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      'BEV . MR . STEPHENS . Afar the great demonstration at Liverpool . recorded in orr last , a dinnerjwas had at the Queers Theatre . Wei ^ tet oar niter inability then or now 4 eir e * ll the homing and thrilEng eloquence of the « nims speaker *; but we cannot consent topass over ^ he speech « f Mr . Stephens , in reply to the drinking Of his health : The Rev . Mr . Stephens arose amidst tremendous »» Blanse , which having subsided , he spoke to the Slowin g effect : —He had r * en introduced to their sott ' itf by a title which he never assumed , and which he never -wished any of his friends to give him ; for he thought that there was but one only of whom it ^« ht be said , Holy and reverend is his name . " Yrt although he took not that name to himself , he - — BEy . MB . BTEPHEKS , ¦ ¦ :

      shrank not from it when applied to mm in the man-BM- in which it had been that night . He waaand it was one of his "highest and chiefest boasts—a Christian minister , a teacher of those troths which God had aforetime spoken through the months and * ith the p en of Ms holy prophets , and which Christ , jus Sod , and our Lord , had given him ( the reverend speaker ) power -and authority to inculcate und enforce on the attention of Ms fellow-countrymen . He * a sa Christian minister ,, and because he was such , fee was humbly ^ sincerely , and truly , an English patriot [ Cheer * . ] H e ine * that it had been said , an d was still said—the more tbe pity , the more the shame , the more the sin—that religion had nothing whatever to do with politics ; and that of all

      politicia ns in the world , the one most out of place and out of his casting , and most at variance with his duty , iras the accredited and authorised minister of peace . He , however , held not the doctrine ; he repudiated and denounced it . If there were one man in the ¦ j rorld more than another , who ought at all times to he readv , in season and out of season , to help those who have no helper , it should be hi ™ who was God ' s representative on earth .. The patriot , in fact , ought to be a initiator , the minister a patriot . [ Applause . ] ge held it to be one of \ he chielest evils of the rime , t&at politics had been banished from the pulpit . Tbi « was a modern invention , and a corruption of Christianity , and resulted in the destruction and almost the extermination of liberty , and peace , and

      good-will on earth to man . He would tell them of one evil which was greater than any , than all pat together , and it was to be found in this—that the p ipit had ceased to be what it once was , the palladium of liberty , the bulwark of the rights of man at Urge . He came not tiere to preach , however , but io mingle with them . in - that meeting—that highly intellectual * cer « N which he considered it an honour to share , and u witness , and to listen to . He felt it , too , as still more highly honourable to have his name enroled among the men whom the people o ! Liverpool had delighted to honour . But although he ciu * e cot there to preach , and flood before men of » V denominations of the Christian Church and pe-napis too , though that should not induce Mm to

      ojarrel with them , before men who belonged to no ject of the Christian Cr . nrch—if they were conscienfcoai they might Test in peace , to their own Master tfeey stood or fell —[ hear , hear]—still , he said , it had been his constant practice to mingle with men of all clx « ses , and he said , steer clear of all difference * , if they onl y agreed with him in one thing , and that one thing was this , that we should love our neighbours as ourselves , and endeavour to instil into the hearts of all the same just and holy feeling—the same beautiful principle of action . He * onld stake the consequences of hi 3 whole public < op duct that night—he would stake the result of thp agitation in which he had been engaged—he would lUke the issue of the whole question on this , that in

      tbe word of God , from the beginning to the end , tfcere was not one syllable , one letter , one jot or cole , which by any construction , could be construed iato the abetting of tyranny or oppression . ( Loud applause . ) Opm that sacred book wherever thev Tonld—at the beginning , middle or close—they « mld not fasten upon any man ffrom Meses in the vildemess of Midian , to John in the solitnde of his dretrj banishment to the Isle of Patmos , not even excepting the most exalted , the most preeminent jball things , Jesus Christ } - —they could not , he said , fnd a man who was not a teacher of politics , who t * s not an incalcator of political precepts , and him-KJLf , in his own person , the chief of political agitator * . ( Loud applause . ) He asked anv Christian

      paa , whatever might be his peculiar opinions , what it was that God gave to Moses as -a message to the monarch of Egypt ? Was it that he said go to the court of the tyrant , and discuss the doctrine of the Trinity , or of election , or reprobation , or free-will , a predestination , or any doctrine , which , by any lection of the church , could be looked upon as a wmponentpart o . f his creed ? i ^ o , that was not th « mssion on which he was sent . He was sent by the Smgof kings to demand the liberation of an entered people , ( Cheers . ) He was sent with the li g htning in his hand , and with the loud thunder on IS eloquent tongue , that he might hurl it on the head of a hardened despot , and to demand that the . oppressed in Goshen should be set free , and the Dam

      am the penalty descended on the head of the oppresws . ( Great applause . ) He would also ask forwhat psrpoae the prophet—Nehemiah went from , the cwatrr-of Ms exQe to the land of the graves of M * lathers ? Was it build np again the ruined tenple of their God ? ( Hear , hear . ) Yes ; the idy temple of political freedom of individual independence , and of social happinness , without which fiat hol j Being could neither be honoured nor wor-Aipped in spirit and in truth . He was of opinion Sat only in the enjoyment of political liberty could ihere be social happiness ^ and onlyin this view could 4 ere he any right worship of God . Could there be ¦ arj separation of religious and civil liberty ? Could they tell him that he was free to worship God in his

      sand , while in the Body he was bound in chains ? Could they tell him that he possessed religious free-4 na while he waa bound" in civil bonds ? Political feedom was the freedom of the body ; religious fieedom was the freedom of the spirit ; and if they manacled the former , how could the latter be free " ? 0 r , ifmelatterwa 3 inbondage , how could the former ie free ? ( Applause . ) After some few oth ? r remarks fie reverend gentleman proceeded to say that he had « sae to Liverpool that day , having been publicly tended as an incendiary and a . firebrand . lie stood tefore the people of Liverpool on his trial that evening , because , when he came there with a designation appended to his Tramp gnch as that which hud been Honed to , it was expected that his brow should be

      afiant with the lovely halo of peace , and not covered ith stinging serpents—it was expected by the people of Liverpool that he should be a minister of peace , and not a minister of war . Such he had ever ten ; and he could not for the life ef him imagine « w he could have transformed into a political agifetarofthe worst character—a firebrand , -which he " BBDied God he was not . He laid the whole of his pcfitical life before them . ' Let them read every word « ach he had uttered , and withont any gloss , inler-JffetatioBj or explanation , and his justification would m ample . The word of God , he could affirm , had ten the sole standard of his agitation . ( Cheering . ) ifie had ever laid down a principle not in accordance witk a ^ boo V Ut them denounce , let them

