctrine of the people ' shaving ; any right to the lea ^ t option in the management of their own affairs , and asserts at once that : — " " Pp ^ pr , bdffed in the great mass of society ; will be exercwed in . folly and converted to injustice . Anattempt nnistl ) e made to place it in hands where it will be employed more accprding io the rules of reason and leas under the influence of recklessness or passion . " " ^

      After havinglaid it down as a rule that the poor must he a great deal more vicious than the rich , he goes on :--"_ We speak not here bf moral accountability but of external conduct ; . not of occasional exceptiens but of general rales And in these points of view it cannot be bid that among the very poor we most expect to find those violations of law , and thoae irregularities of feeling and conduct , that are moat dangerous ; to the fabric of society . Poverty aa it is exhibited in our great towhs , when amounting to actual want and pinching destitutiony nwiat invoWeictive e \ einenta of vice and disorder Vice , in many cases , wDl produce poverty ; povertv in manv cswes will produce Vice , and either way they must go , too generally , hand in hand . " ' 6 ? wu

      The more closely we examine the characters of the Whig and Tory factions , the more strongly we become convinced that "theytwain are indeed . one nesh . ^ Notwithstanding the apparent straighUorward Toryism of this paragraph , there is in it a great deal of Whig trickery and finesse ^ ^ ow carefully does ; the Writer , while he exhibits ; the connection 'which , he says , must subsist between poverty ^ and vice as a reason for withholding political power from pov erty , keep out of sight the least hint of an inquiry into the why and the wherefore such poverty exists l

      S amounting to actual want and pinching destitutiton > " Not a single word of an inquiry whether this very > actual want andpinching destitution '' be not itself a consequence of the non-possessibn of political and legislative power ; No ^ prd of intimation that / this ; very state of things , which ; he aferms to generate crime and to render unfit fbr , the exercise of power , has b ^ en superinducedby the intervention otthose " hands " , into which that powfer ias ^ been placed , between the aggregateweaitho as it is being" cont inuall y produced , and the aggregate

      population ^ of the country , to whom itlegitinmtely belongs ., Notasingleworidoes ; Blacfacooii , say of the means bViwhich ^ isTobbery is effected , and this " actual want and ;; pinching . destitution '' produced ; which . . j-means- consist only inihe ^ ngle " power'' of la ^ making ; for / . ^ hicU he Is so anticms to prove the incapacity of poverty fwm its association with / crime , And tiieii the moies ^ of tfe assertibn tb , ai ; ' vice , and poverty , mttst ' < go hand in hand V : How imm ^ ulately yirtuous c ^ ses of society be ! - ¦ Wb dare swear tiiat such a thing as vice arid immorality ia ^ unknown among ¦

      th ; em . : They are quite : anbthbr sort of ' thing . The selfish / passionsform ^ no / portion of flieir nature ; ' If Aeyf'keep back theiu ' re of ftelabouwr by fraud '? or b M ? ° ff $ fa& '' VwitJ' wi ^ put even the Pflver of afraud ^ it w pnjy ^ ^ into ; . « habita of Jpteniperance I'j # ichiight injure hi ? mprala ^ . - Seriously , the ^ is no n ^ n > not a bora id |(^ J ^ 7 ¦ $ > & * $ yp ^ t Vvice and crime : of eyery descriptapn is far mpr ^ rifeatoongthe " Mbetter " than , among ^ the pobrer / : orders ; oi society- —that ' } ?? ^^ z ^ ^? ^ J ^ the standard of morality So ; Jiigh aa ainong t ^ e pbor-r-in none so lbwr , in

