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    • FOURTEEN DAYS' TOUR OF FEARGUS G'CQNNOR, COMMEJiCING ON THE 12th, A>J1) TERMINATING ON 'ME 2oth OF AUGUST.
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      LIKES TOR Tffi " STAB . " Satta "Would 1 see fee tide of a second ddnjff sw ^» p over England—Europe—the . Tmid—than _ £ hiii £ * hc < 3 £ E&tation of the eons of indnstry shoultUoonttmHT tcsifflted . "—J . R . STErBE > s . ' OB J eoold I think that care and pain "V 7 oaia crer on the earth Temain ; Test cesseteffi toil and sore distressi * ¦ Should era round my brethren press ; Tfaal famine ' s fiends should grimly stalls Companions of their hondy walk ; That mad despair ' s pathetic moan , And slavery ' s 'bosom-barstnig groan Should burthen stall the passing gale , -And none "to heed tfle thrilling tale , Then—glad beneath the Jiheltering sod Td lay life's galling , cumbrous load ; And there , in dumber , dreamless , deep , lose memory of the -wrongs I -weep . Full oft on themes lite these I muse Tin 6 am > -w * s sho-wer my cheek bedews , And gloomy thoughts I scarce can quell 31 y agitated bosom swell ; Is there , 1 ask , some dark decree That irnaiis ftoic most ever be ? Is there a die , relentless cast - To shape the future by the past ? Shall history ' s crimson-coloured page Tnporged remain , from age to ¦» g € j ~ A" register of strife and crime Down to the latest day of tame ;

      And charactered for endless years "With human blood and human tears * Since all we see around , abore , Bears impress of unerring lore ; Shall man's endeavour frustrate still The workings of creative "will ; - Shall ie with powers of hell eombbie To darken nature's bright design , And alien-like ialasJi destroy The springs of all his brother ' s joy ? Shall nature stall lier bounties spread And see her children pine for bread "«•"_ StiQ shall the soft descending dew - Her wearied energies renew ; St 31 shiQ tie genial sun and shower -GiTB sweetness to the faded flower , -And freshness to the "withered "blade , And Terdure to the vacant glade , -And fatness to the yellow grain -And these all Vegetate—in Tain ; -StDl shall tke few the fruits possess And leave the world a wilderness , -To the great mass—a desert drear , "Where nought bud weeds and thorns appear . Then—roll ye thmaders in the sty Till tenor stands in every eve Shoo * far ye messengers of flame " And universal death proclaim ^ And as the sun his glory shrouds - Beneath the tempest-troubled clouds ,

      Come , thon great Spirit of the storm , « . "VVbile darkness robes thy dreaded form , And stretch thy sable flag unfurled - In vengeance o'er the guilty world . Then Jet th ' . arousing signal sweep "Wide o ' er the inimitable deep , " Tin the wild waters feel thy powers And ay aloud " The Eabtb is Oxtbs I ' The fpir green Eazth J which God had given To man as an inferior heaven , ' On which "he * £ gbt in peace reside , But which the fast of power and pride - Has made a scene of foul disgrace A blood-spot « n creation ' s face . "W ,- ^ S ' Douall

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      H 0 USE 3 ? F LORDS . —Tkurxb y , August 22 . The Corporation Property ( Ireiuid ) Bill passed through oonsBittee . Exchequer Bills Ponding BEi vras read the se-Tymri timq , T-ordiHaLBOURNE presented papers , by command ef -bar Majesty , tcl , tfce ^ bnvention between EDgland-snd Franc * regarding the fisheries , &c _ smilar to . fhose presented t » . tSs Commons by Lord Palmetrtpn . , * " IxHPdSRSOUGHAM , in presenting a petition fwwn Hax ^ Vincent , William li&vaxds , and John DieSciteo *^ complaining of . the jcason treatment whish they-tMsived in Moamoiu ^ -Gaol , went into a sbfitt ^ ietall df their case . /

      Tkeonnt > LELBOUR > aO ? aid that the petitions wOTe treated as oilier * T ^ ere . SVheiher- or put t-bos&x ? ± ni } ations were severe was another question ; bn ~ tie : saw do reason tv ^ j- there should besiny extraordinary interpoatioc in favour of the , 3 » 9 titi « Hers-Lord BROUGHAM saH , if Sir Francis Borleit or-Sijjor CartTrrignt ha&'had nothing but a & ? -6 n " s fere when they " were iraprisoned for libels , he had . no hesitation in saying that th * Government "sroalu not have continced six months . ~ -i * -nd , " added the Noble and Leaxaed Lord f with coadderakl »« nphasis , 1 will s * r . te my opinion , I care not tiiM > sfcnoTs-s it but it cask * not . "' ^ La-d LY > "l > HUiiST enquired whether there wa . - ;* ny-objection to present -the treaty with thefcmaun of . 'Aden ^

      I » rd MELBOURNE answered thar beihad no objection whai * ver . ' xThn Bolton Police BSE went xhrough ctnDinittee , ¦ after some amendments . Tbe report was otdered t-o be Bcceired to-dav .

      -tHis report of the Manchester Police Bill was presented and agreed to ; , and tbe Bill ordered to be xeadthe third time to-dar . - * Gc xhe morion of L « d DI 3 CANNON ( Lord Lyndlrarst ha-ring expressed bis conenrrenoe , ) tbe Lords' Amendments lo -die Assaults ( Ireland ) Bill , ii 2 u £ & bad been disagreed to by tbe CommoE ? , were u&ticasred upon . -Hi Bankrupts' ( Irefend ) Bill , on the . motion of Uae LORD CHANCELLOR , was- read . tbe secendktime . .--Thar Lordships tben aacjonrned till Friday .

      Friday , kingusl 23 . Hfit-Consolidated Fnnd . Bill , the Exchequer Bills Bill , lie Bankrupts ( Ireknd ) Bill , and the-Administaacon of Justice ( Parts of Counties ) BilljSeve-TqTly-Tg » nt tbrouirh Committee . jOnaaotioa of Lord I ) USCA 2 sNO 2 ? , flie Commons ' Amendments to tbe Dublin Police Bill , and tbe Sale jpf Spirits ( Ireland ) Bill were adopted . The LsDiionJiridge ApproacbeSiBill , tbeilancbesttr Po-Hce 3 iIL"ihe Corporate Property ( Ireland ) AJienation Jftr * r * utioa Bill , and ibe Countr and ESarict Constables' Bill , were read tbe third tim ? , and passed . - - On itfee presentation of fee report -of tbe Bclton PoBce B 3 E a conversation aiese as to tbe conduct of