      Jsproro him . If he had ever given utterance to a * wd which could not be adduced from the precepts « Christianity , then was he no longer the friend < B the people of England , —( hear , hear , hear)—nor oonMhe ask to be esteemed as a friend of God . ( Loud applause . ) His ^ poutical career had been a Sort but eventful one . A few years ago he was a aao as unknown in the world as one residing in a reared village could be- ^ -a man of domestic peace , &ing only in thought , in study , and in the society « his friends—whose natural disposition and habits * Duld more likely have taken hrm a thousand miles som such a meeting as he then addressed t ^» n have bought him hither . But in the solitnde of his Tenement , he observed that there was a great and

      growing evil in society , which was to TiTm a source fl much anxious thought . His speculations on the Sate of things however , - were-of a different kind to jbose of all with whom he was in the habit of comfigin contact , and especially from his brethren in fle ministry 5 and he could not shut out the idea Sat he was not altogether right . He pondered over fe subject for years , and it was not till he came to a &nict where the manufacture of cotton was carried oa to a great extent that his thoughts and opinions tegan to assume a tangible shape . The change in tan was effected by visiting the cottages of the * ork-people , by seeing them in the millsj inteir ^ mes , on their sick beds—by inquiring how they fired , and br instituting , in fact , a reffuliir

      investieatioa , that he-became acqnaintedj praetically ac-S ^ snted , wifli the condition of the working classes . [ Hear , hear , hear . ] Hereupon he took up the ^ es tion in what he consid « red the only efficient mamier , and by so doing estranged his friends . He -Wd them , in conversations which took place between $ ? & > that there must be something wrong , and that tt seemed to Wrp that if they did not apply a remedy "fi ; consequences would be . fearful , tie spoke to Mae , and said , let me introduce , jot to the work-- * &en , ia order that &e good master and the good Workman may learn to respect each other . This Imposition , however , was not complied with . The

      Sow man was prejudiced against the rich man , and theiich man was prejudiced against the poor loan , tie knew , howew * , if ^ e poor man was disabused w bis prejudice ( and it was no impossible matter , ) ae would become the most powerful protector of the Property of the xwh man : and if the latter be disteMed of hia prejudices , in like manner he wonld »«« mie the warmest promoter of the mtexests and Wpinesa of the other . He knew that -there was an gmseplab elink . between boOi ; that hoth acknowjM |» fliatGod wag the cominon father and Mend of ; - * It was BOOn&fteT thisthatafew of his poorer - ^ ll ) onr ^ ** " * OP 618 11 ^ m the disfeict , applied « o taa to take the meaas to obtain from Parliament * & > et for limiting the hours of labour ; he complied , ^ t ^ consequence ^ was , that his rich friends t > r-^* him , aud rrirtftfid of being a j&inister erten-S ^ y respeaedinw ^ jaoatn * a ,. SBpport equal to ^ wishes , : l& ? $ eaa& » ahfipkerd to a few scattered ??^ m the ' wilderness . He told those men , when " ^ yaikedhiia to go to London aj thor delegate ,

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      fliat he should require twenty-four hours for consideration , because he felt that it would prove the most paralysing and destructive step to himself that he ^ u | -Possib ] y _ take . He knew full well that if he did fhat work , which was sought to be entrusted to him in the spirit of his Master , to him only would he Uye to look for his reward . ( Applause . ) He saw * hat religion , if it were anything at all , connsted in . the helping of the poor and of the needy , anc in the advocacy of the cause of the fatherless ant the widow , ana of all such as were desolate and oppressed ; and in that spirit he gave his answer to the men , and that answer was in the affirmative . . Frim that moment he never passed a day free from peBecutioh , * and persecution of a kind , and of an extent , without a parallel in the annals of modern ^ &t £ &i £ Si 3 ftS £ tt

      Telgious . persecution . He would not , however , trouble them with a detail : of that ; but as he knew hitiself to be a man misrepresented and maligned , in Liverpool , as well as in other places , he thought they would pardon him in having gone thus far . \ Tremendous applause . ) Within three short months alter having taken up the factory question , he was depnved of five or six different preaching places at a stroke , aad turned out of places in which he had beenconstantlT master for years ; and having by him a partner who cared even less about the circumstance than he did , he went to the highways and to the hedges—he stood upon his own door-step that had never yet known dishonour , and there , instead of preaching to congregations of 200 or 300

      only , he had preached to 3 , 000 persons , and on one occasion to as many as 12 , 000 . When other measures came before the attention of Parliament—the roor Law Amendmtnt Act , for instance—he agaia showed himself in favour of the interests of the people . With respect to that act , he had received a friendly hint not to advert to it , as there were persons in - the room who were friendly to it ; and he had been advised either to pass it over altogether , or touch on it so gentl y as not to tread on any corns in the way . He would , he said , not * coni himself more than they -would scorn him , if they thought he ihouoht ' so meanly of them , that they wohld not hsten to a man whose sentiments-differed from their own , if those sentiments were delivered in amanaer

      in which evci j Englishman would feer it incumbent on hrm to deliver them . ( Cheers . ) He had seen a child in the boxes , that evening , that child he would select as his text . He would propose that evening , on the question of the Poor Law , that erery man in the assembly who professed himself a supporter of it would meet , not himself , if they thought he was too intemperate or vielentiu the extreme , but to meet a man whom they looked upon as the mildest and most philo «) phical opposero / it . If the evening had not been too far advanced he would have endeavoured to have spoken philosophically , and in a gentle spirit , and to have shown that the guiding principle in its construction would have been such as were allowed by the common principles of our Christianity . If the Poor Law Amendment Act was squared to that it might

      men Decome an acceptable boon to the people . [ Applanso . ] He asXed this not as a Tory , nor a Whig , nor a Radical , for he professed himself to be neither one nor the other—he knew of no parties in politics , or of denominations in religion . He held aUo that there was but one church , and that every religious man was a member of it . [ Great cheering . ] He held also tnat there was but one commonwealth , and that every good man and every neighbonr was a member of it . [ Renewed cheering . ] His desire was , and he hoped that every man m the room would agree with him in that at lea ^ to make ever ) ' thing secure in the country by endeavouring to make all comfo-table and hnppy . ( Applause . ) They must look upon the question of the not

      Poor Law as a question of politics , but as a question of vrhat belongs to ourselves and what belongs to our neighbour . He could conceive the wealthiest man in that assembly so reduced to circumstances of comparative poverty , as to become the inhabitant of an bumble cottage , and vet as secure and content in that abode as the proudest of the land . Bat there must be one thing , -without which this happiness could not be complete—without which it could not be said to exist at nil . In that cottage corner his wife must sit—the proud , fond mother of the children , who gambol in joyous innocence upon that cottage floor . Without this tbe cottage is no home to the poor man—nor is the palace , without this a home to the monarch .