      reference to Sottih Hnrt . B nf r > pimp Jim stman ? tnei middle . retqrence fcv some | orts . of crime ^ aniong the middle , aiid in ; refeience 1 to other sorts of crime , aa among thfe lu ' gher ;^ nd ^ h ^ T ^ er ^ i ^ is . ^ nV fr ^ kijow ] i ^^^^ ex ^ e / 6 be ^ ^^^ e 8 ; b ^ cto m ^ tiie Iflh ^ ^ Jie i s ^ raenng ^ , or the Uyes : ofithe . Jower ordera ^ subservient ^ to jheiT ;; wyeral ; lu 8 jlin ^ will

      animal enjoymen ^ ; they ; ^ Pjgress them j tob ^ h ^^ iiua ^ r t&iijai ^ tortere . I ^ m ^ ojr , ; mur ^ er thep b ^ j ? i ^| e « ale ^^ noMibfe . cooln ( S 8 S and j | a 4 ^^ n ; i ; .: ^ be thejbypqcrjte yrtyi can wliine pnt : ' * ictuial want and pinchinjg d , esjdtntion-v "" p * $ ^ ^^ ijdiaqr ^ r , ^ assigmjiR ; tiw $ : . as ;; a reason why ihe ; power of law-makingj ahouid ; be placed « ' in hands whete it will he employed thore

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      according to ft © ^ s o ^ reasbn v and Jesslundei ther innuence ^ of reefcfeggneJ 5 and passion ; " and if jt be not . ; truej wheaftf « 03 e the " actual want aii pinching destitution ?' : / : . It is very hard for a inafi wfeo sete out on a falsff and bad principle to be corisiatenf ; In the wrynext sentence we have this : write ' a jiorror of th > 1 elements of vice and disorder '' involved in the actual want and pinching destitution " : of the pobr . ^ converted ^ all at on Ce , without the assignment bt any reason , into a burst of empty wonder at iheir moral al

      , orderly , and peaceful Aem **^ + i ^ Jk mor , orderly , and peaceful demeanonrv tmder circumstances of severe aggravation v i ^ m ^^ t ^^^ f ^ inasses of men whose collective ph ^ i ^ i £ Sffi ^ cient to overpower aU that is prosMiotw ^ d ^ ttl ^ in ^^* we ; must tremble at the mysteriX S rt ^ M ? maov andI the strong are bid m BubjSnSi&S fe Ut \^ J ^ ^ reverence and ' humiUty tiltooibocWL i gtgxT bodily ^ frame ; is ,, inde ^ fearfnU ^ na ^ erSr What is the f ? mysterious machinery" wmca excite ? -the ^ ' fearful ^ and / " reverent" wonder of to none but those who , like Blackwood , Beek a Blackwood ? That " machinery" is ^ " mysterious" '

      pretext or an apology fer the robbing propensities and practices of the "better " classes . The « mW finery " is simply the high state of moral feeling in the masses ^ who have not yet become ^ thorbughli r debased by the operatipn of Whig arid Tory dbc > Wnesbf ' exclusiveness ; and their ? superior intelli- ; gence , induced by an active acquaintance ! with therealbusiness of life . Their moral feelings-teacit theni rather to suffer wrong than to commit vrrong ^ their intelligence shows them that the pririciplea of . eternal justice are mighty enough to work their own ; way , and that ; by the very nature

      and constitntipn of society ^ ; they hold withii their grasp , a moral force infinitel y greatet than all the physical violence that could be resortecf . to . This , arid this- only , i » the ^ machinery" hy-/ which the 1 masses are now holderi / in peaceful subjection to the laws . And does the , gaping driveller dare toT insinuate that the same sense of moral feeling , and the : same intelligence which holds theW now ; in ; siibjection to laws which they cannot respect , . because they have emanated from adoriiinant faction , would be ; less effectual for ; that purpose ivheri their operation had reference to lawa

      which they ; must respect , because emanating / frbni themselves !! Blacktoood laments pitifully the impniderrce of the opposing faction , in having ' , a » he supposes , awaked ihe people out of a sound political nap . He seems / to think the people wouldv neverbave dreamed of haying any business in the ? matteT ^ if / lheWhig : leaders had riot been spiteful enough , for the ; sake / of plaguing the Tory leadeii , to Conjure up the ghost of liberty , in the shape of the > Eeform Act ^ and he bitterly bemoaria the ill-forturie of the people in being able to guess egga when they sawshellsi - ¦ ..- . - ¦^ ¦^ ' ; > : "' : ¦¦' :.. ' ; ' : ¦[¦ ¦ ' ' ¦ ¦ : - ' . ¦ ¦' - ¦ / ' ¦ -- '