      the . MayorvGf Bolton .-Lard irYNDHURST obser-ed . a 3 be was . assured Iv iLcrd Dnncannon ib&L tnere was to be . an incrajrytjijto . tbe Mayor ' s conduct , lie Tfonld not lien make inrtber obserraiion npoiiSi . The jep&ri was then agreed . to , and the Bilker-^ ered to be xstA a third time tojEorrow . Lord MELBOURNE laid ^ pei the table of fi . e House , by . ronsmand of her Majesty , various papas relative lo . tbfts ^ airs of the East . 'Lord LXXDHURST then mo « i for aT £ ton & ihe BflL ? ihatjbwl been bronght ifrom the lower House , setting rfkffth the dates al-. vbicb they came np . £ 1 s ^ nuttinf this motion , MSiLsTdship entered into an elaborate detail of the coarse pursued and ¦ fhe measnres j > rqp * sed by the Ministers daring tbe ¦ present Seson- jfe adverted to iif gross

      contradictions in iriiicb Ministers bad invol ^ ftd themselves Ly tenderm ^ Iheir 3 Esignation 3 Trhen ± hey had a . smallmajority—by ^ tfeseqnently adrkuj ^ their own Teinstatementia ( SSxce—and by tacitly ^ s « jning that iiiey had regaiaed the confidence of ihe House of ( Commons , and of thje t » unfay , when thejrxaajority € f five was ineressed t « s . majority of tgn . Ih ad-Te ^ ing to the Mao chester and other Police 2-ills , he said that those bills had §*? en rendered necessaryfiret , by the bungiiHg plirsaeologr of the ndni ^ eHal new Charters to the Borou ° i 5 , arid bytbe too ^ teral ^» p ? k » tion of the ministerial jirecept to " a ^ tatea ^ at 0 __ agitate . " His LoE ^ hip . concbided- sfith potting It to the House wheiber 3 Iinister 3 who had Vmscoadncled themselves for jS » elasteightmonfes R-ere tts * # iv of . the confidence of thecountry , «; « -ere capsije of directing the energies of this great

      a ^ - debate fo 3 Iowed in which Lord MELBOURNE , j LordlRODGHA 3 I , and the Duke of WELLDfG- . ^ e *^^^ WELLI > 'GT 0 > : observed that it had Been distincly intimated , dnnng the disensaon , tbat neither Lord Lyndhurst mn ¦ himselt nor sundry otter persons , had anj chance of agam ' dureeting the affiSa ^ fficrantxy . Since the matter w thus arranged , he had « n ] y to express a hope ^ . l& be-TernSt of the country would at least do its dniv . nfSc most earneklv hoped that-the Governmentin the ^> proaching Session , wonld bring for-3 temi early * and that those measures j would be prompted by calm and sound dehberation ,. The motion was eventually . adopted , and . The House adjourned . Saturday , August 24 . The Duke of 3 IarIborough ' s Pension Bjl w read the second time , passed through coDnmttee , iras reported , and ordered to be read the thud tone j ^ e id ^ txaiion of Justice < Parts of Counties ) j BiD was read tbe third time and passed . , After the Bolton Police Bill had been read the third time , . Lord DUKCAXSO >\ previously to the question , of passing the BilL moved to Jeave out their -Lori- j EhipVamendinent , which p |) viJe « J that the Act - aduldinclude "the hig her « id . of-Little Bolton , i 02 account of the difiicclties that Tfould resoh ^ fr-03 ; ife in ^ odncuoa . 1 Tee clau ?? vas s + rac ^ &nt . and the Bill was tijcn ; ^ sed .

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      The Fines aid Penalties' ( Ireland ) Bill was read the second tinWj Went through committee , and was ordered to be read the third time on Monday . The Bankrupts' ( Ireland ) Bill was read the third time and passed . The royal assent v ? &S riven "by commission to severilBms—to tiro S ^ p Duties' Regulation Bill , the Slave Trade Suppression Bill , the 5 ew South W « ues Bill , the Metropolis Police Conrts' Bill , th ^ Metropolis Improvements' Bill , the . Courts ior Counties ' Bill , the Judges'Lodgings' Bill , the Highway Rates ' Bill , t ) re Sta ^ e Carnages' Bill , the Rogue Mouey . Assesspaeht ( bcothvnd )^ ill , &c . Some 'Jills brought fromi the Commons having been rea'l fhe first time , their Lordships adjourned till Monday .

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      HOL > E OF COMilOJsS— Thursday . Mr . WAKLEY presented a petition respecting the extraorttmarY conviction of two innocent meii , one of whom ha 3 . become demented in consequence Mr . Wakley added , that although conclusive evidence of innocence had been . forwarded to Lord John Russell , no redress could 1 ) 0 obtained . - Lord PALMERSTO ^ T presented papers by command of her Majesty ; among them the convention concluded between England and France regarding the long disputed points respecting the oyster and other fisheries . By the convention in question it is

      determined that for three mT ^ s outwards , measuring from low-water mark , the coasts of Jersey and of France respectively , snallbelong to the inhabitants of those countries . Commissioners have been appointed who shall , within two months , " arMiige regulations for the guidance of the fishermen' who may happen to meet beyond those boundaries .. As the commissioners in commission will make those regulations before the re-assembling of 1 * 5 rliament , Lord Palmerston asked the House to j ; iye- the Government authority , bv OTder in council , td-carry the regulations into efi ' ect .

      On the Exchequer Bills FmidrogBilL the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER made his promised communication as to thesuccessof his funding project . The result is , that of the sum of £ 4 , 000 . 000 , the amount of i' 3 , 722 , 0 U 0 has been subsoribed . The balance i 3 only £ 278 , 000 yet unprovided for . The amount funded since 1836 is £ 9 , 000 , 000 . ilr . HUME asked a series of questions . First , what amount would be added to-the debt of the country by this operation i Secondly , what is the amount of bills and money now in circnlation for public works ! And lastly , how many Exchequer bills the Hon . Gentleman proposed to issue , to make np the deficiency of revenue I The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER answered that if the questions were handed to him he should be able to supply answers to-morrow . Tho Exchequer Bills Funding Bill then went through committee .

      The Bank of Ireland Act Continuance Bill went through committee . The Lords' amendments , on motion of Lord MORPETH , to the Dublin Police Bill , were agreed to . On the motion that the Duke of Maryborough ' s Pension Bill be read a . third time , Mr . WAKLEY moved that the House be counted , and it was counted out . Friday , Avg . 23 . Mr . Craig , the new Member for Perth , took the oaths and his seat .

      Mr . MACKINNON , having inquired what progress had b « n made in respect to Air . Foiirdriuier's claim regarding a patent for the manufacture of The ' CHANCELLOR of tho EXCHEQUER said that inquiries had been made , and that the case was ripe f « r ¦ decision . Sir K- Inglis , Mr . Hume , Mr . OTbnnell , &c , expressed the hope that the Right Hou . Gentleman wonld grace his departure fro » < office by bringing this Batter to a satisfactory conclusion ; Tbe CHANCELLOR " of ? ie EXCHEQUER ffio « f « l thethirdreadingoftheD « ke df Marlboro ^ gt ' s Ppnaon Bill , which was supptated bv Sir R . Injilis and Mr . O'Connell s Xnd opposed by ifr . Wakley and -Sir . Hume .