      1 hese are not the sentiments of party , Tory , Whig , or Radical—they are the sentiments of natnre , the affections of our very being , which had better be destroyed at once than wander loose and objectless after having suffered their extinction . He was told there were classes which , as classes , were opposed to the repeal _ of the Poor Law Amendment Act , because their interests were supposed to require the provisions of that anti-human and anti-Christian measure . It might be so—perhaps it was so ; But with the most selfish , the most bigoted , the most impenetrable of all classes and interests , let the truth have fair play—a dear stage and no favour , and she would , she must prevail . There was a power in truth which nothing could resist—there were

      sympathies in nature that conld not be obliterated —whichhad never been appealed to in vain . He rested the issne of- the question on that , and -wonld not waste another word upon it . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) He was sure that all would be with him ; for all were men , and humanity , however prejudiced , demoralised , or degraded , might be raised out of the ruins of its native loveliness , and restored to the dignity of its original creation . This was what he wished to see—what he was labouring to promote . Let that spirit of brotherhood and love once burst forth , and all false lights , our modern philosophy and selfish political economy would wane and go out for ever . They would no longer hear of a Tory demonstration on the Monday , a Whig

      demonstration on the Tuesday , and a Radical demonstration on the Wednesday . He advocated Universal Sulfrage , because he _ thought he had no right to withhold from , his neighbour the constitutional defence which he possessed himself . For one man to deny to another a common right , proved one of two things —either that he held by force what the other had not strength to recover , however clear and indisputable his claim—or , otherwise , that he had so corrupted and debased his poorer brathren —( hear )^ -that he had lost all knowledge of his original inheritanceall ^ capability for the enjoyment of the blessings that inheritance was intended to confer . If the former , let him at once restore the possession he so unjustly withheld : and

      if the latter , he was under the double obligation to restore the character he had debased , and the privilege to which he belonged , and from which it was inseparable . But this was not the question—at least not the first question . There was a principle underneath , around , and above all questions of mere forms of government , or modes of its administration . That question-was the adjustment of the balance between pover ty and property—between the fruits of labour laid up in the shape of capital and the prolific energies of labour that first created that wealth , and made it bear the value stamped upon it , and then made it productive of a tenfold value , by taking it up afresh and applying it again to the useful purpose of a high-toned rational existence . It mattered little

      what was done with the scaffolding oi society , or the framework of constitutions , until that question was well studied , equitably adjusted , and religiously guaranteed . Under a republic as well as under a monarchy , that question must , sooner or later , press itself upon the attention of the philanthropist and the politician . There was but the real title toproperty , and that was the title of the poor to comfortable subsistence , without the sense of shame—without the brand of degrading inferiority and forlorn abandonment to the innumerable miseries of the waste or wilderness of life . They had , it was true , bonds , certificates , and parchment deeds , but they were all reducible to that at last . No man had a right to more than his n eishbonr , so lone as

      that neighbour stood in need of so much of bis superfluity as nature required to make him and Ms contented and secure . Let them but make the poor man ' 8 case their own , and they would more than feel the full force of the argument he had briefly , but he hoped correctly stated . There were not many men whose observation and experience had given them a more practical acquaintance with the character , the habits , and the ^ demands of the labouring population of England . He had watchpd them at their work , had followed them to their fire sideshad read their inmost soul , and was thus prepared to be the interpreter and the advocate of their wants . ( Lond cheers . ) They asked for " a fair day ' s wages for afair day ' s work . " Was that unreasonable—was

      that too much ? Theircheers told him it was not- — it assured him that the middle classes and the still higher orders of Liverpool , and of the country at large—when the case was fairly put to them—would generously co-operate with him m giving permanent security to the institutions of their common country , by makmg her industrious , children as happy as Providence and nature intended them to be . This was the question for the rich much more than for the poor . The rich had * everything to We . which they had been accustomed to consider indispensable to thp enjoyment of life . The poor can lose nothing but existence , which was doomed to miseries almost uninterrupted in their course—almost unmitigated in their character . Toil-worn and starved and in rags , with wife and children whose frailer bodies had been

      mortgaged to procure the coarsest food and most scanty means of subsistence , he lingers out a life of wpe , which it would well nigh be aboon to him to hive an opportunity of offering up upon the battlefield of freedom , upon the altar of the poor , oppressed , and suffering humanity .. He implored them to . bury every difference—to give party to the winds , ceasing Any longer iobe pirtisans , and glorying in being true loTersof their country . He was not a sectarian in religion , nor a partisan in politics . There was but one true church , and every good man was a member of it—but one ^ real commonwealth , and every good man was & citizen and - a subject of it . He could give that hand—that heart—to every one , whatever his opinions or prejudices , who . would cooperate with him in the working out this fundamen tal change—a change by which none-could be injured —by which all would be benefitted : because al

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      would be alike happy- a band of brethren , whose only law would be the . law of kindness and of love , lae Rey . Gentleman sat dowa amidst loud cheers . ^ ^^

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      PUBLIC MEETINGS IN BATH , OnMonday evening week , it was the intention of ^• . Vincent to address the ladies of Bath , in Todd ' s Rgmg School , and bills had been issued to that effect . But onMhe Monday the Ride was refused i % mfie ^ «* consequence of the in trigues of » J « u &m e 'anstocrats . The weather being very stormy , and there being no prospect of obtaining a ^ place sufficientl y large , Mr . Vincent issued bilk ™ in n l £ at " ^ prafcng wasunavoidabl y postponed untfl further notice . Notwithstanding thin notice , however -several hundred ladies assembled in the rooms oTthe Working Men ' s Association , and the ttorouehfare of GallawayBuUdings was completely blocked up , although the rain was descending in torrents . Mr . Vincent addressed a few words from tae window , and the meeting dispersed until farther

      On Tuesday , Mr . Vincent addressed a very numerous meeting in the Grove . Mr . Roberts was in tne chair , who gave an account of the conduct ol the majority , of the Town Council , in rerasing the use of the Guildhall , for a meeting of the lfdieB . fA ! ta nn ftattlie Requisition requesting the use oi trie Hall was more numerously and respectably signed than any former requisition to the same . Mr .. Vincent spoke at considerable length , and was loudly cheered . ¦ f ? '"' S ? " ^ eveninfr the members and friends or tne working Men ' s Association sat down to

      an excellent Tea at their rooms . " The rooms were tastefully decorated . The evening was spent in a rational manner . Mr . Vincent delivered a short address to the females , on the advantage and necessity of knowledge , and was loudly applauded . Mr . ^ hillipps j who was in the chair , repeatedly convulsed the meeting with laughter . At a late hour , Mr . Kissock moved the thanks of the meeting to Mr . Vincent , for his present and past exertions , which was carried by acclamation . After a short reply , the meeting broke up , after expressing their delight at the pleasant evening . —Bath Guardian .