      ; . The Whigs succeeded in disseminating feelings of dissatisfaction - and opposition to established things , amonjr mflhohs to whom they could not convey the fiinitationl of meaning , or of practical views which accompanied the : same feelings in their own minds . Their !? n # iaa 2 e ^ aasented to by those who attached vexjr < UHerent _ ideas to the words employed , and who had very different , notions of the remedies to be Teaorted ta . iheAVVhig declaimed generall y against the grievances entailed upon the country b y the policy of Torj ° wars ant lory profusion . The labouring and starving classes applied t 0 , V \ , own severe , but inetxtalle , hardships the reasoninic

      wmen tneir Detters made use oi as to grievances of an infr nitely lighter kind . The feeling has been propagated ia every corner and modified in each class' by the cirenmstances oC their situation , arid the character of their minds . The Whir railed at the-predominance of an exclusive oUgarchyjWhicS . tnemec"hanic anaerstancU as embracing every " power of re-Btrauat which may be vested in the minority or society over the majority . ; The Whig denounced aaan intolerableoppression . theorionopoly enjoyed by : a few persons in possession of larhamentary influence ; and , the poor man eehpes the game cryinthe sense that er « ry system of representation whiclt " excludes hiaown class , ; is monopolizing and unjust . The Whie held out vague . and undefined benefits to the country asSe suTe result of hia own political svstem ; and all who snflfer ir »

      any form , have been / led to : dwell upon this illusive prospect , and to look for a system of government under which uieir own miseries are to be Telievedl The effect of all thia ia ta produce in each class that has occasion to be discontentei ¦ with their lot , a liabit of repining at existing instittitionffi and of longing for political anieliorationa , instead of msking ths best-of rtheir condition , whether by industry or by resignation ; a habit of connecting all evilB with politicai causes , jhda corresponding opinion that ho polittcal systera has reached its acme of improvement , or is entitled to popular respect * under which any socials Whatever continue to be endured , by the people . " ; : '; ¦ -. ; -, ¦ ; .- . - Now , in every single word of this we concur We are as well aware as \ Bluchwood that the WHgSj - when theyinveigh against grievances , alwkysniean those only which affect themselves .

      We differ , from hiin however , in the opinion that . " ^ } ° se agitator were not awarei of the meaning or manner : in which their doctrines were to be received ahd acted upon . 1 hey foolishly dreaujed that they would be taken up , nearly in the same , 8 ense by others in which they were understood by Did tbiy really ?! What a ninneyharame ^ same Blaekwooa ^ s must be ^ or / what ninney * hammers ^ eMnust supposes thb Whig ^ tp hayeheea t For what purpose did the Whig Agitators appeal ft * the people ? ; To get the help of the people ^ against the Tones , to be . sureV And why / should / they expect the people to help them unless / they had

      some interest in doing so . Had they expected the people to understand their / , talk of 'li Befonn '' as they themselves understood it—they never could have expected--and , ; therefore , never would have asked , the people tohelp them ; to get it . No , no . The Whigsr livere not such ¦ ninnies . They intended their doctrines to ' , / be . understbod as they were uriderstood . They intended the people to suppose them sincere in seeking to restore theprincfple of self-government ; just as the Tories intended the people to think them sincere inseekirig the repeal of