      Jlr . FINCH csBplained that this Bill , it beiag a " ^ ^ sropped" order , owing % n afce House havwu : been ¦ r « inted out on Ebarsda . y , w 4 i ? moved before tb « 5 irders < nf the day . He « iirided th * jHouso against * be Bill , -tut the third ranting was carried by AU to 5 . The Bill was * sad . the . third time " and passwi The CHAMiiELLuR of die EX-C « J 3 QUER moved lhat thf report of ^ ke Bank of Irolwi OonviiwiaQce Bill ^ erecoifeJ , - Mr . HUM £ availed . hiuself of the ojjj « ir 3 « uity to point out thp'unsatL-. faou > rv state of the bwiking of this country , owiug-to-tlie bank monoihilut * ; and to

      the difiicnlt » . « that ha £ resulted ' geoanftv to the commercial as well -as-jhe moiiied inif-wsts of the nation , owifcg . to'the ennduci of rhe Bawt ^ jf England —conduct -that had dri-en our Bank into an aceommodation-b : ll transaclien ¦ vviih the liant of Krance and had r »« se < lthc rate of discount-from six to'ten . per cent ., ^ avhilo in France it was four per cent ., ia Lyons three per cent ! After fame discn ? iion , in ivhich - ?< lr . O'ConnoIl , the Chaneellor of tki : Exchequer , iiv . Villiers , & « ., took part , the report was agreed -V ' , and the Hill « r < lerevl to be rcad-c-tliiril time this ' * lav .

      flic House then -icsolved into committee on ihe Bank of Ireland Uill . Tlie CHANCELLOR of t } jo EXCHEQUER moved -Tenons amendments pro ftniin , for tliej » urpose of . bavinjr the . IJUJ printed iu -a ]> erfected shape , and tbii .- circulated througliout Ireland . The -import of tlic Funding of Exchequer Bills Bill wa «; agreed to . The iLords * amendments on the Sale of . Spirits ( Ireland ) Bill weraagreed to on the motion of Lord Morpeih-LonlPALMERSTGNbroughi in a Bill SnT the purpose of carrying into efftict- the convention oeiTVeen her Majesty . and the Jung of the French relative io fisheries c-n the coast of the Britishislands and France . It wa = read the first . and second times , and committed ^ a-eport receivitd , and ordeced to be . read the third lime to-morrovt .

      Mr-HUME calledihe attention of the lionise to the petition which he had _ presenn ? d ytsturdaj , irom Henry Xineent and iahers , confined in Moumouth Gaol , * idative to the treatment -which they had experienced since the time of their committal . It was important that the rule with respect to jpersons committed for political offences should be j » roperly understood . It appeared that these person 5 ,. after a trial of . t ^ n hours , on ten counts , had been coiwicted on one count , and a qnestion was put to the -Judjre as to thfijnaimer in -whiri fheyjlioHld be imprisoned . The Learned Jud ^ e sail ? that jic > severity vcujild be used -exept what was nccesscrv to secure . their persons . But it now turned . oat that they were deprivedjaf tbe use of fire , of _ pens , ink , and paper

      and of the use of dooks . There ought to become understofiiLrules for the regulation of prisons , . and he wished J . o hear what remedy was likely to be applied umler tbe circumstances . Tbe AT 3 TOKNEY-GE ? CEJiL \ l said his own fceling was thai no unnecessary -severity vrouJd . be applied in any such case , aud heJielieved he expressed the feelings of the Government when he said so ( Hear , heaxp An application hod been made hy Mr . Stcphen 5 ; ior the use of peu , inkJand paper , aul he ( the Auoiaey-General ) had JcegMested that no uunecessary severity should be used , and that-he should not he subject to such privation =. He believed in the present'in-stance , there was not the smallest pretence for asking that anything . had been done

      . contrary to the sentence . Mr . 0 "C 0 N 5 £ LL protested againsirfibe doctrine , iiat because a jn&u was imprisoned , he was to be aii > ject to particu ^ r regulations . Imprisonment jneant nothing inar ^ . than tlie restraining a flian from £ <« 3 g abroad . It difi not meau any ^ peciesjaf torture . Jifpcas torture to keep a literary person Xrom the use of jtfns , ink , and paper—it was tortareioieep liim fronj iooks . Whenex / a" a . wealthy man -tc » . s commilifei to prison , everj luxury was afforded him . TfaW onght to be some legal definUipn of % vhat shonldimount to iinpiJwnment , and h ought sot to be left « i the caprice or mistake of the magistaates to savhiwmuch it should be heightened . > He hoped the Attoraey-Generaland ihe Government w-aiJd

      take the sdyect into consideration , and do sometbJBg definite upas it . If no oae ' filsc did he ( Mr . O'Connell ) would « sdeavour to dsw next session , but is the mean ii » e these persons were suifering this infliction snpctidded to the imprisonment . The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said ihat he was quit ? certain the Noble- Lord the Secretary for the Home . Department would give relief in all cases in which it could properiy be called for . He knew that in the case of Vincent , an appeal had been made to the NoMe Lord to allow the free use of boo k * , and the order had been made , provided the books were not of an objectionable character . ( Hear , hear . ) In any case properly made out his Noble Friend would * doubtless grant all the relief consistent with the due administration of the law , and the effectual enforcement of the sentence awarded by

      courts of jnstice . Mr . SANFORTJ thought these cases ought to be always left to special applications . He certainly admitted that tbe discipline of a p rison should not be solely at the option of any magistrates . Nor was it . For the prisons were under the control of visiting magistrates , who were entirely guided hy the reflations agreed on , first , by the magistrates in quarter sessions , and aftmrarcLs sanctioned by the judges of assize . Mr WARBURTON said he was glad it would be understood that the Home-office would grant relief in all proper cases . That these prisoners should be without fire in winter was -monstrous . Indeed , it was enough to kill persons who had been accustomed to comfortable living . Besides , this unjust severity had the effect of exciting the sympathy of the public in the prisouers'favoui—( hear , Lear ) -in , tead ci as would otherwise be perhaps the case , creating pnbhe coBCur ^ nee in the justice of the seuteuce .

      Mr HUME oxpre ^ eJ hi ? rcadiiK-. - > lea * * ino caiiB rhe hs ! M ^^ - ^ r . -rary , L-r me Hume D ,-partment .

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      Sir F . BURDETT vonsidered it quite unebnstiiutional that men Bb . vtild bo subjected to greater Inflictions than the sentence of the law specified ( He » r , K ^ 'L ^ no J ^^ ifieation in such a case to Bay taat toe regulations had been made by the magistrates , ( Hear , hear . ) This injustice , like many oroers in this country , had arisen out of a departure from the old constitutional practice of leaving the regulation of prison discipline to the sheriffs , who were generallj gentlemen of distinction , thoroughly responsible , and very exact in conforming to their rules . He thouglxt that wherever it > vas found that there had been such a departure from the terms of the judge ' s sentence , it should be ' interfered in > and the injustice prevented , for a monstrous thing it was that it should depend solely on the circumstances of a man ' s being eeut to this or to that prison , with what severity , or with what mDdness he should be treated .