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      AN ADDRESS OF THE BRISTOL WORKINGMEN'S ASSOCIATION TO THE COUNCIL OF THE BIRMINGHAM GREAT POL 1 TICAL UNION . Friends and Fellow-Citizens , —Impelled by a deep sense oi justice and gratitude we tender you our warmest and heartfelt thanks for your noble , daring , and straightforward advocacy of the rights ol the working classes of Great Bri-ain ; while at the ¦ same time our duty to ourselves , to our country , and , above all , to the oppressed millions of France , compel us to express our decided disapproval of your address to the National Guards of Paris , and which appeared in the Birmingham Journal , eulogising

      their character , and wishing them "God speed , &c . We regret that , while we admire and appreciate principles on domestic politics , we are necessitated to dissent from your expressed opinions concerning the conduct ol our continental neighbours . It may be said , that this concerns not us ; but our object is to emancipate . our brothers in toil , withoutreference to locality , and , therefore , we cannot withhold our opinion that the enfranchisement of the National Guards of France would be not only derogatory to the interests of the working classes , so long as they have no voice in the legislative council of the nation , but also absolutely dangerous to the freedom , and happiness of the country . We come to these conclusions from the following considerations : ¦

      1 st- —After the Parisians had succeeded in deposng the tyrant Charles , the National Guards were the chief instrument in placing thatstock-jobbing knave Louis Phillippe on the throne of France , and in surrendering the representation of the people into the tender keeping of a few speculating , money-grubbing vagabonds , protected from public censure by the ballot , instead of establishing a Government based on Universal Suffrage , representing the interests of all classes .

      2 nd . —That when the " Citizen King , " backed by the electoral despots , had commenced his attack on the liberties of the people , and the brave workmen of Lyons , goaded by starvation , had arisen in arms to defend their rights , the National Guards commenced a cold-blooded slaughter on the poor oppressed mechanics , until the arrival of the troops , with whom they succeeded in crushing ( for the timej the patriotic attempt of the working classes to deliver their country from the thr-ldom of monied despots .

      3 rd . That the concession of the franchise to the National Guards would give that body an absolute majority in the House of Deputies , and enable them to enact laws to suit their own exclusive interests while the lact of their being armed , would empower them to force their mandates on the people , under pain of being butchered , and thus establish a modern military despotism , under the surveillance of armed profit-mongers . 4 th . —We believe that it was the intention of the National Guards when they sanctioned the establishment of the present limited constituency , and the disarming of the working classes ol France , to found

      a Government , which would act for the exclusive interest of the middle classes , namely , to plunder both rich and poor , lor the aggrandisement of a set of grovelling fortune hunters , and of which they , themselves , forni no small portion . But , like the Malthusian , pauper grinding , ballot-loviiig , transporting Whigs of England , they have failed so far , at least , as regards their attack on the " higher order : " the tonnur for the want of a more extended franchise , the latter for the want of the . Ballot . Lastly , if , ( assisted by arms ) they have sufficient physical power to compel the Government to grant to them the right of voting in the choice of deputies , then they conld , and would , if honest , constrain

      the Government at the same tune to concede the same right to every male adult in the kingdom . Such are our reasons for opposing your address . For we feel assured that the National Guard , and the rest oi the concoctersof the " cinzen-king" institutions , have had the same object in view as the framers of the English Reform Bill . Each carefully excluded the working classes from the political franchise . By these means they havesucceeded in plundering and oppressing them . But not so with the rich , lor they are represented in Parliament : they

      have wealth and influence , and know how to use it for their own advantage . The Whig cormorants , seeing this , threaten to wage war morally , and phisically , against the "Aristocracy . " The latter , on the other hand , seem determined to defend their present position . In this we wish both parties *¦¦ God speed ? " and may they , as is related of the Kilkenny cats , never cease righting until both the plundering factions be exterminated , and real freedom , peace and happiness be established throughout tbe land . Signed , on behalf of the Association , by the Committee . S . Jacobs , M . Clemens , G . Paine , C . Woodward , S . Davis , G . McKay , C . Fryer , C . Coxjsens , C . Clare , J . Newman , R . Reed , B . Gibson . F . PAGE , Secretary . R . ALEXANDER , Treasurer , Broad Weir , Bristol . September 24 th , 1838 . ^

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      ADDRESS TO THE WORKING CLASSES OF NORWICH AND ITS VICINITY . From , the Committee appointed at the Public Meeting held at the Bath House , St . Martin ' s , on Tuesday , September 25 tb , " For the purpose of determining as to the best method to be pursued ^ preparatory to a great Public Demonstration in Norwich , in favour of the People ' s Charter , and the National Petition , which comprise the great principles of Universal Suffrage , Annual Parliaments , Vote by Ballot , No Property Qualifications , Payment of Members , &c" ' " Freedom ' s tattle once "begun , Bequeata'd from bleeding grre to son , Tho'baffled oft , is ever won . "

      Distressed Fellow Citizens and Friends!—Having been appointed to correspond with the leading men in the north , to conduct subscriptions and to fully carry out every requisite for a public demonstration in onr native city , we unhesitatingly affirm , that the time has at length arrived when it behoves every man to do his duty , and when indifference on your parts would be unpardonable . A time when no excuse is left for you to remain inactive , hundreds of thousands of your fellow-conntrymea being up and doing , declaring , for the broad principles of Universal Liberty , independent of Tory tyranny , Whig chicanery , 6 r Sham Radical delusion . Never did the masses bend their energies to a nobler purpose . The Fxench people deluged their streets with blood , merely to remove one portion of a corrupt and tyrannical family , to . be more cruelly treated arid tyrannized over by another ; The people of the cuuiuc uit fcu

      xaigusu uejpea ; n ^ xugs : pass- vXHHT JXLLO . * die-class Reform Bill , trusting to their humana and enlightened feelings for good gOAernment , nay , they have for years been used as tools by which one faction has worried another , and in every ultimatum have they been worried and oppressed by both . But a new era has arisen , when principle , just and immutable principle , founded upon the laws of human nature is the object contended for , not that one factious party shall resign and another succeed , but that universal man shall have his legitimate rights recognized in the country of his birth ; that he shall have an equal power in the making of those laws he is bound to obey , and in levying those taxes he is compelled to pay . That principle was held to be just many hundred years ago , aad hy the greatest men our country has produced , that principle will be a 3 just at any future period , although irail man may vary and betray confided trust .