      the New Poor Law . / the people knew the doctrines to be / true , and , therefore , they received them gladly , even though preached by Whigs ; just as they knew that the New Poor ^^ ought to be repealed , and , therefore ^ they gladly ^ teceiveda promise for its repeal , evenirom the Tories . They now know them both -to be the two legs of the same compasSj stretching , itmaybe , y ddelyapatt attim ^) ^ ute / ver working upon or revolving round ^ the : same piv ot . They yet stick to their , own reading of the : . Whig doctrines , arid for the especial comfort of Blackto

      wopD s , we ^ eg assure that " this ; generatibtt shair not pass "till ail these things he fulfiiled ;'' ; r "'! Speaking ; of thje argumeriits used ; forthe carrying ; of the E ^ formBiil i he gays-- : ; / : / : V : -pjie people ' s , tights , were made a main foundation of the . contest : a p lea : as . groundless aa it was mischievous ^' Men h » ve indeed a right to practical freedom , but no abstract right to political power . It is » question of pure expediency in whom the franchise shill be vested : iandv no classi- ' of people have right to demand it , except by first proving that their exdtiaion-froniit iainjurioxia , and Uiat their possessiOTiotit tne

      wiu Derate and salutary , itiuerinaeeu are inuts involved in the > principle . that any class had this supposed right to as extension of tte franchise . If the ten-pound householder : bad the right s how could it be denied to the nine pound , or seren , or six , or on'e pound occupant : when he came to demand'it ? Why should any' man be excluded , from . such a right , who was to live under the laws , or to contribute to ihe revenues of the : country ? . Expediency adnrita of adjustment . Expediencyof one kind is balanced by expediency of another . But right , acknowledged ru / Iity admife of no compromise , no . r ia any , man bpund to sacrifice it , for any consideration but lus ownchoice . "' - ; ¦ ¦;' ¦ ¦ ' ' .. -: ¦ . / - : ' / . ; : / -:: ; ' ' \ -- \' . ¦ ¦ ' ¦ . / : ;¦ - ¦ ¦; :

      That ' " no class ^ of persons : haye a right ftrdemand tha franchise , except by pro ^ g /^ t ^ tiieir Exclusion from it is injurious , '' we at once admit j jand the bare mention of ^ actual want and pinching destitutionv " as oxisting . among those ^ who have n ° M ^^ ^ , a ? lc ^ i'e * wtile no Buch ^ ng / is itBiown among : thoser . who have i ^; is a proof : that '' th eir : exclusion fro m it is irijri . ^ usVV ; ^ rid ^ en } fbr their / proving /^ that ; ^ tneir possession bfjit-v ^ oid he siafe ; ^ dsaluta ^/ ' jtis atwaya 1 " safe ; and pklutary" to redresu , uyuriesj ^ itis

      always : saferand sa lutary" > to do justice j sq that , ypbit / B ^ hopp ^ s own showingi . an iexc ^ entjCase is ? iiad ^ puj ^ f pr ^ 3 $$ , $ : ^ f :.- i ^\ M : ^ k ^^ ¦^ w na :, of : ^ ie franchW , ; anji- ^ E ^ ia ^^ | h 0 e : whb ares ^ ffenng : V actual / want aiD ^ p ^^ g ^ esfrihrtion f ' ( ananas w ^ jer ^ 1 ^| ig ^^ i ( rith |^ it ^ jthat ^; JR ^ A ^ ac Jwow ][« jdged : X ^ i ^ 0 ^^ o ampx ^ mise ^ or is ' anyirtai ^ begmd to ^ acrifice it for any other coriBideiation ,, ; % » vhia ^ pwn ; chmce ^ ' so ; we ai ^ re ^ im . j ^/ tte ^ e ^^ intention eitiber to compromise or , sacrifice their Tli < lHt , ' . ¦ / " . •; : : ¦ ' - .. ' ; j ' - . '¦"¦ % ¦; ' ('' , * : V " : ^ ¦ ¦'¦¦¦ ' : : \; :

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 7, 1838, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1000/page/3/