      The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that it > ae a rule with the Judges to inquire into tho discipline of any particular prison . He could refer to a case he had been recently engaged in—the case of tbe Rev . Mr . Stephens . In that case the Learned 3 ndge ( Mr- Justice Patteson ) , a most humane and excellent Judge , having found that the prison toi-which he had sent Mr .: Stephens ( the gaol of Knutsford ) had regulations of too severe .. a kind for a gentleman of education , he caused the sentence to be altered , and sent Mr . Stephens to the Castle of Chester , where he would be allowed the use of pens and

      paper , and other conveniences . ( Hear , hear . ) The motion was then withdrawn . Mt . HUME moved a resolution declaratory " That , it is inexpedient to make any contract or aereement for the : conveyance of the mails to the We ^ Indies and Continent of South America for so long a period as ten years , and involving an expenditure of £ -2 , 4 W , 000 , until Ml information shall be obtained in that important deparinitut , and tc laid before this House . " The Hou . Member condemned the conduct of the Government in entering into a contract for a term of tstt years , and for so large a sum of money .

      Mr . WARBURTON geconded tho resolution . Mr . C WOOD said he could add nothing to what he had previously stated . The House had power , however , over the contract in the annual graut , Mr . WARBURTON said a few words , aud was going oii , when the House was counted out at five o ' clock .

      Saturday , August 24 . The Bank of Ireland Act Continuance Bill , the Exchequer Bills Funding Bill , and the ¦ Fisheries ( England and France ) Bill , were severally read the third time , passed , and ordered to be carried to the House of Lordsj where they were read the first time . The Lords' Amendments to sundry bills—namely , the Bolton Police Bill , the Poor Law Conimission Continuance Bill , the London Bridge Approaches Bill , the Administration of Justice ( Parts of Counties ) Bill , were agreed to . Mr . SPRING RICE moved ( and caused some laughter in so doing ) the issuing of a new writ for Portsmouthj Mr . Baring , ouo of the Members for that borough , having been appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer . Tlie writ was , of course , ordered . .

      Mr . HINDLEY moved for an account respecting all able-bodied persons obtaining relief in the workhouses of England and Wales , &c . It was ordered . On the motion of Mr . MUSKETT there wero ordered to be prepared returns as to the rate of interest charged by the Bank of England on loans aed discounts'from the year IJW ) to tho present t 4 « e , with the date of each fluc 9 aation ; and as to tlM'tate « f interest charged b y th * Bank of Ireland or loans and discouuts from the j-var 1780 to the prcsw * time , with date of each fluctuation .

      51 r . BROCIvLERCRST moved an address to her Majesty , for retiK-Bs respecting the ^ number of literary , scientific . and mechanics' societies in England " and Wales , * fce number of mcmbVrs belonging thereto , &c , Vh ? motion was eventually agreed to , although Mr , " spring Rice ex ]> resse 4 Ws doubts as to the power or-ma » iis of complying with it . After lttwnc attended to the * oyal assent being given , by gob : mission , to sundry * bills and , the remaining ibiwaiess being disposed of , tlie House adjourued .

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      Ir » EAS .-JJv . A . L . Plough lit * inserted a long R « jvcrti ^ mpni iu the Lo < u *< nMi -Mrertiscr ofthft-VStli ulf ,, " t ' wijty" as-hesars , - to ^ , kim as his owii ? ow > e idem appropriated to liiawclf by the editor of ' * W Jffc . How could the //»» -bawidic heart . to deprive 4 hc JJoctorafljis ideas , iieifcaps , ttJX ) , the oiily ones bp'Jyts aM * u » ker , Xouumrgh , havinjr jnokwd « j > a small paekt ^ v in tJieiJijgh-street , wra ]» j « jdiii ) bine paper , and-in the mauiuT in which -grocor *; usually make , ljb jf » . vectinoats , carried it borne , ;«« U delivered it tto'jus mother . On oneniuj ; it-. siiciiVuiid it conbun « tl . ' to all

      ajj >« sraiice , a qncntity « f :.-nia ] l wliite swedes , or cmi&-cti <> ii . s mixai -vvitli-f powder rc « n * J > liU # r Hour . Onitt-stinji die coiitpjitSj-siDd finding thuin ' ttc agree \ Tith her coniecttre ,-the . iioor woman distrilmted a portion of tliu -mipposwl confections ani « u < 'st her children , of . which ' they ' . pcrtook i she aiuKber husband having also eaten -a jiart . In a -. li . ttio time ; after violent vomitings ,. and other symptom * of tjie . femily having swallowed-H >> mc poisonous iRl ' jstaiico ^ declared themaelyes in all those--who liaJ . sati . 'ii it ^ and-notwithstanding the lest efforts and lmromittir g attention of prs . SincL'iir ,, and Mill , of ill ' s U place , one of the-children dieil . tlie' same afternoon . Tl io father , mother land two children , still . remain in . a very dangeroup . and precarious state , it is conje ctuied that the jtoUonous package ' must- ; have be ^ > n proj » ared for the killing of rats , and tliat . itihad be . ) u drtyiped in the street by . atcident . —Saotannii .

      C > i » eka House . —At the English Opera : Bousc , on Tlmrsday evening , -Scamunwda was . announced as tlieperformaiioe ior the night , but when thaaudicrice were just expecting the curtain -to . rise , . Mr . Ba lfe came forward and made the following , address " :: — " Lsdieiand Gpiitlemeu , —iJfeel myself saay-kwan Uy placed , in such an extremely embarra . «!! ifr * itiuiti < hi , that 1 do not know how to .. . express myself . 1 hu . ve justa-eceived . a note from Mr . Lefflcr , " in v-vhich Jie assures me hr » ns not in a str . ic to apj ) e . 'ir . this evt * « - ing . " vCHerca commentator in the gallery shout e < I out , "Drunkr )) " Howevtrv , 1 bad better Veart you his note . " . He ^ Jieii read as . follows : —" Ikcr ¦ ' Baii . : o , I have taken sftjnuch claret to-night , as ,-t « " be nil fit to play , danuae / ' The reading of this , pithv epist le raised a storm , of hisses , through all wliich , ihowove r , the audience contrived to shoiv that the abhcntee wt a aloue the object * ef their indiiajation .

      AnTiFicui . « 1 \» obt . —Certai ; parties in . "Sheffield have ja « t obtaiueJ a patent for , the niaking . ef a . subttance so nearlyis ^ sembling ivery , and so . ajjplicaljlo to all the purposes of that valm ^ ile materJaEthat it is almost impossible , to dutcct rthe differeuec . Wo have not ourseko 1 . seen the mock ; ivory , but we are told that , Jn oue . instance , a wcrking cvitlet had a ( juantity of scal «? 4 aveii out to him , conKistiag pa . rtVv of the nctkious compound , aud jKirtly of ivory , anil that he used ± hein . ia ljaftLn ^ liisjbasves , and . rc 5 urned his Avork without i discovering tlk difference . ' We : Bndcr . staud thatiiii . iBiitatioirtorUiififcslielli 3 prepared . fcud in use , ¦ which .. fbr some , purpose ^ , is little inferior J * -some , varieties jjf the real arlkb . It SOW be ejected , there&re . . 5 hat the quf . dcuped ajiti the rejitile , for w 7 jich j ) nr artists haxf Siitlierto ' ; feeen irwifibted for the jpreaaoiis substances iabave-noJE ' ed , willienceforthbe- "Jaft alone in their glory , " j ! he former of his tufik ^ iauii the latter of Jms cuir . aiss . — She&tfil Iris .