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      ^ FeHowMen ! asfathers , brands , brother * , and ^*^ ^ ? r ^^ y TP 9 < : y < n ^ to shafce off n Mfe ^ ^ We example of your friend * m J ^ paahirey of whom abovP ^ OOO met at Kersal vn ^ m ^ n ^^ ^^ " Monday last ; ^ and that n ?» nHfnTiJ ^ -J ° . " b 7 « ne factious ' baits now P ^ TW fei ^ $ * ^ ape of " Corn Laws " - mv > * « v —? ' F&C ^ Bill ^ Weavers' Wages If wi \ % ? WAm endmerit Acf- ^ Currency , " t ions »^ OfrW £ beiDg called "^ acttcal frfes gj ^ . we offer a few remarks for your matureCou-Thfhi ^ n- ^ ringjrombad or rfws Gov ermneni SdpTmnn ^ r 0118 ? ™ Laws ^ re passed by the K ? iE ? K ^^ Producing classes having no an ^ Et ^ i ^ lature - Taxation was raised to eLlSVwi ^ * ° ™* « this eoantry by an

      M ^ mmmm PPisiss ^ i iarnied * i ^\ ffy * l ^ . **** l - £ 3 k feEworkmen ^ %° **** Foar resources , ? io

      esseu , uass ^ a Fpor Law Amendment (?) Bill in order + to fnghten r you into the Wilds » of Canada ; this , mth the horri 4 gamblingcunJhcy scheme , by which the producers Ire daityrobbed o ^ so great a portion of their property , for thTmaiu advantage of » my Lords and iLadies with plS pensions , sinecurea , aud ^ fixed incomes of varioul descriptions , apse . from the corrupt source of class legislation , from this pomtyrespecleU / rie , tds , be not driven , assume your proper position in society : bad laws , called bv whatever names they may , will soon vanish from the statute book when this ' nation has willed to be free , because the whole ^ an have no interest in wrong doing ; classes huve ^ as by robbing others they enrich their own , and if you will only look around society , you will easily perceive to what an extent it has been practised . Universal Suffrage and your increasing intelligence , alorie can « , « „« ,

      from impending rmn . . Fellow-CUiZens '^ -Callyourunited trades together , if you are bound in Union , if not , meet immediately anywhere and everywhere ! We must show the men of Birmingham , Manchester , London , Glasgow &c . that we have , heart * to feel , and hands to helj them m so great , so glorious a cause ^ as Universal f reedom ! We must , we \ vill have Stephens . O Connor , and other delegates , or Northern Stars in Norwich ! The only thing that is needed is , that each should think the cause devolves on his own exertions , and then success is certain , the which we say with all our hearts , Godspeed .

      Signed on behalf of the Committee , & ?/ yGHTWELL , Chairman . W . HALL , Vice-chairman . W . KEMP , Treasurer . J . W . GREEVES , Secretary . September 28 th , J 83 S . V For information relative to the proceedings , apply to the Secretary , St . Jame ' s . 1 & * Subscriptiohs received by Mr . Darken , News Agent , Cockey ^ lane ; Mr . Fish , Turkey Cock St Simons ; Mr Greeves , St . Jame . V ; Mr . Hall , Bull Close ; Mr , Storey , St . Augustine ' s Gates .

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      Trb Postage between Bristol and London has been reduced to ninepence . The intelligence from the Cod Fisheries , and those , on the St . Lawrence , ia gloomy . Prices will be up this season . M . Berard , the founder of the Bank of Industry , at Lyons , is said to have absconded from that citv with 300 , 0006-. Prospects for Christmas . —We learn from Patras , that the currants , raisins , and figs , of the Levant have generall y failed in produce this season ; The second son of Lord Leicester , fourteen yeara of age , shot twenty-four and a-half brace of partridges one day last week .

      It is the intention of the Medway Steam Packet Company to apply for leave to build a pier at Chatham . The Dublin Evening Post says that , with the exception ofVheat , the crop in Ireland will be more than an average one . Wives are so scarce in Texas , that beside the premium paid by Government , th « inhabitants aretoffering large bonuses for female investments . An Englishman lately visiting Niagara Falls was asked his opinion . " Very neat , ' ppn honourvery neat !"

      jON , Vx ^ Mi _ l e ( iger ( American paper ) says that Boston milk domains tv » v |»< iito ur v-uw's milk , one of chalk , and seven of extract of pump . " A number OF forged Bank of England notes are in circulation ; they are imitations of £ 10 notes . There are nearly 1 , 200 distilleries in thin State alone . Enough to corrupt , bankrupt , ruin , disgrace , and drown the whole world . —New York Paper . At no former period was tbe number of individuals crossing the Atlantic , to and from New York , so great as it has been during the present year .

      The total quantity of wheat taken out of bond in this port , within the last few days , at the reduced duty of Is ., amounts to 17 , 199 quarters . —Gloucester Journal . It is reported that a festival will take place at York , next year , and that the venerable diocesan will do all in hie power to prevail on her Majesty to honour it with her presence . It is reported that the Stewards are £ 1 , 500 out of pocket by the late Gloucester festival , the expenditure being £ 5 , 000 , and the receipts little more than £ 3 , 000 . —Hereford Journal . There was not a single metropolitan bankrupt in the list of bankrupts in Tuesday week ' s Gazette , and but one declaration of insolvency . The number of country bankrupts was only three .

      , Reforming the Gypsies . —A Mr . Crabb , of Southampton , has undertaken the hitherto neglected task of reforming the morals and religion of the gypsies ; his task will be a difficult one . Taunton . —A superb tea-service of plate , with a short but expressive inscription , has been presented to the Rev . I . K . Field , late assistant curate of Taunton St . James . Sir John Herschel , it is said , refuses to allow himself to be put in nomination as President of the Royal , Society in the place of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex . —Glob .

      Correction . —It has been stated in some of the papers , that the Bedouin Arabs at New York have Indiariibber back bones—^ this , upon examination , is found to be untrue for there is " no indication of any back bones at all . —New York Paper . The Town Clerk to the late Corporation of Ludlpwhas sentin a claim of £ 2 , 500 , as compensation for loss of office ; the adequacy of which sum for his compensation will be for the town council to determine on . ^ The Noble Premier , being shut up in " a close carriage at the late review at Windsor , While his royal mistress appeared on horseback , is looked upon as a precious specimen of cockney ism in the military circles . .

      Last webk , Four Men , sentenced in a neighbouring county to six months' imprisonment for manslaughter , were discharged from prison , as the clerk of the Crown had committed the mistake of ruling a sentence of nine . months instead of six . — Tipperary Free Press . At one of / the most FASHipNABtE wateringplaces : ; in Virginia , White Sulphur Springs , one of the visitors drew a pistol , at the dinner-table of a boarding-house , and shot another boarder , named Watkinsj dead on the spot . V * J The Scottish Gucirdiari . gTavely proposea that the shops of every surgeon and apothecary in Glasgbw should be locked on the Sunday ; , " a * the selling of medicine on that day isra positive profanation of the Sabbath . "

      Policeman Killed . —One of the ppliceinen employed on ; the railway at Roade yras knocked down and killed by oriet of the night trains , on Wednesday last . He i ^ peara ^ o h ave mistaken 'the line of rails upon vfhich , the train was travelline .- — Northampton Mercury . y * Colonel Churchili . , ihe defeated Liberal candidate at the last Lincoln election , has issued a declaration in favour of the principles contained in the "JPeople ' s ^ harter / ' and , irradditionVpleage . himself to vote for the expulsion of the Bishops from Parliaaaent . —Sun . '

      A « batifttin ( 3 nisTANibE is recoraed of the power of steam . Goods from Bristol , England , reaohedCleveland , a ^ tdwn of Ohio on iheahoreao LakeErie , in . thir ^ - days only ! They were bjonght acrosslhe Atlantio in the Great Weatern ^ -Jmeti ' can Paper *

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      : IN consequence pi tfiE late Dake of Leea 8 ha ng bequeathed the whole of his perscmaj property , together w , th hir n ^ wl y purchased mao ^ u in St James s-sqaare , to Mr , Lane Fox , hi * soo , in-law , the ^ seut Dufe wfll be obliged ' to sell Hornby llf i ' °° y UDentailed portion of the family . The City , of Pest , as we learn throagh J ienna , h =. » been visited by another calamity . A fire broke oat on the 15 th ult . , and being fanned by a tiotent breeze , could not be extingnished till the next day , when eighteen houses were level with the ground . The loss is estimated at a milKon francs . SATtyRBAY mst being the day of atonement with the ^ ews , it was observed by them aa a strict fast . TheyTepaired to the Synagogue at ax o ' clock in the morning , where they remained until six in the evening without taking any nourishment after which they departed .

      Th * Great Western Steak Ship Comp any are about to baild another yessel , of equal ££ J } ' -f ^ Western , and she will be . called The City of New : ^ orJc . A large c ? . rgo of African oafc timber has been purchased by the company for this and other ships . . ¦ ¦ ¦ , : ' . Shocking Death .-A girl , not more than fourteen years of age , who had the care o f the - hildren of a physician on the Boulevard Beauraarchais , threw herself , a few days ago , from a window ef the fourth story into the street , and Was killed on , the spot . The cause by which one so young could have been driven to an act so desperate has not been ascertained .

      ^ Horri ble Death . —As four men were employed about a limekiln at Breedin , and whilst iu the act of loosening the top part of the kiln , which sometimes congeals , so as to leave the kiln hollow , k ^ j T" I 8 U ( ld en ly « Jown and the men having hold of crowbars were all precipitated into the kiln by which one man lost his life and the other three had all their clothes burnt , and were everything but literally roasted alive .

      Accident . — A melancholy accident happened on the 22 nd inst . in the dockyard at Toulon . ' Some epnvictH were engaged in turning a Windlass for raising the barge which forms the floating-gate of thenew careening basin , when the vessel , which had been discharged of its wei ghts used to keep it down and had caught against a chain at bottom , suddenly rose with such force that it broke the apparatus , killed three of the convicts , and severely Wounded five or six more .

      Plantations on the House-top . —In Sweden , it is not a rare occurrence to find in the country , and even in small towns , houses built so low , that the roof covered with gra ^ s , serves as pasture ground for a goat . In Norway , trees are planted in the turf which covers the cottages ; so that a village , when seen from a distance , bears no sli ght resembance to a grove . Nothing is more common than to see kitcthen herbs cultivated on the roof of houses in these countries .

      Brutal Fight . On Wednesday , two men , George Walker and William Brearley , fought a pitched oattle at Bradley . After many rounds had been fought , Walker was thrown heavily on his head , and now lies in a senseless state without hopes of recovery . The Rev . J . H . Moran , M . A ., who attempted to put a stop to the fight , was set upon by the blackguards present , and most severely beaten . The rev . gentleman is suffering acutely from the ruffinl

      ay treatment he received . —Derby Reporter . Cure for Hydrophobia . —In Poland , when a man is bitten by a mad dog , a minute examination , instituted after a day or two , will . bring to light a small red swelling , or a collection of minute pustules , under the tongue of the patient , which should be cut out , and strong caustic applied to the part . Our consul is acquainted with individuals who have repeatedly witnessed the success of this mode of

      treatment ; and if it appear incredible , it is not more so than what is here asserted with confidencethe effect of cold wateron the head as an antidote to prussic acid . —Elliott ' s-Travels in Austria , Russia , and Turkey . Silk Hose and Glove Trade . —We regret to state that in the Derby , Nottingham , and Mansfield districts these branches of trade are in the most deplorable state . Not abtjjre one-fourth of the hands are partially employed ; and the jewellery business in this town is in a similar condition , and has been so throughout the year . This is a very poor prospect for winter . A few of these hands have sought employment on the railroads , but , ill fitted as they are for this kind of labour by their previous employment , it is a painful alternative— -lierty Reporter .