      IxQStj ^ T . —Mr . wiitrsarsh held ; an iiquest ibi Do ^ vntisi , Wilts , on Auv "Hayter , who iiad been ^ xpL the Hiftuiay previous , wiulst stealing woos ,, iu : mistake for . » fleer . It appo&red from tbe e \ ilenco of Thomas Russell , a wuiulmau , that or « JeJ s iis . il -beeu given t » ki 3 all deer fooudin the plantaiious , in consequence of ihe mischief tkey did to the ' yottiijg ' -svbodl !¦ that betw « £ » « ight and liiue o ' clock biiMcuxday ho went with his ^ un load ed vith mould shot fox the purpose ; he lteard something move in tlio thick " 'part , of the plantation , the soun / J rescmblhig t ) ad oi' a deer biting off libe young wcxx- ; he remained Q « ict

      about ten minuetes , and thcuVsaw . - ' something-of-a light colour , which he took for the back part of the animal ; he fired his gun , and perceiving tho figure motionless , ran . towards the . spot , and discovered that he had shot deceased , who was lying on her face quite dead , the shot having- entered , her forehead . He immediately montiouod the circumstance to his wife , then to several neighbours , aud subsequently to a magistrate . The woman Jiad , n . o doubt , been stealing the young wood ( a largo bundle of which had been found by her side ) for the purpose of making brooms , &c . Verdict— " Homicide by misadventure . ' Dcodand , Is . —J ) evizes Gazette .

      Waxdsworth Police Office . —At the Wandsworth police office , on Tuesday , two persons ofuenteerappearance , named William Blackstone Wills , and Joseph Lee were brought before Mr . Baiiibridgc , charged with unlawfully plucking a number of ears of wheat , the property of a farmer at Battersea , named Weller . It appeared from the . statement of a police constable , that he observed the defendants walking in Battcrsea Fields , and he saw them both pick several ears of wheat from a field . He . stopjkrd them , and found that one had twelve , and the otlier

      fifteen ears of wheat iu liis possession . The value of the wheat was Id . Tlie defendants , who appeared very much surprised at the charge made- agamst theih , " said that they lived in London , arid were taking a walk in the fields , and that they did not think it v . \ i * any harm to pluck a few ears of wheat . MT .-Bainbridgesaid-tha . t il ' tvcrypersjon who passed a wheat fk-Ul was to take as .- . nnu-K . as tl-.-eyha-d tlie crop Woul . il very hOOU W jioue . " The ilofeu'lants were uic-ufiiic-dj-i . mivl ^ V . ¦ ' .: < ¦ ; , ' .- 'jii .-. : rid 1 J . vhc Viluc oi the 'wheat

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      o-A . GopD , BaEEDBRy- ^ Tliete is on the Old Hall farra , a ^ Bjls byVjoeat Alford , i celebrated mare , descended from Old Golden Farmer , which has at he r -heela :-her-- eighteenth- ft ^ .. ; .. TtirtC 6 n ^ of i ithe 8 e . foaLJ were cd | t 8 , and were sold in some instances for ilOO each . ^ bhe belongs to ; Capt . Taylor who resides on tho aboyb iaxta .- ^ -Catnbridge Chronicle . A 'BAi ^ ABOt ) s '' ' : . lrtmBAS'D . ^ infonnajtioh haiving on "Tuesday reached the police office , Glas go ^ , that a poor woman residing at the foot of the Old Wynd had been burned in a dreaclful mannerr'by ' -her hiiaband ou the previous day , Mr . Miller , accompanied by- a , surgeon , proceeded to the spot to make in-< yiiri 6 S . Sho was Buffering the most exquisite ¦ ¦ torments . and it was deemcCadvisablo to havo hof removed'without delay to thjo Royalilufiripary ¦ . - ; ijer husbandhad , it appeared ; abscouded . According to one of the children , . the parents had been quarrelling

      very mucn , as was too Irequently the case when they were under the influence of liquor , and the inhuman husband deliberately applied a piece of burning paper to--hot \ clothes , permitting them to burn until ' she Vras dreadfull y scoreKed . He had also -k ( 5 pt a . pokeriii tU fire till it was redhot , ¥ ith which he seated her body m various places in the most brutal manner . The marks of the hot ironarostill visible uppn her person ^ furnishing too striking a corroboratjon of the testimony of the child . Tho Woman had , it appears , struggled : much during the infliction of these tortures , and had , in doing so , received some severe strokes , on the arm \ yitb a stick of some other weapon , the effects of which are also visible . In consequence of thip usage , slie is in a Very perilous condition , though thero . ar ( 6 strong hopes pf her recovery . In the meantime a strict lookjout is kept for her barbarous husband , ' who js aupppstid , however , to havo ' left Glasgow . —Scotch paper . -

      EtooMSHiRV .--At the Liverpool Assizes , an action , which excited great interest in the sporting world , was tried on Thursday . It will be romcinberod that at the lust Ascot Kaces , Mir . Ridsdale ' s colt , Bloomsbury , won the Ascot Derb y Stakes ; but Mr . Ridsdale's right to the mpiiey was disputed by Lord Lichfiekl , wh 6 s 0 horse came in secoiid , on the ground that Blodmsbury was described as a colt by Mujutio , out of Scroggius ' s dam instead of a colt by Tramp out of Scroggi . ns ' s dam , also called the Arcot Lass . The whole case turned upou the question of right or wrong description ; for , by the Newmarket : rules , which are observed at Ascotif a winning horse was

      , misnamed , or his pedigree wrongly described , the Stakes go to , the setioud horse , and all bets are void . To settle tlie paternity of Bloomsbury ; was the object , of the trial , in which Mr . llids'dale was plain ' . tiff , aud Lord Lichficld defendaut . Mr . Cresswell t ^^"' ¦ P - 'thc-plaintiff , . and Sergeant Wilde for Lord Licnneld . A great deal of contradictory testimony Was given ; but the Jury decided for the plaintiff . Mr . Rulsdale . The verdict was received with loud applause , in which even tho counsel joined . Another action , involving the same question , in which Mr Ridsdale was plaintiff , and tlie Earl of Craven defendant , was compromised pu Friday .

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      Ok Monday , the 12 < h of August , I .. attended at the High-street Police-office ^ before Mr . RaWllnson , &s couusel for three bill-stickers , illegally , arrested by two of the Metropolitan police , andy after a very

      short hearing , the bill-stiekers wero dismissed . At three o ' clock , of the samo day , I took the chair at the Kenniiigton 'Common meeting , which was numerous , spirited , orderly , and determined . The enemies' \> ress called tlie meeting a failure—I considered it most triumphant ; but it ever has been tho olQect of those who live by the industry of ; others , ; to revile , to mock , and slauder the honest endeavours of labourers t « establish their rights ..