      A Prisoner Kii / i / ed qx a Tkeadmill . — On Wednesday week / a young man named George Lordon , a prisoner in the Shropshire county gaol , was working with other prisoners on the treadmill , when the lever , hcldtiy a man adjoining the prisoner , was unbooked by a convict named Johnson , when a blow was made at deceased by a prisoner . Lordon suddenly turned aside to avoid the blow reaching him , when he was caught between the lever and the

      wall , and so dreadfully squeezed , that he died on the following Friday from inflammation in the bowels , caused by the injury he had received . At the inquest , the jury thought that Cahill , the man who struck the blow , was implicated in Lordon ' s death , but ultimately came to a resolution to return a verdict of "Accidental death , " with a deodand of 10 s . on the treadmill ; The deceased was a native of the United States , and was committed for

      vagrancy . Explosion of a Powder Mill . — Sunday afternoon , the inhabitants of Kilmun were startled by the explosion of the powder mill in Glen Lean , which must be from two to three miles distant . About half-past four , a dark thunder cloud was observed hanging over the valley in which the mill is situated . In the course of a few minutes , a flash of lightning was seen , followed rapidly by thethunder . While the peal was yet rattling , a louder noise was heard , and a concussion , instantaneously followed by , another , was experienced in a house near the point , stronger ( as was remarked by . a

      gentleman who has experienced them ) than the average shocks of earthquakes in our tropical colonies . On looking , a dense cloud of smoke was observed in the direction of the mill * The flash had ignited eighteen barrels of gunpowder in one of the workshops , and some powder in the mill . Providentiall y , the individual , whose duty it was to watch the establishment had quitted , not many minutes before the accident occurred . The shop in which the barrels exploded is entirely destroyed , and the surrounding soil torn up . The mill is unroofed . Singularl y enough , the magazine , which stands between the two buildings destroyed , remained untouched , although a large quantity of gunpowder was stored up

      in it . Fatal Accident at Liverpool . —Three Lives Lost . —On Saturday an inquest was held at Liverpool , on the bodies of George Fairhurst and Thomas Williams , who were killed by the falling of a portion of Leeds-street Chapel , which they were employed with others in taking down . On Friday afternoon , about half-past four , while the men were thus employed , the outer wall of the buildiog , towards Plumbe-street , and a portion of the roof , was seen to fall inwards . The man whose duty it was to take care of the chapel yard called out for help . The son of Mr . Hornby , the publican in

      Plumbe-street , was the first to run to the spot . He jumped through one of the windowH of the lower part of the wall , but could not at first see anything for the . cloud of dust caused by the fall of the bricks and mortar * A soon as it had subsided a little he saw a boy sitting on the ruins . He , with the assistance of the lad , carried the youth out . He was much bruised . He then returned to the , ruins and saw a man buried therein , his head ; only being visible . Several persons came to the assistance of young Mr . Hornhy , and the man was got out alive , Beneath hini they found a . - . ¦¦ . man lying dead- ^ Ks na ^ e was Fairhurst ; he was taken out and laid in the yard ; A

      number of men dog : away the jniinsj and foiur" other men were got out all alive ^ but apparenthr much injured ; they were ; removed to the Northern Hospitial . One of the labourers employed stated that he was along with t ^ p other men rojlingia gutter istbne , weighirig about five hundred weight , along the wall from one end- of thie building to the other j when they were within ; twoi yards of the point from which they were to drop it , the joists and ceiling suddenly gave way from under their feet into tbe chapel j they elung to ihe stone , vrhieh was fortunately 8 Upported by ; a small p iecei-of ^ brick , or they must have gone down with the stone upon theiru . The joists , of thp ceiling % ereliastenea by one ead being let into

      the wall , and the other into one ; of the principal beams . There were five n \ en ^ above the . ioeiUngj who , with a lever , were raising up the back , gart ' . of the principal beaui . This was tne caiuae of . the accident , ! They had priied out one oT ^ e f irlpiiere ' or" ' backs , ' which sprang out , and caused the whole of the roof-, * o give way ; The . inquest was adjourned until the men in the be able to give evidence . Since ffie- accident a third man , named WilUaniVGarry , has died in the hospital . HiaribS and one leg had been dreadfully fractured , and one of the ribs had penetrated hi 8 lungs . He has : left a wife and large family unprovided for . —Abridgedfrom the Liverpool Albion .

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      Death FR 6 ^ ARSENic . ^(^ . l ' odaj . Jjfee ^ _ hawker , naided Thomas Adc 6 ct , ^ ffle -h <} me to ^ asf brother ' s house- Salfebury-squafe ^ Nottingbaai complaining of feeing unwell , and in the course of the night died in great agony ; ' . XkL -the , fbllowW aay an inquest was heTdy and as lo"outward maife of violence was perceptible- on-his person . tW inquest was adjourned until the- following ^ Mo ^ dayv ¦ when the - surgeon ^ ho- performed - the post nto £ tem examination , found nearly half an ounce of a t m theintestil > e » , which bad caused the death ! U ^^ r * ' 4 : aeeoont eould ^ -be obtaine * how tbe . arsenic was , administered : or ^ here th «

      to SnST - - ? ^ >»» e $ itely pre ^ o « Thon , ^^ , — 'Dqmry *"" ^ ain adjourned ? ntil Thursday ^ whenj as nox evidel ; e ! dneidatihg ^ us mysterious occurrence could be obtained thl iW returned a verdict of- " pied j ^ g ^ cUf arsenic but hovr , and by whom administered to th « deceased , they have no evidence ;?'—Nottingham _ Malicious : Gftraqe on » hb London anw Birmingham Railway . —A , most disgracefbl and malicious species of outrage has on several occasions recentl y been practised on the line of tho London and Birmingbam railway , at Wolverton , ife is supposed ; by some of the bargemen residing in thafc neighbourhood . In - consequence of the arrangements which have been made by ffie company fbr th » conveyance per railway of the parcels which were

      formerly transmitted in ^ ^ large quantities to the manufectunng . districtshy the vans and barges of Messrs ' . Pickford and Co ., a number of bargemen have been thrown out of employ ; m revenge for this they have . dunng the dusk of t * vening , scded the enclosure of the line , and placed logs of wood across thp rails for the purpose of overturning the train . Tins was near happening on one occasion , and probably , if the attempt had sucoeeded , it would have beea attended with loss of life . -The engine and '<* aia . however , although thrown- completely off the lino , kept their equilibrium , and -were ,. after some difficulty , replaced , without any material injury . This dastardly conduct has justly roused the indignatioft of the company ,, who have offered a reward o £ £ ld for the apprehension of the offendeis .

      > . Dr . Chalmers . —This reverend agitator , who > Know traversing broad Scotland on a crusade of Church extension , and endeavouring to compel every parish to send up a petition to Parliament ia favour of that humbug scheme , and who , as a member of the presby ^ ry of Edinburgh , wished to put ife out of the power of the working classes to have thfeir sixpenny ride on a railway on Sunday , did not he himself , a reverend professor " of theology , recently sail from Dover to Calais on that sacred day ? Wawish an explicit answer to this question . Now , ; suppose he did thus violate the Sabbath ( which w » think he will hardly deny ) , he did so , we presume * .

      because he supposed it would not be known , and . because he really thought that , while it would be =-absurd to allow the poor man to travel on that day , it was no sin in the rich , even in a Presby tenantminister of the gospel , to do so . Does not Dr .. Chalmers occasionally not go to church , at least ia the afternoon , but takes a ride in his phaeton ? Ha » he not been seen frequently thus gallanting about oa a Sabbath in the vicinity of Edinburgh ? And yeft he would deny to others , particularly to the working man , the rights and privileges which he assumes to > himself ! Such a ride may be necessary for hi » health . But so also for the poor man . Is not the health of the latter as valuable to hiinself and family

      as that of Dr . Chalmers can be in the same light ? The same reverend gentleman was waited on by-Mr . Hume on the last ocpasion bn which the latter : was in Edinburgh , just as the afternoon bell was ringing for . church . Did he tell Mr . Hume that ha could not speak to him on public subjects at-thife time , but would be glad to- see him on any other day of the week ? Did he say this , ana then accompany * his family to public worship ? No such thing . Ha absented himself from church , and remained at home with' Mr . Hume . We are n «> t-blamirjg Dr . Chalmers for this . Bat we want principle and consistency . Alas ! how little of either is displayed by certain Church extensionists!—Edinburgh Chronicle . ' .

      Coroner ' s Inquest . —Determined Strr-CIDE . ^ -On Friday night week , at seven o ' clock , att . inquisition was taken before Mr . Stirling , coroner , and a respegtable jury , at the Buffalo ' s Head Newroad , on view of the body of Joseph Phillips ' , age 40 , who was found drowned in the ornamental water in . the interior of Regent ' s-park . Mr . George Cooper , of 6 , Suffolk-strcet Pall-mall East , tailor , gtatea that on the forenoon of Wednesday last , he waSout in a boat on the lake in the inner circle of the Regent ' s-park , fishing , when his attention wa » attracted to something whioh was iloating at a dis » taiice from the bbat ^ ; and ; on going , nearer it , ha

      observed that it was the upper part of a man ' * body . He immediately obtained assistance ^ and tha body waa got into the boat , and conveyed ashore . He was quite dead , " and appeared to have been inv the water a day or two . He had all his clothes on , with the exception oF his hat , which was found pit the bank directly opposite to where the body was ~ found . On searching him ,, three receipts for wagejr >; signed " Joseph Phillips , " also a paper on which , was written " E . E . Wheateley , Esq . ' s footmanj , ' * and 9 s . 3 d . in money , were found upon him . There were no marks of any violence on the body . Ana-Powell , cook in the family of Mr . Wheateley , of 12 , Nottingham-place , New-road , stated that , tha

      deceased lived as a footman In the same family . He was a man very reserved in his habits ; on Sun * day last he complained of his head , and told witneiw that he had never recorered from a fall he had received some time ago by being thrown from a horse » On Tuesday mornirig last , he breakfasted witbi witness ; he appeared more dull and dejecwd thaa usp al ; soon afterwards he told witness that he was going out for five minutes , and she never saw hint afterwards . Mr- E . Watkins , of High-streel ^ surgeon said he attended the deceased professionaUjp for some months past ; he was ; labouring under delirium trerhens , produced by excessive drinking t in witness's , opinion , he was at times of unsound ! mind . Verdict— " ¦ Temporary mental derangement . "

      Burning Cliff . —The burning Cliff at Holworth on Friday , attracted the attention of several individuals who were walking on the esplanade between seven and eight o ' clock in the morning , by the immense volumes of smoke which were ; observedL rising from the cliff , and which continued , occasionally varying as to the quantity of exhalation , during the greater part of the morning . On inquiry we understand that a portion of the surface ^ acted upon by the violent gale from the east and the spring , tide , had slipped down and exposed the ignited material , previously concealed , to the influence ot th « external atmospheric action , which produced an . unusual quanjtity of vapour , with the appearaneea just mentioiied . ^ -SAerfiorne Journal .

      Distressin g Suicide . — On Friday morning week , a weaver of the name of William Beverley , residing at No . 3 , Rose and Crown-court , Koothstreet , Spitalfields , committed self-destruction by hanging himself unde ' r the following distressing circumstances : —He went up into the room , where three of his children were in bed , the eldest being between six and seven years of age ; when in their presence he put the rope round his neck , and suspended himself from the rail of the bedstead . On . the grandmother going into the room , the eldest child exclaimed , Look , grandmother , look at

      father , bipod is coming out of his mouth , " when , she gave the * alarm , and he was promptly cut down ,. A riedical gentleman was ; immediately sent-for , hub the- vital spark was extinct . Sergeant Walton , II 3 * who ^ was in attepdance , hearing that the mother of . the poor children had been in the hospital some weeks , applied at the workhouse for the admission of the children , and they were- at once taken in . ^ Tha unfortunate man bad been iu a desponding way for some days past ^ and was in greatrdistress , often not haying $ . sufficiency of food for ¦ ¦ . himself ; and children . . . "¦"' ¦ ' ;' - " . ¦ . "'

      Lieb . Restored ; , ^ y JEuectricity . ——Laso , week a little girl ^ . named'Hannah SheetSj fell head " foremost into a butt of "ridnwatery which stood opea r in the hack yard of the house where her parents ; re-.- ; - ^ sided ^ in Castle-Btreet , ( Jqlden-square . It is noft ^ exactlyltnowiit hoivloBg she remained there , for she was hot immediately -missed ; and even then ai ; ; anxious ' search , bf ' many minutes waa : made throughv . ;_ -x : the hou ^ apA ^ eeteailjac-ent ere the waterrbuttwaa . .:. thbughtofc . When dragged out she was quite cold- u and all the usual remedies were tried for a length of time * by '^ ir . Wi B , Parkes , surgeon , of Carnabyv - ; streetl without success . Amongstthe ; restii attempts : ;

      to infinite the lungs were uhreinitttngly uerseyere * - in for a considerably ^ ^ tim e . r As i last resource , llpfw , ' Parke 3 appi ' ed * he stimulus of electricity . ' He first '' \ passed shocks gently through the head and ches ^ . alobg the , course of tHe > pine ^ gradually increasing their power , and persevering the whole time ( by . means of other assistance ) in the inflation ' of / tha * lm ^ _ - - 'Af ^ er ; th ' e ^ jointly ,: for about ten minutea , faint traces ot w * - . ,. piratioh nere ohserved , and in three-quarters . of Ml , ; hour he had jthe pleasure to behvld his patient in a fair , way of recovefyi The child ^ tw *!" ' : ¦ enjoyment of perfect health ;— -i »«' !> J * i y »

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 6, 1838, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1026/page/3/