      On the evening of the mmo day , I started for Gflasgow , to attend thft meeting of tho Scottish i * elej , 'ates , couyeucd for the Uth , and to be held ? n Glasgow . I tu-M « , < ed at half-past eleven , and at twelve o ' clock 1 fPBnd myBelf in company with sixty fine lookingy Irospectablo men , selected by their orde . r , to rci ^ lTO upon the speediest and most efficient nieans < sf * usuring the success of the question of questi « nH . % ' mversal Suffrage . 1 sat anu

      listened to tlwir'delvberations tor ten hours upon that their first '< to , y of meeting , and although I was perfectly exlwnstod Upon my arrival , 1 Mt with a heart full trf . joy , awl refrDshod , wthout sleep , by wTiat I JmC-scon , aiid heard . My epaco does not . adinit of * tL « - eulogium which their exertions merit , au « L 4 hwforc , 1 must . ¦ cohtcu . t . myself with . saying , that ^ ts-h . men are rarely mot- / with , that they wewv ^ vojthy of their cause , and : their cause was woriliy .- « f them—it is the . cause of / rW .

      On tj » ivtvm > wi ;) i , ' mnrniiig , the IStii , I s ^ ain ntteiidtu ! iho dok' ^ ati . ' meeting , aid - . ' again my lieart was gladtlw «« l . Upon tliat day tieir imiuber . s wore augiawit ^ Miy eight other re ^ feseutatives ; and , as jujwu the . pv-secdiiig day ,, the most pe-rfeci liarraony and unnjuiuity prevailed . Oii the , . Qv oiking of the same - ( lay -a meetiii ^ was cfiu-veiied in 4 he grea t Baiaar , ^ i ( : , i f ow hours' notices , aaul Altlionirh money was chared for admission , , and ; flie buildiiig is capaMctif ilvolding over ; li , IMMt . narsDns , yet did double that . rrdm ? er retire , digajgiointod . at not : boing ablo

      to fluiu . admission . Tt was ccmsiunred the mpst entliusmsti ( i > . ii ( l triiimpharit Radical . meeting ever held . in < ( i la * «; ow . Sixty X > ol < jgsdies irc , pr . «> senting moi'o . ihur . COO cities , towns , comities , and districts of : ? cotlan t , Avcro upon rthe platform , and ajiatrioticoiiiddi- class man , Mi % PiiotiMooT , was iu the clKtir , Tiji-. o - speeches warve of ; tlio first order of ciftgunncti mil breathed . t , true and patriotic spirit , wkiclrwas- responded toVby a » xd /* jijr ? : ju \ dau nntiri . ug : au { H , 'iice . A repflixof the . m < : eting app « ired in the last / iiumber of the ^ qr , but from U preS 3 of other iBitttrr was considcriibW curtailed .

      ^ OiKtridvy the Delegate ? again , assembled , aml at sixoVlock on that crcuwg" they , completed , tlioir busiiuiss by passing the WiTeral resolutions , ivhich v ; iU he found' , in anothor juart of tlia ¦ ¦ paper ,. ai-d whiduituf-lcd upon , mufifiiBsm-e the . fe-eedom of tbe working . iuJlHons . On tliOurarening pf : t }\ o same daj :, I attfudaif . a very large iu j . a , most enthiisiastit : meeting of v'he people af ' -ijfonirewsnkn" } a slightreport . t > f . f&icli appeared ojufiip Star ofaas . t week . } Oil isatvivday , I attendeil-a powerful -meeting of the bi-avejjaon of KilmarnocL a report of which appeared , ic iho " Star of : hikweek . -I pi ever saw

      more dovotisii to a cause tihajitiiiftt which Jias boon evinced to Ikulicalism , in iljis chul'ch-i . 'idilou and oft-betrayc *! to ^ vu , but the tyofijiiy of the : / oe and tho desertion , cf tho frieiid-. biit .-seryes tj > ijiorease the spirit wfUlicse , where noajly ^ erylittleibtiy can recite > VALL 4 eE ; s address to hjs , S (? ldiers , and , v ' liere the whole population can sutg'Scots tcha lut *; in perfect liannouy . It is ^ said that ( tke people of iho county of iverry are all born ijacV | p . n ) nion-play < frd , aud it may . fee saii of the men of jniflaaruock r wiisb eqiuil truth , jtlm ' t . ihey are all born lovers of tbe immortal hero .

      I left KiJinarufte& at one o ' clock on my way to Perth , and arrived in that fair and lately city a Uiree o ' clock ou Monday . Upon : very short notice tbe whole population seemed to have collected , notw ^ hstanding tM every obstacle which malice coiild suggest , aiul brute forco could effect , was offered to . tie people . The ¦ greater part of tho - middle classa ; attended ; dud for a short report I beg to' Ve-. fef'jypa to the notice of a Perth cpf respondent , which will be ibund in another part of ; - ' . thq , Star . Tlie Council aud leaders of tke Radicals expressed themselves as more than del ighfced by my visit , while the middle class « s confessed that I ^ was not the Devil . While speaking of this district ^ I beg to reti-act one

      ¦ harsh-remark which I . onco miade of Mr . Maitiiew tho Delegate for Perth , to the Convention ; and I am now happy to stole , fv . om all that I . could -lcarii , that no man has ever done more in his locality , for the cause of Radicalism , than Mr , ^ Matthew has done in Pevthslijre ; He bears a most enviable character for high principle and strict , integrity ; and J make this retractation of my former error , as I was led to suppose he had deserted the cause b y leaving the Convention , the fact being that his extensive business must have declined had liq continued to absent himself . Ho lias a liirge family . He is a lavge landed proprietor , and also a very extensive com dealer / and has mado heavy sacrifices in the cause of tlie people .

      On Tuesday Ljveiit to Aiichterardcr , a yillago in I ' oi-thshire , di . ^ tajiriJrft ^ ecn miles from' Perth . The people had but a feWhonjs' notice ; ahU , ' as T was to 1 ' v at pumlv-C in the cyunine , -wo were obliged to ; ip-\ H-Jiit okvou o ' clock a a the hoxir of mojtini' ; and

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      there was , notwithstanding , the largest meeting evor wifeessed in this spirited village . Whigs , Tories , and Radicals ^ came from all parts of ^' .. th © country to sec the Devil ; and at eleveiij Dr . Fife ( not the ? traitor of Newcastle , but one of the most sterling patriots in existence ) opened the meeting , whicH , marched with band and banners in procession . Ho said that a strong prejudice had been created by the press against Mr . O'Connoh , and he rejoiced at Ae opportunity then afforded to all parties fo judge for themselves . He said that he also had astrbng prejudice , which he wished to be , confirmed or

      dissipated upon the judgment wliicli that day ' s proceed-Mg might enable him to form . I spoke at cpnsidcrabie length , defending our ptiuciples , and explaining how the sliine which every deserter , such as Mustz and DpcGiAS , had left behind after desertion , fell upon me . I explained what Universal Suffrage : would do , and how it was to bo accomplished . I challenged all to discussion , but all refused . A vote of thanks was unauimousl y voted to me . My address was most rapturously applauded , and Dr . Fife afterwards declared that ho would not have lost the benefit of my speech to the

      cause for a thousand guineas . The people wore in the highest spirits , and resolved upon goiug forward . I returned to Perth , and 6 tarted for Dundee , a . distance of twenty-two miles , through that rich and lovely vale , the Carse of Gowrie , considered the ' most fertile land in tho kjnguom . The scenery ,: is splendid , tho ground undulating , and the natural beauty of the landscape can scarcely be surpassed ^ But , alas ! man must now-a-days look . more to the produce than to the sccuery ; and ' . my delight at the prospect was destroyedby the sad arid woeful condition of . wheat crops . Through the whole stretch of this rich vale four-fifths of the

      wheat is not worth five Bhulings an acre . The heavy rains have completely laid the straw ,, which has become black , and has assumed more the appearance of meadow than of a corn field—the grass growing over and smothering the ear . Those who were fortunate enough to have light crops have * escaped , but nearly all the heavy crops are lost ; aud though tho result of a bad harvest would more than supply the place of all our incarcerated ¦ - . friends , yet I monrned that hunger and want , instead of tmion and courage , were likely to be the wateh-word of , Radicalism , in the ensuing winter .

      At seven oclock , -I reached Dundee . I saw the hustings , but no prospect of a master , and I began to sorrow ; but if tlia " rattle-boxes " Jravo centralized poverty , they have centralized opinion also ; aud no sooner were the loathsome . dungeons opened than thousands flocked to the ground , aud before half-past seven there was not one less than 13 , 000 persons assembled . The Ghrdnicle , ' a Whig ' paper , estimates , tlie numbers at Ji , 000 , and that is not bad ; while judges estimated them at ltijOOO . However , suffice it to say that it was double as large as any meeting held within tho memory of the oldest inhabitant , and a pretty correct account ot the proceedings will be found in another part of the paper , taken from the Dundee Chronicle .

      On Wednesday morning I started for Edinburgh ; I passed through the open county of Fife . The crops from not being so much enclosed or land-loeked ; were much better than those of the Carse of Cowrie , but yet they were bad enough and very backward . Much good weather will bo required to ripen . them , whou , after all , the crop Will not be on ' e-third of au average . When I jirriVed in Edinburgh , I found that tho large Waterloo Rooms had been taken for our meat-ing , and eight o ' clock the hour fixed for commencing . When I arrived , accompanied by Mr . J oiix Duncan , the chairman , the immense room was sojfciensely crammed to all of admission

      as preclude hope ; I remained close to the < loor for five miuutesj with ' - tlie best intention upou the part of the people to inaku ¦ wa y , aud aJrhough , as the man said , who was going to be hung , " there can be no fun till I go / ' yet was it impossible to proceed , till at length I requested those around me to lift me upon the hcad . j'of tlie dense mass , . and iu that way crawled , along , over hats and heads amidst the most deafening . cheers ; aiid I was-finally landed on my face and . hands ou tho . hustings . Jlany more being outside than in , the £ aj > piug . . at-the out . side , annoyed ds very niu .- 'i . Sudi was tl ' . {> anxiety to hear the Knili . ji .-ucws , and to wove their own steadiness , that the hall was

      filled before seven o ' clock . 1 exposed tlie doctrines of the political economists , the folly of middle class rosistauce at present , and tho absurdity of any Government . hoping , to continue ' -a ' . ' warfare against a people so united and for such a iH-iiuiiple . My addi'ess lasted two hours and was most rapturously chiyered , and seemed to give general satisfaction ; far . although the modern Athenians are very . argumentative , and although 1 challenged discussion , which was repeated by tho Chairman , yet no kind instructor appeared to teach me and the people our errors . The room was like a stove , and many persons fainted , but could not be brought , out , the crowd was so . great . The spirit was most glorious , and the people most determined .

      On Thursday morning I started for Ha wick , one of the border towns , in Roxbui-glitliire . I had not heen in this town before , but report infarmed me of tho spirit of the inhabitants ; so I wont wiUi . xather an extravagant notion '¦ of thoir chivalry , which , however , was fully borne out by fact ? ,: for a more resplute , determined , and brave set of jnen I never beheld .. . Our meeting was to coinmeaec at two o ' clock , and about that Uour \ vc starterltfrom the hotel iu tUc Market-pla . co .--wiili a splendid band aud banners , and mustered on a very suttable piece of ground about one hundred

      yards from tho town . Tho borough and district ^ magistrates , with the snrroundiiig farmers , and all , the middlt ) classos ^ attended . I made tho most of their . presence by assuring them that when Go-¦ R ernmciit ; £ iiled . i K ) squeczo any more taiea from tUo reduced - . people ,- that Lord Edward , Lord Jasups ; Lord Dicic . and liord Joiix must have tlieir pensions ; and uow ,. once ombodied , tlie new aristociiatic nnr ^ t ry mu st , be , kept up for patronage , and £ or whiclL , in tir rn , tiie ^ elcctprs , who sanctiuned

      it , \ viu have . to paj T . I . spoke at great length ; and appeared to gko gem vraJ satiaCactiou . Tito middle classes adniittafi that &ey . wore deceived in . the impressions which the jaess Jis . d created against mei ; yet they declared tiat il was a , dangcTous man , and said ilat I \ Taa so jao . werfal that Goyovument tboiUJnot allc * vr me . to speak ai piiblic meetings . So much for j . isuce , aai love of knowledge ! After the jtoeeting had closed , I remaiJied for four or five hours in cwavcrsation wiife the

      most active of the Radical i wiy , AtKl from . ' them I could plainly see . that ,. , alt V ^ 11 IV 0 t prepared for a Sacred Holiday , they we t * 'resolved to havo Uiiiycrsal Suffrage , even at the . Ttsk of Jiip itself . J never saw more , strapping , fine-Jot % ' xtg fellows than those borderers—they are very 2 Mio the Irish fflountainoors . I .: left Ha-wic-ic-at half-past ' . three in' & <* morning , for Carlisle . I had not originally in'ti '^ wied to visit the city of Cavlisle , but was induced to t '<> &Q from a paragraph , which I saw at Edinburgh , in' the tondon Standard of Monday , copied from' thiCurlu / g Journal , a Whig paper , and which stated that th ( i people of that place were enraged against i . * ie for having-stopped the Sacred Month ; and ,, in short : an

      , indication to deter mo from going there . HoweVer I did go ; and , although the bills . aunotincing t . ^ if meeting were not posted till two o ' clock , yet , at seven , the large Theatre was crammed to overbearing ; aud again I had much ' difBcult y in making my way to the place of meeting . I addressed tho people at great Joii . ^ h , and took their opinion with respect to the Sacred holiday , and my opinion auU conduct upon it ; whe-f tlie cheers shook the building , acknowledging that Ia vas nght ^ - tlmt tlicy were not prepared aiiywliere-but that they would soon bo prepared to have ' X 3 niver =-il Sultry With or without a Jioiiciaiv Itestud them 3 to tlie effect of tho recen t persocutvon of our party ; and , wlule they uwuvuca ilie loss oi" our W ^ vil

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      they declared that the conduct of the . oppressors but j made them more determined to put down oppression by some means or '' .. other . ' . -- ' They : Voted me their thanks , and I then addressed them a second time upon the damage to our cause if anj ^ of our party should cpuntcnaucc secret combination or assqeiatipns . I eiplaincd to . theni that no obligation could bind a bad man ; while tho good man ; required none to bind him . The streets , to the last , were crowded outside . The spirit was glorious , and the resolution , firm . They laughed at the attempt how being mado

      to stop Universal Suffrage : and left the meeting h ' eartily thanking the man whom the Journal'dared to visit Carlisle . I never dread the people so long as I have reason on my side . At Carlisle I first sa ^ rtie novelappearance of the Star of last week ; when my feelings can be better understood than expressed ; and few men , I believo would have remained ^ for the meeting under the circumstances : however ,: ! do

      not think that I evinced any wonderful emotion , while my mind was literally upon the rack . No knowledge of the dark and hellish , conspiracy which a villain had ebnepctod , and the particulars of which will- be found eisewhere , and of which the coiieOctor shall hear again aud again in Courts of Justice and b . uf of Courts of Justice , and wherever Iseo him-1 will follow him , not with vengeance , but -with , ' resolution- —theruffian . .

      On Saturday morning , at half-past five o ' clock , I left for LccsJs ! iy way of iVewcastloand York , a distai . ice of one liuiidreU aud seveuty wiles , with an intijntiim of being iuthe Cvnvontiori on Monday jcomo what woaM ; but ou my arrival at Leeds , - tired ' and hungry , I . ivjm . od the nature of the caitspiracy , and aUo tlio-intelligence ' that live truo bills had beeu found against me -at tho Liverpool Assizes ; and as two negatives inake au alfirmativo , io two acts of cowardice make one act of courage , and I smiled at tho double shot of the oppressors , and went to bed at one o ' clock iii the mormug , with orders to call me at six , that nothing shoald be left undone , upon my part , to meet the emergeuey .

      On Sunday morning a chaise was at the door , and I -started .. with my true , and faithful , and nevertiring friend and Publisherv Mr / Joshua Hobsos , in quest of four hundred pounds' worth of respect for the people ' s cause . We posted to Sandal , but Capt . . Wood had been from home for tlie last three weeks . Mr . Wateutox was upon a tour ; Mr . GASliBLL waa at church ; and we returned to Wakefield , and thence proceeded to HuddtU-sfieKl , where wo learned that Air . Stocks was in Londonj and from whence tho noble-minded Oastler had

      been banished , by oppression ; so no hope presenting ' itself there , at the request of Mr . Hobso . v , we started for Todmorden . - ' Tho only difficulty which I felt was in making up my niiad to ask a favour of Htlx . FiKLDEN' . Hovveverj as the transaction is not one of auy risk , aud as it is a thing often done without ¦ respect to person or politics , I got over the diffidence , being sure that it was only ask and hayeV : At five o-clock 1 reached Todmorden ,: aud saw Mr . Fieldex . 1 told him that my . securities had done soniethiiig of which I had no more notice than a flying tumour .

      aim-requested that lib would allow me- to name him as one of my cecurities far a fortuiglit ,. till I had provided others . I explained to him that the Act required two suBeties , £ 000 for the payment of n < Lvortisemeut duty , while ours never' amounted to more than £ y or £ 7 a' -month , and i ' -lOO for tluj publisher against Government libels , and that there was not the slightest risk ,. as there was no instance niton rccordof any parties being proceeded against : for . tlie penalty . Iluwever , to prerent any delay , I told him that I would-lo'dge the whole amount in his

      hands . He uefCskd . I then told liim that 1 required him , no matter what his feelings may be , to throw-his ' shield benveeu me and oppression for oiio ibVtni ^ lit ; and , having always proie » sed Liberal principles ,. I thought he could not refuse . ' He rej fuskd . I theu toM liim that so necessary wub tho r star to the endsi of . Radicalism , that I wpuldniako I him a pretont of the paper , upon condition that he

      ¦ n . ilowod . tne-to edit it , and pcrfbrmed the necessary ^ securities . He kef used , lie said that he hud t <> 1 answer-for liis coutiuet in Parliament ,, and that his i friends icotilil be dissatujicd , I told , him -that 1 then I understood what was , meant by a Liberal Gcntloman , ; vnd left the housiv

      I furgot to mention that Mr . FiEi . dex said something about physical . "force , When u . ' tli . olBght flashed across--my-. mind : that lie had onco st&ucly told Lord John Russell , that if-he ( Lord Jdli : s ) dared to introduce police into his peaceful valloy , that ho ( Mr . Fielded ) would lead his people against them , i also thought that he was not " tho sjoiie John Fieljje . v , whom I licard declare , that thrc tinio would shortly arrive when it would bo a duty to resist the Poor Law Bill by force of arms , but " Temvora mutahlur / " ;

      From Todmordeu I proceeded to Oldham , where I j = iw Mr . James Iloiliday , one of my secui'itiesj who was reported to have withdrawn , and which I was resolved not to believe till I had heard it Croni himself ,, as ' a ; more lionourablo man does not breatlie . 1 saw him , and , to my astonishment , learned the whole conspiracy , winch will be . found detailed elsewhere . I arrived at : ' Manchester \ at ten ^ p ' clock at liiglit , aud thus -ended my fourteen days' tour , tho result ui" wliicli has convinced mo that no power on earth , whether moral of p l ' - ysical , -. can prevent the accomplishment of UmS-eisal Suffrage .

      . In Scotland I addressed vast meetings in seven of the . principal- counties , and I tell Geokgh HE . Mir Wakd , lickspittle to tho Whigs , toady of Lord ptuiiAM , portrait vender , of Peei , Weuixo-ToN , and RlssejuLj aud aub-editor of the Meekly Chronicle , alias the seven days' nuisance , that I defy liim and liis party , and the devil aud all Ida

      works , to stop us . Where ' therein wa ^ one milk-aud-water Radical eight months ago , in Scotland there are now fifty staunch ones j and necessity is daily compelling the middle classes to join in self-defence , aguiust ^ fche machinations of tlie retrenching Government ^ whidi of themselvea must can-y tho great organic change . ' They iiow begin , to find thai while they havo purchased

      ignominious foreign peace , that they , pay . / ipo . ; dear tor their , whistle at hoine , and that asi soon , as : the labourers are squeezed , their turn comes next ; la Scollaad the trades areSvith tlio people to a vW k . In Scotland , the middle classes have ' much-more respect for their poorer HeigHbo Ursrtlian the saine jdto « England In Scotlan ^ tke middle-cla ^ bette ^ men , and . always attend the meetingMaJS for tJ ^ nselves , and they decide accordL ^ S

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 31, 1839, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1072/page/7/